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Las Vegas Age

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1938

Page

9

Nevadans Lose Rhodes Scholarships

Dave Goldwater and Francis Breen of the University of Nevada both failed in their Rhodes scholarship bids. The winning slate includes Edward Pels of New York from Colorado College, Henry Roberts of Denver a Yale student, Edward Hart of Salt Lake City from the University of Utah, Tom Killefer of Hermosa Beach California from Stanford, with Russell McDonald already at Oxford on last year’s award.

Dave Goldwater Francis Breen University of Nevada Oxford England Colorado Utah California Edward Pels New York Colorado College Henry Roberts Denver Yale West Edward Hart Salt Lake City University of Utah Tom Killefer Hermosa Beach Calif Stanford University Russell McDonald Nevada U

Jobs Boosted In State WPA

WPA employment in Nevada rose by 25 in the week ending December 3, reaching 2,537 workers, from 2,512 the prior week. National WPA rolls fell by 33,088 to 3,183,418, with the November 26 total at 3,216,506.

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Union Pacific Unveils Highspeed Steam-Turbine Locomotive

A new 5,000 horsepower electric locomotive with its own steam turbine power plant was demonstrated in Erie PA to railroad and General Electric officials and newspapermen. The unit can haul a transcontinental train of 15 Pullman cars from Chicago to the west coast at speeds up to 125 mph and is designed to double work per pound of fuel and triple mileage between fuels.

Erie Chicago West Coast General Electric Union Pacific

First Coast to Coast Locomotive Uses Waterless Boiler

A new Union Pacific locomotive promises coast to coast travel without water stops. It uses boiler seam as a power source for electricity to drive motors and to power brakes, with two cabs, 90 feet long and about 265 tons. It will haul the heaviest trains Chicago to the coast without helper engines.

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