Aviators Post and Gatty Reach Siberia on World Flight
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty depart Blagovest chensk for Khabarovsk en route to Nome Alaska after refueling. The Winnie Mae, with 590 horsepower, aims to complete a record round the world journey begun June 23 in New York, with a June 30/July 1 target.
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Blagovestchensk
Siberia
Khabarovsk
Siberian
Wiley Fost
Harold Gatty
World Fliers
Nome
Alaska
Wiley Post
E.C.T
Winnie Mae
Oklahoma
North Pacific
Post
Gatty
New York
Jules Verne
Graf Zeppelin
All Times Eastern Standard
Roosevelt Field
Harbor Grace
N. FP
Chester
England
Hanover
Germany
Berlin
Moscow
Novo Sibirsk
Irkutsk
Blagovestschensk
Cups Awarded by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
The Pennington Post 1753 displays two cups won by W F W Post after the Long Beach convention. The larger cup honors the post for highest per capita donations to a home for widow and orphans of deceased veterans. the smaller cup goes to the third largest post donation for the same cause. Whittier school chief resigns after governor appoints him. Claude S Smith resigns as superintendent of Whittier state school to the board of directors following Kenyon Scudder’s dismissal.
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Pennington Post
Long Beach
Adcock & Ronnow
Capital Post
California- Nevada
Post
Whittier
Cal
Claude 5. Smith
Whittier State School
Smith
James Rolph, Jr
Kenyon J. Scudder
Applications for Boulder business reach 160 in a week
Permits to operate in Boulder City climb to 160 by noon Saturday as applicants from 27 states and the District of Columbia seek to launch ventures. The filing deadline is 5 pm Tuesday June 30, with telegraph submissions allowed if followed by standard forms.
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Boulder City
United States
States
District of Columbia
Florida
Massachusetts
Louis C. Cramto
Secretary of the Interior
Idaho
Michigan
Missouri
Montana
Nebrs
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Ohio
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Case May End In Lethal Cell At Carson
John Hall charged with murder of Jack O'Brien was bound over to the district court for trial after a preliminary hearing. He also faces an assault with intent to kill charge involving Mrs. O'Brien. Eva May Hall, his wife, shares the assault charge after earlier being charged with murder and assault. A trial date was expected to be set soon following the capture near the California state line after the slaying near Fox ranch south of the city.
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Joan Hall
Jack O'Brien
Hall
John Hall
District Court
Frank M. Ryan
Hail
Mrs. O'Brien
Eva May Hall
Tho
California State Line
O'Brien
Fox Ranch
Dry Force Expands with 350 New Prohibition Agents
Washington reports that next week the prohibition bureau will add 350 agents, boosting total authorized staff to 500. Amos W. Woodcock, director, returns from inspection to push a streamlined enforcement plan while the national dry coalition vows to oppose repeal or resubmission of the 18th amendment and to promote dry candidates.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
WPI
Prohibition
Ciry
Wickersham Commission
Prohibition Bureau
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Itip
Board of Strategy of the
National Conference of Organizations
Ham Law Enforcement Commission
Two Hurt as Car Crashes on Highway Near Red Rooster
William E. Sans and his wife Mabel, both Los Angeles residents, were injured when a Ford driven by Mexican Pablo Caselles crashed into them near the Red Rooster night club. Mrs Sans suffered a probable basal skull fracture and grave injuries. Mr Sans had a lacerated scalp and body bruises. Caselles fled a quarter mile before striking ditch after a tire blew. he was arrested by Night Patrolman Mackey and jailed.
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William E. Sans
Mabel
Pablo Caselles
Red Rooster
Sans
Casselles
Mackey
Caselles
Bode
McDaniel
Ferguson-Balcom Hospital
Los Angeles
Juan
Belle Livingston Detained on Grand Larceny Warrant
Belle Livingston a New York night club hostess was stopped in Rochester on a New York warrant charging grand larceny for allegedly obtaining five gowns from costumer Helen Meier through trickery. Accompanied by her maid and secretary she blamed the incident on patrol wagon trouble while en route to Hollywood.
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Rochester
N. Y
Belle Livingston
New York
America
New York City
Private plant to forge concrete blocks for new court
J Grimes plans a modern apartment court to be built in six months. He has set up a private block factory behind the Nevada Electric shop at Second and Bridger streets, capable of producing up to a thousand blocks daily. The court site will include twenty six two room one bath houses and visitors are invited to inspect the machine.
Coast League Scores Highlight Close Baseball Action
In a busy day of Mission and Solons games, the coast league produced tight late innings. San Francisco edged Los Angeles 11 to 0 in the opener, while Hollywood beat Los Angeles 4 to 9. The Solons fell 2 to 3 as Vinei Hubbell and Wirts led Turpin. Bonnelli and Gaston Bottarini were noted in the box.
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Vinei
Hubbell & Wirts
Turpin
Bonnelli & Gaston
Bottarini
Fire Devastates Center Of Spencer As Sparks Ignite Fireworks
A sparkler lit in Otto Bjornstad's Spencer drug store touched off a blaze that raced through three blocks of the city, destroying 75 to 100 businesses. Firemen from seven towns fought the flames. six firefighters were overcome and three people were burned. Insurance losses were pegged near two million dollars. The outage hampered communication as vigilantes guarded streets and the telephone exchange above the store escaped by ladders.
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Spencer
Iowa
Des Moines
Otto Bjornstad
Bjornstad Drug Store
Rocket glide on coast is success in California
Richard Devine, a noted Los Angeles glider pilot, completed what is believed to be the first rocket propelled glider flight in the United States. Thirteen rockets were used from Palo Verdes hills to near the ocean, started by tow from a car, with a parachute required by the commerce department for safety. Maximum speed estimated near 100 miles per hour.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Richard Devine
Palo Verdes Hills
Devine
Department of Commerce
Blocked Edict For Priests In Japala Riles Veracruz
Federal Judge Manuel Bartlett granted an injunction for priests in Japala against Governor Tejeda's law limiting priest numbers in the district. The ruling lets the priests work without interruption. Earlier, the judge refused similar relief for Vera Cruz and Orizaba priests on technical grounds.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Manuel Bartlett
Japala
Tejeda
Orizaba
Boundary of Hoover Dam lake seen from Boulder City road
Nevada News Bureau describes the edge of the future lake at Hoover Dam as viewed from Hemenway wash near Boulder City. It highlights elevation, scenic overlook, and the plan driven by the Bureau of Reclamation with roads, a double tracked railroad, and a vertical incline railway to support construction and future power generation.
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Nevada News Bureau
Hoover Dam
Hemenway Wash
Boulder City
Black Canyon
Bureau of Re-Clamation
General Construction Company
Seattle
Colorado Valley
American Falls
Niagra
Hemenway
Lewis Construction Company
Inc
Nevada
Diablo Dam
Reclamation Bureau
Los Angeles Mayor Explains Wine Episode At French Dinner
Mayor John C. Porter, returning from France with the American delegation, explains he did not refuse the toast but did not know it would be to drink wine. He toasted with orange juice as cheers erupted from about two thousand onlookers at the depot. Mrs. Eva C. Wheeler complimented his stand, calling him among the country’s finest.
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L. A
Los Angeles
John C. Porter
France
Porter
United States
la Harre
Eva C. Wheeler
Energy Line Project Hosts Big Las Vegas Event
A. B. West of Nevada-California Power led a 83 guest party in Las Vegas and Boulder City to tour the 225 mile transmission line project and a canyon dam site. The day included a river trip, luncheon, substation visit, and a Meadows dinner with officials from Governor Balzar and the chamber of commerce.
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A. B. West
Nevada-California Power Company
Las Vegas
Dam
Oasis
McDonald
Colorado River
World of Power
James Cashman Automobile Service
Black Canyon
Walker R. Young
West
NNP J
California
Boulder City
Mr. West
the Meadows
George W. Malone
Balzar
Mayor Cragin
Chas. P. Squires
Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Timmons
Bould
Er Dam
Los Angeles Examiner
Hoover Dam
Bureau of Reclamation
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Boulder Business Now
Carson
Island Resort
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Barbara Speicher
Santa Monica
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Lowell
Speicher
Miss Speicher
Minois
Miss Livingston
Park Avenue
San Francisco
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Zahniser
T. Pillette
Brenzel
Gibson
Baldwin
Hollywood
Wetzel
Anderson
Bassler
Severeid
Ballou
Schulte
Lames
Fresno
Maudine Creason
Salinas
Boulder Dam Lake Shore
Power Company
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