Ordinance Passed for Ornamental Downtown Street Light System
Las Vegas adopts an ordinance to install an ornamental lighting system in the downtown district. Ralph Waggoner, Los Angeles lighting engineer, named to supervise construction and a special assessment district map prepared. Lighting planned for Main Fremont and Fifth streets with an assessment funded installation.
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Ralph Waggoner
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Fremont
Main
Fifth Streets
Warconer
Waegener
Special Assessmens
Clark
Bridger Street
Stewart Street
Fremont Street
Fifth
Fifth Street
Bridger
Stewart
Hawkins
Smith to Run Again as 1932 Presidential Candidate
Senator Heflin of Alabama predicted in the Senate that former New York Governor Alfred E. Smith will seek the 1932 presidency. Heflin accused Smith and his campaign manager John J. Raskob of leading a path that could wreck the Democratic Party.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Heflin
Alabama
Senate
Smith
John J. Raskok
Raskok
Democratic Party
Lipkin Visits Las Vegas Investor Faith in City’s Future
Sam Lipkin of Chicago, a capitalist, is guest of Leo Roth and Bill Bittelsham of Las Vegas Gas Mercantile. This is Lipkin's second Las Vegas sightseeing visit and he expresses strong faith in the city's future.
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Sam Lpkin
Log Cabin Fund Boost for Boy Scouts Reaches 365
Last night a $75 contribution raised the Las Vegas Boy Scouts log cabin fund total to 365. Community names include American Legion Post No 8 and Oasis Rebekah Lodge. Future donors will be listed in the Age.
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K. O. Knudson
Las Vegas
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Melbuite Club
W. E. Hawkins
H. D. Buzick
American Legion Post No
Warren Woodard
E. W. Griffith
Oasis Rebekah Lodge
Las Vegas Coal and Ice Co
White Cross Drug Co
Mesquite Grocery
Skage’s Safeway
G. P. Gehrig
Oasis Confectionery
Nevada Title & Abstract Co
Nevada Cafe
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Lodge Inne Oo. Eagles
Kiwanians
J. C. Penny Company
Odd Fellows Lodge
Mesqui
Sense
Age
Chief Justice Taft Rushed to Hospital
Washington reports William H. Taft chief justice of the United States was taken to a hospital with gall bladder trouble. Doctors say his condition is not serious but he will require several days of complete rest.
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Washington
William H. Taft
The
United States
Gratto Funeral to Be Held at Caliente
Earl Gratto former Las Vegas druggist dies in Denver from tuberculosis contracted in service. Funeral services at Caliente this afternoon at two o'clock conducted by Rev. Boyd Parker. Mrs Gratto carried on the drug business in Caliente during his illness and death. The Age extends community sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Gratto.
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Earl Gratto
Las Vegas
Caliente
Students Flaunt Skull Symbols in Bogota Protest
In Bogota on June 7 students protested mounted police during a parade toward the presidential palace. Banners showed skull and crossbones as police fired, injuring several demonstrators who refused to disperse.
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Bogota
Columbia
Life Preserver Found in Oakland Bay Aids Murder Case
A life preserver from the steamer Admiral Benson was found in Oakland harbor suggesting fugitive Home Tallman may have escaped the bay side by swimming. San Francisco police questioned a local woman tied to Mrs Virginia Patty case as details of the Los Angeles murder emerge.
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San Francisco
Admiral Benson
Fourteenth Street
Oakland
Home Toltman
Virginia Patty
Los Angeles
San Francisco Bay
Tallman
U.P
Patty
William Tallman
Castlemar
C. M. Booth
Booth
al Staten
Jack Bean
Vivian Brennan
George Smith
Ineton Park Detective Bureau
Thg
Paul Pittman
Smith
Huntington Park
Captain Bean
Herman Cline
Cline
Two Die as Timber Collapse Kills Workers in Caliente Tunnel
In Tunnel Nine of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad near Caliente Nevada two men Wm C Benson and Fred B Fisher were killed when back timbering gave way at 2 p.m. Three other workers John W McCarthy Alton H Pulcock and two others were injured as a timber roof collapsed. Coroner E C D Marriage will oversee an inquest and the railroad will investigate the accident which halted no traffic.
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Caliente
Wm. C. Benson
Parowan
Utah
Fred B. Fisher
Nevada
Los Angeles and
Salt Lake
Union Pacific
Benson
Fisher
John W. McCarthy
Alton H. Pulcock
Fred White
Charles Karstens
Des Moines
Iowa
Paul Warnke
Andrew W. Pearson
Los Angeles
Union Pacifi
E. C. D. Marriage
One of Six Caught in Federal Dry Raid Gut on Bail
Five men are jailed and one freed on 2500 bond after lubrication raids by Salt Lake City federal agents yielded large quantities of whiskey beer mash and active stills in and around the city. Names listed include S Dad Custer Bill Clayton T Flynn Walter Auxier R B Free and Mark Dean. all arraigned before U S Commissioner W J Hooper with bonds set and preliminary hearings waived.
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Salt Lake Cit
Dad) Custer
Bill Clayton
T. Flynn
Walter Auxier
R. B. Free
Mark Dean
U. S
W. J. Hooper
News From The Sheriff's Office
No new incidents or updates were released by the sheriff's office today. The agency reported nothing to report and no active investigations or warrants at this time.
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the Sheriff’s Office
British Women Power Shown Miss Named on Cabinet
The labor government cabinet announced by Ramsay MacDonald includes Miss Margaret Bondfield as minister of labor, the first woman in Britain’s cabinet. The appointment marks a historic advance for women’s rights as women outnumber men in the recent general election.
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Miss
London
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Margaret Bondfield
Great Britain
Miss Bondfield
England
Germans Accept Youngs Plan For Reparations
In Paris the Young plan to settle Germanys world war obligations was formally adopted by German experts and six creditor nations after four months of negotiations. The plan totals about 37 billion gold marks payable over 58 years with 5 percent interest, resulting in roughly 97 billion marks overall. The heaviest annuity is in the first 37 years, then declines. The draft reflects talks among Germany France Britain Belgium Italy Japan and the United States with the American group unofficially assisting.
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Samuel Dashiell
United Press
Paris
Owen D. Young
Germany
France
Britain
Belgium
Italy
Japan
United States
Boy Crushed to Death While Hitching Ride
In Los Angeles on June 7 a six year old boy, Frank Small, was killed when he fell under a reversing car while hitching a ride. The driver, Mrs Margaret Edwards, said she did not realize the boy was under the vehicle when she backed up.
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Los Angeles
Frank Small
Margaret Edwards
Forest of Reclamation chief to visit Las Vegas June 21
Bulletin reports Ehgeod Measte director of the Forest of Reclamation will arrive in Las Vegas at 10 40 p m June 21 with a party of five, including Chief Faginser ter. The housing committee of the chamber, led by J T Watters, will arrange accommodations following a wire from Meade to the chamber secretary in reply to a query from Mr Hill.
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Ehgeod Measte
Forest of Reclamation
Las Vegas
Faginserter
Meade
Chamber of Ecommerce
Hill
Chamber
J. T. Watters
Tri state water pact seen from hotel talks
Delegates from California Arizona and Nevada held hotel room conferences in Washington and appeared to reach a tri state agreement on dividing the Colorado River waters 1 500 000 acre feet with a formal adoption hoped later Engineers to interpret the formula in figures after a two hour executive session and a Monday meeting.
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Colorado River
Washington
California
Arizona
Nevada
New Market Planned for Las Vegas by Oakland Investors
Oakland capitalists form Ada corporation to build a two story Spanish stone market in Las Vegas. Construction to start within 30 days with 100 by 140 feet floor plan and ten stalls. Features include a first class butcher shop, bakery, fish stand, dairy, fruit and vegetable stands, a lunch counter, ice cream fountain, and air cooling system. Building to have offices on the second floor and near Fifth and Fremont.
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Ernest J. Engler
Oakland
Neada Corporation
Engler
Oslsland
Las Vegas
Las Veras
Tasia Eroceteria
Fifth
Fremont
Enger
Walth
Oakand
Nest T. Enler
Salter
Lindbergh honeymoon yacht reaches Maine harbor
The Mouette anchored in Cape Porpoise harbor near York Harbor, Maine, with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow aboard. The couple, recently married in Englewood, N J, were seen ashore in York, fueling the yacht as crowds gathered.
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Kennebunkport. Me
Mouette
Cape Porpoise Harbor
Here
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Morrow Estate
North Haven
Englewood
York Harbor
Anne Morrow
No Vacation For President Hoover
President Hoover said he has no plans for a summer vacation and will stay in Washington during the congressional recess. He indicated only weekend fishing at nearby preserves for recreation.
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Washington
UPR
Hoover
Man loses arm in street work accident near Armа
A construction worker Garabed Bedrosian was injured when a shaft trapped his arm at a deep pumping plant pit. He signalled for help as onlookers nearby failed to aid before being picked up by J Clovis. Bedrosian underwent amputation about four inches from the shoulder and was treated at the city emergency hospital then a private facility.
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Garabed
J. Clovis
Bedrosian
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