Las Vegas Unmasked a desert town of gambling and spectacle
The piece surveys Las Vegas as a booming hub of gambling and entertainment driven by new hotels and licenses. It notes eight planned hotels with multi‑million investments, state licensing rules, fingerprint checks, and prominent figures like Meyer Lansky and Nick the Greek linked to the scene. It also highlights tourism, weddings, and the evolving contrast between urban nightlife and regional anxieties about taxation and crime.
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AIT Uist Gil
Vegas
Las Nods
Tate Charles
Cherry Nase
Considine
Mortuary
Las Vegas
Abe
Las Veras
Chamber of Commerce
Brown
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Texas
Thunderbird
Meyer
Take Lansky
Imeb
Jana
Kefauver
Vegig Uwrmenia Wlan Ein — Cornero
Ofl
Roxie’s
Lux
Rextor
California
Erator
Nevada State Tax Commission
Commission
Nevada
Virgil W. Peterson
Chicago Crime Commission
Peterson
Tom
Tate
Mor Dalitz
Cleveland
Swank Desert Inn
Jake Kozloff
Joe FE
Lewis
Desert Inn Group
Boulder
Plants Point Uranium Deposits Says Arizona Botanist
Arizona botanist Kurtz reports plants can indicate uranium deposits by tracing elements to leaves. Tests extract inorganic ash, measure radioactivity, and show deposit presence and depth, offering cheaper, faster prospects than drilling or USGS methods.
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Tucson
America
Edwin RB. Kurtz
University of Arizona
Kurtz
SUD
Asays Kurtz
Roger Anderson
U.S. Geological Survey
Kurlz
Gefer
Abeli
Garbage collector held for theft in grocery store sack
Tulsa police arrested Doyle W Craghead, 47, a Collinsville garbage collector, for taking merchandise from a grocery store in a sack of meat scraps. The report notes he was overly eager in performing his duties.
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Tulsa
Collinsville
Doyle W. Craghead
Old Grades Back in Texas A&M Civil Engineer Now Enlists
James C. Short, 38 years after graduating as a Texas A&M civil engineer, has returned to study agriculture after retiring from 37 years in the Army. He plans to operate a ranch following his new course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
James C. Short
Texas A&m College
Ats
College Student Publishes Own Weekly Paper
Fremont Nebraska AP report profiles Paul Bunge a 21 year old Midland College junior who runs Arlington Citizen a four page weekly paper mailed to about 1100 homes. He serves as editor publisher writer ad solicitor and shop foreman while his wife Nadine folds and mails editions.
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Citizen Ane
Bunge
Young reporter Bunce starts newspaper career in Nebraska
Bunce began his journalism by helping at the Nemaha County Herald in Auburn Nebraska while in high school. He believes weekly papers hold a vital role in rural life and plans to pursue full time work after graduation.
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Bunce
Auburn
Neb
Nemaha County Herald
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Hoover Dam
Lami
Af Tol
Hollywood
AEC
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Vane Weidenkopf
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Rex Bell
Clara Bow
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Nick the Greek
Joe W. Brown
Downs Town
Army
Stevens Jin
Sen. McCarthy
Abe Schiiler
Flamingo Hotel
Grover Whalen
Bigey Siered
Last Frontier
Little Church of the West
Lake Mead
Lake Mohave
Great Dam
Sears
Yucca Flat
U.S
Tony Cornero
Frank Fishman
Royal Nevada
Alfred Gottesman
Dunes
Louis l Rubin
Alexander Bisno
Ed Servinson
Entertainment Capital
FBI
Washington
Congress
Public Prosecutors’ Institute
Berkeley
Lynagny
Reno
National Association of County and Prosecuting Attorneys
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Furporium
Palladium
Jorknot Rawndhouse
Capital Hill
Pato McCarran
Randolitietes
Joan Vo Mueller
Rena
Carson & Hie
Lena Horne
Janiny Durante
Sophie Turker
Tony Martin
Frank Sinatra
Alartens Dietrich
Pally Bergen
Mac West
Xavier Cugat
Ar Ezig Finga
Lasvantuig
Ace
Ani
Babylon
Mow
Benny Sicrel
Strip
Toenweay Armond Gigli
Sands Hotel
U. S
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March of Science
Atomic Energy Commission
Arizona
Helen Cannon
TS. Geological Survey
Anderson
Karta
Burnips, Mich
Gail
Kenneth Robers
Ipes
Wertford End
3Rd Ave
Hobbie Auction House
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Cular Rapids
del Blumenshine
Third Street SF
Acousticon 422 Merchants Bk
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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the Rapids Chevrolet Company
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