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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1928

Page

12

Industry death toll and prevention urged in survey

Hartford June 26 accord ing to a survey by The United States Employees compensation commission more than 20 000 people are killed yearly in industrial accidents. The report urges preventive measures to cut deaths and losses, citing a 50 percent possible reduction and five billion dollars saved annually.

Hartford Conn United States Employees' Compensation Commission United States Travelers Insurance Company Chicago ( Great Western Railroad Oelwein Jones Laughlin &Teel Corporation National Research Society For the Prevention

Arab Hashish Smuggling Patched In Sinai Region

June 26 Jerusalem Arabs have withdrawn from hashish smuggling across central Sinai toward the Suez canal as preventive policing and desert patrols tighten. Officials say the anti contraband drive has halted much of the trade, with big captures last year and a fatal skirmish prompting six months of ceased activity. When land routes proved too risky, smugglers shifted to sea landings from Syria on Sinai’s northern coast, but police patrols tracked and intercepted them, driving losses and compensation costs higher.

Jerusalem Sinai Suez Canal Red Sea Sinai Peninsula Akaba Hedjaz Transjordan Frontier Administration Syria

Smugglers Pursued Across Desert Four Days

A pursuit of hashish smugglers spanned four days as a five man party led to a running chase with Arabs fleeing in three directions. Camels suffered in heat. rationing and patrols forced the capture of most involved. Detectives identified the hashish owners as a wealthy company and the penalties aim to deter further contraband.

Vienna cabinet totters after justice minister resignation

Vienna June 26 Franz Ding aufer minister of justice resigns amid criticism over his refusal to permit Bela Kun's extradition to Hungary. It is believed the entire cabinet will fall.

Vienna Franz Dingaufer Bela Kun Hungary

Invents Plane Though Never In Air From Excelsior Springs

Excelsior Springs Missouri June 26 a farmer George Turner has built a three foot model of a hybrid aircraft intended to rise without a runway and remain stationary in air by combining air balloon and dirigible principles with four propellers and multiple engines. Turner, who has never ridden in an air conveyance, plans to file patents and showcase a device that could rise forward or backward and land softly on wheels with a gas bag valve system and a firebox to adjust buoyancy.

Excelsior Springs George Turner Five Milla Washington Turner

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