Seven-State River Parley Postponed Until Sept Nineteen
Delegates to the Seven-State Colorado River conference recessed the talks in Denver for eleven days returning September 19 to tackle allocation of river waters power distribution and storage. Governors engineers and water experts will resume work after failing to reach an agreement on division of Colorado River water between Arizona and California and related issues.
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Denver
George H. Malone
Nevada
Dern
Utah
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Arizona
California
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Japanese Bank Failures Drive Nobility Into Poverty
Scores of Japan's nobility have been reduced to poverty by a recent wave of bank failures. Princes of the Blood and court ladies of the Empress are pawning family treasures to survive. Mansions long staffed by many servants are now run by a few retainers.
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Japan
Foot-Powered Ocean Crossing Planned By Sailor
E P Tierney, former Aquitania sailor, plans a 12 foot pedal assisted cross Atlantic to New York in 35 to 50 days. The foot powered boat sails none and uses a windmill propeller. A companion will share pedaling when winds fail and a lookout mast doubles as a submarine style cabin in foul weather.
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Naval Reserve Officer Killed in Plane Crash
Ensign Ward Pierce of Portland Oregon was killed during a practice landing at Hampton Roads naval base in Norfolk with his mechanic seriously injured The event is reported by The Associated Press with the crash occurring during a routine exercise at the base.
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Britain and Iraq threaten crisis over draft policy
Jerusalem reports a first rate crisis in relations between the British high commissioner and the Iraqi government over conscription in Iraq. Advices from reliable sources indicate growing tension as Britain presses governance and military manpower issues in the region.
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International News Service
Jerusalem
Iraq
Conscription Debate Drives Iraqi and British Leaders Tension
The Iraqi government is determined to impose immediate conscription, while the British high commissioner calls compulsory service premature and postponement is urged for years. The conflict reaches top British circles as General Daly, Daly, an adviser to the Transgovernment, who supported conscription, is asked to resign by the high commissioner who urged King Feisal to accept the resignation.
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