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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1932
Page
3
Flood breach on the Colorado River near Blythe threatens about 20 000 acres of farmland and flumes serving over 2 500 people. Volunteers and workers rush sandbags and diversion efforts to stem the 12 foot gap, aiming to halt the flow before morning.
Boulder City residents rally to choose the Legion convention queen from two nominees Mary Lindsay of the Boulder City Drug Store and Jackie Barnson of the Miller cafe. The Ford 8 sedan is to be given away at the American Legion convention dance on June 11 and will be displayed in front of the Boulder theater next Friday evening. Post No. 31 urges locals to buy dance tickets, with Doc Green supplying extra books to aid sales.
C W Tucker will call at the theater box office and receive a free ticket valid for today only at the Boulder theater.
Floyd Huntington departed Boulder City yesterday and presented the Boulder City Indoor Yacht Club with an elaborate set of counting devices in blue white red and yellow hues, housed in a walnut stand. He explained the gift makes ownership clear since the club has borrowed and used them for months. A presentation speech will be read at the next club meeting by the current custodian, and members are planning a fitting reply to the gesture.
Chief of Police Glen F Bodell and officers seized and destroyed 1250 bottles of beer and whiskey, cracking gear, a beer making outfit and hydrometers from a deserted camp east of Midway after a ranger-led raid. No arrests were made.
Parson Tom Stevenson leads a group of boys known as Comrades on a camping trip to Zion National Park Bryce Canyon and Grand Son. The boys include Charlie Doolittle Bob Layman Howard Worth Jack Hunt Deen Halleen and Jack Young. They are expected back later this week. L W Eales chief electrical engineer of H M Bullsby Co visited the Hoover chamber and toured project features before motor trips to Needles California and onward.
A barber shop in the terminal building advertises expert fixture work with master barbers offering services and opening until noon on Sundays. The notice highlights quick service and minimal wait times for customers seeking quality grooming.
Boulder City locals and visitors fill the week with travel from Fort Smith to Long Beach. James Cunningham heads to Amarillo for oil work. Bekkeland to Houston after two weeks visiting family while recovering. Mrs Baker plans a two to three month Telluride trip. Major hospital procedure for J R Willkson. Memorial Day parade draws crowds. Page also notes visits by Halls Halworth and guests from Long Beach and Dennison Texas.
Martin and Mr and Mrs Crampton were among guests at Six Companies Inc guest house for Decoration Day. Mr Waste’s purchase auditor Bechtel directs Six Companies with San Francisco HQ. Chas A Shea, director of contraction, leaves for a day in San Francisco by motor to Mojave. Michael Q Miller typographic engineer welcomed his wife and son Bobbie to Boulder City. Mrs Miller from Stockton visits with BW Goodenough for several days. Ma and Mrs J W Trahern of Stockton stayed with Rex Hamby. Trahern designs for East Bay Utility District in Oakland. M M Shaughnessy San Francisco engineer in charge of the Hetech Helene cement project and Pacific RR official spent weekend with Six Companies. O Shaughnessy widens construction ties across the West. party, led by Bechtel, returned to San Francisco Monday afternoon.
J M MacElrath returned recently from San Bernardino where he engaged in activities not fully detailed in the fragment. Further context from the report is unavailable in the provided text.
Armando Agi and the Metropol itan Opera House technical director arrived to assume similar roles with the Opera association. The Pacific coast background is praised, but it cannot supply greater inspiration than past American operas, he says.
The Desirability of devaluing the federal state Gallison, aged from San Francisco, plans to join Lit Companies. H. C. H Grissom will call at Boulder theater box office for a free ticket today only. Speakers included Whitehead Rafael Saaiman Squires and others. Morgan to call at The Vernica. free ticket offered for today at El Portal theater.
The article explains that cross blending combines Bright, Burley, and Turkish tobaccos to share their best qualities. It notes that the Chesterfield process welds different tobaccos to create a milder, better tasting cigarette, using scientific methods and premium materials.
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