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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1928
Page
1
The 20 30 club hosts a July 4 carnival at Lorenzi's Resort to raise funds for Wolf Cubs junior activities. Featured acts include a bodiless woman, a wild man, and a fortune teller with races, tango, games, and dancing planned. A Buick crash near Indian Springs injures none.
Mrs Ward reports a Dodge carrying nine intoxicated men rammed the Ward car near Butte wrecking fenders a running board and a wheel then struck a Maxwell. She calls it miraculous seventeen people weren’t killed. Offenders held in Butte for investigation and damages. The Wards planned to leave today.
Mr and Mrs Harley A Harmon returned home last evening. Mrs Harmon has been in poor health since the sad death of their son Charles. The strain of caring for him and an ankle sprain have left her near a nervous break down. Harley expects to be busy with the preliminary hearing of R E Lake Sr and Henry Dietrich over the Sheridan Bradshaw shooting and other legal matters.
Governor Balzar, returning to Carson after attending the Nevada Republican convention, reports strong sentiment for Herbert Hoover. He visited Chicago and Lexington, noting an eastern reach of support and touring George Wingfield racing horses farm, predicting Hoover's overwhelming election victory.
Mrs. Leonard Heffner plans to construct on her property at the corner of First and Clark streets.
Rein Miller faced a poor day selling ice cream as cool breezes cut demand. He had counted on strong business, but the weather kept customers away, with only a hint of warmer days hoped for.
In two parallel actions, Colorado River Exploration Co Ltd sues W G Morse as administrator of James Roach estate to quiet title to Lot 3 and W of Lot 2, Section 1, alleging marital status affects ownership. James Cashman also sues Morse to quiet title to multiple parcels in Sec 6 and Sec 1, with an implied roadway, through attorney A W Ham and the firm Stevens and Henderson.
The funeral for Mrs John McWilliams, long a St. George’s member since arriving in Owen Sound, was held Wednesday at St. George’s Church. Rev W J Taylor praised her lifelong Christian devotion before her burial at Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers included G P Creighton and her three sons John Las Vegas Nevada George Milwaukee Wis and Richard H Owen Sound. Most family present except Clement O McWilliams of Los Angeles. Frank Miller of Daggett visits on business.
The Reno convention adopts a broad Republican platform urging immediate Boulder Canyon Dam construction and ratifies the national platform on prohibition. It lauds Hoover and Curtis, pledges vigorous campaign for November, praises fiscal gains since 1921, and champions protective tariffs and tax reductions while detailing economic achievements and policy aims.
Nevada Democratic convention in Reno declares representatives free to vote on tariffs for state needs, condemns near term failures of Prohibition and the Eighteenth Amendment, and backs tax cuts, workmen compensation liberalization, Boulder Dam, and silver purchase acts. Ed W Clark H A Agee and C S Stacy named presidential electors. J G Shrugham elected state party chairman.
A Mack truck carrying a gas shovel and Caterpillar tractor turned onto its side six miles south of town. The driver escaped injury. a tow and crane were needed to right the vehicle and load. The truck belonged to Land Transportation Company en route to a Southern Utah dam project. Highway shoulders not yet properly packed failed under the load.
The man identified as John Allen shot Charles I. Lomas at 467 East Park last Thursday and killed himself. Fingerprints from the California Bureau of Criminal Identification confirm Allen’s identity. investigations trace aliases Dan Foley and connections to Las Vegas, with banjo instrument purchases and debt disputes linking to Garehime Music House. In Washington, June 30 AP reports Democrats warned to mobilize against Smith, led by Bishop James Cannon Jr. and Arthur Barton for a July 11 meeting aimed at unseating the nominee.
North Dakota voters reject the repeal of the state dry law by about five thousand votes. The law, enacted in 1889, faced a close statewide vote as precincts reported results with repeal opposed by a narrow margin.
Gustav Broder sought a divorce from Gertrude Broder claiming she deserted him in New York four years earlier and could not be found for personal service. He presented a sister’s letter noting loss of track of the wife and a returned letter as evidence. A. W. Ham defended for the plaintiff.
In Brookhaven Mississippi a mob seized two Black men from jail after they fought two white men. The victims were beaten with a hammer and their bodies mutilated as the town remained quiet yet tense following the overnight violence.
Survivors of the Italia are now off Northeast Land nine miles from Grand Island and East Cape Leigh Smith. Official communiqué via Citi Di Milano reports their condition worse but weather improving. A Swedish plane attempted to land at the camp but fog blocked the arrival.
A coal dust pile fire at Roche La Moliere in St Etienne France left forty miners missing after a dozen escaped. Authorities fear asphyxiation as rescue efforts continue.
Four tiny yachts, the smallest ever to race the Atlantic, set sail from New York for Santander Spain. The voyage covers 3055 miles as the fleet aims for the golden cup queen victory and a place in sailing history.
Nevada's Congressman Samuel Arentz arrived yesterday for a several day stay in the area. He is accompanied by former New Jersey congressman Stewart Appleby whose interest in the Boulder Dam project is noted. They traveled by Appleby's car and plan to visit Wahmonie before returning to Washington to bring his family home. They attended the Kansas City Convention and then traveled west, stopping five days at the Grand Canyon.
Albany June 29 AP Governor Al Smith sent an acceptance telegram to the Democratic Convention urging fundamental changes in the prohibitions law. He cited widespread evasion by officials and bootleggers and said the leader must point the way to a sane solution.
Chicago dispatch details another gang shooting targeting Ed Spike O Donnell after Big Tim Murphy was killed, with Spike missing by inches as he crouched behind a curb. Police describe Spike as an underworld power and beer baron opposing Murphy and his faction.
Scattered reports from middle Tennessee and Kentucky indicate at least six deaths and about one million dollars in damage from heavy rains and wind. Cookeville dam breach caused flooding along the Caney Fork River valley with no fatalities.
New York Supreme Court Justice issues order halting a dance marathon at Madison Square Garden. The event must cease at midnight, ending the long charity fund drive as authorities enforce the curb.
Jeanne Eagles, longtime stage star, appears in a new role during a divorce hearing in superior court. She testifies about alleged cruel acts by her husband Ted Coy, former Yale football star, with her voice fading in the courtroom.
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