Electricity And The War
Thomas Fuller of Westinghouse in Atlanta argues the electrical industry mirrors the nation in wartime. He cites rising orders, plant expansions, and key roles from turbines to rifles, stressing utility networks and morale as vital to victory and postwar progress.
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Thomas Fuller
Westinghouse Company
Atlanta
Tri-State Water and Light Association
Carolinas and
Georgias
Rsing
Fuller
Southland
Red Cross
Sheffield
Ala
Niagara
Niagara River
Eavern
Wilson
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co
United States
Appratus
Westinghouse
Essington
Washington fights over eight billion tax plan differences
The Ways and Means Committee hearings show sharp GOP and Democratic splits on how to fund the war with an eight billion revenue plan. Republicans push higher tariffs and taxes on luxury goods and cotton, while Democrats back bigger incomes and war profits taxes. McAdoo signals cap on interest for industrial securities, hinting at heavy taxation on high paying stocks. A South Dakota farm tale about a hen adopting piglets closes the piece.
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Washington
House Committee On Ways and Means
Uncle Sam
Sterling Republican
Illinois
Representative Fordney
Michigan
Treasury
Moore
Pennsylvania
McAdoo
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of Treasury
Kitchin
Tidewater's Request Has Not Been Granted
Special to The Dispatch from Raleigh reports Carolina Power and Light seeks to raise cash fare from five to seven cents and four for a quarter, while Tidewater's six cent raise remains under consideration. The piece also notes an itinerancy plan to ease teacher shortages by moving educators west to east, potentially boosting salaries without raising overall costs.
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Raleigh
Carolina Power and Light Company
Corporation Commission
Wilmington Tidewater Company
Raleigh Company
Wilmington Company
Yale Opens Commencement Week with Banner Shawls
Yale began commencement week in New Haven with blue banners across the campus while graduates arrive from across the country. Tomorrow the baccalaureate address will be delivered by President Hadley in Woolsey Hall.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
Hadley
Woolsey Hall
England seeks baseball goods for at least two thousand teams
A New York Evening Times item notes England aims to acquire baseball equipment for no fewer than 2,000 teams as part of its imperial expansion.
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England
New York Evening Times
Fuchs' Cash Department Store Toy and Dress Goods Display
Monday and Tuesday at Fuchs' Cash Department Store feature toys for gifts and birthdays with Velocipedes in multiple sizes and prices, electric trains, and a large variety of dolls. Also a wide ladies ready to wear selection with silk dresses, coats, gingham dresses, millinery services, patterns, and fabrics with numerous discounted items and trimmings.
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Fuchs’ Cash Department Store
Schoenhuts
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Dustrial
Trenton
Bryant and Perkins Works
Springfield
New England Westinghouse Co
Thees
Mussels Shoals
New York Harbor
South Dakota
Des Moines Register
Ventriloquist
Cheratt — Terl
DER
Whr
Tidewater
Wilmington
Groen
Wren
Ladies’ Home Journal
Lonsdale
Cinda Ag
Grega Y
J.w.h.fuchs
Department Store
the Bargain
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