Army to train 227000 men in summer mobilization plan
War department outlines a national training program for 227000 men from regular army National Guard and organized reserves. Training will occur in state or federal encampments with demonstrations by regular army units and citi zens training camps open to applicants after April 1 at several corps headquarters nationwide.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Regular Army
National Guard
Army of the United States
United Land Forces
Department
Nationnal Guard
Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Citizens
Corps
Boston
Governor's Island
N. Y
Fort Howard
Foreafcfferson, Ga
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Tind
Fort Sheridan
Fort Crook
Neb
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Presidio
San Francisco
Labor Unions to Live Up to Agreements
Major construction groups and the national board of jurisdictional awards approve a plan to suspend unions and enforce decisions. The resolution requires contractors to employ only union labor and include clauses to follow board rulings, aiming to end jurisdictional strikes and delays. It addresses prior carpenters versus sheet metal workers disputes and promotes consensus among workers, employers, and professionals.
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Associated General Contractors of America
American Institute of Architects
Engineering Council
National Building Trades and Employers’ Association
American Federation of Labor
National Board of Jurisdictional Awards
Washington
Building Trades Councils of Union Labor
National Board
General Contractors
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Carpenters
Immigration 8 Percent Act Extension Favored by Committee
The house immigration committee recommends extending the 8 percent immigration act until 1923 as the current law expires June 30, 1922. It favors maintaining the temporary provision despite reviewing other proposals, while the senate committee may suggest changes. In eight months actual immigration fell to 191,154 plus 1,769 temporary admissions totaling 192,923 compared with 566,343 a year earlier.
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House Immigration Committee
Senate Immigration Committee
Immigration Restrictions Prompt Calls for New Naturalization Code
The report notes strict immigration limits and demands for suspension to align with treaty provisions. A committee is drafting a new naturalization code to identify genuinely eligible entrants. Rep Sabath Siegel and Box filed a minority report condemning the quota law as inhumane and opposed by the American people.
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Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
Sabath
Illinois
Siegel
New York
Box
Texas
Five Million Dollar Plus Incomes Reported For 1919 Tax Year
The 1919 calendar year shows five personal returns of income of $5,000,000 and over with confidential taxpayer names. In totals, 5,332,760 individuals filed returns, reporting net income of $19,859,401,448 and total tax of $1,269,130,104, up from 1918 by 907,646 returns and $3,984,852,008 in net income and $141,908,263 in tax.
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Illinois
United States
Experts claim canal defenses obsolete against modern warships
Military experts say Panama Canal defenses lag behind times and can be destroyed by distant 16 inch guns. They argue fortifications were built for older rifles and require urgent modernization as joint maneuvers to test the defenses were canceled for retrenchment. An item for fort modernization is in the army estimates.
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Panama Canal
United States
Canal
Guna
Pacific Entrance
Pacific
Canal Zone
Spring Fashion Notes Highlight One Piece Dresses and New Suits
A New York Times fashion sketch surveys spring dress and suit trends. It notes one piece dresses with coordinating coats, the rise of waist wear and clever blouse skirt blends, and features a yellow crepe chiffon blouse with brown kasha skirt, a soft brown belt, and multicolored embroidery. It also discusses shortened jackets with vests, wool etamine suits, long waisted blouses, bloused silhouettes, and a shift from black to midnight blue street wear.
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New York Times
Kta Rcun Cs Smrties
Paris
Comely six room home design by Radford
Practical six room house with sun parlor described by William A. Radford. Details include 38 by 24 feet frame construction on brick foundation, open living room 12 by 28 feet, two large porches, three bedrooms with triple windows, and emphasis on efficiency and comfort over showiness.
Rich Evening Gowns Displayed In Paris Fashion
A Paris fashion writer describes magnificent evening gowns in purple gold red and silver. Gold lace accents a long bodice and V neck with jeweled shoulder straps. A purple tulle tunic flares to cascades and trains while a bouquet of sweet pens adds color. Another white taffeta gown features silver lace roses and a necklace of silver roses.
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Paris
Spring Hosiery Sees Rivalry With Neutral Shades
Spring hosiery markets show black facing strong competition from beige sand nude taupe and grey colors. Lighter shades are typical for spring while sheer chiffon remains in demand and gauze ankle stockings gain use due to fine even mesh.
Milady's Kerchief Embroidered with Spring Flowers
A white handkerchief is described as Milady's kerchief, divided into square sections by drawn threads and sprinkled with small embroidered flowers along the surface, styled as a spring accessory.
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Milady
Childish sport in Japan amid Tokyo bubble vendors
A London Mall Continental Edition vignette describes rare soap-bubble vendors in Tokyo. It notes two roaming peddlers using battered cans, ladles, bottles, and bamboo reeds to craft bubbles that delight children and attract coins among the temple grounds and streets.
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Tokyo
Fern Fronds Tied to Cold Storage Farms
Reader notes describe fern fronds used to decorate hotel luncheons. The text suggests fronds are grown near villages, shipped by the ton in summer, and supplied to New York City where about 15 million fronds are used annually, implying strains on New England woods.
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New York City
New England
French heels ruin records at gab-box shop
A woman orders many phonograph records in a gab-box shop but explains cleaners bent by her French heels ruined most of her favorites. She laments losing several titles and only Abide With Me remains.
Farm childhood memory of courting a preacher's son
A youth recalls growing up on a farm with devout neighbors. The preacher's family visits at dinner while the narrator, then young, watches the son eat six pieces of chicken, leaving none for the writer who felt hunger and longing.
Whee Boy and the Sweets Tale From a Distant Page
A fragmented reminiscence centers on a small boy finishing a first sitting and eating excessive sweets. A mother and father speak of moderation, citing a proverb about excess leading to heart trouble and rowing leading to a rower’s heart, amid garbled dialogue and stray words.
Pinkham Medicine Admires Life and Health Claims
A collage of testimonial snippets and ad copy touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s remedies for women’s ailments. Letters from readers in Youngstown and New Orleans praise relief from cramps, weakness, and fatigue after using the product, alongside product pitches and unrelated humorous vignettes and brief notes.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Helge
Pinkham
En HeAsley
Jackson St
Ohl
Rondown
L. E. Wiese
Louisa St
New Orleans
Ures
Lydia E. Pinkham
Noyes Welcome Triplet Boys to Victoria Family
Mr and Mrs Noyes of Victoria North live with five children and now celebrate the birth of triplet boys two weeks old. Indications suggest the Noyes family will grow further in the home as the household fills with new arrivals.
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Harold
Harper's Magazine
Noyes
Victoria
Thin Ice Warning Signals Hazard for Fishermen
A terse dialogue highlights the danger sign of thin ice for fishermen, urging caution to avoid breaking through. The exchange underscores the risk of venturing onto unsafe waters and the need to reassess routes and precautions.
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ill
SUN Parlor
Callot
Japan
Daily Ally
Lydis E. Pinkham
Department of Agriculture
McGinty
W. Bray
Calsmet
Gosrantecs
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