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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1938
Page
7
The letter voices distrust of the Taxpayers' association while condemning water meters for Las Vegas and urging more water supply. It claims the group seeks control through meters and power, though residents say current rates are high and unnecessary.
The fire in the southern city underscores the need to extend the water system to the growing area. Without the fire department’s quick action, many homes could have burned. The current setup cannot deliver effective water streams for such fires.
A Las Vegas resident reports a full month electric bill of 11.65 covering heat cooking lighting hot water and a large refrigerator. The writer notes electricity is cheaper than other fuels and predicts further rate reductions as electric usage increases.
A Las Vegas message urges Union Pacific to speed freight delivery arguing trucks offer half the rail service and predicting 90 percent of local business would switch to rail if service improves. The writer notes rail taxes and calls for faster shipments from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and back, stressing current four day rail timelines.
Labor unions in Las Vegas shrink as the restaurant workers union dissolves, signaling broader challenges for organized labor in local hospitality. Business owners adapt strategies while workers await new collective responses from remaining unions and advocacy groups.
A worker warns that without union management changes in Las Vegas, applicants may need to prove nonmembership to secure employment. The speaker blames unions for current conditions and calls for reforms in organized labor.
The fall race meet closed last Sunday with a record crowd and proved highly entertaining. It came within $200 of covering all expenses, according to John F. Cahlan of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. At a Tuesday Chamber meeting, a proposal to continue racing cards each Sunday for the next month or until ...
About sixty horses are said to plan to remain in Phoenix for the February meet with owners open to weekly racing cards if public interest exists. No action was taken on the proposal.
The Federal Housing Administration lends no money and insures loans made by private financial institutions under the National Housing Act.
The piece criticizes federal farm policy for heavy subsidies, large loan programs that distort prices, and growing control of farming practices. It cites 1929 Farm Board funding, AAA costs near a billion dollars, and fears of compulsory marketing controls and quotas, urging farmer resistance.
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