Air-Rail Coast Line to Begin Betried Service
In an experimental period Southern Pacific and T A T Maddox Airlines will operate a coastwise air rail service from Canada to Mexico. The plan starts Saturday in San Francisco with sections pairing train travel on the coast and air service for California, Oregon, and Washington legs. The venture may extend to transcontinental routes as a long-range goal, says vice president F S McGinnis.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
T. A. T.-Maddox Airlines
Canada
Mexico
Pacific Coast
F. S. McGinnis
Los Angeles
Southern California
Lo Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Southern Pacific
McGinnis
Santa Distributes 1500 Gift Bags at Community Tree
Santa Claus distributed about 1500 Christmas candy gift sacks at the community tree celebration in U P park. Dr. Wm S Park chaired the committee. An estimated six to eight hundred children and five to six hundred adults attended. The event featured prayers, carols, and gifts handed out by Santa and volunteers, with Rotary Club sponsorship.
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Santa Claus
Wm. S. Park
U. P. Park
C. S. Reynolds
Methodist Church
Elizabeth Martin
Epworth League
C. C. Ronnow
Fetc
al Cahlan
Christenson
Rotary Club
First 1930 dog license issued to Rand Orr
City Clerk Viola Burns processed the first dog license of 1930 for Rand Orr, son of Judge William E. Orr. He requested a license for his mongrel, prompting the clerk to assign the tag and confirm the new year’s requirement.
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Viola Burns
Rand Orr
Wm. E. Orr
Rand
Girl's Feet Injured As Car Runs Over Her
Twelve year old Venice Niel sen was struck by a Sloan driver at First and Fremont in Las Vegas. Her feet sustained fractures but were not serious, she was treated and sent home to recover with her parents Mr and Mrs J J Nielson at 441 South Main street. She will remain off her feet for one or two weeks.
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Venice
Nielsen
Las Vegas
Cave
J. J. Nielson
South Main Street
F. Burdoo
Sloan
Fremont
Three Die in Dunn Plane Loop Crash
Three men died when a plane they rode failed to right after a loop and crashed within Dunn city limits. The victims were Alton Angier, Stephenson Blaylock, and Stewart. Stephenson Blaylock was at the controls. Stewart leaves a widow and child.
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Dunn
N. C
Alton Angier
Stephenson Blaylock
Stewart
Stephenson
Stephenson Blaylork
Actor Burns in Hotel Room Fire at Jefferson Hotel
Atlantic City December 25. Lou Pellegen stage and screen actor suffered serious burns after falling asleep with a lit cigarette in his hand. A chamber maid forced the door to find smoke billowing from the transom and the actor unconscious across the bed. He was moved to the Atlantic City hospital where doctors treated him for about an hour before he regained consciousness.
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Atlantic City
N. J
J.P
Lou Pellegen
Hotel Jefferson
Pellegrew
Atlantic City Hospital
Hoover To Work As Usual In Spite Of Office Blaze
President Hoover inspected the White House fire site and ordered immediate rebuilding. Contractors will be asked to submit bids early, carpenters set timbers to shore a sagging roof, and daily work will resume in the Lincoln study with secretaries using bedroom desks. The cabinet was to meet Friday.
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Hoover
Washington
White House
U. S. Grant 3Rd
Medicine Hall
Lincoln
George Akerson
John Adams
Governor agrees to try again in Boulder dam talks
Governor John C. Phillips of Arizona telegrammed Secretary of the Interior saying Arizona will renew water and power allocation negotiations with Nevada and California if the Boulder dam project status agreed in Washington is restored and talks resume where they left off. He proposed the conferees meet in Arizona if another conference occurs.
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Phoenix
John C. Phillips
Secretary of the Interior
Arizona
Boulder Dam
Nevada
California
Washington
Wilbur
Phillips
Auto Crash Causes Serious Acid Burns
Harry H. Chatham a U P employee working in Desert California received serious acid burns when a bottle of sulphuric acid in his left shirt pocket spilled during a collision with a car driven by Mrs Oscar Beebe at Main street near S C Schoffs residence He washed off acid at a water trough and was treated at Ferguson hospital He faces days of bandaging and recovery in town after the 5 pm Tuesday crash
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Harry H. Chatham
U. P. Employe
Desert
Calif
Oscar Beebe
Chatham
Main Street
S. C. Schoff
Schoff
Ferguson Hospital
Las Vegans Hear German Christmas Carols Broadcast
A National Broadcasting Company relay carried German language Christmas carols to American radio fans. The program was announced in both German and English and aimed to bring international music as clearly as if heard at home. Las Vegas listeners tuned in from across the area, part of a series of overseas Christmas music broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Broadcasting Company
Ny Las
Hold Up Netted Paper Yields Army Discharge
Three women stopped Thomas camped five miles north of Las Vegas on Arrowhead Trail at 2 am yesterday. They took Army discharge papers and home documents from him after a brief confrontation. One man claimed to be sheriff and warned others off. No money was taken and Chenney survived uninjured but frightened.
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Thomas
Las Vegas
Arrowhead
Cheney
Enterprise
Utah
Chentney
Che Mn
Christmas Baby Missed By Twenty Minutes
Henry Alexander Rice was born just twenty minutes before midnight on Christmas Eve at Las Vegas hospital, weighing over nine pounds. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rice Jr of Logandal, the birth is described as a first class Christmas gift for the family.
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Henry Alexander Rice
Henry Rice, Jr
Logandal
Henry
Las Vegas Hospital
Rice
Holiday Whoopee Sends 51 to Hospital
New York on December 25 reports a holiday celebration sent 51 people to Bellevue Hospital with alcohol poisoning. Twelve cases diagnosed as acute. Ages ranged from 19 to 76. Many victims found unconscious in the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Bellevue Hospital
Golf Tourney Rescheduled by Las Vegas Country Club
The Las Vegas Country Club shifts its golf tournament from Saturday to Sunday per club president Dr Wa. Park. The event date change is official and aims to accommodate players and spectators.
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Las Vegas Country Club
Wa. &. Park
Stanford Army Set For Final 1929 Gridiron Clash
Stanford and Army prepared for their Christmas week finale after light workouts. Walter Heineke will not start, while Herb Fleisbacker has recovered from injury and may play. Stanford's 1928 26-0 win over Army keeps them the favorites.
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Stanford University
Cal
U.P
Army
Stanford
Walter Heineke
Stanford Cardinals
Pacific Coast
Herb Fleisbacker
New York
New Year Parade in Philadelphia Brims with Costumes and Prizes
Philadelphia prepares for the annual New Year Mummers parade. McHugh leads a 15 club show with tiaraed gowns and silver gold trails as 15,000 marchers vow historically accurate costumes. Prizes total 25000 dollars, with fierce competition among clubs as secrecy surrounds final preparations. Ramsay and MacDonald twins born in Leicester, England during Prime Minister MacDonald’s city visit are noted in a postscript.
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John M. Tartyn
United Press
Philadelphia
Momus
Ey McHugh
Who
McHugh
Margaret MacDonald
Leicester Infirmary
Leicester
England
MacDonald
Ramsay and
Washington State Beats Honolulu 12 to 0 in Hawaii
Washington State football team defeated the Honolulu town team in Honolulu by a 12 to 0 score on December 25. Gallant defense and a sharp offense secured the win for Washington State in the holiday game.
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Honolulu
Washington State
Officer's Son Shot in Buffalo Harbor After Run In
Eugene Downey 27, son of a Buffalo police lieutenant, was fatally shot by coast guardsmen while in a motorboat in Buffalo harbor. The guardsmen said Downey failed to halt. an unknown companion escaped. Downey had been released on bail last week on liquor smuggling conspiracy charges linked to the Norretta case, part of a larger 1000 case shipment from Port Colborne to Buffalo last October.
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Buffalo, N. Y
Eugene Downey
Buffalo
Coast
Buffalo Harbor
Downey
Coast Guard Intelligence Unit
New York City
Port Colborne
Ontario
Elwell Building in Las Vegas Destroyed by Fire
A major Christmas blaze yesterday evening leveled the Elwell building on North Main in Las Vegas. The fire, started in the rear, destroyed a sign shop Jerome's restaurant and a used furniture storeroom. No insurance covered the structure, built in 1905 as a garage for a defunct Nevada Rapid Transit line. Firefighters contained the flames before gas tanks and nearby properties could be harmed.
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Las Vegas
W. H. Elwell
North Main
Jerome
Elwell
Reese Morgan
Ritchie
Hickey
Mr. Elwell
Nevada Rapid Tran
Frank M
C. O. Whittemore
J. Ross Calrk
Salt Lake Railroad
Indian Springs
Kimball Stage Line
Beatty
Rhyolit
Fire destroys Gulf Refinery bulk plant office in Lexington
A December 25 fire in Lexington razed the Gulf Refinery bulk plant warehouse and office, posing a threat to nearby storage tanks. The loss from the warehouse and contents is about $40,000.
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Lexington
Gulf Refinery Company
Miami High Wins Eastern Grid Title in Narrow Victory
In Miami Florida on December 25 the Miami high school football team clinched the eastern championship by defeating Salem Massachusetts high school 7 to 6. The win makes Miami the New England champion designation pending regional tie breakers.
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Miami High
Miami
Fla
Miami High School
Salem
Massachusetts
New England
U P A C to Play Kingman on Sunday Gridiron Match
Union Pacific Athletic Club will meet Kingman in a football game Sunday in Las Vegas. Kickoff is at 2 pm. Club president J H Lightfoot announces the contest as a late season affair with hopes for more matchups, including a possible Needles Indians game brought here later. Kingman has defeated Kingman this season.
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Union Pacific Athletic Club
Kingman
Las Vegas
J. H. Lightfoot
Needles Indians
Lightfoot
Eight-year-old saves mother from Christmas fire
Los Angeles reports a boy named Robert Hubbs helped smother his mother’s burning festive costume after she tried to surprise neighbors. His seven-year-old sister Rosemary helped by dousing flames, while the husband beat out the fire and removed the costume. Despite injuries, Mrs. Hubbs survived and the blaze was contained.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Boy Scouts
Santa Claus
Robert Hubbs
C. B. Hubbs
Rosemary
Hupps
Farmers Favor Birth Control in Farm and Small Town Survey
A national Farm and Fireside survey of 13 431 readers shows substantial support for legalizing doctors to teach birth control to married couples. Women show greater interest than men and younger readers more than those over 30, with similar results in farm and small town areas as the magazine moves to a new name The Country Home after 33 years.
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New York
U.P
Country Home
Expedition Planned by Soviets Search for Missing Men
The Soviet government dispatched an airplane to search for Carl Ben Fieson and Earl Borland off the Siberian coast and ordered two more planes to assist, citing thick ice hindering ice-breaker use. Semyon Shestakov to command and pilot the plane, of the same type as the one flown to New York. Carrying three Fairchild cabin planes, Canadian flyers join Alaska coast guard cutters in gathering near Seward to move planes to Fairbanks for a Teller flight path toward North Cape Eielson, with Canadian crews preparing to depart Teller within 24 hours. A 3,000 rouble reward was offered by the Aviation Chemical Society for locating Cart.
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Moscow
Carl Ben Fiesen
Earl Borland
Siberian
Semyon Shestakov
New York
Seward
Alaska
Fairchild
Cana-dan
Carl Ben Edeson
Siberia
Coast Guard
Cutte Helan
Fairbanks
Teller
Bering Strait
Northcape Eielson
New Calendar In Soviet Bans Christmas Day
MOSCOW December 25 The christmas holidays having been abolished in the reorganization of the Soviet calendar work and amusements continue as usual. A vigorous anti religious campaign began Monday night and will run through the holiday week. December 26 was recognized as a holiday while with a five day week religious holidays were canceled. Orthodox believers still celebrate Christmas January 7 Gregorian. Winter holidays for schools and universities were postponed to the week of January 2.
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Moscow
Commissariat Education
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Soviets
Steward
Aviation Chemical Society
Soviet
Russia
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