Creation of Eighteen Corporations for Merchant Fleet Plan
Washington reports Albert Lasker urged President Harding to create eighteen subsidiary corporations under the Fleet Corporation to run 12 to 18 routes with about 250 ships, replacing excess fleet. The aim is government control with later private sale and to build a 7.5 million deadweight ton merchant marine for peace and war.
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Harding Toadsy
Albert D. Lasker
Shipping Board
Federal Merchant Marine
Lasker
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Fleet Corporation
Chant Marine
Having Everything at Hand and in Order Lends to Sewing
A home dressmaker seeks practical tips to start and sustain sewing at low cost. Advice covers chair choice, tools, portable sewing machines, and keeping a clean, well oiled machine. It stresses the Betty form to support posture and nerves, and urges planning, visualization, and calm focus for profitable, enjoyable dressmaking.
Sportsmen and Farmers Join In Shooting Vermin to Save Game
The American Game Protective and Propagation Association urges nationwide action to reduce predatory birds and animals harming game. Campaigns span Alabama to Washington with gun clubs and farmers joining anti vermin contests and higher bounties in some states.
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American Game Protective and ‘Propagat
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Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Iowa
Kansas
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri
Montana
New York
Ohio
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Rhode Island
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Tennessee
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Virginia
Washington
American Game Protective, and Propagation’ Association
Teachers Lead Field at Winfield Winfield
Southwestern College alumni study shows teaching tops careers with 264 graduates. Ministers number 103, housekeepers 100, business men 55, doctors 17, missionaries 16, lawyers 8, journalists 6, and others in miscellaneous fields. Twenty alumni work abroad.
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Winfield
Southwestern College
Topeka High Class Rejects Graduation Attire Plan
Topeka high school graduates 250 voted down a plan for white trousers and black coats for uniforms. Girls restricted graduation dress fabric to two dollars per yard, reflecting choice limits in the ceremony attire.
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Topeka
Topeka High School
Timber depletion noted in federal yearbook warns of mass forest loss
Washington report from May 31 cites the 1922 Agriculture Department yearbook detailing vast declines in virgin timber. It notes about 470 million acres of timberland remaining, with 188 million virgin acres, and warns that logging outpaces regrowth. It discusses forest fires, idle cleared lands, and economic impacts while pointing to future wood uses and recovery possibilities.
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Washington
Associated Press
United States
Department of Agriculture
Michigan
Sbower
Agriculture Department
Fort Leavenworth adds cook shacks at Citizens' Camp
Additional buildings rise at the Citizens Military Training Camp Fort Leavenworth with $4000 appropriated by the War Department. A detachment of the 17th Infantry arrived from Fort Crook Nebraska and is helping prepare the camp for summer training activities.
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Citizens’ Military Training
Fort Leavenworth
War Department
17Th Infantry
Fort Crook
Neb
Public schools lead humane movement says Detroit official
K E Hutchinson of the Detroit Humane Society cites long observation and letters from others to claim schools teach kindness to animals. He notes teachers drill children from kindergarten to care for birds and pets and report cruelty. He adds humane treatment boosts cattle value and cites the broader American fair play ethic.
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Detroit
Associated Press
K. E. Hutchinson
Detroit Humane Society
Hutchinson
Amundsen Prepares Arctic Flight From Point Barrow
Norwegian explorer Ronald Amundsen plans a late June air crossing from Point Barrow Alaska to Spitzbergen. He faces a blind Arctic region that traps him between the Pole and Greenland and must navigate by meridian while enduring fog and open sea risks. Atmospheric conditions will determine success or failure.
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Associated Press
Ronald Amundsen
Point Barrow
Alaska
Spitzbergen
Arctic
North Pole
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Greenland
Siberia
Berlin Subways Host Exchange Shops At Transfer Points
Berlin notes a mushroom growth of money changers at transit hubs as Shylock like traders set up booths in metro stations. The Schoeneberg metropolitan division hosts the first shop under a 10 year lease, with basic rent 750000 marks annually, adjustable with the mark’s buying power.
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Schoeneberg
West End
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