New York, June 8.
Production of electricity by the electric light and power industry of the United States for the week ended june 4 totalled 1,879,000,000 kilowatt hours, according to the weekly statement of the Edison Electric Institute, published today. This indicated aiecrease of 11.8 per cent. from the corresponding week of last year, when the output totalled—2,131.000,000 kilowatt hours, Electricity output during the previous week totalled—1,973,000,000 kilowatt hours, showing a decrease of 10.6 per cent. from the corresponding week of last year—Reuter.
Washington, June 8.
President Roosevelt, it was learned today, was putting on pressure for the passage of a pair of railroad aid bills, increasing the improbability of Congress adjourning Saturday, The White House proposes enactment of a bill permitting Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans to railroads with an Interstate Commerce Commission certification of solvency, it was reported.
The other bill, it was said, was a bankruptcy bill, permitting the railroads to carry reorganization plans directly to circuit courts of appea United Press, Bank of Taiwan Tokyo, June 9.
The Bank of Taiwan will open 2 branch in Manila on Aug, 1. The constitution of the bank will be suitably revised at a special meeting of the shareholders on June 27,—Domei.
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