Word: inland
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Times, London, printed the report by J. H. Edgar, inland missionary, of a severe earthquake at Hor Drangu on the China-Tibetan frontier...
...Health Committee concluded its sixth session at Paris. The following business was discussed: plan for setting up a permanent health organization, investigation of cancer mortality, epidemilogical intelligence service, plans for fighting malaria on an international scale, Dutch plan to simplify port sanitary regulations, convention for sanitary control of inland waterways...
Railways. The topic of transportation was especially dwelt upon during the convention. Several discussions can perhaps be set down as essentially propaganda of the legitimate sort; a gentleman from Missouri, for example, urged the improvement of our inland waterways, while a motor manufacturer stressed the importance of the motor truck, and a railroad president stated the grievances and trials of the railways. Nevertheless, a deep impression was made when a policy of fair play for the railroads was successively urged by a farmer (0. E. Bradfute, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation), a labor union representative (W. N. Doak...
...company will develop the inland waterways of Russia with a view to forming a direct service between the Baltic Sea in the North and the Caspian Sea in the South. It is stated that the new route, which will follow the River Volga most of the way, will need only a small outlay for the purpose of deepening canals and small waterways...
...founding of these two ports created two currents of inland trade which met in the Champagne district of France. In this way the merchant class was again introduced into Western Europe. Up till then there had existed three classes: the nobles, the clergy, and the peasants. With the introduction of this new class, the transformation of towns into cities was assured...