Antisemitism League Publishes Platform and Goals
The Anti Defamation League of America outlines its mission to counter Jew derision through library access to Jewish history texts, lectures, and educational reforms. It seeks cooperation from public libraries, universities, and educators to curb false depictions and promote understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Defamation League of America
Order of
B'nai Brith
Jewish For
Ipow
League
United States
Unclear fragmentary report on political and military topics
The text presents fragmented phrases about warships to Mexico, a Red Bullfight metaphor, a Commerce committee inquiry, suffragists in Louisiana, and remarks about leadership and Roosevelt. The garbled nature prevents a coherent summary of a single event.
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Mexico
Redfield outlines plan to reorganize commerce bureau
The report urges reorganizing the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce with fourteen commercial attaches abroad and commercial agents for trade studies. It calls for consuls to collect data, a $100,000 boost for Latin American trade, tariffs investigations, broader publicity, and a $760,000 annual budget, plus two assistant chiefs to oversee investigations and statistics.
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Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Secretary of Commerce
South
Central America
Redfield
Washington
Central
South America
Modernizing English Study in High School
Professor James F. Hosic of the Chicago Teachers' College calls for a thorough reorganization of English in high school to meet modern social and industrial needs. Emphasis shifts to oral expression and practical reading while maintaining value of literary masterpieces. The reform is part of a national Education Association plan with statements from the Bureau of Education.
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James F. Hosic
Chicago Teachers’ College
Hosic
National Education Association
United States Bureau of Education
Remedy for Big Land Holdings Proposal
A Southern Commercial Congress committee led by L. C. Irvine of Mobile discusses breaking up unused large tracts to boost immigration and farm output. R F Beasley in Progressive Farmer proposes a tax on unused land value to deter idle holdings and encourage small tracts and homebuilding by whites.
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Southern Commercial Congress
L. C. Irvine
Mobile
South
Congress
R. F. Beasley
Recovery powers of injured football players praised
The Newark Sun notes the recuperative ability of gridiron players to return quickly from injuries. It cites sprained ankles mending faster than expected and a punter booting post operation, while contrasting normal recovery with football resilience. The item also mentions British ocean cables, German miles, U.S. cars, and French gasipling debts as a collage of facts.
Washington Letter on Patent Office a Special Correspondence
The piece profiles Commissioner Thomas Ewing Jr addressing the U S Patent Office role in national progress. It notes his career from secretary to politics to patent law and outlines his aims to simplify procedures unify practices across divisions and improve staffing while planning a fireproof new building as a legacy. He praises the examination system and compares international approaches, highlighting growing patent activity since 1900.
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Secreta
Interior
Thomas Ewing, Jr
New York
Ing
Patent Office
Zachary Taylor
Ewing
United States Patent Office
France
United States
Germany
England
Jil
Finger prints urged to identify immigrants at Ellis Island
New York detectives led by Commissioner Dougherty push for universal immigrant fingerprinting to curb criminal landings and aid identification of unknown dead and scattered families. They note other nations routinely fingerprint, and outline a system to classify prints for rapid cross checks, while confronting debates over who should be admitted.
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New York
Higgins
Iggins
Dougherty
London
Ellis Island
West Street
England
Dobby
Lunnon
Dougherty Had Thought the ‘Iggins
Immigration Bureau
United States
Congress
France
Germany
Italy
Mrs Gielow Publishes Uncle Sam Book About Mountain People
Mrs Gielow's new book Uncle Sam follows a mountain couple with scarce seeds who gain aid from a distant kin and visit the national capital. The tale, part of her effort for mountain education, supports a fund for establishing schools in remote regions with proceeds to Fleming H Revell Company New York 50 cents net.
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Cyndy
Doug le
Sam
Ban i Cng
White House
Vincent
Douglas
Fleming H. Revell Company
New York
Leap Into the Unknown Ends in Tragic Death on Regent's Park Bridge
A police officer discovers a man drowned after a struggle by a canal in Regent's Park. The coroner rules death by self-inflicted actions while temporarily insane. A dog moans over the body as letters from a woman reveal a dramatic love triangle and hospital letters from Judith, Rosie, and Tom Howell.
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Regent’s Park
Edward Williams
Tambour Music Hall
Teddy
The
Empire
Tom Howell
Harry Rovini
Royal Theatre
Barnchester
Rosie
Southwest Rail Expansion Seen After Public Support Shifts
In a New York dispatch the Southwest is called the Empire Southwest as Julian Kruttschmitt and E. H. Harriman foresaw rail expansion. Kruttschnitt notes improving sentiment toward railroads in Texas and nearby areas, with money markets as the main obstacle. Addresses by Howard Elliott James Hill and William C. Brown are cited as fueling cooperation between railroads and the people, countering old taciturnity.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
Julian Kruttschmitt
Kruttschmitt
Southwest
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Professon
Jefferson Davis
London
Great Britain
Great Southweast
Harriman
Great American Desert
Witich
Mr. Kruttschmitt
Howard Eliott
Elliott
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
James J. Hill
Ellicott
Northwest
New Haven
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Eliott
William C. Brown
New York Central Railroad Company
Vanderbilt System
Brown
Congress
United States
A Gift of High Ideals Misread in a Brief Note
A fragment discusses marriage for love versus duty and personal ideals. It hints at a tension between romantic motive and societal expectations, with unclear references to who speaks and to whom the advice is directed.
The Income Tax Tangle
The article details confusion over the new income tax, noting that many thrifty people may owe tax or face withholding on securities. It highlights complexity, proof needs for refunds, and the burden of filing schedules and paying taxes on options once exempt, with criticism of the law's drafting.
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Lesliesx
Drought Surfers Fear Migration for Bullfrogs and Mosquitoes
Kansas drought patterns prompt pond digging across the state as stockpiles of bullfrogs and mosquitoes raise fears of export to eastern markets. The piece notes 160 dramas and 21 male as part of a fragmented report.
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Kansas
State
New Jersey
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Ber | of Commerce Committee
Louisiana
Underwood
Rosevelt
South Mite
Wetunipka
Gary Za List
Harry Inge
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Herbert Corey
Eyre Damer
Mr. Poe Williams
Charing Cross Hospital
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