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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1929
Page
4
Hollywood notes show aging western stars embracing microphones as key tools. Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson pioneered sound in westerns while others transition from riding to varied roles. Some icons like Tom Mix and Fred Thomson pursue new paths. others remain in or leave the genre.
United Press reports from Hollywood on December 4 1929 a flurry of project announcements. Wal lace Beery returns as star in The Lady in Ermine Nancy Carroll’s Flesh of Eve Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell slated for another vehicle Jack Oakie Skeets Gallagher teamed for Mare in Hisself James Cruze to direct Circus Parade Victor McLagren stars in Hot for Paris Raoul Walsh directing Barney Fagan signs for Hollywood Revue 1930 John McCormack begins untitled film at Fox Buster Keaton films In the Set Illiam Boyd completes Officer OBrien Paul Whiteman filmed King of Jazz Revue Moran and Mack begin Two Blacks Crows Ruth Chatterton Sarah and Son Philbin in Troopers Three
Marie Maginnis, reportedly Montana’s oldest woman vendor, faced arrest after a group of men returned with a warrant. Federal Judge Pray sentenced her to one year of residence with a $1,009 bond, following a prior year’s sentence. The case notes a separate harvest report: over 11,000 pounds of alfalfa seed from 17 acres near Tremonton, Utah, by Peter Peterson.
A large party of San Bernardino Rotarians will be Las Vegas guests as their basketball team faces the local Rotary club tonight at the high school gymnasium. The locals seek revenge for an earlier defeat in San Bernardino.
Chicago dispatch reports a Field Museum expedition to Africa to study the honey bird giant sable antelope and related specimens. The Vornay Land Kalahari expedition, funded by Arthur S. Vornay of New York, will be led with Herbert York and depart February 1 for the Kalahari Desert and Masawara nomads described as living skeletons.
A North Carolina dispatch recalls winterfire side tales of snakes, frogs, and a moccasin swallowing a catfish head first. A king snake killed after swallowing eggs, a frog escape during clubbing, and a moccasin killed while digesting a large catfish are described. Houston moves to revise its building code to stamp termites and ants.
CASCADE Montana December 6 A milk maid Helen Morton 12 spotted a landslide tumbling toward the Great Northern railroad while driving cows to the milking barn. She hailed her father and together they rowed across the Mississippi River to flag the oncoming train and avert a possible wreck.
St Agnes Guild of Christ Episcopal Church will hold its annual sale of practical and cooked foods on Saturday December 14 at the Dodge car headquarters in Richardson Velock on Fremont Street near Second Street starting at 10 a m.
Edison plans a December move to Fort Myers with wife, staying until June 15. He'll devote five to seven hours daily in the lab and conduct nightly research while continuing travel and rubber supply efforts. The couple’s southern stay echoes a tradition since 1886, with Ford Erie as a neighbor and a renewed Ford Model T renovation planned. Nevada aviators form a state branch of the National Aeronautic Association with 28 charter members. A new long distance cable between Paris and Versailles is in the works.
Stockholm December 6 A P The army tested a truck powered by ordinary fire wood with a new gas generator. Driver Widegren and crew mounted the unit on a Scania Vabis two and a half ton truck. The 143 mile trip used fire wood at an average speed of miles per hour taking seven hours and costing about 73 cents. The test suggests strategic value since fire wood is available nationwide. The generator will be installed on mail and passenger buses by the same company.
In Bombay India the American Bar service is booming with shakes sundaes and native drinks. An American soda fountain installed in a leading Bombay theater serves milk shakes called milk cocktails while alcohol flows freely in the country. The Commerce department reports the venture as a notable business trend.
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