Roosevelt Takes helm to fix constructing industry
The nation shifts to a national American Construction council led by Franklin D Roosevelt to end waste and coordinate building. Landis and Hays exit prior roles to support the effort while construction seeks stable work, lower costs, and unified standards across highway rail municipal and private projects.
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Ind Va
U. S
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Federal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Landis
Hayse
Roosevelt
the Navy
American Construction Council
United States
Ues
Ateady
Springtime grasshoppers cross Pacific to Tacoma
A West Nimrod voyage from the Orient brought 600 miles out to sea grasshoppers surfacing on decks and swarming the ocean. Biologists say these insects fly long distances and bob on water via buoyant air sacs, with origins traced to Aleutian islands in spring. Different stray notes from a science page follow.
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Pacific Ocean
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Biberta
North Pole
Pring
Arctic Circle
Tacoma
Wash
Eamer
Orient
Eight Hour Law Loses Popularity in Hamburg
Frederick Simpich notes in Our World that eight hour laws no longer win support among workers and employers in Hamburg. The labor inspector reports improved conditions but enforcement is weak as workers seek extra income and bosses fear reduced efficiency. hotels and cafes resist the limits on overtime.
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Germany
Frederick Simpich
Labornxpection Bureau Nenagent
Hamburg
Clock Heist in Berlin Court Room
A workman dressed as a repair man climbed a ladder to the wall clock in Berlin central criminal court during a trial. He claimed to fetch the clock for repair and was allowed to proceed, but the clock was removed unseen and the courtroom was robbed in broad daylight.
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Berlin
Central Criminal Court
Sixthiee
Boosting Pickwick Theme in a Train Boy Dialogue
A dialogue features Train Boy asking where Pickwick is on the map and Brakeman guessing hinterland origins. The Train Boy notes some people boost their native town, and a judge recalls an old-fashioned hick asking for the Pickwick papers.
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Pickwick
Bill
Turkish women discard trousers comment causes remark
A fragment notes Turkish women discarding trousers and local people adopting them, alongside a separate item reporting a $10,000 20 karat diamond found in Arkansas. The text mixes social observation with a gem discovery.
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Arkansas
Assyrians not so rough humane by law study says professor
Professor A F Olmstead of the University of Tr nols notes Assyrian laws favor mercy toward the destitute and illustrate officials speaking plainly. He cites imperial cities with freedom charters and compares them to Western medieval free cities. A Chiggersville editor recalls a lady voters delegation shaping editorial work. A wind turns an umbrella yet a borrower rarely returns it.
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Roosevelt
Whit Dows
New York World
National Construction Council
America
Wida
Saya
A. F. Olmstead
University of Trnols
Europe
Sid
Chiggersville Clarion
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Wil, Lf Bays
Arctic
Christian Science Monitor
Senator Sorghum
Sayz
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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