1928 Year Tops for American Business Profits Says INS
American industry ended 1928 with strong profits and rising output. In ten months 229 corporations showed a 21 percent earnings gain from 1927, led by copper, motor vehicles, petroleum, and retail chains. General Motors posted a record 300 million dollars in profits for the year.
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International News Service
New York
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Iron and Steel
Ford Works
Theaters Run Steamboat Bill Jr Tarzan and More
Interstate and Vitephone bills present The Fair and The Mission features. The Slaver with Corwood actors Lillian Murry and Elmer Wright screens with Zippery Zip. Rialto showcases The Big Hop starring Buck Jones. Nat offers Marty Young and Vis Youngsters.
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Steamboat Bill Jr
Buster Keaton
Tarzan the Mighty
Mission
Ronald Cotman
Vilna Banky
Vitephone
Deandi
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Lillian Murry
Elmer Wright
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Buck Jones
Marty Young
Vis
War film crew reels from gusts at Oakland airport
An aviation set at Oakland airport endures a wind gust that cripples a war film shoot. A plane wing is damaged, the camera plane pursues, but filming ends with a near crash and a camera jamming. the director exults, yet no footage is captured.
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Oakland
Zildjian Cymbals Made in America For Home and Foreign Markets
Quincy reports a local factory has begun manufacturing Zildjian cymbals the first time these musical accessories are produced in America. Orders pour in for home and foreign markets as political skies clear and goodwill rises both at home and abroad. American business shows signs of a prosperous period likely to extend beyond a single year.
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General Motors
International News Service
Quincy
Mass
America
British liquor trade exhibits at Royal Hall amid dry threats
London reports the forty-fifth annual liquor trade exhibition showing vast capital and automation in bottling, labeling, and filling. Saloons promote in-saloon drinking with entertainment to lure customers, while purity tests and new machinery reduce human handling.
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Dy International News Service
London
Royal Agricultural Hall
Lion Loses Title King of Beasts in Calcutta Fight
Calcutta Zoological Gardens staged a combat between two lions and a tiger after keepers argued over strength. The tiger defeated the lion, leaving the lion dying, in a dramatic incident cited by Zoological Superintendent B. K. Basu.
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International
Calcutta
Calcutta Zoological Gardens
B. K. Basu
Basu
Germany Boosts Railway Workforce After World War I
Germany increases railway workforce to more than twice the postwar level. The move reflects wartime recovery and expansion of national transport capacity as economic stabilization continues.
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Germany
Thoxine Promises Fast Cough Relief from a Trusted Physician
A prominent physician prescribes Thoxine claiming instant relief from coughing without chloroform or opiates. It allegedly treats the internal cause rather than masking symptoms and is suitable for the whole family. Available in 50c 60c and $1.00 at Fox Drug Co and other drug stores.
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Fox Drug Co
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