New City Traffic Law Proposed by Las Vegas Board
The first draft of a traffic ordinance was read at yesterday's city board meeting. It mirrors Southern California codes with defined business districts and street supervision for signs, pedestrian rights, turning rules, and parking limits. The plan restricts displays resembling official signals, mandates crosswalk use, and sets multistage rules for turning, stopping, and loading.
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Las Vegas
California
Stewart
Oden
Carson
Main
Tremont
Garces
Charleston
Clark
Ala
Morals Jury Disagrees Retrial July 13 in Pantages Case
In San Diego on June 18 the jury in the Lydia Nitto case failed to reach verdict after 24 hours of deliberation. Alexander Pantages theatre magnate faces morals charges and is linked with Jesse Shreve Olive Clark Day and William Jobelmann over alleged girl market activities to bring a seventeen year old from Los Angeles to a hotel party for immoral purposes. A retrial is expected to begin July 13.
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San Diego
Alexander Pantages
Pantages
Jesse Shreve
Olive Clark Day
William Jobelmann
Lydia Nitto
Los Angeles
Hall Couple arraigned in murder case after wild chase
John Hall and Eva Mae Hall were arraigned in Justice Court before Judge Frank M. Ryan for the murder of John C O'Brien. Sheriff Joe Keate led a nightlong chase ending with their capture near the California line following the Fox ranch beer racket death. They were ordered to secure counsel by 11 a.m. and a preliminary hearing date was to be set.
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John Hall
Eva Mae Hall
John C O'Brien
Joe Keate
Justice Court
Frank M. Ryan
Halls
California
Fox Ranch
Gas price to rise in California markets
San Francisco report says Standard Oil of California will raise gasoline prices by five and a half cents effective tomorrow. Shell Oil quickly followed with a similar raise. Other refiners expected to follow. Increase applies to all points supplied from California. coastal prices had generally been around eight cents a gallon.
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San Francisco
Standard Oil Company of California
Shell Oil Company
California
Pric
Riley's bail set at 2500 in assault case
John L. Riley appeared before Judge Frank M. Ryan in justice court on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. He was held to answer and bail was set at $2500 for his release.
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John L. Riley
R. F. Williams
Frank M. Ryan
Justice Court
City License Is Granted New Firm
One new city license was granted by City Clerk Viola Burns yesterday to the Hadden Hall Beverage company to do a mercantile business at the Lumber Yard Supply Company on South Main Street. On visit Mrs George D Clark leaves for Los Angeles this morning to spend a week or ten days visiting friends.
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Viola Burns
Hadden Hall Beverage Company
Lumber Yard Supply Company
South Main Street
George D. Clark
Los Angeles
Miss Nichols Given Setback In Trans Atlantic Flight
New York June 18 Ruth Nichols, aiming to be the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, suffered a setback when she damaged her plane at Floyd Bennett field. She carried a heavy fuel load and landed too hard on arrival, delaying her pilgrimage to Portland Maine and Harbor Grace Newfoundland where the solo flight would begin.
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New York
Atlantic
Ruth Nichols
Floyd Bennett Field
Portland
Maine
Harbor Grace
New Foundland
French defer cruiser plan to cut navy costs
Paris June 18 The socialist deputy Paul Boncour urged caution as the foreign affairs committee chair voted to defer the ministry of the navy plan for a twenty thousand ton battle cruiser. He hoped France would lead a broad navy cost reduction before the Geneva disarmament conference in 1932.
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Paris
Paul Boncour
Chamber of Deputies
Ministry of the Navy
Germany
Deutschland
Boncour
France
Geneva
Arraigned in Wilson death murder case
Thurman Schmittou and Louis Potter were arraigned on a murder charge before Judge Frank M. Ryan. Ham & Taylor will defend. Bail was denied. Preliminary examination set for June 22. Sheriff Joe Keate swore out the complaint. They face the death of J. A. Wilson found dead under an overturned truck three miles south of town.
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Thurman Schmittou
Louis Potter
Frank M. Ryan
Ham & Taylor
Joe Keate
J. A. Wilson
Record Flight From British Columbia to Agua Caliente
James Goodwin Hall of New York set a Canada to Mexico nonstop flight record in seven hours forty eight minutes and thirty one seconds, landing at Agua Caliente at 4 13 p.m. The flight from Vancouver carried no barograph, making the record unofficial as a three flag flight.
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Agua Caliente
B. C
James Goodwin Hall
New York
Aii
Canada
Mexico
Vancouver
Dynamite Hidden in Colorado Prison
Police in Canon City report dynamite in the state penitentiary may wreck the prison. A search found a knife but no cache location. authorities plan to brief Governor Adams after noting tips from Denver sources.
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Canon Cerry
Colo
Colorado Penitentiary
Denver
den Iver Post Today
Clark
State Penitentiary
Canon City
Passay
Carl Milken
Gov- Adams
Dempsey Urges State Commissions to Attend Reno Bout
Jack Dempsey invites boxing commissions from California New York and Illinois to Reno on July 4 to observe Max Baer and Paulino Azcudun in a twenty round legalized prizefight. He argues Nevada style rules may inform others and lists inviting officials including Edgren Kelly Martin Muldoon Farley Phelan Clinnin Getz Gardner as attendees.
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Reno
California
New York
Illinois
Jack Dempsey
Max Baer
Paulino Azcudun
Jack
Nevada
Baer
Paulino
Leslie Kelly
Boo Edgren
Harry Martin
Dempsey
Edgren
Dr. Martin
Mr. Kelly
Willam Muldoon
James F. Farley
John F. Phelan
Illinois Commission
John V. Clinnin
National Boxing Association
Geo. F. Getz
Chicago
Tex Rickard
Geo. F. Gardner
Vanderbilt divorce plans follow Reno confrontation
Reno June 18 A new version of the trouble between Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr and New York illustrator Arno emerged as attorney William Woodburn said a separate maintenance suit may be filed in Reno. He noted a conference with Sam Platt about details, while Arno’s or Vanderbilt’s actions were disputed and few facts remained clear.
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Reno
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
Pea Ee Arno
New York
William Woodburn
Vanderbilt
Topiglet Woodburn
Sam Platt
Arno
Amo
City asks bids for tires and lubricants
The board of city commissioners met with Mayor Cragin presiding. They directed city employees to buy gasoline from the city pump at Sixth and Linden. Shell Oil supplies the gasoline under contract. Bids will be received for lubricants and tires for all city vehicles. The traffic ordinance was given its first reading and will be finalized in July.
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Board of City Commissioners
Cragin
Mundy
German
Hansell
Thomas
Viola Burns
Stevens
King
Sixth
Linden Streets
Shell Oil Company
Teletype to Death Calls Begin Here in Age Upgrade
Worthing rushed to meet a Monday start as Southern California Telephone crew installs two new teletypes for The Age. The unit, connected to the United Press wire between east and west coasts, marks Nevada’s first full United Press service and a Reno outside installation. The Age will carry world news at sixty words a minute for ten hours daily, with inspection doors opening Monday. Mrs Annie Vann 53 who moved from Burley Idaho to live with her daughter died yesterday afternoon after months of ill health. She is survived by four sons and one daughter Mrs Montgomery. Funeral plans were not set last night.
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Worthing
Southern California Telephone Company
Age
United Press
United Press Service
Nevada
Reno
Annie Vann
Burley
Idaho
G. F. Montgomery
Union Pacific
Blast Opens Newr R Cut on Transcontinental Route
Fifteen tons of blasting powder and two tons of dynamite were used to remove 175000 tons of earth for a new transcontinental railroad. The blast opened a 300‑foot high mountain face near Indian Creek, linking Western Pacific tracks with the Great Northern. Cost was $1000, avoiding a 400‑foot tunnel.
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Keddif
Cal
Western Pacific Railroad
Great Northern
Indian Creek
Daughters of Woman Call on Slayer in Cell
In Los Angeles on June 18, Detective Edward Nolan visited in jail by his sweetheart's daughters Edna Duncan 17 and Mary Jane 15 after he killed Grace Duncan 39 with beats and gunfire at a hotel party. Police say Nolan, drinking, enraged by Grace kissing another man, knocked down Robert Williams of New York and fatally shot his lover.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Edward B. Nolan
Edna Duncan
Mary Jane
Grace Duncan
Nolan
Robert Williams
New York
Camera follows colored boy fined for petty larceny
Jack Smith colored told police he saw a camera in a car then walked away with it. In Municipal Court Judge Morse fined him $30 for petty larceny and sent him back to jail for nonpayment. A pencil set and two pair of socks were also in the pocket he felt. D. D. Hacker spends five days in jail instead of paying a $10 fine for gross intoxication.
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Jack Smith
Judge Morse
D. D. Hacker
Ancient relics from Nevada's Lost City on display
A Clark County relic collection, considered among the west's best, now fills a Washoe County library third floor room. The exhibit, drawn from the Lost City in Clark County and other statewide Indian crafts, includes ancient pottery, basketry, tools, plus a replica mine near St. Thomas. Curated by George Geyer with Nevada Archeologist club help.
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Nevada
Lost City
Clark County
Washoe County
Reno Journal
St. Thomas
George Geyer
Gene and
Glen la Tourette
Jack Butler
Glen Rogers
The
Nevada Archaologist Club
Jury to Hear Vegas Rum Cases in Carson Grand Jury
The federal grand jury in Carson will convene on June 25 to consider charges of selling liquor to Indians, oyer act and narcotic offenses. Las Vegas liquor cases from raids weeks earlier may be referred, with many involving still operation or liquor transport. About ninety arrests were reported by California enforcement agents.
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Federal Grand Jury
Carson
Las Vegas
Reng Gazette
Grand Jury
California
Starr Faithful Case: Prober Says Suicide Likely
A Greenwich Village girl Starr Faithful may have killed herself as the probe concludes. A London letter allegedly reads I will be dead before you receive this. The missive was sent to Dr Jameston Carr, who is bringing it to New York.
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New York
Starr
Greenwich Village
London
Jameston Carr
L A Slayer Granted Parole and New Speed Law Passed
L A Slayer is granted parole after serving thirteen years for the murder of his sweetheart near Los Angeles. The article notes a new speed law signed by Governor James Rolph increasing highway limits from forty to forty five miles per hour and the parolee to leave San Quentin to live with his mother in Los Angeles.
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San Quentin
Cal
Harry New, Jr
Los Angeles
Sacramento
New
James Rolph, Jr
Trusty
President Hoover Returns to White House Determined to Stand on Policy
President Hoover returned to Washington from a four day Midwest tour cheerful about regional conditions. He said he would stand by the policies outlined in prior speeches and planned no further extended trips away from the capital.
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White House
Washington
Hoover
Cental
Washi
Gton
Middle West
Giant plane lands in Bahia for Rio de Janeiro exhibition
The giant German seaplane DO-X touched down in Bahia at 12:55 p.m. after a Natal to coast flight, as the ship prepares for display in Rio de Janeiro. The first leg covered about six hundred miles with thirteen passengers aboard.
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Bahia
Brazil
Natal
Rio de Janeiro
Urges Silver Parley Call at Denver Convention
Governor W H Adams was urged by the Denver Stock Exchange to convene a mining and metals meeting to aid silver. Proposals include inviting Utah Nevada Arizona Idaho Montana Washington Oregon and possibly Wyoming to form committees for a preliminary conference to set a date for a full meeting with state officials chamber of commerce leaders and mining industry reps. Senator William Borah called for an international agreement ensuring silver its rightful place in economic affairs at Nampa Idaho.
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Denver
W. H. Adams
Denver Stock Exchange
Adams
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
Idaho
Monana
Washington
Oregon
Wyoming
Chambers of Commerce
Nampa
United States
William Borah
Southwest Idaho Bar Association
Sprinters to Even Scores in Pre Olympic Night Meet
In Los Angeles on June 18, USC sprinter Frank Wykoff and world title holder Percy Williams pace a 100 yard dash field. Vic Williams of USC meets Ben Eastman of Stanford in the 440 yard race as top contenders in the pre Olympic championships at the stadium slated for the 1932 games.
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Los Angeles
Frank Wykoff
University of Southern California
Percy Williams
Vic Williams
Ben Eastman
Stanford
Wykoff
Williams
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