Expansion of air mail service eyed for two dozen cities
Washington February 3 AP The air mail system, a pioneer in U S aviation, moves toward broader expansion with contracts let for about a dozen routes and two dozen cities to begin by February 15 on Chicago Detroit and Cleveland Detroit routes with more to follow by April Mileage projections rise to about 4 016 000 miles yearly and rates vary by route with 8 to 10 to 20 cents per ounce depending on distance and service type
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Washington
Air Mail Service
United States
Postmaster General
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Boston
Hartford
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Dallas-Fort Worth
Moline
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Wichita
Oklahoma City
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Peoria
Springfield
Ill
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Nev
Pasco
Wash
Boise
Ida
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Los Angeles
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Detroit
Cleveland
Birmingham
Ala
Indianapolis
Louisville
Nashville
New Orleans
Memphis
Jackson
Miss
Atlanta
Miami
Jacksonville
Tampa
Victoria
B. C
Pilottown
Air Mail
Bellefonte
Bryan
Iowa City
Des Moines
Omaha
North Platte
Cheyennne
Rawlins
Rock Springs
Reno
Cheyenne
Hair Groom Cream Promises All Day Gloss and Control
A vintage ad touts Hair Groom as a dignified combing cream costing only a few cents a jar. It claims to keep hair combed all day, work on unruly hair, is greaseless, and adds fullness and luster for business or social occasions.
Weather advisory for northeast storm from Hatteras to Boston
The weather bureau issued an advisory warning of a storm of considerable intensity moving northeastward from the north of Hatteras to Boston. The central system is over Northwestern Georgia and is expected to increase in intensity with northeast and east gales. The text also oddly includes a fragment about paying a Mexican debt.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Hatteras
Boston
Mass
Georgia
Colonel Woodward rushes to son after mistaken injury report
Colonel D C Woodward traveled from Hendersonville to Atlanta by special train and road transport after learning his son Billy was badly hurt. A later AP dispatch corrected the report, saying Billy had only minor cuts from a broken drinking glass. The trip set a swift rail record for the South.
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Col. Woodward
Atlanta
Son
Hendersonville
N. C
D. C. Woodward
Billy
Woodward
Georgia Military Academy
Greenville
S. C
Colonel Woodward
W. H. Cheney
Charlotte
Southern’ Railway
The
Southern
Seneca
8. C
Georgia-South Carolina
Associated Press
Academy
Failure marks latest effort to end strike in coal fields
Philadelphia reports a third conference between miners and operators ends in disagreement. John Lewis of the United Mine Workers calls the situation a lockout, while Major Ingles accuses Lewis of rejecting all proposals. News of the disruption brings gloom to 500 square miles of Pennsylvania hard coal territory.
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John Lewis
United Mine Workers
W. W. Ingles
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Senate Debates Tax Cut Plan Amid Party Rifts
Washington officials report wavering party lines in the Senate over surtax reduction. Regulars push a 20 percent top rate with higher brackets and possible increases beyond $600,000, while opponents seek 25 percent on incomes over $100,000 and up to $600,000. Chairman Smoot aims six hours in session and plans to dispose of more than forty amendments to limit floor debate.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
House
Smoot
Beer Tax Reports Tie Rise in Mexican Beer Drinking
Tax reports show breweries paid nearly 2.5 million pesos in federal income taxes for 1925, setting new records. Mexican brewers push advertising campaigns urging malt over hard liquors to avert prohibition, with slogans like Drink beer and thereby nip prohibition in the bud.
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Menico City
Mexico
Petain to Brief Morrocco Campaign with Abd el Krim
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Petain and his staff departing for Morocco to prepare the spring campaign against Abd el Krim. He will pause in Madrid to meet King Alfonso and discuss joint operations with Spanish military leaders.
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Paris
Marshal Petain
Morocco
Abd-El- Krim
Madrid
Alfonso
Mystery of Missing Catsup Bottle Explained
In Columbus Ohio on February 3 an AP report notes that moving the catsup bottle from the table to a sideboard reduces annual consumption of the dish by about 40 percent. The National Restaurant Association confirmed the finding for regional conference presentations nationwide.
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Columbus, CO
National Restaurant Association
Wall Street Opens Higher as Rail Stocks Lead Gains
Wall Street in New York opened with prices rising from yesterday's late upturn. Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific led rail gains while Delaware and Hudson fell over three points after coal parley collapse. Federal mining rose six points with early gains by Dupont Hudson Motors Associated Oil United Drug Texas Gulf Sulphur and United Fruit.
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Wall Street
New York
Union Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Delaware and
Hudson
Dupont
Hudson Motors
Associated Oil
United Drug
Texas Gulf Sulphur
United Fruit
Ice Cream Output Tops Ten Quarts Per Person Nationwide
Harrisburg Indiana report notes the United States produced over 1.2 billion quarts of ice cream last year from about 4,000 plants enough to give every person ten quarts or more.
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Harrisburg
Ind
United States
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