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Mayor Newbegin of Tacoma was glad he remembered that fact because Tacoma (pop. 110.000 ) badly needed light, badly needed power. Cushman Dam which supplies water for the city-owned plant was dangerously low. Where four inches of rain had fallen last October, this October fell less than one inch. Abandoned private steam plants were prepared for operation. Housewives had to be told to cut down on current. Only every other street light burned at night. Electrical signs were shut off. The lights on the tower of the city hall went dark for the first time in 30 years...
...revenge came in 1926 when he ousted from a Senate seat William Morgan Butler, chairman of the Republican National Committee, strongly-endorsed Coolidge friend. Last year he was again reelected, helping materially to carry Massachusetts for Nominee Smith. He voted for Tax Reduction (1928), Flood Control (1928), Boulder Dam (1928), the Cruiser Construction Bill (1929), Radio Control (1928) and Reapportionment (1929). He voted against Farm Relief (1927, 1928, 1929) and the Jones (increased Prohibition penalties) Law (1929). He votes Wet, drinks Wet. Legislative Hobbies: War veteran aid, protective labor measures, U. S. merchant marine, a high tariff for Massachusetts industries...
...Egyptian expedition of Harvard and Boston Museum of Fine Arts since 1905, he was director of the Harvard Palestinian Expedition, conducting excavations at Samaria, 1907-10. Besides being archaeologist in charge of excavations of the Egyptian government in Nubia in preparation to flooding lower Nubia by raising the Assuan dam from 1907 to 1909, Professor Reisner has written several volumes about his work...
...President Hoover goes to Detroit for Henry Ford's dedication of the Edison Laboratories; Oct. 22-goes to Cincinnati for celebration of the opening of the $100,000,000 improved Ohio River waterways; Oct. 23-inspects Louisville Dam; Oct. 24-in Washington pushes button to open new Mount Hope Bridge connecting Bristol and Newport...
...National Dairy Show at St. Louis. Oct. 21-President Hoover goes to Detroit for Henry Ford's dedication of the Edison Laboratories; Oct. 22-goes to Cincinnati for the celebration of the opening of the $100,000,000 improved Ohio River waterways; Oct. 23-inspects Louisville Dam. Oct. 25-New $6,000,000 Japanese motorship Asama Marti arrives in San Francisco on maiden voyage...