Indian Johnny Smith to fight Warren Farrell New Year’s Night
Las Vegas hosts a 10 round welterweight bout on New Year’s Eve in Legion Stadium. Indian Johnny Smith and Warren Farrell vie for the 147 pound state championship, with local supporters backing one or the other. Bud Thomas faces Paddy Ferguson in a six round semi windup. Jimmy Condon meets George Ball in the undercard.
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Las Vegas
Legion Stadium
Johnny Smith
Warren Farrell
Sagebrush
Smith
Farrell
Bud Thomas
Paddy Ferguson
Salt Lake City
Ferguson
Jimmy Condon
Caliente
George Ball
Condon
Ball
Masked Bandits, One a Cripple, Escape with $12000
Two unmasked bandits robbed the First National Bank in DeQueen Arkansas shortly before noon today fleeing by car with cash estimated between $12,000 and $15,000. The crippled robber covered the cashier and a customer while the other guarded the vault.
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Dequeen
Ark
First National Bank
Rowsey Wallace rematch postponed awaiting Wallace bid
The Rowsey versus Wallace return fight is not imminent. Rowsey, who KOed Wallace on December 3, is ready for a repeat, but Wallace asks for more time to regain conditioning and declined January 1. The bout may headline January 15 depending on Wallace acceptance and readiness.
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E. O. Frank Rowsey
Mickey Wallace
Rowsey
Wallace
Mickey
Annual Races To Be Held at St. George
Five head of race horses are in stalls at the St. George track with more arrivals daily. Roberts string from Richfield led by arrival last Sunday night, Spillsbury of Cedar City expected with four. Ivinard of Star Ida delayed in St. George today. four horses Shasta Dawn Right Wells Del Wells and Delma M. Many owners plan to participate and more are anticipated after Christmas from Washington County News.
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Roberts
String
Richfield
Spillsbury
Cedar City
Ivinard
Star
Ida
St. George
Shasta Dawn
Right Wells
del Wells
Delma M
Washington Co
Thrilling wing walk halts Nevada air drama
Air mail flight from Salt Lake City to Reno encounters a perilous wing walk when passenger Spencer steps onto the wing at 8,000 feet near Elko Nevada. Pilot Al De Garmo spirals and eventually lands the Boeing safely after coaxing Spencer back inside. The incident ends with Spencer remembering little of the episode as he is taken to Reno. Weary cold and danger mark the bizarre stunt.
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Nevada Desert
Elko
Spencer
Air Mail
al de Garmo
Salt Lake City
Reno
Biko
Rho
Holt
de Garmo
Dr Garmo
Oakland
Beesemyer Sentenced to 10 to 100 Years in San Quentin
Gilbert H. Beesemyer, 45, former secretary manager and major stock holder in the Guaranty Building and Loan, was sentenced to serve 10 to 100 years. Under indeterminate sentence law, actual time may be reduced to six and a half years for good behavior, with the state prison board determining release. He is slated to go to San Quentin next Friday as the board weighs possible early release.
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Los Angeles
Gilbert H. Beesemyer
Guaranty Building & Loan Association
California
State
Beesemyer
San Quentin
Stolen Goods Recovered By Peace Officers
Goods stolen from the Searchlight Supply company were recovered Christmas day by Deputy Sheriff A C Calking and Constable Krankum. Tracing the automobile from Mrs Knolls store, they found a cache about half a mile from a cabin with two or three men and a woman, though no definite identities were established.
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Searchlight Supply Company
A. C. Calking
Krankum
Standard Oil President Sees Recovery Ahead
Walter C Teagle of Standard Oil of New Jersey spoke on NBC under the President's emergency employment committee saying the business cycle explains the depression. He cautioned no bold forecasts but asserted recovery would be solid as forces for improvement are green and intelligent, not a sudden rush back to prosperity.
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New York
Walter C. ‘Teagk
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
National Broadcasting Company
Teagie
Bold Hold-Up Not Amateur Job Says Local Police
Local police say the bold hold-up at the Green Lantern was not the work of amateurs after examining clues. Two men entered the tavern with a gun, forced LeRoy to open the cash drawer, and escaped with about 600 to 70 dollars as alarms were delayed for five minutes. Police and deputies responded swiftly with officers including Joe May Joe Keate Dave Mackey Ernest May and Ressel Morgan assisting at the scene.
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We Greenantern Club
Amaz Onals
Green Lantern
Haine
Fred
LeRoy
Poice Station
Joe May
Joe Keate
Dave Mackey
Ernest May
Ressel Morgan
R. G. McCubrey
Terrific Storm Endangers Lives On Caribbean Sea
Panama City dispatch reports a terrifying Caribbean storm sweeping the sea and threatening sailors. Three seamen were washed overboard as authorities pursue leads while rounding up suspects tied to masked bandits amid a city in heightened alert.
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Carrbbean Sea
Panama City
Caribbean Sea
Storm Tosses Tanker Dungannon and Atlantida Crew
A mountainous sea crippled the voyage of the tanker Dungannon and the Atlantida. One passenger from the Atlantida was hospitalized with fractured ribs and another suffered injuries as the ships were rocked by the storm. Brute force and chaos described aboard the vessels.
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Dungannon
U. S. Atlantida
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John Grabowski
New York Yankees
St. Paul
Detroit Tigers
Arthur C. Tipton
Navy
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Frank Evans
American Farm Bureau Federation
Clark County Farm Bureau
Overton
First State Bank
Vegas
Nevada
Standard Oil Company
Boulder Drug Company
Fremont
M. W. Davis & Co,inc
Jewelers
M. W. Davis & Co., Inc
Fremont Street
Wee
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Oasis Women
Sue
Freidman’s Toggery
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J.C. Penney Co
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