One Great Telephone Company for Illinois Formed
New Year ushers in a statewide Illinois Bell Telephone Company formed by absorbing the Chicago Telephone and Central Union properties. The firm, led by Sunny, Bloom, and Abbott, will operate 1,150,000 telephones in Illinois with 20,000 employees and about 107 million dollars in property value. The change aims to speed service, expand toll lines, and improve wartime delays.
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Illinois
Iinois Bell Telephone Company
Chicago
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Central Union Telephone Company
Bell Telephone System
Central Union Company
W. R. Abbott
Chicago Company
Chicago ‘Telephone
Central Union
Winds Bell
New
Calle
Combini Ation Aim
Erete
Bell Telephone
Bell
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Chicago Telephone Company
Chicago and
Central Union Companies
B. E. Sunny
Edgar S. Bloom
Gener
Chicago Telephone
Illinois Bell
Illinoia Perris
Illingia Bell
Rockford
Rock Inland
Moline
Cairo
East St. Louis
Peoria
Appetite Defined by English Boy As You Finish Tight
An English youngster offered a definition of appetite saying it means you are tight when you are done. The remark appeared in a humorous transcript noted by Bop ton.
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Bopton
Powerful Magnets Used To Lift Heavy Steel Coatings
Powerful magnets are described as capable of lifting substantial steel coatings, with claims of handling up to large weights in a single operation. The text notes Flectiv magnets and their use in industrial lifting tasks, though details are incomplete.
Barbara and Tommy Reunite After Park Meeting
The interrupted romance of Barbara and Tom Webster unfolds as Tom finds a child in his car and takes her home. Barbara appears in a rear garden as the girl’s aunt, and the lovers confront years of withheld feelings ending with a tender reunion.
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Tom
Tom Webster
Hart
Mace
Menber
Calmnena
Horrow
Mary
Tommy
Barbara
Vaunl Baunis
Mia
Oores Mpanne
Alnens
Wacar
Porsenger
Cole
Helen-Jenn
Park
Helen-Jean
Rona Terrace
Tommie
Tonnle
Baba
Babs
Perversecena
Tonmie
New York
Halen-Jean
Abe
Huntied
When a Fire Warns The Business World Echoes Fire Safety
Forbes Magazine notes that panicked theater stampedes show why rational action saves lives and warns that wartime price booms and shortages pressuring goods may not drop fast. Production cuts, material costs, and delayed relief limit price declines despite urges to cancel orders. The piece urges calm exits and orderly behavior in crisis conditions.
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Forbes Magazine
Eik
New York
Recognizes Value of Peat as Fuel and Fertilizer
Peat is widely used as fuel in northern Europe and as a fertilizer in the United States. It yields gas charcoal coke and by products in Europe and serves as absorbent for surgical dressings and textile uses. In the U S peat is mainly a fertilizer filler and absorbent for beet residues and sugar refineries stock feed. An analysis shows about 2 percent nitrogen, higher than some commercial fertilizers, with black decomposed peats best for fertilization.
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Europe
United States
Volcano Threat Looms Over San Salvador City
San Salvador faces repeated earthquakes and volcanic activity from Izplo volcano near the city. The 5,000 foot peak, built up from the Santa Ana crater, shows long inactive spells with smoke, steam, and occasional lava flashes threatening the capital on the coast of Central America.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Izplo
Santa Ana
Lghthouse
Central
America
Detroit
News
The Rubber Tired Goral Observation by Andrews
Roy Chapman Andrews led a American Museum expedition into distant China where he observed the rare goral, a mountain goat, racing down a cliff face at top speed. The dog refused to pursue, the rock protected the animal, and the goral leaped to a narrow ledge.
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Roy Chapman Andrews
Ching
American Museum of Natural History
Paya
Mande
Spanion
Deer Escapes as Hatch Flume Ladders Solve Problem
Deer in the concrete flume feeding Cher ry creek power house on Hatch Hlatchy project caused many drownings. Ladders built from planks extend above and below water at intervals to give footing. Since installation there has been no further trouble with deer in the flume.
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Cherry Creek
Hatch Hlatchy
Inforvals
The Silver Lining at Alchem S with Jewel Carmen
Reading like a sensational tale, The Silver Lining stars Jewel Carmen in a six reel feature claimed to be based on truth. The plot follows a girl rising from an orphaned town to high society, entangled with a master crook and a string of thrilling adventures in New York. The film debuts at Ascher's Forest Park theater next Friday, January 14.
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Jewel Carmen
Ascher
Forest Park Theater
Nextriday
Mr. West
Mise Carmen
Hornin
Saylunnto
Inchlenta
Nemaster Crook
Thatuay
New York
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State OF Illinois
Minolta Bell
Chicago and Central Union
Planta
Minneapolse
Mickie
Fawn Journal
Bab
Bualacs
Alchem
Forest Park
Burkart
Madison Street
Forest Park, Ill
Eagle “Mikado
Ee Et Arbee
Une Eagle Pencil Company
Mm Fe Gor Hristmas Club
Harlem
Bitola
Ilinois Bell
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Illinois Bell, Telephone Company
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