Elks Urge Reserving Rooms For National Convention
Las Vegas Elks urge members planning to attend the national convention in Los Angeles July 7 8 and 9 to secure hotel reservations soon. Nevada headquarters will be at the Mayflower and registration at the Hotel Biltmore. A three day Nevada state convention in Las Vegas July 3 4 and 5 will bring lodge members from across the state for a large celebration including a barbecue concerts dancing fireworks and other entertainments.
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Elks
Los Angeles
Harley A. Harmon
Harmon
Biltmore
Nevada
Las Vegas
Elks’ Committee
Lorenzi's
Henry Ford Signs 30 Million Deal With Soviet Russia
Detroit June 5 Henry Ford completed a 30 million dollar nine year contract with Soviet Russia for Ford products valued at 30 million within four years. Ford will provide technical advice for a Russian factory and may participate in distribution, reducing General Motors lead in European export markets and opening a new automotive distribution field. The arrangement positions Ford to oversee a Ford factory at Nizhny Novgorod and leverage Russia as an Asian distribution hub.
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Detroit
U.R
Henry Ford
Russia
Ford
General Motors
Ford Company
Europe
Armless Mary West to Tour Europe in Chair
Miss Mary Joyce West 22 an armless woman plans a European tour in her leg propelled crippled chair. She expects to cover about 30 miles daily and finance the trip by selling hand crafted articles she makes herself across France Belgium Switzerland and Italy.
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Leicester
Eng
U.P
Mary Joyce West
Europe
Cupid's Best Man Is Title Claimed By Star Witness
Miss Louise King jokes about serving as star witness to several weddings this week as Oliver Haws and Amy Ellsworth of Fillmore wed, followed by George Wirick of Los Angeles and Mary Vincent of Whittier. Miss King and Mrs. Keeler witnessed Elmer Grosz and Libbie Greene of Taft marry next, with two more licenses issued to William Barr and Helen Morgan, and James Bowler and Sylvia Eardley.
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Miss King
Mrs. Keeler
Keeler
Elmer Grosz
Libbie Greene
Taft
California
William A. Barr
Las Vegas
Helen Lee Morgan
Arrowhead Junction
James Bowler
Mesquite
Sylvia Eardley
Motogua
Utah
Young aviatrix saves flight landing with calm handling
Longmont Colorado June 5 Miss Blackwell a student aviatrix and sister of Clyde Blackwell a licensed pilot acted quickly when the plane she rode in began to behave oddly at 2000 feet She kept the craft steady and guided it to the landing field Then she removed two field mice that had nested in the plane while it landed.
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Longmont
Colo
U.P
Miss Blackwell
Longmont Aviatrix
Blackwell
Clyde
Blackwell Ranch
Miss Blackwell Lander
Reno Hawthorne Stage Line Planned
Grant Crumley of Tonopah received a state public service commission franchise in Carson City to operate a Reno to Hawthorne stage line. He will begin with secondhand cars, shifting to new buses in about 30 days, backed by strong finances. Hawthorne growth tied to a federal government ammunition depot.
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Reno
Hawthorne
Grant Crumley
Tonopah
State Public Service Commission
Carson City
Crumley
Roy Gillian
Crumsey
Dallas Mayor Reforms Parks Rules And Night Life
Dallas mayor J Waddy Tate sweeps aside old rules to please the common people removing brass rail spikes at city hall allowing tobacco chews and yarn swapping. He lifts park curfew abolishing 10 pm limits and orders flowers sent to every Dallas funeral while appointing a city greeter and planning 10 cent dances with casual attire replacing formal wear.
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Dallas
Tex
J. Waddy Tate
Tate
City Hall
Ford Edison Urge Support of Dry Law
A 24 man group led by Thomas Edison and Henry Ford urges Americans to back President Hoover in giving prohibition a fair trial. The message, issued by Rev Charles Stetzle, argues enforcement strengthens self-government and that the 18th amendment deserves honest enforcement with support from law abiding citizens and large sponsors including Ralph R Burnside of Portland and Capt Robert Dollar of San Francisco.
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New York
U.P
Thomas A. Edison
Henry Ford
Hoover
Charles Stetzle
Ford
Fdison
Ralnh R Burnside
Portland
Spinsters Boost Business for French Matrimonial Agencies
Paris reports a boom in French matchmaking as 2,000,000 plus marriageable women outnumber men. Agencies, now five times as many since before the war, use dances, private meetings, and disguised ads in Paris and the provinces to arrange marriages for substantial commissions.
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N. Reynolds Packard
United Press
Paris
U.2
France
mar_ riage
Bruneette
Stock Broker Charges Big Loss to Woman
SAN FRANCISCO June 5 UP The stock brokerage house William Cavelier & Co accuses Mrs William J Ellery wife of Ellery Arms president of causing a $10 000 loss by changing her mind They claim she asked to buy 500 General Electric shares while owning 1500 Standard Oil of California to swap for GE The brokers say GE was bought but Ellery lacked the oil stock and when disposed GE dropped by 10000 in value They want her to explain before Assistant DA George Cabannis Monday.
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San Francisco
William Cavelier & Co
William J. Ellery
Ellery
Ellery Arms Company
George Cabannis
Good Will Used Cars Offer Written Guarantee
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Cars for Sale in 1920s Ad Specials
Today's specials advertise several vintage autos including a 1926 Ford Coupe with Delco ignition and pumps, a 1926 Model Ford Touring praised for pickup, a 1925 Chevrolet Touring described as smooth and responsive, and a 1925 Oakland Coupe priced well below new cars. The copy touts comfort, dependability, beauty, and economy as selling points.
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Oakland
Duco
Fisher
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