Resident Budget in Brief Announced Today in Washington
In Washington on December 5 the budget outlines federal expenditures for the year ending June 30. Major items include the Post Office at 768,270,042 with a 10,682,042 rise, and Veterans Bureau at 560,060,000 up 31,660,000. Several departments show decreases, including Interior, Justice, and the Shipping Board, while Commerce and Labor show rises.
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Shington
Fate Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shipping Board
Veterans Bureau
Bureau of Prohibition
Yankee books first airship ocean passage
Samuel Jacobs of Paterson New Jersey becomes the first person to book a passage on the proposed New York to London airship service. He deposits $25 with Airship Guarantee Company manager Commander Burney for a seat on the dirigible R2Q1’s inaugural voyage, expressing intent to reserve when the ship makes its first trip.
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International News Service
London
Samuel Jacobs
Paterson
New Jersey
USA
England
United States
Canada
Commander Burney
Airship Guarantee Company
Jacobs
Jacob
New York
Burney
R101 Airship Nears April Tests and Historic New York Crossing
Commander Burney reports the R101 airship under construction in Howden Yorkshire for Britain may demo flights in April. Jacobs signs to travel as first civilian passenger, with plans to cross to New York and back, potentially launching a transatlantic air service. If approved by the Air Ministry, a $500 fare and a 48 hour voyage with shiplike amenities are envisioned. A separate train accident in Marblehead Swampscott and Lynn injures two mildly as a tender derails and another coach flips.
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Howden
Yorkshire
Commander Burney
Jacobs
Burney
International News Service
New _ York
British Air Ministry
New York
Telephonist extortion case exposed in New York
An editorial note explains a 46 year old man named Joshua Copper Smith was arrested in New York for trying to swindle gullible people by claiming a device can transmit the human voice over metal wires. The piece labels the device a tele phone and warns against impractical, deceptive tech schemes.
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Joshua Coppersmith
New York
Boston
City Band to Play Carols at Wood Square Christmas Eve
George E Miles announces that the public schools music supervisor says the band will perform carols at the Community Christmas tree celebration in Wood Square on Christmas Eve.
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George E Miles
Wood Square
Illinois Senator-elect Frank L. Smith Denied Oath
The Senate voted to bar Frank L. Smith of Illinois from taking the oath of office as senator elect, ending his bid after a sensational contest raised by the 1926 election. The formal denial halted his immediate seating and cleared the way for a new process.
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Washington
Frank L. Smith
Illinois
Senate
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