Commission seeks broader power for railroad consolidations
The Interstate Commerce Commission urged Congress to expand authority over railroad consolidations including adding lines and properties that benefit public service. It called for broader oversight, removal of constraints imposing a single plan for 19 or 20 major systems, and a shift to steel passenger cars. The report notes steady growth in net earnings since 1920 and rising capital stock, with the income- to-capital ratio near 8.2 percent in 1925.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mr Pecan fined for intoxication and misidentification
Charles Pecan later identified as Charles Salisbury an announcer for KTNT and Tangley Manufacturing paid 5 dollars plus costs in police court after pleading guilty to intoxication. He was arrested after driving into bridge railings while allegedly intoxicated and attempting to conceal his identity. A second item notes US coal exports in the first nine months totaling about 21 million tons, up 6 million from the prior year.
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Charles Pecan
Charles Salisbury
Tangley Manufacturing Company
KTNT
Salisbury
More Mail for Santa Claus Reaches Journal Readers
The Muscatine Journal reports an increasing Santa Claus mail stream with letters from local children. Among the readers’ notes, six children from Nichols and Muscatine ask for candy, nuts, oranges, dolls, doll accessories, marbles, and a toy truck, while noting a younger brother’s wishes.
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Santa Claus
Journal
Muscatine Welfare Association
Santa
Nichols
Iowa
Matt Rauschenberger
Fae
Arrest Deserter from California Detained by Local Officers
Fred E. Dixson, reportedly a deserter from an army camp at Mc Dowell California, was arrested by Deputy Marshal Cal Schreiber and Officer Fred Jarvis this morning. He will be turned over to Rock Island arsenal authorities today. Dixson claims Hannibal Missouri.
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Fred E. Dixson
McDowell
Calif
Cal Schreiber
Fred Jarvis
Rock Island Arsenal
Dixson
Hannibal
Sorority House Burglars Continue Their Depredations
Iowa City reports fifth campus burglary in two months as Phi Omega Pi house and Delta Gamma are robbed by a likely same thief entering via fire escape. Suspect described as slight in nondescript clothes with a green cap. police and panicked sorority members pursue the culprit.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Phi Omega Pig
Delta Gamma Sorority
Pi Beta Phi
Alpha Chi Omega
Chi Omega
Delta Gamma
Enlisted at Fort Logan in 1925
The text notes an individual enlisting at Fort Logan California in 1925 into the 41st Motor Transport company.
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Ft. Logan, Calif
41St Motor Transport Company
Four English Railroads Suffer Large Income Drop
Four leading railroads in England report a combined income decline of 151000900 dollars in the last year, with coal strike losses accounting for most of the shortfall.
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England
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