Gra f Ze p leaves Los Angeles to finish tour around world
Graf Zep leaves Los Angeles to finish world tour as Congress pledges funds for initial dam work soon. Twelve Americans killed in Jew Arab clashes near Hebron Palestine as students from Sivodka Talmud school are among victims. State Department cables Dawes urging immediate steps for protection of Americans and property. Be ir ut Syria reports seventy Jews and forty Muslims killed near Babhamoud with Arabs looting Afoule.
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Graf Zep
Los Angeles
Congress
Pittman
Washington
U.P
State Department
Hebron
Palestine
Sivodka-Talmud School
Stimson
London
Dawes
Foreign Office
Jerusalem
Gardiner H. Shaw
Division of
Paul Knabenshue
Hoover
Rapidan
Beirut
Syria
Babhamoud
Afoule
Packard Heir Killed in Plane Crash Near Gros Pointe
Warren Packard, 35, heir to the Packard fortune, died when his seaplane crashed into a marsh marker near Gros Pointe after an engine stall. Pilot Talbott Barnard was critically injured but expected to live. witnesses cited loss of control from a tailspin. The Packard heirs founded Packard Motor Car. In Springfield a fireman saved a boy from a barn blaze, but his daughter perished.
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Detroit
O.R
Warren Packard
Grosst Pointe
Talbott Barnard
Barnard
Packard Motor Car Company
Reduction in Electric Rates by Nevada Public Service Commission
The Nevada Public Service Commission on a Saturday issued its decision in the Delkin v. Consolidated Power and Telephone Co. case filed May 1928. It fixes January 1, 1929 fair value at 115000 dollars and orders construction of an independent plant within a year with rate adjustments after one year reflecting cost savings.
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Nevada Public Service Commission
A. C. Delkin
Consolidated Power and Telephone Company
I. S. Thompson
Leo A. McNamee
S. J. Lawson
Consolidated Power & Telephone Co
Commission
Public Service Commission of Nevada
Carson City
Nev
J. F. Shaughnessy
G. W. Malone
H. R. Martin
Frank B. Warren
Consolidated Power and Telephoneompany
K.w.h
Johnson Expected To Start Bill Move For Boulder Dam
Senator Key Pittman of Nevada says a bill will be introduced in the coming session to appropriate funds for preliminary work on Boulder Dam. He predicts passage and states Senator Hirman Johnson of California will start the move. if not, Pittman will. The measure covers funds for road access to the dam site and workers’ city as preparation for the construction program. Pittman plans to stay several days before returning to Washington, D. C.
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United States Congress
Boulder Dam
Key Pittman
Nevada
Reno
Nevada Airlines
Hirman Johnson
California
Fittman
Congress
Pittman
Washington, D. C
Steel Mill for Vegas Might Be Placed in Southwest
J A Kendall vice president of United States Steel Bank in Pittsburgh says Las Vegas could someday host one of the nations large steel mills. Schwab mill in operation near capacity highlights demand while Boulder Dam and Southwest resources interest eastern industrial leaders. Frishman who toured the eastern mill executives plans to return to Las Vegas mid September after a vacation trip with his family. He noted Zeppelin and Robin flyer sights during travels and mentions future electricity rates in the area.
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Las Vegas
United States
J. A. Kendall
United States Steel Bank
Pittsburgh
Schwab Steel Mill
J. Frishman
Boulder Dam
Frishman
Southwest
Los Angeles
New York
T J Lawrence Attacks High Subdivision Tax Rates
T J Lawrence urged county commissioners to exclude future improvements from tax assessments, protesting a dramatic rise for Artesian Park Estates. He noted a $157 800 levy versus $15 000 last year, arguing values far exceed costs and that nearby lands are taxed far less. District Attorney Harley Harmon supported modest annual increases as fair.
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Lawrence
Artesian Park Estates
Lawrence Tract
Harley Harmon
S A. S. Henderson
Stevens, Henderson & Noland
Laence
Harmon
Graf Zeppelin Leaves Los Angeles for World Record Flight
The Graf Zeppelin resumed its attempt to set a world circumnavigation record by taking off from Los Angeles Municipal Airport at 12:15 a.m. on August 27, heading southeast toward Lakehurst, New Jersey, its starting point, just hours after mooring Monday morning.
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Los Angeles
Lakehurst
N. J
Mines Field
Tokio
Lakehurt
New Jersey
el Paso
Dr. Eckener
Pomona
Ontario
Colton
Redlands
Banning
Indio
Arizona
Yuma
Tucson
Bowie
New Mexico
Demini
Eckener
Succes
de Zeppelin
Commission Far West Suggested By President
President Hoover proposes a ten member commission with five members from public land states to work with Interior on lands and reclamation issues. He seeks governors to submit names, aiming to shift school land, water storage, and reclamation administration toward state and private cooperation.
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Salt Lake
Utah
U.R
Department of Interior
Public Lands and Reclamation Service
Hoover
Western Governors’ Conference
Joseph M. Dixon
Ny Y
Reclamation Service
Reclamation Service Administration
Public Land
Erickson
Montana
Emmerson
Wyoming
Baldridge
Idaho
Phillips
Arizona
Baltar
Nevada
Dean
Oregon
Colorado
California
New Mexico
Washington
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Middlewestern
Recla
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Packard
Springfield
Ill
Public Service Commission
Johnson
Bill
Nevada Solon
Vegas
U. S. Steel Bank
W.h
U.S
America
Hugo Eckener
Jol C. Porter
T. J. Lawrence
Board of Equalization
Dirigible
Atlantic Coast
Zep
Far West
Interior Department
George H. Beale
United Press
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