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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1922
Page
4
News recounts the 1919 revival of a Hudson River bridge project, noting 450000 tons of steel and a 150 foot center drop. Plans include a two deck structure with upper promenades four surface tracks and wide roadway, and a lower deck with twelve railroad tracks and utilities.
In Columbus, Ohio, city law officers clash over causes and cures for rising motor crashes. They cite speeding, unsafe rail crossings, and intoxicated driving, with solutions ranging from uniform rules and eye tests to stricter enforcement and education. A five member committee will draft a uniform Ohio city traffic code.
Congress approved a plan to link New York and New Jersey with a massive Hudson River bridge. Backers expect a 15 year extension but construction could begin within 10 years. The project, larger than the Panama Canal, aims to span 3 000 feet over the water with a steel suspension.
Experts propose a 435 seat electronic voting system to speed roll calls in Congress costing 182000 dollars with automatic tallying and safeguards. The piece also notes Sarah Bernhardt's return, Arbuckle and Daugherty court views, 1923 taxes, Mount Lassen activity, and Turk anxieties.
A 1922 radio chat explains choosing a single wire receiving antenna about 36 feet high and 150 feet long. It covers antenna length, wave length calculations, and how a tuning coil plus a secondary pendulum coupler align with incoming signals for best reception.
The dialogue compares an antenna system to a pendulum with many bobs. It explains how a high capacity aerial up high behaves like a multi bob pendulum, while a low one wire antenna resembles a simpler pendulum behavior.
Miss Georgia Hopley, proclaimed the only woman prohibition agent in the United States, works in Bucyrus Ohio to enforce dry rules and keep the city dry. Her role highlights early female law enforcement in prohibition era.
A Montana Yesterdays bulletin notes December 27 1804 Lewis Clark expedition entries and 1805 winter camp details. It records 1867 dedication of Montana’s first Masonic temple in Virginia City and biographical note on Henry Knippenberg of Beaverhead county with 1896 presidential electors bid.
The horoscope says Neptune dominates this day with benefic influence while Mercury and Saturn are adverse. It suggests keen judgment and possible wealth from new oil sources, a favorable day for buying properties, and large returns from sea journeys in money and pleasure.
A lullaby like verse describes a child in bed while dawn breaks and a milkman arrives with bottles on the porch. The speaker savors lying warm as the cold outside remains quiet, dreaming of sleep again before morning duties and the mill whistle.
The Associated Press reports that the Interstate Commerce Commission will elect a new chairman for 1922 this week. B H Meyer, veteran commissioner and former chair, is the expected choice, with C C McChord retiring after a one year term but continuing as commissioner. Meyer previously served on Wisconsin's first state railroad commission and was appointed to the federal body by Taft and reappointed by Wilson.
Marshal Pilsudski appoints M Sikorski as Chief of Staff and Premier and orders arrests among Haller’s forces. Detention of Col Modelski, Haller aide, follows. Haller linked to assassination of President Narutowicz. Photo shows Sikorski.
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