Blind Publisher Builds Braille Bible for the Blind in LA
J Robert Atkinson, a blind publisher in Los Angeles, leads Universal Braille Press to publish a Revised Braille Bible. The project aims for 20 volumes totaling 2,600 pages and 1,500 pounds of brass plates, funded by benefactors, with distribution free or loaned to the needy.
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J. Robert Atkinson
Los Angeles
Universal Brailleels
American Foundation For the Blind
Washington, D. C
Atkinson
Eame
Universal Braille Press
Mr. Atkinson
Pacific Coast
California
Sacramento
Department For the
Congressional Library
Washington
New York City
Boston
New York
Zeigler
Imperial Valley
Supreme Court Tax Policy and Child Labor Legislation
The piece argues that Congress misuses taxing power to regulate or shield industries, limiting federal reach. It cites tariffs and oleomargarine cases, questions using taxes to curb child labor, and warns against expanding federal control, urging state action and public sentiment in the South.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Uncle Sam
Taft
Four Ways to Build an Aerial for Radio Station
Louis S. McNemara outlines four effective methods for laying out and constructing radio station aerials in Popular Science Monthly. He covers tree anchors, wooden masts, and the best pipe mast with step by step sizing, guying, and concrete foundations, plus farm windmill setups for amateur use. Also mentions cheaper local telephone service options and telechronometer use to track call time.
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Louis S. McNemara
Popular Science Monthly
Southern Negroes to Iowa on Illinois Central Railway
The Illinois Central Railway unloaded 40 African Americans from the south to work near Cherokee Iowa. Locals protest, arguing there are enough white laborers with families in need of work. The article claims railways generally oppress labor by importing Mexicans and other undesirables and housing them in cramped shacks.
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Illinois Central Railway Company
Cherokee
Tobacco ties up Conrad High baseball team
In Conrad Grundy county the high school cannot field a baseball team because the student body lacks enough nonusers of tobacco. The school board requires players to be tobacco free, but there are not enough eligible boys to form a squad.
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Conrad
Grundy County
Backbone Knob Material Question Raises Unclear Issue
An Erie Times fragment questions whether a backbone knob can be placed anywhere if the top knob is made of the same material, leaving the practical application and context unclear.
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Erie
Everett introduces metered telephone service with telechinometer
In Everett Washington the first metered telephone service is tested with about 6000 subscribers. The telechinometer measures time spent on calls to bill customers, incoming calls ignored. The device aims to cut costs by 15 percent, boost capacity by 2000 lines, and curb eavesdropping on party lines.
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Everett
Wash
Washington State Board of Public Works
Rts
Two Cycle Auto Engine Thrives on Castor Oil
A French engineer M Tartrais has perfected a two cycle direct injection engine operating on any combustible oil. It develops 50 horsepower at 1200 rpm, weighs the same as standard engines, and promises revolutionary fuel efficiency.
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M. Tartrais
Wisconsin Uses Personal Appeal To Attract Settlers
Wisconsin pursues settlement by direct personal contact from the immigration director to prospective settlers, supplemented by pamphlets. A sample case shows the director replying to an Iowa inquiry with a long customized letter and a certificate of inquiry to guide land purchases.
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Wisconsin
Canada
Bureau of Immigration
Iowa
Bureau
Upper
Wisconsin Immigration Bureau protects land buyers and aids settlers
The Wisconsin Bureau of Immigration guards land purchasers against unscrupulous agents and offers recourse if wronged. Since the war, 5,280 families have settled in northern Wisconsin to farm, with two charts tracking new arrivals and those assisted by the bureau. Des Moines bankers praise the federal life of the War Finance Corporation, noting $24,000,000 in loans to Iowa farmers and imminent note maturities.
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Wisconsin Bureau of Immigration
Wisconsin
Immigration Bureau
House
Congress
Des Moines
Federal Corporation
Iowa
War Finance Corporation
War Finance Continuation Discussed in Washington
Des Moines banker Grant McPhervin, visiting Washington, conferred with Senator Rawson on extending the War Finance corporation for at least another year. The agency has just been authorized by the senate and is expected to gain final approval soon.
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War Finance
Grant McPhervin
Des Moines
Washington
Rawson
War Finance Corporation
Senate
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