Interborough Met blackout over public books and canal woes
Announcement notes the Interborough Metropolitan Company refuses to open books to the public service commission, asserting it is a holding firm not a railroad. Panama Canal work slowed by funds shortage with 4000 laid off on a new Panama railroad line and 1000 more to be cut by the municipal engineering department. Also reports on a local court case, a missing yearling homecoming, and a Nicaraguan king’s forgiveness affecting a son in New York.
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Interborough Metropolitan Company
Traction Combination
New York
Public Service Commission
Panama Canal
Panama
Department of Municipal Engineering
Frank D. Fisher
Laziewood
George Wilson Shaffer
W. WP. Armstrong
Pillsbury
Fisher
Frank Montgomery
Lancaster
Montgomery
Gapland
Maryland
Malvina Castle
Mexico
Lis
Alfonse
Margaret Baker
Hhis
Washington
Baltimore
Henry Chiiy
Cave Johson
Soob
BL Morse
Justice Brown
United States Supreme Court
Europe
News Nuggets Wide World Sinks to Tragic Toll and Oddities
A jumble of reports from across continents and states includes Fritz Whitney’s chauffeur killed near Louvois France after a collision with a cart. Saratoga horseman Robert Tucker sat out forty hours at fare and left $3 000 ahead. Andrews of Elkhart kills Logansport woman Ethel Hlaine in Chicago and dies by suicide. Lords passes bill permitting marriage to a deceased wife sister ending a 75 year fight. A nitroglycerin explosion at Sobraine sugar works blasts two tons, three blown to pieces. Panic injuries at a Cleveland pleasure resort after a lion attack. Tug Gerry sinks after collision near Sparrows Point. five feared dead. Blondin rumored alive as hermit in West Cheshire. Fire in Moreton Truck building at Yolede damages up to 200000 dollars. A derailment near Charlottesville injures twenty one. Denver Rio Grande wreck near Fernleaf injures twenty. Listed victims include Alice Coleman, D D Sturgis, and O Greiner.
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N. PL
Dupont de Nemoures
Sobraine
Bay Shore
Berkeley
Cal
Cleveland
Gerry
Wilmington
Jedl
Barnstable
Patapsco River
Sparrows V Point
Charles Blondin
Niagara Falls
West Cheshire
Conn
London
Moreton
Yolede
Ohio
International Harvester Company
Southern Railway
Red Hill
Charlottesville
Denver and
Rio Grande
Fernleaf
Pueblo
Colo
Alice $. Coleman
Ann Arbor
Mich
D. D. Sturgis
Chicago
O. Greiner
Evansville, Lad
Massive Moroccan clash leaves six hundred Moors dead
Reports say Sultan's troops repelled a large force of Wnass tribesmen with many villages burned and Sir Harry MacLean held captive. Paris watchers note Morocco's turmoil deepening as Mulai Hafiz proclaims himself sultan and new Moorish forces gather near Casablanca. Mobilization increases in Oran and med ports prepare for potential expedition under Algeciras terms.
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Sultan
Wnass
Harry MacLean
Paris
Morocco
Mulai Hafiz
Casablanca
Oran
Mediterranean
France
Mo- Tuved
Eddy Case Dropped in Suit Over Eddy Estate
George W. Glover and others filed a suit against Calvin S. Irvine and others seeking an accounting of Mary Baker Eddy's estate. The action was dismissed at Concord New Hampshire after lead counsel cited lack of likely immediate benefit and burdens of further litigation.
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George W. Glover
Miys
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Next Friends
Calvin S. Lrve
Christian Science Church
Ass. Moldy
Mdear Aldrich
Concord
N. UE
William EB. Chandler
Uncle Sam Getting Rich Revenue Rise for 1947
Internal revenue receipts for the year ended June 30 1947 show a large rise over 1946 totals. Figures list increases from products spirits tobacco fermented liquors and other minor sources with totals and specific gains for each category. Aggregate receipts reach 200,664,022 an increase of 20, five hundred thousand from 1908 levels.
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Internal Revenue Lare U
American Rush to Canada Prominent Professor Tours Northwest
Prof Jeremiah W Jenks of Cornell travels the Canadian Northwest as a US Immigration Commission member to study American immigration flows into Canada and the movement of Asians to British Columbia. He aims to craft peaceable fixes to curb the American exodus and will report findings to the President.
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Jeremiah W. Jenks
Cornell
United States
Uncle Sam Publishes Census Books in High Demand
The census newspaper item notes heavy public demand for the Hearse book and other volumes like Rob copies of Cus Tamous volume Special Diseases of the Pherse. Congressmen may print extra copies at their own expense to satisfy constituents. The first edition’s length is humorously described, stretching miles long end to end.
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Uncle Sam
Pro
Ike
Pherse
Tee
Census updates show population shifts and gender gaps
The census outlines changes in the national population with notes on gender and race. It reports a high percentage of women in the population and highlights differences in colored prisoners compared to overall counts, signaling evolving demographics.
Fires Ravage Massachusetts Forests Across Counties
Dry conditions and lack of rain fueled extensive forest fires in southeastern Worcester County and along the Cape Cod district. About thousands of acres burned with 2,500 firefighters still battling outbreaks as flames spread from Douglas through Sutton and Webster to other towns.
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Massachusetts
Worcester County
Cape Cod
Pristel
Ulymeouth
Cane Cod
Donglas Woods
Connecticcut
J Douglas
Sutton
Mast Douglas
Webster
Mallbury
Oxford
Bridge
Atlantic Coast Defenses Strengthened for City Protection
Military experts assert Atlantic coast harbors and cities are now well protected by enhanced coast defenses. Plans include a proposed artificial island with disappearing guns to close Chesapeake Bay entry, and extensive installation of mines searchlights and control stations. Congress appropriated funds for ongoing fortification and island project.
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Atlantic
Caribbean
North Atlantic
Loston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Charleston
Chesapeake
Fortress Moniore
National Coast Defense Board
Chesapeake Bay
Monros
Capes Charles and
Trenry
Aveaur
Congress
Berlin police target cinema shows amid health concerns
Berlin authorities move to curb many moving picture theaters after doctors warn they harm the public, especially youths. Public health officials say cinema attendance could affect young people adversely.
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Berlin
Germany
Government Best Ship Connecticut Proves Superior to Louisiana
The battleship Connecticut, the first government built ironclad class vessel, proved faster than the Louisiana in tests off the Maine coast. Connecticut averaged 18.73 knots over its five best runs with a top mile of 10.01 knots, after tidal corrections. Louisiana averaged 18.59 knots in its five runs.
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Connecticut
Maine
Louisiana
Newport News Company
Unions Push Telegraph and Postal System Consolidation
The Commercial Telegraphers Union urged U S ownership of telegraph and postal networks. President Siwiall cited government control as remedy against private Western Union and Postal Telegraph. Supporters raise funds for a government ownership campaign while strikers protest company delays and cargoing of dispatches by messengers.
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Siwiall
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
United States
Cauenia
Telessaph
Paes
Western Uiulon
Postal Velezrayer
Washington
Neill
Samuel Siith
Michigan
Post Office Department
Coupsresstan
Nelson Morris Dies Pioneer Chicago Packager and Millowner
Obituary of Nelson Morris detailing his rise from a boy laborer in Lakeville Connecticut to a leading Chicago meatpacking magnate. Notes include his early hardships, firm expansion, export role, and impact on industry, with references to associates and a broad slice of early 20th century business history.
Language of Seagulls Found by Watson at Dry Portugal Islands
University of Chicago professor John B. Watson reports seagulls on Dry Portugal Islands off Florida show a language imitation by humans. He claims gulls live in family groups in purpose built hous es and exhibit political organization through their governmental affairs.
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John B. Watson
University of Chicago
Othe
Portugal Islands
Florida
Andrew Carnegie
Watson
Ile
Navy board calls Octopus superior among tested submarines
The Naval Submarine Board at Newport reports unanimously that the Octopus is superior to boats tested and equal to the best owned or under contract. It also states a boat similar but larger than the Octopus would be a superior naval weapon.
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Naval Submarine Board
Newport
United States
Oregon Trust and Savings Bank Closes Its Doors
The Oregon Trust and Savings Bank of Portland shuts down with deposits of 3.2 million dollars and liabilities totaling 3.2 million dollars. The closure marks a sudden halt in operations affecting local customers and creditors.
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Oregon Trust and Savings Bank
Portland
Free public employment agencies spread across states
The Massachusetts Labor Bulletin via American Industries notes fifteen states now run free public employment agencies including California and Massachusetts. Five states have state systems, twenty-eight offices in twenty-six cities, and five states maintain eight municipal offices to aid the jobless and pair labor with employers, asserting competition will curb unscrupulous private agencies.
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Massachusetts
California
Connecticut
Iinois
Kansas
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Ohio
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Feven
Baby Girl Born to Gov Anghes at Albany
Short Nevis Notes report the governor and Mrs Anghes welcomed a daughter in Albany, their fourth child. William W Prosser of St Louis died in Laporte Indiana while visiting relatives. Three Japanese in a traveling troupe were arrested in Russia over plans to seize secret military documents. A London Chronicle note claims a British shipbuilding firm won a contract for battleships cruisers and gunboats. Nelson Morris leased 500000 acres in Standing Rock Reservation, South Dakota, a premier cattle tract in the Northwest.
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Charles E. Anghes
Albany
William W. Prosser
St. Louis
Clover Leaf
Atte
Laporte
Ind
Russia
Planus
London Chronicle
Nelson Morris
Chicago Packer
Standing Rock
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Cincinnati Post
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John Brown
Stall Ewing
Brazil
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