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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1923

Page

63

Coal storage committee formed to study nationwide plan

A federated American Engineering Society announcement from Washington Names Foster Bain and David Moffat Myers among committee members to direct a national investigation into coal storage. The effort, approved by The United States Commission and backed by the Department of Commerce and Bureau of Mines, aims to address financing storage as collateral, storage methods, and supply reliability for consumers during winter. The project will involve multiple national and local engineering groups and report progress to the Federated American Engineering Society executive board.

New York United States Department of Merchant Bureau of Mines Fedrated American Engineering Society Foster Bain United States Bureau of Kings Washton David Moffat Myers Nel Perley Walker Univrsity of Kansas W. H. Hoyt Duluth, Missabe Wtham Duluth Sean Mortimer EF. Cooley Uivaratty Michigan Federated American Engineering Ciation Kierry State Rim Enanta Amer Ran Federated American’ L Eny Ag Th &T Paul Ming Thy Washington

US Aviators Feats Stir Nation Says Leader

General Mason M. Patrick asserts aviation engrosses the nation, viewing air transport as a commercial utility and national defense. Officials credit American aviation prowess for rising public interest, with leaders urging broader, practical use and national chapters of the Aeronautical Association expanding nationwide.

Mason M. Patrick Army Air Service Washington National Aeronautic Association

Vienna Lands Revel in Postwar Real Estate Boom

Vienna is adapting to reconstruction with rapid real estate speculation. Of 43,700 buildings, 22,000 changed owners since the armistice, one property changing hands ten times in eighteen weeks. Crown values surged as deprestated currency fed a fever to exchange into real estate. Even old aristocrats sold properties rapidly.

Vienna

Lepers Embrace Segregation Plan in Culion Colony

Manila May 1 The lepers of the Philippines no longer object to being sent to Culion Island where about 000 people afflicted with the disease are under treatment Dr Regina G Padua of the bureau of health returned from an inspection reporting improved conditions at Culion Colony He captured 271 patients from various provinces and sent them to Culion noting cures and patient releases in recent months and that lepers previously hidden now accept segregation as beneficial.

Manila Philippines Cullen Regina G. Padua Bureau of Health Padua Mang Culon Island Cullon

French Wasps to Save Canada's Crop of Corn

Winnipeg May 18. Domini on bug experts plan importing parasitic wasps from the United States to roam the Canadian corn belt this summer. They aim to destroy the corn borer, a pest common to American cornfields, with parasitic wasps released under the guidance of W R Walton, superintendent of the U S Bureau of Entomology divisions.

Canada Winnipeg A. P Dominion United States Mnea W. R. Walton Imrec United States Bureau of Entomology America

Serenade by 8006 Children to Be Free at Park

Admission to the serenade to the President by 8000 children at the American League baseball park on May 31 at 4 pm will be free to the public. Tickets may be obtained at the gate the day of the event. The park opens at 2:30 pm. Reserved seats available to defray expenses. Box seats 50 cents and grand stand 26 cents. If rain cancels, money refunded. Season ticket holders receive box or grand stand tickets at the Kitt store.

Homer L. Kitt Company G Street Kitt

Budding Citizens to Dance Festival at City Hall

The Americanization School recreation committee will host a festival and dance in the City Hall on Wednesday evening. Lauren Haneesian serves as chairman. Misa Eugenia Selifanova of Gebastopol will perform the Kamaringkia in costume. Mme Blanche Brosgein of La Chaux-de-Fonds will sing a French song. Miss Belem Montelonga, Mexican, led yesterday morning class musicale at Seventh and O streets. Miss Celia Mirman was elected treasurer of the students' committee for intermediate and advanced classes.

Americanization School, Association Elu Lauren Haneesian Misa Eugenia ‘Selifanova Gebastopol Kamaringkia Mme Blanche Brosgein la Chaux-de-Forlds Switserland Belem Montelonga Seventh O Streets Celia Mirman

Not Wanted in Kansas Says IWW Posture

May 14 Topeka H A P reports Kansas supreme court upholds injunction against the Industrial Workers of the World its officials and all members. Butler county district court issued the order. Attorney general says possession of an I W W membership card suffices to hold any member in contempt of the injunction in any county in the state.

Topeka H. A.P

Away They Went From the Elephant Vacuum Cleaner Tale

Johnny bursts in excited and tells his mother that Kate spilled peanuts and the elephant used a vacuum cleaner to pick them all up. The anecdote is shared in Everybody's Magazine with playful humor about an animal doing a surprising cleaning feat.

Johnny Kate

Santo Domingo Prospering Under Road Building

William E. Pulliam describes Santo Domingo’s road expansion from Isabela to Duarte and beyond, noting the 1922 openings of the Duarte highway and the Mella road. The improved trails cut travel time, boost banana shipments, and spur local demand for further paved routes as provincial leaders and citizens rally to build modern highways.

Santo. Domingo

Stainless Silver Alloy Promises Ease For Housewives

A local Sheffield laboratory announces a new tarfish resisting alloy named stainless alloy. The discovery promises easier cleaning and durability for domestic use, highlighting its resistance to stains and corrosion for common household tasks.

Alloy resistant to corrosion studied by metals institute

Harold Turner reported two years of experiments at the Institute of Metals toward an alloy that resists ordinary atmospheric corrosion. Tests of the new silver alloy showed retained luster after months in air and no tarnish, with the base metal carrying a hall mark. A separate note discusses a newly invented typewriter offering twenty two additional keys claimed to boost typing speed by enabling whole words to be printed.

Institute of Metals Harold Turner Christian Science Moniter

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