Cold Baths Said To Prevent Crime In Heat
French professor Dr Jacqu Vinchon argues heat causes tempers to flare and crime rises in hot weather. He endorses cold baths and rest as a deterrent, noting most criminals lacked a cold bath on the day of their act and that calm, cooler conditions reduce impulsive violence.
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N. Reynolds Packard
United Press
Pris
Tal
Jacqu Vinchon
France
Prohon
Northerc
Vinehan
Trainmaster appoints new chief clerk at Las Vegas
M. E. Watson who was chief clerk to the trainmaster of Union Pacific has left for Mexico to join Southern Pacific. Replacing him is A. W. Buzza from O. W. R. & N. with Portland ties. Buzza expects to move his family to Las Vegas soon.
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M. E. Watson
Union Pacific
Mexico
Southern Pacific
A. W. Buzza
Portland
Ore
Buzza
Las Vegas
Miss Smith to Fly Safety First Plane
Miss Eleanor Smith an 18 year old who recently held the world endurance solo record will pilot the safety first plane. The ship will visit 50 airports between New York and the Pacific Coast as part of the safety first campaign. The inaugural event is set for Roosevelt and Curtis fields at 2 PM Sunday.
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New York
Eleanor Smith
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt and
Curtis Fields
Gliders To Get Inning At Cleveland Meet
Cleveland hosts a national glider meet August 24 to September 1 as part of air races. Notables include Amelia Earhart Frank Hawks and Reed G Landis with eight events using automobile towing or shock absorber cord launches. Dr Wolfgang Klemperer heads the National Glider Association efforts.
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Cleveland
Germany
America
Amelia Earhart
Frank Hawks
Reed G. Landis
Wolfgang Klemperer
National Glider Association
Akron
Ohio
Klemperer
Cleveland Municipal
Wolfgeng Klemperer
Mysterious She Plans Blindfolded Car Parade Tomorrow
A woman titled The Mysterious She will drive a Buick blindfolded tomorrow afternoon starting at 4:30 from El Patio. She will navigate a route through Carson Street Main Fremont Fifth to El Desierto and Bonneville then Fourth back to the theater. The event features Alendale the Miracle man and is billed as highly entertaining, with audience questions answered during the show.
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Jim Cashman
Shi
el Patio
Carson Street
Main
Fremont
Pifth
el Desierto
Bonneville
Fourth
Cashman
Sara
Alendale
Las Vegas
Wealthy Realtor to Be Tried for Bribery
Wealthy real estate man Frank Newport and his secretary Robert Clarke faced trial in Los Angeles for conspiracy to bribe Superior Judge Dailey S. Stafford. The state alleged Clarke offered the judge fifty thousand dollars to alter a decision in a Newport real estate case.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Frank Newport
Robert Clarke
Dailey S. Stafford
Clarke
Newport
Stafford
Babe Ruth Hits His Thirty First Homer
Babe Ruth hit his 31st home run of the season and his 50th in the American League in Cleveland. The shot off Joe Shaute in the third inning drove in Combs and Larry to tie the game at 3 to 3.
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Babe Ruth
Cleveland, O
Joe Shaute
Indians
Combs
Larry
Rich Man's Runaway Daughter Is Found
Zelda Body a 20 year old daughter of wealthy oilman C E Body was taken into custody in Phoenix Arizona with two men she left Los Angeles with on August 5. Local authorities received the information today confirming the reunion occurred after her disappearance starting August 5.
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Los Angeles
U.R
Zelda Body
C. E. Body
Phoenix
Arizona
Famous Land Crack Fenced Off In California Bluff
SAN PEDRO Calif Aug 12 Police today fenced off the Point Firmin Crack where about six acres of land are slipping from the bluff toward the ocean The crack is eight feet wide and extends seaward to an undetermined depth Geologists remain puzzled by the fault cause.
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San Pedro
Calif
U.P
Point Firmin
Woman transforms shacks into cottages to build Lincoln Hotel
Agnes McLaughlin, a Las Vegas contractor, is remodeling the Lincoln hotel into a fourteen room two story building. She has already converted several shacks into cozy stucco cottages with modern fixtures and color harmony. She plans to run the hotel herself with new color schemes, gumwood finishes, lawns and shrubs surrounding the property.
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Las Vegas
South Main Street
Bob Edwards
Agnes McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Place
Hudkins $15,000 Purse Still In Limelight
In San Francisco on August 12 the Observatory Athletic Club Frank Shuler and Edward Lynch filed an answer in Superior Court to ace Hudkins suit claiming the $15,000 purse from his June bout with Charley Berlanger was turned over to the State Athletic Commission per its order.
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San Francisco
U.P
Ace Hudkins
Charley Berlanger
State Athletic Commission
Observatory Athletic Club
Frank Shuler
Edward Lynch
Hudkins
John Gilbert's Father Dies in Hollywood
John Pringle, 67, father of actor John Gilbert, died today at California Lutheran Hospital after a long illness. He will be buried in Hollywood Cemetery Wednesday. Pringle led a stock company for 30 years in Chicago and New York, was known in stage circles, and worked in Hollywood for four years in several films. The actor-son, en route to Europe on his honeymoon with Lia Claire, could not be reached.
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Hollywood
John Pringle
John Gilbert
California Lutheran Hospital
Pringle
Chicago
New York
Europe
Iaa Claire
Tile Firm Expands to New Larger Plant Location
Lay-More Tile and Machine company reports Desert Construction will relocate to a larger site after a surge in output. A. J. Fisher says new location will be chosen early this week to replace the Twelfth and Ogden plant. Five moulds now in use produce 2,500 tiles daily with eight-hour operation and more drying ground needed.
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Desert Construction Company
A. J. Fisher
Lay-More Tile and Machine Company
Twelfth
Ogden
Fisher
Barrage of Meteors Seen at Mt. Wilson
Meteors of the Perseid shower were observed at Mt. Wilson observatory in Pasadena. More than 20 per hour were counted as the earth passed through the Perseid meteors in the early hours. The meteor barrage began Friday and will continue through Tuesday.
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Pasadena
Calif
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