Trolley and Battery Trains20 percent Track Power Future Railways
Toronto report to the American Institute of Electrical Engineers describes a hybrid electric railroading system using one fifth weight silvercel storage batteries and intermittent trolley lines. Llewellyn Evans of the Tennessee Valley Authority projects battery powered locomotives with power supplied at stations and along heavy grades, asserting electricity cheaper than diesel on grades and that central power stations enable feasible trolley access nationwide.
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Llewellyn Evans
Tennessee Valley Authority
Chattanooga
Tenn
Evans
United States
Desserts and Fish Dishes Guide Budget Brides
Gaynor Maddox outlines budget friendly meals for brides, starting with Summer Sundaes using pineapple and maraschino sauce. It offers a fish fillets en papillote recipe with a sour cream pickle sauce and a sample next day menu featuring breakfast lunch and dinner items.
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Gruyere
Rhyme Time by Gordon Mailin on Summer Showers and Rain
A nostalgic ode to summer rain celebrates its refreshment and joy. It extols showers cooling the earth lifting flowers and grain, inspiring children to play in streams and gutters while birds sing and rainbows crown the sky. The poem frames rain as a blessing from God in warm weather.
Shortage Not Expected By Furniture Men
Middletown dealers after a Chicago show report ample supply for most lines with prices flat due to wage contracts and rising material costs. They note a metals cutback will limit some products like day beds and folding sofas though chrome dinette sets remain plentiful. Modern furniture appears more popular as manufacturers and retailers show heavy inventories and cautious demand. Names include Jack Istoff, Jack Achberger, John Grunner, Fred Linxweiler, Cappel Furniture, Carl Lipton.
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Middletown
Chicago
Jack Istoff
Jack Achberger
Reed- Klopp Company
John Grunner
May Stern Furniture
Fred Linxweiler
Cappel Furniture Company
Carl Lipton
Joffee Furniture Company
Girl 14 Kidnapped and Shot by Abductors in Ohio Suburb
In University Heights near Cleveland, 14 year old Jean Ann Tavens says two to three men forced her into a car, blindfolded her, and shot her in the knee after an hourlong abduction. She crawled to a porch for aid and was taken to Doctors Hospital for treatment. Authorities have limited description of the suspects.
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Cleveland
University Heights
Galion
Jean Ann Tavens
Robert Bucklin
Bucklin
Jean
Doctors Hospital
Ohio Bell rate hike talks shift to nine percent
The State Public Utilities Commission meets with Ohio Bell Telephone and city law directors to discuss a nine percent rate increase sought three years ago, not the 16 percent originally requested. The nine percent rise is currently being collected as the proceedings await agreement.
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Columbus O
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Ohio
Ohio Bell
Telephone Company
Ohio Supreme
Ward's Disclose $500,000 Thefts
New York police disclosed that goods worth 50000 dollars have been stolen from Montgomery Ward and Company mail order house over 30 months. Two drivers and a housewife were questioned with no charges yet filed. Ward's traffic manager said investigators had been active for a year aided by detectives in disguise. One driver, William Dorsey, admitted complicity. the other, Joseph Vanuska, was labeled the brains of the scheme.
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NEW York
Montgomery Ward and Company
Charles Lazar
Montgomery Ward
Inurance Company
New York City
Court orders new hearing on Ohio Bell rate hike
The court directs the Public Utilities Commission to hold a fresh hearing on the increase granted to Ohio Bell in 1949 after a lengthy session. A PUCO member said today the meeting aims to gauge how far apart six cities and the company are on an acceptable rise.
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PUCO
Ohio Bell
Public Utilities Commission
Panama Canal Granted to United States by Panama Treaty
The Republic of Panama granted the Panama Canal to the United States by a treaty dated February 26, 1904.
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Panama Canal
United States
Republic of Panama
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G. P. Lewis
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Cadillac
Heber Jones, Inc
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