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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1929
Page
2
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A district official urges District Attorney Harmon and the sheriff to investigate gambling dens in Las Verd. The piece criticizes earlier secrecy, urges proactive action, and suggests public awareness of illicit activities and failures to notify citizens.
A district attorney comments that the public should not assume the sheriff is ignorant of his duties. He praises the sheriff for stopping the Elks entertainment chief and chastises the DA for not urging arrests of murderers. He suggests the sheriff may have overlooked simple duties.
The text shows a dispute over street repair after W U conduit work. It notes faulty material, promises by Western Union and Sob factory to fix issues, and public frustration with contractor delays. It highlights expectations of a complete, satisfactory remedy and the town’s dissatisfaction with the process.
A historical view traces early air lines from tiny pilots to budding airlines like Western Air Express and Airways, noting gradual expansion into profitable operations. It compares air travel growth to the railroad boom, predicting air transportation could mirror rail’s rise over fifty years.
The Boulder Dam power race intensifies as firms, states, and municipalities bid for output after the dam’s approval. With concerns over capacity, officials weigh raising the height from 550 to 575 feet to gain an estimated 259,000 horsepower, lowering overall power costs.
LAS VEGAS August 14 This fall will be active in Nevada mining with properties being prepared for cooler weather and others ready to produce. In Carrara district 12 miles south of Beatty discoveries on Artista improve prospects. Groom district opens Yellow Pine mill and pays dividends. Keystone and other mines see new owners and mills planned. Over 590 men employed in Pioche district as activity surges after decades.
A fragment outlines the U S Bureau of Standards in Washington as a large federal science and industry lab. It notes the agency develops reference standards, devices like the earth inductor compass and radiobeacon, speed measurement for engines, material science advances, and extensive catalogs of samples and instruments. The text highlights the scale, diverse laboratories, and the role in advancing measurement, metrology, and standards.
Clipping from a Los Angeles curb and exchange stock list shows closing bids and asked quotations for Las Vegas stocks on Wednesday August 14. The document records bid prices and ask prices as traded at the close, reflecting market activity and price levels for the day.
Floors for the new Pro Insurance and Trust building on Fourtin Street were poured early this week. Howard E. Jones of San Bernardino, the architect, is in Las Vegas reviewing construction details. Completion is expected by September 1. The building will house Pioneer and Stockwell and Binney furnishers. Company records work will finish in ten days to two weeks, per O W Yates, manager.
J C Wittwer county agent travels from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City for the Western States National Cattlemen's association meeting. En route he will stop in Ephraim Utah to visit the Great Basin Experiment station and will meet State Director of Extension Cecil Creel. Wittwer recently returned from Reno where he helped conduct the state club camp.
Hollywood reporters note film actors study from seasoned stars while Paramount plans motion picture revue segments. Greta Garbo and Wallace Beery work at Paramount. Julion Eltinge to film four talks. Hoot Gibson and Ken Maynard filming at Universal City. The 1 day diet trend persists as Laura La Plante drinks canned grape fruit juice amid grapefruit prices rising.
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