Global Dial Telephone Expansion Across Asia And Europe
Trade Commissioner J Bartlett Richards notes Manila Davao merger adds Bell System access and world calling via the Philippine Long Distance Company, which runs the islands dial system. Burma expands with new lines under Posts and Telegraph. Greece reports rapid dial adoption with 22,000 phones by 1935, but remains Bell System disconnected.
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Manila
Davao
Philppine Long Distance Telephone Company
Bell System
J. Bartlett Richards
Philippine Long Distance Company
Islands
Baguio
Philippines
United States
Athens
Dia Telephones
Greece
Telephone Used for Diplomatic Service
Secretary of State Hull urges the use of long distance telephone links among twenty one American republics to resolve issues informally at the Inter American Conference in Buenos Aires. The aim is faster, preventive discussion before formal machinery moves, marking the telephone as an official diplomatic tool.
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Hull
Buenos Aires
Daily Press
New York
New York Fair
West
New Jersey Meadows
Hudson
Manhattan
Empire State Building
Colpitts to Lecture Under Iwadare Foundation auspices
J H Colpitts vice president of Gell Telephone Laboratories will lecture there under the Iwadare Foundation with four weeks of addresses this spring. The gift from Kumato Iwadare funds a trust supporting Japanese electrical engineering students in the U S and funds visiting engineers for lectures at Japanese universities. Previous Bell System lecturers include Kennelly Skinner Langmuir and Jackson. Japan became the Bell System’s sixtieth foreign connected location on December 7, 1934.
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J. H. Colpitts
Gell Telephone Laboratories
Japanese Institute of Electrical Engineering
Iwadate Foundation
Dleetical Engineering
Kumato Iwadare
Nippon Electric Company
United States
Distin
Guished Electrical Engineers
Bell System
A. E. Kennelly
C. E. Skinner
Irving Langmuir
D. C. Jackson
Japan
Tracing the Irish Potato in a global journey
The potato, white yet Indian in origin, is a nightshade relative linked to the tomato. It spread romantically through Europe and, recognized in 1663 Ireland as a substitute for oats, was carried by Irishmen to America in 1719. First North American planting occurred at Londonderry New Hampshire.
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Colombia
Europe
Ireland
America
North America
Londonderry
New Hampshire
Literary Digest
Strange Animal Alliance on the Western Plains
The rattlesnake prairie dog and owl form a noted alliance on the western plains. Prairie dogs host the two intruders, which gain shelter and food, while the owl benefits from shelter and the rattler feeds on young prairie dogs.
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Strange Animal Alliance
Animal Kingdom
Creomulsion Ad Promises Relief from Coughs
An old fashioned advertisement touts Creomulsion as the cure for coughs and bronchial irritation. It claims the product reaches the seat of trouble to soothe inflamed membranes and loosen germ laden phlegm with a druggist guarantee and money back if not satisfied.
World’s Fair 1939 plans east entrance for 800000 daily
The Fair Corporation designs a grand double deck entry to handle up to 800000 visitors daily. It features underpasses overpasses pedestrian walks bus terminals and comfort stations to ensure comfort and architectural splendor for attendees from all states and nations.
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New York
Fair Corporation
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Rudyard Kipling
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Posts and Telegraph Department
Brooklyn
Long Island
East River
Triborough
Flushing Bay
Sore etiTeus Teast
Child Designers
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
General Motors
Margo
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Wee Cee
California
Ernest Ackerman
Cleveland
Ridgely
Carlond Western Mules & Horses
Ridgely Auction Center
Ridgely, Md
R. A. Strannahan
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WIU Services
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Lida
Larrimore
Caroline-Maid
Caroline
T. R. Benson
FORD
Oakland
Tudor
Preston Motor Co
Lane & Brauchle, Props
Preston
M.K. Newnam
Denton, Md
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Denton National Bank
Denton, Maryland
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
U. S
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