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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1931
Page
2
The new city board headed by Ernie Cragin has been properly installed. The paper expresses confidence in Mayor Cragin tackling the four year term and the support of Las Vegas residents as they face challenging times. A call for a Greater Las Vegas is stressed.
The front page declares Death Valley Scotty will travel to the old country to break the bank at Monte Carlo with a million bucks. The note questions why he must go overseas for action and suggests Las Vegas could serve the same purpose, with an easy return home.
Las Vegas sees rising traffic hazards at arterial intersections. Ogden Street crossing Fifth lacks stop signs, with high speed and no warning risking lives. Other spots need traffic control as the city faces ongoing safety challenges for the new administration.
The district court, Hon. Wm. E. Orr presiding, calls the law and motion and trial calendars. Plaintiffs include A. J. Schur in City vs. Commonwealth Mining and others, with judgments by stipulation in open court. Various demurrers, motions, and trial dates set for June 1931 with multiple parties and attorneys. Financing, alimony, and suit-money motions noted. hearings schedule through June 23 1931.
Senator Hawes of Missouri visits Manila as co author of the Philippine independence bill. His stance on immediate freedom clashes with advocates of a thirty year timeline, while Vandenberg’s thirty year idea gains traction. The piece weighs Hawes’ retirement plans for 1933 and potential successors in both parties amid Missouri politics and national roles.
New York critics oppose Alison's House by Susan Glaspell winning the Pulitzer while praising Once in a Lifetime Five Star Final Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Green Grow the Lilacs as stronger contenders. They agree the award should not go to Alison's House despite Eva Le Gallienne ending repertory theater on Fourteenth Street and presenting the production on Broadway.
Aigrettes embroidered along the gown motif at the base of the decollete back. Farmers in Orangeburg and surrounding area shipped 36 carloads of hogs last year, and 25 carloads have been shipped so far in 1931.
In New York the city hosts a Pageant of Enchantment at Madison Square Garden, drawing social and artistic figures despite scarce seats and extravagant costumes. A separate column notes a wealthy contractor’s curious gambling habits, a homeless youth saved by finding five dollars, and a behind the scenes glimpse of a proposed play with Jed Harris Hecht and MacArthur.
Geneva May 30. Eric Ekstrand, Sweden's envoy to Argentina and Chile, is mentioned as the next secretary general of the League of Nations, succeeding Sir Eric Drummond. Ekstrand, a British subject, is viewed as neutral and in a strong strategic position. Rumors say Drummond may retire after the 1932 disarmament conference if Britain does not propose a replacement, as France Germany and Italy contest the high office and smaller nations seek equal treatment.
San Francisco June 1 Tony Poloni the Reno winner of the national amateur light heavyweight championship turned professional within a month of his triumph continuing a local pattern. He joined Frank Tucker and Armand Emanuel who also left amateur ranks at the first profitable opportunity.
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