Great Boxing Card Promised For Saturday
A major Las Vegas boxing show is set for Saturday at Legion Arena with Sam my Kasper, Vern Miller, Ross Sly, and Kid Duff headlining a strong card. Promoter Harris plans three out‑of‑town bouts from Los Angeles and Phoenix and guarantees well‑matched local contenders. Tickets go on sale Wednesday at White Cross drug store, Boulder Club, and Boulder Service station. first prelim starts at 9 o'clock.
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Legion Arena
Las Vegas
Sammy Kasper
K. O
Miller
Kasper
Pacific Coast
Sammy
Harris
Los Angeles
Phoenix
White Cross Drug Store
Boulder Club
Boulder
Kasper Knows How Knockout Blows Are Dealt
Local fistic artist Sammy Kasper announces a Legion arena bout on Saturday facing a worthy opponent. He lists past knockouts of Steven Dalton Jack Martin Wild Bill Reed and Wild Willie Williams in cities including Los Angeles San Francisco and San Diego. He claims to have permanently blinded Ed-
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Kasper
Sammy Kasper
Legion Arena
Steven Dalton
Jack Martin
Wild Bill Reed
Los Angeles
Wildcat
Henry Barber
San Francisco
Wild Willie Williams
San Diego
Local boxing tales of a storied career end at last
The veteran fighter known as Spears fought Dago Jimmy Lewis in his final bout after Lewis spit tobacco juice into his face. He previously faced Bert Colima twice at Jack Doyle's arena in 1925, with one draw. Spears defeated Wildcat Henry Bar, split draws with Benny Hammer, and beat him later. Sailor Ackerman knocked Kasper down nine times before Kasper survived to KO him in round nineteen. Spears claimed the coast title from Jack Powell in Mexicali, holding it for thirty eight months.
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Die Spears
Spears
Jimmy Lewis
Lewis
Bert Colima
Jack Doyle
Wildcat
Henry Barber
Benny Hammer
Sailor Ackerman
Kasper
Mexicali
Jack Powell
Senator Blease Sees Tariff Fight as Political Boon
Washington Letters recount Senator Cole Blease's view that Democrats err by opposing Republican tariff bills. He suggests passing the bill then aiming for a Democratic Senate and House next year, while criticizing prohibition and blaming bootleg liquor and the erosion of family prayer for increased crime and social decay. The piece notes Blease's blunt, independent stance and past drink tolerance.
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Washington
Cole Blease
South Carolina Statesman
Senate
House
Hoover
Noble
Blease
South Carolina
Tye
America's Huge New Airships to Beat Graf Zeppelin
Akron reports Goodyear Zeppelin plans two navy class airships larger than Graf Zeppelin with 9000 mile range and internal airplane hangars. Aimed at trans oceanic passenger service to Hawaii and Los Angeles, with a Pacific base in Honolulu, the project signals American leadership in lighter-than-air aviation.
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U. S. Navy
Los Angeles
Hawaii
Diamander Jerome C. Hunsaker
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Honolulu
Zeppelin
America
Pacific
Goodyear Zeppelin
Akron
Navy
Atlantic Sea Board
Ohio
Schoenhair Wins Non-Stop Flight to Cleveland Net Record
Lee Schoenhair, flying a Lockheed Vega Wasp, completed a nonstop Los Angeles to Cleveland flight in 13 hours 51 minutes 10.8 seconds to win the National Air Meet derby. He arrived at Cleveland Municipal Airport at 5:26 pm after starting from Metropolitan Airport at 12:35 am. Other entrants include Roscoe Turner Frank Hawks Art Goebel and O Boutillier.
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Los Angeles
A.R
Lee Shoenhair
Cleveland
National Air Meet
Metropolitan
Roscoe Turner
Frank Hawks
Art Goebel
O. Cc. le Boutillier
Shoenhair
Sauer Beats Zisser In Wrestling Match
Pete Sauer of Glendale California defeated Pete Zisser of Salt Lake City two falls to one in Phoenix. Sauer won the first fall in 13 minutes 20 seconds with reversed flying headlocks. Zisser took the second in 4 minutes 25 seconds with a body slam. The deciding fall lasted 7 minutes 50 seconds as Sauer executed a body straddle to claim the match.
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Phoenix
Pete Sauer
Glendale
California
Pete Zisser
Salt Lake City
Sauer
Zisser
New Naval Dirigibles Feature Enclosed Elevation for Passengers
Describes advanced dirigible design with cabins set along the ship sides under an intact envelope, glassed promenade decks for viewing, and interior propellers driven by wind tunnels. Each vessel expected to carry about 100 passengers, with dining rooms, staterooms, lounges, and wide promenades.
Direct San Francisco to New York air service begins
The Maddux airline will start a direct San Francisco to New York passenger service on September 1. Planes depart Alameda airport at 7:45 a.m. for Barstow, arrive 11:15 a.m., then connect with the Lindbergh line in Los Angeles to continue east. Return trips follow the same schedule with arrivals in Alameda at 7:30 p.m.
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San Francisco
New York
Maddux
Alameda
Barstow
Los Angeles
Alameda Airport
River Levels Fall at Grand Canyon Over Three Days
The Colorado River continued to drop after peaking at 14,600 second feet on Saturday, sliding to 13,400 on Sunday and about 12,100 early yesterday morning as floodwaters receded.
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Colorado
Grand Canyon
Teachers Survive Cloudburst Auto Mishap Near Searchlight
Two teachers narrowly escaped injury when their Nash car was upset by a cloudburst while traveling toward Searchlight after crossing the river ferry. Reported here as virtually new, the vehicle was badly damaged and salvaged to a Searchlight garage. Names and addresses were not learned. They had driven from Kingman.
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Searchlight
Kingman
Materials Delay Arsenal Start
The opening of the munitions plant at Hawthorne is delayed by shortages of building materials. Judge J. Emmett Walsh said the government granted a two to three month extension beyond the original contract. Dodge brothers of Fallon are building twenty two miles of roadway in the arsenal grounds, begun about a week ago.
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Mittry Brothers
Hawthorne
J. Emmett Walsh
Goldfield
Dodge Brothers
Fallon
Arsenal Grounds
Divorce Granted to Carpenter in District Court
W. W. Carpenter was granted a decree of divorce from Nell Carpenter yesterday by Judge J. Emmett Walch in district court on grounds of cruelty. The couple were married in Denver in 1919.
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W. W. Carpenter
Nell Carpenter
J. Emmett Walch
Jon
Denver
Eagle Scout Sets Fast Pace In Hiway King Race From U L To L A
Lyman Wooly, 16, an Eagle Scout from Salt Lake City, hiked with canteen and pack toward Los Angeles racing a fellow scout. He said they camped out and rode, covering 800 miles in a day and a half to Salt Lake City, then planned to continue. His companion is Lyman Gotchy, also an Eagle Scout, identified as number one.
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Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Lyman Wooly
Salt Lake
New York City
Lyman Gotchy
Lyman
Giant 400 MPH Plane Aims Pacific Ocean Flight
A Chicago Tribune funded giant biplane designed to reach 400 miles per hour nears completion in an East town. The craft, with three motors and a one-man crew, is slated to depart from San Francisco for a non-stop Pacific crossing. Government experts have observed the project as it accelerates toward completion.
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Pacific
Tokio
J. Frishman
Chicago Tribune
Frishman
Lindy
San Francisco
Chicago
Flyers Spotlight Shines on National Air Derby Scenes
Many flyers vie for attention at the Los Angeles air show as Graf Zeppelin plans a midnight takeoff to Lakehurst completing a world tour. Mrs Louise Thaden leads the women racers in the Santa Monica to Cleveland derby while Mrs Lindbergh flies New York to Cleveland with her husband beside her. Pilots race from Portland to Cleveland via Milwaukee, St Paul, and Omaha with several derbies forming across Oakland Cheyenne and Louisville routes.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
Louise Thaden
Pittsburg
Santa Monica
New York
Cleveland
Portland
Oregon
Milwakee
St. Paul
Oakland
California
Cheyenne
Salt Lake
Omaha
Miami
Louisville
Birningham
Alabama
Thief Frank Ellis Sentenced to Two to Fourteen Years
Frank Ellis was sentenced yesterday to serve from two to fourteen years in state prison for theft of fifty dollars from fellow workers at the aqueduct survey camp in Searchlight. Judge J. Emmett Walsh, of the Seventh Judicial District, in Goldfield, presided while Judge Orr was ill. Ellis pled guilty to the grand larceny charge.
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Frank Ellis
J. Emmett Walsh
Seventh Judicial District
Goldfield
Wm. E. Orr
Ellis
Larger Oil Tank For Company Housing
The Union Pacific plans a new 5,000 gallon fuel oil tank for the company rooming house in south Second to boost heating and water heating capacity. The tank is formed from an old car tank, cut and rebuilt to fit the space and replace the existing cement tank. Ellis served as dishwasher and helper to engineers surveying a proposed Colorado River-Los Angeles aqueduct route.
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Union Pacific
South Second
Ellis
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Duff
Washington Letters
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NEA
Dixie College
Saint George, Utah
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Schoenhair
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Eagle Scout
U. L
L.A
Pacific Ocean
Philco
Highboy
Price
Neutrodyne
Philco Highboy
LAS Vegas Mercantile Corp
Fremont
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