Zephyrs Pass Five Million Miles in Regular Service
Eight Zephyr trains of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad reached five million service miles on June 21, 1938 at 6 07 P M Central Standard Time. Miss Adelyn E Lutz and Albert Cotsworth Jr pictured examining a huge speedometer in Chicago Union Station. The record includes Chicago Twin Cities 2 007 743 miles and Chicago Denver 1 512 549 miles.
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Zephyr
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Adelyn E. Lutz
Albert Cotsworth, Jr
Chicago
Union Station
Pio
Chicago-Twin Cities
Chicago-Denver
Lincoln-Omaha-Kansas City
Houston - Dallas - Fort Worth
St. Louis-Kansas City
St. Louis-Burlington
Death Valley Tourists Report Ore Sampling and Visits
Arthur M. Moore and Frank A. Wise of the Maryland Academy of Sciences toured Death Valley last week stopping at the Amargosa hotel. They collected ore samples from Tonopah and Death Valley Junction and found geological specimens for Museum display.
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Death Valley Junction
Arthur M. Moore
Frank A. Wise
Maryland Academy of Sciences
Baltimore
Death Valley
Amargosa Hotel
Nevada State Highway
Tonopah
Boulderdam
Arthur Qualey Goes on Annual Vacation to Denver
Arthur Qualey of the Borax Co offices departed July 1 for his annual vacation with plans including a visit to Denver Colorado.
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Arthur Qualey
Borax Co
Denver
Colorado
Mrs Jack De Arman Heads North for Prolonged North Dakota Vacation
Mrs Jack De Arman departed recently for an extended vacation at her former home in North Dakota, leaving on vacation plans that will keep her away for several weeks.
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Jack de Arman
North Dakota
Furnace Creek Inn Manager Visits After Alaska Tour
Miss Kathryn Ronan, manager of Furnace Creek Inn now closed, arrived last Wednesday to inspect the property and handle business matters. She had just returned from a tour of Alaska, leaving Friday.
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Kathryn Ronan
Furnace Creek Inn
Mis Ronan
Alaska
Piute Rancher Albert Howell Visited Town Last Saturday
Albert Howell, a Piute Indian rancher from Ash Meadows, was in town last Saturday for unidentified reasons. The note records his visit and hometown.
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Albert . Howell
Piute
Ash Meadows
Hank Maynard to Take Six Weeks Vacation
Henry Hank Maynard maintenance foreman on the Death Valley Junction district plans a July 11 departure for six weeks of vacation. He will travel east and, among other stops, visit familiar sites and relatives during the respite.
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Henry
Hank) Maynard
Death Valley Junction
Oil Trucking In Death Valley Monastery Route
Fred Saunders, an oil truck driver, is hauling oil from railroad tankers in the T and T yards at Death Valley Junction to the government highway north out of the Valley toward Daylight Pass. The road, within the monument, will link a paved highway with Nevada’s Beatty road into the Valley. The monument line now extends about four miles north of the California Nevada line.
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Fred Saunders
Death Valley Junction
Daylight Pass
Monument
Nevada
Beatty
Valey
Monument Line
Botanist Mr. French Gilman Seeks Deals in Death Valley
Government botanist with Park Service headquartered at Park Village Gow Creek met friends and conducted business in Death Valley Junction last Friday.
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French Gilman
Park Service
Park Village
Gow Creek
Death Valley Junction
Local travels of Green Tilton to San Fernando
Charles Heavy Green and Frank Tilton of the T and T car shops left early Saturday for San Fernando where they spent the fourth. They met a newcomer, Greer’s grandson, the baby son of Mrs. Ray Himes in Riverside, and returned Sunday night. Mr and Mrs Adolph Shrader of
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Charles
Heavy) Green
Frank Tilton
San Fernando
Greer
Ray Himes
Riverside
Adolph Shrader
Do It the Hard Way Warns Olivet College Speaker
Harlow H. Curtice president of Buick Motor Division at General Motors urged Olivet College graduates to "do it the hard way" during the 79th commencement. He received an honorary doctor of laws and criticized sympathetic views of youth about an economy he called impractical.
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Olivet College
Harlow H. Curtice
Buick Motor Division
General Motors
Murals Feature Beatitudes at 1939 Golden Gate Exposition
A large mural at the Golden Gate International Exposition depicts the Beatitudes from Matthew 5 9. The exhibited scene centers on the Sermon on the Mount and highlights the line Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
Family Residents Spend Summer in Pacific Grove
The Junction family is spending the summer at their former hometown of Pacific Grove California.
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He Junction
Pacific Grove
California
Nixon family linked gas truck incident at Charleston resort
Mr. Leonard Nixon suspected of maneuvering a gasoline truck in Death Valley district with Mrs. Nixon and children. They were seen passing the Charleston mountain resort near Vegas, marking a notable movement in regional activity.
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Leonard Nixon
Death Valley
Alhambra Man Joins Construction Gang Rebuilding Local Telephone Line
John Moreau recently arrived from Alhambra and now works with a construction gang rebuilding the telephone line between the Junction and the Valley.
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John Moreau
Alhambra
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Zephyrs
Neer Zephyr
Burlington
Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
Rambler
Justice of the Peace
Owen Montgomery
Frank
Shorty) Kraus
Woodrow Wilson
Los Angeles
Mr. Wilson
San Diego
Messrs .Montgomery
Kraus
Charls Brown, Jr
Stanford
Rosslyn
Shoshone
Death Valley Post
American Legion
Kansas
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