Food prices and protests sweep Germany in crisis
Berlin reports rising food costs trigger despair among housewives and riots led mainly by women. Press outlets condemn open speculation in food as prices soar. Officials impose meat centers and ration limits, with enforcement to seize excess stock and imprison violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Frankfurter Zeitung
Prussia
Duchy of
Hesse
Bayrische Kurier
Nuremberg
Education in Jail: Dietz Tries to Learn Behind San Quentin Bars
San Rafael California Joseph Dietz an Oakland chauffeur describes his plan to use a bogus check to land in San Quentin for an education He received an eighteen month sentence from Judge Edgar T Zook and complained he wanted four years to learn more He cited free schools at the prison as his motive Dietz 28 years old married with two young sons says he sought better work than driving a grocery wagon or an auto Dietz says he drifted into crime due to lack of schooling Journal notes his stated reasons for the crime and punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Rafael
Joseph Dietz
Oakland
San Quentin
Edgar T. Zook
J. J. Keating
More Than 50 000 Businessmen To Attend Camps This Summer
New York reports a nationwide surge in citizen training camps inspired by the Plattsburg idea. An estimated 55 000 businessmen will spend about $60 each for a month of outdoor training, aiming to gain fitness and a sense of duty. Camps will run from June through October across Plattsburg Fort Oglethorpe Monterey Salt Lake City American Lake and more with junior sub camps for younger men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Plattsburg
Stars and Stripes
Uncle Sam
America
United States
Leonard Wood
Canal Zone
New York City
Department of the East
Fort Oglethorpe
Oglethorpe
Western Department of the Army
Monterey
Cal
Salt Lake City
Utah
American Lake
Washington
Middle West
William J. Bryan
Henry Ford
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Ind
Central Department
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
San Antonio
Texas
Department of the Southwest
N. Y
Plattsboro
Fort Terry
Plum Island
Greenpoint
L. I
Montclair
New Rochelle
Yonkers
Hartford
Mount Vernon
Lawrenceville
Virginia Military Academy
St. Paul's Andover
Polytechnic
Worcester
National Guard of
New York State
Peekskill
Infantry School of Application
Officers’ Training Corps
Russian army reorganization boosts two million reserves and new arms
A Petrograd source says Russia's third army under Lipse has been rebuilt with 300 men per company, modern Russian rifles, machine guns, grenades and bayonets. Two million reserves are being trained, armaments expanded, gas apparatus, armored cars, and new corps added as Poland offensive looms.
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London
Petrograd
Guards
Lipse
Leonid Guillermovitch
Williamson
Russia
Turkestan
Caucasia
Siberia
Archangel
Poland
Woodmen of the World Picnic Plans Finalized at Boerne
Final arrangements for the twenty fifth anniversary Woodmen of the World picnic at Boerne on June 6 include a special S A and A P railroad train service with two departures from Sap depot and return trips. An expected 2000 members will participate with athletic events prizes music and speakers. Also San Antonio lodges endorse a preparedness parade next Saturday night with 24 applications for membership and six transfers plus fourteen initiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of the World
Boerne
Joint Committee
Sap
San Antonio
Sam Houston Lodge
Old Memphitis Me Phitica Skunk Traits and Defense
Describes the skunk Mephitis mephitica its range from Hudson Bay to Guatemala and its defenses. Notes breeds six to ten young each spring the scent glands and tactic of spray can reach sixteen feet and inhalation can be deadly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mephitis Mephitica
Outing
North
Central America
Hudson Bay
Guatemala
Porcupine
Mephitica
Mexico
United States
Yucatan
South America
Germanys Land Schaft system praised in US debate
The Minneapolis Journal notes that Germany's landschaft credit system has 147 years of success and could be considered for the United States after Senator Sheppard of Texas introduced a bill to adopt it. Frederick the Great era is mentioned as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Minneapolis Journal
United States
Sheppard
Texas
Worthee
Frederick the Great
German Landschaft System Spurs Rural Credit Growth
Wag discusses the landschaft model with Berlin merchant Herr Buring as a means to boost farm prosperity. Farmers form districts, mortgage their lands for collective bonds, with about thirty Landschaften totaling nearly 900 million dollars in bonds. Bonds carry 60 percent loan value at 3 to 4 percent, maturing in 40 to 75 years, with no defaults yet and state supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wag
Herr Buring
Berlin
Germany
Landschaft
Property title search slows mortgage finalization
A fragment notes that acceptance extends until the property securing the mortgages is reliably appraised and the title is thoroughly examined to prevent any defects. The text emphasizes meticulous title search and appraisal as prerequisites to finalizing the loan.
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Joske’s
Memphis
Southern Pacific
Gegts Sore
Newbro’s
Herpicids
W. M. Aikman & CO
Certified Public Accountants
Business and Financial Advisors
Moore
Georgia
Citizens
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
New Orleans
Young America
Louisville Courier-Journal
Chase
N. Tenth Street
Philadelphia
FAO
Puck
W. B. Recluso
W. B. Redluse
W. B
TAE
Wome, Tex
Gillette
Hertzberg
and Mary’s Streets
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