Reinstatement offer broadens wartime insurance use
Washington reports War Risk Insurance Bureau urges ex service members with lapsed policies to reinstate within eighteen months. Renewals exempt from back premiums if in good health, with minimal upfront payments, and options to convert to endowment or permanent forms. Officials seek congressional changes to broaden beneficiaries and payment methods while preserving government protection.
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Washington, D. C
Sam
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Col
R. G. Cholmeley-Jones
Bureau
Oman
Iirector Cholmeley-Joneas
Congress
United States
Insurance Division
Cholmeley- Jones
Johannesburgs cosmopolitan character and varied tastes
Johannesburg, with a population of 268 27, is the largest and most cosmopolitan city in South Africa. The tastes of the people are varied, ranging from the simplest requirements on the part of the natives to the most cultivated wants.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Camp Point Chautauqua Celebrates Dramatic Day
A sunny Camp Point Chautauqua day featured Ash Davis the cartoonist drawing live on stage and a 2 p m audience shift for children. The Ver Haar Concert Company performed twice with solos and quartets, and Dr Arthur Walwyn Evans delivered a stirring lecture on America amid a lively community social with marshmallows and bonfire.
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Camp Point
A _ cligaret
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Wilsom
Sam
Kalaer
Remus
Sunny Jim
Lee O. Bates
Chautauqua
California
Pr. Bates
Ver Hear Concert Company
Ver Haar
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Deacon
John Miller
Centerry Opera Company
Dressler
Miss Dighthall
Miss Lightfoot
Mr. Deacon
Clayton
Bowen
Ver Haar Concert Company
Navy yard fails to attract bids on surplus fabrics
No bids were received for the surplus thirty ounce navy blue melton finished cloth with a minimum of $5 per yard or for eighteen ounce cloth with a $4.25 per yard minimum when sealed proposals opened at the Brooklyn navy yard. Meanwhile in the Dutch East Indies public works paused during the war are resuming as material scarcity eases and demand grows for plant equipment and materials for water works electric and railway undertakings and harbor improvements.
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Wales
England
Shetland Islands
Teutons
America
Europe
League of Nations
John Bull
Servia
Umn
Hughes
Welchman
David Lloyd George
Christopher Columbus
United States Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Dutch East Indies
Urgent bids lure early steamship births to America
British and American businessmen in England are urgently offering between 250 and 500 dollars to holders of early steamship sailings to surrender their births and make passage to the United States. The unusual recruitment reflects rising demand for expedited transatlantic travel and shifts in immigration patterns.
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England
America
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Soldier’s Insurance
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Ullal Be Nee
Fpel
Able Lorie Ea
Mexico
Balley Park
United States Tire Production
United States Tire Company
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