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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1931
Page
6
Charles and Genevieve Williams, both identified as colored, face assault with intent to do great bodily harm in municipal and justice court after a dispute at a local Sunday baseball game ended with Robert Paul allegedly stabbed by Williams. Bail set at $500 each, preliminary examination scheduled.
Twin boys were born June 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Hardy. One child died. the surviving baby and Mrs. Hardy are doing well. Fielding Hardy was taken to St George hospital with appendicitis. Parents accompanied him. Mr and Mrs Don Tobler returned from St George with a new baby girl. Lemuel Leavitt took over service of Myron Leavitt until a sale is made. Esmond Hughes recently returned from sacrament meeting.
Senator Harrison said he urged the president to seek a special session before December 7 to ease debts and possibly delay payments. He warned against delaying the House’s organization and noted a potential filibuster risk in the Senate. France and Italy voiced cautious cooperation on debt suspension, with Mussolini signaling reservations and Laval promising a cooperative reply.
Two sisters in the romantic west near each other present stark contrasts. One spends lavishly using $165,000,000 of her uncle's money, while the other sows wealth by producing gold, enriching the nation since before the Civil War. A half day trip reveals their wonders.
The speaker extols Eldorado Canyon and Boulder Canyon as two sister canyons with Nob Hill towering above them. He envisions roads linking El Dorado and Black Canyon, mentions gold mining history, and asserts daily car trips into the canyons and up Nob Hill to promote identification with these landmarks. The tone is promotional and historical, highlighting development and power opportunities.
The note promotes Nob Hill Project stocks, stating shares are selling at ten cents with plans to advance to 15c soon and potentially to 25c if certain plans materialize. The writer asks if you will join them tomorrow in the canyon.
E. B. French, a Texas fugitive recently fined for driving while intoxicated, escaped from the city jail early yesterday with help from an outsider who cut a roof hole and supplied a saw to break through bars. Authorities believe French and a confederate fled in a second-hand Willys-Knight car.
Letters from Starr Faithful to Dr. G Jameson Carr reveal a doomed Greenwich Village woman’s confessed love and plan to die. A second note from The Plaza New York City indicates she prepared to kill herself, while stepfather Stanley Faithful questions handwriting and motives.
Mrs Theodore Tourneur of Birmingham watched her twelve year old daughter die in her arms after an automobile plunged into a hundred foot ravine on the Ridge route. For two days the pair lay injured and unseen as passing motorists failed to notice them. The mother suffered a broken leg and other injuries but was eventually found and taken to a hospital after motorists heard her cries.
Ontario lad William Henson aged 14 drowned in a irrigation ditch lake near Chino while playing water-tag in the IR rigation ditch lake. The incident occurred on a June day with Henson entering deep water and failing to resurface, authorities report.
Funeral services were held yesterday at the Las Vegas Funeral Home for John Sweesy who was killed recently during dam construction work. The C H Sloan was in charge with burial at Woodlawn. He is survived by his wife and brother-in-law Bob Krenovitch and family attended the service. William Bryant, who died at the same time, will be buried at Woodlawn cemetery today.
Mrs. Angus Blad and her niece Jean Blad will spend the rest of the week visiting relatives in Panaca and Alamo. Mrs. Frank Allen and children visiting Mrs. Allen’s parents in Alamo will return soon. Allen and Verle will extend their Los Angeles visit. H. S. Anderson announces completion of a five year optioned Mads Jorgenson ranch in Mcapa valley to feed Hoover dam workers. Percy Nash and officials head to Carson City as witnesses in Las Vegas liquor cases. Judge Morse was ill. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Kemp of Los Angeles visited Las Vegas, Kemp a former resident and original Vegas-Boulder subdivider. M. E. Allured, tied to Eldorado canyon mining, Searchlight and Goods, in Vegas. now operating a mining property near Jackson Caley. Eli Siyris spent the weekend in Pomona, California.
Mesquite Relief society plans an ice cream party Tuesday at Mrs. Carmelia Hughes home, the community’s oldest resident and longtime contributor to local relief efforts. Several locals are noted: Miss Malinda Leavis visiting Wyoming, Miss Della Leavitt weekending with relatives in Kaolin, and Bishop Cooper of Overton speaking at Sunday services. additional items mention Walter Hughes building a Las Vegas house, Esmond Hughes preaching near Bunkerville, Annie Abbott at St George temple, and Franklin Leavitt moving to Beaver Dam for summer.
Mrs D McPherson returning to Las Vegas after visiting husband in Caliente. W R Wilesx Union Pacific master mechanic of Las Vegas was in Caliente. Mrs D of Missoula Mont visiting daughter Mrs George Senter and returning home. Mrs Wing will visit relatives in Butte Mont. Ad D Stewart Union Pacific employee spent weekend at Jear Nevada on mining claims. Miss Blanche Neilson Beaver Utah visiting aunt Mrs Willis.
Cleveland defeats Boston 10 to 0 in game two of a doubleheader after a 13 to 0 opener. Hudlin allowed only one hit, Webb’s single in the second inning, while four walks did not produce baserunners for the Red Sox due to sharp Indians defense. The report also notes local visitors and residents in Pioche, Caliente, and Los Angeles on business and travel.
C Thompson, agent of Las Vegas Motor Express in Boulder, leaves for Los Angeles to wed Miss Mattie B Rowley on Sunday June 28. The ceremony will be at the bride’s sister Mrs James Fitzgerad’s home at Beverly Hills, after which the Thompsons plan to return to Vegas.
A machinist and helper repaired a 3600 class engine in the roundhouse. The helper could not locate the eccentrics, though they are on the main drivers not in the cab, prompting a wary reaction. Plus notes on U P staffing shifts, a vacation, and lost passes requiring full fare.
The Airdome screens The Racketeer tonight featuring Robert Armstrong. The underworld thriller promises thrills for all who attend, supplemented by the laughable stage fare Family Affairs.
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