Word: fireproof
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Reconstruction. Tokyo is to be rebuilt "quakeproof and fireproof." The Japanese Government proposes to raise a billion-dollar loan for reconstruction purposes, part of which will be raised...
...collection had become so large that the library in Dane Hall was uncomfortably crowded. The risk of fire also began to worry the authorities, for the building was not fireproof and several open fires were kept burning during the winter to heat it. "If the library should be destroyed," said the Dean, "it is probably safe to say that a hundred thousand dollars would not replace it; and its value is increasing rapidly...
...appears that there is more to the " fireproof coal" scandal than a mere Hearst tour de force. Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania has been enlisted in an aggressive war against a group of coal swindlers in his state. The names of 28 Pennsylvania producers and sellers of adulterated coal have been published under state authority...
Coincident with the charge of profiteering made against the operators by the United Mine Workers is a bitter attack upon them by the Hearst papers, who accuse the operators of selling the public "fireproof" coal. The Hearst papers are carrying their fight in the back page editorials and the operators are counter attacking in full page paid advertisements in the Hearst papers. Whether the charges are substantiated or not Mr. Hearst will get the full rates on coal publicity...
...Fifty Immortals", having completed their new fireproof home in New York, moved in last Friday. The completion of this building marks the beginning in the United States of efforts to "uphold esthetic standards and to reward noble craftsmanship". There are numerous art museums and libraries, but this is the first building in this country for an Academy which will recognize and preserve without danger of destruction, the distinguished handiwork of the representatives of the five creative arts...