Cost of War Toll Across Nations Still Rising
On April 6 1917 America pledged to fight. Now Treasury figures show the World War and aftermath cost the United States 31 400 000 000 dollars in money alone. The annual bill for national defense nears 1 162 000 000 with huge costs in veterans care. War debt interest and insurance drive long term outlays for at least two decades.
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America
London
Treasury Department
United States
Veterans Bureau
War Department
Navy
A Difference of Opinion on College Athletics Reform
Ohio College Athletic Conference leaders favor limiting intercollegiate play to juniors and seniors. Oberlin College director C W Savage supports intramural expansion to restore amateur status and reduce semi professional influence. The piece argues students favor large crowds at football games and that reform would come gradually through education.
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Ohio College Athletic Conference
Ohio
C. W. Savage
Oberlin College
Quota Control of Mexican Labor Urged by Congressman Box
Congressman John C. Box of Texas urges continued exemptions for Mexico and Latin America to allow cheap immigrant labor for agriculture. He cites unemployment, overproduction, and farm labor shifts, arguing current law fails to curb Mexican immigration through stations and calls for policy to address influx.
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John C. Box
Texas
Calvin Box
Houston County
Alexander
Lukin
Tez
Jacksonville
Cherokee County
Jackson
Congress
United States
Mexico
West, Indies
Latin America
National Farm Board
Particwiarly
JOEN_C. BOX
Disobedience Parade Idea Amid Local Talk
Local chatter jokes about assembling a disobedience parade if residents could rally, reacting to Arnie Small’s return home with his parents. The quip reflects community attitudes and humor rather than a concrete event.
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New York
Bud
Arnie Small
John F. Dille
Anniversaries and historical notes of notable figures
A compiled column lists 20th century birthdays and obituaries, naming Gereld Dow Flemish painter, Ilyvia Lovell cotton innovator, William Channing minister, Frank Foster pseudonym, Allen Pinkerton detective head, football author Camp, Dundee born author, and others with dates and places. Today in history notes cite Paris catacombs, Marietta settlement, Mississippi Territory act, Barnum death, Hoover appointment, 1922 air collision. Birthdays include Leopold Stokowski, Paul Wooller, Jacob Mohker, E. Campion Acheson, Bennie Leonard. Horoscope hints at a speculative, self focused day.
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Gereld Dow
Lerder
Wordsworth
Shetland
Est
Ilyvia
Francis Cabot Lovell
Pionesx
Waltham
Mass
United States
Newburyport
Boston
Wiliam Ery Channing
Port
Ben-nington
T. W. Herbert
Frank Foster
England
New York City
Ailen Pinkerton
Torx Holmes
Erion
Dundee
Los Angeles
Camp
Innis Darita
New Britain
Conn
Paris
Ohio
Marietta
New England
Congress
Mississippi
P. T. Barnum
Bridgeport
Herbert C. Hoover
Federal Food Administration
London
Leopold Stokowski
Philadelphia
Paul G. Wooller
Jacob C. Mohker
Kansas
Osborne County
E. Campion Acheson
Episcopal Diocese
Connecticut
Bennie Leonard
Tendency of financiers and tastes in resource use
An OCR fragment notes that under certain aspects the system yields successful financiers, many of whom are lavish spenders. It suggests Lururiots tastes may prevail and a lack of judgment leads to the best use of resources.
The Farmer By O M Kile in Washington April 1
Farmer news reports that farm organizations permit Senator Norris to push his Dill act allowing government distribution of power from Muscle Shears development and government experimentation with nitrogen fertilizer methods. Officials of the American Farms Bureau Federation do not expect further changes.
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Washington, D. C
Norris
American Farms Bureau Federation
Thei
Senate
Bruce
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Battles Over Muscle Shoals Policy
The House Military Affairs Committee weighs Norris and Morin bills as the Farm Bureau campaigns to keep Muscle Shoals under private control. It cites Ford offers, Coolidge inquiry, and the American Cyanamid bid, arguing government operation raises costs and hampers fertilizer production. The Norris lobby, Caraway committee, and tariff fights are noted as ongoing political battles shaping the Muscle Shoals future.
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Norris
House
Wright Si
Amerficat Rn Company
Norgovernment
Suneed
Hoover
Ised
Bureau
Washington
Wadsworth
Power Trust
Ford
Henry Ford
Congress
Farm Bureau
Coolidge
American Cyanamid Company
Muscle Shoals
America
Ha Farm Bureau
Sai
Aod
Br al
Bave
Senate
Tas House
Norris bill fate tied to lobby committee actions
The lobby committee grilled farmers and Cyana mid Company for seven weeks and probed Claudius Huston for political ends. Norris uses the committee’s reports on the Senate floor with no opposing witnesses. The committee discredits itself and Norris bears blame for how three members misused power to push the Muscle Shoals bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudius Huston
Norris
Senata
Farm Bureau
Printing Birth and Wedding Announcements and Invitations
Commercial printing services offered for birth and wedding announcements and invitations. Also provides calling cards for Miss Mrs and Mr with full printing capabilities.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Audit Bureau
Second Street
Elyria
Oso
Cullen
Chicago
Fifth Ave
Detroit
Genere
the Farmer By
O. M. Kile
Caraway Lobby Committee
Carawar
Wheeler
Blaine
Robinson
Republican Party
Borah
Caraway Committee
Progressive Democratic Coalition
Muscle Shoals Bil
Roma
Broadway
Lorain
Strie
Hamelin No
Wilmot Printing Co
Hallworthy
Cities Service
Cities Service Company
Pierre R. Smith
Henry L. Doherty & Co
Ely
Frigidaire
Ibalance
Ohio Public Service Co
Tof
Citiesx ServicerCo
Cities Service Radio Dio
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