Montessori Course At Exposition Watched By Board
Miss Margaret Wilson will head an international Montessori training course during the Panama Pacific Exposition with Dr Maria Montessori directing. The program runs August to November for teachers and parents, with an international board to study demonstration classes and report progress at the close. Wallace Hatch of Berkeley coordinates arrangements.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
Cal
Margaret Wilson
Wilson
Maria Montessor
Panama Pacific International Exposition
Miss Wilson
David Starr Jordan
National Education Association
Oakland
P Diaden
United States Commissioner of Education
Stow
Enite
Crerough
Montessoris
Montessori
International Board
Wallace Hatch
Berkeley
Calwao
Department of Education
District militia notes on encampment and armory plans
The First Battery field artillery unit prepares for its annual encampment starting July 17 with a new artillery school for six members. The militia reorganizes amid site inspections for field maneuvers and the new Lastreat armory to provide more space, while other units remain in current quarters pending broader reorganizations.
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Firat Battery Field Artillers P Co § G
Proposals on Gas Defense Using Grenades and Fans
Army and Navy consider two practical defenses against asphyxiating gases fan blowers and a large number of hand grenades with slings to throw them far. Explosions would stir air and disperse clouds. The air agitation from grenades complements existing fan blower defenses.
Navy faces limits on retirements and chaplain boosts
The Navy Department refused voluntary retirements this year citing Congress scrutiny risks and pressures to improve officer flow. Seven chaplains were appointed with three-year acting commissions while selection for the rest is handled by the navigation bureau. A US case Moran Bros vs United States seeks damages over delays in the Nebraska battleship construction, with the government claiming contractor indebtedness for 396 days of delay.
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Secretary of the Navy
Department
Anms
Congress
Navalist
Corps of Naval Chaplains
R D Workman
Pennsylvania
Presbyterian Church
W E Anderson
Indiana
Disciples of Christ Church
M O Alexander
North Carolina
The
Baptist Church
Bureau of Navigation
Aid For Education
Moran Bros & Co
Seattle
Wash
United States
Nebraska
Department of Justice
Chickens Meet Master at Train in Odd Kenmore Home Scene
In Rock Station Mort residents see 20 Plymouth Rock chickens greet JL Armstrong, Wabash switchback conductor, at the 618 pm station as his train arrives. The birds march from the ditch to the rails, escort him home with winged cries, proving chicken brains and neighborly loyalty.
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Pittsburgh
JL Armstrong
Wabash
Ia Kenmore Place
Rock Station
Armstrong’sa
Hook Station
Plymouth Rock Brigade
Rooster
Naval construction progress at Cramp yard Philadelphia
The report notes tending naval construction at the Cramp yard in Philadelphia. It states the process was not reported as especially new or significantly important, despite material advances by the bureau of construction and repair over the past two to three years.
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Navy
Navy Department
Congress
Iresa
Marine Corps
Saent Charles M Austin
Nwewport BR
Washington
Yates Stirling
Staff Corps
Naval Academy
Wiliam Mchaste
Navy Ward
W Brown
Naval Com
Raleigh
Iagerat
Aofa
Philadelphia
Shepherdstown
Ventor
Totomac
Antietam
Naval Constructor Creek
Wavy Department
Lloyd Bankson
Siperm
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Navy Paymaster Terrell Trial Highlights Instruction Gaps
A court martial report on Assistant Paymaster King Terrell details embezzlement charges and his defense that insufficient instruction and ignorance of navy regulations led to improper handling of advances. The Navy notes Terrell pleaded guilty to embezzlement and cites Regulations Articles 4456 to 4462.
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Terrell
King Terrell
Navy
Navy Department
The
Auditors Office
Auditors
Terrall
Peary Addresses Norton July 3 Independence Day Event
Admiral Teary spoke to Norton Independence Day crowd and displayed the flag he carried to the earths top. He described the discovery of the North Pole as a stanza in Americas epic, predicting an era of unprecedented prosperity after current world turmoil subsides.
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Norton
Teary
How Much Land If All Land Above Sea Spread Globally
A reader notes that spreading 25,000,000 cubic miles of land currently above sea level evenly over the globe would create a shell roughly 60 feet thick. The remark invites reconsideration of Earth’s land distribution and volume.
Dr and Mrs Edmund Gros Second Line Organizer of American Ambulance Work in France
Dr Edmund Gros of San Francisco organized the American ambulance effort in France and helped systematize care for the French army. The couple, shown in Paris beside the American hospital, have tirelessly aided the wounded and earned recognition for their hospital’s premier status.
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France
Edmund Gros
San Francisco
Paris
Gros
Franese
Notable summer movements among regional families noted
Continued from seventh page features travel and relocations. Pater Dr Simon plans to open the Western branch of the Jewish chau tauqqua in San Francisco. Mr and Mrs A Liebman and their daughters Anna and Deborah May, and Mrs Charles Kaufman head to Atlantic City for the summer cottage. Mr Theodore Brock from this city spent several days at Atlantic City last week.
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Tures
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
Pater
Simon
San Francisco
A Liebman
Anna Liebman
Deborah May Liebman
Charles Kaufman
Washington
Atlantic City
Theodore Brock
Ben Frank
Baltimore
J J Whins
New York
Morton Luchs
Rudolph
Kensington Society Highlights From Washington and Atlantic City
Kensington society notes a lively period with St Pauls Episcopal Sabbath school picnic at Great Falls, visits from Miss May Simpson and Miss Mary Rumer, and numerous Washington and Baltimore trips. Mentions guests Harriet Brown of Habana Cuba, Marion Spink of Ithaca, and Sadie Kinnear. Includes wedding shower for Miss Selma Hahn and a Kensington lodge July meeting under St Andrews.
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St Pauls Episcopal Sabbath School
Great Falls
May Simpson
Washington
Mary Rumer
Rising Sun
Sadie Kinnear
Morman
Marion Spink
Ithaca
Harriet Brown
Habana
Cuba
Leslie FE Prince
War Department announces widespread staff changes in adjutant general office
Last week at the War Department a series of civil service appointments and some promotions were announced across multiple offices. Notable changes include clerks and translators moving to higher grades at the adjutant general, judge advocate general, surgeon general, chief signal officer, and other bureaus, with raises from hundreds to over $2,000 per year and several staff resignations surfaced in the Secretary of War notice.
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Adjutant General
War Department
Civil Service Rules
Adjutant General's Office
Bawara
Davie
Judge Advocate
Carls Pale Bank
James EB Wilson
John H Lyons
Robert B Mc Raven
Willam D Googe
Cari J Falst
Ordnance
William Kerdall
Eamund S van Brunt
Bureau of Insular Affairs
James Z Linville
Adjutant Generals Office
Daniel M Keeton
Andrew FE
Nin
Charlea Englich
Ray W_ Ireland lerk
George E Long
Staf
Nathaniel Hershler
Otto Abramsky
Adolf Gerhard
MM Bartow Mercer
Secretary of
Pope Benedict greets educators at Catholic Education event
In St Paul on July 8 the final session of the Catholic Educational Association heard Pope Benedict’s greeting read by Archbishop Ireland. Prof W J McAuliffe of Cathedral College urged Catholics to guard against unfavourable legislation as the pope bestowed his apostolic benediction on the association’s president and members and its work.
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St Paul Minn
Pope Benedict
W J McAuliffe
Cathedral College
Pope
Ireland
Holy Father
Election clashes in Chile shake Valparaiso and Santiago
In Santiago and Valparaiso on Monday supporters of presidential candidates Don Juan Luis San Fuentes and Don Javier Figueroa clashed in the streets. Several persons were wounded as San Fuentes held a slim majority of eight votes. Figueroa supporters charged fraud, while authorities remained in full control.
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Valparaiso
Santiago
Senor
Juan Luis San Fuentes
Don Javier Figueroa
Senor San Fuentes
Figueroa
War Depends on Work France Warned That Industry Will Win
A Washington story notes French writer Charles Humbi warns against assuming Germany has exhausted its resources. He emphasizes France must rely on its industrial capacity and workers, not just generals, as industry now drives wartime output. France’s foundries factories and workers are mobilized to produce guns shells machines automobiles and other war supplies.
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Wills S Bryant
Bryant
Washington
Przemys
Germany
Galieian
Cracow
Bresau
Charles Humbi
Fran
France
Linen for bandages drives wartime textile effort
A committee led by Hopkins in New York solicits worn out linen for surgical dressings to aid wounded soldiers. Women like Sister Susies sew shirts while volunteers in towns nationwide assemble fabric into strips, sized for front use. Contributions of cloth and money are urged to support the effort through the war years.
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Morgan
Europe
United States
Atlantic Fleet Drill Plan Details June to Sept
The Atlantic fleet announced a summer program to keep the battleship auxiliary squadron destroyer and submarine flotilla active with large scale exercises through September 19 without Panama Canal transit. The battleship will operate off the New England coast in July and August, then move south. Coaling at sea will be scaled up. Submarines will be overhauled until July 3 then conduct torpedo firing and crew training to reach peak efficiency under Rear Admiral Henson as chief of operations.
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Eummer
Panama Canal
New England
Henson
Train picks him off auto in Williamantic incident
Williamantic on Tuesday noon the Boston and Hartford express of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad stopped for orders. G Parker Stearns formerly a belt ful of hobbyist tells he was driving to town when his car ran out of gas at Andover Steeles Station and was hurled onto the locomotive cowcatcher after the engine brushed his car leaving him torn and smeared but alive with a remarkable tale of survival.
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Williamantia
Boston and Hartford Express
New York New Haven and Hartford
Williamantic
G Parker
Williamantte
Steeles Station
Andover
Stork Brings Three Girls to Altoona Family
Mrs Willis E Clair of Jumata, Altoona, has borne triplets all girls. The newborns weigh eighteen pounds together and are reported healthy. This appears to be a family trait with multiple twins and triplets in Mrs Clair's relatives. She is 90, married six years, and previously had three children, two deceased.
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Altoona Pa
Willis E Clair
Jumata
Christening of Lady Decies' Son in London
Arthur Marcus Ger Delapoar Beresford, son of Lord and Lady Decies, was christened at Stokepages by Caron Barnett. The godfathers included the Duke of Connaught and George Gould, with the ceremony held in London on July 3.
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Arthur Marcus Ger
Douglas Delapoar Beresford
Nate
Lord
Til Decies
Caron Barnett
Stokepages
Duke of Connaustt
George Gould
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Columbia, Road
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Wallace E King
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Merrit O Chance
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