Glider Pilot Across Channel and Tax Conflicts Highlight Day
On June 19 in Washington Aimes Semple Los Angeles evangelist faced a tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Bureau claiming $21 339 for 1926 27 and 28 with a hearing set for Wednesday The government asserts underreporting of income and deductions including substantial sums aimed at blocking Los Angeles equity indictments tied to a 1926 disappearance Beardmore Canadian singer lands a glider near St Inglebert Calais after a motorless crossing of the English Channel to be towed from Lympne and plans to return to England by plane the feat billed as a first by a British subject but not pursued as a round trip obligation.
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Washington
Aimes Semple
McPherson
Los Angeles
Internal Revenue Bureau
Calais
France
Lissant Beardmore
English Channel
Beardmore
England
New Colored Supplement for The Age Adds Comics
The Age announces a Sunday colored supplement featuring The Captain and the Kids and full pages of Joe Jinks and Ella Cinders. Readers will see the Lost Peg Leg mine mystery and Honolulu chase in new pages tomorrow.
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Arc
the Age
Captain
Elia Cinders
Joe Jinks
Honolulu
Ella Cinders
Protests in Haiti Demand End to U S Occupation
In Port au Prince the legislative chamber unanimously urged President Stenio Vincent to halt the United States occupation of Haiti. The report says military forces are unnecessary and dangerous now that a stable government is in place, and calls for immediate steps to end the occupation through regular channels.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Legislative Chamber
Stenio Vincent
United Sta
United States
Five Day Week Plans Made for Southern Railway Shops
Washington June 29 Labor representatives and Southern Railway officials will meet soon to finalize plans for shop employees to start a five day week. Officials argued a cost reduction is essential, opposing a shorter work week or fewer workers.
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Washington
Southern Railway System
Southern
Sub-station Dedication at Hoover Dam Held Saturday
The Nevada California Power Co plans a formal dedication of the new Hoover Dam sub-station at 12 30 p m on Saturday June 27 with a special car bearing dignitaries and many guests. The company president will speak briefly at the services. Luncheon, a construction area tour in the afternoon, and an evening dinner for local citizens are planned.
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Nevada-California Power Company
Hoover Dam
Wen
Prisoners Returned to Lincoln County Hearing
Sheriff Charles Culverwell of Lincoln County brought Jerry Seamon and Frank Rucker back to Caliente from California for arraignment before Justice E. C. Marriage. Bonds of 500 dollars each set by Justice P. M. Ryan proved futile. They are to be joined later by Oscar Rucker for arraignment on cattle rustling charges in the Pahranagat valley case.
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Charles Culverwell
D. Lincoln County
Califonte
Jerry Seamon
Frank Rucker
Pahranagat Valley
Justice P. M. Ryan
Oscar Rucker
Frank
Caliente
Nevada to survey irrigable lands from Hoover Dam water
State Engineer George W. Malone announced in Carson City that a portion of the 850000 federal survey fund for the Colorado river basin would be used in Nevada. He plans two southern Nevada sites near Searchlight and the Muddy river above Overton to test irrigation from Hoover Dam lake, with about 11000 acres gravity irrigable and the rest pump irrigated.
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George W. Malone
Denver
Congress
Colorado River Basin
Nevada
Searchlight
Malone
Hoover Dam Lake
Overton
Colorado
Souther
Taylor
Hoover Lake
Danish Aces Begin Flight Toward Denmark
St. John Newfoundland reports Otto Millig and Holger Horviss flying from Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey to Newfoundland on route to Denmark crash landed here at 7 30 tonight.
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ST. John
Newfoundland
Otto Millig
Holger Horviss
Hasbrouck Heights
New Jersey
New Foundland
Denmark
Evans' Plea Time Set Amid Wage Refusal Charge
J B Evans of the Texas mine at El Dorado canyon is given until June 22 to plead to a charge of refusing and neglecting to pay wages owed to Frank Connor. Evans bondsman is $500, with attorney Roger Foley. In another case, John and Mary Hail, charged with murder at Fox ranch, appear before Judge Ryan and seek continuance. Louis Cohen to represent them with preliminary hearing possibly set for June 25 if requested.
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Texas
el Dorado Canyon
Frank Connor
Evans
Roger Foley
John and
Mary Hail
John C. O'Brien
Fox Ranch
Justice Court
Ryan
Louis Cohen
Starr Faithful death mystery nears resolution
New York reports that Assistant District Attorney Edwards expects a near solution as Dr. Jameson Carr from England arrives with a letter from Starr stating she will be dead. Inspector King says the Long Island Beach case may involve one suspect and could be murder or suicide with the arrival of Carr delaying grand jury delays to Tuesday.
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New York
Disret Attornan Edwards
Starr
Jameson Carr
England
Harold King
Long Island Beach
Carr
Plane wrecks home as girls play indoors
In Chicago on June 19 Anna Gerkin 14 and Elenore 15 were in their father’s farm home when a plane crashed through the roof. They were bruised by plaster while pilot Charles Lehr and student Murray Green escaped with slight injuries. The house and the plane were wrecked.
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Anna
Elenore Gerkin
Elenore
Charles Lehr
Murray Green
Liquor Charge Against Mrs Opal Ellison Pleads Not Guilty
City officers found five cases of alleged liquor at the home of Mrs Opal Ellison on South Second Street. She was brought to municipal court and pleaded not guilty to selling whiskey. Bond set at 250 dollars with Ernest Clayton and M E Ward as bondsmen. she was released to appear today.
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Opal Ellison
South Second Street
Stairs Reconfigured at Union Pacific Station For More Express Space
Union Pacific depot crews altered the stairway to the upper floor to give American Railway Express more room. The lower entrance now faces the city side and the ticket agent’s office moved from beneath the old stairs into the waiting room.
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American Railway — Express
Union Pacific
Two fined in police court for rum possession
Bill Horton and Burtis Pulgtorica were fined $100 each in police court yesterday for liquor possession. They were jailed in lieu of paying the fines.
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Bill Horton
Burtis Pulgtorica
Graf Zeppelin Trial Alights On Lake Constance
Graf Zeppelin successfully lands on Lake Constance marking a notable experiment. Hugo Eckener, designer of the airship, proclaims the test proves it can alight on water and paves the way for a potential polar voyage later this summer.
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Priedrichshafen
Germany
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Zeppelin
Hugo Eckface
Lake Constance
de Jener
North Pole
Blizzard of Heat Wave Ends as Cold Front Hits
A brutal blizzard lashes western Hudson Bay area while a brisk U.S. cold front moves south to end a nationwide heat wave. North Dakota and Minnesota fall below 100 degrees as cool air advances through Iowa and toward the Great Lakes. Widespread prostrations and deaths are reported. crowds at beaches and pools shrink as the weather shifts. In St Louis a poolside fire forces swimmers to flee in their swimwear, leaving clothes in the locker building.
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Hudson Bay
Canada
U.S
United States
North Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Great Aries
Terriory
Rocky Mountains
Briannanone
St. Louis
Peres Park Highlands
Reno Readies for July Race Meet with California Stable
Reno racing association GM William P. Kyne reserves stalls for George A. Pope Jr Cross Wick Farm and Elmwood Farm crews for a July 1 opening meet of over twenty eight days. Polo Star George Rope Jr heads California trained horses Native Son Forty Niner La Florelle and more with master T Boots at Elmwood Farm shipping seven Cali bred rivals. New arrivals at Reno include Archibald M Johnson and Mrs Horning bringing Bright Hopes Satisfier Anaesthetic Deposition Wiki Flame Bay Point Shasta Shot Vitesse Bay Rose and a War Cry filly among others for Reno jump events.
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William P. Kyne
Reno Acing Association
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Elmwood Farm
George Rope, Jr
California
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Native Son
Antoran
Phusla
la Florelle
Tar Poye
Sable
T. Boots
Pleading
Te Hug
Coalizer
Tarforan
O’peace
Accordance
Brigette
O'Doon
Crosswick Farm
Phusta
Funeral for Mrs Annie Vann Scheduled in Las Vegas
Funeral services for Mrs Annie Vann who died Thursday after months of illness will be held at Las Vegas Funeral Parlors at 2 p.m. with Bishop Bunker of the B D church officiating. She is mother of Mrs G F Montgomery of this city. Griffith III R B Bob Griffith remains home ill.
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Annie Vann
Las Vegas
Bishop Bunker
Jury verdict blames officer in death case in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles the coroner’s jury found veteran detective lieutenant Edward Nolan killed Grace Murphy Dinson in a jealous rage. Deputy District Attorney Stott said Nolan faces a forthcoming charge for beating Mrs Dinson to death. The tragedy followed a drinking party at the Lankershim hotel.
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Los Angeles
Grace Murphy Dinson
Glendale
Edward Nolan
Attosey Stott
Nolan
Duncan
Water carnival to be held at Lorenzi Lake park
Lorenzi Lake hosts a Sunday water carnival directed by Myrtle Huddleston world endurance swimmer and Catalina Channel record holder. events include trial heats for ages 4 6 34 yards, balloon and skip rope races for girls, watermelon contests for boys and girls, orange and spoon race, underwater swim and tug of war, starting at 4 pm.
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Myrtle Huddleston
Huddleston
West
Catalina Channel
Delray
Florida
Los Angeles
Catalina
Seven City Business Permits Granted
City licenses were granted yesterday to Las Vegas Home Building and Investment Co at 118 Fremont Street Colorado Service Station on South Fifth J A Greer a garage on South Fourth Herman Wesselhoff blacksmith at Tenth and Fremont Arizona Club sooming house Idle Hour rooming house Idle Hour soft drinks.
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Fremont Street
Colorado
South Pifth
J. A. Greer
South Fourth
Herman Wesselhoff
Tenth
Fremont
Arizona Club
Idle Hour
Bible School Ends Session At Methodist Church
Ending three weeks of bible school the daily vacation class of the Methodist church held a public exhibition last night in the church basement. Seventy four attended the term with songs and a review of Bible knowledge.
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Methodist Church
F of Our Fathers
Wykoff Dominates Pre-Olympic 100 Yard Dash
Frank Wykoff of USC breezes to a decisive win in the pre-Olympic 100 yard dash in Los Angeles. Percy Williams of Vancouver finishes fourth as Emmet Toppino and Cy Leland place second and third. Official times range 9.4 to 9.6 seconds amid a 50,000 strong crowd. Williams had previously beaten Wykoff in Amsterdam 1928 and Vancouver 1929.
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Frank Wykoff
University of Southern California
Percy Williams
Vancouver
B. c
Wykoff Willams
Emmet Toppino
Loyola of the South
Cy Leland
Olympic Club
San Francisco
Wykoff
Ec Stadium
Toppino
Williams
Amsterdam
Wykolt
Hoover seeks to avert European economic crisis
President Hoover convened congressional leaders to discuss measures to ease Europe’s economic distress. White House said no conclusions yet but expressed progress. Talks targeted Germany's situation with more conferences planned and no clear plan on debt moratorium or reparations.
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Washington
Hoover
Europe
White House
Germany
Reno Chinese airman dies in plane crash
Allan Dar, officer in the Chinese Nationalist army, was killed in Reno when his second solo flight ended in a nose dive. He had trained under Frank Cochrane at Blanchfield, took off from the Kietze ranch airstrip, and his plane burned after the crash. Dar planned to return to China to join the aviation corps.
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Allan Dar
Dar
Frank Cochrane
Blanchfield
Kietze Ranch
Pioneer 110 Dies on Coast
Riverside California June 19 Mrs Bernardina Salgado born in Sonora Mexico in 1821 died today aged 110. She had been blind for ten years. Her husband Tony who died 12 years ago was 150 years old.
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Cal
Bernardina Salgado
Sonora
Mexico
Tony
Claude L Draper Reappointed to Federal Power Commission
Claude L Draper of Wyoming is reappointed to the federal power commission for a term expiring June 22 1936 by order of President Hoover during a Washington announcement.
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Washington
Claude L., Draper
Wyoming
Federal Power Commission
Hoover
License Plates Plant In State Prison Under Construction
Construction of a prison plate and road sign factory at the Nevada state penitentiary progresses with prison labor. Warden Malt Penrose says the west yard shop will produce plates for Nevada and other states, funded by a 1931 appropriation of 17 000 dollars for equipment and supplies.
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Carson City
State Penitentiary
Nevada
Malt Penrose
Earhart Pitman Punished For Poor Landing At Marion Dedication
Washington June 19 The commerce department punished Amelia Earhart Pitnam and four pilots for aerial misbehavior at the Harding memorial dedication in Marion Ohio. Earhart Pitnam received a reprimand for a crash in Abilene Texas two weeks earlier. President Hoover asked temporary grounding fines for the four aviators who flew over during the Marion ceremony.
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Amelia Earhart
Pitman
Giro
Washington
Commerce Department
Amelia Earhart Pitnam
Marion
Ohio
Miss Earhart
Primand
Abilene
Texas
Hoover
Las Vegas Lawyer Harassed by Masked Intruders
T A Wells, Las Vegas attorney, was attacked four miles south of the city by two masked men who ordered him to leave town within six weeks. Wells, threatened earlier, fled to call authorities and described the assault before investigators.
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T. A. Wells
Las Vegas
Mackey
Martiletti
Wells
Oficers
Los Angeles
el Desierto
Shei's
Reno High Hat Art Show Moves to Southwest Gallery
Reno plans an art gallery near Nevada State University funded by the city council. The Nevada Art Gallery association will erect a Southwest style building dedicated to noble womanhood, marking a cultural shift in a city famed for gambling and divorce.
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Reno High Hat
Reno
U.P
Nevada State University
Nevada Art Gallery Association
Lucky Blackie Leaves for Mine to Develop Gold Camps
Maurice Condory known as Lucky Blackie plans to depart Vegas tonight to work on his mining property whose location he keeps secret. He believes the claims will attract mining interest nationwide and spark new gold camps.
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Maurice Condory
Lucky Blackie
Vegas
Vegas Continues as Gretna Green for Las Vegas Marriages
County Clerk Scott announced seventy marriage licenses issued with the month not yet closed and projects reaching one hundred. He noted July and August have historically high permits and expects the pattern to hold this year despite a common belief that June is the peak.
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Las Vegas
California
Scott
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