Hurricanes devastate Florida as rescue efforts surge
A massive natural disaster hits southern Florida with thousands dead or missing and tens of thousands homeless. Red Cross relief teams, navy ships, and trains rush physicians, nurses, food, and vaccines to Miami, Hollywood, and Pensacola. Recovery focuses on re housing, sanitation, and rebuilding amid widespread destruction of homes and infrastructure.
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Edward W. Pickard
Florida
Gulf
Pensacola
Miami Beach
Biscayne Boy
Miami
Mianilda
Red Cross
Merry Meas
Davie
Moore Haven
United States Navy
Downe
Charleston
Cassin
Henry M. Baker
Red Grass
Oxeehebes
Kilami Beach
Hollywood
Mobile
St. Petersburg
Bahama Islands
Bimini
Buenos_Aires
Huicarnacion
Paraguay
America Leads Earth In Roads Progress In 1927 Census
United States dominates road mileage and vehicle ownership with 19,954,347 automobiles and about 83,000 miles surfaced last year. The American Road Builders Association notes a need for faster highway construction to accommodate 20,000,000 cars, with a convention set for January 10 to 15 in Chicago to discuss paved routes.
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United States
American
Road Builders’ Association
Canada
Afganistan
Abyssinia
Germany
American Road Builders’ Association
Chicago
Peril of Broken Glass on Roads Sparks Protest
A Connecticut highway department statement warns of the danger from broken glass on roadways caused by collisions and falling glass. Officials note the menace endangers traffic and property and that keeping roads free of glass is difficult, with diligent monitoring ongoing.
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Proor Motorsis
Highway Department of Connecticut
Highway Department
White Line on Highway Cuts Costs and Improves Safety
The Ohio highway director George F. Schiesinger states that painting white lines on highways saves money by reducing road damage. Drivers stay farther from the outer edge, lessening scraping and pavement breakage, enabling forces to preserve more pavement across hills curves crests and danger points on state highways.
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George F. Schiesinger
Ohio
High Cost of Roads In Minnesota Road Upkeep Rise
The Minnesota highway department reports a 55 percent rise in maintenance cost per mile for unpaved trunk highways over three years. Commissioner C. M. Babcock cites faster traffic, longer tourist seasons, and all winter travel as factors, urging more permanent road surfacing.
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Minnesota
State Highway Department
C. M.babcock
Future highways set for wide streets and smart signals
Highway engineers predict roads 25 years ahead will be at least 120 feet wide with good night visibility and strong policing by stop and go signals. Grade-separated crossings will remove railroad crossings. Parkways will feature tree plantings and shrubs. Speed limits will be set at a minimum rather than a maximum.
Good Roads Movement's Rise and Congressional Action
The good roads movement began in 1912 and continued through 1914. In 1914 Congress formed a joint committee of five senators and five representatives to study government aid for fast road construction. Many lawmakers used the Congressional Record to publish speeches for their constituents.
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Congress
Sre
Congressional
Rhine voyage reveals lore of factories and cathedrals
The article tours the Rhine from Emmerich to Strasbourg, describing Ruhr industrial vigor with 2.6 million workers and 6 million tons of annual iron and coal output, Cologne cathedral’s gothic grandeur, Lorelei legends, Coblenz fortresses, Mainz and Strasbourg’s canal network, and the cathedral clock with apostles and legends.
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National Geographic Society
Washlrston
D. C
Rhine
Germany
Emmerich
Lohengrin
Oberhausen
Essen
Rheinausen
Duisburg
Ruhrort
Meiderich
Teuler
Ruhr
Cologne
Minster
Eason
Cologne Minster
Tegend
Meister” Gerhard von “Bile
Quiogué
Rolandseck
Roland
Coblenz
Strasbourg
Karlsruhe
France
Marseille
Paris
Amsterdam
Meuse
Marne
Seine
Rhone
Ingster
Voltaire
Goethe
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Stresemarm
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
San Diego
APT
Rene Fonce
New York
Sikorsky
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Fonck
Liewki
Curtin
World Court
America
Riand
Stresemann
Burene
Briand
Trench Cabinet
Docter Stresewann
Berlin
Rhineland
George Kondylis
Greece
Athens
Bucharest
Canton
China
Peking
Fotilla
Maalta
Marshal Way Yuehsiang
Wuchoing
Queren Marie
Romania
Ime
Ferdinand
Coolidge
Charles P. Summerall
Army
Jobs L. Hines
Summerall
SARLY
Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
Robert Dae Bowie
Fifth Corps
United States Army
Columbus
Northwest
Gnas Tunnily
Jack Dempsey
Philadelphia
Dempsey
Tenneysan
Yith
Earth
Bach
Neuwied
Moravian Brothers
George Meredith
Herr Richmond
Ehrenbreitstein
Moselle
Mirrenhreitstein
Codlenz
Heine
Lorelei
Ano
Noholy Ralhway
Dasses - Bingen
Peplanade
Mainz
Heinrich von
Meis
Pnd
Johann Gutenberg
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