The New International Year Book: A Compendium of the World's Progress....Dodd, Mead, 1917 |
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... house to house canvass . Later the Woman's National Land Service Corps was formed to assist the women's farm labor com- mittees and to take part in the national cam- paign . To meet the need for training of women volunteers , a large ...
... house to house canvass . Later the Woman's National Land Service Corps was formed to assist the women's farm labor com- mittees and to take part in the national cam- paign . To meet the need for training of women volunteers , a large ...
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... house at Cape St. Elias , on Kayak Island . The United States Coast Survey has continued its wire - drag surveys ... houses , waterworks , telephones , banks , balls , etc. to Moose Creek , Matanuska Valley , via Matan- uska Junction ...
... house at Cape St. Elias , on Kayak Island . The United States Coast Survey has continued its wire - drag surveys ... houses , waterworks , telephones , banks , balls , etc. to Moose Creek , Matanuska Valley , via Matan- uska Junction ...
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... House . Next day a hearing was held at which the representatives of the brotherhoods spoke in favor and the representa- tives of the railroads opposed . However , it was passed by both Houses and signed by the Presi- dent , and marks a ...
... House . Next day a hearing was held at which the representatives of the brotherhoods spoke in favor and the representa- tives of the railroads opposed . However , it was passed by both Houses and signed by the Presi- dent , and marks a ...
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... house walls of sun - baked brick . The internal arrangements show two cross walls , one of which shuts off the apse while the other , near the southern end of the house , makes a room at this end about 2 m . wide . This may have been a ...
... house walls of sun - baked brick . The internal arrangements show two cross walls , one of which shuts off the apse while the other , near the southern end of the house , makes a room at this end about 2 m . wide . This may have been a ...
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... house has yet been at Laerru upon the tumuli and " tombs of the excavated . In the second or Minyan period , giants . ” At Vignanello , in Etruria , the town however , a dwelling has been cleared . It meas- and the necropolis have been ...
... house has yet been at Laerru upon the tumuli and " tombs of the excavated . In the second or Minyan period , giants . ” At Vignanello , in Etruria , the town however , a dwelling has been cleared . It meas- and the necropolis have been ...
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Page 339 - Conferences between the signatory powers shall be held from time to time to formulate and codify rules of international law, which, unless some signatory shall signify its dissent within a stated period, shall thereafter govern in the decisions of the judicial tribunal mentioned in Article One.
Page 342 - Every nation is in law and before law the equal of every other nation belonging to the society of nations, and all nations have the right to claim and, according to the Declaration of Independence of the United States, "to assume, among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them.
Page 39 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That beginning January first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, eight hours shall, in contracts for labor and service, be deemed a day's work and the measure or standard of a day's work...
Page 2 - States as may be designated, and the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art, the actual expense of such investigations, examinations, experiments, and reports to be paid from appropriations which may be made for the purpose, but the Academy shall receive no compensation whatever for any services to the Government of the United States.
Page 163 - It is hereby ordered that the following provisions shall be observed: (a) The hostile destination required for the condemnation of contraband articles shall be presumed to exist, until the contrary is shown, if the goods are consigned to or for an enemy authority, or an agent of the enemy State, or to or for a person in territory belonging to or occupied by the enemy...
Page 342 - Every nation has the right to independence in the sense that, it has a right to the pursuit of happiness and is free to develop itself without interference or control from other states, provided that in so doing it does not interfere with or violate the rights of other states.
Page 163 - A neutral vessel carrying contraband with papers indicating a neutral destination, which, notwithstanding the destination shown on the papers, proceeds to an enemy port, shall be liable to capture and condemnation if she is encountered before the end of her next voyage.
Page 163 - State, or to or for a person in territory belonging to or occupied by the enemy, or to or for a person who, during the present hostilities, has forwarded contraband goods to an enemy authority, or an agent of the enemy State, or to or for a person in territory belonging to or occupied by the enemy, or if the goods are consigned " to order," or if the ship's papers do not show who is the real consignee of the goods.
Page 342 - Every nation entitled to a right by the law of nations is entitled to have that right respected and protected by all other nations, for right and duty are correlative, and the right of one is the duty of all to observe.
Page 295 - Commission to inquire into the supply of wheat and flour in the United Kingdom, to purchase, sell and control the delivery of wheat and flour on behalf of His Majesty's Government, and generally to take such steps as may seem desirable for maintaining the supply.