Senate Seeks Draft Revisions to Improve Selective Service
The Senate moves to fix a House draft measure amid widespread criticism. It urges resuming selective service for ages 18 to 20 with a cap of 18 months service and proposes higher pay for enlisted personnel. Officers would gain less, and overall aims to avoid extending service for longer than needed while addressing manpower and fairness concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Congress
No Place Like Home Phrase and Origins Mentioned
A fragment discusses the phrase There’s no place like home and its role in the song Home Sweet Home, referencing the origin and its cultural meaning. It notes a Wisconsin medical context but lacks full details or dates.
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Wisconsin
Home Safety Tips From State Medical Society
The State Medical Society urges making homes safer to reduce falls. Practical steps include sturdy ladders, secured carpets, clear stairs, safe hand rails, handy baths, firm window screens, clutter-free paths, careful floor waxing, stair barriers for children or elders, and repairing loose rails and steps.
Bread Lines and Wartime Shortages Hit American Homes
A wartime columnist notes bread and cake shortages across the United States, as bakeries and grocers run out from morning hours. The piece laments hoarders and greed while urging rationing and adaptation, warning of shrinking loaves and scarce flour.
Lodge and Walsh Vie For Senate Seat in Massachusetts
Massachusetts political veterans Henry Cabot Lodge and David I Walsh renew a Senate contest reminiscent of 1919 when they opposed the League of Nations. Lodge seeks to demonstrate strength against Walsh as Walsh has long been considered unbeatable in the state. If Lodge wins it could revive the family name though risks remain for his political standing.
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Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge
David I. Walsh
League of Nations
Lodge
Walsh
Transcontinental sleeping car service links Chicago to West Coast
Chicago, New York City and Washington join Los Angeles and San Francisco by a new transcontinental sleeping car line. Passengers avoid Chicago transfers, disrupting local baggage handling but adding convenience for travelers, a policy the paper has long advocated.
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New York City
Washington
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chicago
West
No Dictator Needed by James Thrasher
A column warns against embracing dictatorship during economic crises. It argues democracy handles emergencies best when the public stays informed and insists on lawful, orderly reforms rather than quick draconian fixes. It cautions that reliance on strong leaders can become destructive.
Virgin Islands experiment marks first Black governor in U S
Washington Column reports on William Hastie sworn in as governor of the Virgin Islands at Emancipation Park Charlotte Amalie. The piece notes Hastie's background Harvard Howard, and the islanders hopeful for better living standards while wary of unrealistic expectations from both natives and outsiders.
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Virgin Islands
Peter Edson
Kenosha Evening News
Washington
Charlotte Amalie
St. Thomas
NEA
Herbert Hoover
America
Nckkro
William H. Hastie
Emancipation Park
Secretary of the Interior
Julius A. Krug
Government House
Bluebeard’s Castle
St Croix Island
Secretary Krug
Hastie
Harvard Law School
Howard University Law School
Stimson
Beryl Halliday
Islands
Navy
Interior Department
Morris de Castro
Walter Taylor
St. Croix
Roy Gordon
Council
Progressive Guide
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Army
Turning Back the Pages of History June 5 1921
A summary of local 1921 social news includes the last Ladies afternoon card party at the Elks chaired by Mrs H B Kotz and assisted by a named committee. Winners listed are Mrs W Swift for the bridge award and Mrs John Burns for the five hundred. Elections held by Beta Phi Kappa of KH.S name officers Carl K Nelson president Irwin Walker vice president Carl O Nelson secretary Frederick Bradley treasurer Gilbert Wahl berg sergeant at arms. Youth beauty contest entries announced by American Legion with a list of participants. Baby entrants listed with full names.
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the Elks
H. B. Kotz
A. J. Schmitz
R. W. Lilley
J. B. Duffy
C. H Nellis
R. E Bassett
T. B. Temple
W Swift
John Burns
Beta Phi Kappas of
Kh.s
Carl K. Nelson
Irwin Walker
Carl O. Nelson
Frederick Bradley
Gilbert Wahlberg
McKenney On Bridge Hand Boosts Katz To Fourth In World Champs
Samuel Katz of Millburn NJ soared from eighth to fourth in the Masters Individual after a key seven no trump hand with Oswald Jacoby. Most pairs reached seven spades, but Katz and Jacoby played seven no trump.
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Samuel Katz
Millburn
N. J
Oswald Jacoby
Supreme Court limits Jim Crow ruling to interstate buses
The Supreme Court held that only interstate bus travel cannot compel Negroes to sit behind white passengers. The decision preserves many Jim Crow practices within states while striking a narrower blow against segregation on cross state transportation. The ruling cites the commerce clause and affects nine Southern states with similar laws, which will need changes to align with the decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jim Crown
North
Webster's Dictionary
T. D. Rice
Virginia
Congress
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Texas
How a SQUIRREL can be made
The text discusses western gray and fox squirrels along the Pacific coast and across the southern United States. It notes their size compared to eastern squirrels, enemies like hawks and foxes, habitats in pines, nesting with Spanish moss, and their diet. It also mentions yellow-bellied and white bellied fox squirrels and compares them to Malabar squirrels in India.
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Pacific
United States
Louisiana
Florida
Mississippi Valley
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
North
Asia
India
America
British Foreign Secretary Bevin Presses Moscow on Europe Peace
Bevin in the House of Commons argues Europe can only know lasting peace if Russia joins a European settlement while asserting Moscow seeks global communization. He says Soviet rhetoric treats democracy as incompatible with its system and warns of a world encirclement effort backed by persistent, worldwide Communist cells.
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Britain
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Moscow
Bevin
Europe
Russia
Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Lenin
Trotsky
Soviet Union
Fox Squirrels Leave Woods to Hunt for Food
In Uncle Ray's Corner, notes on red and eastern gray squirrels describe red squirrels weighing about half a pound and about 12 inches long including the tail. Eastern gray squirrels grow to around 18 inches, with half that length from the tail, suggesting a body length similar to its tail.
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Associated Prensa United Press, Association
Wisconsin Daily League and Audit Bureau of Circulation
Cal Society
State Medical Society
By James Thrasher
John Lewis
Sinclair Lewis
Wall Street
Utopia
Accore
the Washington Column
Truman
Denmark
By Galbraith
Mom
Pop
American Legion
Portia Alleman
Winifred Alward
Lillyan Amalya Anderson
Ariel Beaupre
Madelon Bode
Laurel Bush
Esther Fitchow
Madelon Drake
Belle Grignon
LaRond Grignon
Emma Hildebrandt
Florence Josephson
Bertha Kalb
Genevieve Kollman
Inez Leable
Margaret McQuestion
Ella Norlander
Marguerite Orth
Helen Zielenski
Betsy Jane Alward
Robert Bode
Fred C Conte
Constance Jane Drinkwine
Merle Gotsche
Jean Heide
Amelia Magdalen Herman
Constance Kennedy
Nina Marshall
August Martin
LaVerne McAllister
Doris Katherine Miller
Charles Everett Strangberg
Dorothy Violet Sikes
Leona Tuchell
Jack Ward
Alice Mae Francis
McKenney
By William FE. McKenney
America's Card Authority
Katz
By James Marlow
South
Afghanistan
Webster
TN. T
Snap Himself
DeWitt Mackenzie
Uncle Ray's
Uncle Ray
Squirrel Pets
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