City Wins Free Local Calls Ruling Against Inter-Mountain
The Tennessee Utilities Commission orders Inter-Mountain Telephone to restore direct free service from Kingsport to Blountville and route messages Bristol to Kingsport via the same interstate line. City Attorney Bandy says the ruling is a victory and an appeal would likely fail.
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T. R. Bandy
Albert Parlett
Inter-Mountain Telephone Co
Bristol
R. M. Johnson
Parlett
Kingsport
Blountville
Inter-Mountain Company
Johnson
Utilities Commission
Telephone Company
Inter-Mountain Telephone Company
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Suport
City of
Cumberland Company
the Utilities Commission
Railroad and Public Utilities Commission of Tennessee
Blountvile
Tennessee
Cumberland, Telephone and Telegraph Company
Sullivan County
Harvey Hannah
Julian H. Campbell
Soviets Change Coat of Arms to World Scale Emblem
The All-Russian Soviet Executive in London is reported to replace the crossed hammer and sickle with a globe backdrop, a wreath of wheat, and the motto Workers of the World Unite in five languages, signaling a broader emblem for the Russian Soviet Republic.
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London
Plowing Problem Is Solved By Tractors
Minnesota agriculture gains from peatland cultivation using caterpillar tractors. Prof. W. E. Peterson reports experiments show drained and fertilized peatlands can yield abundant crops of tubers and forage. Caterpillar wheels distribute weight to form wide furrows about 20 inches wide and ten inches deep, enabling effective plowing where horses fail.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
W. E. Peterson
Department of Agriculture
University of Minnesota
Prof
Peterson
Mystery Arctic trader voyage ends in murder tale
Captain Predersen recalls a Nome to Siberia trading voyage where whiskey fueled drunken fur barter and a Siberian official was thrown overboard and shot. He says threats of murder followed during the return, and he kept a revolver ready.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Siberian Arctic
Andrew Prederson
Captain Predersen
Nome
Siberia
Germany Divided on Prohibition Across Temperance Factions
In Hamburg debates split Germans into two camps. Tempercenziers support restrictive liquor laws while abstenglers press for a total abolition of the traffic. The divide highlights tensions over nationwide alcohol policy in Germany.
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Hamburg
Germany
Tempercenziers
Sweden Rejects League Pact Without US Russia
Stockholm reports Sweden has answered the League of Nations inquiry saying it cannot endorse a universal reciprocal guarantee pact while the United States Germany and Russia are absent. The government notes the league lacks universal authority to tackle major world issues and warns Sweden would face higher risks signing guarantees now. It repeats support for compulsory arbitration for judicial disputes and hopes for future universal membership to enable joint action against peace disturbers.
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Stockholm
League of Nations
League
United States
Germany
Russia
Sweden
Laws for Aircraft Protection To Be Discussed At Meeting
The National Air Institute annual meeting in St Louis will focus on legislation for protecting aircraft operations on October 13 under the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. The event is held with committees from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics SAE ASME and NAA. The third national aero congress and International Air Races begin October 1 with expected attendance from cabinet members military leaders and the U S mail service.
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Army
Navy
United States Mail Service
Fish Succumb to Heat Wave at Szegedin Ponds
In Hungary, about 100000 fish died at the Szegedin breeding ponds as heat dried the water. Local officials urged residents to bury the carcasses to prevent pollution and foul air over miles around.
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Budapest
Hungary
Szegedin
Austria to Have Radio
A wireless telegraph company with Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of London and the Austrian government as subscribers has been organized. It will erect stations in Austria and runs exclusive rights for thirty years to conduct wireless traffic with other countries. Operations begin early next year.
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London
A_ wireless telegraph ‘company
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of
Austria
National Wheat Body Advocated for Price Fixing
I A Madden farm adviser for Sangamon county proposes a national wheat corporation to fix a basic minimum price for all American wheat. The plan includes funding working capital, government purchases, a differential tax to balance over and underproduction, and preserving free grain trade while aiding farmers and stabilizing prices. He warns against increasing surplus by domestic buy programs.
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Springfield
United States
National Wheat Corporation
I. A. Madden
Sangamon County
Illinois
Madden
America
Mistletoe a Dead Parasitic Threat to Pines
Washington notes mistletoe as a commercial pest in the southwest. For 12 years scientists study its damage to yellow pines and how to exterminate it. The parasite clings to the tree and kills the host, requiring cutting down the afflicted tree to stop its spread.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Kaiser Tower Near Jaffa Gate To Be Demolished
The Kaiser Tower at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem, built to commemorate Wilhelm II’s 1898 Holy Land visit, faces demolition after years of being viewed as an eyesore by locals and visitors.
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Holy Land
Jerusalem
Kaiser
Jaffa
Wilhelm
Revival of rush matting industry in Norfolk
Norwich, Norfolk, sees revival of one of England's oldest trades with rush mats. Made from locally grown rushes, the mats are famed as the best covering for stone doors, linking modern wear to Chaucerian reference in Canterbury Tales.
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Norwich
Norfolk
England
County of
Chaucer
Tourists Escape Flood Threat After Cloudburst Warning
Denver reports thousands of tourists warned by telephone as a cloudburst near Pi He Canon prompts hurried evacuation. Authorities believed danger resembled the 1921 flood but by today the immediate threat was deemed over.
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Denver
Pi He Canon
Underground Oil Tank Explodes in San Pedro
A large underground oil tank owned by Central Petroleum Company exploded in San Pedro California today. The blast caused by spontaneous combustion shook the city and burned about half a million barrels of oil.
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San Pedro
Cal
Central Petroleum Company
Miners and Operators Meet to Avert Coal Shutdown
In New York a joint convention called by the federal coal commission sides with miners and anthracite operators to head off a September 1 suspension. They agreed to resume wage talks at Atlantic City next Monday and pressed for action to prevent a coal shortage.
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New York
Federal Coal Commission
Atlantic City
No Departure in Attitude Toward Reparations
London reports that American embassy officials told the British foreign office that the United States would not change its reparations stance as set before Harding's death and announced by Hughes in New Haven. The note dismisses hopes that Coolidge's accession would shift U S interest in the European problem.
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London
Hughes
United States
Harding
New Haven
Coolidge
Woman escapes jail in Hopkinsville amid suicide note
Mrs. Henrietta Wagner, 50, fled the county jail today leaving a note promising to drown herself in the nearby river. Accused of murdering Mrs. Rosetta Warren in Paducah last May, she was held for safekeeping. Warren died in a dynamite blast that destroyed her home, with jealousy named as motive. Wagner had no cell due to health and was in the corridor. she vanished unnoticed for a time.
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Hopkinsville
Henrietta Wagner
Rosetta Warren
Paducah
Naval Treaty Takes Effect Cutting Navy Shiptonnage Declares Pact
Washington observers announce the naval limitation treaty and the four power pact became effective with ratifications exchanged at the State Department. Scrapping of first line ships began immediately and the Anglo Japanese alliance ends automatically. Twenty eight capital ships totaling about seventy five thousand tons are to be removed from the American navy under the accord.
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Washington
Communist disturbances kill two in Aixlachapelle clashes
At Aixlachapelle violence between communists and police left two dead and fifty injured, with fifteen previously wounded dying in hospitals. The unrest escalated as authorities struggled to quell the clashes.
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Aixlachapelle
Reforestation Plan For Giant Redwoods
California's redwoods face destruction unless reforestation succeeds. Nurseries in Fort Bragg and Scotia have 1.3 million trees ready to reforest thousands of acres annually. Twenty two redwood companies support the effort alongside sprouting second growth lumber from stumps.
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San Francisco
California
North America
Enland
California Redwood Association
Fort Bragg
Mendocino County
Scotia
Humboldt County
Five Million Horse Racing Telegrams Pass England Peak
London reports Five million telegrams yearly cross England telegraph offices mainly about betting. Estimated revenue from these messages stands at about 2,000,000 pounds sterling, comprising seven percent of the total telegrams sent in England.
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London
England
Poles Return from America Face Hard Polish Life
Warsaw notes a shift in emigration quotas for 1928 with most returnees now Poles rather than Jews. Many who went to America two years ago struggle to adapt to Polish life, unlike the American pattern, prompting a new social dynamic.
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Warsaw
Poland
America
Sinke
News World
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