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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1928
Page
9
Washington reports that U S Canal projects show a new record in tolls and vessel traffic. A July total of 3 658 ships paid 15 121 000 in tolls, with Muscle Shoals and related bills dominating congressional debate and legal questions about pocket vetoes and presidential action.
The canal processed 6 546 vessels and shattered 1927 records with tolls totaling 24 217 000 and a profit near 18 000 000. All profits flowed to the treasury except railroad profits, as the canal’s fourteen years of operation yielded about 74 000 000 in profit and supported subsidiary enterprises.
STORE POGES England Aug 24 California may gain the al. The item hints at a donation or gift connected to the setting of Elegy of a Country Churchyard and references a famed altar. The brief fragment suggests a cultural or literary linkage being explored for a California venue or collection.
United States agents report a saloon in Carter Wisconsin with a hidden trap door behind the bar. A string runs along the bar to a control point, allowing the keeper to drop bottles through the door onto a pile of scrap iron below.
Travel lecturer E M Newman returns from Europe denouncing France for a Cherbourg landing and embarkation tax on U S travelers. He says the fee up to ten dollars per trans Atlantic passenger is unfair and not tied to services. The levy affects about 95 percent of U S tourist traffic through Cherbourg.
National Association of Letter Carriers Hoosier City Branch No 9 and Ladies Auxiliary No 140 plan a basket picnic Sunday at Broad Ripple Park. The Indianapolis post office band will provide music. Association president Lowell D Wadsworth and auxiliary chairman Mrs Frank Hildebrand lead the events.
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