Gambling is on with Smash at Agua Caliente
Agua Caliente Mexico opened a new Monte Carlo style casino costing 1.25 million dollars with lavish architecture and a casino floor that features baccarat and craps high stakes. American visitors poured money into gambling over the opening weekend, with bets often in dollars and payouts in gold.
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Agua Caliente
International News Service
Mexico
America
Monte Carlo
Tiajuyana
San Diego
Agua Caliente Hot Springs
Europe
Dieppe
Deauville
Tiajuana
Italy
Faro
Tijuana
Baron Long
Wirt G. Bowman
Sugar Exports From South Africa Surpass Six Million Bags
Over the last year South Africa has exported more than 6,000,000 bags of sugar. This indicates a strong overseas demand and notable outbound trade activity for the sugar sector.
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South Africa
Propeller Progress Highlighted by Army Air Corps Expert
Dayton July 20. Frank W. Caldwell head of propeller development for the U S army air corps discusses improvements in aircraft propellers. He notes miscarta propellers on tri motor Fokker aircraft aided Hawaii and Australia flights and cites experiments with magnesium and variable pitch designs to enhance takeoff and landing performance.
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Frank W. Caldwell
United States Army Air Corps
Army
Caldwell
Fokker
Hegenberger-Maitland
Hawaii
Southern Cross
Australia
Glenn Curtis
Wrights
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boy Hurt in Car Accident Improves at Home
Morris Humphreys, 5, of 604 Madison Street, was painfully hurt when struck by a San Jacinto bus Wednesday evening. He suffered a head wound and a foot cut but is doing nicely and was taken home yesterday.
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Morris Humphreys
Madison Street
San Jacinto
Global Passenger Cars Increase Reaches 1.7 Million
In the past year the number of passenger automobiles worldwide has risen by about 1.7 million. This gain reflects steady growth in global auto ownership across major markets and emerging economies.
Radio Signals Correct Lick Observatory Address via Time Signals
Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton was misaddressed by longitude until radio time signals clarified its position. In 1926 astronomers worldwide coordinated to correct the location, with Annapolis and Honolulu among the stations delivering the signals aiding the fix.
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International News Service
San Francisco
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
Annapolis
Honolulu
Democrats eyeing control of Congress in 1930s push
Albany dispatch notes Democrats aim to seize Congress while backing Governor Smith for the White House. It reports discussions among Democratic senators Tydings and Hawes and references House implications, with oblique notes on radio longitude corrections from Lick Observatory and UC bulletin warnings to listeners.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
White House
Congress
Tydings
Maryland
Hawes
Missouri
House of Representatives
Democrats plan coordinated drive to flip Congress
Governor Smith and party leaders met at conferences ending yesterday and then moved to New York to align with the Democratic National Committee. Representative Billy Oldfield of Arkansas, a veteran campaign figure, leads the congressional committee and aims to elect Democrats to the House. Oldfield, ill for months, sent word he will join the effort soon to help overturn the Republican majority. The Democrats prepare to wrest control of Congress.
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Bers
Smith
New York
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Billy” Oldfield
Arkansas
Houston
Senate balance and 1934 elections shape party fight
The article notes a Senate composition of 47 Republicans 46 Democrats one Farmer Labor and two vacancies. It details 35 seats up in November with Democrats holding 20 Republicans 14 and a Farmer-Labor seat. Democrats aim to gain seats as Republican incumbents face election in New Mexico Ohio North Dakota Vermont Maine Nebraska California Wisconsin Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan Idaho Illinois and Idaho.
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Senate
Farmer Labor
Senat
Wll
A Cutting
New Mexico
Fesso
Ohio
Frazier
North Dakota
Green
Vermont
Hale
Maine
Howell
Nebraska
Johnson
California
la Follette
Wisconsin
McLean
Connecticut
Reed
Pennsylvania
Robinson
Indian
Vandenberg
Michigan
Besid
Gooding
Idaho
Smith
Ilinois
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Greenwich
University of California
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