Radium Mine to Hospital Gift and Curie Work
A long account details Marie Curie and her radium discovery, honors from American and European figures, and the gift of radium to science. It notes U S recognition at the White House, university degrees, and a $165,000 value from American sources, with the work split between physics and medical applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickinson Sherman
Marie Quine
United States
Harding
White House
Curie Institute
Taris
Carie
Europe
New York
Joseph M. Flannery
Tittsburgh
Colorado
Flannery
Standard Chemical Company
Mme. Curie
Tax Returns Show 1919 Income Rise and Millionaire Counts
The 1919 internal revenue report shows $1.26 billion in personal income tax revenue, up $141 million from 1918, with 5,338,760 returns and total net income of $18.859 billion. Average net income per return was $38,724 and the average tax $288.08 at 6.89 percent. Million-plus income filers grew earlier but fell to 65 in 1919, while married and single filers comprised the rest with detailed brackets listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Clair
Small Regular Army Reform Under Weeks Plan
Secretary of War Weeks orders Pershing to use all military resources to shape the National Guard and reserve corps into fully manned units. The 150,000 authorized personnel will be concentrated, with surplus units and officers reassigned to organize and train citizen forces for future war readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O' Harding
Weeks
General Pershing
National Guard
Congress
Reserve Corps
Need of Navy New Airplane Carriers Declared Urgent
Military experts urged rapid construction of eight airplane carriers to counter German air bombing, noting the sinking of the Ostfriesland proves battleships are vulnerable to aerial attack. England and Japan already pursue carriers. the U S lacks adequate carriers beyond the old Jupiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
England
Japan
United States
Congress
Oestfrieslands
Afr
Hostilities at Bergdoll inquiry flare in hearing
In a tense Solent committee session Rep Ben Johnson of Kentucky clashes with Charles Braun brother of Grover Bergdoll. Braun defends himself as Johnson accuses him of lying. Mrs Johnson intervenes grabbing her husband while more officials urge calm during the quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Johnson
Kentucky
Charles A. Braun
Grover C. Bergdoll
Bergdoll
Johnson
Braun
Peters
Maine
Kubring
Talena
Sista
Joti
Jo ‘Gaid
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Hamilton Foley
Pan American Union
Mme. Curle
Placerville
Colo
Transcontinental Railroad
Salida
Canonsburg
Pittsburgh
No. Ae
Radium Research Laboratories
Paris
Colorado Keadgua
Sam
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