The Most Expensive Thing in the World War
Elmo Scott Watson argues war is the costliest burden, marking March 12 as the hundredth anniversary of the U S pension system. The article surveys pension totals from 1790 to 1932, outlines postwar relief programs, and traces the evolution of federal veterans administration under Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines.
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Uncle Sam
Treasury
Congress
United States
Veterans Administration
Pension Bureau
Frank T. Hines
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Continental Congress
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Monroe
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Senate
Republic
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Commission of Pensions
Department of Interior
Pensions Bureau
United States Veterans’administration
Washington
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Oby Wtatern
Union
Learned Man Debunks Groundhog as Weather Prophet
Dr George E Johnson of Kansas State College zoology reports experiments on woodchucks and hibernating animals. He says groundhogs wake and emerge before or after February 2 depending on warmth, making them unreliable weather prophets.
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Woodchuck
George E. Johnson
Zoology
Kansas State College
Doctor Johnson
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