United States to discuss funding $11.5 billion war debt with 18 nations
Washington plans to form a funding commission led by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Theodore Burton to negotiate with debtor governments. The debt totals $11.5 billion from Liberty bonds, surplus materiel sales, relief aid, and grain corp holdings, with talks to involve fiscal experts in Washington.
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Ashington
United States
Con
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
American Relief Administration
United States Grain Corporation
Radio Conference Recommends Government Control of Air
A final report from Secretary Hoover's radio telephone conference proposes government control of radio transmission, assigns wave bands for amateur and training schools, and urges public utility status for radio. It backs limited point to point use and sets power ranges for government public and private stations.
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Hoover
Congress
Representative White
Maine
Secretary of Commerce
Railroads Must Stand by Themselves
A joint congressional commission of agricultural inquiry concludes railroads should rest on their own foundations. It urges reduced tax-free securities and nonproductive outlays, regional traffic executives, public relations efforts, less reliance on government aid, and financing via stock rather than bonds.
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Joint
Congressional Commission of Agricultural Inquiry
Commission
Uncle Sam Employed as Nation's Largest Civilian Boss
Government payroll shows 588,618 civilians paid twice monthly, led by Post Office workers. Treasury, War, and Navy departments follow with 67,492, 61,488, and 61,242 staff respectively, plus Agriculture, Veterans, Interior, Commerce, Justice, Shipping Board, and Labor agencies making up the rest.
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Ncle Sam
America
Dawes
Uncle Sam
Post Office Department
Treasury Department
War and Navy Departments
Navy
War Department
Ment of Agriculture
Veterans’ Bureau
Mare
Interior Department
Commerce Department
Department of Justice
Shipping Board
Department of Labor
Exile Compared Charles of Austria and Napoleon I
The article compares former rulers exiled to distant islands. It notes Charles I of Austria-Hungary’s Madeira banishment and Napoleon I’s six years on St. Helena, detailing island sizes, populations, climates, and guard conditions, and recounts Napoleon’s elba escape and final deportation to St. Helena.
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Charles
Austria-Hungary
Madeira
Napoleon I
St. Helena
South Atlantic
Funchal
Portugal
Zita
Napoleon
Mandélia
Morocco
Porto Santos
Desertas
Selvagens
Josephine
Marie Louise
Prince of
Rome
Fontainbleau
Vienna
Elba
Mediterranean
Dauntless
Porto Ferrajo
France
Alps
Paris
Great Britain
Russia
Austria
Prussia
Waterloo
United States
Maitland
Bellerophon
Plymouth
Eng
Wilkes
Hudson Lowe
Irish Visitor Rates Big Ben With Mock Fury
A first time visitor to London inspects Big Ben and adjusts his watch after a brief glance. The next day he again passes by and finds his timepiece five minutes faster. He gawks at the tower and mutters contemptuous remarks in Irish slang about the great clock.
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London
Houses of Parliament
Big Ben
Che
Cuticara Soothes Baby Rashes With Bath and Ointment
An advertisement promotes Cuticara Soap for soothing baby rashes followed by Cuticara Ointment and a finishing dusting of Cuticara Talcum priced 25c. The page also features humorous quips and literary quotes about eyebrows and posterity.
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Railroads
Cwilians
Emperor of
Wiseacre
Thackeray
Lord Rosebery
Torado
Colorado
California
National Parks
Rocky Mountain
Golden State
Rock Island Lines
J. M. Allen
Bock Ieland Li
la Salle S
Chicago
Stas
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