25 Dec 1928
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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1928
Page
1
The piece describes the spirit of Christmas as an essence in loving hearts and joyful acts. It travels through festive sights like evergreens and candles and shines in the faces of children and elders. The passage links the spirit to faith, hope, and the heavenly love come to earth.
Cornelius Vanderbilt speeds westward with over three million dollars in cash pledging gifts to hundreds of backers of his failed Vanderbilt newspapers launched since 1923. He denies funds from his father and cites inheritance as source while blaming lack of managerial skill for the ventures collapse.
Three ex convicts from San Quentin penitentiary deported from San Francisco on December 8 were arrested at Nogales Ariz after attempting to cross the border. The men Ricardo Milliam Joseph Fiero and Enrique Gonzales admitted their identities and said they were deported to Mazatlan before traveling northward to the border. Federal authorities reported the incident.
A brief item notes Mrs Kuheman and others being committed together in a procedural context. Details are sparse in the readable text, but the core fact centers on the collective commitment alongside unspecified individuals.
Christ Church hosted a well attended Christmas Eve service with a devout congregation gathered for the festive observance. The church was bright and decorated, adding a joyous touch to the evening.
Funeral services for William R Dick Perkins of Delta Utah were held in the local High School auditorium. He died after pneumonia with funeral arrangements moving to the Valley for burial. Survived by wife Nettie Thomas Perkins five sons Maynard Louis Sherman Murray and Billy a daughter Bernetta and siblings Mabel Mrs Carl Marshall and Mrs Racie.
Ray Kilgore 22 a Stanford graduate known in El Centro walked into Imperial County jail and surrendered after ambushing F. A. Bartley 43 a wealthy rancher. Kilgore said Bartley caused his parents' separation by attempting to be intimate with his mother and fled when his father learned of it.
In Rio de Janeiro Butler Sherwell, Hoover's State Department interpreter, rejected Argentine newspaper reports that Hoover opposed Coolidge policies. He said Hoover's interview with President Yrigoyen was harmonious with the administration and branded the South American press as propaganda.
In Peach Springs Arizona Dec 25 searching parties fail to locate Glenn Hyde and his bride of three months believed lost in the Canyon of the Colorado after a downstream trip in an open scow. Government planes and searchers continue the hunt under War Department orders.
Chairman Leavitt introduced a bill to reserve a narrow strip of public land in Santa Fe county for the use of the San Ildefonso pueblo Indians. The tract runs about one and a half miles wide and four miles long between the pueblo grant and Santa Fe National Forest. The measure aims to support the indigenous community with access to the designated land.
Christmas Day brought sorrow as sixteen people died in the South. Eight perished near Hazard Kentucky and Cartersville Georgia from fireworks explosions. Four others died Christm as Eve from a dwelling fire, one from a dance related stabbing, and another from an accidental pistol wound.
Fire at 10 40 this morning damaged the Arcade saloon owned by Jack Irish. A spark from the heating plant of the adjoining building set the roof alight. quick fire response averted a larger blaze. The building had no insurance and the loss is about 200 dollars.
Herbert Hoover a birthright member of the Orthodox Friends may attend the Thirteenth and Irving streets church after his inauguration. The group has engaged Dr. Augustus T. Murray of Stanford University as minister. A second Friends meeting on I Street plans enlargement to accommodate visitors during the President’s presence. It remains unclear if Hoover will keep attending both houses on different days.
Alice Doherty becomes the first student in Advanced Typing Class to win the Underwood Gold Pin for typing 63 words per minute. New rules cap errors at five for gold eligibility, changing the prior unlimited-error standard. The change aims to reward accuracy alongside speed. Vera Hannig and Virginia Bachert win Silver Pins for 55 and 51 wpm respectively on the December Underwood Typing Test.
An alarm summoned the fire department to Wes Nay’s home near Smith and Mesquiet streets. A stovepipe heat ignited the kitchen ceiling but flames were controlled before outside help arrived. Loss estimated under $100. the family kept Christmas cheerful due to prompt action.
In Kelso Cumberland Presbyterian Church Fayetteville Tenn on Sunday Joe Pigg father of seven opened fire wounding A J Simmons and Neal Golden and killing Floyd Steelman. A bullet struck eleven year old Paul Gatlin. Pigg claimed the shootings were to end a long standing feud among the families involved.
Chicago reports kinship of underworld threats to jurors who convicted Angelo Petitti and Andrew Capellano. County and city officials place guards at jurors' homes as two witnesses vanished and a child kidnapping case claimed two lives. The judge who sentenced the kidnappers to twenty five years refused protection.
Vicar Barndt mining engineer active in Boulder Dam power projects in Nevada is reported seriously ill at the Trinity Hotel in Los Angeles. A letter from Mrs Barndt states diabetes and doubtful outcome. Vegas friends extend wishes for recovery as Boulder Dam bill momentum is noted. Visitors arrive for Christmas and holidays include Herbert Squires and several local families with guests from Salt Lake City.
The Age extends a Merry Christmas to subscribers advertisers and the Las Vegas community including business men schools churches and civic organizations. It thanks readers for loyalty and support and notes a decade of development and the Boulder Dam effort as part of its satisfaction this season.
Las Vegas crowds Fremont Street on Christmas Eve for the community Christmas tree ceremony. Prof Rowe led the community singing while the Grammar School Boy's Band provided street music. The city has long promoted the tree idea, now common from New York to the Pacific.
Miss Ruth McConnell and Dr. Meeker escaped unharmed when a plane piloted by E. G. Bowhan clipped a fence tail skid on landing near Reno. The couple planned to depart tonight on the Gold Coast Limited. Earlier reports from San Francisco note McConnell and Meeker had left Mills Field at 3:50 p.m. for the East.
Darrell Cuff, 22, of Brawley California, a salesman for a California produce company, was instantly killed in Phoenix on December 25 after falling four stories through a hotel skylight onto a concrete floor. He had been in Phoenix a month and was a buyer of lettuce shipments.
Many students who had been away at school for months have come back for Christmas. Names mentioned include Dixie Paul Lytle Pearl Wittner LaRue Leavitt Brigham Young U Mary Lyon and Lavinia Wells Fern Wittner University of Nevada Louis Fleming and Lester Mills.
Charles P. Squires, editor of the Age, returned from Washington reporting Arizona’s stake in the Boulder Dam bill and the six state compact. He notes Arizona’s interest, the bill’s advantages, and that nonparticipation after six months could still allow ratification without Arizona, with the project expected to advance despite opposition.
Louis C. Pico received word of his brother James Pico aged 19 who died in Los Angeles. He left for Los Angeles last evening to attend the funeral, with the family mourning this holiday season.
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