New International Yearbook: A Compendium of the World's Progress1921 |
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... pounds . Up to the end of March , 1920 , there had been more than £ 200,000 worth of imports and exports carried by air . There were 114 aerodromes licensed and 519 machines registered for civil flying during the year . In many cases ...
... pounds . Up to the end of March , 1920 , there had been more than £ 200,000 worth of imports and exports carried by air . There were 114 aerodromes licensed and 519 machines registered for civil flying during the year . In many cases ...
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... pounds commercial load with 240 - horse power motor . They had a cruis- ing radius of six to seven hours on low - grade fuel , as against the salvaged war planes in the Mail Service which carried 400 pounds of mail with 400 - horse ...
... pounds commercial load with 240 - horse power motor . They had a cruis- ing radius of six to seven hours on low - grade fuel , as against the salvaged war planes in the Mail Service which carried 400 pounds of mail with 400 - horse ...
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... pounds of mail , cleared from the Marina Field , San Francisco , at 6.15 A.M. , being due to arrive in Salt Lake at 3.31 P.M. , mountain time , the same day , and at the Mineola Field , New York , at 4 P.M. , September 12 . With the ...
... pounds of mail , cleared from the Marina Field , San Francisco , at 6.15 A.M. , being due to arrive in Salt Lake at 3.31 P.M. , mountain time , the same day , and at the Mineola Field , New York , at 4 P.M. , September 12 . With the ...
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... pounds of cotton in the seed , whereas it now produces 127 pounds . These data serve to indicate not only the in- creased efficiency of the farmer but the high de gree which has been reached , greatly exceeding that of the farmer in any ...
... pounds of cotton in the seed , whereas it now produces 127 pounds . These data serve to indicate not only the in- creased efficiency of the farmer but the high de gree which has been reached , greatly exceeding that of the farmer in any ...
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... Pounds . 1919 6,432,000 7,568,000 26,581,000 32,045,000 27 ALABAMA were limited to 5 per cent . At the midsummer session a constitutional amendment was also submitted allowing the sale of $ 5,000,000 of the bonds at par and not more ...
... Pounds . 1919 6,432,000 7,568,000 26,581,000 32,045,000 27 ALABAMA were limited to 5 per cent . At the midsummer session a constitutional amendment was also submitted allowing the sale of $ 5,000,000 of the bonds at par and not more ...
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Page 366 - The duties of the War Department General Staff shall be to prepare plans for national defense and the use of the military forces for that purpose, both separately and in conjunction with the naval forces, and for the mobilization of the manhood of the Nation and its material resources in an emergency...
Page 366 - War, the Assistant Secretary of War, under the direction of the Secretary of War, shall be charged with supervision of the procurement of all military supplies and other business of the War Department pertaining thereto and the assurance of adequate provision for the mobilization of materiel and industrial organizations essential to wartime needs.
Page 32 - 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 347 - I ; peeping through window at woman, 1 ; insisting on voting, 1. The states in which lynchings occurred and the number in each state are as follows : Alabama, 7 ; Arkansas, 1 ; California, 3 ; Florida, 7 ; Georgia, 9 ; Illinois...
Page 366 - Corps shall be to prepare plans for the national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war; to investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army and its state of preparation for military operations; to render professional aid and assistance to the Secretary of War and to general officers and other superior commanders, and to...
Page 366 - The Organized peace establishment, including the Regular Army, the National Guard and the Organized Reserves, shall include all of those divisions and other military organizations necessary to form the basis for a complete and immediate mobilization for the national defense in the event of a national emergency declared by Congress.
Page 307 - 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 - States should become a member of this union. To do so, however, would require not only the abrogation of the typesetting clause, so far as foreign books are concerned, but the abolition as well of the necessity for deposit of copies and registration. American...
Page 366 - The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to maintain, upon military reservations or elsewhere, schools or camps for the military instruction and training, with a view to their appointment as reserve officers...
Page 367 - When Congress shall have authorized the use of the armed land forces of the United States, for any purpose requiring the use of troops in excess of those of the Regular Army...