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District budget hearings seek larger District of Columbia funds
A House appropriations subcommittee will begin Monday hearings on the District of Columbia budget. The Bureau of the Budget proposes 32 355 872 dollars, higher than this year’s appropriations, with District Commissioners to explain the need for increased funds. The note stresses rapid growth, street extensions, sewers, paving, schools, lighting, and police protection, and argues parks and open spaces are essential to manage congestion and future costs.
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House Committee On Appropriations
District of Columbia
Bureau of the Budget
National Capital
Bolshevism and Assassination Across European Steel and Shadow
A historical note traces Balkan and Italian secret societies and Bolshevik influence. It recounts Carbonari precedents for political murder, links Bulgarian leaders Todor Alexandrov and Todor Alexandroff to assassinations, and describes Moscow’s money and arms offer that split the Macedonian revolutionary committee. The Milan cafe killing of a Bulgarian minister is cited as a tragic result and a signal of bolshevist danger prompting Balkan governments to act.
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Balkan tensions rise as Bulgaria neighbors tighten stance
A fragmented report notes mutual protection moves against the Soviet menace and hints at improved Balkan relations. It mentions Bulgarian emigration to Western posts and the Bulgarian remnant, with Albania expelling a Soviet delegation under pressure, signaling a blow to Bolshevism in the region.
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Evolution of American Political Parties and the Bloc System
Professor Edgar E Robinson of Stanford argues American party decay will yield a bloc system with two parties per national issue. He critiques two party strife and warns that narrowly focused blocs would vote on other issues indifferently or corruptly, turning Congress into a universal huckstering market.
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Prolonging Life Through Health Advances
Dr Bertram Sail predicts that many in the present cradle will reach a century of vigorous life as medicine dentistry and dietetics advance as preventives and health builders The essay notes focus on focal infection and rapid disease control with the mutatorscope incubator and test tube advancing medical science It argues better health will become a social economic and religious ideal and urges timely realization of the vision with Uncle Sam’s quarantine as a comparison
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Bertram Sail
Institute of Oralogy
Ball
Uncle Sam
Germany to replace dynastic history in new textbooks
A Prussian reform plan seeks to replace dynastic wars with social and economic achievements in state history textbooks. The aim is to shape the next generation's view of Germany and international relations while avoiding both unpatriotic criticism and chauvinist glorification.
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Germany and its history and modern identity critique
A critique of German nationalist propaganda and the portrayal of Germany in school histories. The author urges revising history books to replace bombastic praise of Kaiser era achievements with truthful, balanced accounts that acknowledge the impact of German industry, science, and art on world progress and to avoid inflating national myths. The piece notes American history stereotypes absorbed from German narratives and calls for honest textbooks across nations.
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America
Venezuela Celebrates Ayacucho Heroism Across Nations
The article notes Venezuelans played a key role in South American independence with Gen. Antonio Jose de Sucre leading at Ayacucho and declaring Long live free America. It highlights magnanimity to the Spanish forces, Venezuela’s proud heroism, and rapid postwar economic growth with near debt-free status and parity currency, aided by American enterprise.
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Antonio Jose de Sucre
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Free America
Sucre
Jose de Canterac
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Pantano de Vargas
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Caracas
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Hungary Rehabilitated With Aid From Boston Man
Hungary shows budget balance and improving trade, boosted by Jeremiah Smith of Boston serving as league of nations commissioner for Hungary. Americans, not in the league, are active in directing rehabilitation of war wrecked lands worldwide.
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League of Nations
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Boston
League of National
United States
The New Warfare and the Air Power Revolution
Brigadier General William Mitchell argues in the Saturday Evening Post that air power has become a dominant force. He describes three dimensional combat, surrounding enemy aircraft, and the need to project air superiority to defend cities like New York, with battles lasting until one side gains supremacy in the sky.
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Air Service
Saturday Evening Post
Air Force
New York
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Press Comment In a Nutshell Birmingham News
In a Nutshell notes happiness hinges on marriage while sharing satire on talk of World Court. The Columbus Record questions Congress for debating a settled Muscle Shoals issue and hints at looming topics beyond knowledge. The New York Herald Tribune observes Republicans at White House breakfasts drawing shifts in Democratic support.
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Astronomer debunks Franklin kite lightning myth
An American astronomer raises doubt about the Franklin kite experiment tale and hints at denying another claim of Franklin being born in Philadelphia at age nine according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Philadelphia
Louisville Courier-Journal
Murderers at Large Statement on Unpunished Crime
Judge Marcus Kavanaugh of Chicago says 135000 people in the United States are at large guilty of unlawful homicide. As a member of a committee of the American Bay association he studied European criminal laws and enforcement. He concludes that victims and murderers suffer from weak penalties, trial delays, frequent appeals, and flawed criminal law administration.
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Wanted Secretary of Agriculture for Gore vacancy
President Coolidge reportedly seeks a capable man to train for the Agriculture post as Secretary Gore departs. An unusual advert suggests a modern approach, calling for a hard working indoor worker near the Washington Monument who can narrate radio bedtime stories if needed.
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Piracy and Rum Running on the High Seas
The United States Attorney General faces how far the coast guard should intervene against hijackers in rum row. With foreign flags on vessels, complaints may go to respective governments while the guard limits patrols to twelve miles. If hijackers land loot, the guard will pursue as with any rum runner, but a dry navy defense is impractical.
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Providence Journal
United States
Coast Guard
The New Europe: Postwar hopes fade in Europe’s troubling steadiness
In London optimism post Dawes plan clashes with hard realities of Europe's recovery. Unemployment rises as currency stabilizations fail to spark broad prosperity. France aids little due to weakness while Mussolini’s Italy and Spain’s troubles absorb energies. Russia faulters, Austria and Hungary shrink, and Romania Poland Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia face internal dissensions and costly militaries.
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Bears in Virginia Value of Game Declines Caution on Extinction
A Richmond despatch reports bears have a commercial value of 30 dollars in a 1923–24 survey ending February 1. The study records 215 bears killed by hunters, valuing the game at 8 1/2 dollars. Wise county leads in killings with 52 brains bagged, followed by Rockingham with 500. Only 14 counties report bear deaths, many near the Dismal Swamp. Conservationists warn bears may soon vanish from local woods and swamps.
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Department of Game
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Rockingham
Disabled Officers Bill Backed By War Veterans In Congress
Letters to the editor from J. T. Comerford and J. C. Knott discuss support for the Lineberger bill to retire disabled World War officers. The item notes widespread veteran group backing, Senate passage history, and a January congressional schedule. Knott critiques press stance on the League of Nations, urging support for international peace efforts.
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Dr Starr Jordan Criticized In Letter To The Editor
Edward Breck attacks Dr Starr Jordan the eminent ichthyologist and chancellor emeritus for his views on world peace and finance. He questions Jordan's authority, cites past quotations, and mocks the notion that war is buried, urging patriotism and strength while noting persistent world changes.
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