Federal Move to Control Oklahoma Oil Lands and Pipelines
A Senate driven inquiry in Washington examines government options to acquire oil lands in Oklahoma and build a Gulf of Mexico pipeline to supply the Navy. Senator Gore backs a federally run pipeline while considering production byproducts and interstate carrier status.
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Oklahoma
Gulf of Mexico
United States Navy
Gore
Mexico
Colombia
Peru
Mr. Daniels
Mr. Daniels, Secretary of the Navy
United States
Washington
Cato Selis
Indian Affairs
David F. Boyd
Department of the Interior
Navy Department
Senate
Philadelphia
National Ballad Search To Rescue Classic Ballads
The United States Bureau of Education launches a national hunt for English and Scottish ballads surviving in the U S to prevent extinction. Professor C Alphonso Smith will collect American versions and start state by state ballad projects with a 305 known titles list including Robin Hood The Beggar Laddie The Mars Daughters Ledie Isabel and the Elf Child Maurice The Lass of Roch Royal Rob Roy and The Wife of Usher s Well.
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United States Bureau of Education
United States
C. Alphonso Smith
University of Virginia
Professor Smith
Bureau of Education
Robin Hood
The
Beggar Laddie
Benny Barbara Allan
Crafty Farmer
Durham Field
Mars
Fair Annie
Johnie Armony
Ledie Isabel
the Elf
Maurice
Roch Royal
the Kid
Rob Roy
Three Ravens
Trooper
Usher
No Need of Party Caucus in Congress Declared
Doubts rise among Democratic leaders about a party caucus on the president's anti trust program. Some say a caucus would present a solid front against a vacuum of opposition, while others see little benefit in forcing unity amid uncertain support.
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Congress
Oes
Smelting Ores for Southern Ports and Mobile Opportunity
The Manufacturers Record editor R H Edmonds argues the Panama Canal will boost Gulf ports, especially Mobile, by linking South American ore supplies with Alabama coal. He cites Chile and Brazil iron and copper reserves, Bethlehem Steel plans, and the Southern Steel Company, urging Mobile to lead in smelting South American and Cuban ores locally to cut transport and fuel costs.
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Panama Canal
Manufacturers Record
R. H. Edmonds
South America
South American
Gulf Ports
Commodore Maury
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic and Pacific
Gulf
Mobile
Mr. Edmonds
Chile
Brazil
Orient
Wales
South
Europe
United States
Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Co
Bethlehem
Philadelphia
Seaboard
Alabama
Mobile Bay
Southern Seaboard
Southern Steel Company
Cuba
A Fairy Visit Turns The Page To Tiny Protests
A fairy visits a weary man of letters and mocks patronizing views of her kind. He shrinks to six-eighths of an inch as she uses a wand and a see-saw to teach him a lesson about imagination, fame, and respect. He returns to normal size after thinking of his work.
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Man of Letters
England
New York
Orma
What Is a Moral Play What to Do About It
The American Magazine argues for clean reading and plays and calls for a moral standard beyond police censorship. Walter Prichard Eaton suggests touring city committees to judge moral and artistic value and deter sensational sex dramas from Broadway by keeping New York criticism from other cities. The piece warns that censoring harms free speech and urges decisive action to protect youth.
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Walter Prichard Eaton
New York
Shaaron
Behind the Scenes Power in the State Department
Washington Letter highlights Alvey Adee the Second Assistant Secretary as the “Human Table of Reference” who anchors routine and precedents across administrations. It recounts his vast knowledge, multilingual ability, and quick recall of international cases, noting his durable service through partisan changes and his renomination hesitations.
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Victor Liott
Washington
Ottinaly
State Department
Alvey Adee
Congress
Adee
Taft
Philander C. Knox
Agee
Knox
Brazil
Empire
Department
New Wine in Old Bottles Revealed in Harper's Spoof
Chicago Tribune reports Harper's staff covertly published Corra Harris interview in the Weekly under the title New Wine in Old Bottles. Norman Hapgood wakes to find the piece praised as ancient wisdom reimagined for modern affairs, while staff witness his approving but calm rebuke of Error.
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Harper's Weekly
Norman Hapgood
Hapgood
Penzance
South
Corra Harris
Mr. Hapgood
Pallas
Chicago Tribune
Politically Charged Jokes and Quotes From Congress Row
A collage of political quips including Minnesota Rep George R. Smith on jury deadlock and a country constable stopping a speeding autoist. Other items question the Progressive machine, and a London dinner anecdote praises a thief who promoted bogus firms. FS
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George R. Smith
Minnesota
Country Party
Philadelphia Telegraph
The History of the Appropriations Committee
A survey of the U S House of Representatives appropriations panel detailing its power origin in 1865, key chairmen, the clerk Mr James C Courts, and how lump sum spending sparked reforms. It describes hearings on department requests, notable figures, and the committee’s nonpartisan procedural culture.
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House of
Committee On Appropriations
House
Congress
District of Bia
Military Affairs
Army
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Agricultural Committee
Agricultural Department
Post Office Committee
Postal Service
Ways and Means Committee
Thaddeus Stevens
Ways and
Appropriations Committee
Appropriations
John J. Fitzgerald
New York
James C. Courts
Robert J. Stephens
Courts
Coutts
Speake Reed, Henderson
Cannon
Algeria
California
Commissioner of Fisheries
Bureau of Fisheries
Surgeon General
Goethals
Big Ditch
White House
Taft
Wilson
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Commerce Court
Legend of Glastonbury Thorn Fails to Blossom at Christmas
The Glastonbury thorn is said by some to symbolize the original thorn destroyed in the Reformation, while locals claim only a limb was felled and the attacker struck blind. Legends link the thorn to Joseph of Arimathea with varying origins for its planting or origin from the Crown of Thorns.
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Glastonbury
Joseph
Arimathea
London Chronicle
Spry 105-Year-Old Mrs. Sallie Taylor Journeys Alone
Mrs. Sallie Taylor of Grady county, aged beyond a century, traveled over thirty miles by herself in an open buggy to visit her daughter Mrs. Crenshaw. She plans another trip soon, showcasing remarkable vigor for her age.
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Sallie Taylor
Grady County
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