Strange Devices Used In War And Peace Exposition
Washington May 11 A two week Interior Department exposition in Washington opens May 19 showing war era devices repurposed for peace and the department's many bureaus. Highlights include a Geophone, Lincoln’s shallow water vessel passage contrivance, geologic mapping by airplanes, and a pension and land grant display for soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Department
Patent Office
Department
Abraham Lincoln
Bureau of Mines
America
Bureau
Geological Survey
Overland Model 90 Sets 7 Day Nonstop Record
The Oklahoma City based Overland Model 90 rode non stop for 168 hours in high gear covering 4370.1 miles. Four drivers maintained high gear through rain and rough roads, achieving a new 24 hour record average of 624.3 miles per day with minimal fuel and oil, and only three tire punctures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carhart Motor Company
Oklahoma City
Okla
Lee-Huckins
Oklahoma
New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
E. R. Carhart
Overland
Chamber of Comerce
Lee-Huckins Hotel
Linn’ Mathewson
Dick Carhart
Progress in Alaskan engineering and reclamation displays
The exhibit highlights the Alaska engineering commission as an advance agent of civilization and prosperity. It showcases reclamation service feats that convert arid lands into productive areas for over 250 000 people. The department's bureau of education exhibit aims to stamp out illiteracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Department
Bureau of Education
Passports Denied All Who Go For Pleasure
Washington reports a surge in passport applications with the state department reiterating that passports will be denied for those seeking travel to Europe for pleasure or curiosity. The department says many applications have been refused amid the flood of requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Rural Motor Express Aids Farmers Market System
In a New York address, PLE Penn, secretary of the Rural Motors and Express committee of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, described rural motor express lines as evolving from small, scattered use to a rapid, advantageous system. He blamed hucksters for unfair farmer pricing and poor market goods, noting the need for better farmer merchant relations and quality farm products. The remarks closed an eight day motor transportation conference run by Colt-Stratton, the Dodge Brothers dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ple
Penn
Rural Motors and Express Committee
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
New York
Fenn
Motor Transportation
Colt-Stratton Company
Dodge Rorthers
Detroit
Italian government bars DA counsel from Bologna murder trial
In New York on May 20 the Department of State notified that Italy refused to permit the district attorney's office to be represented by counsel in Alfredo Cocchi of Bologna's trial for the murder of Ruth Cruger in 1917. The trial is set to begin in Bologna on June 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Swann
Department of State
Alfredo Cocchi
Bologna
Ruth Cruger
Bologna Ag
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Lincoln
Pension Bureau
Lane
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Farrawat
Jefferon
Hancock
Franklin
Lafayette
Rochambeau
General Land Office
Roosevelt National Park
Alaska
Morris Adler
Service
Cleveland
Spring Street Motor Co
Spring ST
Phone
Court House
Grant Motor Car Corporation
U. S
Ape
Vesta
Quincy Electric
Overland Automobile Co., Dist
Vermont ST
Toledo
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