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Show NOTES FROM WASHINGTON One of the old landmarkes have to give way to the march of progress. pro-gress. This time it is the old gatn-ering gatn-ering place of New York's citizens citi-zens where they heard the latest in comedy, speech or song. Castle Cas-tle Garden, the hall where the notes of Jennie Linn, the Swedish nightingale, rang out to the populace pop-ulace the tones of that song which has meant so much to everyone in all parts of the world, "Home Sweet Home." When she sang that melody there was hardly a dry eye in the whole audience, and it has been the theme of the heart-weary in all parts of the world, now that building will be torn down for its beauty impedes reetary, today completed the the march of progress. The site of the first English settlement in the New World the Fort Raleigh section of Roanoke Roan-oke Island, now has been acquired by the National Park Service for permanent preservation, Harold L Ickes announced. The place where America's first English child, Virginia Dare, was born 354 years ago will become Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. Advising Secretary of the Interior In-terior Harold L. Ickes that he had given power contractors until March 10 for the filing of cement or concurrence, P.. V. L. Wright, Special Representative of the Secretary, Sec-retary, today completed the draft of proposed findings and recomendations for the effectuation effectua-tion of the Boulder Canyon Project Pro-ject Adjustment Act including proposals for a $104,000,000 reduction re-duction in Boulder power rates over the 50-year amortization period. The Bureau of Mines todav reported re-ported to the Secretary of Interior Inter-ior that it is ready to proceed with initial tests of a special process pro-cess it is devoloping for the production pro-duction of magnesium metal, vi-taldefense vi-taldefense material. The tests will take place at a small pilot plant just completed by the Bureau at Pullman, Washington. About $2,000,000 monthly or $46 a minute flows into business . channels all over the countrv from - the Bureau of Reclamation's construction con-struction job on the Central Valley Val-ley irrigation proiect in California ' Commissioner John C. Paee reported re-ported to the Secretary of Inter-: Inter-: ior. |