Canada leads world in talking by telephone says Hill
Edwin F. Hill reports Canada tops global per capita telephone use with 257 calls per person annually, followed by New Zealand 212, Denmark 148.6, Sweden 125.7, and Norway 98. In the United States private systems operate all phones, with 16.4 phones per 100 people, far above Europe. Canada and Denmark mostly private ownership.
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Canada
United States
Edvein F. Hilt
New Zealand
Denmark
Europe
Sweden
Norway
Austria
Australia
Netherlands
Switzerland
Japan
Germany
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Belgium
France
World Good Will Greetings Exchanged One Telephone
High school students from the capitals of forty eight states joined with Washington and foreign countries in World Good Will Day. A relay telephone circuit spanning about 10300 miles connected students from Sacramento Carson City Hartford Richmond Charleston Baltimore Annapolis Ottawa Mexico City London and other cities as they exchanged greetings. The event, promoted by the American School Citizenship League and World Federation of Education Associations, featured remarks by Senator Borah and Federation president Dr A O Thomas praising cross continent student dialogue.
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Washington
Clare Eltis
Sacramento
Cal
Kenneth MacLean
Carson City
Nev
Helen Wieland
Hartford
Conn
Dorcas Cole
Charles Otis Lord
Central High School
Rafael del Paso Y Robert
Mexico City
Elmore Powers
MacFarland Junilor High School
Robert Olver
Ottawa
Canada
Robert Field
North
South America
John Henry Bradley
London
American School Citizenship League
World Federation of Education Associations
A. O Thomas
Inside the control room of a Lucky Strike radio broadcast
A vivid scene from a Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra broadcast shows the engineer at the control board, the announcer Edward Thorgensen, and B A Rolfe with musicians just outside the window. The production team watches meters and a stop watch to maintain balance, timing, and flawless sound for a nationwide audience.
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Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra
Edward Thorgersen
B. A. Rolfe
Madison Square Through Forty Years of Change
A photographer contrasts Madison Square now with a 25 year old postcard. Skyscrapers surround the square, dwarfing trees while the Worth monument at Broadway and Fifth remains a constant. The Flatiron and beer wagon scenes illustrate how the area has transformed.
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Madison Square
Empire State Building
Henry
Caliph
Bagdad On
William Jenkins Worth
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Texas
Madison Square Garden
Aviation Festival Showcases DO-X Model in New York
A large scale model of the Dornier DC-X, eight feet by six feet, on display at a New York aviation festival draws crowds. The nickel plated brass miniature details the real ship’s interiors and showcases American engines substituted for the original. The DC-X and its voyage to America highlight cross continental exploration and aviation industry links with Vacuum Oil.
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South Atlantic Ocean
New York City
Vacumap OF
Margaret Brevik
Muneh
Curtiss
America
Plaeces
Anerbea
United States
Europe
Africa
South America
Land parcels in Caroline County described for sale in 1930s notice
A lengthy public sale notice lists numerous tracts in Caroline County Maryland. It details parcels in the Seventh and Eighth Election Districts with metes bounds, acreages from one to over fifty, historic chain of title from 1876 to 1929, tax obligations, and owners such as Charles Lake Ruth R Friend Harold Green Laura Downes Theopilus W Smith and others. It outlines conditions of sale, redemption rights, and Treasurer’s deed procedures.
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Mike Simms
Charles Lake
Caroline County
Harmony
Ganeys Wharf
William Thomas
Gootee S. Todd
Frank M. Collins
Maryland
William Phillips
Ruth R. Friend
Fowling Creek
Denton
L. Gertrude Dix
Harold Green
Ridgely
Theopilus W. Smith
Henry Mathews
William Sutton
Greensboro
J. Andrew Mitchell
Thomas L. Day
Thomas W. Jones
Harvey L. Cooper
Mary J. Shaw
Clifton E. Henry
John W. Henry
Thomas R. Jones
Mason
Jeannette A. Talbott
Nellie Wilson Whitby
Cooper
Katie Thomas
John F. Urry
William S. Ridgely
G. W. Ridgely
Chas. H. Young
Chas. Young
Chas. H. Pritchett
Laura V. Downes
Laura Downes
Eekee
Coleen
Downes’ Wharf
Robert Armstrong
Ernest Armstrong
New Or Downes Road
Denton-Ridgely
Greensboro-Ridgely Roads
Chas. Slow
New Or
Downes
William E. Armstrong
Julia Armstrong
William R. Howard
Ridgely-Denton
Downes Road
Martha Freeman
Susan Satterfield
Elmer Cephas
Irwin T. Saulsbury
Adeline ‘Thomas
State of
Long Marsh Bridge
Hollingsworth Corners
Theodore Wright
Nick Mathews
Samuel Schuler
Robert Jarrell
Eliza A. Beasely
Henry Hughes
William Covington
Circuit Court
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Windwood
Underwood
Robert Hild
John H. Bradley
Elinore Powers
Dorothy Bureh
Lnsert
Victor Ross
West
SPAP
Jackson Square
New York
Greensboro Volunteer Fire Co
Firemen’s Parade
ATL
Merry
Tudor
Ford
NEW Perfection
M. K. Newnam
Denton, Md
Koopes Bros. & Thomas Co
Stephen Girard
Minnie B. Todd
Marjorie Todd Knotts
Williston, Md
Eee Commission
Annie Hughes
Shakespeare
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