Las Vegas man hunted in Nettles murder case
Clarence E. Hodge is sought by authorities on suspicion of killing Sam Nettles whose body with two bullets lay at the Las Vegas Funeral Home. Mrs Nettles claims the shooting was accidental during a struggle for a pistol. Autopsy showed two .38 caliber bullets, one hitting the heart, with no powder residue. Hodge fled in a Dodge after the confrontation at Nettles home. Undersheriffs and city police searched toward Salt Lake City while coroner's inquest was scheduled. Nettles, 49, had cardiac conditions and had lived in Las Vegas about twelve years.
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Sam Nettles
Las Vegas
Clarence E. Hodge
T Eveni Hodgose
Nettles
Vis
Z. A D'Amours
C. E. Bulette
Frazer
Hodge
D'Amours
Joe May
Las! Ve
Coron
10 Vegas
Dr. D'Amours
Graf Zepp Starts for America in Vegas Kidnap Case War
Chaos grips Las Vegas and Mt Charleston as Charles F. Hughes and W. H. Alkire clash over finances. Deputies pursue Hughes patriarch and three sons after an escape under fire in Long Beach and a kidnapping at Charleston Park. Leslie Hughes is captured. two women and two men tied to the dispute are involved in auto theft warrants and a wrecked Chrysler.
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Long Beach
Charleston Park
Charles FE. Hughes
W. H. Alkire
la Vegas
Hughes
United Press
California
Leslie Hughes
W. E. Hughes
Leslie
Las Vegas
Mt. Charleston
Alkire
Hughes Brothers
Roger Foley
Los Angeles
Wm. S. Traeger
Accident Kills Man In Will Disaster In Redlands
REDLANDS Calif July 5 UP On the eve of inheriting an estate valued at more than 5 000 000 Henry Crain former Redlands police officer died last night of a wound he received in an accident His brother John Stocker found Crain on the floor of his residence with a bullet hole through his head Investigators believe a shotgun near the body discharged while Crain was firing it Three years earlier Crain inherited 100 000 from Henry Vogt Mentone orange grower A year Vogt s brother died in Mexico City and left Crain the major portion of a 6 000 000 estate Crain filed his claim in New York this month to the portion of the estate he was to receive
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Redlands
Calif
Henry Crain
John Stocker
Crain
Henry Vogt
Mentone Orange
Vogt
Mco
New York
Europe Prepares for Communist Anti-War Demonstration
In London and across Europe authorities mobilize for possible disorder tied to a planned militant anti-war protest. Paris deploys 20 000 police and troops while Prague Belgrade and Sofia also brace for potential clashes amid the tense political climate. The report also details autopsy findings on a fatal gunshot wound with bullets penetrating Nettles' chest and finger.
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London
Europe
England
Paris
Balkan
Prague
Belgrade
Sofia
More Steel Bridges For Union Pacific
The Union Pacific bridge inspection crew, traveling by special motor car on the right of way, nears Las Vegas from the east on its annual tour after stopping at Carp Nevada Tuesday night. They are expected to reach Las Vegas around Saturday night per the roadmaster's office.
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Las Vegas
Union Pacific
Carp
Nevada
Sky rat impressions from Reno to Las Vegas flight
LAS VEGAN TELLS OF HIS IMPRESSIONS AS SKY RAT ON RENO VEGAS AIR TRIP. The writer, Lewis A. Hicks, records his thoughts from a Reno to Las Vegas air journey with Governor Scrugham aboard a Nevada Airlines flight. He notes the desert rat culture of prospectors and outlines Virgin Oil and Mines Corporation interests in Clark County. The plane, Aquarius, is described as a four passenger high speed monoplane with a veteran pilot and smooth takeoff from Reno.
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Nevada
Lewis A. Hicks
Arizona
Colorado River
Reno
Frank Gesell
Virgin Oil and Mines
Mpany
Scrugham
Las Vegas
Las Veg
Virgin Ol and Mines Corporation
Clark County
Virgin River
Boulder Dam
Nevada Airlines
Los Angeles
Las Veras
Mina
Comstock Min
Pilots of 420-Hour Flight Honored in St Louis
Two airmen Dale Red Jackson and Forrest Obie O Brine, famed for a 420 hour 21 minute nonstop flight in a St Louis Robin, paid respects to George Lambert who died in a training crash. The funeral preceded a luncheon at the St Louis City Club where sponsors gifted a sister ship and each pilot received a gold watch.
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Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
St. Louis
Forrest O'Brine
George Lea Lambert
You Lambert
Jack Obrine
Lambert
St. Louis City Club
Light
Paul Weber
ST. Lou
Aviation
Lambert St Loui
Eigsteen
Dale
Red” Jackson
Forrest
German ship starts flight preliminary to trip round world
The Age reports on the St Louis Robin crew led by Jackson and O Brine finishing a swift transcontinental flight. They arrived after 18 days aloft, with meals from the O Brine home, a celebratory luncheon, and plans for a civic parade. Allan Hoover sickbed in Washington is noted, while the Graf Zeppelin departs from Friedrichshafen on a world flight attempt with canaries, gorillas, a grand piano, and mail aboard.
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Jackson
O'Brine
William B. Robertson
Curtis Airplane — Manufacturing Company
Challenger Motor
Ally
Elsie
Chamber of Commerce
Lindbergh
Friedrichshafen
Germany
America
North Sea
Hugo Eckener
Lake Constance
Lakehurst
New Jersey
Switzerland
Bay of Biscay
Lindy Has Another Plane Mishap Blows Out
Newark July 31. Colonel Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh survived a second air mishap as their plane’s left wheel and wing were damaged after a tire blew out during landing at Newark airport. They were uninjured and drove to the Morrow estate in Englewood.
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N. J
U.p
Charles A. Lindho
Columbus
Ohio
Lindbergh
Lindberghs
Morrow
Englewood
Norwark
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Hugo Eckner
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France
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