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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1931
Page
2
The Age announces a ten hour per day leased wire printer service, the first such service in the state outside Reno. Telegraphic news arrives from 2 p m to midnight at about sixty words a minute, with selective printing to suit reader interest. This marks Las Vegas progress toward metropolitanism.
Wires report President Hoover's proposal for a one year pause on inter governmental debts brightens world markets. Commodities rise, farm mineral and orchard products gain value, and stock trades surge in New York as confidence grows that global industry and commerce are reviving under Hoover's leadership.
The article argues France, though wary of delaying intergovernmental debt payments, benefits from restoring global trade. It praises France for its postwar sacrifice and suggests a prosperous Germany aids a prosperous Europe, forecasting France gains through European revival.
Washington observer recalls Guam’s role in 1898 as a naval battle point and notes talk of abandoning the island as part of wartime economies. The bystander highlights the unique nature of Guam’s capture and early American possession during the Spanish American War and the Charleston’s mission.
Neil Adams of EB Adams family works as a car carpenter helper with B and B under foreman Rodman, a former U P employee. A E Hensler, U P power plant supervisor, visited Los Angeles and returned on Train 22. J E Stewart, U P power plant foreman, burned. Fireman England takes a few days off. U P tennis club members urged to assemble Wednesday night for lineup. B and B carpenters repair big doors at back shops. Frank Lowe of Master Mechanics visited Los Angeles.
The Caliente News Notes column recalls a Sunday concert by the Callen Union Pacific band led by Frank Wilcox and a surprise birthday party for Miller Wadsworth at Gladys Martin's home. Attendees include Lince Liton, James Fernley, Bud Duttin, Manuel Goodman, Dell Thompson, Ray and Gloria Jeffs, Ester Luan Lillian Thomas and Martin, Christine Springer, a a Bradshaw, Enid Kay, and LaPreela Jeffs. Other items mention travels by Dan Ronnow, John Eyland, Mrs. Byers, Mrs. Horn, and visits from various residents and attendees at dances and Eastern Star events.
Caliente to observe the fourth with sunrise salutes, parade, Lincoln County Band concerts, patriotic exercises, children’s sports, and prize races including freworks. A large rodeo at the ball park features bucking contests and multiple horse races. Rex Hall hosts a grand ball with Wilcox Orchestra.
In Los Angeles on June 22 the suspect J. B. Jones, 33, is jailed after allegedly shooting his ex wife Marietta Quarles, 30. The woman's brother William Quarles, 18, attacked Jones at the sheriff's office following the incident.
The Montgomery family extends thanks to friends for flowers and sympathy after the mother’s passing. The note expresses gratitude from Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Montgomery.
Mark Barron sketches New York society quirks as nudist beach publicity stirs controversy on Long Island. A secluded owner explains past hospitality turned away after an incident while headlines recount Two Gun Crowley and municipal probes. Town gossip notes Nancy Carroll and Peppy D’Albren in social shifts.
A two inch Cambrian Merostome crustacean fossil found near Delta Utah is described by C E Resser of the Smithsonian as entirely new to science and the direct ancestor of the first animals to walk on dry land. The creature wore a crab like shell and lived in ancient seas before plants or animals inhabited land. The find, sent by Frank S Beckwith of Delta, links to trilobites and marks a pivotal step from ocean to land in animal life.
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