Call For A Large Municipal Auditorium In Las Vegas
An editorial argues for a new civic auditorium in Las Vegas with 2,500 seating capacity. It cites previous lukewarm support and urges city county authorities the Chamber of Commerce and other groups to back plans. The piece notes such a venue could attract conventions and would pay for itself within ten years.
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QXNE
Las Vegas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Paving the Way for Las Vegas Growth and Improvements
The May post office report shows a surge in Las Vegas business as the city moves toward becoming Nevada’s leading city. Officials urge rapid civic upgrades including sewers, paving, sidewalks, and lighting, arguing investments will yield tenfold returns as Hoover Dam construction looms and investor interest grows.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
Hoover Dam
March of Progress
Electric maps aid pilots for rapid weather reading
The navy developed three experimental weather maps at Anacostia naval air station to help fliers visualize conditions along routes. Colored lights indicate good, poor, or dangerous weather. data from 66 stations reach the maps by radio, phone, and teleprinter, with updates every two hours.
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Washington
Navy
Anacostia Naval Air Station
Et Roads
San Diego
J. B. Anderson
Atlantic Seaboard
Ohio
Aerology
Deadly taxi cab behaves better survey reveals
Chicago reports National Safety Council survey shows taxicabs cut accident fatalities by twenty five percent over three years. Buses down nineteen percent and commercial trucks fourteen percent fewer crashes. Passenger car fatalities rose thirty seven percent. Rewards for safe driving records helped improve commercial vehicle care.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Anderson Faces Assault Charges in City Court
H R Anderson a taxi operator, faces municipal court charges of assault and battery after pleading not guilty at arraignment. Officers allege he and an unidentified man abducted a man named Pinkey Lynch for a ride and beat him, leaving him on a downtown sidewalk. Mr and Mrs James W Squires left for Salt Lake City last evening.
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H. R. Anderson
Anderson
UTAR
James W Squires
Salt Lake City
Allen Seeks Kansas Voter Pulse on 1932 Roles
Washington bystander Kirke Simpson notes former Senator Henry Allen of Kansas weighs a 1932 bid. Allen hints Curtis may decide this summer, influencing Republican hopes for vice presidency or a Senate return. Analysts doubt Curtis will reveal plans soon, leaving other potential VP contenders muted until Curtis acts.
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Kirke Simpson
Washington
Henry Allen
Kansas
Curtis
Allen
Senate
McGill
Wichita
Hoover
Dwight Morrow
Pat” Hurley
Walter Brown
Teddy" Roosevelt
Mr. Curtis
Engineers Tackle Hot Engine Demands For Speed
Cleveland June 2 Increasingly hotter flames in engines due to demand for faster pickup and higher speed are pushing engineers to innovate. Archie T Caldwell describes methods to raise compression, improve cooling, and manage heat. Aluminum piston heads and copper valve cores help heat removal. New spark plug cups and dome shaped heads aim to reduce detonation and improve flow for better performance.
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Cleveland
Archie T. Caldwell
Colwell
Aircraft demand and all-metal planes lift in West and Pacific
A United Press survey shows demand for small fast airplanes under 5000 dollars with a shift to all metal construction. Boeing and Northrop expand on the Pacific coast while Texas Fort Worth begins a new plant. Oklahoma City reports declining business and Kansas City sees little building.
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Wichita
Kan
Shaul
Travelair Company
Curtis-Wright
D Press
Cessna
Compa
William % Dickinson
United Pres
Most General
Kansas City
United Press
Pacific Coast
Boeing Company
Seattle
Northrop Company
Los Angeles
ARMY
War Department
Sam Eubanks
Pacific Flyer
West Coast
Southwest Slack
Southwest
Texas
Texas Aero Corporation
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Curtis Wright Air Corporation
Fanchon and Marco rise in New York showbiz
New York profile notes Fanchon Wolf and Marco Wolf as a brother sister vaudeville duo turned producers of miniature musical revues. They are active in theater design, stage training, and family life, including children and a violin hobby, while avoiding Spanish branding. The piece contrasts their rise with old Mauve Decade New York.
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Mark Barron
New York
Bronx
Pacific Coast
Fanchon
Marco
Roxy
Corte
Anie
Fanchen
Isot
Wolf
Bride Wears Eggshelled Veil in Seattle Nuptials
Washington June 2 4 Miss Asenth Libby Graves wore a veil of eggshell color to match her wedding gown when she wed Edwin Ther McKnight of Seattle. The dress featured a court train and the veil was trimmed with rare old lace. She wore lace mitts and carried a bouquet of calla lilies.
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Washington
Prida
Asenth Libby Graves
Edwin Ther | McKnight
Seattle
Carrie
Toll roads dwindle as US tollways near extinction
Washington reports toll roads shrinking with less than 150 miles left in the nation’s system. Thirty-five states currently have no toll roads at all. A Kansas City Riverside Park race winner earned 123.80 to 1, one of the longest prices recorded locally. California bean growers report 78 percent of a larger winter crop sold through the Bean Growers Association.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Public Roads
Loys Ormont
Riverside Park
Kansas City
California
J Iima Bean Growers’ Association
Morocco shifts from horses to airplanes in air age
In Rabat on June 2, Morocco embraces aviation as air travel gains favor. Air Minister Jacques Louis Dumesnil notes Morocco is deeply aware of progress. Sheikh and French settlers seek private planes to reach markets and centers, with about three hundred equipped landing fields already in place.
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Rabat
Morocco
Jacques Louis Dumesnil
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Charles P. Squires
Fremont Street
Associated Press
United Press Association
Gi Iehta
Western Union
Henry J Allen
Wortman
Flying Flame
American
E Fle Aircraft Company
Yorker
Ziesfield
Murray Hill
Grand Central Termina
Daily Age
United Press Dispatches
Ste Aa
The
Las Vegas Age
Tise
Hogan & ‘Weller
Fremont
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