National Defense Seeks Trained Citizens and Navy Plan
President urges rapid expansion of national defense including 400000 trained citizen volunteers, broader army and navy buildup, and a strong merchant marine. He warns of internal disloyalty and calls for new internal revenue measures to fund security and efficiency for America and the hemisphere.
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Quartermaster Corps
Hospital Corps
Ordnance Department
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
Porto Rico
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Aviation Corps
General Board of the Department
Lkely
Appeal State Case Tests Compensation as Wages Basis
Des Moines report on the first appeal under the workmen’s compensation law. John Richards seeks maximum weekly benefits after a broken back, alleging $76 for powder and $12 for blacksmithing should count as wages. The case, with broader miner interest, goes to the Iowa Supreme Court after district court upheld the arbitration board decision.
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Treasury
the Treasury
Panama Canal
General Fund of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Des Moines
Board of Arbitration
Iowa Supreme Court
John Richards
Central Iowa Fuel Company
Richards
John T. Clarkson
Miners’ Union
Arbitration Board
Lucas County District Court
Supreme Court
Postscript items and inventions from a varied era
Australia bans imports of belts claimed to have therapeutic magnetic effects. The US Bureau of Standards unveils a labor saving device for cottonseed oil color testing. Argentina reports success making paper pulp from native pine. Compressed leather and felt furniture casters are invented. French houses use number 1244 to avoid 13. A German nitroglycerin factory is wired and grounded to protect against lightning. A shaving blade and rubber lather rubbing tool are combined on one handle.
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Australia
United States Bureau of Standards
France
England Prisons Cost and Global Facts Intersect
Maintenance of prisons in England costs 2 330 000 dollars annually. The Royal Agricultural Society of England uses Practice with science as its motto. Aerial navigation studies trace back to the 14th century. Venezuela enforces butter purity standards and bans adulterated products. Henry Jenkins, born in Yorkshire in 1501 and dying in 1670, is noted for long life and early swimming fame. A new East African wood suitable for lead pencils has been found as American cedar supplies decline.
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Americas
America
Congress
Lawa
Europe
England
Royal Agricultural Society of England
Venezuela
Henry Jenkins
Yorkshire
Floddenfield
East Africa
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