Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Thursday, July 3, 1924. Linking electricity.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover submitted a paper before the World Power Conference in London urging American power plants to be linked together to save energy.

Hoover was, legitimately, a genius.

Oath taking ceremony, Citizens Military Training Camp, Camp Meade, Md., 7/3/24.

Citizens Military Training Camps were part of a Federal program that offered basic military instruction to civilians who were not part of the Army's reserve system, which principally consisted of the National Guard. First authorized in 1921, they continued through 1940.

Last edition:

Tuesday, July 1, 1924. Airmail.


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