Turner Leads Nevada Airlines Flight to New York Record Attempt
Captain Roscoe Turner with four passengers completed a coast to coast flight in approximately nineteen and a half hours, landing at Roosevelt Field New York after refueling stops at Albuquerque Tulsa Louisville Cincinnati and other cities. The flight aimed to prove feasibility of transcontinental passenger service and Turner plans an east west return to Los Angeles.
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Roosevelt Field
New York
U.P
Roscoe Turner
Nevada Airlines
Los Angeles
Turner
Albuquerqui
Tulsa
Okl
Louisville
Cincinnati
Frank Hawks
Fred M. Trosper
Russell Techt
H. C. Gatty
E. Lane
Berkeley
Calif
Gatty
Las Vegas
Reno
Nevada Airlines, Inc
No Trace Found Of Pair Swiss Atlantic Fliers
United States Navy ships along the Atlantic coast searched for Oscar Kaser aged 22 and Kurt Luescher aged 21 after their westward crossing attempt from Lisbon began Monday. No signals or sightings were reported since they flew over the Azores, prompting a coast wide watch for sea or shore flares. D. W. Lewis, executive vice president of United Guaranty Co., was in Las Vegas on business and paid a social call to the editor.
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New York
U.P
Atlantic
Azores
Navy Department
Coast Guard
Oscar Kaser
Kurt Luescher
Lisbon
Portugal
D. W. Lewis
United Guaranty Company
San Bernardino
Riverside
Calif
Vegas
the Age
El Dorado Mines Rally With New Burst of Activity
El Dorado Canyon shows renewed mining with old producers like Rand Wall Street Quaker City and Golden Empire restarting, while Knob Hill ships ore to Salt Lake City worth about 50 per ton. The region faults favor gold values east of Opal range and Nelson town sits at the canyon center.
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el Dorado Canyon
Opal Mountain
Black Canyon
Opal Range
Knob Hill
Salt Lake City
Rand
Wall Street
Quaker City
Golden Empire
Occidental
Jeans
Tex Baker's
Nelson
Zep Will Start For U. S. Today
Graf Zeppelin, after a rough start to its world flight, faced damage to the rear engine gondola on departure preparations. Repairs were expected to take about 24 hours. passengers disembarked as the ship was returned to hangar. A separate note reports a juvenile stowaway found in a hatch and treated in Tokyo.
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Tokio
U.P
Victor
Los Angeles
Hugo Eckener
America
School to Open Sept. 3 With 37 Teachers
Las Vegas schools start September 3 with eight new teachers, four in high school and four in grammar, totaling 37 staff. Maude Frazier leads high school as principal with Eva Adams and others, while K. O. Knudson heads grammar school and Ruth Fyfe runs West Side.
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Las Vegas
Maude Frazier
Eva Adams
Bertha V. Akin
W. E. Barr
Commercal
P. W. Bell
J. Harold Brinley
F. H. Butcher
Beulah J. Drom
Helenb. Haines
Mabel Mariana
Raby J
Elbert Edwards
Catherine Donnelly
Laura R. Wilson
W. F. Victor
Leslie Edwards
Arthur Sant
Ethel Oxley
Ruth Nottage
Clariece Craner
Sara Wilson
Doris Hancock
Mary Ottinger
Elinor Shirley
Pearl Cruickshank
Elfrieda Gregerson
Veronica M. de Vany
Amy Early
Thelma Cropper
Los Angeles Police Cracking Slow-Driving Arrests
Los Angeles police will arrest slow drivers who linger in the middle of streets on charges of reckless driving Chief Davis said such driving causes many accidents and the city will enforce the new rule starting immediately credited to U P dispatch from Aug 21 1930s era with arrest policy details.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Davis
Long Hop For Girl Derby Fliers
The remaining seventeen entrants in the Santa Monica Cleveland air derby for women will depart from El Paso here at 6 am to continue on schedule. Stops at Pecos Midlands Abilene Fort Worth steer the long hop for fuel lunch refueling and overnight stay. Marvel Crossan San Diego aviatrix who died near Wellton days ago is believed to have fallen ill from desert heat and lost control. examination shows no motor failure. Crossan body arrives in San Diego for burial.
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EL Paso
Tex
U.R
Santa Monica
Wellton
Ariz
J. W. Noel
Federal Department of Commerce
Marvel Crossan
San Diego
Ford vows to quit car making if prohibition ends
New York Aug 21 UP Henry Ford warns he would close his automobile plant if prohibition ends He argues booze would ruin productivity and reduce workers to two or three days a week In his view sobriety enables an eight hour day and a five day week with steady pay He cites gas and alcohol not mixing and says the wealthy criminal and abandoned classes would be among the few who oppose prohibition
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New York
Henry Ford
United States
Ford
Prohibition
Burglary and forgery charge eyed in Harris case
Lorenzi, 37, says Joe Harris will face burglary and forgery charges after his checks were stolen and used for forging payments. Lorenzi identifies Harris as the forger, noting similar handwriting on the checks and that Harris had been dismissed for drunkenness. First State Bank issued a warning as stolen blanks surfaced after cashing firms brought checks in for return. The thief reportedly entered Lorenzi's resort by breaking a screen and glass, taking checks amounting to four for 44 dollars and one for 60 dollars.
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Joe Harris
D. G. Lorenzi
Las
Harris
Lorenzi
Carpenter
Becaue
First State Bank
Operation Here May Save Beatty Girl
Mr and Mrs C L Richings of Beatty Nevada brought their 12 year old daughter Mary Elizabeth to Union Pacific hospital with a ruptured appendix at 2 am Tuesday Dr Z A d Amours operated at 8 am and reports she has a fighting chance for recovery Dr d Amours praises the nurses and Dr Prazier for their work The family will visit Los Angeles for two weeks afterward
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C. L. Richings
Beatty
Nevada
Mary Elizabeth
Union Pacific Hospital
Z. A. d'Amours
Ancient Tribes Revolt Over Gum Camp Conditions
Vera Cruz Mexico August 21 Mayan tribes of the Yucatan peninsula remnants of the oldest American civilization revolted over labor conditions producing chicle for northern gum. The uprising required more troops than before prompting the government to send 350 soldiers from Vera Cruz to quell the rebellion. Chichen Itza and other ancient Maya cities are noted in the context of ongoing excavations.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Yucatan Peninsula
America
Quinta Roo
Chichen Itza
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Hawkins Heads to State Tax Commission Session
W. E. Hawkins departed for Carson City to attend a session of the state tax commission where he serves as a member. He is expected to be away three or four weeks.
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W. E. Hawkins
Carson City
State Tax Commission
Germany Faces Financial Crisis Threat After Conference Breakup
The Hague report says Germany, pressed by the possible failure of the Young plan, warned a crisis looms as Dawes plan may stay in effect. Annual payments due September 11 and another six-party meeting failed to resolve evacuation timelines for the Rhineland amid French reluctance.
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The
Hague
Uri
Germany
Rhineland
France
Britain
Vegas Air Directory Planned By Dunlap and Hill
Dorsey J. Dunlap and H. C. Hill of the Dunlap Airways Directory plan a western states directory. Seven thousand five hundred copies will be distributed free in Nevada around September 20. The book will cover landing fields, air lines, schedules, and points of interest with pictures of airports.
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Aiways
Dorsey J. Dunlap
H. C. Hill
Dunlap Airways Directory Corporation
Las Vegas
Nevada
Hill
Ind
Salt Lake City
Chambers of Commerce
Presse
Dent
Batimore
Maryland
Canyon City
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
California
Montana
Two Gambling Ships Ordered From Sea Off California
In SAN PEDRO California on August 21 the Johanna Smith and the Monfalcone two notorious gambling ships were ordered removed from the high seas under a treasury decree. Commander Muller S Hay of the cutter Algonquin surveyed them and found they do not operate regular watches prompting complaints from shipping firms and the navy. Both barges lay about 13 miles off the coast southeast of San Pedro awaiting action to end their menace to navigation.
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San Pedro
Calif
California
U. S. Treasury
Johanna Smith
Monfalcone
Here
Muller S. Hay
Algonquin
Navy
Vessels Warned Against Storm Near Cuba and Yucatan
U S weather service issues hurricane warning for vessels in the Yucatan channel and extreme western Cuba as a tropical disturbance near Grand Tremen is tracked northeastward. In other news J L Von Dissen files for divorce from Myrtle May Von Dissen, citing guardianship for the couple’s nine year old son James Franklin and noting her prior insanity.
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Washington
U.P
Yucatan Channel
Cuba
U. S. Weather Bureau
Grand Trymen
J. L. von Dissen
Myrtle May von Dissen
Mabel Racine
San Diego
Von
Officials Meet Citizens to Pick Federal Building Site
Federal officials arrived in Las Vegas to select a site for a future federal building. With $20,000 allotted for land, they seek a corner lot at least 140 by 150 feet and accessible to travelers and the railroad. Local proposals include five acres of park land and sites at Fifth and Stewart and Second and Bridger, among others.
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Las Vegas
Vegas
Wim. Arthur Newman
Pacific States
Hawaii
U.S. Treasury Department
EB. P. Smith
San Francisco
Post Office Department
California
Nevada
Arizona
Newman
Washington
U. S. Senate
House
Smith
Niman
Lear
Post Office
Treasury Department
Walter R. Bracken
Las Vegas Land & Water Company
Old Fair Grounds
Frank Stevens
Senator Oddie
Stevens
Judge Breeze
Fifth and
Stewart
Park
Fifth Street
Bracken
Flowers
Third Street
Fourth Street
Ed Clark
Nungesser
Fremont Street
Fifth
al James
Second and
Bridger
Miranda Craner
Buck
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