Pacific Coast observations from a ten day trip
The writer recalls Balboa and the Pacific Ocean, notes on California pins such as a Balboa beer brand, fishery catches near San Diego, and the Los Angeles to San Diego drive past shaded coastlines. They describe beaches, waves, foot cleanup at some shores, and a visible American fleet in Long Beach and San Diego harbors. Long Beach is likened to a carnival with open gaming and a Sunday night fire display fences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
San Diego
Pacific Coast
Long Beach Harbor
San Diego Harbor
Long Beach
Coney Island
New York
Los Angeles Highlights Include Chinatown and Hollywood Tour
The piece surveys Los Angeles as a cosmopolitan city with a two and a quarter million population, noting Chinatown near the Plaza as a self contained area, Catalina Island seaside tours, and Hollywood and Beverly Hills as home to stars and guards. It also mentions Bank of America, diverse ancestry, and local theatres with double features, plus Texas farming near Abilene and crops from Coleman to Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Jane Withers
Pickford
Texas
Abilene
Coleman
Odessa
Irrigation Shapes Vast Nevada California Route
Travel along the route reveals deserts mountains and fertile irrigated valleys. Canals parallel the highway showing that with ample water nearly any crop can be grown on diverse land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newvada
California
Comanche County Watermelons Draw Long Hauls
Readers praise Comanche melons for exceptional size and quality convincing truckers to drive hundreds of miles for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
California Grapes And Oranges In Abundant Supply Across West
The report notes dense orchards from San Bernardino to Los Angeles with ample citrus fruit and berries. Prices range from 40 cents a box to ten cents for six dozen oranges, with fresh juice stands common along roadways. Farther south in Imperial Valley and Yuma area, additional orchards and dates are shown and irrigation schedules described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Valley
el Centro
California
Yuma
Arizona
Arizona and its Indian culture and Grand Canyon highlights
The piece describes Phoenix as a growing capital with hot summers and mild winters, mining towns near Globe, and a strong cowboy presence on Arizona ranches. It notes extensive Indian reservations with varied housing and a Grand Canyon tour scene featuring dances like the Eagle and hoop dances, while acknowledging limited tourist dialogue with some tribes.
Golly What A Gulley and Petrified Forests Tour
A narrator mentions the Petrified Forests of Arizona as a National Park with thousands of petrified fallen trees of enormous size. It notes a National Museum in the park with rangers in charge and nearby Painted Deserts about twenty five miles away offering multicolored desert sands formed by canyon walls and hillside sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
National Park
Boulder Dam and Route Views Through Nevada and Arizona
The article notes the Boulder Dam as the world’s tallest at 768 feet, forming a lake over 600 feet deep, a New Deal engineering masterpiece. It highlights Las Vegas as an intriguing western town with open gambling, and describes the Rockies foothills from the Davis Mountains to El Paso, with elevations from 4500 to 7600 feet near the Grand Canyon. the highway is steep but mostly safe, with some dangerous, narrow sections and snowcapped peaks nearby.
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Boulder
Arizona
Nevada
Las Vegas
Rockies
Davis Mountains
el Paso
Grand Canyon
Desert Travel Tales From Arizona and Mexican Towns
The account notes a hot but milder than expected Arizona desert sixty miles west of Yuma with sparse vegetation. It visits Juarez across the Rio Grande from El Paso and Tijuana near San Diego, both bustling with American tourists and noted for hospitality amid a near bullfight miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Desert
Yuma
Juarez
Rio Grande
el Paso
Tijuana
Mexico
San Diego
California
Comanche Weekend Visits From Nearby Towns
Mrs Hamilton Worth visits Mr and Mrs. Do Silvus in Comanche with son Bob from Austin. Fort Worth and Ballinger guests join Mr and Mrs Harvey Dunn and Mr and Mrs Durham in Comanche. Uncle Pat Lester returns home to Megargel after visiting. Numerous Brownwood Galveston Port Arthur and other area residents spend weekends or last week in Comanche and nearby towns.
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Hamilton Worth
Do. Silvus
Bob
Austin
Comanche
O. O. Brightman
Frank Ross
Wate Oe
Fort Orth
Harvey Dunn
Fort Worth
Arvey Durham
John Barton
Ballinger
John Kimble
Gorman
W. F. Durham
Pat’ Lester
Megargel
Virginia
LaNelle Anthony
Brownwood
Mollie Jo Wells
Earl Odem
Guildthwaite
W. H. Dudney
G. C. Mahon
Comyn
Galveston
Ed Laird
Cliff
John Thomas
Alexandria
Walter Barrett
Lee Ada Frazier
Pioneer
Tiny Webrdd
M. E. Woodward
Darrell
Port Worth
Farmersville
J. A. Barrett
Port Arthur
John Sargent
Deweyville
M. Atwood
Ernest Denny
Lubbock
Denny
Duce Lane
San Angelo
Comanche News Highlights Local Family Visits and Education
Sherman Huffman and Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Mercer Brady with others visited in Comanche last week. Miss Leve Roberson returned from Dallas with merchandise for the Roberson Sisters store. her sister Mrs. George W. Tate assisted. Miss Maude Wallace earned a degree at North Texas State Teachers College after summer studies in Denton. Harvey Lee Scarlett, son of Rev E N Scarlett, resumed work with Santa Fe Railway in Temple. Elizabeth Kirk visits granddaughter in Del Rio with Mr and Mrs Clyde Kirk of Port Worth. Walter Jack Cunningham Jr of Waco turned twenty one with a family dinner. he plans Harvard fellowship and PhD work. Harriett Cunningham to study journalism at UT after Baylor classes.
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Sherman Huffman
A. P. Mercer Brady
Comane
A. Mazurek
Mary Hicks
Utopia
Tom Mazurek
Fairview
Leve Roberson
Dallas
Roberson Sisters
George W. Tate
Vaida McCallum
Jewell Werner
Maude Wallace
Edna Harris
Katie Mae Lane
Denton
Miss Wallace
North Texas State Teachers College
Harvey Lee Scarlett
E. N. Scarlett
Temple
Santa Fe Railway Company
Clyde Kirk
Port Worth
Comanche
del Rio
Elizabeth
Ross Strickland
Lamesa
C. W. Williams
Percy Cunningham
Waco
Walter Jack Cunningham, Jr
W. B. Cunningham
Miss Harriett
Young Cunningham
Harvard University
Baylor
University of Texas
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D. C
James
Mali Matter
Balboa
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
San Francisco
Atlantic
Bank of America
Chinatown
Plaza
Catlina Island
Chinese Theatre of
West
San Bernardino
Rio Grande Valley
Fabens
Ysieta
PABCO
Lai
Higginbotham Bros. & Co
North America
Phoenix
Eastland County Court House
Capitol
Globe
Colorado River
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