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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
8
Canadian sportsmen push government to ban flights over marsh lands and the use of aircraft to hunt wild fowl. They warn airplanes enable rapid nets and guns beneath planes, threatening bird extermination.
Washington reports on The Motor Gasoline Situation by M. C. Smith of the Bureau of Mines. Demand for motor gasoline soared as autos grew dramatically from 1909 to 1919, while crude oil production lagged. The piece analyzes fuel options, cracking costs, kerosene use, and the potential role of fuel oil in engines to avert shortages while maintaining quality.
New York March 18 Railroads returning to private management face gradual readjustment says Robert Binkerd assistant to the chairman of the Association of Railway Executives. He notes competition returning, deficiencies in equipment and facilities, and that private management must move cautiously while improving efficiency and service.
The passage frames rail labor, government, and railroad companies as being on trial to determine a fair legal system for wares and working conditions and to decide whether continued public service warrants better transportation. The test period is the three years before entry into war, with future years serving as a new test to be judged by public opinion.
Former A E F members in Boston join a police association, answering roll call at a station house amid the lure of the uniform and echoes of battlefield discipline and quarters denied in foreign service.
Boston’s police department now numbers about 1300 with roughly 1000 veterans among its ranks. War service preference rules have shifted recruitment toward ex-soldiers and sailors, and February’s intake of fifty-two new officers were all veterans. The young force, average age around twenty five, is described as physically fit and battle ready.
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