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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1928
Page
2
Qegrore WINDOWS MERCHANTS receive praise for exceptionally dressed shop windows this year. The festive displays captivate passersby and brighten streets, influencing hundreds of buyers at home with their cheerful yuletide spirit.
A long list of guests checked into the Hotel Nevada including E. Pratt W. F. Tucker J. L. Butler Tony Clark Mrs Melba Meeker Georgia Hass FP Yankie B K McNeill Frank J Buckley and many others from Los Angeles San Francisco Salt Lake City and Reno as the note laments the end of the old fashioned restaurant era and its patrons.
Survival of Fitness Anderson of Reno earns Rhodes scholarship while driving a coal truck in winter and distributing ice in summer. Frederick Sibert, Tonopah Mining Co. delivery driver, shares the same path. Tonopah Times lauds their self reliance and frontier spirit inspiring future Nebraskan-style perseverance.
The article warns Boulder Dam construction will strain Boulder City services within months. It proposes private housing camps for influxes and public bonds to fund schools, police, and fire needs as growth outpaces current city resources.
A historic account of the Colorado River water dispute and the push for a Boulder Dam style project. Key figures include Delph Carpenter, J. G. Scrugham, and Herbert Hoover guiding interstate compact efforts. Arizona California Nevada block compact. repeated Congress efforts followed hopeful progress and eventual struggles.
A December demonstration under the Anti-Japanese Association in Nanking escalated into a raid on the foreign minister’s residence with furniture smashed. Chinese troops and a guard protected ministries and the Japanese Consulate. A Chicago man who punched a bill collector was acquitted.
The lengthy effort to pass the Boulder Dam bill advances as three members from the House and three from the Senate irrigation committees prepare a conference on differences between the two measures. If an agreement is reached, both houses will likely approve the conference report and enact the law, while the president has shown no urgency to sign. The author recalls Las Vegas involvement in the campaign and notes the history would fill volumes.
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