Rural districts gain fire protection along paved Dallas roads
Dallas county Texas creates coverage for farms on paved routes within 18 miles of Dallas. Farmers call the Dallas fire department and receive rapid response with chemical engine or steamer. The plan, one of the first of its kind, has reduced fire losses and lowered insurance rates in smaller towns and rural areas. As road projects finish the service is set to expand further.
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Texas
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Dallas
Dallas City Commission
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Dallas Department
Criticism and Road Building in Public Works
Department Public Works Nebraska urges that criticism is essential for success when it is intelligent and constructive. It warns against baseless critiques that harm progress and stresses thinking before speaking to ensure criticism is factual.
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Department Public Works
Nebraska
Flat Steel Reinforcements Extend Road Life
New York and Pennsylvania state highway departments now require flat sheets of heavy steel fabric embedded in concrete roads to curb cracking. The innovation also features a central contraction joint, noted by Popular Mechanics in an illustrated feature.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Popular Mechanics
Magezine
Hard roads benefit health across rural and urban areas
The long 6 500 mile scenic motor highway through western Canada and the United States reaches its final link. The 93 mile section will open to traffic on June 40, threading through mountains and forests and bringing fresh air and health closer to city residents.
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Canada
United States
Rockies
Virgin Mountain
Forest Country
Highway tax proposal gains ground nationwide
The plan to levy an eight per gallon gasoline tax to fund highway construction is gaining traction across the country. Supporters argue it provides a stable funding source for new roads while opponents cite potential burden on drivers and inflationary effects.
Country Doctor Bravely Braves Berkshire Blizzard Rescue
In heavy New England snows a country doctor endures extreme hardship to reach a pneumonia patient in a remote farmhouse. Dr Riley, aided by a boy and a guiding lantern beacon, battles drifted roads and blizzards, ultimately reaching the child after a long, perilous trek.
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New England
North Adams
Mass
John H. Miley
North
Adams
Berkshire Mountains
Doctor Riley
Florida Mountain
Riley
Jungle Life Report From Kilimanjaro Crater Discovery
English scientist T. A. Barnes described a complete jungle in the crater of an extinct volcano in Tanganyika Africa. He cites at least 75,000 animals including elephants tigers leopards and rhinos living inside the crater. The crater is about 2000 feet deep with a three mile long lake.
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T. A. Barnes
New York City
Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanganyika
Eden
Man drives through danger to answer calls
A man rushed from Schoolhouse to North Adams with a boy in his car to respond to a dying woman in Clarksburg and then returned, exhausted but resuming work the next day.
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North Adams
A Wonan
Clarksburg
Crime Wave Stirs Sydney As Premier Bids Tougher Sentences
Sydney reports 654 people charged with crime in six months in a city of 00,000, prompting a state conference on crime control. Proposals include a minimum six month jail term amid criticism that judges have been overly lenient. From Vienna, 424 matrimony candidates sought advice. certificates granted to 30 percent.
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Sidney
Australia
Vienna
Austria
First Air Mail Landing In Sierra Snow Near Summit California
Pilot Clare KK. Vance landed an air mail plane on a snow covered lake at Soda Springs near Summit after running out of fuel. The rugged crest of the Sierras provided a dramatic successful emergency touchdown saving the mail run and marking a historic feat for Reno area aviation.
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Reno
Nev
Clare KK
Vance S
Sierra Mountains
Soda Springs
Summit
Cal
Night schools aid aliens seeking citizenship in U S
Washington officials report night schools run by the Bureau of Naturalization in the Department of Labor have educated over a million and a half citizenship hopefuls since the program began. The plan connects petition filings to local classes, aiming to produce more intelligent citizens and better future contributors to American life.
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Bureau of Naturalization
Department of Labor
Department
United States
Clerks of Courts
America
New Italian Order Aims to Cleanse Public Service
Italy moves to streamline government under Prime Minister Massaint by decree. The plan retires workers over sixty five or with forty years service, purges unsatisfactory staff, and revamps payrolls while exempting the army navy militia and railways to be addressed later. Retirees receive lump sums and pensions proportional to years served.
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Rome
Italy
Tremier Massaint
Idecree
Army
Navy
Torre
Judge's Vision as Barber Delivers Mock Razor Moment
In Atlantic City a New Jersey Supreme Court justice named Junge Stickel sat in a barber chair. A colored barber delivered a razor bluff and claimed a vision of instant death for the judge. The barber declared the judge was no good as the scene ends.
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Bill Wattle
Barber
Junge Stickel
New Jersey Supreme Court
Atlantic City
Public Works Plan to Combat Unemployment Gained Support
Congress members favor federal driven public works to counter unemployment during economic downturns. Aimed by the Tonal Unemployment league led by George Foster Peabody, the bill would create a commission to study needs for nationwide public works and expand activity in low mood periods.
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Ashington
Congress
United States
George Foster Peabody
New York
Syith
Netonal Unemployment League
Mielinghuysen
Rep
N. J
Ziblman
Step
Martin B. Madden
Appropriations Committee
The Boars Nest Poker Game Among Congress Members
A sensational report details a closed, guarded gathering nicknamed The Boar's Nest near the Justice Department. It describes a high stakes poker game among wealthy lawmakers, with pots up to $32,000 and $24,000 won by a West Virginia feudist and a Pacific coast senator, followed by a police raid before adjournment.
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Congress
Department of Justice
Public Service
West Virginia
Washington
Congres
Beans Suit Bill Lets Sonnenstrahl Sue U S Over Navy Picked Goods
Senate action encases Eli N Sonnenstrahl of Brooklyn in a four month window to sue the United States in the Eastern District of New York for additional pay on beans commandeered by the Navy around February 1918 in San Francisco. Calder notes the owner offered the beans at cost after government refusal and that negotiations later yielded only partial extra payment.
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Li N. Sonnenstrahl
Brooklyn
N. Y
United States
Senate
Eli W N. Sonnenstrahl
Navy Department
San Francisco
Galif
United States District Court
District
New York
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Calder
Alr
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Tie
Bishops petition President for amnesty of political prisoners
Catholic and Protestant Episcopal leaders led by Bishop Charles L. Brent urge the President to grant unconditional amnesty to all political prisoners now serving sentences. They argue allied nations granted amnesty postwar and that the prisoners are jailed for expressions in writing or speech. Other signers include Bishop Charles P. Anderson and several bishops from South Dakota Ohio and Minnesota.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
Charles L. Brent
Brent
Charles P. Anderson
Chicago
Hugh L. Burleson
South Dakota
Frank du Moulin
Ohio
Sheldon WN. Griswold
Frank A. McElwain
Minnesota
T. N. Morrison
Town
Charles D. Williams
Michigan
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