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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1920
Page
2
The article traces automotive lighting from oil and rag lamps to electric headlights. It notes blinding headlights cause many auto fatalities and credits the Society of Illumination Engineers for recommending controllable reflectors. Their report influenced New York and California headlamp laws.
Census figures show Newark New Jersey with 415 609 residents surpassing Cincinnati 401 158 and New York 487 414 as Washington rises to 16th. The data trace growth since 1840 with Newark N J posting a 19 6 percent increase and other towns like Berlin NH and Benton Harbor MI posting varied gains and declines.
John M. Rogers, aeronautical engineer, at a New Brunswick airplane show, forecast a ten hour London to San Francisco flight with Hawaii leg within a decade. Dirigibles could cover the Atlantic in 50 to 60 hours and San Francisco to New York service might be quicker. He noted numerous motors and wireless aid would mitigate engine trouble.
The Treasury announces new permanent government life insurance forms for veterans discharged after war. Liberal rules allow reinstatement of lapsed policies with two months’ payments and health statements, by July 1, 1920. Optional settlements include lump sum, installments, or life-contingent payments, with beneficiary rules and survivor terms.
Fifty hunger strikers were released from Wortwood Scrubbs prison in London on March 7. The Associated Press notes the prisoners were freed after protests and hunger strikes drew attention to their grievances.
In Win Falls the Independent Market posts the highest cash price paid for poultry this week. The market advertises top rates for fresh birds available Thursday and Saturday sales, inviting local farmers to bring poultry for quick cash transactions.
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