Review of Current Events and Farm Legislation
Edward W. Pickard surveys Congress adjournment and farm policy. He notes the cooperative marketing measure, the defeat of farm-price controls, accelerated civil air funding, and a five-year air expansion plan. He reports on shipping board actions to aid grain transport and notes political shifts in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin world events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Pickard
Congress
Coolidge
Fess
Proig
Ofd
Condo
D Stone
Repubican
Frank C. Lawden
Dilrols
Sweden
Chicago
Soares
Jardine
Department of Agriculture
Hoover
Department of Commerce
Twe de Andrews
Senate
Minnesota Highway Wider Right of Way Standards
Minnesota highway officials warn that roads and bridges are often too narrow for growing traffic. They note rights of way commonly 66 feet wide, with some 80 to 100 feet near congested centers, and urge wider pavements to allow four lanes and safer passing. The department cites rising vehicle use, argues wider construction is cheaper upfront than later retrofits, and says it has secured access from over 5,700 landowners to widen and straighten routes for clearer curves.
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Minnesota Highway Offorts
Minnefota
State Highway Department
Minnesota
Minnesota Highway Department
Four Governments Plan Highway Across Canada
Four governments agree on a trans-continental highway from Halifax to Vancouver. Ontario says its last project is near completion, Alberta plans to finish this year, the Dominion government links Jasper National Park to Alberta, and British Columbia pledges support once the Jasper route reaches their province. A coast-to-coast modern highway could exist before year’s end, reducing reliance on U.S. routes.
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Canada
Halifax
N. S
Vancouver
Ontario
Alberta
Dominion
Jasper National Park
British Columbia
Jasper
Tete Tuane Cache
States
Road building and highway facts from the United States
The United States plans 10 000 miles of road in 1925 with many detours ahead. Half of all bituminous material is in New York and New England. U S paved highways total 115 000 miles, more than any other country. Average hard surfaced road cost about 52 200 dollars per mile, gravel about 1500.
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United States
New York
New England
Tceland
Ireland
North America
Iceland
Switzerland
Norway
Italy
Germany
New Zealand
Niagara
Europe
Land of Fire and Ice Iceland’s Deserted Highlands and Saga Legacy
Iceland sits near Greenland's coast under the Gulf Stream with a mild winter and cool summers. The island’s lava fields, fjords, and sagas shape a culture of literary prowess, scarce cities, and a strong parliamentary tradition centered at Thingvellir. Reykjavik remains the sole real city, a center of government and trade in a land famed for volcanos, geysers, and maritime life.
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National ‘Geographic Society
Washington
Iceland
Dakotas
Texas
Boston
Norway
Teelari
Ohio
Ireland
Munich
Germany
Milan
Italy
Denmark
Wnion
Reykjavix
Mucitr Greenland
Petind
Reykjavik
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F. E. Stack
White House
Adiron
Rung Row
Pilsudsta
Poland
Zelewski
Farmer
Enator Reed
Missouri
Ais Committee
Pennsyvania
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
W. B. Wright
Wright
Baltimore
Pinchot
G. F R. Woodruff
Pennsylvania
Enator Caratay
McKinley
Lassie Fosull
John H. Walker
State Federation of Labor
Frank Farrington
Smith
Reed
Milwaukee
T. M. Bearmey
Racine
Martin L. Loeck
Beaver Dam
International Conference
Clarence Tree Wilson
Board of Temperance
Prohibition and Public Morals
Lincoln
Council of Ministers of
Techni
Lerzé
Mussolin
MacKenzie King
Arthur Meighen
Meighen
Tower House
Customs Department
Customs
Thetmy
G. H. Bolvin
Customs Administration
Mediterranean
Asia
Sumatra
Rhodes
Crete
Santa Barbara
California
Transylvania
Primo de Rivera
Tarragons
Cadiz
Guttavus Olphus
Eremiah Smith
Hungary
Eran
Hudson County Park
Hudson River
San Francisco
Rousseau
Thoreau
Dublin
Thingvellir
Herkjaysk
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