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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1938
Page
6
Advice urges visitors to bring a camera early to the circus to collect vivid snapshots. Focus on midway sights, performers, animals, and equipment outside the tent where lighting allows. Parades offer best chances. inside tents lighting is poor.
Noted cartoonist Certooris Hix famous for Strange as it May Seem was a Las Vegas visitor this week. He stayed with old friend John Massina of the Apache Tavern and toured Clark County sights including Lake Mead. Hix said he was astounded by the lake and dam area and planned a return visit soon.
Andre Duval the French aviator sculptor presented William A. Wellman producer director of Men With Wings with a specially designed ash tray. The tribute commemorates the Paramount aviation film and Technicolor cavalcade of flight.
Jane Clayton heiress from New Mexico cow country signs for a role in the Hopalong Cassidy picture In Old Mexico produced by Harry Sherman for Paramount with Bill Bogg in the lead.
Local readers report a flurry of political moves in Nevada with Bill Boyle named U S Attorney and Carville removed. Bill Cody Russell seeks State Assembly amid public works funding plans to curb ground swells near Lake Mead. Governor Kirman and Lt Governor Fred S appear in statements as other bids loom. Sheriff Gene Ward runs on the Republican ticket while Joe Keate contemplates the Democratic Sheriff race. Justice of the Peace hopefuls include Pop Squires and Henderson weighs a run. Court remarks recount a state case where charges were dropped for Weisberger due to insufficient evidence amid loot recovery by the Clark County sheriff.
Market Spot, at Second and Carson, grows to 100 by 140 feet and features a dazzling neon facade making the corner the brightest in Las Vegas and perhaps the state. James McMichael expanded after purchasing P. J. Sullivan holdings, employing 30 to 40 locals. McMichael credits ambition and value as keys to success. he runs the meat department while Frank Taylor oversees the soda fountain and lunch.
The Monte Carlo Auto Court on South Main near Fifth was elected to chamber membership at a breakfast meeting last Tuesday. Mike Paps is named manager of the new court. The Earhart Bear Motors Inc of Fremont Street had its membership application received and referred to the committee.
A courtroom exchange questions whether the state has sufficient evidence to convict. The witness Mr. Henderson is pressed as to possession of loot and the implications of possession in the robbery case.
The county board at its last meeting reduced the Justice of the Peace salary from 150.00 to 75.00 per month. The move halves annual earnings by nearly 1,000.00, leaving the Justice to cope with reduced income.
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