Admiral Sims Rested His Case in Senate on 13 Charges
Rear Admiral William Sims instructed the Senate investigating committee that the navy department bore responsibility for war delays and missteps, listing 13 specific charges. He argued criticisms targeted the department as an organization, not individuals, detailing lack of ready ships, slow anti-submarine efforts, missing plans, and failure to define authority abroad. He praised overall navy work but faulted early war administration.
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Gen Wood Urges Pay for Teachers
General Wood warns that teacher and professor salaries are too low, comparing them with skilled laborers and university pay. He stresses the teaching profession builds the nation and must attract top brains, noting skilled educators are leaving for better pay in other fields.
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Paying Teachers to Attract Best Minds in Nation
The piece argues for raising teacher pay to attract top brains, saying education shapes a right-thinking public and forms the nation’s future. It notes teachers face a hidden battle affecting institutional stability and laments current neglect of the profession. It also mentions a vacuum bottle fountain for poultry watering that resists freezing and overheating.
Census figures show port towns population gains in 1930
Washington reports census bureau figures for 1930 with Port Jarvis New York at 10,171, up 607 or 6.8 percent since 1910 and Beacon New York at 10,996, up 387 or 2.5 percent from the combined 1919 totals of Fishkill Landing and Mattewan before Beacon’s incorporation in 1913.
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