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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1929
Page
3
The Jondahl Paint shop has reopened after a six week closure. Owner Dan Jondahl, recently ill for much of the summer, has not yet returned to work and is expected to be absent another month. R G Putnam will run the shop in the interim.
Twenty nine survivors of the San Juan arrived in San Francisco after the tanker S C T Dodd collided with the liner at sea. Survivors recounted a shattering impact, rough seas, and fog, with families and crowds awaiting news outside the port.
Maude Frazier, Las Vegas school principal, announced registration times for all grades on Tuesday September 3. Kindergarten starts at 9 am, with West Side and other locations, while elementary and high school students register by 8:15 or 1:15 depending on grade. Textbook deposits of 2.50 apply. regular classes begin Wednesday September 4.
Irene Rich delivers an emotional performance as Shanghai Rose in a tale of maternal devotion and danger at El Patio. The plot follows a mother who protects her secret gambling den as her husband the district attorney probes, culminating in a drastic act to shield her child. The Colonial Players arrive for two plays Monday and Tuesday after appearances in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Clark Ed. Clark a Nevada Colorado River commissioner returned Thursday from Salt Lake City where he attended the conference of eleven public land states and the Colorado River conference. He said public land states offered no firm stance on turning over federal lands to states and upper basin states urged a high power rate at Boulder Dam to fund future river development. No decisive action was reached at either meeting.
Kid Chocolate and Al Singer dueled 12 rounds with Chocolate rallying late to a close decision before 50,000 at the Polo Grounds. Gate receipts approached $225,000 and Chocolate earned about $50,900 for his win, placing him among boxing greats alongside Dixon and Gans.
Consolidated notes reveal Ray May plans a family hotel with a spacious lobby and coffee shop in Las Vegas, plus owning a 75 foot Fifth Street lot near the McDonald hotel and potential development. He praises the climate and future growth, noting his health improved since moving there. May previously operated Strand San Bernardino and Capitol and Atlas Cheyenne theaters, sold to Fox, and built residences including a Glendower Avenue home. He also runs Boulder Lumber and Supply Co. and owns apartment buildings adjacent to the Ambassador hotel.
An anonymous Las Vegas donor offers a twenty dollar gold piece as the prize for the top Las Vegas high school home economics student of the year. The winner will be chosen at term end based on overall subject work, with Miss Maude Frazier announcing the award and the home economics teacher among likely judges.
Otis Smith and family return plans. John Cahlan and Hemphill trips to Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe. J Dayton Smith and two children to return from the East. Art Vann to Los Angeles for business. Mrs Elwell to Riverside. Pembroke and Jack home from Southern California. Thomas Carroll back to enter school. Esther Maud heading to Los Angeles. James R Harding to LA. B B Tanker back to LA. Thelma Hooper to LA to live with grandparents. H D McCoy weekend at Mt Charleston. J R Hewitt returns from vacation with fishing and Zion Park. Roy W Martin and family back from LA. Mundys on six weeks coast trip. Clara Lee Thacker in LA. Elfrieda Gregersen arrives. C A Beck in Las Vegas. Lieut and Mrs Smith to LA for funeral. C C Boyer returns from Reno. Jack Sherman to Texas. Ellis Basom to LA. Baby girl born to Mrs James Gill.
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