Electrification Plan Proposed for Boston to Washington Route
Secretary Fall endorsed a Geological Survey plan to build a national electric grid from Boston to Washington. It calls for 970 miles of 220 000 volt lines and 6 electronics of 110 000 volt lines, totaling $1.100584 billion by 1930, with $104 million needed by then. The Boston Washington area would save 60 million tons of coal annually by 1930, yielding $196 million in fuel savings. railroad electrification would cut investment by 11 to 19 percent.
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Ashington
Fall W
Boston-Washington
Fall
Efficiency Drive for Veterans Bureau Seeks Broad Reforms
A Senate special committee report urges the Veterans Bureau to broaden its interpretation of laws and extend eligibility. It calls for a $26,400,000 hospital appropriation, transfer of government hospitals, creation of a chaplain corps, patient cemeteries, standard training, and insured options up to $10,000 per policyholder. It also recommends canceling unsuitable hospital contracts and tightening administration to reduce political influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Bureau
Special
Senate Committee
Army
Navy
Bureau
Chaplain Corps
Elms planted for Lincoln Memorial dedication ceremony
American Elms were planted on the Lincoln Memorial grounds to honor allied armies and navies. Charles Lathrop Pack of Lakewood New Jersey, president of the American Forestry Association, dedicated the trees. Mrs. Warren G Harding presented a tree trowel to American Legion members for planting at the Twenty third Street entrance.
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American Forestry Association
Lincoln Memorial
Charles Lathrop Pack
Lakewood
N. J
Pack
Warren G. Harding
American Legion
Twenty-third Street
Liem
C. O. Sherriff
Department of Public Buildings and Grounds
Herding
Ohio
Canton
South Bend
Ind
Farmers Co operative growth and marketing shifts highlighted
Department of Agriculture figures show farm co operatives in 1920 near 375.7 million dollars in business, up from about 60 million in 1919. The report notes rising farmer education in cooperative marketing and 798 county agents aiding formation of co operatives, with total business in co operatives around 875.7 million dollars and substantial savings.
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Iguees
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
United States
Paria
Chia
Indiana News Roundup Hits Crime and State Affairs
A sprawling Indiana dispatch reports a Hartford City gang crime with a pistol duel ending in the shooting of Policeman Jerry Engle near Mishawaka and a farmhouse theft of over 87 000. Other items note highway headlight rules, federal maternity funding, 1922 building outlook, farm depredation protection, jail census, record hunting licenses, automobile license stations, and dairy cattle yield records.
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Hartford City
Polle
al Pa
New Haven
William I Hall
Willen McCabe
Monpeicin
Jerry Engle
South Bend
Mishawaka
George Futter
Barbara
Futters
Indianapolis
Hoestler State Automobile Association
A&r
Indiana Automobile Trade Association
Washington,d. C
Indiana
Evanaville
Columbus
Bartholomew County
Board of State Charities
Jolla
Fish and Game Division
State Conservation Department
Conservation Department
Hodeler State Automobile Association
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North Atlantic
Farmers’ Co-operative
Shelbyville
Frank Tux
Peter J. ‘Lux
Shelby
Young Lux
Glen Phares
Marion
John A. Rhue
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Rhue
McCray
Eugene Meyer, Jr
War Finance Corporation
Chicago
St. Joseph County
Digeugaton
Bob Alon
U.S
Batte
Aldoeatroy Tood
Roper Rrain Sten
Toren
Wr Pican
Bac
U. B. Government
EMFG
New York
Jearns
Gray'co
le Roy
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