Biggest Span on Earth Opens as Bay Bridge Starts
President Roosevelt launched the San Francisco Oakland Bay bridge project with three dynamite blasts marking Yerba Buena Island Ricon Hill and Oakland. Hoover joined the ceremony in San Francisco with Governor Rolph as Bay Area officials began construction on the 75 million project set to finish in January 1937. Timeline shows eight and a quarter mile main spans and a 500 foot tunnel linking spans with thousands of jobs anticipated during the three year build.
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San Francisco
San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Roosevelt
Washington
Yerba Buena Island
Midway
Bay
Ricon Hill
Fourteenth Street
Oakland
Earl Lee Kelly
Public Works
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Bay Region
Golden Gate
Kelly
Ae Mills
California
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Indiana
Tack Letters Continued From Page Two
A reader seeks work for room and board with small wages and mentions a stamp album lost in a downtown window display. The item is a large red book with identifying inscriptions.
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Tack
Modern Stamp Album Seeks Owner and Help
Bedford Johnson Jr of 2120 Harrison Street offers to manage a home and hire a reliable housekeeper while cooking for harvest hands in summer. A reader seeking hourly cleaning work and pastry cook with references also advertises from 2421 North West Tenth Avenue.
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Bedford Johnson, Jr
Harrison Street
Tack
North West
Tenth Avenue
Lost Boston Terrier Muggins Seeks Return
Eight month old female Boston terrier with white breast and dark brown body. Responds to Muggins. Please return to BILL GREGORY. contact Dial 6647.
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Tack
Muggins
Bill Gregory
Housework and laundry offered with low rates
Classified notice from a resident at 613 East Seventh Avenue offering to do any kind of housework by day or hour and to do laundry at five cents per pound or ten cents per shirt. Another ad from 1312 West Sixteenth Avenue offers piano storage in a private home for a small family capable of caring for it.
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West
Sixteenth Avenue
Mary Graham Seeks Waitress or Housekeeping Work
A middle aged woman Mary Graham of Texarkana Texas offers to work as a cafe waitress or a housekeeper for an elderly couple. She is willing to travel and can be reached at 1808 West Seventh Avenue or 109 North East Fourth Avenue.
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Borger
Texas
Mary Graham
West Seventh Avenue
Texarkana
Tack
North East Fourth Avenue
Dependable Housekeeper Seeks Permanent Position
Unencumbered widow offers housekeeping experience and seeks stable, ongoing employment. Available for long term duties in a private home or small household setting. Prioritize trustworthy, discreet service and reliable daily routines.
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Tack
Widow Seeks Clothes and Shoes Through Letter Help
An appeal from Mrs Gertrude Sessom 1105 North Harrison Street seeks clothing aid for her eight year old daughter. Jessie Cross at 500 North Grant Street requests work in a hotel, laundry, cafe, or childcare. A widow facing hardship offers a wheel chair for sale and seeks clerical work to avoid losing her home.
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Tack
Gertrude Sessom
North
Harrison Street
Jessie Cross
Dial
Grant Street
United States Relinquishes Role as Paymaster Abroad
In a Paris page continuation, the article notes the United States stepping back from its traditional financial duties over lands across the Atlantic, signaling a shift in international economic responsibilities. The Paris newspaper La Volante provides context for this reassessment.
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Rai
United States
Atlantic
Paris
la Volante
Europe self containment and American awakening in world affairs
The piece weighs Europe's push toward economic self containment and urges the American attitude to widen perspectives. It notes Herriot’s view that Europe must unite with Britain and the US, discusses Germany’s Catholic Centre dissolution under Hitler, mentions fascist growth in Ireland, and cites tax case killings, Canadian English shifts, and a imagined pan North American union from Panama to the Pole.
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Europe
France
Herriot
New Era
Paris
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Canada
Panama Canal
North Pole
Mexico
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Verna
Monroe Street
M. G
North Taylor Street
East Seventh Avenue
W. 10Th
Corner 10Th
van Buren Streets
Polk
British Empire
America
Australia
Bismarck
Canossa
German Catholic Centre Party
Hitler
Mussolini
Staln
Kemal
Ireland
Army Comrades’ Association
White Army
Irish Free State
Waxey Gordon
Hawhaw
Oxford
Cash & Carry
Tyler
Chester
Esterfield
Hesterf EL
Thomas E. Dewey
Jenny
B.C
B.O
Partners For Life
Jenny Sweet
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