“Wireless telephones between Britain and the United States within a year is a probability,” said Godfrey C. Isaacs, managing director of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. Continuing: “As soon as we’ve settled the question of licenses with the British Government, we intend to erect a high power station in this country, while the Radio Corporation [of America] builds one in New York.”
The two-minute silence observed throughout Britain on Armistice Day (Nov. 11) which this year falls on a Sunday will be observed only in church, owing to a suggestion from the Archbishop of Canterbury. Some are glad to escape this sentimental act; others desire to keep the strict ceremony, fearing that to confine it to the churches will lead to its eventual neglect.
Sir Montague Bailow, Minister of Labor, said in a speech in the City (of London) that 1,251,600 persons were on the unemployed list. Expenditure undertaken or instituted by the Government to relieve unemployment, according to Sir Montague are: road and bridge building to the extent of £14,000,000; authorized assistance to local authorities, £10,000,000; trade facilities, £12,000,000; railway companies, £10,000,000; total $240,000,000.
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