White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-12-12
Worlds News

MOSCOW, Russia. - The Soviet
government has been obliged to aban-
don its plan for the exploration of
wheat, Leo B. Kamemeff announced
1t plenary sitting Of the central COM
nittee of the Communist Party. This,
ne said, was due to the failure of the
government organizations to realize |
heir original plan Of acquiring 400,- |
100000 pools (7,222,6OO tons) Of grain
% cover the state needs. The impor-
.ation of foreign goods would be linn
tied to articles of absolute necessity,
among them $50,OO0,O00 worth of
American cotton.
CHICAGO.-That the 100000
population of the United States pre-
dicted by statisticians in 1875 will be
fed by American farmers from idle
acres not now under cultivation and
from increased yields per acre of
farms already cultivated, because of
power equipment on every farm, was
the prediction of George A. Hanney,
vice president of the International
Harvester Company, speaking before
the annual convention Of the National
Association of Farm Equipment Manu-
facturers.
WINNIPEG.-Modif of the
restrictions on the loading of grain
cars for the Pacific Coast, in view of
the increased elevator facilities at
Vancouver, was announced as effec-
tive by the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Seventy-five cars per day may now
be loaded, instead of fifty, the pre-
vious limit.
VANCOUVER.-The Canadian Pa
cific Railway is spending 100000 in
enlarging its Geographic facilities in
British Columbia and Alberta, the
largest addition being new copper
wire between Calgary and Vancouver
which will give the Canadian Pacific
la total Of IL wires for transcontfneutal
service. Canada has a total telegraph
mileage Of 262,343, of which the Can
adian Pacific owns in excess of $780,
900.
WASHINGTON-T Federal Trade
Commission has dismissed its COM
plant against the Shawmut Knitting
Mills of New York City, manufac.
turer Of knitted scarfs and sweaters.
In the complaint which named M.
Goldman and N. LIGHTER as partners
in the concern, it was alleged that the
respondents misled the public because
of similarity Of trade names with
that Of a competing company in
Stoughton, Mass.
LOS ANGELES.-More than quar-
ter of million bars of assorted soap
will be shipped by local manufacture
ing concern to the Egyptian govern
ment, according to the trade extension
department of the Chamber Of Com
merce. The order calls for ITO tons,
much Of which will probably have a
share in washing the necks of young
descendants of King Tut.
LOS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. com
munication in Tokyo and other cities
in Japan, destroyed during the earth
quake, will be replaced with an auto
matte system such as In use hers, &C
cording to Koichi Adjuma, admins
tration officer OF the department OF
communications in Japan, who is max
ing survey of the Southern Califor:
mia Telephone Company's plant.
LOS ANGELES.-The possibility Of
"a direct steamship service between
Los Angeles harbor and Australia Is
greatly increased, according to the
trade extension bureau Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce, as a result of the
promise by Swayne & Hoyt to open
the service II they are guaranteed
500 tons of cargo at each sailing.
WASHINGTON.- Senator Wesley
L. Jones Of Washington was appoint
ed Republican whip the other day by
Senator Charles q. Curtis, new Re
I publican leader. Jones replaces Curtis
who was elected to the leadership va
cancy left by the death of Henry Ca
bot Lodge. He has been in the Senate
since. 1909 and has taken an active
part in the workings OF the Republi
can party.
/ WASHINGTON, - American bust.
ness has now. passed the repairing
stage and has entered an era Of con
structive enterprises, Secretary Of
Commerce Hoover declared. Hoover
said that he thought the present activ.
Iity In Wall Street was not. the fore.
runner Of period Of initiation, harm
full to business, but believed It was
merely loosening OF the purse
strings OF American investment
money.
| WASHINGTON, D. G. - Congress-
convened this month for short SEES
sion to end March A, when President
Coolidge will be inaugurated for q full
term in the White House. President
pro tenn Cummins officiated In the
Senate for the opening, and Speaker
Gillett in the House. These positions
were held until the session ended,
when Cun,mins turned over the SEN
ate gavel to Vice-President. Dawes,
and Gillett walked down the long cor
rider to take seat In the Senate.
Both houses stood in adjournment out
of respect for members who passed