Nation tackles vast uniform world map project
Washington Oct 4 Uncle Sam advances a planned one to one million international map system begun in 1908. The globe will be divided into 1642 sections with standardized colors and metrics, showing land water depths and drainage, roads, cities and railways. The U S interior department leads, with data from many sources, aiming for a completed map in ten to twelve years at eight miles to the inch.
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Uncle Sam
Geological Survey of the United States Interior Department
Nery
Hest
United States
Lassies Help a Family in Need
In a High Point tale a mother of five endures hardship as two of her children die recently. Her husband urged her departure, but she persists with her own wage from a local plant and earnings of her eldest children to support the family.
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Salvation Army
High Point
Salvation Army aids struggling family amid dire condition
A mother near death and her two small children receive charity from a local Salvation Army group. Ensign Emma Thomas and Lieutenant Eva Bivans prayed with the oldest son as he neared death and helped furnish shoes, books, and clothes for the children. The welfare board has already provided groceries and assistance as neighbors report multiple distressed homes. Salvation workers were seen delivering clothing and supplies to this family and others in need.
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Board of Publi Welfare
Hier
Emma Thomas
Eva Bivans
Salvation Army
Salvation Lassis
Insurance agents argue for internal standards over strict licensure
B Danning of Duluth Minn, regional VP of the National Association of Insurance Agents, warns delegates that forcing a qualification act is impractical and urges apprenticeship before licensing. He says higher standards arise from within, not by grafted rules, advocating a one year apprenticeship in an established agency.
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Knowedge
Insurance Men Urge Code for Standards in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas on October 4 a group of insurance men urged a code of standards and qualifications for the industry. They called for self regulation to improve professionalism and public trust in insurance practice.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Girls in Fine Arts Training Emerges in Tokyo
TOKIO September 10 report states that a course for girl students will begin soon at the Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts in Ueno. The government is also considering a plan to establish a girls' school of fine arts. Mrs. Yosand, famed Japanese poet, opened last year a private institution for artistic training of girls with prominent writers and painters on the staff.
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Tokio Academy of Fine Arts
Ugeno
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