Monopoly Charged In Telephone Rates Probe
Washington November 27 A sweeping inquiry into telephone rates and a supposed monopoly over U S phone service was foretold by developments before the Interstate Commerce Commission The fight by Heston to curb rate increases of about nine million dollars a year prompted the commission to say a nationwide probe may be possible The charge centers on the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and subsidiaries including Gell and New England and Western Electric Company The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company filed its answer to the complaint indicating it does not contest the commission ruling paving the way for a state led probe by McChord and Vredenck Barel in New York retested the rates and the broader monopoly issue
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Diiversal Service
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Old Man of the Sea 99 Visits England on Transatlantic Trip
Patrick Ferris, an American veteran of Civil War service, aged 93 or 99, traveled to England to visit a sister in Newport Monmouthshire. He earned fame as the oldest passenger aboard the crossing, wounded four times while serving under General Grant, and recalled as the famed Old Man of the Sea during the voyage.
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Monmouthshire
Indiana towns mobilize against telephone rate hikes
Indiana cities band together to oppose rising phone charges amid a congressionally linked bone monopoly probe. New York congressmen push investigations as Johnson 34 signals resolutions. Boston case prompts wider interest in pressuring the Commerce Commission, with more stations expected to petition nationwide.
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French Ace Dies in Plane Crash During Test Flight
Maurice Bizot, famed member of Captain Guynemer's Starke Esendriffe, was killed in a speed plane crash while testing near 100 miles an hour. He had planned to use the craft to attempt new world speed records. Bizot is credited with destroying twelve enemy planes during the war.
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McCormick Chicago Journalist Dies at 1S Age
Alexander A. McCormick, a former Chicago alderman and Cook County supervisor, dies. A veteran newspaper man, he worked in Chicago and Indianapolis. A widow and one daughter survive.
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Outbreaks in Syria Endanger Christians Reported
Fragmentary report from Homs and Byra notes bandit outbreaks closing alnay schools. Christians seek protection in foreign mission compounds or flee toward the Mediterranean amid the unrest.
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Byra
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