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Newspaper

Las Vegas Age

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1931

Page

6

Rail Splinters From Las Vegas and Beyond

Mrs. Charles Melore wife of Charles Melore Union Pacific machinist leaves Wednesday for a summer visit to friends in the east. Harry C Coffee of Union Pacific electrical department visits Las Vegas from Los Angeles. Don Seare formerly of Las Vegas son of Mr and Mrs Wal Seare in town. George Day drives to Ely for a few days. Warren Farrell returns from Ogden after a draw with Young Palmer of Pocatello on June 5. General Superintendent Strong travels east for inspection giving Las Vegas a look. A large crew prepares for a new turbine at the Union Pacific power plant costing about 80000 dollars. Safety Agent Spettigue spends Wednesday in Las Vegas. No reportable accidents at the local shops for a year and a half. President Lightfoot invites tennis members to meet Friday at 7 30 pm at the illuminated local court and welcomes new members.

Charles Melore Union Pacific Spettigue Las Vegas Lightfoot Union Pacific Athletic Club

Work Begun on Print Room at New Police HQ

Carpenters worked yesterday at the new police headquarters on North First street to install partitions that will close off the bureau of identification and create an office for Judge Frank M. Ryan of the justice court. The new bureau will house all photographic and fingerprinting equipment per officers in charge.

North First Street Bureau of Identification Frank M. Ryan The Justice Court

Cars damaged in downtown crash near Second Street

A D. & D. Transfer truck and a sedan driven by R. M. Whitehead of Los Angeles were slightly damaged in a collision on Fremont Street near Second Street yesterday. No injuries reported.

D. & D. Transfer Company R. M. Whitehead Los Angeles Fremont Street Second Street Yestern

Pioneers Regain Sight After Surgery At Prescott Home

Three blind men from the Arizona Pioneer's Home in Prescott, Abraham H. Porter 80 Steve A. Tyler 79 and George D. Hayes 87, regained sight after operations in Phoenix. They marveled at friends, planes, and beauty of home, and shared humorous dreams of travel and old debts. Ancient murals unearthed at Morarp church near Helsingborg Sweden reveal five centuries of hidden art under whitewash.

Prescott Arizona Fnmef Arizona Pioneer Abraham H. Porter Porter Steve A. Tyler George D. Hayes Phoenix State Hospital Iderry Tyler Oatmain Way Hayes Helsingborg Sweden Morarp Church Here

Saltville Bald Eagle Killed After Sheep Attacks

Elbert Cox shot a bald eagle near Saltville Virginia on June 10 after the bird, five feet eight inches from wing to tip, began killing local sheep. The incident ends the bird’s threat to the area.

Saltville Elbert Cox

Amateur Talent Follies At Airdome In Las Vegas

Tonight the Airdome theater hosts amateur night with registered acts from Harmoniac dancers and singers. Cy Perkin and his country store add Friday night prizes from local merchants. Saturday features a midnight revue with a Las Vegas couple marrying on stage and receiving prizes for their new life.

Airdome Follies Las Vegas Harmoniac Cy Perkin

Judgment in Civil Action Over Materials and Labor

Frank DeWard of Las Vegas contractor received a judgment of 133 dollars for materials and labor against Sam Lipkin of the Merc store in a justice court. Lipkin was granted a ten day stay of execution. Guy Baker represented the plaintiff and Frank McNamee the defendant.

Frank DeWard Las Vegas Sam Lipkin Merc Justice Court Mr. Lipkin Guy Baker Frank McNamee

Germans Seek Friendship at Meet

Berlin dispatch describes Chequers talks between German and British leaders as symbolically hopeful, with officials noting Stresemann and League lessons. It highlights relations hoped to ease tensions, while predicting limited concrete results amid difficult global issues.

Louis P. Lochner Berlin Germany Great Britain Ramsay MacDonald Heinrich Bruening Aristide Briand France Gustav Streseman Arthur Henderson Julius Curtium Foreign Office The Inquirer Stresemann League of MacDonald Vigits Alamo Bruening Irene” Stewart Hendrson Curtium

Second Shell Around Earth Pierced By Piccard Flight

A detailed briefing on atmospheric layers outlines the troposphere and stratosphere as core shells, with the ionosphere, twilight top, auroral base, ozone layer, and Heaviside layer. It notes the 250 mile plus atmospheric height, dust layers, volcanic dust sources, and the ozone’s thin, three-atom form.

Earth Piccard Howard W. Blakeslee Associated Press New York Auguste Piccard Iction W. J. Humphries United States Weather Bureau Humphries

Eighteen Story Fall Fatal in San Francisco

David Cunningham 55 a railroad ticket agent died after leaping from the eighteenth floor of a medical building. Deputies of the coroner's office reported he had recently suffered a nervous breakdown.

San Francisco David Cunningham Cunningham

Bandits Lock Up Trio Loot Bank San Pedro

Three bandits held up the Bank of America branch in San Pedro Cal today forcing a trio of employees and a customer into a vault and escaping with about $4000. The men fled in an unknown direction as police searched the area. No injuries reported.

San Pedro Cal Bank of America

Vegas Man Hart in Auto Wreck

Edwin Adams a Las Vegas painter sustained minor injuries when his Ford truck was struck by a roadster alleged to be registered to Isaac Lingnam and driven by two women near Old Camp ranch just off the ridge. Other vehicles were lightly damaged and the truck was knocked off the road.

Edwin Adams Las Vegas Isaac Lingnam Adams Old Camp Ranch

Heaviside Layer and Atmosphere Features

The passage describes the Heaviside layer as a radio roof with an estimated one million or more free electrons per cubic inch, an electrified shell whose height ranges from 1 to 150 miles. It also notes the hydrosphere as water suspended in the air, a key atmospheric characteristic preventing Earth from becoming a desert.

BUNKERVILLE NEWS REPORTS LOCAL EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS

Several locals attended quarterly conferences at Overton Sunday with Bishop John Wells of Salt Lake City present. Mr and Mrs Don Tobler welcomed a baby girl born May 5. Leonard Reber visiting his ill wife from Boulder City. Farmers boast a good grain crop and harvest underway. Threshing began Tuesday with crews at Mesquite and Bunkerville. Chief White Eagle, an educated Indian, staged a show Monday night. Leland Adams built and moved into a new home.

Overton John Wells Salt Lake City Mesquite Bunkerville White Eagle

Dempsey Estelle Divorce Near in Nevada Settlement

Jack Dempsey and Estelle Taylor are close to divorce with property settlement talks nearly finished after a Reno conference. Attorneys said who will file has not been settled. Dempsey has established residence in Nevada and may file.

Las Vegas San Francisco Jack Dempsey State Highway Department Estelle Taylor Nion Joseph Scott Miss Taylor R. E B. Burns Reno Dempsey John Taasse Taasse Nevada Hollywood Mike

Legal Notices From Fragmented License Entry

Fragmented OCR lists multiple license pairs with ages and cities including Long Beach Las Vegas Los Angeles and Glendale. Names include Robert Eastman Sutton Billie Meredith-Akins Ernest Morley-Goodrich Wilma Morley and Lottie Morley plus mentions of consent parentage and local ties.

Eastman Sutton Robert Long Beach Billie Las Vegas Meredith—Akins Ernest Wilma Las Vega Morley — Goodrich Harry Jerome Los Angeles Bety Noriie Glendale Consent Lottie M. Morley Ho, Morley

City licenses issued to four by city clerk

City Clerk Viola Burns issued licenses yesterday to four recipients including Dr. T. Q. Morgan of Colkin Building and Dr. W. Butte of Griffith Building both dentists. The Wright Marinello beauty shop at 104 South Second Street and James L. McMillan a plumber also received licenses.

T. Q. Morgan Colkin Bidg W. Butte Griffith Viola Burns Wright Marinello Beauty Shop South Second Street James L. McMillan

Personal Paragraphs From the City

Mrs. William Thurman, ill for three months, was able to go out yesterday on crutches. P A O R BC plans to attend his son Clyde’s Harvard Mis ary school commencement. Lloyd Payne, city electrical inspector, returned from Los Angeles where Mrs. Payne is ill. Jean Saul known as Jean the Tailor returned from Los Angeles for eye treatment after an altercation the night he left Las Vegas.

William Thurman P. A Los Angeles Clyde Harvard Misary School Payne Lloyd Payne Vegas Jean Saul Jean the Tailor Saul Las Vegas

Earhart Lands at El Paso in Autogiro Return Flight

Amelia Earhart Putnam lands at El Paso Texas late today in her autogiro plane after a flight from Phoenix on the way back toward the east coast.

EL Paso Texas Amelia Earhart Putnam Phoenix Arizona

Dreams End As Woman Shoots Self In Sleep

In Seattle on June 10 Miss Katie Oliver aged 40 awakened from a dream of burglars and accidentally shot herself. Police reported she was in a deep sleep when the gun discharged.

Seattle Katie Oliver

Also Mentioned on This Page

Joan H. Lightfoot Harry C. Coffee Union Pacific Electrical Department Don Seare Mrs Wal: Seare Don George Day Ely Warren K.D.) Farrell Ogden Young Palmer Pocatello Eon Strong Union Pacific Power Plant Merlin Hardy Mrs. I. J. Earl Ineville W. Va Vergie Blackenship Dan Porter Verde Beckerman Utah L. D California George Rake Brady Golden J. H. Boyer Claude J. Mackey John Slattery Ulent Akonisphere Hart IN Woosted,o Lewis McClellan Bunkerville News Don Tobler Leonard Reber Boulder City Leland Adams Jack Estelle Las Vegas Transportation & Taxi Co Fremont St Airdome Follies Theatre 1St & Carson Cy Perkins Box F EL Portal Skippy Jackie Cooper Mitzi Green Robert Coogan Enid Bennett Helen Jerome Eddy Paramount Sound News Pee Es North Main Street John Keel Hilke Plumbing Shop Kelvinator Kelvinator Yukon
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