Utilities and Advertising in Public Opinion Debates
The United States Daily News discusses how power and gas utilities spend up to 30 million dollars yearly on advertising. It argues that while press influence concerns the FTC, advertising is a legitimate business tool and editors must weigh news values against propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Daily News
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Commission
Licity
Stanley Walker
National Electric Light Association
Edison
Henry Ford
the Trade Commission
Farm Radio Program Subjects Announced for January February
Miss Bertha Fae Strange lists farm radio topics from A M College with final date February 16. Programs air 12:30 to 12:35 p m over WTAW and may also broadcast on KTRH Houston and KTSA San Antonio. Topics cover hog and hominy diet, peanut program, spring gardening, insect control, A A A relations, livestock relief, dairy on Texas farms, and more with various speakers.
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Bertha Fae Strange
A. & M. College
WTAW
KTRH
Houston
KTSA
San Antonio
Bennie Campbell
E. A. Miller
J. P. Rosborough
R. A. Reppert
M. R. Bentley
G. W. Barnes
Bess Edwards
Texas
E. R. Eudaly
Rockefellers Oil Stock Holdings Reported to SEC
John D. Rockefeller Jr. discloses holdings valued around 245 million dollars in three oil firms. He owns 1,872,528 Standard Oil California shares, 2,743,122 Standard Oil New Jersey shares, and 5,565,370 Socony Vacuum shares. The Duke and Duchess of Kent plan a Florida visit in February, arriving at Port Everglades February 18 on their honeymoon voyage.
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Rockefeller
OTL Holding
Washington
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Securities Exchange Commission
Standard Oi Company
California
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Socony Vacuum Company
U. 8
London
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Munich
Florida
Port Everglades
Palm Beach
Miami
Farmer Guards Toll Road Over Right of Way
In Chicago a farmer Henry Spena and his sons blocked a new highway entrance citing a deficient right of way deed. They charged motorists ten cents to use the road and guarded a $500,000 underpass with shotguns to protect their property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry Spena
Danger of Ignoring Colds and Halfway Cures
The text warns that what begins as a mere cold can have serious consequences if neglected. It cautions against half measures and urges decisive, proper care rather than experimental remedies.
25000 Bees Take Over Train In Massachusetts
In Greenfield Massachusetts a northbound passenger train was raided by a shipment of 25000 bees when a shipping box broke open. Police Sgt Franklin L Woodard received the swarm and is still locating most of the insects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Mass
Franklin L. Woodard
Woodard
Old Chuck the Hudson City hero dog earns local fame
In Hudson City New Jersey a mixed breed dog named Old Chuck who resembles an Airedale and a sheepdog sutured into a hero role after saving two Union City men. He found missing William Matorelli and later saved Steve Lacy, proving doubters wrong.
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Hudson City
Chuck
N. J
Max Hemple
William Matorelli
Union City
Old Chuck
Young Matorelli
Steve Lacy
Lacy
Reacher
Chick
Miraculous hip socket operation gives girl new walk
Seven year old Iwen Jenkins of West Croydon born without a hip socket underwent a pioneering procedure at Victoria Hospital for Children. Surgeons used bone from her healthy hip to create a socket, followed by casts and rehabilitation. She is now able to stand and take unsteady steps with aid and doctors expect near normal walking soon.
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London
Halled
Iwen Jenkins
West Croydon
Victoria Hospital For
Skunk Waits for Cat After Fatal Car Collision
In Lake Hopatcong New Jersey a polite skunk mourns a Persian cat named Patootle owned by Dr H Bell chief physician at Pissex County hospital. The cat was killed by a motor vehicle weeks ago and the skunk waits nightly at Dr Bell's home with a mate keeping vigil, refusing to act on its notorious reputation.
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Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Patootle
Kitten With Unusual 17 Digits Stirs Cleveland Curiosity
In Cleveland, a kitten shows seven teen digits on each of the front feet and six on both rear feet, puzzling experts since felines typically have five digits per foot. The curious animal prompts doctors and pet lovers to examine possible congenital anomalies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John Harris
Lays Checkered Eggs Plainview Hen Oddity
A hen in Plainview has begun laying checkered eggs, an unexplained anomaly reported from the T. dugeense chicken yard. Local observers note the unusual pattern draws curiosity from poultry enthusiasts and farm hands alike.
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Plainview
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Pers
Power and Gas
Will Ondrej
Parma
Santa Fe
Cameron
THE
Bell System
American Telephone & Telegraph CO
Generel Fot
Long Drtesce
Gring Reese
Western Electric Company
Bell Telephone Laboratories
South Estrcom
Amercon
Western Electric
Western
Bell Laboratories
Southwestern Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Vicks Vaporub
Vicks
Skunk
Cat
Cheeves Bros
Cameron, Texas
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