West Virginia Commissioned at Norfolk Yard as Navy Modernization Rolls On
The battleship West Virginia was commissioned at Norfolk, joining Maryland and Colorado as the fleet’s largest ships. At 82,600 tons, 624 feet long and 21 knots, she carries 16 Inch guns and multiple anti aircraft batteries. Secretary Denby calls her the last of the super dreadnoughts and notes the Washington conference surrender of eleven similar ships.
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Ashington
Navy Line
Norfolk Navy Yard
West Virginia
Jutland
Maryland
Colorado
North Dakota
Denby
Thomas Jones Senn
Mutsu
Nagato
River and harbor bill totals large as 1925 requests
The Uncle Sam's Waterways bill asks 63 million for rivers harbors and waterways for fiscal year starting July 1 1924 with recommendations from the army chief of engineers. Major shares go to Chicago Milwaukee Mississippi New York Ohio and Muscle Shoals Wilson dam with monthly expenditures projected at 800 thousand and project completion cost around 13 million.
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Chief of Engineers of
Army
Congress
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Chief of Engineers
Chicago District
Chicago Harbor
Chicago River
Calumet Harbor
Illinois
Indiana
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Michigan City Harbor
Waukegan Harbor
Ill
Milwaukee District
Menominee Harbor
Mich
Green Bay Harbor
Wis
Fox River
Sturgeon Bay
Lake Michigan Ship Canal
Milwaukee Harbor
Racine Harbor
Kenosha Harbor
St. Joseph Harbor
South Haven Harbor
Saugatuck Harbor
Kalamazoo River
Mississippi River
Mississippi River Commission
New York Harbor
Ohio River
Delaware River
Chesapeake Bay
Irrigation Crops Report Highlights Strong Yields Across Projects
Government assessment notes good crop conditions on major irrigation schemes. Yuma Arizona California reports cotton gins busy with 16 5k to 18k bales. Orland California sees alfalfa crops, oranges, almonds valued around 50 000. Grand Valley Colorado describes halved sugar beets and strong potatoes alfalfa yields. Newlands Nevada winter wheat planted and potatoes harvested. Williston North Dakota sugar beets exceed 12 tons per acre. Utah Strawberry Valley sugar beets over 100 000 tons with apples storage under consideration.
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Department of the Interior
Yuma Project
Arizona
California
Orland Project
Grand Valley Project
Colorado
Minidoka Project
Idaho
Batley Dre Joot
Mentaze
Newlands Project
Nevada
Rio Grande Project
New Mexico
Texas
Williston Project
North Dakota
Strawberry Valley Project
Utah
Bananas and a Growing Tropical Empire
A National City Bank analysis notes Americans will eat about four billion bananas this year and have paid Caribbean producers about 20 million annually, four hundred million over 20 years. It attributes rising bananas to shipping and plantations investments, forming a modern empire in the tropics.
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Sani Claus
North Pole
National City Bank of
New York
Caribbean
Postal Service Reports Big Increase and Deficit Drop
The Postmaster General informs the year end report that postal business grew substantially yet the department cut its annual deficit by about 30 million dollars from the prior year through efficiency. He urges legislation for third class mail delivery and other reforms while noting revenues of 582.8 million and expenditures of 470.8 million with a 37.0 million operating deficit.
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Westmaster General
New
Voulidge
Gald
Legisla Hty
Cliss
Birthplace Areas Linked to Washington Adams Franklin Figures
A National Geographic bulletin traces Northamptonshire England as origin for many American leaders. It notes connections to Washington Adams Franklin families and other birthplaces across Virginia and Ohio, highlighting shared ancestry and the spread of early English stock to the colonies.
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Washington
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
America
Adams
Flovre
Northhamptonshire
Sulgrave
Franklin
Ecton
Northamptonshire
Cook County
Tinels
Chicago
Sulgrave Manor
Northwest
England
France
Semitic Polynesians Found by Hurley Endeavor
Capt. Frank J. Hurley, noted Australian wartime explorer and photographer, reports the recent Papua New Guinea expedition uncovered a Semitic Polynesian people near the Kalmuri. The photograph depicts a widow mourning her husband with a ceremonial bone nose ornament and grass-welted skin features.
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Israel
Frank J. Hurley
Australia
United States
Papua
New Guinea
Captain Hurley
Tapestry of American Troops Departing Philadelphia Nears Completion
Paris reports the Beauvais tapestry works nearing completion for a US gift. Six selected weavers labored three years on the 38 square meter piece titled Departure of American Troops From Philadelphia. It shows artillerymen marching past a mounted color bearer with the American flag, and a border linking Lafayette’s deeds with Pershing’s, dates 1776 and 1917.
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Paris
Philadelphia
United
Lafayette
Pershing
Notable Vermonters and Colonial Roots Highlight Vermont Heritage
A scattered reminiscence links Vermont figures and American history from Magna Carta and Puritan elites to notable residents. It cites Coolidge and Hartland birthplaces, Arthur and Edmunds connections, Ethan Allen’s role, Windsor’s revolutionary constitution, and figures like Kipling and Canfield Fisher tied to Vermont locales.
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Northampton
John
Runnymede
America
Coolidge
Plymouth
Daniel? Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Hartland
Downstead
Arthur
George F. Edmunds
Windsor
Vermont
George’ Harvey
England
Peacham
Brigham Young
Wittingham
Admiral Delvey
Montpelier
Clark
Oregon
Bradford
Rudyard Kipling
Caroline Balestier
Brattleboro
Canfield Fisher
Woman Jumped Into East River After Firing For Tardiness
Mrs. Cedilla Tankin of 606 East Thirteenth Street was dismissed from work for lateness. Her husband has been blind for two years, leaving her to support two children. One child is in an asylum. the other, five year old Helen, was denied admission to a day nursery she relied on for care. She survived the river plunge and was treated at Bellevue Hospital.
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Virginia
Northamptonshire
Lincoln
York
Nottingham
America
United States
Blue Ridge Mountains
Rockingham
Greene
Madison
Ada Son
Orange County
John Marshall
Midland
Thomas Jefferson
Shadwell
Woodrow Wilson
Staunton
Abraham Lincoln
Broadway
John Sevier
Tennessee
Lacey Springs
Zachary Taylor
Orange
Richmond
George Washington
James Monroe
Thomas Lightfoot Lee
Richard Henry Lee
Robert E. Lee
Westmoreland County
James Madison
Rockingham County
Albemarle County
Henry Clay
Patrick Henry
Hanover County
John Randolph
Chesterfield County
Augusta County
George Mason
Stafford County
John Wyler
Benjamin Uarrison
Charles City
Winfield Scott
Dinwiddie
Larguler
Sum Jouston
Rockbridge
Shiree
Carter Braxton
King and Queen County
John Penn
Caroline County
George Walton
Frederick County
Ohio
England
Scotland
Wales
Benjamin Wennklin
Sttesmin
Washingtons
William
Thomas Standolph
William Penn
New-York
East River
Bellevue Hospital
Cedilla Tankin
Thirteenth Street
Birs.Tenkin
Helen
Ares A
Senate
House
Woman's Reformatory
Rockwell
City
District ‘Court
Fillamaburg
Styte
Apeak
Gallagher
Anilestone
Ten-Year-Old Girl Swims While Asleep in Laredo
Dorothy Brennan a ten year old girl from Laredo attracted attention when she slept walked from home. She dressed half awake, took a bathing suit and wagon, walked about 15 blocks to Arroyo Chacon, swam in the creek, then returned and was found under the Chacoa creek bridge. She was unharmed and it was her first known sleep walking episode.
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Laredo
Texas
Dorothy Brennan
Hal. L. ‘Brennan
Chacon
Chacoa Creek
Immigrant Exploitation Alleges Passport and Birth Certificate Trade
Testimony before the joint legislative committee describes a scheme at New York ports where American birth certificates and passports are peddled to immigrants. Witnesses claim foreign agents sell American money and issue or misuse documents to help illegal entry, with agents charging 20 to 40 percent fees.
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New York
August V. Tozal
Foreign Exchange
4 State Street
Ateamahp
Intel
Aipartent
Swiss May Gala Sea Outlet Plans for Genoa Port Upgrade
An extensive project is being studied and plans have been submitted to the Swiss government aiming to transform the nearby port of Vado into a sea outlet for wise commerce.
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Genoa
Vado
Bible Published in 770 Languages Aiming for 800
The American Bible Society reports the Bible is published in 770 languages and plans to translate into about 800 more. Translation efforts continue to expand accessibility and reach worldwide.
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gocs@ty
Civilians to Form Large Part of British Royal Air Force
Britain plans to greatly expand the air force with civilians making up over two thirds of reserve squadrons and auxiliary units to resemble the territorial army. Sir Samuel Hoare outlines the shift as a national development in the air force's strength and organization.
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London
Royal Air Force
Atate militiniIn
America
Samuel Hoare
Sec
Legislature Passes Broad Bill Package in Senate
A set of bills advanced through the Senate includes measures to fix fees chargeable by districts and standardize municipal corporate bonds. The package also covers county recorder duties, official newspapers, vacancies in office, state officers, and professional licensing aspects. In the House, bills include legalizing the Waterloo bond issue and establishing Oakland bond authority with municipal general powers, plus a peremptory challenge related to prison security.
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Senate
Clark
Recorder
HOUSE
Waterloo
Oakland
Indiana law debate on tax revision and rural high schools
Senators Smith of Madison County and Dutcher of Johnson County lead a push in the Thirty ninth general assembly for a tax revision and rural high school districts. The session weighs code bills amid lengthy measures, with emphasis on rural education, district formation rules, and eligibility for state acceptance of earned grades.
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Smith
Madison
Indiana
Algo
Indiana Commission
Iyle
Billao
Ani
Ay Caldwe
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