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... mark was set on September 29th when a large bombing plane , the largest yet built in America , driven by three Liberty motors was accepted by the Army Air Service after trials at Mitchell Field , Long Island , N. Y. This of course ...
... mark was set on September 29th when a large bombing plane , the largest yet built in America , driven by three Liberty motors was accepted by the Army Air Service after trials at Mitchell Field , Long Island , N. Y. This of course ...
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... mark the small coral heads and pinnacles that are such a danger to navigation . THE U. S. AERIAL MAIL SERVICE . In his An- nual Report to Congress , Postmaster Burleson claimed that the Aërial Mail Service had oper- ated during the year ...
... mark the small coral heads and pinnacles that are such a danger to navigation . THE U. S. AERIAL MAIL SERVICE . In his An- nual Report to Congress , Postmaster Burleson claimed that the Aërial Mail Service had oper- ated during the year ...
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... mark have recently organized a central agricul- tural council , known as the Landbrugsraadet , to A Canadian promote their common interests . Society of Technical Agriculturists has been formed in the interest of workers engaged in the ...
... mark have recently organized a central agricul- tural council , known as the Landbrugsraadet , to A Canadian promote their common interests . Society of Technical Agriculturists has been formed in the interest of workers engaged in the ...
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... marks ; expenditures , 613,829,458 marks . The debt in 1919 was 2,559,077 marks . The moderate element tended steadily to get the upper hand . Meanwhile work on the con- stitution was going on and it was completed , Aug. 14 , 1919. The ...
... marks ; expenditures , 613,829,458 marks . The debt in 1919 was 2,559,077 marks . The moderate element tended steadily to get the upper hand . Meanwhile work on the con- stitution was going on and it was completed , Aug. 14 , 1919. The ...
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... marks was , that the extremists ought to leave the party . It was estimated that if they did leave the party , they would make up only a small group , numbering hardly more than 10 per cent of the Belgian Socialists . See SOCIALISM ...
... marks was , that the extremists ought to leave the party . It was estimated that if they did leave the party , they would make up only a small group , numbering hardly more than 10 per cent of the Belgian Socialists . See SOCIALISM ...
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Page 380 - Powers, in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing should be done which might prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country...
Page 96 - That the purpose of this corporation shall be to promote, through organization and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others, to train them in Scoutcraft, and to teach them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues, using the methods which are now in common use by Boy Scouts.
Page 202 - Said sums shall be allotted to the States in the proportion which their population bears to the total population of the United States...
Page 389 - It shall be the duty of said bureau to formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
Page 38 - Tennessee. The bauxite from all localities in the United States, though it may vary in chemical composition, is on the whole similar in general appearance, with the exception of the " granitic bauxite
Page 380 - Mandatory should be responsible for putting into effect the declaration originally made on November 2nd, 1917, by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, and adopted by the said Powers, in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people...
Page 355 - This International Congress of Women expresses its deep regret that the terms of peace proposed at Versailles should so seriously violate the principles upon which alone a just and lasting peace can be secured, and which the democracies of the world had come to accept.
Page 152 - Columbia, consisting of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds of the District of Columbia...
Page 16 - Bringing about higher standards of comfort and beauty for the farm home. (4) Safeguarding the health of the farm family, and especially the health of the mother and growing child. (5) Developing and introducing money-yielding home industries where necessary in order to make needed home improvements.
Page 203 - Association shall be entitled to elect one delegate and one alternate to the Representative Assembly for each...