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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1931
Page
6
In Rome a special tribunal for the defense of the state sentenced six men to prison and freed one after a one day trial. The bombing killed twenty people and injured twenty three. the event occurred as King Emanuel inspected the Milan fair in April 1928.
The board of county commissioners heard a request on behalf of Midway City to open a 60 by 600 foot road. The 24 signer petition aims to provide Jericho Heights with ingress and egress to the Las Vegas Boulder City highway. The board delayed ruling to discuss again on June 24.
Former Las Vegas justice of the peace William H. Harkins faces trial in Bridgeport superior court for habitual criminal activity. If convicted he could face life imprisonment. His brother, Rev H D Harkins, seeks an insanity ruling citing a prior airplane crash incident.
The Pasture, four miles east of town on the Boulder highway, opens tonight with free dancing and a big free barbecue. The former Cool Shade site has become a shaded outdoor oasis with cozy nooks and a central canopied dance floor. Under a canopy are twenty roulette and craps games licensed yesterday. The venue is well lit with strings of incandescent bulbs and enclosed by a lattice fence for privacy.
All electrical workers are asked to be present at a meeting tonight at the Labor Hall to discuss organizing the local electricians. Vice-President Brig acris and National Representative M Felder will address the group. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. sharp.
Wheelwright Construction Company of Ogden Utah was the low bidder for the pumping plant No 2 at the Boulder dam project. On June 17 bids will be opened for the offices and dormitory buildings to be built for the excavation and foundation contractor.
Senator J W McKinley of Los Angeles and colleagues visited Las Vegas to tour the dam site Boulder City and other area attractions. Bank of Fantana staff Bertha Barkley and Sue Terrill stayed last weekend with the Marbles. Las Vegas engineers MacBeath and Chiapella were in town on business. Assemblyman Tom Dixon visited, and J R Alexander returned with his wife and four children to live in the new Walt apartments on Eighth Street.
A luminous gas sign, fifteen feet long, built for the Rainbow Club, arrived in Las Vegas and was installed for display. The sign was supplied by King and Nellis and greeted locals here yesterday. Also visiting are Miss Ineie Grane and Miss Lucy Faherty, teachers from Phoenix, who plan to drive to Minnesota with Mr and Mrs A C Grant after leaving here next week, stopping at Zion Bryce and the North Rim.
The Coast Produce company of Los Angeles opens a wholesale house at 524 South Main Street. It invites the public to inspect the plant including a refrigeration room able to hold a carload of goods, signaling supply of fresh fruits and vegetables to local stores.
Baton Rouge reports that Louisiana farmers rely on a few bee colonies to buy clothing for their families. Bee expert E. L. Davis notes the honey crop has remained steady while other crops fail. He cites home made box hives as obsolete and highlights modern apiarists across the state.
John G. Price once head of the Northern Bend and Investment Co is now driving a tractor on a farm to support his wife and himself. His attorney asked to set a trial date on charges of grand larceny alleging he defrauded clients of about $30,000.
Residents along the upper Muddy river charged a bathing pool at a Warm Springs resort spills into the stream used for domestic water. County commissioners directed county health officer Dr. F. N. Ferguson to investigate the pollution claim, following protests by Muddy Valley Water District officers including Albert Jones and Robert Gibson.
In Wheeling West Virginia on June 5 plaintiff Eugene Swearingen a 14 year old of Warrenton and defendant Beaton F McCann of McMechen argued their case in federal court without lawyers for an automobile accident suit. It marked the first time in the court's history that litigants appeared without counsel.
Reports from Bluefield describe surgeons removing a sharp-edged tin tobacco tag from the throat of a six month old African American baby. The procedure was performed successfully with the patient reported in stable condition.
In Seattle on June 5 LeRoy Dunakay survived a car rollover and fire after which a 17 year old girl who helped pull him from the wreckage drove him to a hospital. The couple soon wed, sharing a remarkable survival tale and union following the crash.
Frances Johnson and Mary Gray, 17, were nabbed in Millington after attempting to flee a Memphis girls home. The incident highlights juvenile risk and law enforcement response in the area.
Alward relocates to the Clark Building occupying offices recently vacated by Six Companies Inc. The move places Alward in a newly opened space as the firm shifts its local footprint.
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