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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1926
Page
15
George H. Manning reports Postmaster General Harry S. New urges rural mail box owners to paint boxes white and stencil names. About 714 routes have been updated, out of 45 000 rural routes nationwide. Assistant Postmaster General Billany leads the campaign to standardize rural boxes per Post Office Department guidelines. Some rural boxes are aluminum or colored red or green.
A road official, Mr Billany, explains that decorative elements, when painted white, align with posts barriers and guides used by authorities, reducing the risk of accidents and damage to property and people.
A contract to supply the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad with 400 009 tons of coal at 4 97 a ton has been awarded to the New England Coal and Coke Company. The award is reported from New York City July 9 AP.
A dense listing of radio programs across New York and major cities detailing orchestras, concerts, weather, and market reports. Entries name performers such as Waldorf Astoria Orchestra and Ben Bernie's Orchestra, stations from WNEW to WGN, and various time slots from early morning to late night.
The Commerce Department announced that without new Congress legislation radio broadcasting will be conducted at each station's risk. It said no authority exists to enforce wavelength or power rules, licensees pick their own wavelengths within a broad band, and interference prevention is not enforceable. Cooperation with Canadian allocations remains recommended to avoid international confusion. Congress may act at the next session.
Two men recently released from federal confinement are jailed in Danbury on $1000 bail after being arraigned by Justice Arthur Taylor. Anthony Rubino of New Haven and Sebastiae Montoro of Newburgh were arrested by state troopers driving a car from Newburgh to New Haven with 80 gallons of alcohol. They waived examination and were held for the Superior Court.
London July 9 AP royalty life has shifted with radio as King George trades stamp collecting for wireless quiet at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Queen Mary also favors headphones over loud speakers once fitted for them, signaling a new royal habit in modern media access.
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