Platform fight occupies day at K C Hooverites dictate planes 817 to 267
Two hurt when autos collide in dusyLas Vegas and Tonopah highway clash on Clark Avenue near Lorenzis Resort. Buick driven by Jack Pembroke and Hudson owned by J W Woodard with Bernard Durkin at high speeds left one headlight. Durkin injured with fourteen stitches to left arm. Wendall Bunker and others uninjured but shaken. Party taken to Las Vegas hospital for care.
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Jack Pembroke
Las Vegas and
Tonopah
Clark Avenue
Hudson
J. W. Woodard
Bernard Durkin
Lorenzi
Durkin
Pembroke
Buick
Wendall Bunker
Jack
Lawrence Higbie
George Ball
Roscoe Thomas
Thomas
A. M. Minnette
Las Vegas Hospital
F. M. Ferguson
June sees rise in divorce suits in state clerk's office
Three husbands filed for divorce in three days in June, citing desertion and cruelty. Allen P. Joy seeks release from Pansy A. Joy, Leo A. McNamee represents the plaintiff. Frank Joseph Kutak sues Evelyn Margaret Kutak for desertion and cruelty. Dupray and Foley represent the defendant. Clayton Kanagy sues Edelweiss Kanagy for cruelty and desertion. Lee Ham represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerk
Allen P. Joy
Pansy A. Joy
Leo A. McNamee
The
Paintiff
Frank Joseph Kutak
Evelyn Margaret Kutak
Dupray
Foley
Clayton Kanagy
Edal- Weiss Kanagy
Lee Ham
Otherwise Normal Baby Has Six Teeth at Birth
Six large teeth were grown in the mouth of a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Cunningham at the time of her birth in Sheridan Wyoming. The child weighed five pounds and was otherwise normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Sheridan
Wyo
E. L. Cunningham
Air Transport Talk Highlights Las Vegas Role
Robert Griffith addressed the Rotary Club on air transportation with emphasis on Las Vegas future needs. He praised city officials for securing a municipal airport and urged rapid development. He cited United States air ports, lighted airways, beacons between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City, and Hoover’s prediction of air power transforming life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Griffith
O. J Smith
Rotary Club
Griffith
Las Vegas
United States
Los Angees
Salt Lake City
Department of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Mastrey
Fred Hesse
Western Air Express
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Ed. Clark
Ferg Ferguson
C. P. Squires
Veterans' Insurance Reaches Three Billion In Force
Washington D C June 14 At end of April there were 679 415 government life insurance policies in force totaling 3 220 602 216 in protection per U S Veterans Board figures announced by the National Rehabilitation Committee of the Legion M M McGovern...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington, D. C
U. S. Veterans Board
National Rehabilitation Committee of the Legion
Bandits Hold Up Trust Company in Kansas City
June 14 bandits halted delegates en route to a convention hall. They shot and seriously wounded a traffic officer a girl and two others and escaped with $20 000 from Home Trust Company in downtown Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Kansas City
Home Trust Company
Fear for Italia crew in Arctic treck amid open ice
KINGS BAY Spitzbergen June 14 Increased anxiety surrounds the safety of Swedish Professor Malgren and Commanders Scappi and Mariano, three Italias crew members who began a trek across the ice to seek aid after the dirigible crashed on May 25. Warmer weather has widened ice openings, adding hazards to their perilous venture, and the men have been out of contact for twenty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Malgren
Scappi
Mariano
Fair Lola Still Awaits Hearing In Los Angeles Case
Lola Wheeler, fair visitor, remains in limbo as the preliminary hearing on charges of issuing bad checks is continued again due to the absence of District Attorney Harney Harmon. The hearing is rescheduled for Monday after noon June 18 at 2 o clock. Defended by Messrs Dupray and Foley. Also notes A T Stone, UP employee, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles recovering from an old ailment and improving. Mrs Ferris Doolittle underwent an operation and is progressing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Wheeler
Harvey Harmon
Messrs. Dupray and
Foley
T. Stone
Union Pacific
Good Samaritan Hospital
Los Angeles
Harmony Rules I I Chi I Icorhe Find Committee Meet Near Ivanpah
Harmony rules govern meeting of the four man committee to secure information on all bound gravel paving for the Board of City Commissioners It was decided not to appoint a fifth member and to avoid duplicating inquiries The group plans a Sunday visit to Barstow with city officials and has cars available at eight o clock An oil camp report from J Harvey notes a new strike on a 3 foot vein near Ivanpah showing gold silver copper and lead values awaiting assays
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James
J. E. Calkins
Ed. Clark
W. E. Ferron
Board of City Commissioners
Barstow
Co. J. Harvey
Ivanpan
Cal
Uuurtnation
Himsel and Associates
Baldwin Grand Piano Sold for El Portal Theatre
The J. W. Garehime Music House sold a Baldwin Grand piano to Cragin and Pike, owners of El Portal Theatre nearing completion, priced at 1875 dollars. They also sold a Hamilton upright to Rev Father Reardon and a 1928 Baldwin cottage grand to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mills.
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J. W. Garehime Music House
Cragin
C. E. Mills
Howard
Baldwin
Cupid's Matchmaking spree hits Las Vegas nuptials
In Las Vegas Cupid kept busy with two weddings. Charles Stanley Dye of Los Angeles and Norma Burt of Omaha wed age 21, while Harry M. Adams and Glenn Lisle, both 21 and from Shoshone California, also tied the knot locally.
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Cupid
California
Nebraska
Caifornia
Nevada
Charles Stanley Dye
Los Angeles
Norma Burt
Omaha
Harry M. Adams
Shoshone
Glenn Lisle
Death Valley
Death claims Chas Harmon and Carrigan in Las Vegas notices
Two obituaries detail the deaths of Charles Harmon aged 14 8 8 in Los Angeles at Saint Vincent's and Edward Carrigan aged 5 in West Side Las Vegas on June 12 1928. Services for Harmon were set for Friday at St Vincent's Church with burial at Calvary Cemetery. Carrigan's family mourns eight siblings. funeral at Mission Church West Side followed by interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Matmon
Saint Vincent's +1
Los Angeles
California
Clark Charles Harmon
Harley A. Harmon
Cunningham & O'Connor
S. Grand Avenue
St. Vincent's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Muslady
Charles Harrison
Charles
Charles Tan
Las Vegas
Carrigan
West Side
Edward Carrigan
Mission Church
Moreno
Palm Funeral Home
Wooalawn Cemetary
Flight impossible Friendship fears flight to England
Convinced after nine failed attempts to lift a loaded Friendship tri motor seaplane, Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon decide to hop to the Azores with only 700 gallons of fuel. They say to reach England the ship would need more than 8 gallons and plan to fly Lisbon from the Azores then on to Southampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trepassy
N. F
England
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
Azores
Lisbon
Southhampton
Hoover Nomination Plan Dominates Republican Convention
At Kansas City Hoover forces won 817 to 267 to shape the party platform toward agricultural relief and coop marketing while opposing McNary-Haugen. A quick liberal bid to repeal the Volstead act failed as Butler fell short. Tonight delegates will nominate Hoover amid a long, lively convention day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Herbert Hoover
Platform drops Hoover farm plank at national convention
Kansas City June 14 the Republican resolutions committee rejected the Hoover dictated farm plank backing the corn belt relief plan. It upholds Coolidge veto of the McNary Haugen bill and endorses Jardine plan for cooperative marketing with tariff protections. The platform, adopted after a 40 hour fight, adds a first time explicit pledge to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment. The farm and prohibition planks anchor a sixty page platform with 36 planks.
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George R. Holmes
International News Service
Kansas City
Hoover
Kenneth Crark
Resolutions Committee
Coolidge
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Chas. G. Dawes
Veterans
M. McGovern
Charles Harmon
Albert Wood Cassady
McGovern
Bandits
K. C
Italia
Lola
Harmony
Ivanpah
Cc. J. Harvey and Associates
EL Portal
Chas. Harmon
Convention
Bac
Bob la Follette
Bob
la Follette
McNary-Haugen
Congress
Fess
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