Colorado River Aqueduct Bonds Pass in Southern California
Southern California voters approve 220 million dollars for the Colorado River aqueduct to supply water for about seven million people. The project stretches 226 miles from the river to 13 cities, including Los Angeles and Glendale, with Ford? workers and massive economic impact. Final returns show roughly 300,000 votes cast, about 40 percent of registration.
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Los Angeles
California
Great American Desert
Metropolitan Water District
Panama Canal
Frank E. Weymouth
Federal Bureau of Reclamation
Metropolitan ‘Water District
Long Beach
Glendale
Beverly Hills
Burbank
Anaheim
Pasadena
Fullerton
Santa Ana
Torrance
Compton
Santa Monica
San Marino
Hoover Dam
Missouri Gives Democrats Power Boost in Missouri Race
In Sedalia Missouri Robert G Johnson a 47 year old Marshall attorney known as a fighting Democrat won the seventh district seat from Republican John W Palmer by about 5000 votes. The result leaves Democrats with 214 seats to Republicans 214 with one Farmer Labor hold. Independent L L Collins finished third. Johnson and Palmer had Anti Saloon League and Women’s Christian Temperance Union backing. The election followed Representative Samuel C Major's death and prompted a new House balance.
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Sedalia
House of Congress
Missouri
Robert G. Johnson
Johnson
John W. Palmer
Farmer-Labor Party
L. L. Collins
Springfield
Palmer
Anti-Saloon League
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Samuel C. Major
Fayette
General Butler Retired From Marine Corps After Final Command
Major General Smedley D. Butler gave his last command to the Marine Corps in a September 30 retirement ceremony at Quantico. He told aides to haul down his flag as he left, with Hoover approving retirement orders two weeks earlier. Butler received a major general's flag and 13-gun salute as his final honors.
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Quantico
Smedley D. Butler
Marine Corps
L. C. Whitaker
Hoover
Marine Headquarters
Butler
Exports and imports totals for a US month in 1881
Exports from the United States totaled 161 million 507 thousand dollars for the month, compared with 293 million 903 thousand dollars the same month last year. Imports reached 166 million 760 thousand dollars, versus 218 million 417 thousand dollars previously.
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Washington
United States
Daily Mail Promises World Series Reports From St Louis
The Daily Mail will print detailed World Series coverage direct from the press box in St Louis. Special AP writers will provide almost instantaneous reports of every play, with readers asked to place orders via newsboys, newsstands, or the circulation department.
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Winslow Daily Mail
St. Louis
Associated Press
Daily Mail
Governor hunt trip hints at new road movement in Gallup
Governor Hunt’s Gallup visit is linked to a broader road initiative. Pacific flight plans face delays due to Aleutian weather as Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr prepare for a nonstop Pacific crossing from Japan aiming to set distance and endurance records.
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Hunt
Gallup
Samushiro
Japan
Aleutian Islands
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon Jr
United States
Pacific
Pangborn
Herndon
Salt Lake City
Russell Boardman
John Rolando
New York
Istanbul
Turkey
Hale Warns Destroyer Cut Harms National Defense
Senator Frederick Hale, chair of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, calls Hoover’s plan to cut destroyers from 11 to 5 a crushing blow to national defense. He departs Portland for Washington to discuss with naval authorities, warning that by 1936 under the London treaty every U S destroyer could be obsolete.
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Portland
Maine
United States
Frederick Hale
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Hoover
Washington
Western Livestock Industry Seeks Federal Aid
Senator Carey reports to President Hoover that western livestock feeders face severe financial trouble and seek federal assistance. Carey says Hoover is keen to act, but no concrete plan has been devised yet.
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Washington
Carey
Wyoming
Hoover
West
County Reveals Traffic Study on Route 666 Extension
Gov. G W P Hunt of Arizona conducted a personal survey driving the proposed St Johns Zuni Gallup extension of Highway 666. AAA representative M L Woodard reported the governor's trip over the route to be improved with federal and state funds in the next year.
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U. S. 666
Gallup
St. Johns
Hunt
Chinese Foreign Minister Resigns in Nanking After Mob Attack
Dr C T Wang resigns as foreign minister of the Nanking government after mob violence by students who blamed him for not securing League of Nations intervention in the Sino Japanese dispute in Manchuria. Alfred Sze named to succeed him. Frank W Lee to act temporarily.
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Nanking
China
League of Nations
Manchuria
C. T. Wang
Alfred Sze
Great Britain
Wang
Sze
Geneva
Frank W. Lee
Mexico
Coca Cola Declares Extra Dividend After Record Quarter
The Coca Cola Company mailed shareholders 2 000 000 dollars representing the regular quarterly dividend of 1 75 per share plus an extra 25 cent per share. The payment retained the stock on an 8 basis. Officials called the quarter one of the biggest in the companys history.
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Atlanta
Coca Cola Company
Coolidge Draws Mixed Praise in Hoover Backing Push
Francis M. Stevenson reports Coolidge calls for a solid front in support of the president as Republican leaders plan for Hoover renomination. The article notes many veterans accept Coolidge’s Saturday Evening Post piece but Independents in the northwest resist a fixed Hoover loyalty stance. Senator Brookhart urges a Progressive path with possible candidates Borah Norris Johnson La Follette Pinchot.
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Francis M. Stevenson
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Coolidge
Saturday Evening Post
Northwest
Hoover
Brookhart
Iowa
Coolidge
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Johnson
California
la Follette
Wisconsin
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Peace talks shift to Canton amid demand for Chiang resignation
Hong Kong Sept 30 Conferees negotiating peace between North and South China moved to Canton after a preliminary session here The Canton faction continued to press for Chiang Kai Shek to resign as head of the Nationalist regime in Nanking and for dissolution of the Canton government paving the way for a national people's convention with broad representation.
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Hong Kong
China
Canton
Chiang Kai- Shek
Nanking
Citizen Coolidge Brings Verbose Message on Candidacy
The article contrasts President Coolidge with private citizen Calvin Coolidge noting his long magazine piece denying a 1932 bid versus his brief 1928 statement “I do not choose to run for president in 1928.” The piece hints at changing rhetoric over time.
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Washington
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Married Women Need Not Apply
The Norfolk and Western railway announced that married women need not apply for new jobs and that single women who marry must leave their positions. The policy applies only to new hires and follows precedents set by other firms and officials to balance job distribution among heads of families.
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Charlotte
N. C
Norfolk & Western Railway
Petition drive seeks re opening of Williamson Ave grade crossing
Winslow residents circulate petitions asking the Arizona State Corporation Commission to order re opening of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe grade crossing at Williamson avenue. Lions Club action follows a vote citing public convenience safety and need for a watchman or crossing gates.
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Winslow
Arizona State Corporation Commission
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Williamson Avenue
Lions Club
American officers win Daly and Livingstone Medals in Arctic Antarctic work
In Oslo on September 30 American Minister Hoffman Phillips presented the Daly Medal of the American Geographical Society to Major Gunnar Isachsen and the Livingstone Medal to Captain Riiser Larsen for distinguished service in Arctic and Antarctic exploration.
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Oslo
Norway
Hoffman Philip
American Georaphic Society
Daly
Gunnar Isachsen
Livingstone
Riiser Larsen
Antarctic
Arctic
Denver Livestock Traders Strike Over Reweigh Charge
Denver stock yards see a traders strike as cattlemen move stock to other markets to avoid 14 cent reweigh charges. The action, called after Agriculture Secretary Hyde set the fee, paralyzing trade and costing Colorado industry an estimated 50000 dollars while several thousand head remain unsold. Congressman Eaton warned the move could ruin the Denver market and harm western shippers.
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Denver
Colorado
Arthur M. Hyde
William R. Eaton
Hyde
Stainforth Flies Ship 415 MPH To Set Speed Record
London reports Flight Lieutenant G H Stainforth set a new world speed record of 415.2 miles per hour on the Calshot course. His four lap average reached 408.8 mph in an S6B seaplane with a Rolls Royce engine amid marginal weather. He landed at 100 mph and said he believed he had broken the record after the run.
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Stainforth
London
G. H. Stainforth
Calshot
Edison Losing Strength in Final Illness
Thomas A. Edison, suffering from four diseases, has weakened over the past few days according to Dr. Hubert S. Howe. The bulletin notes less interest and a decline in strength as Edison remains under care in West Orange New Jersey.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Hubert S. Howe
Mr. Edison
Dr. Howe
Shouse Predicts Democrat Control Of Congress
Jouett Shouse who heads the Democratic national committee says Democrats will organize the next Congress. He cites Missouri’s seventh district election of Robert D. Johnson as evidence of public discontent with Republicans and calls tariff and farm board policy central to next year’s national campaign.
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Washington
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
Missouri
Robert D. Johnson
Republican Party
Farm Board
Coal Operator Cuts Wages 14 Percent
The M. E. Hanna Coal Company, a major eastern Ohio operator, announced a 14 percent wage cut effective tomorrow. Base pay drops from $5 to $4.30 per day, affecting about 1,800 miners in the region.
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Clairsville
Ohio
M. E.hanna Coal Company
Silver Outlook from Guggenheim on Metals Future
Sim on Guggenheim, president of the American Smelting and Refining Company, after returning from Europe said silver appeared destined for the greatest future among metals.
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New York
Simon Guggenheim
American Smelting & Refining Company
Europe
Railway Wage Cut Threatens Cash-Strapped Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission closed hearings on a proposed 15 percent freight rate increase and will decide in three to four weeks. Rail attorneys warned denial could trigger a nationwide wage cut controversy, with Grenville Clark arguing the wage issue is large and complex and could affect about 1,400 mediation cases.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grenville Clark
New York
Saenz Plans Cabinet Post in Mexican Government
Governor Aaron Saenz of Nuevo Leon will resign October 4 to become secretary of industry and commerce in President Pascual Ortiz Rubio’s cabinet. Francisco Cardenas of MonterreyNamed as his successor as governor.
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Laredo
Tex
Aaron Saenz
Nuevo Leon
Mex
Industry and Commerce
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Francisco Cardenas
Monterrey
Siam King and Queen Arrive in Shanghai in Honor
King Prajadhipok and Queen Ram Baibarni of Siam arrived in Shanghai aboard the Empress of Japan en route home from the United States. The port honored them with flags as foreign warships and merchantmen displayed flags.
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Shanghai
Prajadhipok
Rambaibarni
Siam
United States
Kingsford-Smith Reaches Europe
Aleppo Syria Sept 30 Wing Commander Charles Kingsford-Smith left for Athens after a night’s rest continuing his bid to lower the Australia to England flight record. He had arrived from Baghdad yesterday.
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Aleppo
Syria
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Athens
Australia
England
Bagdad
Laval to sail for New York on Ile De France
Premier Laval announced he will depart for New York on October 16 aboard the Ile De France, due in New York October 22. Briand and Laval reported to the French cabinet on their Berlin trip and received a formal vote of congratulations on their work. Laval indicated he would set a departure date soon to avoid conflicting with President Hoover’s Yorktown engagement.
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Paris
Laval
New York
Ile de France
Briand
Doumer
Berlin
M. Laval
United States
Hoover
Yorktown
Orphan Arrested for Making Liquor at Home
Paris Illinois September 30 Quin ton Cohoon eleven year old inmate at Edgar county orphans home was arrested after officers found him manufacturing intoxicating liquor in the basement of the home. He will be given a hearing tomorrow and police expect he will be sent to a boys school.
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Paris
Ill
Quinton Cohoon
Edgar County Orphans’ Home
Cohoon
Weather: Arizona Tonight Cooler in Parts
Fair weather continues across Arizona with cooler conditions expected tonight and Thursday especially in the south central and southeast portions.
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Arizona
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