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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1929
Page
4
A new Harris Willden barber shop is slated to open this week at the Fre ault cn Secont corner, former post office site. Art Barris, previously active near Fremont street, plans the project with a modern setup including a glass case, sterilizer, and updated chairs.
President Hoerner praises Governor Al Smith as a great public servant while noting Republican charges about speed cops. The piece observes a lack of such a corps nationally, though a few towns maintain mounted police, and discusses political reactions to the idea.
Los Angeles report states former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey would box again if the money is there and if promoters find a worthy opponent. Dempsey awaits his former manager Gene Normile to finalize arrangements for a comeback bout.
Moscow reports deny a rupture in China Soviet relations after a Chinese revocation of diplomatic immunities, with tensions noted but no instruction from Beijing. The Soviet note to Nanking remains unanswered and Harbin raid provoked Soviet response as per official sources.
A girl who wandered from a picnic Thursday was found today alone in a hospital suffering exposure and threatened pneumonia. About five hundred people searched the area. she had been without food or water and could not speak or move from the cold. Some believe she was carried off by eagles attacking nearby flocks.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. wed Lucille Fay Lesureak known as Joan Crawford in St. Malachy’s Church New York. The event follows a period of unsettled weather though the Senate has returned to normalcy.
A United Press report notes 320 deaths and 609 injuries from postwar mine clearance, with 525 deaths and 1,109 injuries during battlefield cleanup before land was handed back. Many children among victims. unexploded shells and booby traps posed extreme risk as troops withdrew.
Passengers arriving in New York aboard the Minnewaska Cunard DeGeasse and North German Lloyd ships report the Atlantic crossing was the coldest in weeks. Wartime destruction is cited with millions of acres ruined, trenches unstrung, and red zone parks planned as memorials. The French government reports vast reconstruction including rebuilt schools roads and railways, aiming to erase war traces within a year except in red zones.
Congress and Hoover plan action within two weeks on farm relief and a stabilization board. The measure aims to take effect before the wheat market by June 15, with conferees resuming talks to settle form of the law and debenture provisions. The machinery is a complex system to be organized through co operative groups, potentially taking months to years to fully implement.
Boston June 3 Jon Herald will report that past office inspectors traced threats sent recently to Cor Morrow daughter of Dwight W Morrow ambassador to Mexico and other prominent persons to a water front customs guard who was formerly valet to General C R Edwards war time commander of the twenty sixth division and a decoder in the war department in Washington.
Leo Papionas who wrestled Ira Dern for the world light heavy title recently may meet jiu jitsu champion Yakiyama in Las Vegas at Legion 1 Arena Friday night. Promoter Martinson seeks a Friday matchup to showcase Papionas against the Japanese grappler and gauge Dern’s potential future rival.
Washington June 3 UK Muscle Shoals is named as a key factor in the big power companies effort to sway public opinion. Senator Norris charged in a committee report that more than 10 years of delays were tied to combine interests seeking Muscle Shoals control and to defeat three bills including Muscle Shoals Boulder Dam and a power trust investigation.
Yesterday's hero Larry Benton pitched the Giants to a 24 to 1 victory over the Cubs, with McMillan homering in the ninth. Leury Gehrig hit his 12th homer as the Yankees beat the White Sox 6 to 1, and Washington edged St. Louis 2 to 1 on a squeeze play. Red Sox topple Cleveland 12 to 3. Ed Morgan injured in fielding Furrell homered play. No other games were played.
Los Angeles, June 3. In a frameup case involving C. McGrignes and five former police officers, Councilman Cate Jacobson was expected to testify this week. He claims Mrs Grimes and the officers framed him over morals charges. his trial ended with a hung jury and dismissal.
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