Linking of Air With Rails Great Step Says Expert
Brigadier General Lord Thompson, former British minister, calls rail and air integration a major modern stimulant to aviation. As head of the British delegation at the International Civil Aeronautics conference in Washington, he praises U S railroads for cooperating with air transport firms. He warns against protectionism and notes America’s vast geography aids joint rail and air networks. Delegates attend the Chicago exposition before heading to Dillon, Ohio, for Wright celebration.
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Chicago
Dec
America
Lord Thompson
Busic
Washington
Dlyion
Ohio
Orville Wright
Agreement On Flat Rate Sought In Jute Shipping War
Universal Service report from Washington notes predictions of shipping firms uniting on a flat rate of 4 per ton for Calcutta jute burlap transport, with the Isthmian line facing a proposed 3 cent per 100 pounds gulf port differential. Senators and representatives push both sides for fairness and Gulf ports seek protection against precedent. The board signals withdrawal of the Roosevelt line if a uniform rate is agreed.
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Universal Service
Washington
Calcutta
Atlantic
Shipping Board
Isthmian Line
U.S. Steel Corporation
Gulf Ports
Ransdell
Louisiana
Fletcher
Florida
Briggs
Texas
Walsh
Copeland
New York
Massachusetts
South Atlantic
Harrison Me
Ellerman Une
Isthmien One
Roosevelt Line
Radio e Clock Edited by Maynard Wright Features On The Air
Radio schedules list numerous stations and programs across WEAF WEAF etc. The page notes a large transmission schedule listing orchestras, operas, Broadway tunes and dance music across U S stations. It ends with a line about large quantities of smoke powder sent from the United States to Poland.
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Maynard P. Wright
O—Waldorf Astoria Orchestra
WEAP
WTIC
National Orchestra
Wailer Damresch
WEAF
WEEI
Godfrey Ludlow
WBZ
EDRA
Marietta
WEZ
WEAL
Agle
New York
Spitalny
ah—Genia Fororava
Mildred Want
Broadway
Ponce Sisters
Dirce Man
Godfrey Zudio
Orient Echoes
Newark
O-Waeg
Naa
Santa Claus
Tucker
WPG Atlantic Ci
WBAL
The
Pattersons
Hartford
Tuynes
Aline
WCAU
Philadelphia
Daily News
Grenadiers
KDKA
Fittsburgh
Kgo
Radio Club
Reading
Godfrey’ Ludlow
Providence
Mildred Hunt
Broadwyn
WGY
Schenectady
WBZ Springfield
G. Ludlow
WRC
Washington
Suidsy Schaal
Hewallone
Sali Wela
WSU
Clearwater
Howe
Louisville
WSM
Nashville
Gil Ab —Crales
Mrs
Richmond
Cab Club Ootalk
Kews
Chicago
Cincinnati
Orchestra
Rielle & Mary
Fao
Cleveland
Detroit
Harltone
WJR
Amos
Bodies Buried By Mud in Mine Disaster Near Cerro Pasco
At Campana copper mine in Cerro Pasco Subarsk, Peru, a mud slide trapped workers. 27 dead reported, including Captain McGregor. Thirteen others entombed at the Alexandria mine, as a fissure opened 200 yards long and 150 feet wide releasing thousands of tons of mud into the workings.
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Lima
Peru
Campana Ming
Cerro Pasco Conpar
Ministry of Public Works
McGregor
Alejandria Imine
Rhe Claster
el Come Merciou
State lawmakers consider large school law changes
West Virginia legislators open the year with proposals to standardize state provided textbooks, reorganize school units, and tighten education funding. Delegates Casper and Sutphin push free texts, teacher exams, and stronger oversight of districts while calls grow for uniform texts across grades and clearer fiscal reporting.
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West faAdik
Legislataye
State Department of Education
Piakning Lo
J. O H. Casper
Wyolany County
Thhle
A.C. Sucpitin
Raleigh
West Virginia
Sutphin
Casper
Cooper
Ring foremem escape signals peril in mine catastrophe
Fragmentary dispatches describe miners trapped by a mine catastrophe with deafening concussions and escalating chaos. Reports mention escaped ring foremen and warnings amid explosion injuries and disorder as authorities assess the disaster’s scope and affected operations.
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Alr
Youth Wins Anew With Livestock
SHICAGO Dec 8 A boy who would rather sleep in a barn than a city hotel walked into the auction ring to collect about 5000 for his grand champion steer carcase at 6.75 a pound. Keith Collins of Marshall County Iowa sold Benny for 4873.60 to a New York market. Benny won both grand championships for best carcass and dressed carcass at the 1928 exposition. Clarence Goecke, 12, of Marshall County sold two companion steers earning 19.50 and 18.25 per hundred. The champ’s yearling brother, also a nal’ brother, sold for 700 per hundred. The grand champion wether brought 2 per pound and was owned by the University of Kentucky.
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Shicago
Keith Collins
Marshall County
Benny
New York
Keith
Clarence Goecke
Mareshall County
Towa
Nal’ Brothers
University of Kentucky
Committee Forms To Aid Municipalities In Airport Planning
The national airport association and the aeronautical chamber of commerce form a permanent committee with representatives from each region to address common airport issues and assist cities planning new fields. A national airport contest with several thousand dollars in prizes is planned.
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Chicago
National Airport Association
Geronautical Chamber of Commerce
School scratch fatal in Duluth student dies
A rusty screw scratch at a Duluth school causes the death of a Ruth aged 8. Separately at a Vienna convention Dr Otto Weisner says he cured 37 lunatics by hypnotism.
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Duluth
Minr
Ruth
Vienna
Otto Weisner
Pay Checks For Poll Officials In County
Pay checks for election officials are ready for distribution at the county court offices. Forty two officials in each of the county's 169 precincts will receive five dollars for their day's work. Commissioners who carried the bill will receive additional pay and mileage. The county cost will be about fifteen thousand dollars. White stag found in Reinhard Forest near Cassel Germany attracts interest as a rare snow white specimen. The one and a half year old animal is healthy and normal.
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Kellogg
Reinhard Forest
Cassel
Germany
Reducing weight harms beauty says eminent doctor
A famous doctor warns that extreme weight reduction dulls color and adds a worn look to the face and hands. He argues the beauty curve rests on health, condemning the thinness craze as unnatural and dangerous, urging varied nourishment and sugar for flavor. The Sugar Institute.
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The
Sugar Institute
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