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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1920
Page
4
A 1920 analysis argues Russia’s outsize agricultural sector drags down national strength and must balance farming with industry and commerce. It cites Artel cooperatives, peasant poverty, and urbanization patterns in Moscow and northern villages, contrasting imperial aims with reality. It warns Bolshevik plans to socialize all sectors risk further weakness.
A fragment notes the sun and planets moving toward a point near Vega overhead at dusk. It questions whether readers feel they rise headfirst about 25 times faster than possible, describing rapid celestial motion and an unsettled exact location of the point in the sky.
The article describes rainfall measurement devices like Symon's rain gauge. It explains a funnel shaped receiver and a close measure to gauge water quantity. The internal area is simplified to roughly one tooth of the mouth diameter to ease calculation.
City Detective Charles Baty shot and killed Salvador Darea and wounded three others when four Mexicans attempted to assassinate him at his Pueblo California home. Baty, who has led police for twenty years, returned fire from the doorway after being drawn on by the assailants and helped by his wife lifting revolvers to him. The incident marks Baty as the seventh officer to kill in his long career.
York-Jeanne Quaset, a half pound newborn in New York, grows to six weeks old and weighs 1 pound 3 ounces. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Ousset of 220 East Thirty Fifth Street, she defies early odds with doctors astonished by her progress. Nun Miss Louie Benard praises her health and development as she stays under constant care.
Danville New York report says a delirious shellshock patient in a U.S. hospital swallowed 688 foreign objects including tin rolls the size of a finger four belt buckles nails buttons needles and sticks revealed after an open stomach operation by Driesbach the head surgeon.
In Columbus Indiana Phillip Long Marsh Ralston and B Freese began a fishing trip but were attacked by a bull on pasture. The animal held them captive for the day demanding money to Banks. In Louisa Kentucky Carl Buygebett concealed cash at his home and after a failed search the occupants set fire to the house and $82 hidden there disappeared amid Buygebett barns bucked.
The War Risk Insurance Bureau will be split into at least fourteen regional offices with subregional branches, to bring services from the Public Health Service and the Federal Board for Vocational Education closer to veterans. A new multioffice building plan in each state capital aims to streamline claims, ratings, and retraining, with post offices handling premiums and reinstatement applications. The Treasury seeks $1 million to fund the regional network.
Recount of Sir Horace Plunkett Ireland's reformer noted for wit. A Dublin lecture on improving conditions for the poor left him a flattering yet cheeky note from a lady the day after. The narrative hints at his bachelor status and evolving public speaking.
A comment notes a man who is enterprising yet his goods are troublesome in the market. The speaker calls him an apothecary and asks how such a situation arises, highlighting concerns over his trade and practices.
A quoted exchange discusses growth stimulation from Bemigen rays, claiming lack of vesification centers and stimulation of the hypophysis. Dr BE Stettner notes these rays affect internal secretions governing bone production and growth, as reported in the Muenchner Medizinische Warhen schrift.
The American Legion proposes a small regular army plus a large citizen army under federal rules, with four months of intensive training or a three year National Guard enlistment. Veterans may opt out. training aims to fit civilian life, with winter camps in the south and careful officer selection to prevent abuse. The group stresses civilian status and universal military training without peacetime compulsory service.
Franklin D Oller national commander of the American Legion receives a letter from Ames Bricklayers Union supporting the legion on compensation for ex servicemen. The letter, witnessed by financial secretary Charles Cooney, states union accord with a bonus movement and offers assistance.
A fragmented crossword of misread quotes notes a French arms avistor claiming 314 loops and a casual ear about a sensation felt last June.
Frank J. Pierce, a former major of the British Royal Air Service who won the Distinguished Flying Cross for leading 17 British planes against German flyers, comes to the United States and takes a lowly job washing windows and scrubbing floors to survive after the war.
Senator Robinson of Kansas urges a special joint committee to monitor proposed laws. He targets insurance compensation back pay bonuses homesteading private schemes and related matters for veterans and others, aiming to sift the wheat from the chaff in congressional bills.
Three Poste Unite units in Harrisburg Pennsylvania combine into a single post designated No 27. The new post will operate with a 60 piece tendency to streamline duties and service.
Posts of the American Legion are hosting noonday luncheons at central downtown spots. Informal meetings gather Ferconnaires to promote member camaraderie with no formal speeches. The sessions last about an hour, allowing former servicemen to return to work promptly.
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