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When war with Spain was declared (April, 1898), Surgeon General Sternberg had already arranged to appoint women as army nurses serving under contract with the government. Selection of these nurses was put in my hands, and in August when about 1,000 women had entered the service, I was placed on duty directly under him as Superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps, the organization of which began at once. Before the end of '98, members of the Corps had done the nursing at the several hospitals of each of our big camps-Montauk, Chickamauga and Jacksonville, at 31 other...
...construction contract for Hoover Dam began to run last week. Six Companies, Inc. have 2,635 days to finish the job, after which they must pay the U. S. a penalty of $3,000 per day for any tardiness...
Local No. 134 of the Electrician's Union, Chicago, voted not to accept a raise of 25? a day due them under a five-year contract with the telephone company...
Although for a long time it has been rumored that such a step would take place, as part of the general development taken in recent years by the astronomical for the first time that the move had already been taken, and that as a matter of fact the contract was already in the hands of leading eastern manufacturers, who will bid for the privilege of constructing it. Together with the announcement that the telescope was shortly to be erected, Dr. Shapley discussed other items in the new development plan, including the construction of the new annex to the main building...
...blows, over the House's policy. When the dust settled Kratch had left sulphurously for Europe, Notterdam had determined to buy out his partner, never see him again. Then things began to happen to Notterdam. . . . When not quite sober he had been persuaded to sign a long-term contract with an obscure author. He repudiated the contract. The author, who was starving, killed himself. Notterdam had a peck of trouble hushing up the story, was first helped, then hindered by the author's disreputable wife. Notterdam was in love with his secretary, Henrietta Felise, and it was mutual...