Boulder Dam surveys Begin as Act Takes Effect in Vegas
Government officials Jonathan Wilbur Mead and Walter launch site surveys near Las Vegas 20 miles from Boulder Dam as the Swing Johnson act takes effect. They plan a comprehensive study of power development for a 1,000,000 horsepower project, with $121.9 million in appropriations tied to power contracts and future revenue.
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As Vegas
Nev
Boulder Dam
Colorado River
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Interior
Elwood Mead
Bureau of Reclamation
R. F. Walter
Bureau
Las Vegas
Pir
Walter
Secretary of the Interior
Aroblem
Wilbur
Sundial crafting and wall garden ideas for homes
Learn to make a garden sundial from metal and a gnomon with hour lines. Instructions cover folding a half circle, bending a cylindrical form, and mounting a 3.5 inch gnomon south of the noon line. A pocket compass confirms north orientation for accuracy. For walls, consider Boston ivy Cotoneasters and hanging urns with geranium Pekunia and Kenilworth Ivy adding color.
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Boston
Sproul to Head California U Press. Campbell to Retire
Robert G. Sproul will assume the presidency of the University of California, third largest in the nation, upon the retirement of Dr. W. W. Campbell in June 1930. Sproul has served as vice president since 1920 and holds leadership in university affairs.
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Robert G. Sproul
University of California
W.W. Campbell
Sproul
Lemans Trial Postponed by West Virginia Judge
Leroy Clemans, former printing clerk of the state legislature, is charged with forgery of the bicentennial budget bill. Judge Henry K. Black paused the trial in Kanawha county intermediate court while legal maneuvers in two other counties play out. Temporary writs by Judge Morgan Owen and a petition in circuit court await action, with arguments likely tomorrow. Bob Jones, at 15, captured his first major title, the Southern Amateur.
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Charleston
W. Va
Leroy Clemans
Henry K. Black
Kanawha County
Morgan Owen
Common Pleas Court
Black
J. Blackburn Watts
Owen
Nightlife of Manhattan Tourists Across Multicultural Districts
A visitor traces Manhattan after dark from Fourteenth Street to Union Square then to Eighty-sixth Street Yorkville Harlem and the speakeasies. He samples German beer Bavarian music Proletariat crowds and diverse nightspots as midnight nears and dawn approaches over the Harlem river.
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New York
Manhattan
Broadway
Fourteenth Street
Second Avenue
Bowery
Pushcart Row
East Side
Union Square
Curbstone
Proletkoa Cooperative
Eighty-fixth Street
Yorkville
Germany
Central Park
Harlem
Lenox Avenue
One Hundred
Nash 400 Sedan Promises Value In $900 Field
Advertised Nash 400 sedan emphasizes precision Nash craftsmanship and features. It highlights high compression engine with alloy pistons, full pressure lubrication, rifle drilled connecting rods, and Lovejoy hydraulic shock absorbers. Interior luxury, seating for five, and bundled features with no extra charges are touted, with price range from $885 to $2190 for various body styles.
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Lovejoy
Lovejoy Hydra
Nash
Smith Auto Company Sub rosa Rendezvous
A cryptic note mentions Smith Auto Company and covert meetings of transplanted foreigners in Midtown bars tucked behind brownstones. The description hints at secret gatherings and the challenge lies in locating them.
Boothsville Homing Event Recalled In Former Minister's Ride
A Boothsville home-coming at the M E Church South next Sunday prompts reminiscence of Rev Arthur McClain then about 28 and known locally for a fast horse led procession in 1896. Delegates from Ashland and Bridgeport attended a Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meeting, with travel by spring wagons and a lively return trip through Willis and Boothsville.
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H. 1
Boothsville
Bridgeport
Rev
McClain
Irwin Hustead
Rentus Clelland
Walter Reed
Gawthrop’s
McCann's Hill
Booths Creek
Willis Settlement
Willis
Homecoming and Summer Events Across Morgan and Surrounding Counties
A sequence of community notices lists multiple gatherings from June to July across Morgan town district and nearby areas. Events include Epworth League rally in Grafton, a Homecoming at Boothsville Methodist Church South, Redpath eT opening in Charleston, farm bureau picnic at Gypsy Grove, B and C Athletic Association picnic in Parkersburg with former Gov. John Cornwell as speaker, regional safety meet at Mt. Hope, Morgantown Elks picnic at Sunset Beach, ElkIns Parsons highway opening, Autoclassic at Weston, Ritchie county fair at Pennsboro, Sham battle at Spencer, Ashcraft family reunion at Wyatt, and an amateur golf tournament at White Sulphur Springs.
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Epworth League of
Morgantown
Rin-Tin-Tin at the Opera House Tonight and Saturday
The Wonder Dog Rin-Tin-Tin stars in Rinty of the Desert his fifteenth picture. He plays a desert dog who travels to town befriending Mary and Pop Marlowe and helping allies Pat and Binty. Doyle's gang imprisons Marlowe leading to a daring rescue and a tense chase ending in a dramatic court scene. Also shown is a comedy feature at the Opera House tonight and Saturday.
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Rin-Tin-Tin
Rinty
Desert
Wonder Dog
Audences
Pop Marlowe
Mary
Mason
Dean
Pat Casey
Binty
Marlowe
Pat
Doyle
Alved
Flashes of Life: From 16-year-old clerk to business owner
A collage of brief notes: Rose Fallon started at 16 earning five dollars a week in a floral shop and is now Mrs George R Van Namee, signing a lease worth 5 355 000 for 22 years. Other items include a 16-year-old violinist funded by a Stradivarius loan, Oxford granting a German scholar a divinity doctorate on the Versailles anniversary, and pigeons racing 1000 kilometers to the Rhineland.
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Associated Press
New York
Rose Fallon
Sae
George R. van Namee
Gloria Palmer
Tour
Rudolph Wurlitger
Oxford
England
Oxford University
Adolf Detsmann
Berlin
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Grand Street
OPERA
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Gussie
Uncle Adam
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Ano
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