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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1929
Page
8
Col. Charles A Lindbergh thrilled thousands of spectators at the Cleveland air meet. In company with two crack Navy fliers he took part in a sensational display of aerial acrobatics, one of the most dramatic exhibitions the National air races has yet seen.
The Sociedad Progresista Mexicana plans a carnival at Seventh and Main Streets next Saturday August 31 inviting the American public. Funds raised will pay the hall debt. R Portillo serves as president and M Flores as secretary.
George Cunninghams picked indoor baseball team beat Parker Ice Company players in San Bernardino on Wednesday evening. About a hundred boosters joined the team for the 160 mile round trip and returned home with the win. Home team scored five runs while Barstow crossed the plate six times. The lineup featured Chet Lindsley Hoyt Hayworth D Fissel Davies Henderson Jordan Dillingham Bud Hillis Padgett and George Cunningham Jr.
R. A. Gardner, an experienced concrete worker formerly with Morrison Construction in Miami, Florida, has been employed by Belmont Mining Company to construct their cyanide tanks. Gardner is a member of A. F. A. M. in Miami. Belmont Mining expects to start full operation once new machinery arrives.
Notice issued after a July 22 1929 board meeting levies assessment No 117 of half a cent per share on the capital stock payable to J J Morris secretary at Room 414 H W Hellman Building Los Angeles. Unpaid as of Sept 2 1929 becomes delinquent and may be sold at public auction on Sept 30 1929 at 2 PM to cover the delinquent assessment and sale costs. First publication July 25.
About twenty locations vie for the new state prison with Victorville leading. Land offers run 125 dollars per acre there and 35 dollars per acre in Barstow, each with over a thousand acres and ample water. A Governor Young committee will tour the offered lands within two weeks, Victorville endorsed by the Board of Supervisors.
The Graf Zeppelin landed in Lakehurst New Jersey at 3 15 am Pacific time after leaving Los Angeles at 12 14 am Tuesday and stopping in El Paso at 4 13 pm. The voyage around the world took a little over 21 days and several locals traveled to Los Angeles to witness its arrival.
A modernistic program policy will be set before September 20 opening. Preparations to furnish the theatre are under way. A large Pacific Coast radio staff is promised for the September 1 broadcast at the California Diamond Jubilee State Fair in Sacramento.
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