Americans Conquer the Air Across the Atlantic
Dispatches praise the American achievement of transatlantic flight by Read and Grieve. The piece contrasts American method with British bravado, credits American ingenuity, and notes practical outcomes in air routes and global competition.
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Hawker
Azores
Lisbon
Plymouth
British Isles
Sir Thomas Lipton
Read
Atlantic
Kingsley
Columbus
America
Health Education Contest Aims to Weigh and Weigh
Padded by underweight and overweight children, health education officials plan a nationwide school program. Fourteen million students in 30 states are being weighed and measured as the Interior Department seeks to reach twenty five million. Dr Claxton says health is best taught as a game not punishment, with monthly records of name age height weight and target weight to spur steady gain.
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Department of the Interior
Washington
Claxton
Commissioner of Education
Bureau of Education
National Push for Good Roads Campaign Across States
A national awakening to the need for good roads spurs interest in cities, towns, and counties. The piece argues for a federal plan to extend a national highway system, linking undeveloped western lands to rail centers and markets, boosting farming and business nationwide.
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Congress
Moving pictures to educate across schools and libraries
The piece argues for broad government support and creation of educational film libraries. Edison favors universal access in schools, saying films can aid slow learners and that public libraries will host film departments. Moving pictures are praised as a powerful, emotive teaching tool with wartime impact encouraging wider adoption.
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Thomas A. Edison
America
Sugar Beets and Bonbons Shape Prohibition Era Commerce
Nation shifts from cocktails to candy as Americans spend about a billion on candy last year. Prohibition could double figures, boosting sugar beet industry and farming. Utah-Idaho Sugar Co reports assets around 33 million, 3400 stockholders, over 1.25 million in income taxes, and 300 million pounds of sugar produced in the last season.
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United States
West
Utah-Idaho Sugar Co
Good Roads Program Ideas For Inland States
A discussion on a national road program argues for directing highway funds to states that produce most farm forest and mineral wealth. Idaho shows 96 percent of value while others reach 100 to 600 plus. The piece questions tax-to-fund allocations and advocates grants to wealth-producing states to boost national prosperity.
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Idaho
Congress
George C. Diehl
A. A. A. Good Roads Board
New York
Utah
Texas
Georgia
Interior
Seaboard States
Economic excerpt on raw products benefiting manufacturing states
The passage argues that while manufacturing states drive national activity, development of raw product states yields long term benefits for manufacturing regions, highlighting interdependence between production sectors and overall national growth.
Basis For Foreign Loans Stirs Debate On U S Finance
The text argues against direct government loans to foreign governments or individuals and says private banks will bear most lending duty. It notes the world demand for American capital exceeds supply and American savings, already taxed by $20 billion in government bonds, must fund needy nations with careful safeguards and precedent set by Chinese loan policy.
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United States
Wool Outlook and Trade Figures Highlight 1919 Prospects
Woolgrowers face favorable prospects as the Department of Agriculture notes shrinking wool in dealers hands since December 1918. Commerce reports April exports at 715 million dollars, a new record, with imports rising to 273 million. Ten month totals show strong gains over last year. An unrelated Twin Falls observer cites bias in a local newspaper project, while a writer links life-altering accidents to poverty and hints at personal misfortune.
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Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
United States
Alaska Vital Statistics Show More Births Than Deaths
Juneau June 3 1918 vital statistics report births total 63 deaths 42 in Alaska secretary announces. The stork travels slow as the grim reaper wins fewer battles this year.
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Juneau
Alaska
Stork
Grim Reaper
Bilious Troubles and Liver Health Promoted Tablets
An aid to relieve biliousness and restore vitality. The advertisement claims Chasvebverlinty tablets support liver function and reduce dullness and confusion, urging readers to try Wien ard for quick relief and improved mood.
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Wien
Siberian Red Cross Worker Escapes Cossack Stand Off
Major John Reifenider, tied to the Siberian Red Cross, arrived in Tokio to escort 1500 Czech Slovak soldiers from Vladivostok via the Snes canal to Trieste and Prague. He recounted a dramatic Krasnoyarsk station confrontation with Cossacks who threatened him and his guards, prompting a British-detachment intervention that was later deemed unnecessary.
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Tokio
Associated Press
John Reifenider
Frederick, Md
American Red Cross
Siberia
Vladivostok
Snes Canal
Trieste
Prague
Reifsnider
Rh. B. Tensler
Vinginiit
Siberia Redross
Russia
Red Cross
Omsk
Smal
Krasnoyarsk
Erection of College Postponed in Alaska
Seattle dispatch reports Alaska will not fund a territorial college and school of mines for at least two years though a Fairbanks building exists. Opposition blocked a 20000 dollar appropriation to equip and hire instructors. Local leaders argue Alaskan students prefer institutions in the states and would need outside world exposure.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
School of Mines
Fairbanks
White
Juneau
Labor Executive Demands Removal of Postmaster Burleson
Chicago June 3 The executive committee of the American Federation of Labor adopted resolutions demanding the removal of Postmaster General Burleson citing autocratic management and forwarded them to President Wilson.
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Chicago
Burleson
Wison
Americxn Federation of Labor
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Flere
Atlantic City
Ormer Leckiecar
Airrean
Twin Falls
the Tribune
Siberian R. C
Russ Cossacks
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