Trotsky on Red Army origins and czarist roots
In an interview quoted by L Humanite Paris Trotzky explains the Soviet Army formed from several armies each backed by a small war council wielding life and death power. He cites 1918 decree, czarist officers, Volga region defeat, and early struggles to build discipline and organization amid chaos, spies, and mixed loyalties.
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Trotzky
L'Humanite
Russia
Volga
Lenin
Dybenko
Podovisky
Brest- Litovsk
Germany
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Lissagarny
War Ministry
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Ralsesa
Central Committee
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Jeunesses Commounists
Savinov
Kazan
Simbirsk
Samara
Simirsk
Savinkov, Kappel
Fortunatory Weregso
Raskolnikov
Afghanistan
Cronstadt
Soviet War Council and Committees Power During Civil War
The passage details the Soviet military mobilization and purges after early failures. It describes regular mobilization by classes, use of propaganda and hostages, and the creation of army commissaires with political guides. It cites the 11th Division's massacre during Krasnov rebellion and the consolidation of power in war councils supervised by commissars.
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Kazan
Toukhatchevsky
Simirsk
Nigni-Novgorod
Krasnov
Virginia Dentke and the Rockefeller Dimes
Five year old Virginia Dentke received two dimes from John D. Rockefeller after her singing delighted him. She plans to wear the coins on a string around her neck for luck.
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Virginia Dentke
John LD. Rockefeller
Public Schools to Teach Seven Health Habits
Dr W. 8 Small, a school hygiene expert from the United States Bureau of Education, announces seven health habits will be added to public school curriculums. The items include regular full baths, daily teeth brushing, long sleep with windows open, milk over coffee or tea, daily vegetables or fruit, four glasses of water daily, and daily outdoor play.
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Small
United States Bureau of Education
Historic Tollgate Property Sold near Winchester Virginia
The Hillman tollgate property south of Winchester on the Shenandoah valley pike sold by the state highway commissioner to Roy N. Cook. The lot under an acre sold for 3500 dollars under a general assembly act taking over the old valley pike as a free state road.
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Hillman
Winchester
Lottie Hillman
General Sheridan
Cedar Creek
Roy N. Cook
General Assembly
Old Valley
Observatories Note Language Reform and Pavement Heat Study
The Cracow observatory cites Interlingua as a simplified Latin type. in Chicago suburbs pavement temperature tests show asphalt at 124 degrees, brick 118, concrete 114, amid other global notes on widows and guides.
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Observatory
Cracow
Poland
Peano
Turin
Chicago
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