Rigs of Summer Drift Through a Dry Las Vegas Note
In a light column style, the writer recalls warm weather in Las Vegas, mentions sporadic heating fires, and jokes about Labor Day warmth. A brief note on a Polish aviator Stanislaus Hausner recounts his 86 hours overdue from New York to Warsaw, urging safer aviation pursuits. The piece also covers Judge Samuel Seabury’s probe into James J. Walker’s finances and a Chicago style cocktail murder narrative, noting cross Atlantic parallels.
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Desert
Sammy
Jimmy
Samuel Seabury
James J. Walker
New York
Goy
Roosevelt
Judge Seabury
Tammany Hall
Jimmy Walker
Sammy Seabury
Freddie Roosevelt
London
U.P
Stanislaus Hausner
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Poland
Ireland
England
France
Croydon
Hausner
Atlantic
Filers
Firemen's Party Not Damped by City Blaze
Las Vegas Fire Department ladies night at the club house continued after an alarm sent firemen to a Chicago store blaze. The entertainment and refreshment committees delivered a strong program with games dancing and prizes for winners, keeping the event a success.
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Las Vegas
Chicago
Autogiro to Fly Over Hoover Dam Today
Dr Kenneth M Rees of Las Vegas Funeral Home will make the first autogiro observation flight over the Hoover dam project this morning. He will photograph the dam site and construction work. The autogiro, a rare western craft, rises vertically and lands in tiny spaces. It is the same aircraft used by Amelia Earhart Putnam for an altitude record last year. Mrs Delkin improving after hospital stay in Palo Alto. Mr and Mrs A G Brad to Caliente for weekend visit with Blads. They will be joined by LaPrele and Junior Jeffs of Caliente.
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Las Vegas
Hoover Dam
Rees
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Caliente
A. G
Brad
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LaPrele
Junior Jeffs
Blads
House Okays Tax Bill Without Record Vote And Despite Oratory
The $1.119 billion budget balancing bill cleared the House without a record vote amid partisan clashes. Rainey led a sharp attack on tariffs on lumber, coal, copper, and oil as Democratic and Republican lawmakers sparred over excises and sales tax plans. No record vote was demanded, and the measure heads to the Senate with leaders optimistic for quick approval.
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Senate
Henry Rainey
Rainey
Rep
Treadway
Mass
F. H. LaGuardia
Independent Republican
New York
Robert Clancy
Michigan
LaGuardia
Clancy
John J. O'Connor
John N. Garner
Congress
Lindy Hoaxer Curtis Pleads Not Guilty in Court
Flemington New Jersey June 4 John Hughes Curtis admitted deceiving Col Lindbergh by claiming contact with Lindbergh baby kidnappers and pleaded not guilty to obstructing justice in the court of common pleas Judge Adam O Robbin set June 27 for trial and kept 10000 bail The Norfolk shipbuilder declined to post it and was jailed awaiting further proceedings Two attorneys Pender and Fisher represented Curtis with reports he might plead non vult to seek leniency but he chose to fight the charge.
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N. J
U.P
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Court of Common Pleas
Curtis
Norfolk
Hauck, Jr
W. C. Pender
Floyd Fisher
Call for bids on B C Vegas Road asphalt
Carson City June 4 The state highway department announced that on June 15 it will consider bids to asphalt 21.71 miles of graveled highway between Las Vegas and Boulder City About 364 tons of asphaltic road oil and 279 tons of emulsified asphalt will be required.
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State Highway Department
Las Vegas
Boulder City
Peggy Goes A Shopping For Vacation Wear
Peggy highlights spring ensembles from multiple shops for vacation wardrobes. A crepe white with blue stripes at Hollywood style shop. blue polka dot sport model with cape at Fanny's Dress. three piece crinkle crepe in salmon pink at J C Penney Co.. smart pajama sets at Carroll's Gift shop. organdie vacation evening wear at Bracken's Apparel. (Continued on Page Eight).
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Hollywood
Fanny
J. C. Penney Co
Carroll
Bracken
Refugees of Southern Flood Toll Rises in Oklahoma City
Panic and relief effort unfold as 3,000 flood victims at Red Cross stations report pneumonia cases and 13 missing persons. Drownings, including Clyde Lewis, and the deaths of several flood victims are listed, with 40 injured and ongoing rehabilitation despite heavy rain. Red Cross seeks a $30,000 emergency fund as farmers along the river tally losses.
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Red Cross
Clyde Lewis
Tecumseh
Dance Creek
Jim Robinson
Wewoka Creek
Wewoka
Robert Henry Webster
James B. Webster
Massachusetts
Ellen
Mel-rose
Kansas
Here
Seven Teachers Take Quizzes In State Examinations
Miss Ruth Olmsted announced state elementary teacher examinations across 17 subjects with participants including Helen Garner Frances O Connor Lucille Jackson Newell McCracken Jack Magee H L Long and Annazeta Johnson. Fourteen applied for the Nevada school law test listing Marion B Earl Nellie Marie Earl Georgie Musgrave Roots Bern a Swinnerton Bennett Ella Hafen Perkins Cornelia Christmas Marche Agnes Lucy Kerby Mix Freda Thatcher Laurel E Leavitt Catherine Hunter Melvin Leavitt Lu ella May Harris and James E Thuriot. Alfred E Rogers and Newport Harbor party visit Apache hotel for a Boulder Dam inspection as coast party guests.
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Ruth Olmsted
Helen Garner
Frances O'Connor
Lucille Jackson
Newell McCracken
Jack Magee
H. L. Long
Annazeta Johnson
Marion B. Earl
Nellie Marie Earl
Georgie Musgrave Roots
Berna Swinnerton Bennett
Ella Hafen Perkins
Cornelia Christmas
Marche Agnes
Lucy Kerby Mix
Freda Thatcher
Laurel E. Leavitt
Catherine Hunter
Melvin Leavitt
Luella May Harris
James E. Thuriot
Quake's Toll Rises In Western Mexico
The death toll from yesterday's earthquakes in western Mexico reached 23 with several dozen injured. Damage to buildings and property runs to several million pesos, with Colima state hardest hit. In Colima City, 17 killed and 23 injured per tram crew report received in Guadalajara.
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Mexico City
Republic
Colima
Colima City
Guadalajara
Fire damages Chicago second hand store on South Second
A fire of undetermined origin nearly destroyed the interior of the Chicago second hand store at 121 South Second Street last night at 8 15. Firemen contained the blaze after a stiff fight threatening adjacent shops in the same building. An unnamed woman spectator fainted as the excitement grew. Damage is estimated at 7000 to 9000 dollars, partly covered by insurance.
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Chicago
South Second Street
Viss French and Leavitt to Wed
Miss Lilliard French and Eather Leavitt, both popular young Vegans, will be married early this week after a marriage license was issued. The ceremony is expected at the Latter Day Saints rectory with Bishop Bunker performing. Only close relatives attend. The bride is daughter of T. W. French and a Las Vegas high school graduate from class of 1932. Leavitt works at Mesquite grocery and is known in Clark County.
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Eather Leavitt
Latter Day Saints Church
Mesquite Grocery
Clark County
Bonus armies gather adherents in capital trek
Washington June 4. World War veterans encamped in the capital pressed for federal aid as 145th signature backed Patman’s 2.0 billion cash bonus bill. Meanwhile DC commissioners cut charity rations and said feeding and housing would end after June 8. Sanctioned by multiple cities, bonus marches from Jersey City to Texarkana joined the nationwide movement toward Washington.
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U.P
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Coup in Chile topples President Montero in Sa ntiago
In Santiago June 4 the Montero government was overthrown by a rebel junta led by Carlos Davila. The president and cabinet left the palace and accepted the new republican socialist government, with the navy in Valparaiso offering adherence.
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Chile
Juan Esteban Montero
Lamoneda
Carlos Davila
Washington
Davila
Arthuro Memina Benitez
Puga Ossorio
Eugenio Matio
Marmaduke Grace
Montero
Col. Grove
Grove
Valparaiso
U.P
Las Vegas Social Swirl and Weekend Travels
Mrs. F A Gibson and Allison head for Reno for the Grand Chapter of the O E S then visit California before returning. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Harmon and son plan a Los Angeles trip to see Mr Harmon’s mother. Many Las Vegans travel to Overton for the Moapa stake twenty year celebration. A Twenty-Thirty club dinner dance at the Apache hotel in Indian Village hosted wives of members and friends.
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Allison Y
Reno
Harley A. Harmon
Harley
Los Angeles
Harmon
William Studenecka
Overton
Moapa Stake
Twenty-Thirty
Apache Hotel
Vern Perry
Herbert King
James Wadsworth
Ray Turnbull
Clair Wadsworth
Roger Hay
Legion Beauties Call For Support In Queen Contest
Las Vegas legionnaires urged to back contestants Ruth Perryman Rose Marie Dixie Landis in the Legion convention queen race at the Palace theatre tonight with the Meadows casino orchestra. Mary Lindsay leads at 18 500, Perryman 18 300, Landis 15 900, Rose Marie 12 700, others eliminated. The winner June 11 at Lorenzi Lake park receives a diamond ring.
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Miss Lindsay
Ruth Perryman
Dixie Landis
Rose Marie
Marguerite Smith
Ethel Cory
Claudie Branson
Pauline Smith
Legionnaires
Lorenzi Lake Park
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