Trotzky Regains Power Amid Soviet Reorganization
Leon Trotzky, once a pariah among radical leaders in Soviet Russia, is rebuilding influence through a string of political and economic posts. He chairs the concessions committee and the state electric trust, plans bonuses for workers, and advocates consumer rights, while rumors persist he may return to the Council of People's Commissaries to lead the supreme economic council.
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Leon Trotzky
Soviet
Russia
H. R. Knickerbocker
News Service
Moscow
Paravasion
Lenin
Trotzky
Caucasus
Troteky
England
State Electric Trust
Bureau of Science and Technique
Council of People's Commissaries
Supreme Economic Council
Djerjiinsky
Wilhelm
Board of Managers
Accionam
Ahesent
Trotaky
Salvation Army
Decision Indicates New Freight Rate Structure Action
The Interstate Commerce Commission's southern class freight rate case signals a move toward an entirely new rate structure based on distance. Distances will be measured by the shortest existing route with allowances for the long and short day clause and competitive conditions. A western close rates case is before the commission and hearings on September 8 in Chicago will address the general freight rate structure nationwide.
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International News Service
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Chicago
Gasoline Famine Ridiculed by Chemists at Convention
In Los Angeles on August 7 a scientific symposium of the American Chemical Society declared there will never be a gasoline famine. Papers by industrial engineering chemists argued against a fuel shortage and predicted that vast natural resources and new developments would transform the petroleum industry, stabilize motor fuel prices, and eliminate famine risks.
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Los Angeles
Calif
American Chemical Society
Division of
Industrial Engineering and Chemistry
Sears
Scientista
Abandon Ships In Record Time Off Block Island
On August 7 off Block Island, five U S destroyers were abandoned in a dramatic drill. Within minutes after the Meg signal, crews moved to lifeboats and rafts, with more than 600 sailors overboard and then rescued. Motion pictures captured the coordinated abandon ship exercise.
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U. S
Worden
Atlantic
United States
Block Island
Another Nerve Test For Local Citizens
An old style advertisement claims nerveton and Severa's Nervoton restore calm, steadiness, and sleep. It promises increased happiness, optimism, appetite, and weight gain with no harmful effects. The copy urges immediate use with improvement noted within days.
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Severa
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