Great Transcontinental Phone Line Span Strung Over River
The Bell system completes a 2411 mile Los Angeles to New York line across the Colorado River at Tri-State. D. L. Lacy of Las Vegas led the crossing and 75 crew members will move to Las Vegas to finish another transcontinental line. The span supports twenty wires for up to 80 simultaneous conversations with plans to add ten more wires soon.
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Tri-State
Colorado River
Tri- State
D. L. Lacy
Las Vegas
Bell Telephone Company
Los Angeles
Vegas
Utah Line
Utah
Lacy
Boulder Grand Navigation Company
Nevada vehicle certificate compliance drives 1929 title drive
Carson City reports 11 632 certificates issued while 20 577 1929 registered vehicles in Nevada have not yet applied for title warranties. After January 20 1930 no vehicle may be driven without the certificate and fines of 25 to 50 dollars apply. Tonopah Times notes the policy and that 1930 licenses hinge on title proof. Hooper receives 5 05 award for services to Egan furniture store by Justice Foley.
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Carson City
Nevada
Motor Vehicle Department
Secretary of State
Tonopah
Pair Stranded on Shore in River Canyon for Day
P L Lacy of Boald Grand Canyon Navigation and C E Pembroke Las Vegas were stranded for a day after their motorboat ran out of gasoline while traveling upstream from Tri State to complete a transcontinental line. They camped on shore until a second boat brought 27 gallons of fuel, enabling the 90 mile trip to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
P. L. Lacy
Boald
Grand Canyon Navigation Company
C. E. Pembroke
Las Vegas
Tri State
Lacy
Bell Telephone Company
Five Die In Bolling Field Plane Crash
Five people die when a three motor Fokker crashes shortly after takeoff from Bolling Field. The victims include U S Representative William Keynor of Massachusetts, Stanley B Lowe a former A P S employee, Captain Harry A Dinger the pilot, Representative James as head of the military affairs committee, and Army air corps Private Vladimir Kuwma. The party had planned to visit Springfield to see Lowe’s newborn before Christmas and later inspect National Guard units in Hartford. The crash occurred after a motor failure as the plane climbed about 390 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Bollingfeld
Kaynor
Massachusetts
Stanley B. Lowe
William K. Raynor
Springfield
Mass
House
Aperman
Harry A. Dinger
James
Vladimir Kuwma
Army Air Corps
Arthur A. McGill
Keynor
Lowe
Hartford
Bollingfield
Lieu
Three Killed in Fog Collision Near Bakersfield
In dense fog near Bakersfield three people died and five were seriously injured when three cars rammed a stalled gasoline‑short truck. A northbound car struck from behind, another rear ended, while a southbound car hit head on. The deceased include Mrs. N. L. Osborne and her daughter Maxine Osborne age 19, plus Miss Edna Mitchell of Brawley.
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Bakersfield
U.P
Here
N. L. Osborne
Los Angeles
Maxine Osborne
Edna Mitchell
Brawley
Calif
Osborne
Arentz Gives Blood To Save Daughter
A telegram dated December 14, 1929, from N. L. Cornell to Congressman Arena reports Arentz accompanying his three year old daughter Erica to a children's hospital. He will donate blood for a transfusion to aid her recovery from an illness spanning ten weeks.
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N. L. Cornell
Congressman Arena
Washington
Congressman Arentz
Frederica
Children's Hospital
Mason Valley News
Musical Program Pleases Rotary in Las Vegas Meeting
Las Vegas Rotary Club enjoyed a Christmas program at the Thursday noon meeting arranged by C. E. Pembroke and introduced in his absence by W. E. Ferron. Mrs Roscoe Thomas played two violin numbers and the high school glee club under Prof. L E Rowe performed part of the cantata The Star of Bethlehem. The club lauded Rowe and the students for their talent and training.
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Las Vegas
Star of Bethlehem
Rotarians
Prof
Rowe
Glee Club
al Cahlan
Railroad Park
Fremont Street
Walter Bracken
Railroad Company
President Park
Park
C. P. Squires
Harold Hale
Elko
J. Wesley Wilson
Howard McMullen
Indian Springs
Bailey
Actress Helen Worthing Returns to Black Neighborhood for Husband
Hollywood report says Helen Lee Worthing, once Broadway and screen star, moved back to Los Angeles area reserved for African Americans to reunite with her husband Dr Eugene Nelson, who openly acknowledges black heritage. She says love overrides public opinion and left her career for marriage in 1927.
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George H. Beale
U.P
Hollywood
Helen Lee Worthing
Broadway
Los Angeles
Eugene ©. Nelson
Worthing
Elks Initiate Thirteen New Lodge Members in Las Vegas
Thirteen new members were initiated by the Las Vegas Elks lodge with Harold P. Hale present. The event included a banquet and remarks urging charity and lodge promotion. Names of the new initiates include Cantrell Abrams Goldberg Kendall Miller Mortimer Turner Woodard Ziemer Griffin Mediura Smith and Newell.
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Elks’ Lodge
Las Vegas
Harold P. Hale
Nevada State Elks’ Association
Hale
Publi Elko
Vegas Lodge
Char
R. A. Cantrell
Herman D Abrams
S. M. Goldberg
Harold Marcellus Kendall
Harry E. Miller
Cleo Mortimer
Edward DeMore Turner
J. Warren Woodard
Robert Kenneth Ziemer
Charles S. Griffin
L. A. Mediura
James L. Smith
Roy Newell
E. W. Griffith
Thomas Ginnochio
Jackie
Harry B. Shade
W E. Orr
Las Vegas Lodge
A. W. Ham
Lawtin
A. 5
Morgan Seeks Quiet Title On Estate Garage Project
Reese T. Morgan as administrator of the Al L. J. Clark estate filed a quiet title suit against multiple defendants including Myron D. Noteware and several Clark relatives. The action concerns lots 21, 22 and 24 in block 4 of Las Vegas original townsite, with a sale order issued for estate settlement. Construction of the Interstate Transit Co garage on South Main Street is near completion and to be occupied within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese T. Morgan
al L. J. Clark
Myron D. Noteware
Frank L. Wildes
J. T. McWilliams
Lewis W. Ball
L. J. Clark
al Clark
Las Vegas
Interstate Transit Company
South Main Street
Davis
Los Angeles
Merger plan outlined for major U.S. railways
Dow Jones reports the Interstate Commerce Commission finished a consolidation plan for 19 major systems plus 2 separate units, allocating properties and grouping lines around St. Paul, Atchison, Burlington, Missouri Pacific, Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Northwestern with Great Northern and Northern Pacific merged as one in the west.
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New York
Washingeton
Dow Jones & Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dow Jones
Soo Line
Grand Trunk
Vermont Central
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Burlington
St. Paul
Atchison
Missouri Pacific
Race Island
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Northwestern
Jealous husband and lover duel ends in death in Yerma
A. W. Hunt, 50, was killed and Leonora Hunt, 35, and William Fountain, 40, were wounded when Hunt allegedly confronted his wife and her companion in a revolver duel outside a Yerma highway crew camp. The two wounded were hospitalized in San Bernardino with serious injuries. The body was sent to Barstow for an inquest.
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Epmo
Calif
U.P
A. W. Hunt
San Bernardino
Hunt
Leonora
William Fountain
Fountain
H. S. Christmas Carols Play and Gift Assembly
H. S. students celebrated Christmas with carols, a knitting? show, and a gift distribution in the auditorium. A glee club led by E. Rowe performed Christ a Comedy The Knave of Hearts with Evelyn Johns as queen Herbert Ward as king and Daniel Dotson as Knave. Virginia Angelos and Clifford Hinrichsen assisted, Angelo Lorenzi voiced the chancellor. Angus Joplin, on crutches, received a large gift box as gifts were handed out amid stage antics.
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Santa Claus
Glee Club
E. Rowe
Christ
Evelyn Johns Son
Queen
Herbert Ward
King
Daniel Dotson
Ruth Cran
Virginia Beckley
Angelo Lorenzi
Virginia Angelos
Doolittle
Clifford Hinrichsen
Irene Fitzgerald
Angus Joplin
Doctor alleges wife sought police search to discredit him
Dr Robert L Fenlon Health officer for Clinton Iowa says his wife Florence M Fenlon told the chief of police to search his car and that he carried a gun to besmirch him with officials. He also says she disclosed confidential client information embarrassing himself and clients. The couple married in 1907 and have four children. Attorneys Harley Harmon and Charles Lee Horsey represent him in a cruelty suit.
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Robert L. Fenlon
Florence M. Fenlon
Clinton, Towa
Che
Fenlon
Clinton
Town
Fenton
Harley A. Harmon
Chas. Lee Horsey
Plaintif
Earhart Denies Engagement Rumor to George Putnam
Amelia Earhart, noted woman flyer, denied rumors she is engaged to marry George Putnam. She stated there is nothing to that report and that she is not engaged to anyone, adding that Putnam is her publisher and that is all.
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Los Angeles
Amelia Earhart
George Putnam
Chicago
Putnam
Methodists to Stage Unique Christmas Offering For Needy
The Methodist church plans a White Christmas offering in Las Vegas. Congregation members will bring wrapped food articles on Sunday morning and, at the Christmas cantata Sunday evening, admission will be a potato. The donated food will be given to needy persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Methodist Church
Vets Deny Card Solicitor Tactics in Las Vegas
Captain Allen of the Las Vegas Veterans of Foreign Wars denies that VFW members are selling Christmas cards in the city. A man is claimed to canvas the area posing as a VFW representative.
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Las Vegas
Allen
Pair Weds by Justice in Los Angeles Ceremony
Judge Roger Foley joined Edward E. Kessler and Laura Gilliam in a Los Angeles ceremony yesterday. Both spouses formed a legal union witnessed by family and friends. Gilliam is from Los Angeles and Kessler from the same area, celebrating their marriage in a formal court setting.
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Roger Foley
Edward E. Kessler
Laura Gilliam
Los Angeles
Return to Las Vegas Proposer Reads The Age Says So
Frank B. Dodge plans to return to Las Vegas from Wenatchee Washington after reading The Age for nearly four months. He says he reads it diligently and expects to come back this winter. The piece also notes inter-state talks on the Boulder Dam project and possible legal action by Arizona, with Interior Secretary Wilbur urging tri state conferences before construction.
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Age
Vegas
Frank B .Dodge
Las Vegas
Wenatchee
Wash
Los Angeles
Nevada
California
Ariz
Arizona
Interior Department
Arigona
Boulder Dam Commission
Sacramento
Young
Gary Wilbur
One Dead as Griffith Park Fire Burns 1200 Acres
A wind driven brush fire swept 1200 acres of Griffith Park today threatening homes and causing one death and four injuries before containment. More than 3,000 people aided in firefighting effort, with residents and city workers tackling the blaze. Only one six room house was destroyed.
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Hollywood
Griffith Park
Jack Dempsey
Estelle Rry Chandler
L. A
Phillip Lovell
St. Lorrison
M. J. Lakey
Drought Triggers Watering Ban Notices in Los Angeles
Due to an unusual winter drought in California, Los Angeles homeowners received notices this week demanding water conservation and to halt sprinkler irrigation. Carl Ray, who arrived in Las Vegas yesterday, noted the horn part of the state had relief earlier in the week.
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Los Angeles
Horn
Carl Ray
Las Vegas
Baptists to Present Christmas Pageant
A Christmas pageant will be presented at the Baptist church Sunday evening. Mrs. George Beard is in charge of preparation of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
George Beard
Severe windstorm damages Pomona and Los Angeles area
A severe windstorm struck Southern California causing one death in Pomona and injuries amid damaged buildings and downed power lines. Winds toppled trees and hindered traffic while smoke and dust filled downtown Los Angeles as brush fires spread near Hollywood.
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Pomona
Calif
California
Clarence Easley
Los Angeles
Californa
Hollywood
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Bell Company
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T.A.T
Arentz
Daughter
Rotary
Roscoe Thomas
High School Glee Club
Prof. Rowe
Elks
Morgan
Yerma
H. S
Methodists
Alifornia
Phoenix
Govnor Phillips
Los Angel
Dempsey
Baptists
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