Fight Reopens on Civil Service Commission Members
Washington December 7—The Civil Service Reform League reopened its attack on the United States Civil Service Commission. The league accuses the board of incapacity and cites failures in recruitment and cooperation with the Post Office Department. It urges expansion of the civil service and criticizes secrecy of eligibles lists. The piece also notes a humorous wartime anecdote involving George Washington Jones and an American battery near the road.
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Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Naiones ‘Civil Service Reform League
United States Civil
Food Administration
Cat
Post Office Department
Wilson
How To Make Straight Hair Curl Quickly
A curious beauty tip claims plain squid filmerine can turn straight hair into natural curls overnight. The harmless liquid dries hair into lasting waves, replaces hot curling irons, and leaves hair shiny and manageable with a brush before bed.
Cooperative Highway Work May Resume Soon
Washington officials announce renewed cooperative highway construction under federal aid with about 75 million dollars available for the year. Secretary Houston says 20 million federal funds and substantial state funds will fuel projects designed to absorb unemployed labor while meeting military and other national needs. The machinery is in place through the Department of Agriculture and State Highway Commissions to select economically important road systems for improvement.
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Washington
D. C
D. 3
Houston
Department of Agriculture
State Highway Commissions
Secretary of War
Aml
New Ottoman Sultan Mohammed Wahiddedin Portrait
London Times reports Sultan Mohammed Wahiddedin of Turkey, aged 56, tall with a professorlike face, presenting a calm, intellectual demeanor. In a Yildiz Kiosk audience he answered questions on Turkey’s wartime participation, Armenian massacres, and rebuilding ties with Britain, stressing innocence of most Turks and goodwill toward England.
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London Times
Sovailsati
Heta
Chicago Daily News Co
Constantinople
Dee
Sutan
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Mohammed Reahid
Committee of Union and Progress
Sultan’ Mohammed Wahiddedin
Yildiz
Bosphorus
Mohammed Wahiddedin
Lifti Bey
Liverpool
Jssue
Lufti’ Bey
Impartial Sultan Addresses England on Misdeeds
The sultan declares that most of his nation bears no share in the misdeeds blamed on it and that only a limited number are responsible. He emphasizes his forty years on the throne as evidence of impartial honest judgment and invites inquiry to prove his frank, sincere answers.
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Turkey
England
Larkey
Sultan Abdul Medjid
Great Britain
Serra
Red Cross Seeks Volunteers For Aid Drive Office News
Red Cross calls for volunteers to prepare supplies for the December 10 23 membership drive. Helpers report Monday morning to the Chandler Building to sort buttons subscription pads and Christmas seals and pack envelopes for the workers. Female volunteers are especially needed at the headquarters corner of Lovoya and Crockett Streets.
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Red Cross
Chandler
Lovoya and
Crockett Streets
Static electricity blamed for cotton gin fires in the South
Washington reports that sparks from static electricity in cotton ginning machinery are a major fire cause in the South. The USDA and other agencies are investigating grounding as a preventive, noting Texas saw 350 plus gin fires this season and insurers paid millions in losses. Grounding has halted fires in twenty gins so far, with further guidance forthcoming.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Loxan Experiment Station
Texas
Bureau‘ of Chemistry
fAuca
Joss
LW. H. Brown
Southwestern June Building
Dallas
Home Made Gough Syrup Promoted by Mrs Van Wart
Mrs M H Van Wart Lewis Ora writes praising Mentho Laxene a concentrated essence used with syrup to make a pint of cough remedy at home. She says it cured her husband four years ago and recently helped two boys as well and eased her winter asthma. Sold by druggists in 2 12 ounce bottles with directions.
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M. H. van’ Wart
Lewis
Ora
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George
Frost National Bank
Holly D Pridge
Owe Cek
Pks Trotter
Meador
Manhattan Cafe
Wwer
Sime
Wooly Mall
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Charlie Chaplin
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