Chief Sea Scout James Wilders Promotes New Sea Training
Chief Sea Scout James Wilders of the Boy Scouts of America advocates a new sea training degree after meeting General Byng in Cambridge. He inspires Hawaii and Barlet-Mowell groups to adopt the program, noting demand for skilled sailors and the need for first aid lifeguards and discipline.
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James Avetin Wilders
Boy Scouts of America
General Byng
Cambrat
Barlet-Mowell
Hawaii
Snon
Hegrall
Wikder
Amon
Orgaoleatioa
Sam
Japan Names Baron Shimpei Goto as Foreign Minister
Japan appoints Baron Shimpei Goto as foreign minister succeeding Viscount Motono. Born 1857, Goto trained as a physician and served in the sanitarion and public works sectors before entering high office. He became first president of the South Manchuria Railway and later minister of communications in 1908.
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Baron Shimpei Goto
Japan
Foreign Office
Baron Goto
Bec
Department of Home Affairs
Germany
University of Berlin
Sanitarion Bureau
House of Peers
Formes
South Manchuria
Manchuria
Formosan
Katsara
Goto
Plans and Machinery of German Alien Registration Unearthed
Titus W. Sprague Jr. organized the registration of over 900000 German enemies in U S territory and supervised possible internment. Born 1875 in Boston, Harvard educated, he later joined the legal firm that became Russel Co and Sprague.
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Titus W. Sprague, Jr
Uncle Sam
Mr. Sprague
New York Port
Springne
Boston
Iheton Latin School
Harvard
Harvard Law Seb
New
Rusitable Life Asurance Society
Walter Byon
Russel, Coo & Sprague
Champion Navy Recruiter Mrs George Alexander Wheelock
The United States navy will award late Junior Lieutenant to Mrs George Alexander Wheelock, chief yeoman and top recruiter. She has recruited 17,000 youths in 18 months across New York, Buffalo, Syracuse, Binghamton, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Columbus and more. She traveled for days to speak on behalf of the navy. Her auburn topped figure has become a rally staple. She started alone on a soap box and later braved rough venues to carry her wartime message.
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United States Navy
Peiticomted
George Alexander Wheelock
Wheelock
New York City
Buffalo
Syracuse
Inghamton
Cleveland
Vittaburgh
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Columbus
Allentown
Rust
Spectacle of Judas Figures on Good Friday Across Iberian Lands
The article describes vivid Good Friday rites across Spain Portugal and Latin America with Judas effigies burned hanged and displayed in processions and public squares. It details Mexican street Judas parades at the Jockey Club in Mexico City and lists the theatrical accoutrements and coins involved, followed by a note on department stores using home demonstration agents to teach food conservation and offering demonstrations and recipes.
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Judas
Spain
Portugal
Jurtas
Listy
South America
Mexico
Jockey Club
Mexico City
Exballero
Agricultural Department
High Powered Bread From Soy Bean Research
A Tart supported by United States department experts proposes a high powered bread using 40 percent egg bean flour and 60 percent wheat flour. The bread mirrors the protein level of a beefsteak sandwich and could substitute for meat products.
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United States Department of Aeciculture
Ain Chemical
Sugar Saving at Home Allegedly By Miss Flapp
A fragment notes Miss Flapp urging citizens to sacrifice for the country and claims she herself sacrificed by surrendering her pensionary to conserve the sugar supply. This terse quotation reflects wartime duty rhetoric and public concern over resources.
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Miss Flapp
Divorce suit alleges brutal habit of throwing iron
The filing claims a husband frequently threw heavy iron at his wife when angered and seeks divorce on grounds of habitual cruelty. The case outlines repeated assaults and seeks legal separation with custody and support to be determined.
Heavity Debate Sparks Witty Exchange on Shortages
Mise Cayenne replies to Heavity about shortages and the sense of wit in addressing supply issues. The dialogue contrasts clever remark with practical concern over shortages.
The Mick tight flea threat to southern poultry
The United States Department of Agriculture reports the michtight flea or Southern chicken flea as a serious parasite across the South and Southwest. It clings to hosts, clusters around eyes and wattles, reduces egg production and growth, and even kills young birds. Control steps include keeping animals apart, cleaning houses, removing breeding materials, and applying crude oil, kerosene, or petroleum preparations to affected areas and infested hosts. Rats and other animals harbor fleas, so their destruction aids control efforts too.
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United States Department of Anticulture
Kansax
Aheda
Northwest
Colored Scavengers Parade Through Paris Streets
An obscure London Chronicle note describes colored scavengers in Paris, detailing workers from Ebony and copper-toned Arabs from North Africa amid blue uniformed soldiers. A giant Negro with princely bearing wields a broom in the boulevard as residents remark on the scene. A Brazilian city uses a trolley car ambulance to move patients from suburbs to hospitals. Norway runs one agricultural college and three experiment stations.
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Paris
London
Chronicle
Morocco
Majes Henrly
Chinese cotton planters test Georgia seed near Shanghai
In the Shanghai area Chinese cotton planters experiment with seed sourced from Georgia as they seek new cultivation methods. Separately a study on offspring of the insane indicates about 59 in every 100 are found mentally defective.
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Shanghai
Georgia
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SEA Scout
Jehitw Motone
Downing Street
NAVY
Atin
Judas Iscariot
Swift & Company
Swift
U.S. A
Canada
U.S
Angie
Government of
Norway
Wichita
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