City pledge to remove redlight district near federal building
The city must act to fulfill a long standing pledge to move the redlight district from block 16 to clear the way for a new federal building. Bids open July 22 in Washington, and the city board may need to use essential powers to ensure removal, with owners' consent uncertain but the aim of higher property value and the post office court project in view.
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Redlight
Stewart Street
Washington
Block 16
Post Office
Federal Court
Federal
Gold Urge Sparks Nevada Prospecting Boom
The Gold Urge has stirred Nevada with many prospectors tramping hills and new claims being located. Old mines reopen and ore bodies promise great production as owners plan to raise capital, buy equipment, and convert ore into gold coin, while aiming to avoid promoters and crooks.
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Poe
Nevada
Fertile Colorado River Bed Grows Prime Cantaloupes
A fertile spot along the Colorado river near Searchlight yields exceptionally fertile soil like Imperial Valley silt. Bill Tomiyasu has cultivated the plot for years and regularly sends the Age fine cantaloupes and cucumbers grown in this soil.
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Colorado River
Searchlight
Imperial Valley
Bill Tomiyasu
Asner WASHINGTON [BISTANDR eo On 1932 presidential speculation
Senatorial maneuvering dominates early 1932 political chatter. Curtis debates a run for vice president while Capper declares for the presidency. Governors Roosevelt Pinchot Ritchie White are discussed as possible candidates. Borah’s future remains uncertain as he plans a long-awaited return home.
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Kirke Simpson
Washington
United States
Senate
Fradeiasn Deooseve
Gevald
Joe” Robinson
Arkansas
Curtis
Goff
West Virginia
Willis
Ohio
Watson
Indiana
Reed
Missouri
Kansas
Capper
Roosevelt
New York
Ritchie
Maryland
White
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
French Lick
Blimp to take mail at sea in speed test
Feasibility of using a dirigible to speed up transpacific mail will be tested soon. The blimp Volunteer will meet the liner City of Los Angeles inbound from Honolulu, drop a line, attach mail bags, hoist them to the blimp, and head for San Diego. Mail will be dropped at the post office for sorting and airmail dispatch. Over 20,000 letters expected. Captain John T. Nicholson will supervise aboard the liner. This marks the first at sea mail transfer from ship to dirigible.
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San Diego
Cal
City
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Santo
Young Returns to Dodge Bros. Bridge Job at Virgin River
W A Young, a construction engineer for Dodge Brothers, returned yesterday from Los Angeles and left for the Virgin River bridge project.
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W. A. Young
Dodge Bros
Virgin River Bridge
Los Angeles
Chaplin Denied Command Show Snub. Water Boys Absent
WORROF by Mark Barron reports Beatrice Lille defends Chaplin against snubbing claims, noting he sent a $1,000 cheque for a benefit, not a command performance. Bert Adler laments missing water boys at a G A R parade, questioning sanitation. Andy Cohen muses on the so called good old days in New York society.
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Mark Barron
New York
Beatrice Lille
Charles Chaplin
George
Mary
Chaplin
Buckingham Palace
France
Barron
Lady Peel
Bert Adler
Riverside Drive
Council On Air Brings City Council to Public
Madrid broadcasts city council meetings as the republic expands access. As seats for public observers surged after the monarchy fell, Union Radio was persuaded to air sessions. The audience now tunes in by changing the dial for council reports.
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Madrid
Gune 23. Org
Reamo 1
Ayuntamiento
Union Radio
Tax on Gas Pays Inspector Wages
A one cent per gallon tax on gasoline sold to airplanes funds the Oregon State Board of Aeronautics to enforce the state law and pays salary to Arthur B. McKenzie as state inspector.
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Portland
Ure
Dune
State
Board of Aeronautics
Oregon
Arthur B. McKenzie
Italy Spain Air Lines Route Inaugurated Across North
A new air route across northern Italy to Spain began operating from Tries on the Adriatic at 7 10 AM. It passes Venice Pavia Genoa Marseilles Barcelona and Gibraltar and arrives Cadiz on the Atlantic at 5 PM the next day.
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Milanaly
Italy
Spain
Tries
Adriatic Sea
Venice
Pavia
Genoa
Marseilles
Barcelona
Crbraltar
Cadiz
Atlantic
Auditor seeks time reveal from debtor home
Portland city auditor Funk opposed a Chicago collection agency’s demand to learn when a local debtor returns home. The dispute centers on privacy and access to personal schedules.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Funk
Chicago
Mexico Implements Tariff Plan To Boost Home Industry
Mexico City June 17 A coordinated tariff manipulation plan has been adopted by the Otis Rubio government to encourage consumption of home products and aid Mexican producers abroad. The executive department will tax heavily foreign articles while acquiring cheap imports that support home industry. The program targets dairy products textiles and grain and aims to curb cheap wheat and corn imports threatening farmers. The global slump in silver values and strained oil sector pose challenges, though recent confirmations of long term oil land rights and halted export duties on coffee show cautious progress.
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John Lloyd
Mexico City
Otis Rubio
Executive Department
Congress
Nevada irrigation glimpse inspires Hoover Dam era praise
A brief note thanks Bill for samples of his products and recalls Nevada’s small riverbank land potential for irrigation after Hoover Dam's completion. It highlights the helpful role of water access and how good produce connects to regional development and climate.
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Bill
Nevada
Hoover Dam
Land Owners Return to Farms in Panhandle Tex
The back to the farm movement in the Panhandle and plains regions of Texas creates a rental shortage as more land shifts from owners in cities or other states to tenants. Many large ranches are divided into farms with thousands of new acres under cultivation while chambers report 400 to 500 rental inquiries per county and no tracts available. A regional immigration brings in home owners and many prospective tenants.
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Amarillo
Tex
Panhandle
Plains
Texas
Chambers of Commerce
Veteran flier to daily weather flights from Dallas
Jerry Marshall, a pioneer in the Southwest, will begin daily flights after July 1 to altitude 13,000 feet or more between 4 and 5 p.m. for the Love Field weather bureau. He will pilot his plane with automatic instruments recording pressure, temperature, and humidity, replacing the box kite method.
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Dallas
Tex
Jerry Marshall
Southwest
United States
Weather Bureau
Lovefield
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Andy Cohen
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