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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1931
Page
2
Lloyd B. Tiernan identified as owner and publisher of the State Press Association and a leader within the National Editorial Association.
Dean Wickstrom and family vacation in San Pedro while Simon Martinez travels to Chicago for factory work. Mary Trenkle and Franqueline O Connell of Lancaster High School vacationing with parents. several visits between Ludlow, Needles, Parker Arizona and Los Angeles residents. Tonopah and Tidewater railroad to issue new time card on June 26.
Mrs A R Meek will leave the last of the week to visit her mother Mrs P P West in Phoenix Arizona. She expects to be gone two or three weeks.
Dr A Brash and Dr F Lange demonstrated 18 million volts using a special X-ray tube after linking cables between mountain peaks near Monte Generoso as thunder storms rolled in. The setup, described by Dr Alexander Goetz of Caltech, shows voltages far beyond normal and required a long insulated tube. An additional tube was later built in Berlin using the Italian data.
Dr Goetz described a lab ray burst reaching three million volta, three times prior highs, emitting more rays than a world supply could. Rays entered cosmic ray field and penetrated 40 inches of lead. Power deemed beyond current science and tools, promising new research fields.
California's May gasoline tax reached a record $4,002,791.86 on 136,339,242.1 gallons sold, according to H. G. Cattell of the Board of Equalization. He cited price competition and summer travel as drivers and noted monthly payments and a double bond requirement to curb delinquencies.
Cattell announced that delinquencies have subsided and May 1980 tax revenue increased 16.27 percent over May last year. The May levy was calculated by averaging April, May and June quarterly collections. Refunds to distributors for gasoline exported from California in May totaled 46,483.71 dollars, deducted before final levy.
The All Year Auto Route from Los Angeles to Chicago spans 2441 miles with half paved and the rest improved with gravel and oil. The Bureau of Public Roads announced the route and the Automobile Club of Southern California confirms. About 20 million dollars has been spent, roughly half from federal aid. The highest point is 6950 feet at Santa Fe New Mexico. Subscribe to the Printer now for $2.
G S Brusstar general superintendent of the Interstate Telegraph Company announces transpositions are being made on the telephone line between Victorville and San Bernardino. He says once completed interference with service will be eliminated and the work will continue about a week with possible interruptions. Subscribers are asked for patience.
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