Parks Preserve Battle Memories Washington
Government study proposes War department evaluate all battlefields for a unified plan to commemorate battles. National military parks would cover large areas, while markers would note lines of battle at smaller sites. Historic parks already include Chickamauga Chattanooga Gettysburg Shiloh and Vicksburg with state monuments supplementing federal efforts.
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Washington
Congress
United States
War Department
First National Military Park
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Wauhatchie Valley
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Gettysburg
Secretary of War
Gettysburg Memorial Association
Shiloh
Northwest
Tennessee
Vicksburg Military Park
Vicksburg
Vicksburg National Military Park
Carolina
Mississippi River
Kentucky
Army of the
Army of the Potomac
Army of
Antietam
National Military Park
Pennsylvania
Feld
Yorktown
Guilford Courthouse
Kings Mountain Battle
Point Pleasant
Fort Recovery
Horseshoe
Fort Phil Kearny
Army War College
Saratoga
New Orleans
Auto Fatalities Total 22 500 During Year 1925
New York reports 1925 U S auto fatalities at 22 500 an increase of about 2 200 from 1924 The study by the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters also notes 19 800 fatalities in 1925 in 147 cities including street car and train collisions Grade crossing deaths rose to 1 784 in 1925 from 1 688 in 1924 Registration climbed to 19 954 347 in 1925 Deaths of children under fifteen remained a major concern with an estimated 6 800 killed in 1925 up from 6 000 in 1924 Adults saw about a 15 percent rise while child deaths grew about 8 percent.
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New York
United States
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters
Officials Executed to Stabilize Russian Currency
Moscow dispatch reports M R-M Bronsky of the finance ministry stating the chervonetz has been stabilized following government measures. He denies wholesale executions but confirms campaigns against artificial devaluation. Three finance ministry officials have been executed and about 100 speculators deprived of liberty.
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Moscow
U. S
Schiller’s feet on ice factored into his work
A brief note states Schiller kept his feet on ice while working, reflecting a method or habit mentioned in the source text. The item focuses on this detail as part of a larger portrait or anecdote about the subject.
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Schiller
Miss Ardis Wilden Wins National Meat Story Scholarship
El Paso Texas high school student Miss Ardis Wilden has won a university scholarship and 150 dollars for being named national champion in the third national meat story contest conducted in American high schools by the National Live Stock and Meat Board. Over 10 000 competitors entered.
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Ardis Wilden
el Paso
Texas
United States
National Live Stock and Meat Board
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Mississippi
Ne Xmalis National Military Park
Nathaniel Greene
Princeton
Monmouth Courthouse
Bennington Field
Tippecanoe
Burgoyne
Stillwater
Freeman's Farm
Berels Heights
Cornwallis
France
Creasy
Quinn Public School
Bethlehem
John J. McNamara
Irma Zimmerman
Elizabeth Randall
Yankton
Chester Gray
Boston
King Edward of
England
Sarah Bernhardt
Admiral Dewey
Southern
California
Ocean Park
Mountain Air
Good Will Association
Virginia
Coolidge
Carroll
Grayson
Snake Foods
Tokyo
Japan
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