Automatic telephone system to reach Washington in 18 months
Washington will gain an automatic dialing telephone system within 18 months. Installation starts in the business section within days, with full operation before summer. Chesapeake and Potomac's TY P. Sylvan says nine of ten operators will keep their jobs, but current buildings must be rebuilt to accommodate equipment and safety needs.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
United States
Canada
U. S. Employment Service
Department OF Labor
Des Moines
Iowa
Washingtonians Recall Spring Tops on City Streets
In misty spring prose a pair of locals recall the season’s tops in Washington. An elderly man in a high hat recalls how boys once spun tops to rival house-fire speed while swapping names tied to teachers from a past grade school. A chatty street scene ends as a streetcar arrives.
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Sian
Imma
Social Affairs Conflict Over Evening Outings
A correspondent reports a dispute with Helen over social evenings and the impulse of women to seek such events. The exchange touches on social roles, with references to a gathering at the Libberkin mansion, pension plans for retired sailors, and a giddy young blonde as the cottage cheese lead, culminating in a decision to leave with the Cox.
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Helen
Juystlerius
Lidberkin
Shiv
Whitenor
Lelen
Don
Ue Bureau
Willie Sees Possible Backyard Egg Event in Story
In a district garden tale under LW M Conolly, a grandmother notes radishes and laughs as Willie wonders if he will lay an egg. The scene shifts to William returning home from play with flushed cheeks amid a whimsical family moment.
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LW. M. Conolly
Department of Agriculture
Oxigta
Whitehead
Willi
Wiliam
Willie
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Enoch Morgan's Sons Co
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Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
Thair
Sylvan
Bobby
Wrigleys
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Peten
Phelps
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