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.
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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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Nevada
Washington, D. C
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.
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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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Essary
Union Pacific
Chicago
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