Boulder Dam and Power Projects Under Federal Act
The Boulder dam project and related private power schemes face disposition by the Federal Power Commission. Since 1920 many projects were filed. after a 1929 exemption for the Gila area, 10 long-pending items cleared. The commission will act mainly on Boulder dam when asked by Interior, under supervision of the reclamation service, with construction funded only by future revenues.
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Boulder Dam
Federal Power Comission i
Colorado River Commission
Federal Power Commission
Colorado River
Gila
Boulder Canyon
Commission
Secretary of Interior
Reclamation Department
Secretary of the Interior
Water disputes rise as Boulder Dam project advances
Washington outlines the Hoover era canal plan to divert Imperial Valley water from Mexico and fund the project through power sales. Talks focus on price per kilowatt and repayment of 121.9 million dollars over 50 years as Nevada and Arizona seek state returns. International water talks with Mexico intensify amid treaty reevaluation and potential new Rio Grande and Colorado river agreements.
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Washington
Imperial Valley
Mexico
Colorado River
Houlder
Hoover
Houlder Dam
Nevada
Arizona
Thier State Line Dam
Texas
Secretary of the Interior
Niagara Falls
Niagara
Boulder Dam
Edwood Mead
International Water Commission
Mead
Department of the Interior
Rio Grande
Colorado
Juana Rivers
Texas and Mexican Lands Linked by River Works
The Colorado River in the United States and the Rio Grande in Mexico feed land areas about equal to Texas lands fed by the Rio Grande. A new Moulder dam project is planned to give the United States leverage on the Rio Grande.
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Mead
International Water Commission
Mexico City
United States
Dr. Mead
Lansing H. Head
W. K. Anderson
Colorado
Texas
Rio Grande
Mexico
Hio Grande
Naval Arms Issue Returns to Front in Washington
Washington reports a renewed focus on naval arms as Prime Minister MacDonald and Ambassador Dawes discuss Britain's naval question. A Ta lako Japanese government note through the American embassy signals willingness to back measures aimed at reducing naval armaments, adding new significance to inter national diplomacy.
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Washington
MacDonald
Dawes
England
Tanaka
Japan
Tokyo
Phoenix Barber Accused of His Spouse’s Murder
Dallas P Horton a 44 year old barber shot dead his wife 35 and killed himself in a Phoenix hotel while their two of three sons slept nearby Mrs Horton escaped to the hall and died minutes later Cecil 12 notified an officer of the tragedy
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Phoenix
Ariz
Dallas P. Horton
Tressie
Heat Wave Ends in New York City After Weeks
New York City ends a heat wave that kept the east sweltering for over two weeks. Temperatures stayed in the seventies during the day as relief arrived.
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New Yok
New York City
Mercy Denies New Trial for Man in Mormon Lake Death
Judge J. E. Crosby imposes a suspended sentence of nine to ten years in the death of James B. Otey at Mormon Lake. Defense cites 13 trial errors. prosecution opposes. Jury recommendation of mercy noted but not binding. risk of sentence revocation if future law violations occur.
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J. E. Crosby
Black
James B. Otey
Mormon Lake
C. B. Wilson
Frank Harrison
Crosby
Wilson
Harrison
Prodigal dog Spud returns after five years missing
In Bolivar Missouri J P Lane learns his English shepherd Spud is alive after five years. The dog reappears at the Lane home wagging and yelping, identified by a missing tooth kicked out by a mule.
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Bolivar, Mo
Spud
J. P. Lane
Lane
Name in Phone Directory Leads to Odd Romance
Memphis story of Willie Marie Richardson who used the name Miss Billie Garner in a phone directory. A. E. Gandy of Coffeyville Kansas read the listing while visiting Pine Bluff Arkansas, wrote, then met in Memphis after three months of correspondence. She adopted Garner due to her stepfather's name.
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Memphis
Tenn
Billie Garner
Willie Marie Richardson
A. E. Gandy
Coffeyville
Kan
Gandy
Pine Bluff
Arx
Miss Richardson
Garner
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