Boulder Dam project outlined with 2000 workers planned
Malone report details include railroad to dam site by Union Pacific and a highway from Las Vegas. It cites construction in 1929 30, a gravity dam of 550 feet high, cofferdams and rock tunnels, 125 feet excavation depth, and a peak labor pool near 2500 workers. Estimated costs total 198 million dollars for dam plant canal lines and transmission.
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Steven
Union Pacific
Las Vegcns
Congress
Walés
FE. S. Scattergood
Charles Cragin
B. F. Jacobsen
H. W. Crozier
Accident Fatal in Miami Copper Mine Shaft
Charles Nicholas aged 52 died from injuries after a timber struck him in a mine shaft at the Miami Copper Company. He was rushed to a hospital but died from shock and internal injuries and broken bones.
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Mene
Miami
Ariz
Charles Nicholas
Miami Copper Company
Arizona Auto Fatalities Decline in 1928 Report
A Chicago Safety Council bulletin reports 449 Arizona deaths from accidental causes in 1928, with 110 linked to motor vehicles. National motor vehicle deaths totaled about 27,500, down from 25,851 in 1927. Arizona 1927 auto deaths were 123, a 10.6 percent drop.
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Arizona
Chicago National Safety Council
Chicago
The
Council
United States
State highway budget passes with amendments in Arizona
The Arizona highway commission adopted the 1929-30 road budget with two amendments, awarded a 25 mile Phoenix to Yuma highway contract, and heard a proposal to place aviation lines under highway supervision after ending aviation gasoline tax exemption. The budget totals over 8 million dollars for next year.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Highway Commission
Phoenix- Yuma
Highway Commission
Highway Department
Vail-Soavita
Pima
Santa Cruz
W. W. Lane
Fire destroys block in Imperial business district
A fire of undetermined origin yesterday gutted a block of Imperial's main business district. Firefighters contained the flames after hours of effort, with damage estimated at substantial levels and no injuries reported.
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Imperial
Cal
Lumber Eirng Plan To Fight Federal Suits
James G McNary president of the Cady Lumber company named to represent Albuquerque and New Mexico lumber interests against a federal trade commission suit seeking to stop 46 western lumber firms from using the term white pine. Delegates from Arizona Colorado Nevada and other states plan a conference to decide next steps.
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Albuquerque
N. M
James G.mecnary
Cady Lumber Company
Albu
Querque
New Mexico
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
McNary
Arizona-New Mexico White Pine Manufacturing Association
Alvarado Hotel
Willis J. Walker
Red River Lumber Company
San Francisco
Harold M. Morrison
Pellican Bay Lumber Company
Klamath Falls
Ore
Arizona
Ty. B. Byrne
Prescott
Arizona Lumber and Timber Company
Flagstaff
Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Company
Wiliams
Colorado
Nevada
West
California
Idaho
Michigan
The
Trade Commission
Breece Lumber Company
Dawes and MacDonald Set Speeches in Britain Tonight
In separate London appearances Charles G. Dawes the American ambassador and Ramsay MacDonald the British prime minister will address audiences. The talks are seen as potentially shaping Anglo American relations and global history.
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London
Britain Tonight
America
Charles G. Dawes
Ramsay MacDonald
Helen Wills Exhibits Tennis Sketches At Bond Street Gallery
London honors Helen Wills the artist as her tennis sketches draw crowds at Bond Street. The champion watched nearby amid applause from spectators and critics while 84 watercolors gallery displays opened to the public.
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London
Helen Wills
Bond Street
Helen
Guild to Meet at St Martha's Hall
St Martha's Guild meets tomorrow afternoon at the Guild hall at 2 30. All members urged to attend.
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St. Martha’s Guild
Guild
Aviator Griffth Aims Dawn to Dusk flight Texas to Seattle
Lieutenant John 8. Griffith, a Kelly Field pursuit instructor, began a dawn to dusk attempt from San Antonio to Seattle in a P-1 B aircraft. The 2,200 mile route includes five refueling stops at El Paso Tucson March Field Crissey Field and Medford. The trip targets an 8 p.m. Pacific Coast time arrival. Copper shipments from Pinto Valley district noted.
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Tex
John 8. Griffith
Kelly Field
Seattle
Wash
Griffith
Lieut. Griffith
el Paso
Tucson
Ariz
March Field
Calif
Crissey Field
Medford
Ore
Madden Unable to Attend N E A Meeting in Atlanta
G H Madden Winslow school superintendent and vice president of the National Education Association could not attend the Atlanta convention from June 28 to July 4 due to pressing Winview duties and high school building completion. Local officials cited scheduling conflicts and priority projects as the reason for his absence.
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G. H. Madden
Winslow
Atlanta
Georgia
National Education Association
Winview
Madden
Stowaway Arthur Schreiber to Return Home from Paris
Arthur Schreiber of Portland Maine who hid aboard the French trans Atlantic aircraft Yellow Bird last Thursday and flew to Spain will sail home on Thursday aboard the liner Leviathan or the President Harding.
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Paris
Arthur Schreiber
Portland
Spain
Harding
Willcox Commercial Changes Hands in Store Departments
Willcox Commercial Company reports transfer of ownership for its Willcox dry goods and hardware departments. The move affects inventory management and department leadership as the new managers prepare to assume duties.
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Willcox
Willcox Commercial Company
Ten Injured in Two Wrecks on Winslow Holbrook Road
Ten people injured in two automobile crashes on the Winslow Holbrook highway early today. A seven year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ek W Morgan of California, is not expected to recover. The Morgan family and two other children were in a speeding eastbound car that overturned near Holbrook. In a second crash, Mr and Mrs D W Reynolds of Los Angeles and their three children were injured when their sedan overturned six miles before Holbrook while en route to Lincoln Nebraska. Mrs Reynolds suffered severe head injuries and is hospitalized in Holbrook.
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Winslow-Holbrook
Ek. W. Morgan
California
Holbrook
Ed Walker
Winslow
D. W. Reynolds
Los Angeles
Lions Club convention opens in Louisville with 5000 members
A meeting of district governors kicked off the thirteenth annual Lions Clubs convention in Louisville Kentucky. The four day session is expected to attract about five thousand Lions members.
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Lions International
Louisville
International Association of Lions Clubs
Tawny Herd
SapAn Favors Pact Tokyo
The privy council committees voted to report the Kellogg anti war pact favorably to the council. The vote followed discussions in Tokyo during June.
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SAPAN
Tokyo
Privy Counci
Council
Indians Sentenced in Prescott Burglary Case
Charley Jack and Sam Tom Navajo Indians from Manuelita New Mexico were sentenced to one to three years in the state prison after pleading guilty to first degree burglary for entering three Prescott residences on June 12.
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Prescott
Ariz
Charley Jack
Sam Tom
Manuelita
N. M
Priston
Graf Zeppelin to depart for Lakehurst July 15
Passengers for the Graf Zeppelin trans Atlantic flight are notified the dirigible will depart from Friedrichshafen for Lakehurst on July 15. The trip marks the next crossing in a planned series of airship voyages with passengers aboard.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lakehurst
Holbrook Doctor Sees Poor Chance for Morgan Girl Recovery
Dr. W. C. Hendricks of Holbrook expressed little hope for the Morgan girl’s recovery, citing grave injuries and uncertain prospects.
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W. C. Hendricks
Holbrook
Morgan Girl
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