State Rights Failing To Identify Clark In Crawford Slaying
Los Angeles June 1 A municipal judgeship candidate David H Clark faced a preliminary murder hearing for the Crawford and Spencer killings. The state pressed to admit statements from Clark via Ralph Shawhan about a mysterious blonde woman linked to the case. The defense blocked the testimony, and the judge ruled no definite identification of Clark as the slayer had been established.
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David Clark
Crawford
Spencer
Los Angeles
U.P
David H. Clark
Charles Crawford
Herbert Spencer
Ralph Shawhan
Clark
Shawhan
W. L. Gilbert
Surfimacher
Presbyterian Meet Flays Nevada Divorce Clause and Hollywood
Pittsburgh June 1 The general assembly of the Presbyterian church criticized Nevada for its divorce clause saying it prostituted its statehood and warned Hollywood was blazing the way toward paganism The assembly adopted the marriage commission report denouncing immorality in motion pictures and a board of Christian education resolution on national questions Two protest items were noted including opposition to changes in Sunday blue laws and legalization of sports and motion pictures
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church Today
Nevada
Hollywood
Assembly
Marriage Commission
Board of Christian Education
Robbers raid dental offices over weekend holiday
Robbers entered the offices of dentists Dr J D Smith at a Mesquite building and Dr Robert M Meyers at 121 Fremont Street over the weekend. Small quantities of gold were stolen in both break ins with no other valuables reported. Police investigated and learned details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Smith
Mesquite
Robert M. Meyers
Fremont Street
Three Cars In Crash On Pre mont Street
A triangular collision on Pre mont street involved a taxicab driven by E. A Foot hitting George 5. Day as he stepped from the curb. Day's car backed into a parked vehicle owned by R. J. Shorts. A court settlement followed. At Charleston, Walker R. Young and family, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Malone, Lous Crampton, Miss Kate McDougal, and Ralph Lowry with wife planned to spend Saturday there.
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Tne
Pre~mont Street
E. Afoot
George 5
Day
R. J. Shorts
Charleston
Walker R. Young
George W. Malone
Lous C. Crampton
Kate McDougal
Ralph Lowry
Unsteady Harvard Liner Wreck Hearing Nears at San Pedro
The first witness will testify tomorrow before Capt. S. A. Kennedy on how the Harvard liner ran aground off Point Arguello with 497 aboard. Salvage tugs and three divers assess the ship as officials decide if cargo removal or hull repairs can save the vessel.
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San Pedro
Harvard
Point Arguello
S. A. Kennedy
United States
le Toeral
Sips
Hi Finger
Keyes Faces Trial For Petty Thefts Before Judge Ryan
M A Keyes charged with assault and battery asked for trial through attorney Roger A Foley. A venire of eighteen was requested. The complaint was sworn by his ex-wife Alice Farris. Thefts valued at forty dollars involved personal effects from a car in front of Carrol's Gift and Togges on Fremon. A valuable camera was stolen from a car parked near the MacDonald hotel on North Fifth yesterday.
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M. A. Keyes
Frank M. Ryan
Roger A. Foley
Keyes
Alice Farris
Carrol
Fremon
MacDonald Hotel
North Fifth
J M Heaton to retire after 25 years with railroad
J M Heaton, longtime Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad agent in Las Vegas, plans retirement with a pension in a few days. He will stay active in Las Vegas affairs while developing a radio station he started a year ago. Heaton began his career 62 years ago with the Bloomington and Western railroad as a ticket clerk, later joining the so-fe company before moving to Las Vegas in 1907.
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Los Angeles and
Salt Lake
J. M. Heaton
Wil
Heaton
Las Vegas
Indiana
Bloomington
Nevada sheriff’s office nets $16640 in license fees
The Sheriff's office reports total license fees of 16640 collected since April 1 with most from banning gambling, 15450, and 1190 from cigaret licenses and pool hall permits. The extra clerical work from legalized gambling has burdened deputies.
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Nevada
Las Vegas Police Warn Drivers On Auto Theft Risk
Chief Percy Nash warned Las Vegas car owners to lock vehicles at all times after a steady flow of petty thefts from unlocked cars. He said secure doors would aid police work and help crack down on thieves, noting underground channels spreading rumors that city cars are easy marks.
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Las Vegas
Percy Nash
Nash
Petty
Vegas
Jane Speer Married Here
Miss Eleanor Jane Speer daughter of Mr and Mrs L M Speer of 12 Benneville street wed Kenneth Armistead Saturday at 6 pm in the Methodist Church with Rev C B Reynolds officiating. Alice Hicks was bridesmaid Donald Speer best man. After a 7 pm dinner at the Meadows the couple headed to Bakersfield California to establish their home.
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Eleanor Jane Speer
L. M. Speer
Benneville Street
Kenneth Armistead
Methodist Church
C. 8. Reynolds
Alice Hicks
Donald Speer
Bakersfield
Calif
Two Men Die in Arizona Locomotive Boiler Explosion
In McNary Arizona two men were killed instantly and five others were seriously injured when a logging railroad locomotive boiler exploded. The dead are Paul Cadillo Indian sawmill worker and Soto Guillermo Mexican logger. The locomotive was pulling a train and was stopping in the local yards when the boiler exploded without warning. Cody Lumber Company officials began an investigation to determine the cause of the blast.
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Arizona
McNary
Ariz
Paul Cadillo
Soto Guillermo
Cody Lumber Company
Court Denies Review of Fall Bribery Case
Washington June 1 The United States Supreme Court refused to review the bribery conviction of Albert Fall. He faces a one year sentence for accepting a hundred thousand dollar bribe. The Court of Appeals will be advised and the District of Columbia Supreme Court will be notified, leaving the trial court to summon him for possible further action. Doheny was acquitted on all charges of offering the bribe.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Albert Fall
Hoover
Fall
District of He
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Edward Doheny
Doheny
Police Chief Nash to Present Five Month Police Report
Chief of Police Percy Nash will submit to the board of city commissioners a detailed report on arrests, identification bureau operations, office expenses and department business for the first five months of 1931. Total department salaries reached 5676.27 with May at 1400 compared to 1023.26 in January. Supplies cost 391.52 for the period and operating expenses totaled 957.66. Meals for prisoners rose from 146.30 in January to 276.50 in May, totaling 924.30. Auto expenses reached 1147.01 and equipment 244.50, with total operating expenses 9341.26. The report covers eleven months ending June 1, 1931, showing fines and forfeiture of 33276.35, with over 5000 collected since year’s start, and expenses for last eleven months of 1929 to date at 46232.15. More arrests noted in 1930 excluding traffic tags for the first five months. (Continued on Page Three)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Nash
Board of City Commissioner
Janta
Mrs Leavitt Laid At Rest In Bunkerville Service
Funeral for Ada Leavitt wife of Thomas Leavitt Jr. was held Sunday at Bunkerville high school with speakers Bishop Abbott Mesquite and Bishop Bryan Bunker Las Vegas. Eleven children and many relatives attended. born 1869 in Yorkshire, England, she lived in Hyde Park Utah St George Utah and raised a large family across Utah Nevada.
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Ada Leavitt
Thomas Leavitt, Jr
Bunkerville
Bunkerville High School
Harmon Tobier
Bishop Abbott
Mesquite
Bryan Bunker
Las Vegas
Begar Mineer Educational District No. 1
Witwer
Benedic
Thos
Abbot
Pall Beare
Leav
Vicen
Lorin
Lemuel Leav
Myron
Eldon Leavitt
Esmond Hughes
Yorkshire
England
Hyde Park
Utah
St. George
Adolph Little
Laurence
Verl Leavitt
Ira Earl
2 Black
Magna
Laura Morton
Delta
Esther Brown
Dayton
Nevada
Zelma Leavitt
Merl Wittner
Fearl
Will Leavitt
Black
Feels High as Fascists Ban Azione Cattolica in Rome
June 2 report from Rome says the government reached a critical stage in negotiations with the Holy See over the Azione Cattolica. The regime allegedly issued a maximum demand ordering the Catholic lay group to disband, with Mussolini's push for a post ban leadership selection under government approval if rejected.
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Rome
WRIA
Toda
Holy See
Azione Catollica
Mussolini
Lkely
Death Valley Scotty to Invade Europe for Monte Carlo Bank Challenge
Death Valley Scotty plans a European trip with a million dollars in real money to play the banks of Monte Carlo. The Las Vegas era character promises to outwit card sharpers and return with riches, aiming to lift the lid on high-stake gambling and prove American wits can rival Old World skill.
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Death Valley Scotty
Europe
Monte Carlo
Cool Million
Waiter
Death Valley
Scott
United States
Scotty
Great Castle
Alexander
Hell
America
Las Vegas
Scranton Man Dies in City Funeral Held
Nick Kurtz aged 40 years months and eleven days died Sunday at Ferguson Balcom hospital after a two week illness from tuberculosis. Born in Scranton, Pa he had been in Las Vegas a short time. Funeral services were held this morning at Palm Funeral Home.
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Nick Kurtz
Ferguson-Balcom Hospital
Kurtz
Scranton
Las Vegas
Palm Funeral Home
Judgment Given For P. H. Hay In Labor Suit
Ed E. Strupat failed to appear in justice court on a $281 labor claim. Judge Frank M. Ryan awarded judgment to plaintiff Peter B. Hay for the amount plus costs.
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Ed E. Strupat
Justice Court
Peter B. Hay
Frank M. Ryan
Banner Month at Postoffice in Las Vegas
Postmaster C K Ryerson reported a banner May at the Las Vegas postoffice with 140000 letters handled in 31 days. This surpasses the prior all time month by 32000. Money order business totaled 44000 with 23000 paid out on money orders.
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C. K. Ryersen
Las Vegas
Mrs. Honstedt Recovers From Collarbone Operation
Mrs Cora Lee Honstedt is recovering after a broken collar bone was reset in an operation performed by Dr F M Ferguson on Monday morning. She was injured in a recent auto crash on the Tonopah highway. Mr and Mrs Louis Foscanni and daughter have arrived from Midland California and intend to make Las Vegas their home.
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Cora Lee Honstedt
F. M. Ferguson
Honstedt
Tonopah
Louis Foscanni
Midland
California
Las Vegas
Miller Resting After Gallstone Operation
R D Dick Miller underwent gallstone surgery last Friday at a Clemente California hospital. Dr Grant, a noted surgeon, performed the operation and Miller is resting easily. He is expected to remain in the hospital about ten days.
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R. D
Dick) Miller
Sai, Clemente, Cal
Grant
Miller
MISSES DEATH IN KNIFE PLAY NEAR EL PATRIO
La France Smith almost had his throat slit in an alley brawl behind El Patio when a knife attack followed a drunken quarrel. Jote Jackson Smith, a Pueblo Indian, is held by police. Doctors said a deeper cut would have severed his jugular. he was stitched and sent home.
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la France Smith
el Patio
Jackson Smith
Smith
Civil Service Quiz for Mail Clerks in Las Vegas
Civil Service examinations for mail clerks and carriers, men only, will be held in Las Vegas in June. Mrs. Lillie Pistole, civil service secretary, said applications must reach the civil service office in San Francisco by June 5, 1931. The exact date will be announced later, likely around June 20, with details at the local post office.
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Civil Service
Las Vegas
Lillie Pistole
Civil Service Secretary
Civil Service Office
San Francisco
Pistole
Tourists Hurt In Highway Crash Near Baker
Three women tourists were slightly injured and their two male companions shaken when their car collided with a Ford driven by Dr Myers of Las Vegas and a young man passenger fifteen miles this side of Baker on the Los Angeles highway yesterday afternoon. The tourists' car was badly wrecked and the women suffered minor leg cuts from flying glass, according to passing motorists.
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Dr. Myers
Las Vegas
Baker
Los Angeles Highway
Seattle official of General Construct on Boulder to dam road
J W Lawler of Seattle travels to Las Vegas on business as an official of General Construct Corporation which held the contract to build the Boulder to dam road. Subcontractor L G Le Tneau Inc has completed the project.
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J W. Lawler
Seattle
Las Vegas
General Construct Corporation
Boulder
L. G. le Tneau, Inc
Nevada Senators Arrive in China for Silver Price Probe
Nevada Senator Key Pittrin and Senator Tasker Oddie arrived in Shanghai to study silver prices in China and confer with Nanking officials about potential action and an international conference. Also arriving from Manila were Senator Robinson of Indiana and Representatives Dowell of Iowa and Gibson of Vermont.
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Nevada
China
Shanghia
Key Pittrin
Japan
Tasker L. Oddie
Manila
Nanking
Robinson
Indiana
Dowell
Iowa
Gibson
Vermont
Cragin's Aim Is Bigger Better City Cragin's Aim Is Bigger
The Las Vegas city administration changed yesterday with Mayor Cragin and Commissioner Mundy taking oaths. Cragin outlines policies to grow the city, urging harmony, sewer planning, and public advance consent for big projects amid funding limits and unemployment concerns. He calls for participation of citizens, the chamber of commerce, and engineers to review sewer plans before further bond actions.
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Hesse
O. J. Smith
E. W. Cragin
W. B. Mundy
Cragin
Las Vegas
Boulder Dam
Chamber of Commerce
Walker Young
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Point Siguella
Flays State
W. P. Bressingham
Abbie. Mahoney
James Lynch
Jane Speer
Pres. Hoover
Chie Nash
Sydney
Australia
Julia Dawn
Miss Dawn
Sierra
Memphis
Tenn
Mrs. Leavitt
Scrantonman
P. H. Hay
Postoffice
Mrs. Honstedt
New Vegas
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