Power Is King The Age on Boulder Dam opportunities
The Age reports Dr Elwood Mead confirms a Boulder Dam power scramble with California and Southern California Edison ready to take all power. Las Vegas is urged to prepare as the project gains speed, with officials predicting rapid development and national action. The piece emphasizes inevitability and warns readers not to be left behind.
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Great Hotel Merger Looms for United Hotels Chain
United Hotels Co reported an impending merger to combine about 35 hotels with total assets around 75 million dollars and 20 000 guest rooms. Most properties lie in the east with substantial interests in Seattle Tucson and San Francisco.
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Britain U S Talkie Squabble Subsidizing Film Showings
London June 23 The dispute between American film distributors and British exhibitors over equipment quotas is easing as major U S firms including Metro Goldwyn Mayer United Artists and Paramount agree to release their pictures in Britain using local projection gear The Dam is set to be shown here next week under British apparatus ending the ban.
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Suit Looms In Seizure Near Beer Train
Des Moines reports detail a seizure case over a shipment of near beer. Ten carloads aboard a decorated train from Manitowoc Wisconsin were seized by police as authorities prepare a municipal court filing. Attorneys for the brewers have not claimed the consignment and argue about legality under malt beverage limits.
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Air voyage over Grand Canyon delights LA party
Los Angeles observers describe an inspiring air trip over the Grand Canyon and desert regions of Arizona. Lieut Charles W. Gilpin pilot for Pickwick Airways led a party of Los Angeles mining men on a chartered flight from Santa Fe New Mexico in a Pickwick Fairchild plane. He said air pockets posed no obstacle and the sublime canyon view from altitude impressed all aboard.
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Hawks Prepare New York to Los Angeles Flight Hop
EAST ST. LOUIS June 25 Captain Prank Hawks departed from Park airport for New York to finalize plans for a round trip flight. Officials set weather signals at the hangar for both legs, and Hawks said he expected to begin the attempt soon with a brief stop in New York for weather checks before returning.
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Sugar tariffs and liberty clash in debate overheard at Washington
A jumble of quotes centers on sugar tariff reform and free trade, featuring remarks attributed to Darrow and Hoover. The discussion touches on economic relief for farmers, railroad freight reductions, and enforcement of laws, amid a wider critique of tyranny and the sacred on radio.
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Hollywood Film Shop Chronicle of Stars and Struggles
Hollywood's film shop recounts early 1930s actors Newell and Moran. Newell rises from vaudeville to Paramount, starring in Dangerous Curves after a Long Island shoot. Other notes feature George Bancroft, Al St. John, and reminiscences of bicycle stunts linked to classic film fame and theater lore.
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Selection of Farm Board Members Near Finalized
Washington officials near completing the selection of an open minded nine member Farm Board to administer a 150 million dollar federal relief fund for agriculture. Possible appointees include Charles Robertson of Los Angeles and former Agricultura l Secretary Jardine. fresh debates focus on regional representation from the wheat belt and other key farming areas. The posts pay 12 thousand dollars yearly and intense lobbying from various states guarantees substantial dissatisfaction regardless of choice.
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United Press
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Los Angeles
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Seeking Sun Tan Costs Ten Dollars Each
LA crowds flood Southern California beaches with about 200000 bathers. Twelve young men were arrested in Santa Monica for attempting to tan with a leash and were likely fined the ten dollar fee or bonded. Ocean Park Hermosa Redondo reported record crowds as a heat wave kept temperatures in the nineties.
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Drink-Crazed Man Invades Church in Chicago Mass Panic
In Chicago on June 26 a drink-crazed man invaded a West Side Catholic church during a Mass of about 500 communicants. He fired five shots wounding a parishioner near the altar rail, then shot himself in the head but survived.
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West Side
Randsburg Fire Destroys 22 Buildings in Boom Town
A June 26 blaze in Randsburg, California, gutted 22 structures along Butte Avenue. The Front Street fire started behind a pool hall, spread to two hotels, and was halted only after blasting. No injuries reported as the town, once a 1908 gold boom hub, copes with the loss.
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Palace Pool Room
Tte
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Randspurg
Hollywood feud over closed shop in actor equity clash
Hollywood witnesses a showdown as the Visiters Equity Association faces a new push for representation of actors in its councils. A resolution signed by over 30 prominent film figures demands a voice in governance. The open warfare between stage and screen players centers on actors and actresses being granted board seats within the Equity.
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Sitor's Equity Association
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Heat records at Phoenix reach 118 degrees in heat wave
PHOENIX Ariz June 25 A new all time heat record was set as the temperature rose to 118 degrees surpassing the 117.8 degree mark from July 1929 Forecasters warn the extreme heat may persist for days In other bulletin three epidemics are reported Cerebro spinal meningitis claims two lives in Jerome and one in Miami Whooping cough with 52 cases is largely centered in Jerome and chickenpox adds to the list consensus reports note ongoing outbreaks across the state
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Ariz
U.R
Jerome
Miami
Birth Control Work Advocated at National Social Work Meet
In San Francisco on June 26 the national conference of social work emphasized birth control as vital social work. Uncle Alex Johnson of New Yorker fame, a leading advocate, argued clinics should guide working men and curb excessive births while noting the wrong people sometimes practice it. He urged Denmark like tempo and family planning to help workers reduce confinement and raise healthier families.
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National Conference of Social Work
Alex” Johnson
Denmark
Bowling Green Shrinks Amid Tall City Surroundings
New Yorker Deming Seymour notes Bowling Green as a shrinking relic of colonial days. Concrete promenades, benches, and a central fountain encroach on the lawn once famed for Drake’s game and King George III’s statue. The piece contrasts past grandeur with modern sights and the Roosevelt grave rock erosion.
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Seymour
New York
Bowling Green
Wssward
Standard Oil
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Customs House
Broadway
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Colony of
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Colima to Box Strong in Hollywood Title Bout
Mexican middleweight Bert Colima and Everett Strong square off for ten rounds on the Hollywood car Friday night after a three year rivalry. Colima travels from Colima to challenge Strong at Hollywood.
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U.R
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Everett Strong
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