Regional highway plans push end to city county lines
Washington reports a forecast of regional highway commissions to replace city and county line control within ten years. A Cleveland area survey proposes 593 miles of roadway costing 63 million dollars, with six to seven counties involved. McKay says regional boards could also oversee sewers water mains and streetcar routing.
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Kenneth Watson
Washington
J. Gordon McKay
Division of
Cleveland
McKay
Loyal Albuquerque Newsboy Refuses to Sell Hoover Extras
A 12 year old Albuquerque newsboy declares loyalty to the Democratic Party and refuses to sell any Hoover nomination extras after the Republican National Convention. He states I am a Democrat and won’t sell extras about the Republicans.
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United Press
Albuquerque
N. M
Herbert Hoover
Newsie
Simmons Bares Theft of Klan by Stephenson
Simmons, founder and first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, accuses Stephenson and others of duplicitous acts. He recounts his rise from a dismissed Methodist preacher to a leader earning $15,000 a year, claiming imposters stole the order from him and that the Klan treasury once held about 1.2 million dollars. He discusses pressures from Bishop Shepherd and rows within church ranks.
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Indianapolis Times
William G
A. W. Shepherd
Wilson
Methodist Church
Collier's Weekly
South
Wesley Evans
D. C. Stephenson
Shepherd Tes Simmons
Peror
Simmons
Shepherd
Stephenson
United Press
New York
Ku Klux Klan
William Joseph Simmons
Plan Oyster Bed For Willapa Varieties Return
Willapa Harbor oyster plans in North Beach Washington aim to restore the Willapa oyster once abundant in 1849. Faced with exhausted beds after early shipments to San Francisco, developers seek an oyster hatchery to reestablish supply and revive a popular delicacy for modern epicures.
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United Press
North Beach
Wash
Willapa Harbor
San Francisco
New York Doctor Arrested in Odd Shoplifting Case
New York July 6 Dr. Jacob Gershberg arraigned on shoplifting charges after police found a live canary an imitation goldfish and two pairs of silk hose in his possession. The case hints at an unusual complex linking stockings with a bird and a fish.
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United Press
New York
Jacob Gershberg
Gershberg
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Willapas
Mountain Valley Water
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Rilley
Massachusetts Ave
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Bnomy
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