Private Firms Consider Boulder Dam Venture
Washington reports private power firms have filed authority to use the Boulder Canyon site on the Colorado River for a dam to generate up to 1,000,000 horsepower. The federal power commission has not acted, awaiting Congress to decide on the Swing Johnson bill for government construction. Los Angeles would purchase power to cover costs. the project would reclaim 400,000 acres, supply water to fast-growing southwest towns, and flood protection for Imperial Valley residents and property. President Coolidge views the undertaking as highly valuable.
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Imperial Valley
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Coolidge
Congressman's Refusal to Answer Subpoena in Indianapolis Case
Congressman La Guardia of New York refused to answer a federal grand jury subpoena in a prohibition case. He invoked congressional immunity and said he lacked authority to comply without House consent. The testimony was sought regarding his statement about the disappearance of 350 cases of liquor from the Federal Building in Indianapolis.
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la Guardia
New York
Indianapolis
Congress
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Turkish Capital Dry by Government Decree
An Angora government order predicts a bone dry Ankara within weeks. The decree bans champagne whisky and imported wines from the diets of Angora residents and warns restaurants and cafes against violations.
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Constantinople
Angora
Northwestern railroads seek 15 percent rate hike
Security owners of Northwestern railroads demand a 15 percent rate increase claiming current rates have sunk to a level that amounts to a subsidy of hundreds of millions of dollars to shippers.
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Washington
Northwestern States
Building trades wage talks threaten walkout over pay
Carpenters union warns of walkout if wage raise is not granted by SPPIL to STA o bom. Painters and lathers sign new deals at $1.50 hourly or $12 daily with 44 hour week and sympathetic strike rights. Lathers seek $1.75 hourly and five day week. plasterers also push $1.75. Steel mill workers seek $1.50 hourly five day week. few mills agree. Hope lies in two new agreements reinstating sympathetic strike rights.
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Chicago to Get Night Air Mail Field at 63rd and Cicero
Airplanes loaded with mail passengers and express cargoes will use Chicago’s municipal field at 63rd and Cicero at all hours before autumn. The field is planned to be ready a year early thanks to rapid improvements and economy. A $10 000 portion of the 1925 council appropriation will fund field lights and a 54 foot searchlight tower. Smaller lamps with deflectors to limit glare will flank the runways every 800 feet to aid safe landings and takeoffs.
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Illinois Izaak Walton resolution backs university game farm
Hon. Robert Scholes urges establishment of an experimental game breeding farm at the University of Illinois. The resolution, presented at the Izaak Walton League National Convention in Chicago, calls for state supported propagation of game birds and animals under university supervision.
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Robert Scholes
House of Representatives
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Izaak Walton League
Chicago
Illinois
University of Illinois
Izaak Walton League of America
Governor Small
55Th General Assembly
University
Illinois urges conservation and game farm legislation
The Department of Conservation is urged to provide methods for breeding and raising game birds to conserve Illinois game supplies. A copy of the resolution goes to Governor Len Smail, Director William Stratton, University of Illinois President David Kinley, and the 55th General Assembly. The Izaak Walton League is urged to push necessary legislation and people are asked to contact the Federated Sportsmen Secretary in Springfield to voice support.
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Illinois
Mllnois
Len Smail
William J. Stratton
David Kinley
University of Illinois
55Th General Assembly
Izaak Walton League
Scholes
Federated Sportsmen
Springfield
Tobacco Growers Co operative mails 10.6 million checks
Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association sends more than 10.6 million dollars in checks to 108,000 members who delivered the 1924 Burley crop to the cooperative.
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Lexington
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative Association
Prince Victor Napoleon Dies in Brussels at 64
Prince Victor Napoleon Bonapartist claimant to the French throne has died in Brussels at age sixty four. He was the son of Prince Louis Napoleon and a notable figure in royalist circles.
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Brussels
Prince Victor Napoleon
France
Boston Maze Confuses Visitor Who Keeps Going Straight
A traveler in Boston complained about getting lost among tangled streets. A local advised to keep going straight ahead and you will always come out where you went in, a blunt tip reflecting the city’s maze like layout.
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Bostonian
The Drawbacks The motor tourist billboards and boards
The article notes two major detriments to happiness of car travelers, identifying billboards and boards as chief annoyances for the motor tourist, as discussed in The New Yorker.
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New Yorker
Excludes Gladhanders Only the People You Like Have Sonality
A quirky motto or caption notes that social charm matters more than showy flattery in public life. It emphasizes genuine character over performance with a witty, opinionated tone typical of panel cartoons.
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