Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-28
Worlds News

of the preceding year. For the first
nine months OF the current year the
net profits OF the company totalled
$40, 445,SS2 as compared with $685.
424 in the corresponding period OF the
previous year, an increase of $1,l9A-
45S.
CHICAGo.-~The third annual Chi
cage Radio Show opened here last
week with the largest attendance in
history. There were 81 more exhibits
MONTREAL, Que,--For the fourth
consecutive month the net earnings
of the Canadian Pacific Railway show
ed an increase over the results at.
tanned in the corresponding months
than there were at the recent first
Radio Worlds Fair at Chicago. 1t
was held under the management OF
U. ]. Hermann and James +. Kerr.
COPENHAGEN new Ameri'
can immigration law is interfering
with transatlantic shipping The
East Asiatic Company for some time
had four big liners plying between
Danzig and New York. Recently, one
boat, the Latvia was sold on account
of the decrease in traffic. Now, ow-
ing to immigration restrictions, the
company has decided to abolish the
route.
TOKYO.-A large volcanic explo.
sion has occurred on the sea bottom
near the Yaeyama Islands, between
Formosa and the Loochoo Islands, &C.
cording to report published by the
Central Meteorological Observatory.
The report originated with the cap.
tain of the o. S. X. steamship Myake
Maru, which was forced to steam
astern to escape Boiling muddy waters
with large pumice stones rising to the
surface
SOFIA.-Blugaria promises to be.
come beet sugar producing country
on large scale. The cooperative d.
rectorate Of the sugar factories re.
ports to the ministry Of commerce
heavy paintings for this year, from
which a yield of $4,000 carloads is
expected. The manufactured article
will amount in the aggregate to $500
carloads. As the normal consumption
in the country does not amount to
more than 1900 carloads, the surplus
this year for export probably will be
a total of 5000 carloads.
LONDON William Winterbourne
head of foundry works at Isleworth
still swings a sledge hammer at his
work at the age of SO. He has been
married three times, has Is children
living, has been member of the local
| Borough Council q years and is 6
leading figure at local sports contests
ENGINE, Ore.-In an effort tt
check goiter among the children o
the Lincoln School of this city the
health clinic operated by the Lincoln
Parent-Teacher Association has start
ed weekly distribution of iodine tab
let's among the children Of the thirt
grade and upward. Mrs. G. S. Boards
ley is director of the clinic, which also
is giving an orange and graham
crackers during recess to children
who are undernourished. Weights ant
measurements of all children in the
school were taken at the beginning o.
the school year.
BERLIN-A unique harvest festi
val recently took place in the indus
trial suburb of Berlin, Neu-Koelin
The International Cash Register Com
pany, subsidiary of the Nationa
Cash Register Company OF Dayton
Ohio, has copied the American plan Of
turning over vacant land to children
of its employees for gardening pur
poses. The festival marked the enc
OF this years experiment.
LOS ANGELES.-Th city's por
may become a world distributing cen
ter for garbanzos, variety of Mexi
can peas, according to survey pre-
pared by Egbert Adams, trade en-
voy of the Chamber of Commerce
here, who is now in Mexico. The 10
cation of this port is particularly fay
orable for handling the shipments to
Spanish speaking and other Latin