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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1931
Page
3
Cragin proposes a broad city improvement program, urging a new fire station and police facility, stricter street and sidewalk rules, parking and zoning changes, and a firmer anti corruption stance. Appoints municipal officials, calls for equipment upgrades, and sets a first meeting for Thursday to advance the plan.
Screen Life in Hollywood profiles Janet Ford a former nurse who after diving from a 40 foot platform and a ten year film career shifted from stunt work to acting. She describes quitting for good to avoid danger and low pay, yet accepts occasional director calls for high paying stunts and adventures. Janet, from Carthage Missouri, moved to California in 1917 and built a reputation for dramatic feats.
Hiram Blue alias William Lat Timore pleaded guilty to being drunk in Municipal court and had sentence deferred by Judge Morse. Thomas Parker, picked up as a vagrant, was found guilty and ordered to leave the city within a set hours.
After an arrest for counterfeit nickels in Boulder a man named F. T. Crawford was booked at police headquarters. Officers found a bogus dollar coin during a search and believed a local gang produced counterfeit pieces. A hunt for other members is underway and secret service operatives will be notified.
Union Pacific trains were delayed for hours Saturday when a bridge two miles east of Caliente was damaged by fire. The blaze was found at 2 45 p m and repaired enough to allow trains to catch up with schedule. Officials could not explain the cause of the blaze.
Tom Meighan headlines Fox comedy drama Young Sinners at El Portal theatre tonight and tomorrow. The film follows a father neglected by his son and a parent who befriends his boy, with Hardie Albright Dorothy Jordan Cecilia Loftus and James Kirkwood in key roles directed by John Blystone.
Laredo Texas June 1 C C Julian Oklahoma and California man was brought here in connection with an alleged attempt to abduct Lamar Bolling of San Antonio. Julian pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a firearm and was fined $25 090.
Mr and Mrs Norman Wester and daughter Catherine depart Denton Valley Castle by train 20 for Chicago. They were driven by A M Johnson and Walter Scott and enjoyed dinner at The Meadows as guests of Walter R Bracken.
Clyde Hizer and Phillip Bartlett of San Diego, Las Vegas visitors, own the Height tract and report water mains connected to Taylor wells after contractor completion. Accompanying them was J. B. Coker, president of the Southern California Home Builders Co., who plans to build several homes for sale or rent on the tract.
Unconfirmed reports from Las Vegas say two men died when a passenger bus collided with their Ford near Cedar City as a dust storm limited visibility. The bus driver was reportedly traveling through the storm. stage line offices declined to comment.
Mrs. Agnes Lyne argues that maternal nerves fray when children irritate. Disobedience and dawdling stem from past training and present constraints. Increase space and companionship, consider nursery or kindergarten, and introduce new incentives to deter delays while accepting today’s greater restraints.
Police chief Nash outlines the Las Vegas identification bureau work for 1929 through 1931, detailing fingerprinting and photographs for 860 persons, with three prints sent to national and state bureaus. The Vega photographic record keeps prisoner data in loose leaf order, aiding interdepartmental cooperation and keeping known criminals under surveillance. May 1931 crime tally shows 76 cases, led by larceny grand and petit, burglary, auto theft, and other felonies, with total cases this year at 176 versus 163 all of 1930. Mrs B Baum visits from Los Angeles. Mrs Herbert Hashberger confined at home due to illness.
Sunday school classes of the Meadows Methodist church will hold their annual picnic at the Old Ranch Tour day afternoon at 4 00 o clock. Sceaming games and lunch will be enjoyed by members of these classes. A new song Nevada was introduced at Meadows last night with great success and applause. The words were by ven
George Ferris sustained an injured arm yesterday when the vehicle he rode in with driver Burt Williams crashed into the rear of a Boulder Canyon Motor-express truck parked on Fifth Street. Williams reportedly looked away to move a package, causing the collision per police.
The Desert Rats, formerly the Tigers, secure new uniforms and gear through local business support. They own a dozen new suits and full equipment including balls gloves bats and guards and plan to meet the Merchants in a home game next Sunday afternoon.
Miss Ethel Oxley sister of Mrs. F. M. Ferguson will marry Hugh Shamburger a local civil engineer this afternoon at the Ferguson home on South 5th Street. Oxley has served on the Las Vegas grammar school faculty for three years.
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