Monday, April 29, 2019

Government Returning Telegraph and Telephone Lines to Owners, April 29, 1919

From The Commonwealth, Scotland Neck, N.C., April 29, 1919

Wires and Cables Returned to Owners. . . President Wilson Approves Burleson’s Recommendation to Return Telegraph and Telephone Lines. . . Atlantic Cables Also to Be Restored

By the Associated Press

Washington, April 29—President Wilson has approved Postmaster General Burleson’s recommendation that the telegraph and telephone systems be returned to their owners upon the enactment of legislation as may be deemed necessary; also that American cable lines be restored to their owners immediately.

This approval was announced in a cablegram received today by Burleson, who yesterday stated that he hoped to return the cables by May 10.

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