Boulder Dam legislation gains momentum as House considered
Nevada Senator Oddie reports strong support for Boulder Dam approval after talks with President Coolidge. He cites expected House acceptance of Senate amendments and calls for a large permanent Las Vegas federal building to accompany the dam project. House Irrigation Chair Smith suggests swift action to send the bill to the President.
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Senator Oddie
White House
Addison Smith
House Irrigation Committee
Washington
Boulder Dam
Nevada
Las Vegas
Tasker L. Oddie
Age
Coolidge
House
Secretary of the Interior
Treasury
Post Office Departments
Las Vgas
Chas. P. Squires
Boulder
Senate
Addison T. Smith
Oddie
Friendly Visit Aids Good Will in Argentina
A brief Buenos Aires visit notes a goodwill purpose with discussions rumored on tariff policy. Death Valley Scotty is mentioned as a visitor while Mr and Mrs Ployd West are noted as tourists in the city.
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AIDS
Buenos Aires
Unitedies
Death Valley Scotty
Dollar Palace
Brown to Reach Tonopah Area with Public Roads Official
Highway engineer C. Brown of the Bureau of Public Roads, San Francisco, ETA two days from Tonopah. He travels with L. P. Kimball, operator of the Beatty Las Vegas stage, departing Beatty for Las Vegas early in the trip.
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C. Brown
Bureau of Pubic Roads
San Francisco
Tonopah
Beatty
Mr. Brown
Las Vegas
L. P. Kimball
Statements Celebrate Boulder Dam Legislation in Nevada Pact
Key Pittman praises Nevada for swift approval and broad benefits from Boulder Dam. Hiram Johnson calls it a wonderful victory with Senate support. Swing and Phipps deem it a great bill. Hayden notes it exceeds expectations and urgesArizona pact. W B Mathews highlights benefits for four states in the basin.
Boulder Dam bill rewrites power revenue sharing
The bill passed at 6 0 pm outlines amendments from last year pledging 37 percent of any surplus power revenue to Nevada and Arizona. It also provides for procurement of power at cost for state use. Several other amendments are noted but do not change the overall framework.
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Boulder Dam
Nevada
Arizona
Hon S S Arentz Purchases Home In Early Boulder Dam Era
Real estate deal concluded after rapid telegrams as Hon S S Arentz agreed to buy 75 feet east frontage in block 25 South Addition on South Sixth Street. The former owner pondered pulling the sale as the Boulder Dam bill neared passage. Arentz intends a winter home at Las Vegas.
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Arentz
Carroll
South Addition
South Sixth Street
Congressman Arentz
Las
Births Reported from Santa Cruz and Rockwell
Mr and Mrs Emilio announce a son born on December 12 1928 in Santa Cruz with Dr C E Bulette noting all well. Mr and Mrs J J W welcome a daughter born December 14 1928 in Rockwell with similar good reports for both families.
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Santa Cruz
Emilio
Main
Stewart
Rockwell
J.J .W
Westside
C. E. Bulette
King Fights On After Surgery For Lung Infection
London reports the King, weakened by a long illness, remains in a battle against his condition after Wednesday’s procedures to remove pus from the base of his right lung. Bulletins note he had some rest and his pulse was steady, easing officials’ fears.
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London
Tles
Los Angeles Junior Chamber Visits Boulder Dam Site
A 25 member Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce delegation arrived in Las Vegas with the Boulder laws bill passage. They congratulated Senator Hiram Johnson and left for Needles to tour the dam site en route.
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Los Angeles
Brother of Fanatia Dies
Thomas D. Fanatia, Cork county assemblyman, learns his brother C. R. Fanatia has died in Chanute Kansas. Ill for a month, he passed away in a sanitarium at Independence Kansas. Fanatia plans to stay local and not travel east, as he must depart for Carson City in January.
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Thomas D. Fanatia
Cork County
C. R. Fanatia
Chanute
Kansas
The Age First With Boulder Dam Vote News
The Age demonstrated its service ideal by delivering authentic news of the Senate vote on the Boulder Dam bill. Within two minutes of wire receipts a full-sized extra was on the press and over 700 copies were sold within an hour and a half to eager readers.
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Age
Senate
Boulder Dam
Hayden Amendments Defeated In Boulder Dam Debate
Washington reports show Hayden amendments failing 35 to 42 on rights to tax Boulder Dam power and 42 to 35 on protecting Arizona, with other provisions adopted or debated as the bill moved toward final passage.
Distance at Olympic Tonight and Ventura Friday Boxing
Distarce boxes at the Olympic tonight and Miller boxes at Ventura on Tuesday. O'Brien is slated for a Ventura Friday match. All the boys are OK. F R McNamee, attorney for the Los Angeles and Salt Lake and pioneer Nevadan, is in town this morning.
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Los Angeles
Miller
Ventura
Hollywood
O’brien
F. R. McNamee
The
Los Angees & Salt Lake
Pioneer Nevadan
Boulder Dam bill passed by Senate in 65 to 11 vote
The Senate approved the Boulder Dam bill sixty five to eleven after a long day of amendments and tense debate. Nevada figures praised the victory, with statements from Senator Pittman and others noting the bill’s broad benefits for the six Colorado River states and Nevada’s role in securing justice and provisions. The measure’s passage signals early construction plans and expected regional prosperity tied to the dam and related canal separation.
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Washington
Nevada
Senate
Boulder Dam
Dawes
Capitol
Johnson
Swing
Phipps
Hayden
Arizona
Colorado River
W. B. Mathews
California
Imperial Valley
Pittman
Arentz
Congress
United States
Las Vegas
Clark County
Peace Forces Make Gains Amid Pan American Mediation
Signs point to Bolivian and Paraguayan troops staying out of trenches as peace advocates near victory at the Pan American conference. Conciliatory efforts and mediation services from the conference appear to have the upper hand, reducing the immediate chance of war.
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Washington
Mediator
Electric chair used for first time in Illinois tragedy
The electric chair was used in Illinois for the first time in the triple execution of Dominic Bressett a Chippewa Indian John Browne and Claude Clark. They were electrocuted at seven o clock this morning for the murder last May of Will Peek a Lake county farmer.
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Illinois
Mominic Bressett
John Browne
Claude Clark
Will Peek
Lake County
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