Capitol Figures in the Limelight
Washington profile highlights lawmakers Fred Gillette Peter Gerry Borah and Smith Brookhart. Describes Gillette's restraint and dignity, Gerry as Beau Brummell of Rock Creek, Borah as The Man on Horseback, and Brookhart's timid handshake surprising peers. Questions era of the political handshaker.
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Washington
Jan
Frederick H. Gillette
House
Gillette
Waronoco
Mass
Springfield
Rock Creek Park
Borah
Senate
Smith Brookhart
Iowa
Brookhart
Middle West
Diplomatic Mystery Guards British Ambassador's Children
The article notes a persistent guardianship around the British ambassador Sir Auckland Geddes and his children in Washington, highlighting that the youngsters are never photographed, a privacy practice contrasted with Washington photographers eager for copy.
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United States
Europe
Sir Auckland Geddes
Washington
Sittings Sought for Sunday Pictorials Beset by Refusals
The Sunday pictorials, society pages, and rotogravures report repeated refusals for sittings. Children leaving the embassy residence are escorted by an attache or adult attendant. Some explain threats of kidnapping by Irish sympathizers as a possible reason.
Engineers Adopt Ethics Code for Mechanical Engineers
New York January 4 The American Society of Mechanical Engineers announced the adoption of a code of ethics for its roughly 20 009 members. The code aims to apply to the broader engineering profession, over 200 000 engineers, and emphasizes loyalty to country personal honor fairness to contractors and workers and public welfare. It bans betraying confidences undignified advertising and questionable professional associations and practices.
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New York
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
National Engineering Societies
Mechanical Engineers
Church at Sai ta a Rosa California Built From One Red Wood Tree
A church in Sai ta a Rosa California was constructed entirely from the timber of a single red wood tree. The work reflects a unique carpentry feat as it uses the tree’s wooden material for the complete building structure and finish.
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Sai Ta A Rosa
Cal
World food crop outlook improves after war era
The article notes 1922 world production for wheat rye potatoes corn and barley rising above prewar levels in major reporting countries. U S Department of Agriculture figures show 1921 22 outputs for wheat rye corn oats barley and potatoes increasing or stabilizing, with Russia's output uncertain and recent political changes delaying regional comparisons.
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International Institute of Agriculture At
Rome
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Russia
Turkey
United States Department of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agriculture
League of Nationals
Europe
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