Boulder Dam Begins Firm Power Production and Repayment
The Colorado River, tamed by Boulder Dam, starts producing firm power on June 1 as the project begins repaying its costs with four percent interest over fifty years. Lake Mead grows. the dam becomes the world’s largest power source and water supply for the Southwest, with higher future improvements planned.
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Colorado River
Electric eye counts record 34 009 cars in Las Vegas district
Officials released May 24 to May 20 counts from two electric eye beam instruments near Las Vegas. The detectors on Boulder Dam route and Los Angeles route logged an average of eight cars per minute during peak hours, with a large weekly total as cars passed the points.
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Ralph Lowry
Bureau of Reclamation
Theovernment Beer
Los Angeles
Burbank
Glendale
Pasadena
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Highway Department
Boulder City
Carson City
Las Vegas
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Ieles
Thée Instment
Wesk
Cowboys and Buffalo Vanishing Echo in Open Spaces
A Minneapolis Journal line notes how listening to cowboy musicians reveals the era of vast plains and the mystery of the buffalo's disappearance. It frames the music as a reflection of frontier life and ecological change.
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Minneapolis Journal
Fernley Youths Missing Sparks Broad Search in West
Carl Lewis seventeen and Ruth Mabel eighteen vanished six weeks ago after leaving Fernley to visit relatives in Los Angeles. Nevada and California authorities have been asked to join the search. Doris Della madelena of Fernley and Earl Lewis of Oakland report the children missing and have initiated efforts to locate them.
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Carl Lewis
Ruth Mabel
Los Angeles
Doris Dellamadelena
Fernley
Earl Lewis
Oakland
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Professional Golfers Association
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