National debate on soldiers bonus bills Fordney McCumber and Mott
The article outlines three main bonus proposals for ex servicemen Fordney McCumber and Mott bills offering cash, insurance, and training options. It compares costs under different plans with figures from the Finance Committee and notes wide variance in potential total outlay over 20 years. It also lists wartime pay by country and current federal expenditures to show the fiscal context and asks whether new bonus legislation is wise given existing spending.
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Lonely in a crowd you feel unseen and lone
The verse reflects a speaker who feels isolated in crowds and urges readers to recognize souls in true rapport. It notes the sting of others singing out of tune with inner life, highlighting a sense of personal distance.
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Dinosaur eggs reach Gotham in Mongolian expedition
Dr Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the American Museum of Natural History, returns from Mongolia with 25 dinosaur eggs 72 skulls 12 complete skeletons and 15 fossils from the Gobi expedition. He credits Roy Chapman Andrews and notes plans to resume next year to seek primitive human remains amid broader fossil findings.
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Africa
Expedition uses camels cars and trucks for transport
The expedition employed 70 camels three small automobiles and two motor trucks. Camels carried gasoline and wool used in packing the specimens. The party once went without flour to save supply for a protective egg paste. Doctor Osborn's ship departed Tokyo for Kobe 20 hours before the quake.
Expert Card Player Victim of Aphasia in Weston Case
Police and charity workers in Keyser West Virginia confront a young man with aphasia, found near Bonington. About twenty seven, five foot seven, 150 pounds, well bred appearance, enjoying freedom to possibly trigger a name. He astonishes attendants by playing seven up with skill.
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Police and Charity Department
Weston
Boniington
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Golf balls stolen by crows in Japan report says
An Erie consul reports on golf balls disappearing from Japanese links with crows suspected. He describes crowds at the Mik o club and a possible exchange of stolen balls for food, noting crows’ boldness in stealing from fairways.
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Washington
Erie
Didkover
Kobe
Japan
Dicketer
Conguassetts
50 000 Men Needed to Fill Gaps in U S Army
Washington reports two major problems from army reductions. Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Robert C. Davis notes difficulty maintaining defense aims and enlistment due to low recruit pay and high wages elsewhere. Enlistment requires birth certificates or affidavits of two witnesses, hindering many qualified men. To reach 125 000, about 50 000 must enlist before 1924.
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War Department
Robert C. Davia
Army
United States
Capital School Children Fail History Facts Quiz
History test results from Capital School show seventh and eighth graders poorly identifying key US figures. Among 1,170 pupils, Lincoln emancipation prose was recognized by 56.2 percent, while Jefferson and Dewey topped at 65 percent. Other names earned lower recognition with Meade and Douglas under 30 percent.
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Decatur
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Taylor
Lifting Power of Air and Gases
The article explains lifting power figures for air hydrogen and helium. Air lifts 0.165 lb per 1000 cu ft per degree F above ambient. Hydrogen lifts 75.1 lb per 1000 cu ft and helium lifts 69.7 lb per 1000 cu ft with the same air temperature.
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