Farm electrification as social obligation says Owen D. Young
Owen D. Young, chair of General Electric and farm owner, argues in a New York Times interview that farm electrification is a social duty of the electrical industry. He says the industry must develop affordable, profitable service, link isolated utilities into a single system, and make farming more attractive and productive.
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Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Mr. Young
Young
New York Times
Electric Light and Power Company
Electric Railways In Ohio Move Massive Passenger Traffic
A line of people carried by Ohio’s electric railways in a single year would stretch five times around the earth if placed shoulder to shoulder. The remark highlights the vast passenger volume of the era’s electric transit systems.
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Ohio
Half Million Dollars of Old Taxes Paid in State
Special tax collectors are praised as they reduce delinquent taxes in New Mexico. Chief Tax Commissioner J E Owens told the state finance board that 4,879,928.87 had been collected by November 1, with the balance likely near six million. Franchise and succession taxes brought in 8,080.84 and 10,551.83 respectively by December 1.
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Santa Fe
N. M
J. E. Owens
State Finance Board
The
Tax Commission
What We Owe To Our Town And Community
An editorial urges Mosquero residents to support local merchants and institutions. It argues residents should buy locally to sustain schools churches and homes, noting mail order firms lack investment in the town and that home merchants offer fair prices and post purchase adjustments. It emphasizes keeping money in circulation locally.
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Mosquero
of Mosquero
Gripsholm Becomes First Diesel Motorship to Cross Atlantic
The Gripsholm, Swedish American Line, arrives at New York from Gothenburg becoming the first large passenger ship powered entirely by Diesel engines. With about 22 000 horsepower from six cylinders, it uses one funnel as an elevator shaft and the other as ventilator shaft. The ship’s owners plan a sister vessel on the same Gothenburg New York route.
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New York
Grip
Gripsholm
Gothenburg
National Forest Grazing Policy Favors Local Boards
Secretary Jardine outlines a plan to regulate grazing on National Forests through localized administration with grazing permits lasting up to 10 years. He supports possible legislation to recognize grazing as a defined function, authorize grazing boards of stockmen, and protect resources while ensuring access for new settlers.
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Jardine
Secretary of Agriculture
Forest Service
Chemical Cure for Tuberculosis Reported by New Mexico Doctor
Las Cruces physician Dr Dwight Allison, after two years of work at National Jewish Hospital in Denver, claims a chemical treatment shows promise against tuberculosis in animal tests. The intravenous preparation, developed over years, was tested on rabbits with half receiving the treatment and half not, with results judged by germs remaining. Allison says no sale is intended yet and he will return to Denver to continue research.
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Denver
New Mexico
Dwight Allison
Las Cruces
Allison
National Jewish Hospital For
West Court Hotel
National Jewish Hospital
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Owen
Harding County
First Motorship
Atlantic
Mercer
Alamolco & Coal
O. Alamogordo, New Mexico
Department of Agriculture
Dahlke’s Market
Atwater Kent
Eisman
Crossley
Penn. Ave
Righard’s Dairy
Alamogordo, N. M
College of Physicians and Surgeons At
St. Louis
Chevrolet
Mercer & Stout
National Biscuit CO
Grooms’ Sanitary 4 Egg Store
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