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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1929
Page
2
The Age criticizes the Fourth Street paving program for excessive deep cuts and high costs. It argues the design harms property values, increases future excavation work, and questions adherence to engineer specifications. The editorial urges city engineers and commissioners to ensure full contract compliance and protect property owners.
Four women join the crew of the Patterson for a six month Arctic voyage as officers and mates not passengers. Mrs C P Petersen skipper Mrs Dick Holbrook mate Mrs Osborne Inslow wife of the engineer and Mrs Melvin Bartlett wife of the purser accompany the regular crew. The ship serves as a floating department store carrying supplies for Eskimo camps and will bring back furs and possible green beans.
Associated Metals reports a 15 man crew at the Potosi mine shipping ore for rail dispatch to Salt Lake, with output rising as new stopes open. The Groom Mine ships silver-lead ore weekly to Las Vegas then Salt Lake, with plans to boost production once trucking is secured. Sloan plant at Lime Company maintains full staffing and steady output. Foster and Thomas near completion of 100 ton flats mill, to run on Potosi ore. U S Gypsum Co plant at Arden runs full and back orders pile up. new 210 mill planned to replace a burned unit. Yellow Pine to rejoin dividend list. Carrara Gold Ace reports 62 workers with bullion results pending. Glory Hole shaft holds high grade with shaft nearby showing potential. Gold Ace Extension four men at work on high value vein. Yellow Pine touted under new management with a stable camp operation.
Rodney Dutcher analyzes former Wisconsin senator Irvine Lenroot, a longtime lame duck who shifted to a court appeal post after defeats. The piece traces Lenroot’s tactics with Coolidge Hoover support, his shift to power lobbying, and the political calculations that kept him in federal influence despite electoral defeat.
The Gold Ace Consolidated project shows a streak of high grade ore surpassing 1200 dollars per ton, with an 80 dollar per ton average across four feet. Aristo plans ore shipments, shaft sinking, and production targets of up to one car daily within ten days. Martin Brothers report high grade finds and multiple shafts, while Carrara district prospects attract renewed exploration.
Moana Stake of the L D S Church held its quarterly conference in Overton high school with Salt Lake City visitors Apostle Orson F Whitney George D Pier and Mrs Bradford. Willard L Jones led the meetings and five returned missionaries shared their experiences. Large crowds attended sessions including about 500 at Sunday afternoon meeting. 4 H Club girls hosted a dance in the gym Friday but turnout was modest. Also notes of residents traveling to Salt Lake City for the upcoming June conference and others visiting nearby cities. A Los Angeles honey dealer and an Ogden buyer reviewed local bees. A newborn girl to Mr and Mrs Milton S Earl under nurse Merlin Hardy care.
At the National Electric Light Association convention in Atlantic City on May 5, Westinghouse Electric showcased a telephoto transmission method. Developed by Dr. Vladimir Zworykin, the system sends a 4 by 5 inch image ready for use in four and a half minutes over telegraph wire, cable, radio, or light beam. It can transmit photographs and handwriting or printed material on a cylinder, with distance limited only by transmitter power.
A survey of meat shipping shows New York beef and kosher cuts head to Chicago and other centers. Kosher forequarter cuts command higher prices, while pork tenderloin has limited demand in typical butcher shops. Export orders from New York hotels, ships, and liners total sizable volumes for transatlantic trade.
A new Arista prospect in the Carrara district near Beatty is named in the Arista Gold Mines company. G. Ray Boggs Briz Pit nam John Shea and Wilford Calli cot own shares. Los Angeles capitalists reportedly advanced $25,000. A shallow trench shows a 5 to 6 foot ledge with a sample value of 150 per ton in gold. The find is notable for gold not being visible.
Hollywood date story notes Marie Prevost after months away appears in The Flying Fool with William Boyd. She sings If I Had My Way and I'm That Way About Baby written for the film. The piece blends gossip on Prevost career, Fitzmaurice Sullivan Sheila coincidence, Moran and Mack superstition, and bits on backstage routines and vaudeville history.
Angora June 5 Turkish army Navy and aviation officers have been forbidden to marry before they are twenty five because prior rules said marriage would interfere with their work The order also bans them from marrying non Moslems The article notes the ideal season for marriage planning amid Turkey’s climate mentions the ice man and cog man in a light aside
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