Time to Build for Fireproof Federal Archives
The commissioner of internal revenue Mr Blair urges Congress to fund a fireproof central archives building in Washington to house all units of the bureau and protect records. He notes seven scattered offices and dangerous fire risks with tax returns. Building this would create efficient public service, stimulate construction, and save rental costs.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Mr. Blair
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
Blair
Department of State
Patent Office
Washington
Postmaster General Hays Rules Marriage and Employment Policy
The Postmaster General announces that the marriage status of women postal workers will not affect their service rights or privileges. Unmarried women previously lost status upon marriage. now a married woman remains a federal employee with full privileges. The policy ends the practice of reappointment or new examinations due to marriage, reflecting a broader movement toward equal public office eligibility regardless of marital status. The change is praised as sensible and practical amid rising living costs and evolving social norms.
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Hays
Post Office
Postal Service
Washington's New Era and the National Capital plan
President Harding's message to Congress aligns with Roosevelt and Taft in advancing the 1901 National Capital plan. The piece highlights urgent needs for construction in Washington including the Department buildings, archives, and Mall completion as temporary war structures fade. It also notes policy continuity with predecessors and calls for several government facilities. A brief aside comments on salaries and bandit-punishment after Argentina’s actions.
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Congress
National Commission of Fine Arts
Harding
Roosevelt
Taft
Washington
Jefferson
Root
Commission of Fine Arts
Lincoln Memorial Commission
National Capital
District of Columbia
City of Washington
Department of Agriculture
Departments of State, Justice
Navy, Commerce and Labor
Prohibition Officials Urged to Quit Lobbying and Speak Less
State prohibition directors and enforcement officers are urged by the Treasury Secretary and internal revenue chief to devote themselves to official duties and stop public speeches and lobbying. An investigation followed a Pittsburgh agent’s church address criticizing a federal court, prompting a cautionary presentment. The aim is to ensure strict enforcement of the Volstead act with officials’ allegiance to the government.
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Prohibition
Secretary of the Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Treasury
Pittsburgh
Federal
Washington
Forged Corots Threaten Art World and Market
An article warns that sales of the late Paul Desire Trouillebert's studio contents after his widow's death could flood the market with forged Corots. It notes how Corot and Trouillebert share style, aiding forgers, and recalls Trouillebert's anxiety after a Corot landscape once appeared in Alexander Dumas the younger's collection.
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Paul Desire Trouillebert
Trouillebert
Alexander Dumas
Corot
First Order
Forest of Fontainebleau
Henner
Caiil
Emancipation of China at Washington talks urged
The Washington conference moves toward ending extraterritorial rights in China and lets Beijing manage its own postal system. Critics warn that customs control remains the core risk to China's financial independence as treaty powers discuss tariff shifts and lease concessions that deepen foreign influence.
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China
New York Tribune
Washington
Japan
Manchuria
France
Great Britain
United States
Ching
Roma plans long test flight across Appalachians to Ohio
Newport News Va Nov 28 Plans are forming at Langley field and in Washington for a long test flight of the semi rigid dirigible Roma across the Appalachians into Ohio The date for the flight has not yet been set The Roma will depart from here for Akron if the flight proceeds She has ascended twice since assembly and both trials were successful
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Newport News
Langley Field
Washington
Appalachians
Ohio
Atron
Missing Florentine diamond linked to Italy and Hapsburgs
A 13935 carat Florentine diamond once part of Tuscany and Habsburg jewels reportedly vanished in Vienna during 1919 and may have been carried to Switzerland by Emperor Charles. It is now rumored collateral for large loans in Paris or London, with potential buyers in India or the United States. Lord Reay of Rosy lineage noted, linking Mackay clan history to a Skibo Castle legacy.
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Charles the Bold
Burgundy
Granson
Genoa
Ludovico Sforza
Duke of Milan
Pope Julius I
Francis of Tuscany
Maria Therese
Imperial House of Hapsburg
Congress of Versatiles
Italy
Vienna
Modena
Parma
Grand Duchy
Tuscany
Venice
Grand Duchy of Tostany
Kingdom of
Austria
Switzerland
Charles
Hapsburg
Lams Windiseheraetz
Paris
London
Europe
India
United States
George
Charles the Bold of
New World
Aeneas Mackay
Arnheim
Netherlands
Nova Scotia
Reay
Rosy
Caithness
Eric Mackay
Scotland
Wilhelmina
Lord Reay
Mackay
Odo Mackay
Floddenfield
Gilchrist Mackay
Robert II
Abdul
Julius Caesar
Tentons
Skibo Castle
Donald Mackay
Charles I
House of Lords
Baron Reay
Mackays
George Mackay
Skibo
Andrew Carnegie
Selarquise
Aliens Corner German Wine Invasion Sparks Price Fight
Domestic consumers urge government action as hundreds of foreigners seize the 1921 German wine crop while mark values are low. Prussian commerce officials push to curb exports and force higher prices to protect Germans from higher vintage costs.
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Mayence
Germany
Tokyo Health Center Proposal Aims to Expand St Luke's
New York reports Tokyo seeks a central health complex modeled after Western cities. Dr. R Bereusler of St Luke's International Hospital travels to gain support for a 250 bed hospital, nurse training, post graduate training, public welfare and health department, medical contal service and lab. Est. funding reaches about 1 million dollars.
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New York
Tokyo
United States
Europe
R. Bereusler
St. Luke’s International Hospital
St. Luke’s Hospital
Tousler
War mothers pledge explained by American and British mothers
Mrs Mabel Do Digney national president of the American War Mothers explains the pledge with Mrs Julia McCudden British war mother. She denies any agreement to refrain from aiding in armed conflict and says the pledge is a protest by patriotic mothers not an act of pacifism.
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White Plains
Mabel Do. Digney
Julia McCudden
Lloyd George Buys Land Near Farnham in Surrey
Premier Lloyd George has purchased a portion of the Court estate from Lord Ashcombe, about five miles from Farnham and forty miles from London. The tract sits in a wooded, scenic area near Hartley common golf links now extended to eighteen holes, with Hindhead’s eighteen holes a short distance away, touted as the most natural course in southern England.
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London
Lloyd George
Lord Ashcombe
Court Estate
Farnham
Surrey
Hartley Common
England
Coast Defense Force Cut in Boston Harbor
Boston, Nov. 28. Army coast defenses in Boston harbor will be reduced by half. Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards approved plans to retain 200 men and 12 officers at the site. An equal number will move to Fort H. G. Wright in Long Island Sound, with several forts placed under caretakers.
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Boston
Boston Harbor
Washington
Clarence R. Edwards
Fort H. G. Wright
Long Island Sound
New Planet Discovered In Asteroid Group
Buenos Aires Nov 28 The discovery of a new planet between Jupiter and Mars is announced by Dr Hartmann director of the observatory at the University of La Plata The planet is fourteenth magnitude and currently visible from this latitude in Cetus near Pegasus in the evening sky
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Buenos Aies
Associated Press
Jupiter
Mars
Hartmann
University of la Plata
Pegasus
Kansas Wheat at Lowest Condition in State History
Topeka Nov 28 The Kansas State board of agriculture reports the wheat crop condition at 58.6 percent of normal the lowest in state history. The 11,280,600 acres sown mark the third largest acreage on record due to inadequate moisture as the primary cause.
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Topeka
Paris
J. C. Moater
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Cloak Workers Strike in Philadelphia Over Piecework
About 4,000 to 5,000 cloak and suit workers in Philadelphia walked out today amid a wage dispute with manufacturers. The strikers demand the weekly wage system remain, affecting roughly 75 manufacturers in the area.
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Philadelphia
Traffic experts from colleges urged for growing cities
The editor notes that as automobiles spread, American colleges should create a traffic department to train engineers. Francis T. Whitney of New York predicts cities will hire college trained traffic engineers, not police, to reduce daily jams. Philip F. Campbell of New York observes high interest in the Washington conference and optimistic views on armament reduction. James E. Woods of New York praises Marshal Foch as a model military mind and contrasts him with earlier conquering rulers.
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Phil
Francis T. Whitney
New York
America
Civy
Mr. Whitney
Willard
Trafic
Polo Department
United States
Electrica
France
Napoleon
Foch
James E. Woods
Perdinand Foch
Hapsburgs
Hohenzollens
Hannibal
Caesar
England
Hach
Marshal Foch
Secretary Fall To Visit California For Colorado River Hearings
Secretary Fall leaves Washington for a Western tour with two hearings in California. He attends a Southwestern League meeting in Riverside on December 8 to discuss Colorado River water power use. A San Diego hearing on December 12 covers water use for power and irrigation.
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California
Rays
Fall
Washington
Pacific Coast
Southwestern League
Riverside
Calif
Colorado
San Diego
Callt
Ieit
Mexican envoy arrives in Berlin to take post
Dr Alfredo Cataregli is the newly appointed Mexican minister to Germany and has arrived in Berlin. His predecessor Balbine Cae Valez has been transferred to Stockholm.
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Berli
Associated
Preas
Alfredo Cataregli
Germany
Balbine Caevalez
Stockholm
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