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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1929
Page
1
New Five and Ten Cent Store announced to open here February first. Paying work to start within six days. Six hundred Marines ready to sail from Virginia port today if ordered.
Edwin G. Goldborough filed for divorce at 11 a.m. and, within three hours, Judge Wm. E. Orr granted the divorce on cruelty grounds. Goldborough, previously married to Levine K. Goldborough in Manila, Philippines, was released as a free man.
A formal Russia China conference will open this month likely in Harbin to settle the Chinese Eastern railway dispute. An agreement for restoring the railway to joint control will be signed when Manchurian delegate Tsai Yun Sheng reaches Abavarsk.
The divorce suit of Harry A. Bennett seeking dissolution from Esther R. Bennett was dismissed without prejudice Thursday by Judge Orr in Clark County District Court.
Clark County Board authorized wiring alterations for the courthouse to upgrade to adequate voltage. Electrical Inspector Lloyd Payne said current wiring is in poor condition and only sixty to seventy volts are available instead of the required 110. Minor changes also planned. J P King to report on lighting. Also approved: Lemuel Leavitt salary of 20 a month, Mate Ann Hafen Mother's Pension 10 a month, and district attorney to clear title on the experimental farm plus inventory and final report on the 1929 Clark County Law Library.
Five hundred sixty six arrests have been made by the local police department since Percy Nash was appointed chief last January. This is an average of fifty one a month. Fingerprints of 102 prisoners have been taken since the identification system was established here by Nash.
Las Vegas fire department orders a resuscitator from E and J Manufacturing of Glendale California to aid revival of shock and drowning victims. The equipment, costing 325, will arrive in a little over two weeks funded from the department’s own funds.
A G Barnes Stonehouse ex owner of a celebrated circus may face a Las Vegas court action over a 1923 divorce decree. He allegedly owes 1400 from that judgment. three minors are involved. The saga traces back to 1920s Los Angeles and Nevada cases with wives Jane and Dolly and multiple custody disputes.
Los Angeles December 6 Walter Hagen, one of America's top golfers, dropped from the National Professional Golfers Association tournament at Hillcrest Country Club after losing to Leo Diegel the defending champion. Diegel advances to the finals to meet Johnny Farrell, national amateur champion, who ousted Al Wagrous of Detroit.
President Hoover sent to the senate the nomination of Patrick J. Hurley of Oklahoma to the secretary of war post, to succeed the late James W. Wood. The nomination was disclosed from Washington on December 6.
Senate roll call denied William S Vare the Pennsylvania seat with 58 to 22 votes including Johnson and Wants Guard Abolished Farm Loan board moves to abolish and transfer duties to Federal Farm board. Extradition case mentions Vernon and California Oklahoma proceedings. Local notes include crimes and business items.
Las Vegas high school will hold the first basketball turnout of the season Monday evening under Coach Butcher. Many players have practiced in gym nights, but this marks the official first turnout ahead of the January 10 game.
The American Legion hosts a carnival dance tonight at Lorenzi's resort with royal entertainment. Cub Ryerse, the event chairman, promises a lively program featuring "hot Hollywood mamas" and predicts a good time for all attendees.
The report says police warned W. B. Smith of release until a future date, with instruction to depart town or face confinement. He failed to leave by Thursday, was arrested Wednesday for vagrancy, and sentenced Thursday by Judge Morse to ten days.
Armando Boltares testified at a coroner’s inquest that Dolores Ghichapa helped lure and murder five members of the Alvarez Garcia family in Bootleggers Canyon. He described beating the mother and children with a shovel and killing Charlie, his two sisters, and Luciano Gar in a sequence tied to a claim the family planned to steal his bank cash. Ghichapa denied the accusations.
Sam P. Lipkin announces lease of the Levy building on Fremont street to open a modern 36 department store by February 1. He will remodel in January and expand the Hollywood Shop for ladies wear into part of the new enterprise serving Las Vegas with local staff and strong purchasing power. Cory Named Guardian in District Court.
Las Vegas High School music and physical education departments plan a Christmas pageant just before the December 21 to January 6 vacation. Lead organizers are Lewis E. Rowe and Miss Beulah Drom with plans set for a Friday, December 20 performance at 8 15 p m. The school day before vacation marks the start of the break as announced by Superintendent Frazier. The pageant follows a busy period with the debate team slated to face Bunkerville High School next Friday at Bunkerville. Home Economics club hosts a dance in the gymnasium on the thirteenth supervised by Miss Bertha Akin. Also noted, Edwin Mor Perry of Buffalo and Helene Goerner Knoefler of Boulder received marriage licenses at the Clark County courthouse.
Walter Bracken confronted 47 year old Thomas Burns in O C Boggs Fremont street home saying do not move or I will shoot while Bracken kept Burns under control. Burns admitted a past jail term in Stockton and police traced his fingerprints to Sacramento. The incident left Burns facing possible burglary charges as Mrs Boggs and Bracken aided by police recounted the tense back room confrontation.
In Los Angeles a domestic tangle among Maybelle Parry, dentist Oswald Parry, and a female office assistant leads to a judge's unusual ruling. Judge Rey Schaurer orders the assistant to occupy Parry’s wife role while Parry's alimony dispute remains unsettled, claiming the assistant must be paid by Parry. The judge jokes about paying alimony and the case unfolds as a novel remedy in the contested divorce.
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