Word: ohio
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...largest city of Marshall County, West Virginia, is Moundsville (pop. 12,000), on the Ohio River. One of the most important preachers of Moundsville is Dr. Donald M. Grant, of the First Presbyterian Church...
...little more than 1,300 formal airports and landing fields properly lighted and marked, although about 900 more are proposed and 4,000 casual ones exist (lots owned by municipalities, corporations, clubs, commissions and individuals). California has the most good fields, 143. Texas has 101, Pennsylvania 83, Ohio 62, Illinois 60, Oklahoma 46, New York 43, Iowa...
...roads reported net operating income of approximately $1,200,000,000, a return of 4.71% on their property investment. The 1927 return was 4.38%. The following table (from Dow, Jones & Co.) gives 1928 and 1927 surplus after charges and earnings per share of the following roads: 1928 1927 Baltimore & Ohio 28.9 12.35 22.6 9.42 Chesapeake & Ohio 28.7 24.29 28.6 24.19 Erie 10.0 4.93 .5 .63 N. Y. Central 50.3 10.85 58.5 13.90 Nickel Plate 0.3 12.51 6.0 15.41 Pennsylvania 82.5 7.34 68.1 6.82 Illinois Central 13.2 8.96 12.1 8.13 Great Northern 24.7 9.95 22.9 9.23 Northern Pacific...
...widespread report of Concert Manager George Engles. Laporte, Ind., said Manager Engles, not Boston, Chicago or Manhattan, is "the most musical city in the U. S." Nine per cent of its population (15,158) attend concerts regularly as against an average 4% for the rest of the country. Newark, Ohio, rates second with 6%. Big centres like Manhattan and Chicago, despite their great opportunities, pull down the average with less than 1% attendance. Of the larger cities, Boston, according to Manager Engles, is most genuinely musical. He described Boston as "one of the few cities which places musicianship above...
...Angeles is significant of the Oriental demand for U. S. automobiles; significant, also, as a reminder that Los Angeles, world cinema capital, boasts many an industry not connected with the pictures. Goodyear, Goodrich and Firestone plants have made Los Angeles a tire centre second only to Akron, Ohio. About 125 big companies have built factories in Los Angeles within the past five years, including...