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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY WASHINGTON 1 C April 21 The Supreme Court of the Tinted States this afternoon fixed May 5 for argument of the test cases involving the authority of the Postmaster General to prescribe schedules of telephone rates in iutrastate service and of the director general of railways to fix rail ¬ road rates in excess of existing intrastate rates and fairs Argument was advanced at the request of the government The telephone case is based on an apical from the South Dakota courts and the railroad case from the North Dakota courts courtsCHICAGO CHICAGO 111 April 21 While flying in a big seaplane in the interest of the Victory I oan drive Knsign Harry Brown and Student Mechanic J II IAI electrified thousands of persons in Grant Park and along Michigan avenue t y diving into I ike Michigan when their machine caught fire after a rod had broken and the plane began to descend Neither of the aviators were injured but the plane was badly wrecked wreckedBOSTON BOSTON Mass April 21 The agreement reached by the committee of striking telephone operators with officials of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Providence Telephone Company yesterday was ratified at a mass meeting of the strikers today and all union members were ordered to report for work at their switchboards at S oclock tiiis afternoon afternoonWeather Weather forecast Illinois Fair tonight and Tues ¬ day exript jKMsilily unsettled in south portion Tiiesiliiy Slightly warmer in west itortlon tonight tonightNKW NKW YO1MC N Y April 21 The United States Steel Corporation will subscribe 25000000 to the Victory Loan it was learned today
