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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1931
Page
1
Eldorado canyon reports encourage from the Empire mine as EB Gresh, general manager, notes ledge outcroppings found six weeks ago. Crosscuts from the 100-foot level reveal ore pockets averaging about $20 per ton, with ore body widening beyond 100 feet and possibly 120 feet. A small mill is planned to finance further development.
Three road projects costing 145,092 will be completed under contracts awarded today by the department of highways. Wheelwright Construction of Ogden Utah bid 93,139 for grading and surfacing from Ely to Conner’s Pass in White Pine county. Nevada Rock and Sand of Reno won 34,039 for two bridges and one mile of road near the Wilson ranch in Lyon county. They will oil ten miles from Las Vegas toward Boulder City for 17,914.
Joe Garcia a Mexican was released on insufficient evidence after a knife assault on Lou Smith behind the Airdome. He was rearrested for further investigation while police weigh hunting law breaches. Owen Biggs testified and admitted hunting rabbits with Garcia the day of the incident.
A Boulder dam employee, believed to be J A Wilson of J N Gordon, died when a delivery truck overturned near Las Vegas while Wilson allied with an associate during an alleged attempt to break into a service station. Wilson was pinned beneath the cab frame and died at the scene. an inquest was scheduled.
In Boulder City within the federal reserve, residents cannot vote in Clark County elections or the presidential race, said Louis Cramton special attorney to the interior secretary. Nevada law holds no effect, no high school plans exist, and enforcement tightens as police tag violators and issue fines to curb traffic infractions.
Ely Nevada report says the White Pine County board of commissioners ordered salary reductions for many county employees to align expenses with shrinking tax receipts.
Ogden's William H. Wattis, president of Six Companies Inc building Boulder Dam, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws at the University of Utah commencement. The article notes a planned linked communications service connecting Brazil Argentina and Colombia by class and wire telephone.
Hearst correspondent Wooster Taylor writes from Boulder Las Vegas Nevada calling the area a frontier prime site. The Chicago Herald and Examiner reprints a condensed version from the San Francisco Examiner dated June 9. The piece uses vivid language to depict conditions at the dam scene.
June 11 report from Carson City notes State Labor Commissioner William Royle expects a Washington approval to place Boulder Canyon dam project labor hiring under a joint federal state employment service. Six Companies would no longer run interviews or place workers, with Royle proposing staff transfer to Boulder City to align with on site needs.
Prison officials from California toured Nevada state prison's lethal chamber in Reno on June 11 to study its setup for a report to Governor James Rolph on California's gas chamber bill. They declined to comment on their recommendation. Rolph has the bill awaiting signature or veto.
Two men are held as witnesses and a third is being hunted after the stabbing of Arnold Wasserman, a 26 year old engineer on the Hoover dam project. Wasserman is near death in a Las Vegas hospital after a group of four strangers attacked him on a street near the restricted district, stabbing him eight times as he walked. A new bank alarm system uses a toe lever that sounds until turned off.
Reports late yesterday confirm a strike of gold ore at the Duplex mine in Searchlight. At the 800-foot level a body runs about 700 per ton in gold and high lead, while at the 500-foot level another body assays 304 in gold and 32 percent lead. Concentrates shipped from the new mill, operating since last April, show a net return of 200 per ton. The Duplex, owned by A H MacCarthy W J Loring and Dr Wilton MacCarthy of Los Angeles, employs 50 men on three shifts as hopes revive for the long-struggling camp.
Washington news describes a June 1 gathering of Young Republicans urging President Hoover's renomination. Senator Fess of Ohio predicted unanimous renomination as Representative Pree of California praised Hoover's life and claimed he would be reelected. The group, convened by RNC executive Robert Lucas, cheered the push.
Jim Bloomer of Six Companies Inc rushing through Las Vegas collided with a five ton debris truck owned by A. M. Murphy and driven by D. C. Ward. Clyde Nelson riding in Bloomer’s Ford suffered cuts and bruises while the Mack truck and the Ford sustained only minor damage. Bloomer had just arrived from Oregon to work on Boulder Dam.
A stampede has developed over Rainbow creek in northern British Columbia following a placer gold discovery. Prospectors and mining men, many traveling by train and three planes already flown in, converge on the site near Vanderhoof per initial reports.
Nassau county grand jury probes Starr Faithful death as District Attorney Elvin Edwards orders a stay on cremation to identify the victim and possibly connect her movements before her disappearance. A diary is cited as strengthening the drowning theory and prompting questioning of political and social leaders named in it.
St Clairsville Ohio June 11 Sheriff Howard Guss traffic a force of fifty special deputies to guard the county jail after twelve hundred miners and families tried to release strike leaders held for rioting. Tear bombs and tear gas probe crowds. twelve people, seven women and five men, were gas affected. Leo Thompson, Pittsburgh, reputed strike leader, was defended as miners beat the sheriff. Guss feared further demonstrations as leaders vow to drag strike breakers from pits.
The Pig eon sails to assist British and Japanese salvage crews trying to raise the Poseidon submarine in the Yellow Sea after it sank 126 feet following a collision with the Chinese steamer Yuta. Eighteen sailors are believed trapped as divers attempt to communicate without results amid bad weather.
At an informal session in City Attorney Stevens office a tentative draft of the Las Vegas traffic ordinance was read. Several clauses need straightening and further parley is planned next Tuesday night. The ordinance will be up for reading at the board meeting Thursday afternoon June 18.
The Nevada state highway department will open bids in July for eight road projects. Estimated total cost around 405500 includes oiling 19.68 miles from the Mormon Mesa west slope to the Virgin River bridge in Clark County with an estimate of 48000 for that segment.
MOBILE, Alabama June 11 Three men prominent in city and state politics were killed when the airplane carrying them crashed near a field at Bache's flying. The craft circled the field and nose-dived after failing to run lights. Vincent Kilborn city attorney Edward J. Grove state representative and Thomas Carter Birmingham pilot died.
In Los Angeles June 11 a state witness, W. Joseph Ford said David H L Clark accused of killing Charles Crawford and Herbert Spencer was beaten and abducted to San Diego where he escaped. Ford disclosed French, who testified at the preliminary hearing, was beaten and needed medical care after being forced into a car. Another witness, Mrs Ethel Hamlin, reported being forced into a car, threatened, and dumped out after urged to leave town.
Moss Garrison, a middle aged suitor of Mazel Bradshaw, is bound over to the superior court on a charge of murdering a 22 year old teleion girl in Balboa park. Deputy District Attorney Sam Bristow denounced the kiss of Judas during a parlor scene and reenacted the stabbing with a knife pose before Judge Janey. He remains jailed without bail.
Six of fourteen Las Vegas barbers sat the state board exam last night under the district board in Gore's barbershop. M W Wright and W M Gore supervised the test. Successful candidates will earn state licenses to open shops, with names including Budimer Dalbey Norton Byrd Brown Wade Pankey Patterson Cook Sampson Hays Robinson Stevenson Jones. Eight others to take exams tonight.
Sparks Nevada approves a $40,000 bond issue to redeem a $12,000 emergency loan from earlier this year and to purchase equipment for municipal departments, as authorized by the city council.
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