Actual hotel work starts on Martin Corner
Actual work began on a new three story reinforced concrete hotel office and store building on the former Martin property at Second and Fremont streets. P C Silvagni, formerly of Price Utah now in Las Vegas, arrived with his son Carl to supervise clearance of the site and start removing signboards fences and other structures. The project includes a seventy by seventy five foot basement with three floors above and ground floor shops.
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Martin
Second
Fremont Streets
P. C. Silvagni
Price
Utah
Las Vegas
Carl Silvagni
Younsquist
Silvagni
Postal Rush on Increase in May Letters and Money Orders
Postmaster C. K. Ryerse reports May saw a rise in outgoing letters from the local post office. April had 121000 letters, May 140000. Stamp sales fell slightly in May. May money orders issued reached 3047, up 38 from April. May paid out 991, April 1022. Box rent due in April totaled 530 dollars.
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C. K. Ryerse
Peach Girl to Carry Las Vegas Peaches East
Lavina Whitney a Las Vegas and Everton youth will deliver the first basket of Las Vegas peaches east for a 4 H club convention. A home economics leader and frequent prize winner in state contests she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Stowell Whitney and will enter the Las Vegas high school senior class next year after trips to Portland and Chicago for 4 H work.
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Lavina Whitney
Las Vegas
Everton
Electricians to Organize Local Chapter of I E W
Twenty electrical workers signed a petition at the Labor Temple meeting to form a local chapter of the International Electrical Workers. The group needs ten members. International representative Co. M. Felder led the meeting while Vice President Brigaerts was delayed in Yermo, California. A follow up meeting is set for Monday at 7 pm with the vice president expected to attend.
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Labor Temple
International Electrical Workers
Co. M. Felder
Brigaerts
Yermo
Calif
Fennimore and Hull Plead Guilty in Municipal Court
R. A. Fennimore and Jack Hull were charged with gross intoxication in municipal court, pleaded guilty yesterday, and received deferred sentences. The case highlights municipal handling of alcohol offenses and reflects courtroom outcomes for the two individuals.
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R. A. Fennimore
Jack Hull
Las Vegas Age Announces Expanded News Service
Beginning around June 22 the Las Vegas Age will offer readers a full ten hour United Press leased wire alongside its Associated Press service. An automatic telegraph-typewriter will output world news at sixty words a minute in the editorial room, enhancing coverage without ostentation.
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Las Vegas
Ballyhoo
Age
Memorial Is School Plan for Rockne Memorial
Notre Dame will erect a one million dollar field house on the campus to honor the late Knute Rockne. Rev C L O'Donnell announced at a 1000 alumni gathering that the Rockne memorial committee will fund the project through next fall contributions.
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South Bend
Ind
Feld
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
C. L. O'Donnell
Father O'Donnell
Rockne Memorial Committee, Incorporated
Mrs F A Morgan Returns to Los Angeles Frigidaire Sales
Mrs F A Morgan service supervisor of the Los Angeles Frigidaire Sales Corporation returned to Los Angeles Saturday morning after a brief inspection of the local organization.
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F. A. Morgan
Los Angeles
Movie Colony Matron In Death By Her Own Action
In Venice California Mrs Marion Shearer 35 sister of Norma Shearer shot herself at a shooting gallery on the Venice pier witnesses said a crowd gathered as police learned of the tragedy Douglas Shearer husband stated she had been ill recently and could not explain the act authorities will investigate further but no motive is given today
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Venice
Calif
Marion Shearer
Norma Shearer
Venice Pier
Douglas Shearer
Kidnap Count Dismissed in Justice Court
R Faust and B E Wooley, jailed for days, were arraigned on kidnapping charges by James H Colbath. Representation by Roger Foley and Harmon cited. Case dismissed due to nonappearance of the complaint witness. Defendants allegedly forced Colbath a traveling salesman to ride with them and beat him.
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S. R. Faust
B. E. Wooley
James H. Colbath
Justice Court
Roger Foley
Harmon
Colbath
Rich Oil Man Is Arrested In Luxurious Plane Seizure
June 6 report from Los Angeles states E. F. Halliburton and Frank Giennan, pilot, were detained by U S customs after ten cases of liquor were found aboard their all metal tri motor plane flying from El Paso Texas. The men denied knowledge of contraband as the specially built craft was seized. The issue connects to Hoover era mood and draws President's disapproval according to a judge.
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Los Angeles
E. F. Halliburton
Oklahoma
Frank Giennan
Halliburton
United States Customs
Glennan
el Paso
Texas
Boulder City hospital permit deadline set
June 30 is the deadline for applications to operate a hospital in Boulder City. Six Companies plans a twenty bed facility on block eight, to be used for the company’s employees only. The project, approved by the Bureau of Reclamation, may be enlarged later to meet growing needs.
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Boulder Hospital
Boulder City
Louis C. Cramton
Secretary of the Interior
Las Vegas
Prohibition Leader Outlines New Agent Program
Washington June 6. Prohibition Director Woodcock announced raids will target commercial violators and speakeasies. Five hundred new agents will be hired July 1. He directed agents to close venues by cooperation or injunction, stressing owner identification as crucial.
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Washington
Prohibition
Woodcock
Congress
Hoover Navy Pact Keeps Defense Spending Intact
President Hoover and Navy officials announced at Camp Rapidan that there will be no material reduction in the naval outlay this year or next. An army pact already exists, with naval officials estimating possible savings of about ten million dollars this year and ten to fifteen million more next year, without altering the 350 million dollar navy program.
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Orange
Hoover
Camp Rapidan
Navy Department
Army
Naval
German Edict Imposes Heavy Taxes to Ease Reparations
Berlin June 6 The German government published a decree levying about four hundred million dollars in new taxes described as a final effort to ease the unbearable reparations burden. President Paul von Hindenburg issued the proclamation and state that the world economy depends on modifying reparations. The government says Germany faces a decisive struggle for its future.
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Berlin
Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
U. S. Planes To Stop Here At Las Vegas Airport
Twenty six United States fighter and scout planes are expected to stop at the Las Vegas Western Air Express airport to refuel. P A Simon Texaco agent and airport owner says the planes will fly from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas, refuel, and proceed to southern California bases.
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United States
Las Vegas
Western Air Express
P. A. Simon
Texaco
Simon
Salt Lake
California
Widow seeks electric chair for brother of slain husband
Oklahoma City June 6 A widow with six children demanded that her brother, Sam Rickenberry, the confessed slayer of her husband, James W. Brown a Baptist preacher, be sent to the electric chair. Mrs J W Brown said Sam killed Bill and left her to raise six children.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
Sam
Bill
J. W. Brown
Sam Rickenberry
James W.brown
Trojans Win Track Meet To Claim NCAA Title
Southern California captured its tenth annual NCAA track championship with seventy seven and one seventh points, winning four firsts and tying for another to surpass Stanford's 1928 record. Ohio State placed second, with Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and Wisconsin trailing.
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Chicago
U.P
Southern California
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Tyid
Trojans
Stanford
Dale Letts
University of Chicago
Bill Grabber
Southern
California
Tom Warne
Northwestern
Verne McDermott
Trinloss
O. J. Martin
Purdue
Warren
Ohio State
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Still Blast Proves Fatal in Norfolk Apartment
Norfok police said a distilling apparatus explosion in Lieutenant W. T. Smith's apartment at the Norfolk navy yard killed him. A copper tank placed on a stove blew up, investigators reported.
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Norfolk, Va
W. T. Smith
Norfolk Navy Yard
Brass Rail Furnished Prisoners Before Bar in New Police House
Las Vegas announces move of police headquarters to the Cactus club on North First Street. Chief Nash says the bar will serve as the processing area with prisoners lined up to the rail and the judge near the cash register collecting fines. Old station sale terms withheld by new land buyer.
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New Police House
Las Vegas
Nash
Cactus Club
North First Street
Former Vegas motor driver killed in California assault and robbery
Word of the death at Tower Lake California of George Clark a former Las Vegas printer turned active church worker was received by The Age. Clark died of pneumonia and spent the last fourteen years in active ministry with his sister among Indians at the Pahute reservation Shruz Nevada and Round Valley California. Jack Bradley a private driver for I B Asbury was slugged and robbed stepping from a motor car near the Union Pacific depot. Bradley’s wallet with about 14 dollars was found near the scene.
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Tower Lake
Calif
George Clark
Las Vegas
E. A. Palmer
Clark
Palmer
George
Shruz
Nev
Round Valley
California
Jack Bradley
I. B. Asbury
Asbury Transportation Company
Los Angeles
Bradley
Union Pacific Stage
Don Bremmer
Bremmer
Asbury
Nevada divorce decree upheld by other state license issue shows
A United Press survey finds Nevada Reno divorces are recognized broadly for license purposes in most states though Maryland Tennessee and Georgia show occasional resistance. Nevada reduced residence for divorce from 90 to 60 days, but this did not alter sister states stance.
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Nevada
Illinois
United Press
Maryland
Tennessee
Georgia
Earhart Lands Safely in Oakland After Transcontinental Flight
Amelia Earhart Putnam lands in Oakland this afternoon after a Sacramento stop from Reno, completing a cross country auto gyro flight in one hour five minutes. She is accompanied by mechanic Edwin McVaugh. The pair left New York ten days ago and plan to depart for Los Angeles tomorrow.
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Oakland
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Sacramento
Reno
Edwin McVaugh
New York
Los Angeles
San Diego Wire Frees Prisoner Amid Slayings Probe
Jack Gilbert, held at Searchlight for investigation, was cleared yesterday of any connection with the Virginia Brooks slaying in San Diego after Southern California authorities advised the sheriff that the man in jail did not match the suspect description.
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Jack Gilbert
Virginia Brooks
San Diego
California
Censored dispatches and wartime machine-gunner remark noted
A brief amusement item cites China censoring press dispatches and a quip about wartime machine-gunners. It mentions a joke about fewer rackets in the Catskills during R. van W. nap and a New Yorker quote. The American Lumberman lists these as oddities from Chicago.
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Catskills
R. van W
Torso Murder Confession Solves Brooklyn Case
New York reports a torso murder puzzled police for weeks was solved when Charles Obete, a 26 year old speakeasy owner, confessed to killing his lover's husband for 300 dollars. Police found body parts wrapped in newspapers confirming the victim’s identity as a butcher’s boy.
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New York
A.ai—Al 'So
Zubitsky
Brookyn
Obete
Charles Obete
Forrer
Butcher
Parrs
Andrew
Gas Explosion Blows Couple From Apartment Window
In Long Beach California a gas explosion hurled a man Petrillo 38 and a woman Stephenie Crosley 22 from a third floor apartment into the street. Both were badly burned and in critical condition as neighbors extinguished flames on their clothing. Fire officials suspect escaping gas fumes ignited by a cigarette and say property damage exceeds 25000 dollars with insurance status undetermined.
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Long Beach
Cal
St Petrillo
Stephen Josephine Crosley
Petrillo
Miss Crosley
Nitto Girl's Life Under Question in Pantages Trial
San Diego June 6 The state supreme court granted Alexander Pantages a new trial in the Pringle case, and his attorney Geisler plans to probe the past of witness Lydia Nitto a seventeen year old Hollywood girl who testified about a hotel party. The defense aims to attack her testimony when the trial resumes Monday.
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San Diego
Wiew
State Supreme Court
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Jerry Gelster
Pantages
Lydia Nitto
Hollywood
Miss Nitto
Geisler
Supreme Court
Pringle
William Jobelmann
Jesse Shreve
Olive Clark
Catholic Action Society Attacked in Radio Broadcast
In Rome on June 6 a radio program described the Catholic Action Society as a strong organization taking orders from a foreign power. Priests were accused of ingratitude to Fascism, which the broadcast said guarantees religious liberty.
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Eee
Rome
Catholic Action Society
Dave Farnsworth Attends Santa Monica Graduation
Dave Farnsworth of the Anderson Ice Cream company travels to Santa Monica California to be present at his daughter Bettys graduation exercises.
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Dave Farnsworth
The
Anderson Ice Cream Company
Santa Monica
California
Betty
Summer Trip Plans for Doris Nesbit and Family
Miss Doris Nesbit and her mother, who plan a summer in Town, will depart today for California before beginning their eastern journey.
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Doris Nesbit
California
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Ito
Southern University
Vegas
D. L. McBeath
J. S. Bright
Federal Bureau of Roads
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Virginian Pilot
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China
Toledo Blade
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Matie! Barber
Clara Barrett
Ruth, Nevada
Walter Maloney
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