Federal flood control duty urged for whole nation
Washington cries for national leadership as Rep. Frank Reid and Rep. Riley Wilson push a plan to have the federal government bear more flood control costs. They argue localities cannot fund vast works alone and favor spillways floodways and storage basins to reduce flood heights within levees.
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Washington
BD. C
Frank KR. Reid
Rep
House
Riley L. Wilson
Dem
Reid
Wilson
Army Engineers
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Endless chain selling fraud warned by postoffice officials
Chicago December reports warning merchants against endless chain mail schemes with four coupons per $2 purchase. The postoffice cites Supreme Court injunction against Tribanda Sales of New York and notes 50 Chicago concerns using the system. Inspectors say tens of millions have been swindled nationwide as buyers cycle cash for coupons and merchandise.
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Chicago
United States Supreme Court
K. P. Aldrich
Postoffice
Supreme Court
Tribona Sales Corporation
New York City
United States
Better Business Bureaus
Training School for Pigeons in Washington
Washington operates a training school for pigeons with about three hundred birds enrolled. They are taught speed and endurance using aid from airplanes.
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Washington
Construction Crew Rescued From Snowbound Blizzard
Twenty five members of a construction crew were rescued after being snowbound between Shelby and Great Falls, Montana. No fatalities were reported and the men faced no ill effects despite long exposure to a northern Montana blizzard.
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Butte
Mont
Shelby
Great Falls
Montana
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