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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1931
Page
5
Fashionable weddings trend toward grand entourages with large bridal parties. An especially noted bride featured 22 bridesmaids including 16 debutantes and six young girls in blue gowns, with blue accents in bouquets and attire. Nearby, Merced County plans widespread squirrel extermination this year. University tests suggest corn offers a superior hog ration compared to wheat.
Sealed proposals due 2 p.m. June 3, 1931 for 1.32 miles of State Highway System work in Clark County Las Vegas between Fitts and Fremont and Southeast City Limits. Plans from County Clerk Las Vegas Highway Department San Francisco. deposit $15 per set. bid security 5 percent. rights reserved to reject bids. Also delinquent stock assessments listed for Muddy Valley Irrigation Company with sale of stock by June 30 1931 to cover amounts and costs. Judicial summons No 2756 clerk and attorney names included.
Pacific Flyer reports Thomas Ash, an American flyer, plans a late Saturday takeoff from Hondo Island near Tokio for the first nonstop flight to Seattle. The venture is backed by a $25,000 prize from a Japanese newspaper and similar stakes from Seattle businessmen.
The item highlights snappy costumes for the holiday with Washington signal corps designs and outfits in ga colors. Red and blue costume jewelry for July wear is shown in shops. A Wichita Falls invention includes a raft wing cut for trout. Cardinal Cately studied dancing last winter to improve footwork behind the plate.
A fragmentary report recalls Princess Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg, wedding to Alfonso XIII, a bomb attack on their carriage, and her enduring role after exile. It notes the Madrid wedding, royal dignitaries, and her later return visits to Britain, with bungalow pranks and symbolic gestures mentioned amid faded details.
Paris shifts toward patent leather belts as a fashion rage. Descriptions note belts four inches wide at the back and one to two inches at the front with square ends. Belts made of soft patent leather to harmonize with gown colors. Also mentions pecan pruning in Mississippi and crop expectations in North Carolina.
Case details show Thames Christne and three minor children as plaintiffs with A. Hinman and Charles T. as defendants in a divorce suit. Complaints allege no child support and one minor daughter resides with plaintiff. Attorneys Harmon & Salter, E Marshall, filed for divorce with no communal property or support terms specified. A referenced entity, Unk in a natural pipe Inc, relates to a separate note about relocation from Texas to Chicago with a July 1 timeframe.
Proceedings in Huck s district court list T A Wells attorney for plaintiff and C D Breez attorney for defendant with a court date set for May 5 1931 at 10 a m. The case includes plaintiffs versus defendants and notes a continuance to June 9 1931. Mabel Coward plaintiff versus Nor rd defendant with Fred S Al for plaintiff. Decree remarks end with a reflective aside on wealth and politics.
Berlin reports forecast of rocket powered balloon flights reaching ten miles high. Professor notes tight cabin designs similar to earlier tethered balloon tests, with flights to occur in the near term.
Organdy hats appear as the smarter chapeaux for wear with tailors. New hats use half inch organdy strips woven in basket weave. A small cloche is the favored design in dark blue and green.
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