City Government Plan Emphasizes Freedom and Simplicity
E G Le Stourgeon spoke to the Men's Liberal Club on the City Manager Plan of Municipal Government. He argued cities must be free from state control and operated with a simple form that assigns fixed responsibility, tracing the evolution from colonial towns to modern boards and graft risks.
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Liberal Club
Mr. le Stourgeon
Professor Hatton
Cleveland
Federal Congress
United States
Hom
Texas
Peron
Tron
Aus
Houston
Commission
City Manager Plan Advocated For Democratic Local Rule
The speaker argues cities must eliminate politics from administration and adopt a city manager plan to fix responsibility. Describes European models and Ohio style home rule, urging Texas to empower municipal self government and simplify governance for accountability.
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Ohio
Cleveland
America
Texas
Lighting of Hospital Unveils New Features
Martin Wright, promoter of a decade of excellence, announces hospital lighting upgrades featuring enhanced illumination and efficiency aims. The piece notes a growing reputation and competition-defying standards as the project progresses.
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Martin Wright
Romanian press laments Russian rule in Roumania
The Diminetau newspaper accuses Russia of crushing Roumanian liberal institutions as Russian officers govern the country. It notes mass return of penniless fugitives, a bleeding army, panicked population, and stalled allied offensives in Macedonia. It says Roumania feels forsaken by the allies and hopes for an end to the war.
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Budapest
Bucharest
Dstricts
Dobrudja
Hermannstadt
Kronstadt
Macedonia
Hausmania
Russia
Can't Stand Farm Life Ends London Training School
London girls unable to endure rural life as the Wiltshire war agricultural committee shuts its training school for girl farm workers. Pupils resisted milking duties, preferring imagined green fields to actual farm monotony and mud.
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London
Wiltshire War Agricultural Committee
Harry Lauder Buys Glenbranter Estate in Argyllshire
Harry Lauder has purchased the Glenbranter estate and the lands of Baltimore in Argyllshire. The Loch Eck property, about six miles from Stracher, covers roughly 14,000 acres.
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Harry Lauder
London
Glenbranter
Baltimore
Argyllshire
Loch Eck
Stracher
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Belgium
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Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
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Clinton G. Brown
James F. Garland
Ray Lambert
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