Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Western railroads wanted a general freight rate increase of 5 percent; the Interstate Commerce Commission investigated for more than a year and last week said, "No." Its report asserted that, "so far as the major portion of the western district is concerned, no financial emergency exists...
...reports of the committees investigating the disaster have not yet been published. Can their report explain why the Government did not place the magazines under ground, where danger would have been minimized? Can they discount the contention of Professor Pupin of Columbia University, as given by Hearst-Editor Brisbane, that sheet copper roofings connected by huge copper bands directly with wet earth would have frustrated even this "act of God?" The system of lightning rod protectors at Lake Denmark is obviously inefficient. The Government controls immense voltages of electricity at Niagara Falls; why have not engineers sought a method...
...observe that you say in your letter that the representatives of the churches believe the solution of the coal problem lies in the adoption of the Royal Coal Commission's report (TIME, March 22, COMMONWEALTH) in its entirety. One of the most emphatic recommendations of the commission was that there should be no more subsidy...
Simultaneously, the report of the National Crime Commission was published. Headed by onetime Governor Hadley of Missouri, and composed of distinguished barristers like Judson Harmon, former Attorney General of the U. S., Roscoe Pound, Dean of the Harvard Law School, Edwin R. Keedy, a former Judge Advocate of the U. S. army, this gathering of greywigs spoke weightily. It recommended...
...watched horses run, started a balloon race for an Elk trophy, elected Charles Grakelow of Philadelphia the new Grand Exalted Ruler. Other officers were loyal Elks from: Montgomery, Ala.; Blackfoot, Idaho; Dubuque, Iowa; Woburn, Mass.; and Mexico, Mo. Cincinnati was chosen the next reunion city. They had read their report, 400 pages long...