Railroad Bill by Brookhart Hailed as Bolshevik Plot
Washington dispatch reports Sen. Brookhart accused of aiding a radical agenda as Railway Review outlines a Brookhart transportation bill for 1924. It seeks repeal of the 1930 act, raises rate- and value- fixing rules, abolishes the labor board, broadens ICC powers, and restores state control over intrastate rates. The piece labels the measure as communistic and warns it would ruin railroad securities and farmer freight rates.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterigo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
Brookhare
Railway Review
Iowa
Sen
Brookhart
Earier
Fm Congress
Task Railway
Conference For Progressive Political Action
Railroad Labor Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shrevesport
Wall Street
Soviet
Russia
Vhe
Bibles Widely Distributed Yet Many Remain Without One
Chicago reports at the Subscription Book Publishers Association convention that Bible distribution favors rural and small town residents over city dwellers. figures show 80 million in the United States own bibles, 35 million without, with 232 million U.S. families containing 16.8 million owning. American buyers are open to door-to-door sales as a sign of national religious sentiment.
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Chicago
Vile Langes
United States
Canada
John A. Vertal
Subscription Book Publishers’ Association
Hertel
American
Ibte Society
British and Foreign Bible Society of Wagland
Mark Hertel
Long Beach Oil Boom Draws Big California Wealth
Kiingaman writes from Long Beach Cal describing the local oil boom. Daily production nears 159,203 barrels within city limits. Seven new wells added last week yield 26,000 barrels daily. Signal Hill and nearby fields push output to over 4,900,000 barrels monthly, with wealth rising rapidly. Morning oil ships from Los Angeles harbor surpass all others globally.
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Long Beach
Unig
Bow Angelea
Signal
Hill
California
Los Angeles Harbor
Oil Boom Expands Rapidly Near Signal Hill and Vicinity
Report notes Signal Hill area has over 400 oil derricks on and around 140 acres with ongoing drilling. Santana Surlies 15 miles north of Long Roach is a large field producing nearly as much oil, plus Norwalk and Monticello with many wells. A prediction claims daily output could top 1,000,000 barrels by year end as crews lay pipes to refineries. gasoline may fall to 10 cents a gallon. A farm near Savannah, Ga, has long raised Mathond-back denrepin for market.
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Signal Hill
Santana Surlies
Long Roach
Norwalk
Monticello
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Kansas
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Rauce
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American Cranberry Exchange
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6Th St
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Byvank Transfer & Fuel Co
Fuel & Transfer
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Lee
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Perran
American Sugar Refining Company
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