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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1919
Page
5
An early 20th century classified ad lists packing tools and leather goods. Items include knives scissors twine paste and cleading tissue with leather varieties Nice 64s5 ya secies priced around $5 for mail order. A slot top door and key feature in a leather product described as 12 inches high with various finishes and prices noted for tan hagush pigskin leather and other hides.
The Federal Reserve Board ordered all Federal Reserve banks to query member banks on borrowings secured by government obligations and related collateral. Officials say results will guide possible actions, with market fears of curb measures and a surge in call money rates observed as government funds move.
A compact listing notes extension silos equipped with gut epe cards score pats pencils and a rulebook. The item includes a glazed castskin case with enamel clasp and measures inches.
The retrial of Jane E. Barney's will contest opened in Surrogates Court after the Appellate Division ordered a new trial. Barney died November 5, 1915, leaving an estate valued at about 30 100. Louis V. Ennis, sole executor, appealed a prior jury ruling for contestants.
Reports from St John’s detail the tense race to begin the Atlantic flight tests as rival crews from Vickers Vimy and Handley Page prepare. Weather, machine readiness, and fuel supply influence the schedule while officials await a clear window for the long voyage.
The British dirigible R-34 plans a round trip from England to the United States with a stopover in Newfoundland around June 20 and may attempt a return cruise if weather allows.
Lieutenant Roget, the French aviator, arrived in Paris from Kenitra after an emergency landing near Rabat damaged his aircraft, forcing the abandonment of the planned flight to cross the Atlantic to Brazil. Reports say Roget covered about 1,116 miles, with the NC-4 record noted as 1,380 miles from Trepassey to Horta.
The War Department announced that two Army planes are patrolling Southern California forests to guard against fires. The patrol aims to quickly locate and report smoke, aiding firefighting efforts across regional woodlands.
Washington June 10 hearings opened in the Ways and Means Committee on a bill to raise duty on potash and license imports to shield the domestic industry. Witnesses argued production costs run 85 cents per unit versus imported price near 1 50, urging licensing and tariff tools.
Since June 1 the Southern California fire patrol has flown Curtiss JN 41 and JN 6H planes. The first 110 mile patrol runs 95 minutes at 10 000 feet with vision about five miles. The second 100 miles in 120 minutes at 7 000 feet. Major George H Peabody leads the service and March Field fliers report two fires with minor damage. Lieutenant H M Pugh spotted a fire in the San Jacinto Mountains and dropped a warning over Leaumont at 11 30 A M prompting rapid ranger action to extinguish the blaze.
June reports bankers study an afternoon Chicago Cleveland air mail service to connect with the Twentieth Century Limited at Cleveland. Oliver T. Sproul notes growing requests for a 3 PM Chicago departure to make the transfer in Cleveland and onward to New York.
Parker told Senators that potash imports threaten domestic supply from Alsace and Germany. Licenses issued for 20 000 tons will start arriving late this month and continue through July August and September. He urged immediate Congress action with tariff or license controls to avert a serious menace.
Washington reports a national shortage of teachers as P. P. Claxton commissioner of education urges Congress for a 200000 dollar appropriation for the Bureau of Education. War service took about one third from classrooms and last October there were about fifty thousand schools without teachers and 120000 untrained new teachers.
Washington reports the Shipping Board seeks cooperation with American shipyards to dispose of 75 million dollars in surplus engines boilers and fittings via foreign account contracts. Chairman Hurley told the Senate Commerce Committee negotiations since Wilson's foreign build ban was lifted have not required board approval. Senators questioned potential holdup but Hurley said the aim is to maintain price levels benefiting both the government and manufacturers.
In Cleveland authorities plan to overhaul the Twentieth Century Limited to allow business men to send New York mail three hours later. The Limited would reach Cleveland around 8 p.m., while an air plane could arrive between 5 and 6 p.m., signaling faster access to both rail and air services.
Captain Batt an American naval aviator left Stockholm for Copenhagen via Gothenburg with Danish millionaire Mr Larsen aboard. The weather was stormy at departure. In St Louis a civilian airman Oscar Bricker 30 of Wabash Indiana was fatally burned when his plane crashed in Hannibal Missouri during a motor truck convoy demonstration.
A collision at the military flying grounds in Buenos Aires today killed three aviators who were flying at about 900 feet. The two airplanes met during flight and crashed, ending the lives of the three men.
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