ICC places final Atchison Santa Fe valuation at 579 million
The Interstate Commerce Commission fixed a final June 1916 valuation of 579,057,598 for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, rejecting the railroad’s $750 million demand. The decision limits working capital, uses 1914 price levels, and signals possible court challenges over rate and excess earnings recapture.
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Associated Press
Washington, Aug
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Sana Fe
Commission
Atchison
Dugny Claims Renown Of Lindbergh Landing
Dugny in Paris protests that Lindbergh’s landing glory should belong to it as the ground within Dugny’s limits hosted the arrival while Le Bourget claims a share due to the airfield’s military aviation garages and its larger jurisdiction. Mayor Boisseau urges Paris papers to acknowledge Dugny’s role.
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Dugny
Associated Press
Paris
Lindbergh
le Bourget
Boisseau
Noiseless world forecast by Colgate professor
Prof D A Laird of Colgate University says he has perfected a remedy and estimates London spends five million dollars yearly on unnecessary noises. In Lake Placid efforts push Gov Alfred Smith to scale White Face mountain as a war memorial with a highway to the top. In New York Coney Island’s wild man from Borneo is jailed after an onstage incident ending with a spectator being attacked. Augusta Maine a peace time dollar a year man is served one iron man every twelve months under an order in council.
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Associated Press
Chicago
D. A. Laird
Colgate University
London
Lake Placid
N. Y
Alfred Smith
White Face Mountain
New York
Coney Island
Borneo
Augusta
Maine
Lewis W. Spinney
Woodford
Fashion description of gold lame cape with ermine wrap
A vivid fashion note describes a gold lame moire cape wrap paired with rich summer ermine, crafted to hang in luxurious folds and evoke a sumptuous, stylish silhouette.
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Lelong
Chicago's Old Chinatown Gone to Modern Buildings
Chicago's Chinatown fades as Twenty second Street widens. Merchants invest over one million dollars in improvements with a further half million planned. Willie Lee the Chinatown mayor praises new streets sewers and facilities while a $200000 Chinese American Bank rises and a $750000 Chinese Chamber of Commerce building is planned to house a school and recreation rooms.
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Francis F. Healy
International News Service
Chicago
Chinatown
Willie Lee
Twenty-second Street
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Husbands Blamed If Wives Lie In Domestic Laws
Judge Charles A. Oberwager argues in Smart Set that wifes deceit stems from husbands who dominate the home. He cites dictatorial husbands and a practice of monitoring wifely behavior as a cause of marital lies. He says miscommunication and constant bickering drive women to conceal truth.
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New York
Charles A. Oberwager
Smart Set Magazine
Court of Final Appeals
Oberwager
Joe
Crabs Return as Bar Lunch Staple in Green Bay
In Green Bay Wisconsin fish dealers report crabs making a comeback as a lunch counter standby. Demand persists alongside near beer, echoing past popularity of the crustaceans in local eateries.
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Green Bay
Wis
Egyptian Feminist Opposes Immediate Voting Rights
Mme Chareoui Pasha, Egypts leading feminist now in the United States, says Egyptian women are not ready for the ballot and suffrage should be delayed a generation. She favors education to meet suffrage requirements and leads a campaign to outlaw polygamy, aiming to legalize its prohibition. She travels with her son and Lt Helbaoui of Parliament and will visit Mrs Samy Pasha in Washington.
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New York
Mme
Chareoui Pasha
Egypt
United States
Mme. Charaoui
M. Charaoui Bey
Helbaoui
Cairo
Samy Pasha
Washington
Rouen Plans Restoration of Joan of Arc Burning Site
Paris reports Rouen will reconstruct the market place where Joan of Arc was burned. The firewood pile site and tribunal ground will be marked to help visualize the story with sketches showing old peak roofs balconies and arcades like those Maid of Orleans saw.
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Associated Press
Paris
Rouen
Joan of Arc
Maid of Orleans
Commerce of Britain shows colonial growth
A report from the under-secretary of the colonies notes Britain’s empire trade surged from 1900 to 1925. Export sales to tropical African colonies climbed from 12.5 million to 125 million dollars, while imports rose from 10 million to over 100 million. London shops urge purchase of English goods.
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London
Amarillo Flying Club Holds All Day Air Ride Event
More than 250 Amarilloans took to the skies Sunday as Major Atwell, leading the Amarillo Flying Club, staged an all day air ride. Two planes were used with the last trip at 8 55 p m. Over 1 000 cars visited the Wolflin school field area as hundreds watched from the sidelines.
Ten Eastern Nations Plan New York Oriental Expo
From December 12 to January 8, 1928 Madison Square Garden will host the first Oriental Exposition. Ten Eastern nations will participate, showcasing arts, crafts, antiques, manuscripts, and art works. Ralph M. Saliba, Director-General, aims to foster Orient trade and public understanding of Oriental goods with country themed streets, booths, and a grand Oriental promenade.
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International News Service
New York
Aug
Madison Square Garden
Morocco
Japan
Persia
Arabia
Ralph M. Saliba
St Godric’s coffin unearthed near Durham priory
A stone coffin believed to contain St Godric’s remains has been unearthed at Finchale Priory near Durham during excavations. St Godric founded the priory in 1104 and controversy over his burial place has persisted for generations.
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Durham
England
St. Godric
Finchale Priory
South Americans Attract Parisian Fete Influence
Le Journal notes Paris hosts a major South American fete at the national opera. It argues that for French language and culture to endure globally South America will be a key factor as wealthy South Americans in Paris rival North Americans in numbers and Paris is seen as the world’s intellectual and political capital.
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Mresa
Paris
United States
le Journal
National Opera
South America
France
Blue Monday in Berlin cartoon mocks empty ocean flier arrivals
Berlin August cartoon panel shows four men with families waiting on grass at an aerodrome. A card shark complains aloud that no new ocean flyer has arrived after a second quiet week. The strip captions note a quiet Sunday. Related fashion notes advertise winter wool crepe georgette frocks.
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Berlin
Montag Morgen
Van Sweringsen Seek Approval for Erie Pere Marquette Merger
The Van Sweringen brothers filed a brief with the Interstate Commerce Commission requesting approval of the merger of the Erie and Pere Marquette railroads into the Chesapeake and Ohio. They seek to buy enough Erie and Pere Marquette stock to take control of the lines.
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United Press
Washington, Aug
van Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Erie
Pere Marquette
Chesapeake and Ohio
Commission
M. J. Sweringen
Cleveland
Aerodyne Term Adopted By Air Ministry
The British air ministry introduces the term aerodyne to describe flying craft that derive lift from surfaces in motion. The term, replacing heavier than air, has been approved by the international commission for air navigation.
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London
British Air Ministry
International Commission For Air Navigation
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