Mead Seeks Boulder Dam Power Deals With Edison Group
Dr Elwood Mead head of the bureau of reclamation conferences with Southern Sierras Power Company Los Angeles Electric and Nevada officials as Edison Company offers to use all Boulder Dam power and pay maximum price. Officials foresee construction within ten months and talk of building plants and transmission lines costing 56 to 90 million dollars.
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Los Angeles
Boulder Dam
Elwood Mead
United States Bureau of Conservation
Dr. Mead
Southern Sierras Power Company
Los Angeles and Electric Corporation
Nevada
George C. Ward
Southern California Edison Company
Conservation Bureau
Boulder Canyon
Mead
Edison Company
Uchida Resigns From Japanese Privy Council
Count Uchida, a veteran Japanese diplomat who helped sign the Kellogg pact in Paris, resigns from Japan's privy council. The issue over the phrase in the pact caused public objection but the council approved the signature with a cautious interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Count Uchida
Paris
Privy Council
Japan
Uchida
Lindbergh Continues Test Flights For Air Rail Link
Col Charles A Lindbergh and his bride Anne Morrow pursue business aims as he inspects the Transcontinental Air Transport line at Port Columbus Ohio before the July 8 formal opening. He conducts conferences with officials and will pilot the first eastward flight from Los Angeles to Winslow Arizona.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne
Morrow
Lindbergh
Transcontinental Air Transport
Port Columbus
Lindberghs
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Winslow
Ariz
Long Beach Slayer Formerly Worked In Winslow Roundhouse
John Keller 15 killed Ruth Keller 25 and wounded her alleged suitor and a police officer in Long Beach. He died in an emergency hospital after resisting arrest. He was a former Winslow resident, left in January 1957, later living in Ventura before moving on. While in Winslow he worked as a pipe fitter at the Santa Fe roundhouse shops.
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Long Beach
Winslow Roundhouse
John Keller
Ruth Keller
Winslow
Keller
Ventura
California
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Roundhouse
Fifty Japanese Miners Entombed in Masushima Mine
In Nagasaki prefecture a flood trapped 50 miners at the Masushima mine during the night. Rescue teams battled rising water and worked to reach the flooded shaft, while a section of the mine was abandoned due to the surge.
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Nagasari
Japan
Masushima
800 Men To Patrol Line For Liquor
Windsor reports indicate a large-scale crackdown on liquor smuggling with over 50 patrol boats planned by July 1. The fleet, coordinated by radio from a river headquarters, includes 70 foot speed boats and 75 foot cruisers to seal the Detroit river border split between coast guard and customs units.
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Ecorse
Trenton
Ambherstburg
Coast Guard
Movie Industry War Is Forecast
Chicago June 26 AP Rumb lings of a struggle for leadership in the moving picture industry were heard today as J L Schnitzer president of Radio Keith Orpheum announced 50 000 000 is available to put radio pictures in first run theatres The Pantages circuit of theatres will be the next to join RKO expanding the 60 houses already controlled to include new acquisitions The production arm is RKO a subsidiary of RCA Schnitzer said houses would be purchased in key cities where possible but that opposition houses would be built if acquisitions failed
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Chicago
Moving Picture
J. L. Schnitzer
Radio-Keith-Orpheum
R-K-O
Pantages
Radio- Keith-Orpheum
Orpheum
Proctor
Radio Pictures
Radio Corporation of America
Schnitzer
France Faces Long War Debts Dispute
Paris reports the French government and parliament focusing on war debts owed to the United States and Great Britain. Despite two confidence votes, the cabinet’s majority was narrow, at 291 to 266 and 347 to 207, signaling a fragile position as negotiations unfold over four weeks.
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Paris
France
America
Great Britain
One Man Drives On In Iowa Against Near Beer Trade
John B. Hammond former police chief leads a one man crusade against near beer in Iowa. 150,000 bottles seized by Hammond are under municipal court review. He argues near beer is malt beverage and falls under state intoxicating liquor restrictions. He mails notices to railroad companies warning of legal action to stop shipments.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John B. Hammond
Hammond
Hammonds
Hopes Waning Fast for Four Spanish Fliers
In Madrid on June 26 AP reports hope fading for Major Ramon Franco and three companions after their Dornier-Walbi 16 vanished between Spain and the Azores. Search fleets from Spain, Italy, England and Portugal scour the Atlantic for traces of the missing aviators who left Alcazares for New York with a planned refuel in the Azores. Some believe they may have overstepped the Azores route and crashed further along.
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Madrid
Ramon Franco
Spain
Azores
Atlantic
Italy
England
Portugal
Alcazares
New York
Franco
Sandino Plans Mexico Residence in Yucatan
The Mexican Interior Department announced that Augusto Sandino, former Nicaraguan insurgent leader, would reside in Yucatan likely Merida. The government said Sandino requested permission to live in Mexico and that the move complies with Mexican law and international custom allowing citizens to establish themselves in another country.
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Mexico City
Department of Interior
Augustino Sandino
Yucatan
Merida
Border Rustlers Kill Sonoran Border Rustlers Sonoran Youth
Roberto Elias, 290, son of a Douglas merchant and cattleman and cousin of Sonora's governor, died after a gunfight with cattle thieves near Fronteras, Sonora. Elias had killed one rustler, was taken to Fronteras, but died before aid arrived in Douglas. He graduated from Douglas Schools.
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Douglas, Ariz
Roberto Elias
Douglas
Fronteras
Sonora
Young Elias
Winslow Airport Dedication Attracts Large Crowd
Tonight the Transcontinental Air Transport dedicates Winslow airport in northern Arizona with officials from the T A T, city representatives, and a large public audience. Pat Murphy speaks as principal orator while Laguna and Santa Fe bands perform and a public dance follows in the hangar.
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Transcontinental Air Transport
Winslow
Nothern Arizona
Lind‘bergh Line
Pat Murphy
Air Company
C. M. Bradley
Winslow Chamber of Commerce
Sam W. Proctor
Development of air rail transport era outlined in Elks Magazine
A report traces the evolution of air rail transport led by Transcontinental Air Transport Inc and its ties with the Santa Fe and other railroads. It notes major lines like Pennsylvania investing, Col Lindbergh as consultant, and ticket office integrations across networks, outlining the era’s potential growth and railroad benefits.
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Transcontinental Air Transport Inc
Santa Fe Railroad
Elks Magazine
United States
Air Tansport
Pennsylvania
Lindbergh
Santa Fe
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
Atlantic Coast Line
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Ilinois Central
Missouri Pacific
Chicago
Lutherans Convene in Copenhagen World Assembly
The second Lutheran world convention opened in Copenhagen with thousands of delegates and visitors from around the world in attendance. King Christian of Denmark presided as the gathering began on June 26.
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Copenhagen
Christian
Denmark
Attendants At Mass In Panic In Chicago Church
In Chicago on June 26, an intoxicated man fired three shots at a priest during Communion at Our Lady of Arrows Church. A kneeling parishioner was hit in the hip as the assailant then shot at himself, wounding his scalp. Charles C. Foster, 43, was arrested after the incident, blaming alcohol and professing a desire to die. His wife said he had been drinking heavily and gave no explanation.
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Chicago
Our Lady of Arrows Catholic
Horself
Charles C. Foster
Salt Lake to Flags Cut-off by Rail Plan
A Utah Shippers Traffic Association move to build a 260 mile railroad from Marysvale Utah to Flagstaff Arizona via Southern Utah would connect with Santa Fe lines. H W Prickett and W S McCarthy head to Chicago to present details to Santa Fe officials. The cut-off would shorten Salt Lake City to Flagstaff by over 500 miles opening timber mining and agricultural areas.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway
Marysvale
Arizona
Santa Fe Railway Company
Flagataff
Utah Shippers’ Traffic Association
H. W. Prickett
W. S. McCarthy
Chicago
W. B. Storey
Lanta Fe Railroad Company
Flagstaff
Fire near Prescott burns timber and halts crews
White smoke blanketed a large area west of the Santa Maria river in Mߎ have county as fire fighters battled a timber blaze five miles west of Prescott. Cross winds hindered locating the fire and surveys began to assess timber loss while guards stay on duty to prevent embers from reigniting.
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Prescott
Ariz
Prescott National Forest
Santa Maria River
Mohave County
Grain Fire Rages On 20 Mile Front
A grass and grain fire swept a twenty mile front near Red Bluff California fanned by a stiff wind. The blaze, reported under control last night, was moving toward timbered hills about 29 miles northwest of Red Bluff as firefighters fought to contain the spread.
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Red Bluff
Calif
Rotary Club Soiree Replaces Noon Meeting Tonight
The Winslow Rotary Club will hold a turkey dinner tonight at the Guild Hall replacing the usual Wednesday noon gathering. The announcement notes the shift from the regular noon schedule to an evening event.
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Winslow Rotary Club
Guild Hall
Sacnow Con
Experimental Farm Near Prescott Closes After 15 Years
The University of Arizona experimental farm near Prescott shuts down after 15 years. Director D W Ball cites insufficient adjoining land for ongoing experiments. A herd of thoroughbred goats will be shipped to Tucson and other livestock sold locally. The farm opened in 1914.
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Prescott
Ariz
University of Arizona Experimental Farm
D. W. Ball
University
Tucson
Dawes Honored with Oxford Doctor of Civil Law
Ambassador Charles G. Dawes received the honorary degree of doctor of civil law from Oxford University in Oxford England on June 26.
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Dawes
Oxford
England
Charles G. Dawes
Oxford Litersity
Racketeers fail as hijacked bills fall short
Miami bootleggers tried to hijack a rival’s profits but failed as secret service and prohibition agents close in. Ten arrests span Miami Washington Jacksonville Macon and one suspect banker W M Bolton bonds posted after pleading guilty to using two counterfeit fifty dollar notes. Jack Fields identified as the man hijacked, with plates traced to L M Renna of Jacksonville missing since 1924.
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Macon
Miama
Jacksonville
Secret Service
Miami
Washington
PD. C
W. M. Bolton
Gould's
Fla
United States
George Broinax
Jack Fields
Brodnax
L. M. Renna
Renna
Atlanta
Fire Devastates Mining Town's Business District
A fire in a heap of rubbish at a pool hall in Et a Brandseurs California destroyed the town's business section. Several buildings were dynamited to halt the spread. Loss estimated between 25000 and 1000000 with no injuries. Population about 1500. Another item reports Detroit Toledo and Irontown stock sold by Henry Ford and family to C D Barney and Company for an undisclosed principal.
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New York
Detroit, Toledo and Irontown Railroad
Henry Ford
Familly
C. D. Barney and Company
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Florence
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Tal
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Ont
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Sandino
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Border Rustlers
Laguna
Mildred. Trafiley
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