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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1929
Page
8
Council hears proposed adoption of the Uniform Building Code 1927 edition, to be filed by Frank Stevens city attorney. Two fire zones would designate the city as a fire district under the new code, repealing the 1912 fire limit ordinance.
Mr and Mrs Jess Y Rockefeller and their two daughters began a ten day vacation traveling by car to Pine Valley Utah yesterday. The party set out for a leisure trip with the Tioga Wonderland route offering scenic stops and rest opportunities along the way.
A routine practice run by the fire boys yesterday evening turned into a scare at Lodwick's on Eleventh between Ogden and Stewart. A burning gasoline drum was promptly subdued by chemical, leaving no injuries and minimal work for the firefighters.
Buick scouting party reports Tioga Pass opened early due to mild winter enabling June travel. Road widening through Aspen Valley to Lake Tenaya with Mono Lake shore celebrations and expanded Lounging Grade. scenic trip praised from Mono to Walker River Canyon then Bridgeport and Sonora pass road. Over 500 pounds of Sierra trout fed travelers at Mono Lake during the opening celebration.
Government announces expansion of radio beacon system across the western United States. Barr reports transcontinental line from New York to Oakland now active with stations from Cheyenne to Oakland and additional coastal routes under construction. Nearby beacons cover Salt Lake City Boise Pasco Portland Seattle Glendale Fresno Oakland Medford Seattle with twelve beacons on the main line. Barr plans further work in Boise and a new Buffalo-Miami twelve-station route after Las Vegas trip.
Readable notes show Las Vegas events with town residents and visitors. Prologue at El Patio features Restless Youth with Marceline Day, plus Varnadore vaudeville and Sweetheart Follies by Herschel Johnson. Buzz Barton stars in The Young Whirlwind with action and romance.
The first case filed in district court under a new Nevada statute aims to declare rights and legal status under the act. Harmon and Salter represent Robert D. Herman in a dispute over a Clark County land contract with James Boland Franklin Hardman and Jimmie Miller, and a second contract with Joseph C. Beatty. The court will resolve which contract governs delivery and obligations under the new law.
A party of nine enjoyed a boat trip to the dam site Tuesday, including Judge and Mrs D Breeze, Mr and Mrs Forrest Waddell and daughter Barbara, R N Miller, Daisy K Morgan, and Mr Tunis. C Boggs hosted dinner guests Monday evening.
The American Legion, with local labor unions, establishes a free employment bureau to match workers with jobs. Comrade Carman will head the effort at the Tant Cafe, 219 South Main Street, where all applications are to be made.
Agua Caliente Calif July 19 UP The Agua Caliente handicap successor to the Cof froth handicap of Tia Juana will carry $100 000 added the world's richest horse racing purse.
Shanghai reports say Chiang Kai Shek summoned leaders for a Nan king conference as tensions rise over Manchuria. Russia’s note to China dismisses war talk, while Britain’s Kenworthy warns on wider impact of Russian railway control and potential seizures of foreign property in Manchuria and beyond.
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