Samuel Insull Life and Legacy in Electric Power
A compact retrospective on Samuel Insull, once a leading utilities magnate, contrasting his pivotal role in shaping the electric power industry with later financial and reputational decline. The piece links his rise with Edison and notes his holding-company strategy, while acknowledging the collapse of his empire and the mixed judgment on his final years.
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Hughes and Corrigan
Marie
Roumania
Samuel Insull
Utilities
Chicago
Paris
Insull
Edison
Faraday
New York Edison Illuminating Company
England
London
America
Henry Ford
Tnstill
Theodore Mail
Insul
Thero
Aerial Bombardment and Neutral Merchant Ships Threats
Discussion traces the nebulous status of international law on air attacks against merchant ships near Spanish Loyalist ports. Historical reviews cover Hague 1899 and 1907 bans on air bombardment, wartime exemptions, and the failed 1922 Washington, 1930 London, and 1923 Hague efforts to outlaw or restrict submarine and air warfare.
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Erilans
Neutrals
Washington
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
United States
Commission of
International Jurists
The
Hague
Netherlands
Anniversaries and birthdays in historical notes
Today’s anniversaries include Petrarch born in 1304 and others such as Richard Owen 1804 and Alberto Santos-Dumont 1872 with deaths noted. Birthdays honored include Dr Westel Willoughby 1890s and Bishop Mead. the column blends history, birthday listings, and a moral reflection on service.
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Petrarch
Richard Owen
John Augustin Daly
New York
Aramatis
Plymouth
N. C
Talcott Williams
Columbia University School of Journalism
Turkey
Joseph W Burns
Tennessee
Cedar Hill
Tenn
Howard Thurston
Columbus
Ohio
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Brazil
Westel W. Willoughby
Washington
University of Michigan
Hannibal
Ernest Hutcnsson
New York City
Australia
Ernest C Moore
University of California At Los Angeles
Youngstown
Bible Readings for Wednesday July 20
Read Psalm 18:33 37 detailing how God makes feet like hinds and sets the speaker on high places, teaching hands to war and guiding strength for battle in a devotional selection.
Buying Power Fallacy in Presidential Policy Critique
A GLS economist criticizes the President’s wage policy, arguing that boosting wages and buying power through gifts does not create sustainable prosperity. The text warns that non-productive government spending and rising debt undermine general buying power and business confidence, hindering recovery.
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NRA
A Call to Peace Amid War Doctrine in Religious Thought
The author contrasts ancient sacred warfare with a modern shift toward peace. He cites biblical contrasts from the Old Testament and urges following prophetic, humane values over warring instincts. The piece notes the Office of Education released a 116 page survey of 431 forums.
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Israel
W. S. Office of Education
Washington Roundup on Wheat Loan to China Scrapped
The story details a proposed wheat loan to China using flour shipments, a secret interdepartmental conference, and objections from the State Department over international implications and Japanese relations. The Export-Import Bank balked, with unpaid prior advances cited, leaving the plan abandoned.
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Washington
China
Shangha
Japan
State Department
Tokyo
Grain Stabilization Corporation
RFC
Joe Kennedy
Prince Frederick of
Prussia
Barbara Hutton
Prince of
Germany
Frederick
I A London Ltd
Joe Kenned
Court of
St James
Queen Mary
Joe
Prince Frederick
Roosevelt Baby Born Eight Grandchild of President
PHILADELPHIA July 20 The president's eighth grandchild born last evening to Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt Jr former Ethel Dupont is a seven pound boy The father third son of the president arrived at the Lying-In Hospital before the birth at 4 p m E S T He said mother baby and himself were doing nicely He would let the boy make his own life The Roosevelts were married June 30 1937 and set up house keeping at Charlottesville Va before staying at the Dupont estate in Wilmington Del prior to the hospital visit
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Philadelphia
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel Dupont
Roosevelts
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Dupont Estate
Wilmington
Del
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Villa
Mexico
William Jennings Bryan Tesues
John T Scopes
Dayton
Hungary
Roosevelt
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Dyer
Vanderbilt University
P. R. Smith & Co
Elyria Sav, & Tr. Bldg
Barkley
Kentucky
Wall Street
Chandler
Liberty League
Mourgenthau
Crown Prince
Ove Olsson
American Federation of Labor
Sweden
Olsson
CIA
AF of L
Indus
Thurman Arnold
Ford
General Motors
Wallace H. White, Jr
Maine
White
Main
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
F. D. Roosevelt, Jr
Wilmot
Elyria
Savings Deposit Bank
the Savings Deposit Bank
Broad St
Member
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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