Agreement to preserve peace and reform Congress
The Hearst Papers Advocate outlines a agenda for peace among English-speaking nations and world peace. It calls for proportional Senate representation with at least five Senators per state, reapportionment in the House, a unified Department of National Defense, and federal efforts to abolish illiteracy under a Secretary of Education. It also advocates electing Congress in November and inaugurating the President on the following January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Department of the Army
Navy
Air Forces
Secretary of National Defense
Secretary of Education
Congress
Highway Bill Should Be Supported Nationwide Road Network
A national system of durable hard surfaced postroads is urged linking state capitals and major cities with transcontinental routes. The plan includes government built roads with subways and viaducts, financed by bonds and small taxes, to ensure wide, safe travel and freight transit nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Cities Plan Census Underway To Map Metropolitan Areas
Preparations for the 1996 federal census focus on defining metropolitan or business areas. Forty-six cities have announced the start of this task, with 18 more preparing to begin. The effort will redraw boundaries to reflect urban spillover into surrounding districts and better show economic development beyond fixed city limits.
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New York City
Porsons
New Jersey
Connecticut
Los Angeles
Books Against Battles by Garrett P. Serviss
Noted astronomer Garrett P. Serviss argues that comparing battles with their literary counterparts risks elevating talk over action. He critiques Homer, Aristotle, Plato, and Adam Smith, noting how battles like Marathon, the Battle of Saratoga, and Rome’s defense shaped civilization and patriotism.
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Garrett P
Serviss
Wyer
New York State Library
Sir Edward Uvensy
Marathon
Waterlo
Marsthon
Ireces
Wer
Aristotle
Ings
Alexander
St Arhéla
Europe
Asia
Plato
Bretaurus
Rome
Hannibal
Mediterranean
Carthage
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Metaurus
Saratoga
United States
Great Britain
Adam Smith
Ike
Americas
Why Chewing Improves Digestion by Royal Copeland MD
A feature explains how saliva from the parotid, sublingual, and submandibular glands moistens and digests food. Chewing mixes food with saliva to begin starch breakdown, keeps enzymes active in the stomach, and signals salivation for proper digestion, illustrating why thorough chewing aids digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROYAL
Copeland
M. D. Wanaper
Gun control plea from playwright on ending killings
A 1937 piece quotes Jack Bick Wright, urging banning public sale of revolvers to reduce murders. The author argues only authorized persons should bear arms, compares to alcohol controls, and calls for removing revolvers from homes to curb violent crime. The piece labels gun ownership as a civilizational issue and cites widespread past dueling.
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Jack Bick
Wright
Saya
Chang Visiting General to Emperor Bid Sparks North China Power Play
The article portrays Chang as a cautious, powerful leader aiming to become emperor of China. It notes his use of a mounted machine gun on his automobile during foreign minister calls in Peking and features a wooden sword carried by a boy executioner as a symbol of authority. It emphasizes Chang’s brigand past as not disqualifying for his ambition and cites precedent of emperors rising from similar origins.
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Long
North
China
Chang
Their First Jobs by Philip Nowlan
C J Bari, general manager of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad, recalls his youth in Montgomery Pennsylvania where as the eldest of seven he worked for twenty cents a day. He says early wage work taught value and usefulness, shaping his later career.
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Philip Nowlan
American Railroast
Montgomery
Pennsylvania
William Begger
Wes
Sand
C. J. Bari
New York, New Haven & Martford Railroad
Figures of Speech and the Oriflamme in Medieval Banner Lore
An abbreviated historical note on the oriflamme as France’s first national banner, its derivation from old words meaning gold and flame, and descriptions of its design with three tongues of fire and silk tassels. It cites Macanisy, Froinsart, and the banner at Roselca as an example of battle fog lifting.
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Navarre
Macanisy
France
Orlmaon
St. Denia
Froinsart
Rosleca
Ing
Fea
Bym
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