Secret Service and Roosevelt Clash Over Spy Agency
Analyzes the U S Secret Service role and tensions with Congress during Roosevelt’s presidency. Describes Wilkie’s rise from reporter to head, agency duties across departments, and debates over funding, portability, and centralization amid calls for reform and investigations.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Committee On Appropriations
Secret Service
House
Hon
Calabrian and Sicilian Earthquakes Through History
An account by George H. Picard discusses Calabria and Sicily as recurrent earthquake hubs. It traces seismic duty from ancient times to modern shocks, noting Messina and Sicily’s long history of devastation and the role of crustal settling in Italian disasters.
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Wilkie
Secret Service
John B. Wilkie
Chicago
Wilbur F. Storey
Chicago Times
Philadelphia
Keng
Detective
London Bu
George H. Picard
Tralian
Calabria
Sicily
Terra Firma
Europe
Earth
Scylla
Gharybdis
Pntrance
Strait of Messina
Mit
Science
Tx Mt
California
Alwald
Sesila
Por Hon
Tezton
Malitind
Messina
Tong
Paul
Ehangel
Syracuse
Hienysius
Hannibal
Patachism
Bern
Baden-Rister
Italy
Earthquakes Through Two Centuries Ravaged World
A sweeping, though flawed, historical account cites giant quakes from 1708 to 1906. It notes Tokyo Yeddo 1708 with near 200,000 dead, Lisbon 1755 with 60,000+, and 1906 San Francisco among recurring shocks. The piece emphasizes widespread destruction driven by dense populations and global reach.
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Catania
Slelly
Mensina
Kingdom of Naples
Tokyo
Pekin
Lima
Cairo
Quito
West Indies
South American
North American
Great Lakes
France
Africa
Great Labor Exchange Proposal From Secretary Straus
Secretary Straus proposes a nationwide labor exchange with offices in major cities to match unemployed workers with available jobs. He cites bureau projects placing 2,512 men since July and envisions travel subsidies and employer-employee connections to reduce unemployment nationwide. He plans a Washington conference with BE Gary and other leaders to advance the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Labor
WIT
Washington
Sirwug
Department of Commerce and Labor
Straus
BE. H. Gary
Uuntad
Steel Corporation
Tate
Saye
Homen
New York
Mr. Straus
Hinself
Bureau of Information
Seattle
Alaska
Californii
Thu Under
Lila
Beattle
United States
Ndt
Turner Hall Programs in Gyimpantica Classes
Turner Hall offers a range of age based classes. Boys and girls from ages 11 to 14 attend on Wednesday and Saturday sessions. Youths aged 14 to 17 meet Monday and Friday evenings. Men and women attend various weekday evenings and weekend sessions. A Sunday school is also listed.
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Gyimpantica
Liz
Tyeod
Sao
Sana Io
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Uncle Sam
Secret
Government Detective Bureau
John E. Wilkie
James A. Edgerton
HERD
Government Department
Mr. Roosevelt
Weagion
President Roosevelt
Mitchell
Oregon
Treasury Department
Hawkshaws
Down Land
the Treasury
Vanderlip
John Ti
West
Treasury
Chief Wilkie
Lla
Lla Sesterant
W. Et. Moran
Bureau
Sillside
Moran
Department
Internal Revenue
Santa Claus
Carolina
America
Tucle Sam
White House
Wit Kle
Railroads
Express Companies
William J. Burns
San Francisco
Burns
Honey Field Schmitz
Ruetto
Pureau
Mearina
Mediterranean Sea
Iden Wexset
Catanta
Wich
Wessina Aypugeers
Mae
Marel
Mexico
Rio Grande River
Chilapa
Atren
Labor Council
National Labor Exchange
Breau
Turner Hall
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