Government workforce in 1928 amid postwar demobilization
The article lists government personnel across departments such as justice state and treasury and notes a total of about 200 000 more employees nation wide than before the war. In Washington DC clerks rose from 37 908 to 117 464 by November 11 1928 the armistice was declared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reisene
Army
Department of
District of Columbia
Greensburg
Milroy
Connersville
Connersville Canning Company
Washington
D. C
Lebanon
Tipton
Indianapolis
Farmers and
State Board of Election Commissioners
Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners
Sedford
Evansville
Home Economics Club
Shelbyville
Shelby
Rush County
Newcastle
Henry County
Thomas R. Marshall
State Central Committee
8. M. Ralston
Claude G. Bowers
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Indiana
State Conservation Commission
Frank N. ‘Wallace
Wallace
Hartford City
L. N. Hines
Indiana Happenings and Local Notes Across Cities
Indiana reports show Elkhart hosting next April’s state horseshoers meeting in Washington notes, while Anderson records funeral for state senator Austin Retherford. Brown county logs largest poplar cut near Nashville, and Indianapolis introduces a better baby contest at the state fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elkhart
Indiana Horseshoers’ Protective Association
Fort Wayne
Anderson
Austin Retherford
Madison County
Hot Springs
Nashville
Brown County
Helmsburg
Indianapolis
Indianapoolis
Charles I F. Kennedy
State Board of Agriculture
Lafayette
Purdue University
Goodrich
William H. Thompson
W. H. Spencer
State Board of Election Commissioners
Indiana
Purdue University Agricultural Extension Department
United States
Housewives’ League
Marion County
Greene County
Division of Geology
State Conservation Department
Martin County
Greensburg
John W. Craig
Decatur
Fast
Davis Construction Company
Zumbrugg
Schulz
Johnson County
East Chicago
Inland Steel ‘Company
The
Iompany
Muncie
Delaware County
Temple Portico Reaches Memorial for Adeline Pepper Gibson
A complete Hindu temple portico from India arrives to honor Adeline Pepper Gibson who died abroad in service. The image shows a figure in a praying pose as part of the memorial structure prepared to honor her sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Adeline Pepper Gibson
Sarah Anna McGuinness Starts Second Century
Miss Sarah Anna McGuinness began her second century with a small celebration hosted by friends at the Bronz Home for the Aged, marking a milestone birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Anna McGuinness
Bronz Home
Society for Visual Education Formed to Use Films in Schools
A new association named the Society for Visual Education unites leading educators to produce and distribute moving pictures for classrooms. President Rollin D. Salisbury, Harvard and University of Chicago staff, leads a diverse board aiming to shorten learning time and cut costs by teaching with carefully prepared film material beginning in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Society For Visual Education
Rollin D. Salisbury
University of Chicago
Harley L. Clarke
Chicago
Forrest D. Moulton
W. W. Atwood
Harvard
W. C. Bagley
Columbus
O. W. Caldwell
Columbia
J. M. Coulter
W. C. Vaughan
Michigan
F. R. Moultoh
W. F. Russell
Iowa
Salisbury
H. L. Clarke
C. E. Chadsey
University of Illinois
L. D. Coffman
University of Minnesota
L. T. Damon
Brown University
Nature to determine age of cliff dwellings in the Southwest
Wood samples from Aztec New Mexico ruins sent to Dr. A E Douglass for dating. Professor Earl Morris notes yearly ring patterns reflect rainfall and solar activity over 3 218 years in sequoias and pines, enabling exact felling year identification for the logs used in ancient Southwest houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesa Verde National Park
American Southwest
Nature
Aztec, N. M
A. E. Douglass
California
Earl Morris
Silverton
Colo
Southwest
Douglas
Doctor Douglas
Continental Divide
Thirty Three Cities Enjoying Daylight Saving
Daylight saving is in effect in at least thirty three American cities and towns despite congressional repeal veto dispute. Cities include New York City Buffalo Cohoes Troy Utica Syracuse Yonkers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Detroit Portland Manchester and more. Marcus M Marks notes the regional ripple effects on business hours and markets nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wilson
National Daylight Association
New York
New York City
Buffalo
Cohoes
Troy
Utica
Syracuse
Yonkers
New Jersey
Camden
Plainfield
New Brunswick
Hoboken
Jersey City
Massachusetts
Clinton
Lynn
Worcester
Marlboro
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Corry
Allentown
Harrisburg
Easton
Connecticut
Hartford
Putnam
Maine
Portland
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Jeffersonville
Board of Trusts
Indiana Reformatory
Aeroine
Indifarm
Step
Popult Taatory
Wuntington
Huntington County Farmers’ Association
Nolan
Muridie- Grocer
Brotherhood Chiefs
Brotherhood
Switchmen
John Bannon
St. Louis
A. F. Whitney
J. A. Farquharson
Muskogee
Okla
John Grunan
Palmer
Washington City
Merrit O. Chance
Fred B. Sillers
Ninth Avenue
Rector Street
Guantanamo
Cuba
Uncle Sam
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