Boulder City Society Honor For Mr Harris At Dinner
C A Harris acted as toastmaster at a Pair o Dice dinner hosted by Boulder City electricians and engineers. Harris received a handsome watch for courtesy and esteem. The guest list exceeded 97 with engineers and guests. Mrs Harris received roses. Engineer L R Wattis, son of E O Wattis, visited the project Monday en route to Los Angeles from Ogden Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Harris
Electricians
Boulder City
Mr. Harris
Mrs. Harris
L. R. Wattis
E. O. Wattis
Los Angeles
Ogden
Utah
Boulder Police Receive Government Motorcycles
Boulder City officers were issued a fleet of new motor cycles by the government and will use them in policing Boulder City and the reservation. The machines were received yesterday and put into immediate use. Coach Duke Thayer drilled the high school basketball aspirants, a young Las Vegas high is the opponent list ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder City
Duke
Thayer
Las Vegas High
Ruth Pearson
Belen
New Mexico
Anne We
California Street
Las Vegas
Progress of work on Project 6 at Hoover Dam continues despite delays
Work on Hoover Dam resumes after a two day Christmas vacation with rapid progress on spillways and Nevada side bores. The report details tunnel inverts completion, outlet tunnel progress, valve house excavations, canyon wall stripping, and concrete production as December 24 week totals are reported for Nevada and Arizona components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover Dam
Nevada
Arizona
Oz jailed in Boulder over Xmas holidays
Three men are lodged in Clark county jail for drunkenness and peddling liquor on the Boulder City reservation. Two men were released on $500 bond to appear in federal court in Carson City. During the holiday season thirty two men were arrested for drunkenness or possession on the reservation, seven were removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Boulder City
Carson City
Auxiliary to Post 31 Initiation Held in Boulder City
The Boulder City Auxiliary to Post No 31 held its regular meeting last night with fifteen candidates presented for initiation. A social hour followed in honor of the new members, and the next meeting is scheduled for Thursday evening December 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Boulder City
Auxiliary
Battle Began To Save Tiger Woman From Execution
In Phoenix on December 27, attorneys for Winnie Ruth Judd, condemned murderer, filed a motion with the state supreme court seeking reconsideration of its denial of her appeal. They cite five constitutional violations and challenge Judge Joseph Jenskes’s presence and authorship of the decision. Judd faces execution at Florence prison on February 17, 1933, for the murder of former friend Agnes Ann LeRoi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
Winnie Ruth Judd
Supreme Court
Joseph Jenskes
Maricopa County
Boulder Briefs Visitors Tour Dam Project and Tunneling News
Prominent visitors including George Malone state engineer of Nevada and UC engineers Fuller and O’Brien toured the Boulder City project while disruptions and gas exposure affected tunnel workers. A Junior Police meeting was postponed. Visitors also included H E Turner of Arizona water commission and Los Angeles health department, Judge Max Sloss, Irving M. Scott Jr., C C Thoms, and others. locals and families from Las Vegas, Kingman, San Francisco, and California areas spent holidays and tours at the Hoover Dam site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Malone
Nevada
Leonard F. Fuller
M. P. O’brien
University of California of Engineering School
Fred Farrar
Colorado
R. I. Adamson
al Cahlan
Las Vegas
H. E. Turner
State Water Commission For
State of Arizona
Los Angeles County Health Department
Final Warning Bans Drunks From Boulder Canyon Reservation
Sims Ely city manager warned workers on the Boulder Canyon project that intoxication on the federal reservation will lead to expulsion and job loss. He stressed ignorance of the rule is no excuse and noted bootleg liquor impairs health and safety, urging sober workers to step aside for others seeking employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder Canyon Project
Federal Reservation
Sims Ely
Girl Speedboat Champion Saves Boy From Boat
Loretta Turnbull world champion girl speedboat pilot performed a dramatic rescue at Long Beach when a youth driver Joseph Carver was thrown from a burning boat during a practice race. Turnbull maneuvered her craft beside the blaze and plucked Carver from the water, he escaped with light burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Dee
U.P
Loretta Turnbull
Joseph Carver
Miss Turnbull
Carver
New Charter Proposed by Seabury for New York
New York, Dec. 27. Samuel Seabury unveiled a proposed charter to end graft in city government. The plan, culmination of his Hofstadter inquiry, would abolish the board of aldermen, the board of estimates and appropriations, and the sinking fund commissioners. It follows the era of Tam many Hall scandals and Mayor James J. Walker’s resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Samuel Seabury
Hofsteader
Tammany Hall
James J. Walker
Tammany
Seabury
Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimates and Appropriations
Body of Drowned Man Found in Farm Patch
Redwood City California December 27 A drowned man found in a farmer's artichoke patch near the rocky coastlines known as the graveyard of San Francisco gangland authorities say the victim was murdered. The lungs held salt water and the body was carried inland a quarter mile before being dumped in the truck garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood City
Calif
San Raphael County
San Francisco
Drunk Fights It Out With Officer in Boulder City
H B Cameron of Boulder City faced a drunken disorderly case after police were summoned to Bob's Shoe Store where a highly intoxicated man refused to leave and became belligerent. Officer Warren Farrel attempted to arrest him and was struck repeatedly, resulting in the man being fined $20 in municipal court for intoxication disorderly conduct and resisting an officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Cameron
Boulder City
Bob
Warren Farrel
Farrell
Mexican Brewery Awaits U S Prohibition Change
Monterrey based Cerveceria Cauahtem oc, S. A., the largest brewery in the Americas, hopes U S law will allow beer sales. Sales manager Jesus Zambrano says 180 million bottles are ready, enough to supply the U S with plenty to spare. He notes beer would cost about 30 cents per bottle after tariffs and that production can hit 1.5 million bottles per day. The Monterey beer contains 3.5 percent alcohol, higher than the 3.2 percent limit under the proposed U S law, requiring reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Mexico
U.P
United States
Cerveceria Cauahtemoc
S. A
Americas
Jesus E. Zambrano
Zambrano
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Engineer Holman
Los Angeles Junior College of Engineering
R. W. Martin
A. C. Grant
Boulder City Motors
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