Federal Buildings Fund Passed for Construction Nationwide
In under two hours the House authorized more than 250 million dollars for government buildings across the nation. About half funds target the District of Columbia for federal construction and the rest for post offices and other federal structures. A separate measure allocates 9.74 million for a new Supreme Court building and 14 million for World War II veterans hospital needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
District of Columbia
Elliott
Public Buildings Committee
Senate
United States Supreme Court
Capitol
United Press Dispatch
Pantages Case Probed by Orange County Grand Jury
Orange County grand jury probes aspects of the Pantages assault case involving multimillionaire showman Alexander Pantages and 17 year old Eunice Pringle. An unnamed man connected to the affair is to appear before the jury as investigators pursue the matter after Frederick T. Wise testified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Orange County
Grand Jury
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Pantages
Frederick T. Wise
Poe
Wise
Orange County Grand Jury
Hoover Signs Tax Cut For 1929 Incomes
President Hoover signed a tax reduction measure giving the nation a $160,000,000 cut. The plan lowers corporate and individual taxes by one percent for 1929 incomes, effective for taxes due after January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Hoover
City Commission Delays Hearing on Light System Assessments
City commissioners postponed the protest hearing on assessments for the new ornamental light system until 3 p.m. today. The delay pushes back objections to the project and outlines the continued review by the panel.
Eldorado Canyon School To Reopen With New Teacher
Miss Minnie Bryant of Las Vegas will teach five children at Eldorado Canyon School starting December 23. The school, closed for some time, is set to reopen as the contract for the teacher awaits signature from board members per Deputy State Superintendent Amy Hanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Bryant
Las Vegas
Eldorado Canyon School
Amy Hanson
Lipkin plans Chicago stock purchase for new store
P Lipkin proprietor of the Hollywood Shoppe leaves for Chicago to buy a stock of goods for a proposed fifteen cent store in the Levy building. He expects to be away from Vegas about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Lipkin
Hollywood Shoppe
Levy
Chicago
Vegas
Accused Man Is Brought to Las Vegas
Ervin Edmonds accused of embezzlement was brought to Las Vegas Sunday evening by undersheriff R. G. McCabrey from San Bernardino where he was captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Edmonds
Las Vegas
R. G. McCabrey
San Bernardino
No Fire Causes Siren To Sound In City
A siren at Second and Fremont blared yesterday as workers from Consolidated Power and Telephone moved an emergency switch. A short circuit accidentally triggered the warning in the office, drawing onlookers who expected a blaze. Fire Chief Harold Case said the emergency switch was cut for easy access day or night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second
Fremont
Consolidated Power and Telephone Company
Central
Harold Case
Pacific Zeppelin Line Organized for Pacific to Orient
Akron Ohio December 16. A new Pacific Zeppelin Transport company forms to run a zeppelin air line from the Pacific coast to the Orient with initial service coast to Hawaii in a day and a half and onward to Manila in four days. Goodyear and allied interests back the effort with a directorate including Dollar Lines Chandler Roth Farley and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Orient
Hawaii
Akron, O
P. W. Litchfield
Pacific Zeppelin Transport Company, Ltd
American
Manilla
Akron
U.P
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Pacific Transport Company
Pacific
R. Stanley Dollar
Dollar Lines
San Francisco
Harry Chandler
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Steamship Company
W. P. Roth
Matson Navigation Compan
Edward P. Farley
American Hawaiian Steamship Company
F. B. Rentschler
United Aircraft and Transport Company
G. B. Grosvenor
The
Aviation Corporation
E. A. Deads
New York
J. R. Ripley
National City Company
Allan Lehmann
Roland Palmedo
Lehmann Bros
E. McDonnell
Grayson M. P. Murphy Company
Nations Pay U S 98 657 973 52 Government creditors settle debt
Payments aggregating 98,657,973.52 were received today by the treasury from nine foreign governments on account of their funded indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
U.P
Treasury
Missouri lake mirrors Boulder dam in scale and towns
A Missouri lake formed behind a local dam near Osceola is expanding behind the Sac and Osage rivers. The lake, Lake Sac Osage, is described as a smaller parallel to Boulder dam’s water project with anticipated resort towns and extensive shoreline development.
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Missouri Dam
Mid-West
Boulder Lake
Boulder Dam
Missouri
Colorado River
Lake
Sac Osage
Sac
Osage
Osceola
Missouri Lake
Black Canyon
Women Leap From Window in Baltimore Fire Tragedy
A five alarm blaze at the Thomas H. O'Connor paper storage house in Baltimore on December 16 killed three, injured 20, and destroyed a four story building filled with paper stock. Four women leaped from the third floor toward a fire net and were crushed on the pavement. A police officer is believed dead after a crash with a fire wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
U.P
Thomas H. O'Connor
Rabies Treatments to Be Made Available for Dogs in Las Vegas
State veterinarian W B Bazi of Reno says anti rabies treatments will reach Las Vegas within a month. Vaccinations cost two dollars per shot, with six doses for six dollars for bite victims. Police report a West Side dog bit a child. another dog with distemper is under observation. several locals seek precautions after pet bites.
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Las Vegas
W. B. Bazi
Reno
Earl
Percy Nash
U. P
Perso
Ladies Install Officers in Normada Lodge 480
The Ladies' Society of the B. of L. F. and E. of Normada Lodge 480 installed officers Friday afternoon at the new Eagle's hall. Officers include president Elizabeth Carmichael and vice president Gladis Norton, with Kate Martin as past president and secretary Elizabeth Bailwarden. Trus tees are Lydia Homan, Marie Ogle, and Kate Martin. chaplain Clara Stephens. conductress Ethel Roberts. magazine correspondent Lydia Homan. Refreshments followed served by Mrs. Rudd, Mrs. Matteucci, and Mrs. Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Society of the
B. of L. F
Normada Lodge
Eagle's Hall
Elizabeth Carmichael
Gladis Norton
Kate Martin
Elizabeth Bailwarden
Marie Kyle
Gertrude Rhoads
Glady Norton
Lydia Homan
Marie Ogle
Clara Stephens
Ethel Roberts
Rudd
Matteucci
Hunt
Senior Play to Be Tomorrow and Thursday
The Senior class presents the three act comedy Smile, Rodney, Smile with intensive practice underway. Students promise strong performances as the curtain set for both evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smile
Rodney
KOA to air regular Las Vegas programs from Denver
KOA Denver plans weekly radio broadcasts about Las Vegas and Boulder Dam progress potentially for 26 weeks. Mr. Humphrey of Boulder Dam Information Inc says financing plans are tentative with local businessmen covering most costs. The last broadcast drew readers from Saskatchewan Canada to California and Florida. The cost per broadcast is 55 dollars.
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KOA
Denver
Las Vegas
Boulder Dam
Humphrey
Boulder Dam Information, Inc
Saskatchewan
Canada
Manitoba
Ontario
Florida
New York
Washington
California
New Las Vegas Laundry Opens On South First
The Las Vegas laundry began operations yesterday in a new steel and concrete building on South First at Garces. Managed by L. Christensen with Tonopah laundry experience and B. T. Ashley as assistant, the plant runs a pickup truck and reported a gratifying first day. Equipment includes two presses, a Hagen flat ironer, three large washers, a fifty horsepower boiler, two centrifugal extractors, and sock and stocking forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
South First
Garces
L. Christensen
Tonopah
B .T. Ashley
Arentz Introduces Federal Court Bill
Congressman Samuel Arentz of Nevada proposes an amendment to section 94 of the judicial code. The measure would set district court terms at Carson City on the first Mondays of February May and October and at Las Vegas on the first Mondays of March and September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. District Court At
Las Vegas
Washington
Samuel 8. Arentz
Nevada
District Court
Carson City
Torch Murder Trial Opens in Mountain View Arkansas
Four men face trial for the March murder of Conni Franklin after a delayed start. Assistant Prosecutor Williams Thompson declined to comment on questions, a grand jury presence discussed, and a resolution labeling Franklin an imposter was debated but not voted on. A night session was planned to expedite proceedings.
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Mountain
View
Ark
Conni Franklin
Frank
Grand Jor
Willia Thompson
Franklin
Grand 'Y
Out
Pola Negri and Prince Serge Reconcile in Paris
Pola Negri and Prince Serge Mdiyani reportedly reached a reconciliation in Paris after a private hearing on their ongoing divorce case. The couple plan to travel to the United States together, according to sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
Pola Negri
Serge Mdiyani
United States
Former Warden Convicted of Murder in Friend’s Death
Lloyd Robinson, former game warden, found guilty of second degree murder by a two juror panel in Ely. He shot his lifelong friend John Rowland on September 12 claiming self defense. Jurors deliberated about three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Lloyd Robinson
Robinson
John Rowland
Coast Rain Ends Temporarily Over San Francisco Weather
San Francisco reports rain ending for a day but unsettled and cloudy weather expected to spread across Northern California today and tomorrow as a brief dry spell ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast
San Francisco
U.P
United States Weather
Artist Sentenced For Counterfeit Check At Carson City
J H Williams admitted a fictitious 76 50 check at J C Penney and was sentenced to one to fourteen years in the state prison at Carson City. He pled guilty in district court after waiving a prelim hearing and will be moved upstate with guard Frank Wait. The case involved a signature and venue linked to Mrs Walter F Hesse and a purchase used to cover an apparel item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria
J. H. Williams
Carson City
Williams
J. C. Penney
Justice of the Peace
Roger Foley
Mr. Best
O. C. Boggs
Frank Wait
Penney's
Walter F. Hesse
Mundy’s Garage Resident Arrested After Overnight Sit
A man who sat in Mundy’s Garage at Eighth and Ogden to sober up was moved to the city jail by police. He claimed to be from all over the country, and refused to name a home location, prompting officers to detain him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Smith
Pol W. B. Mundy
Eighth
Ogden
Three Divorces Are Granted in District Court
Shields M Golden and M Lissa Perry and Hazle Biles were granted divorce decrees yesterday by District Judge Wm E Orr. Golden sued his wife for desertion. Perry contested with Richard Davidson Perry. Biles sued Daniel Biles with lawyers Thruston Duffiil and McNamee assessing the defense.
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Shields M. ‘Golden
M'Lissa Perry
Hazle Biles
Yeterday
Wm. E. Orr
Golden
Mr Golden
Fred S. Alward
New Yo
Perry
J. R. Lewis
Hersui
Richard Davidson Perry
Daniel Biles
Julian Thruston
Caliente
Dwight Morrow for President movement forms club
A group of fifty foreign residents in Orange organized the Morrow-for-President-in-1936 club to back Dwight W. Morrow, U S ambassador to Mexico, as a Republican candidate for the presidency tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange. J
Dwight W. Morrow
U. S
Mexico
Local nuptials and divorces reported in Carp Las Vegas and Nevada
Laurel Beatty of Las Vegas married Harold E. Froyd of Carp Nevada by Justice of the Peace Roger Foley with witnesses Percy D. Rabb and Margaret Bush. Four marriage licenses were issued. first to James Salvador Felix and Ruth Jane Counts, then Andrew Joseph Gilman and Thelma McDaniel, and Arthur W. Shepard of Altadena. Le Roy Neagle sues for divorce from La Prele Neagle citing cruelty and abandonment. they married in Las Vegas in 1918 and have two children Arthur Ray and Betty Ruth. Roy B. Sumner seeks divorce from Emma N. Sumner married in 1908. desertion charged. Attorney J R Lewis represents Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Beatty
Las Vegas
Harold E. Froyd
Carp
Nevada
Roger Foley
Percy D. Rabb
Margaret Bush
James Salvador Felix
San Bernardino
Ruth Jane Counts
Bonne Terre
Missouri
Andrew Joseph Gilman
Thelma McDaniel
Bakersfield
California
Arthur W. Shepard
Yn Kozakies
Altadena
LE Roy Neagle
la Prele Neagle
Arthur Ray
Betty Ruth
Neagle
Roy B. Sumner
Emma N. Sumner
Los Angeles
J. R. Lewis
Sumner
Heflin Ousted from Alabama Democratic Party
At the Alabama Democratic executive committee meeting James Thomas Heflin and Judes Hugh Lockr were ousted for voting for the Republican ticket in November 1924 and opposing the Democratic nominee. The group declared them ineligible to qualify for Democratic office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Democracy of
Alabama
Hoover
James Thomas Heflin
U.S
Judes Hugh Lockt
Democratic Executive Committee
One '29 Winner For Man O War
New York December 16 Man O War produced only one juvenile winner in 1929. Quarter Deck won a single race while Clyde Van Dusen the Kentucky Derby winner and Bateau the four year old filly boosted Man O War to third among the 20 leading American sires of 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Quarter Deck
Clyde van Dusen
Bateau
Hospital Bids To Open Wednesday In Las Vegas
Bids for the new Las Vegas Memorial hospital will be opened Wednesday. Architect Paul Warner announced the plans, completed a week ago, include general and mechanical specifications for the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas Memorial Hospital
Paul Warner
Engler Wins Suit Against Las Vegas Disposal Firm
Ernest J. Engler secured a judgment of 80 plus costs from Justice Roger Foley against the Las Vegas Disposal Company. Engler, former manager, claimed 110 dollars was unpaid in the dispute lingering from his tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engler
Ernest J. Engler
Las Vegas
Justice of the Pears
Roger Foley
Th Company
Skipper Leaves Grounded Ship as Fire Rages
The McCormick Steel freighter Skageway ran aground on rocks at Puca's Point near Cape Flattery after a fire in the hold. Captain Strandquist was last to leave as crew of twenty six had been evacuated. explosions and steam from waves made continued stay aboard impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
McCormick
Puca
Meeting on Scout Work Faces Future Changes
A Las Vegas meeting at the Methodist church discussed local Boy Scout needs and the plan for a full-time paid scout executive. The group considered using the executive as probation officer and truancy officer to fund the position, with a January report and council election to fill vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
S.R. Whitehead
Las Vegas
Boy Scouts
Ira Earl
X. O. Knudson
Earl
Whitehead
L. J. Oakes
A. S. Henderson
Ira J. Earl
J. Oakes
Leo Roth
Fred S. Alward
George Hardman
Wm. E. Orr
Chas
Lee Horsey
Wm. S. Park
S. R. Whitehead
Eugene Ward
al Cahfan
Hd, Buzick
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Federal Buildings Fund
Eldorado Canyon
Lipkin
Pacific Coast Zeppelin Line
Colorado
United Press
the Age
Johnson
Jack Lane
Lane
Grand Canyon
Miss Net
B. of L. E
Arentz
NAVY
Atlantic
Black Maria
Uruguay
South Air Lane
Mundy
Bahia
Brazil
Tadeo Larre Borges
Leon Challe
Fernando Noronha
Pernambuco
Rio DE Janeiro
Silerce
France
Natal
Seville
S. T
Aero-Postal Laterace Company
Cas
Buenos Aires
Aero-Postal
Rio’ d Janeiro
la Macron
Dwight Morrow
H. E. Broyd
Sen. Heflin
Heflin & Lockt
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