Brazil's Military Might Outlined Ahead of Possible War Entry
National Geographic Society in Washington assesses Brazil's armed forces and reserves. It notes a peace time nucleus of about 25 000 with a 20 000 police force, 500 000 in reserves, and 4.4 million unorganized potential. Brazil's naval power includes two dreadnoughts and several destroyers. total 1915 budget was 36 million dollars.
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Brazil
United States
National Geographical Society of Washington
Germany
South American
National Guard
Italy
Portugal
Norway
Greece
Servia
Bulgaria
South America
ABC
Chile
Argentina
Rio de Janeiro
Para
Ladario de Matto Grosso
Russia
Republic of
Chia
Mongolia
Tibet
League
France
Censorship Rules Drafted Regulating Press Before Congress Action
Guidelines issued after a conference of state war and navy officials and four press associations urge self restraint. Regulators seek to limit disclosures on military policy, movements, maps, and prints while preserving constitutional free press guarantees.
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Congress
State, War and Navy Departments
Department of State
Government to Bar Excessive War Profits
The United States government uses wartime powers to force a manufacturer to supply war materiel at a price set by the President. If the firm refuses, the plant may be taken over and run by the government. This action, under the naval appropriation bill, targets high profits and pledges to pay less than historical seller margins.
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United States
The Nation's Blind by Age at Loss
Census Bureau reports distribution of blindness by age. Eleven percent blind at birth or within first year, thirty percent before age twenty, forty seven percent from twenty to sixty four, and twenty one percent in old age.
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Census Bureau
The Man Worth While Class Listed in New Brunswick Program
A Girls' Community club course roster in New Brunswick New Jersey includes a class titled The Man Worth While. The program curates uplifting topics for members and reflects community education aims.
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Girls’ Community Club of
New Brunewick, N. J
Tank weapon tested by citizen soldiers of San Francisco
An American built tank tested by San Francisco citizen soldiers is described as torpedo shaped with a tower like the British model. It is said to uproot barbed wire fences clear entanglements and pass through houses, proving effective on land as a torpedo is in water.
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San Francisco
John Bull
Uncle Sam
Chinese Regimen Plans to Offer Service to U S
The 6CQ members of the Chinese-American Citizens' alliance in New York plan to raise a Chinese regiment for the U S government. The educated group, led by president Lee Tuck, adopted a resolution pledging unconditional support and offering all resources of the members to the country.
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6CQ
United States
Move to rename institutions for the insane in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg April 18. Senate and house resolution seeks to drop words insane lunatics feeble minded from state semistate and private institutions names to remove stigma on inmates and improve public perception.
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Harrisburg
Senate
War Bread Urged to Save Wheat Shortage
Carl Vrooman assistant secretary of agriculture proposes a war bread plan to convert more milled wheat into flour. He notes U S mills average 72 percent recovery while belligerents mix rye and other grains. He argues this shift could save 125000000 bushels of wheat annually.
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Vrooman
Carl Vrooman
England
Italy
Switzerland
France
Boston man arraigned on flag desecration charge
Augustus von 7 gen was arraigned in the South Boston district court on a charge of desecrating the AIOE flag. He was held in $500 bail for a hearing on Thursday. Von Hegen, born in his country, worked regently in a local machine shop and allegedly used a small flag to wipe grease from the work bench.
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Boston
Augustus von 7Gen
South Boston
Aioe
von Hegen
Antil
Odd News Tales From Cities Across the Country
A New York man seeks separation blaming his mother-in-law after his wife kissed another man. A St. Louis man who fled from an unloving aunt becomes heir to a fortune and quits his Jacksonville store. In Axton Illinois a massive incubator over a boiler plant reaches 102 degrees for 11 000 eggs. In Kansas City Kansas burglars return a four year old bracelet and loot a bank. Two Lafayette girls sell human bones as junk to explain a disappearance. In Manchester Connecticut a priest living openly wins poultry prizes on a farm.
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New York
St. Louis
Curt
Jacksonville
Fla
Axton
Ill
Kansas City
Kan
Lafayette
Ind
Stoci Factories Close in Wheeling After Overstock and High Costs
The Augustus Pollack stogie plants in Wheeling West Virginia will suspend operations indefinitely affecting 700 workers. The shutdown follows an overstock and rising raw material prices with Wheeling paying 1.50 to 3 dollars per thousand more than competitors.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Story of Zeppelins Destruction Shown From French Plane
Two vivid pictures taken from a French aeroplane depict the fall of a great zeppelin above Compiegne France after battle. The craft is seen aflame as it plunges toward earth while debris lights a garden scene below in the city.
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Zeppelin
Compiegne
France
Black Maria Returns to Russia as Free Political Prisoner
Maria Spiridonova, once sentenced to death for the murder of the Tam bay police chief in 1906, is released from Hertchinsk and returns to Russia as a free woman. She was a notable political prisoner before the revolution.
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Tambay
Maria Spiridonova
Hertchinsk
Russia
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Usiiry
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Citizens’ Alliance
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U. S
American Press Association
Manchester
Conn
Stoci
Charles
Adeal
DR Charles Flesh Food CO
Fulton ST
The
Parisienne
America
Pittsburgh
Smart Set
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