Veterans bonus and land grant bills move to Ways and Means
Democratic and Republican members of the House push all veteran bonus and land grant measures to the Ways and Means Committee. Secretary Baker notes that if sixty kin back the move, American soldiers buried overseas will be reinterred in permanent cemeteries abroad when graves on private ground lack proper attention.
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House of Representative
Democrats
Committee On Ways and Means
Baker
Arrivals in White House flock increase with seven lambs
President Wilson’s sheep herd grew by seven lambs this week, bringing the total to 87. Three sets of twins were born among the new arrivals, continuing a three year old flock started with seven sheep to clip the Waite House lawns.
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Wilson
Waite House
Rail deficit hits 715 million after railroads return to private control
The report to the President says deficits under Federal control reached 715 million dollars by March 1 and would have occurred under either system. The Director General claims private control would face mounting wartime costs but fewer economies than government centralized administration. Thousands of wounded soldiers in army hospitals will miss Federal oversight as rail administration ends.
Rate of One Cent a Mile Withdrawn for Traveling Home
The one cent per mile travel rate granted under federal control for workers returning to their homes has been withdrawn. The change reduces prior allowances and affects earnings for those commuting on furrows or rural routes.
Best Men for a Presidential Year in Lititz
The piece argues the nation remains strong and capable. It defends public servants from Illinois and other states, praising selections for the White House and Capitol. It asserts the United States is the strongest nation with abundant resources and a rightful role in world affairs.
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Lititz
White House
Capitol
Ilere
Fortune
Iron County War Ends and Armistice Signed
The iron county dispute in Michigan has ended with an armistice and withdrawal of forces. No arrests have occurred as inquiry moves to treaty stage amid wide accusations and gasps of smoke from days of charged rhetoric. Citizens note federal authority is acknowledged though jailings are absent, while a county prosecutor calls the affair a hoax or blunder.
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Iron County
Mich
Lititz
United States
Washington
Lear
Close Oklahoma vote pushes suffrage toward final ratification
A tight Oklahoma ballot narrows the path to the federal suffrage amendment with 33 states now approving. Three states remain to affirm before final ratification, and Oklahoma will submit its vote to a voter referendum.
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Oklahoma
Ratification Effort Faces Three More State Votes
Lititz women note three of nine remaining states Connecticut Delaware Florida Louisiana North Carolina Tennessee Vermont Washington and West Virginia have yet to act. West Virginia meets in special session with a close vote expected. Maryland delegates travel to Charleston to sway WV action marking a first in interstate influence on a federal amendment. Suffragists respond with an unofficial Maryland delegation.
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Lititz
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Louisiana
North Carolina
Tennessee
Vermont
Washington
West Virginia
Maryland
Charleston
Colby Named Secretary of State by President Wilson
The piece notes President Wilson's appointment of Bainbridge Colby as Secretary of State to succeed Jaangin Bainbridge Colby had a varied career including roles on the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation He is described as new to national politics though with prior reformist and military administration ties and faces expectations to prove his foreign affairs qualifications.
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Masons
Wilson
Mgr
Jaangin Bainbridge Colby
Progre
Mr. Wilson
Formen
Mr. Colby
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
New York
Colby
Olney
Justice Day
Homemade trap nest booklet guides on finding laying hens
The Bureau of Animal Industry released a simple do it yourself trap nest booklet. Readers can obtain this publication free by requesting F. B. 682 from the Division of Publications, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Division of Publications
Dept. of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Food Production Now and Fifty Years Ago
Director James Foust of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Foods notes that modern households no longer grow or preserve food. He contrasts a 1900 population of 31 million with 110 million now, describing a shift from home gardening and canning to factory production and grocery networks, which raises living costs while promising greater supply.
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United States
James Foust
Bureau of Foods
Pennsylvania
Toit
Sgmmer
Yeretarles
Publicity Seen Key to Halting Profiteering Says Price Commissioner
At the Real Estate Board luncheon in the Bellevue Stratford Philadelphia Frank B McClain urged publicity to curb profiteering and warned that high profits persist only while in the limelight He called for more labor and less vanity advocating a 66 hour week for three years and more alarms and overalls.
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Real Estate Board
Bellevue Stratford
Philadelphia
State Fair Price
Frank B. ‘McClain
Butchers Books in Lancaster Under DOJ Probe
A clash between Fair Price Commissioner Frank B. McClain and meat dealer R. G. Renninger led to Renninger’s attorney involvement. Federal agents began examining butchers books in Lancaster with Renninger’s books first, then Christ Kunzler Company, under DOJ supervision.
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Fair Price
Frank B. McClain
R. G. Renninger
McClain
Renninger
Lancaster
Christ Kunzler Company
W. 3
Watson Snyder
Department of Justice
Lion statue turns gaze toward Germany in turning warns of world conquest
The Waterloo lion, placed by Belgium as a France warning after the Napoleonic wars, has faced France but now, shifted by shifts in power, is imagined to roar toward Germany. The piece argues no longer to look toward France but to confront German ambitions as a reminder of dreams of conquest.
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Waterloo
Germany
France
Belgium
Alsire- Lorraine
Lial
Béra
Nossina
Why Love Means Nothing In Tennis History Of A Term
The piece explores why the scoring term love equals nothing in tennis and notes theories from old card games and possible Eastern origins. It mentions critics finding the term effeminate and records observations from the Christian Science Monitor about the harmless humor it inspires.
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Christian Science Monitor
Honor Cuban Generals Memorial Prize Winners
Cuba to honor General Maximo Gomez with a costly monument costing about 200000 dollars. Aldo Gaba the Italian sculptor won 25000 dollars for a model. Second and third prizes went to Huertas Cabarrocas and Guiseo Bergium. Gomez led Cuban forces in the 1895 war for independence and played a role in the Ten Years' War.
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Cuba
Maximo Gomez
Island Republic
Aldo Gaba
Huertas Cabarrocas
Guiseo Bergium
Gomes
Spain
IAMS
Gomez
Havana
Popular Mechanics
Helium Gas Costs Drop Amid European Shipment
Helium gas formerly rare and expensive saw prices fall after a large 150 000 cubic foot shipment to Europe just before a major arms deal. Discovered on the sun by spectroscopy helium is nonflammable and ideal for balloons. It is now extracted from Texas and Kansas natural gas sources using a delicate cooling process.
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Europe
Texas
Kansas
Surveyors Use Airplanes to Gauge Labrador Forests
A 40 person surveying party from the United States travels to Nova Scotia to map forests in Labrador by air. Four airplanes will survey vast woodland areas and aerial photographs will be used to compile statistics on pulp value. The expedition is led by a former British air forces captain.
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Labrador
United States
Nova Scotia
British Air Forces
Tlopular Mechanics Magazine
Rich Gift to Museum from Field Museum Treasury
The Field Museum in Chicago received a rare treasure trove of gold ornaments excavated from the Nechi river basin in Colombia. The collection includes breast plates aprons elaborate earrings bells and necklaces all in pure gold and described as the most valuable art collection of Colombia's ambient inhabitants.
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Field Museum
Chicago
Gould
Nechi River
Colombia
South America
Prominent Pennsylvania Lawyer James Scarlet Dead at 72
James Scarlet, famed Pennsylvania attorney and former Monroe county district attorney, died last Thursday aged 72. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1884 he trained as a lawyer after Princeton University, practiced in Danville, and earned a reputation for pursuing just causes over money. His early work included horseshoeing between studies.
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James Scarlet
Pennsylvania
Thomas B. Smith
Jim
Elizabeth
N. 2
Danville
Prington University
Dangville
Thomas Galbraith
Blackstone and Coke
Dim Scarlet
Monroe County
Alfalfa Growth Becomes Profitable Farm Crop In State
Reports show alfalfa farming increasing rapidly in the state and proven as highly profitable. Experts predict it will soon be on every farm. Besides hay, ground alfalfa replaces bran in feeds, boosting demand for grinding machinery among farmers.
Robins Return Warm the Town as Spring Tears In
Tehin Music Sounds Good Harry Godhenaur reports seeing robins near his home last week. These are the first in the area this season though some robins stay in brushy ravines. The arrival of robins and bluebirds will be welcome after winter.
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Harry Godhenaur
Hast Drumore
New Dormitory Planned for Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown College directors approved a plan to build a combined dormitory and apartment building for students and affiliates. The size is undecided, with infirmary and dwelling house ideas considered but not acted on. The college undertakes a multi year improvement program and endowment drive tied to a campaign expected to reach 406,900 dollars soon.
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Elizabethtown College
Bethlehem Bach Festival dates announced for 1920
Dr. J. Fred Wolfe conducts the Bach Choir of Bethlehem with Lehigh University hosting May 28 and 29. The festival, started in 1900, will have sessions at 4 and 8 30 o'clock Friday and 1 30 and 4 o'clock Saturday. Seventy five guarantors this year cover part of a projected deficit, half funded by Charles M Schwab.
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J. Fred Wolfe
Bach Choir of
Bethlehem
Lehigh University
Charles M. Schwab
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