Preparations For School Start Nearing In Las Vegas
Las Vegas schools begin Tuesday September 3 with students of Clark Lincoln Esmeralda and Nye counties reporting for work. Miss Amy Hanson deputy state superintendent returns from Nebraska and Carson City to organize the year for the four counties and oversee a new revised elementary course of study for teachers. The Fifth District Institute will be held in November likely the 12th to 15th with all teachers from the four counties required to attend. A teachers meeting for educational district number one will be at Overton August 31. A new two room Sloan school building is ready with Mrs Belle Hayes as principal and Mrs Velme Van Eaton as the other teacher Goodsprings adds two new teachers this year.
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Amy Hanson
Nebraska
Carson City
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Esmeralda
Nye
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Virgin Valleys
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Sheriff’s Secrecy Policy Suppresses Murder Arrest Details
Sheriff Sam Gay enforces a policy of withholding information from newspapers to keep the public in the dark about the basin of his office. The tactic appears successful evidenced by the current absence of details on arrests for recent murders.
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Sam Gay
Las Vegas Storm Drain Plan Causes Street Flooding
In heavy rains Las Vegas faced flooding as a new Fifth Street storm drain misdirected water from Fremont Street into Ogden and Stewart streets. The system created temporary lakes and property damage, with critics blaming misplaced confidence in engineering and inadequate drainage design.
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Slocum
Fifth Street
Fremont Street
Stewart Street
Ogden
Stewart Streets
Ogden Street
Ogden and
A Good Improvement for Las Vegas Streets
The article endorses oil-bound gravel for street work in Las Vegas Townsite south of Lewis street. It notes dust control and durability, with maintenance costs low, and urges prompt improvement while banning Slocum-type engineering. It calls for strict inspection and adherence to specs to avoid substandard work.
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Clark
Lewis Street
Las
Vegas
Two Notable Las Vegas Buildings Rise Distinct Styles
Two new Las Vegas structures stand apart in design. The Beckley three story building at First and Fremont and Carl Ray's Professional Building on Fremont between Fourth and Fifth showcase fine architecture and high class business use. Both aim to set a strong precedent for future developments and enhance the city’s appearance. ELKS SPECIAL EDITION Public response to the 40 page Elks edition of the Age is described as enthusiastic and the best publicity feature Las Vegas has seen. With 10 000 copies printed, both the Elks and the Age hold reserves and offer copies at 10 cents each for widespread distribution to friends and realty interests alike.
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Carl Ray
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Whiting's rise from Peoria to film songs and fame
Richard Whiting rose from a Peoria boyhood to write songs for Hollywood. He sold his first big hit Tulip Time in Holland after Remick offered top pay and a chance to stay home. Whiting teamed with Raymond B. Eagen to craft hits like Till We Meet Again and Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose. Stars Gary Cooper, Richard Arlen, Neil Hamilton signed new Paramount contracts as Dorothy Mackaill headlines.
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United Press
Hollywood
Aus
Wuri
Talkies
Little Whiting Boy
Peoria
Richard Whiting
Little Whiting
Holland
Mammy
Black Rose
Raers
Whiting
Jerome Remick
Music Publishi House
Remick
Okeh
Raymond B. Eagen
Castrong
Chevalier
Gary Cooper
Richard Arlen
Neil Hamilton
Paramount
Dorothy Mackain
Washington Faces Inquiry Into Lawlessness by Officals
The National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement assigns a subcommittee to probe lawlessness among government law enforcement officers. The study will cover abuses by police, prosecutors, and judges, including third degree methods and civil liberties violations, with attention to political prosecutions and high court actions. It notes history of aggressive policing and calls for reform across the justice system.
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Rodney Duthernea
Washington
National Commission On Law Observan and Enforcement
Governme
Law Enfor
Tha
New York Bar Association
Hoover Crime Commission
Commission
Salcedo
Department of Justice
Iegal
Gui
Mooney
Schmittberger
New York
Anu
Madison Square Garden
Woman on the Jury filming at First National
William Haines stars in Navy Blues for MG Madge Bellamy who has faded from prominence since Foz. She headlines Tonight Twelve for Universal.
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First National
William Haines
MG Madge Bellamy
Foz Sed
Universal
Equalization Board to Meet Again Here
Clark County commissioners will sit again as a board of equalization next Monday. Tom Ashe found a kettle containing 16,000 silver dollars in an old stump on his Beach Ridge farm. How's that for pot luck.
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Clark County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Tom Ashe
Beach Ridge
Coincidence Brings Mother and Son Together in L A
When Perry Sherman traveled to Los Angeles for a few days he believed his mother was in Corpus Christi Texas. A physician family friend informed him she and other relatives were en route to the northwest. Sherman hurried to meet her for a surprise reunion in a bustling city.
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Perry Sherman
Los Angeles
Corpus Christie
Texas
Northwest
Sherman
Slow trading on Los Angeles exchanges dampened gains
Los Angeles stock and curb exchanges opened slow with only select issues advancing. Pacific finance common rose to 142, Trans-America up to 147.4, Edison up small, while a mixed batch of banks, oils, and utilities moved little or declined slightly. Rio Grande, Standard Oil, Union Oil and Union Associates slipped modestly on moderate turnover.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Pacific Finance Common
Trans- America
Edison Common
First National
Rio Grande
Standard Oil
Union Associates
Union Oil
Tobacco Use Up In UK First Five Months Of Year
London reports nearly 60 million pounds of tobacco smoked in the United Kingdom during the first five months, up four million pounds from the same period in 1928. The Tobacco World also notes over 38.29 billion cigarettes were consumed in the latter year.
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London
United Kingdom
Tobacco World
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