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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1928
Page
2
The Las Vegas Age prints a standard notice by editor Charles P. Squires reserving all republication rights for special dispatches, asserting full control over retransmission and distribution of syndicated material.
Northern Nevada financier Mr. Wingfield visits Las Vegas with plans to invest and unite state interests for regional growth. The piece urges caution about speculative booms around Boulder Dam while predicting Arizona and Utah action on the river compact and calling for cleanup of the city streets to protect property values.
The piece notes 78000 mail pieces flown from Los Angeles to the East via Las Vegas and Salt Lake City using two large planes. Ely Nevada gains attention for a municipal air field and Las Vegas is urged to consider similar modernization. Imperial Valley towns like Indio Brawley and El Centro show uniform Spanish style fronts and improved streets and hotels.
A Chicago Tribune report describes violence linked to the so called Americanized Mafia amid the Billy Ranieri kidnapping. State witnesses are guarded, and Judge Gentzel faces threats as trials proceed in a climate of fear and bomb scares.
Society notes describe a Mesquite Club tea with Miss Fern Thomas and others performing at the club rooms under Mrs. James Cashman. The report lists numerous guests and dinners hosted by Mrs Jane Frost Fayle and others, including visits by John A. Fredrickson of Goodsprings to Las Vegas for business.
In Goodland Kansas an old ordinance prohibiting motor traffic on streets is repealed. The measure, once enacted after a runaway caused by a frightened team, had not been enforced. Mrs. Roy W. Martin and Mrs. William Schaeffer arrive from Chicago to join husbands in the area. Las Vegas Nevada invites sealed bids for cement curbs and oil bound gravel pavement with plans available from the city engineer.
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