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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
4
William A Brush chairs Detroit Automobile Club good roads committee says main lines must be built thicker and wider to handle growing commercial traffic. A railroad strike pushed industries to use motor transport revealing inadequate highways and the need for pneumatic tires to protect pavements and extend vehicle life.
The 1920 Minnesota road program needs about 667000 tons of crushed rock or gravel or nearly 20000 carloads. The bureau of public roads shows shortages delayed 58 miles of 1919 work. About 180 miles of new construction have been authorized, totaling 250 miles scheduled for 1920.
States with long running highway programs could be compensated for building mileage that matches national system value. Such roads would stay under state control while the federal government funds maintenance of the national system.
In the engineering experiment station at Manhattan the road material is subjected to machine wear in a few hours to simulate 50 to 100 years of real use. The road testing laboratory registers extensive wear as machines run tests to accelerate aging and evaluate durability.
Roads that will not be of any service when the bonds that pay for them have matured are liabilities not assets. This costly waste should be stopped, and in many places is being halted to prevent future financial burden.
In Walsenburg Colorado Dr K L Clock fifty seven died by chloroform in his room leaving a note to his nineteen year old wife Catherine Clock. He sought to free her from an arranged marriage and enable her to wed someone closer to her age. He had a troubled past including multiple marriages and drug issues. Local investigators note his alleged niece was involved and that the couple had eloped in Des Moines Iowa. The note asked for no ceremony and hinted at financial matters after his death.
Louise Smith, a 9 year old girl from Northeast Carry Maine, hunted and trapped a large wildcat in nearby woods. She struck the animal with a club, killing it, and carried the 36 pound, 4 foot 7 inch cat home on her back despite its snarling.
Marlinton West Virginia police chief Brown Gilford received a 15 year prison term for the slaying of contractor George W. Duncan. The verdict marks a high profile crime case in Marlinton with attention on local law enforcement.
East bound timetable notes corrected to July 15 1920. Mentions Union Pacific No 10 and No 4 with missing number 161. Also reports France sending a finance representative to the United States over part of a 500 million dollar Anglo French loan. A Middletown Pennsylvania flying field inspection is planned for plant relocation from McCook Dayton. Belfast rioting between Zionists and Sinn Feiners with military intervention. ten killed as soldiers used machine guns.
William K. Vanderbilt, American financier, died in Paris on July 22 with family at his bedside. The funeral was held from an American church in Paris. The body will be brought to the United States for burial in the family plot on Staten Island.
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