Henry Ford to Hire 4000 Disabled Veterans in Factory Plan
Amid Senate clashes over labor policy Henry Ford announced plans to hire 4000 disabled soldiers without layoffs. He pledged equal wages to other workers though loss of limbs disqualifies some. The remarks invited partisan critique as Sherman attacked policy and stalled legislation.
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Desert Imagination and State Legislation Echo in Open Letter
An evocative tract contrasts a barren desert with visions of water and progress, arguing science and war awaken human genius. It critiques legislators’ pay, noting $5 a day limits who can serve and calls for higher compensation to attract those with public spirit.
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America First War Tone Presses Limited Imports
A fragment questions War Trade Board limits after March 1, urging peacetime industry revival and domestic lending to bolster jobs. It contrasts America first policy with overseas aid and critiques martial law and political framing amid labor strife and Olympia armory reports.
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Are We Close to Finding the Secret of Life
A 1950s speculative piece traces claims by Dr Alexis Carrel and Dr Robert Lambert on keeping tissues alive indefinitely. It muses on energy theory of life, war hospital advances, and the possibility of prolonging human life beyond centuries.
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Editor's Mail Praises The Star And Calls For Broad House Cleaning
Readers commend The Star for its editorial policy and urge sweeping reforms to end strikes and ensure just wages for all. They advocate a neutral board to resolve labor disputes and pressure on Congress to remove draft dodgers as a duty of national citizenship.
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Questions and quips from readers in a Kansas paper
A Concordia Kansan item features readers’ questions to Mr C Grey with humorous and puzzled replies about daily life. It quotes exchanges on damp salt, moths, fur care, and a prizefight rule, plus snippets on prices, travel, and wartime boards. The piece ends noting a Methodists Ladies Aid gathering with Apple treats.
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Shipbuilding Gains Momentum in India
Calcutta February 20 The Indian government is boosting shipbuilding with a dozen ships of 1200 tons deadweight planned on the ways in Calcutta and Bombay or recently launched. One of the first marine steam engines built in India has been completed at Bombay for a stern wheel passenger steamer on an Indian river.
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