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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1927
Page
2
Las Vegas business leaders rally to raise 500000 in stock for a new half million dollar Richmond Hotel project. At present 36000 is subscribed with broad voluntary support and few disappointments, reflecting the city’s cooperative spirit despite minor pretext.
The nation holds sympathy for the missing French aviators as Lindbergh and Chamberlain garner praise. If found alive, America will share in France’s joy, even as hopes fade after the long search across vast territories.
The narrative recalls Admiral Dewey's Manila homecoming as Lindbergh is feted in Washington and New York. Officials, governors, mayors, financiers, and masses shower praise, with vast crowds in New York seeking a glimpse of the aviator. The piece argues such hero welcomes show enduring public enthusiasm.
Optimism runs through western states on the Boulder Dam project as Congress is expected to act next session. The Mississippi Valley flood control lesson drives nationwide support, with emphasis on the Colorado River basin states, especially the three.
One hundred fifty years since Old Glory became the Union emblem, with Las Vegas streets bedecked in stars and stripes. The Elk Lodge plans Flag Day exercises at the Elkdome on Sunday evening June 19, urging residents to honor the flag with due reverence.
Nevada State Health Department and State Highway Department, with U S Health Service, surveyed water supplies along major highways. Las Vegas Water Company praised for protecting city water supply from contamination. Hubbard and Shaw to visit Goldfield and Reno before final report in about thirty days.
Mr Chas Wood of Gilmore Oil Co Los Angeles and C Boyer Division Engineer of Stage Highway Dept spent Thursday June 16 examining state highway sections near Las Vegas to assess costs for gravel and road oil surface similar to California’s Daggett to Victorville segment.
The Southern California Mission Board of the Missouri Synod hosted visits by Revs G Smukal Theo Schoesson August Hansen and F G er as they canvassed the city. They aim to open Lutheran work here though local membership is small and the canvass not finished. Lutherans of Las Vegas and vicinity were referred to Rev Theo Schoesson in Pasadena for ministration.
Secretary Hoover urged purchasing locally produced goods to save on long distance shipping and support local economies. He argued that buying items distributed through Newark stores reduces costs and promotes regional commerce, echoing calls for domestic manufacturing. The piece also notes British wartime censorship and political commentary from the Washington Post and Providence Journal excerpts.
In Mount Rose district near Reno heavy rain overflowed Grass Lake reservoir last Saturday, bursting the dam and sending a destructive torrent. It flooded the valley, killed livestock, covered the highway with debris, and filled a railroad cut with gravel. Steam shovels cleared debris. trains may run by week’s end. No lives were lost. The event caused extensive damage to fields, buildings, and timber.
Florence Mall of Clay Center Kansas and Laura Mae Kohnke of Covington Louisiana are named school attendance champions in the United States. Both have attended kindergarten through high school, are 14 years old, and have never been absent or tardy while maintaining high marks in all studies.
Officials in New Jersey report sportsmen bagged a million dollars in fish and game in 1926. The editor quips that they would need to show birds and fish, while Soviet officials blame China troubles for a break with Great Britain. The remark suggests divorce grounds among Reds over China actions.
A newspaper sketch notes the growing idea of air travel across the Atlantic becoming common in the United States. It humorously observes spectators in a zoo monkey house noting how little can be learned about animals from peering through bars, as no method exists to register a monkey’s thoughts.
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