All-American Canal Now Half Excavated Progress Report
Washington report by acting Reclamation Commissioner Page notes more than 47 miles of the 80 mile All-American canal carved so far with 38 million cubic yards moved since start a year and a half ago. Two firms have dug 32 million cubic yards and 80 percent of their work is finished. Materials from twelve states have aided canal construction and 172 miles of canal have been completed by force account.
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Washington
Page
Icries
Imperial Valley
California
Colorado River
Yuma
Ariz
Mesa
R. B. Williams
Imperial Diversion
Unusual ancient cup found in Iowa clay bank
Adeline Taylor reports Darrow, a Killian employee, found a handmade gold silver brass copper cup in an Iowa clay bank. George Nassif says Egyptian hieroglyphs and possible Syrian script on the four diamond designs suggest origin in a distant era. Darrow hopes for museum deciphering and insurance at 300 dollars with no sale yet.
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N. C. Darrow
Eleventh Street
Iowa
Darrow
Killian Company
Second Avenue East
Tenth Street
Mr. Darrow
Killian’s
George Nassif
Egypt
Nassifi
Nassif
New Deal to Issue American Guide Soon
Washington officials announced that the American Guide, a five volume Baedeker style work, will be published about October 1 and sold at bargain rates. The project is the most ambitious publishing venture yet, with about three million dollars spent and over 10,000 volunteer researchers. The federal writers project is preparing state guides with support from chambers, agencies, and transport lines to encourage citizens to See America First.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
America
Federal Writers’ Project
Chambers of Commerce
Hearts of Men in Reckoning at Old White Church
Dr. Jonathan Farwell’s cold aloofness at Old White church unsettles his son Dale as Pink Mulgrew warns of danger linked to Wade Kelsey. Dale learns of his father’s secret past and Elaine, the mother who vanished after a tragic love and a broken vow. The elder Farwell reveals a life ruined by guilt, a daughter-in-law lost, and a soul at stake. The revelation ends with a cliffhanger for tomorrow.
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Jonathan Farwell
Old White Church
Locust Hill
Dale
Pink Mulgrew
Lee Brady
Pink
Wade Kelsey
EN Dale
Farwell
Missinaibi County
Minneapolis
North Shore
Missinaibi River
Payne
Kelsey
Oregon
Middleton
Elaine
Paul
Lee
Record Sale Extends 50 Year Sothebys Auction
London reports Sothebys continues the Sir Thomas Phillipps sale begun fifty years ago. The vast collection of rare books manuscripts and autograph letters has yielded over $500000 with latest day receipts of $7500. The Phillips collection preserved countless records for historians and biographers.
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London
INS
Sothebys
Siree Phillipps
Thomas Phillipps
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Adeline Taylor
Lasswell
NEW Deal
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Heart’s Heritage
Joseph McCord
Evening Paper
Cedar Rapids
5101
Fiame
Rosenbaum
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