Arentz presses Hoover on silver and debt plan
Congressman Samuel A Arentz urges President Hoover to sponsor an international conference on silver and supports postponing intergovernmental debts. He argues swift action could boost world trade and improve exports, especially in silver reliant economies. He vows support for Hoover's moratorium proposal in December.
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Hoover
Samuel 8. Arentz
Congression
New York
Mellon
Arenta
Herber’. Hoover
White House
Wurrington
Middle West
Indianapolis
France
Princie
Sam Arentz Visits Las Vegas Amid Hoover Dam Tour
Congressman Sam S Arentz arrived in Las Vegas for a day trip after a westward journey to meet his family in Simpson and to visit Death Valley Scotty and Mr Johnson at The Castle. He plans to join Secretary Wilbur and a congressional party for an inspection of Hoover Dam progress next Friday.
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Samuels S. Arents
Las Vegas
Middle West
Mrs. Arentz
Washington
Simpson
Wilbur
Congressional Party
Hoover Dam
City Commission Renews Game Permits and Meets on Pending Matters
The city commissioners renewed licenses for those already allowed to run games and operate slot machines in the city. An informal discussion of pending matters occupied part of the session. Carl Ray presented Mayor Cragin with a burlwood gavel to keep knockers away. The next meeting was set for July 6.
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Carl Ray
Ray Professional
E. Building
Cragin
California
Ray
Mentine
Old Scenes Revisited by Vehicle Over Desert Trek
In 1861 Henry George drove an ox team across the desert as a boy of eleven. Last week he repeated the journey by automobile from Saw Lake in a little over twelve hours, contrasting with months for the first trek. He is father to William George of Las Vegas and arrived from Montpelier Idaho for a visit.
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Henry George
Desert
Saw Lake
George
William George
Las Vegas
Montpelier
Idaho
Suspect Held for Two Deaths Near Newkirk Oklahoma
Earl Quinn, who pleaded not guilty to murdering two Blackwell school teachers Zexia and Jessie Griffith on a rural road near Newkirk last Christmas, was ordered held for trial without bond. Quinn’s lawyer filed for a change of venue. hearing set for July 1. Bodies found December 28 near Tonkawa.
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Newkirk
Okla
Earl Quinn
Oklahoma
Lonely Road
Here
Quinn
Missouri
Zexia
Jessie Griffith
Blackwell
Claude Duval
R.A. Morgan
Griffith
Tonkawa
Graf Leaves for Iceland
Graf Eckener pilots a dirt Zeppelin from Priedrishapen Germany toward SoMam on a mail flight to Bergen Norway for Reykjavik. The airship may attempt an Arctic trip later and will return via England.
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Priedrichshapen
Germany
SoMam
Tceland
Hugo Eckener
Bergen
Norway
Reykjavik
England
Around the World Flight Continues to Cleveland and Gotham
Finishing two legs of a record around the world trip Harold Gatty and Wiley Post landed at Fairbanks Alaska at 9 25 pm after 2900 miles from Nome in 19 hours 40 minutes They planned an Edmonton leg then Cleveland Ohio as part of a 15000 mile journey.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Harold Gatty
Wiley Post
Nome
Nharabaova
Siberia
Edmonton
Alberta
Cleveland
Ohio
New York
Gary
Spanking Machine Revived At Colorado Prison Riot
In Canon City Colorado the spanking machine is revived to quell a prison revolt at the state penitentiary. Convicts attempted murder of two guards plus a siege led to suspensions of two veteran guards and new strict disciplinary measures. Three inmates Albert De Antavea Farrell Yohe Earl Combs were to be whipped and placed in solitary confinement.
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Canon City
Colo
Tom Tynan
State Penitentiary
Ndt
Albert de Antavea
Farrell Yohe
Earl Combs
Albuquerqu
F. E.scrawford
Vincent Donahue
Charles Angel
Albuquerque
H. H. Haley
Antone Thronson
Theodore Slemons
Haley and
Thronson
Scouts Earn Record Badge Totals At Court Of Honor
In Las Vegas a Boy Scout court of honor at the courthouse awarded the most merit badges yet by any such event. Six first class scouts earned twenty awards in the last two months. Judge William E. Orr presided as Kiwanis members presented the badges.
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Boy Scout Court of Honor
Court House
Las Vegas
William E. Orr
Kiwanis Club
Jimmy Weinkautt
C. H. Sloan
Don Farr
Donald Moore
Weinkauft
Zerim Bell
Don Far
Virgil Ham
George Hardman
Fidridge Nash
Rev. C. Mf 10A
Kimball
Iva Earl
Harve Perry
A. S. Kean
Martial law imposed in Malaga amid election riots
In Malaga area martial law was proclaimed to quell riots sparked by a general strike and election unrest. Four people were killed in the clashes, raising Spanish election deaths to fourteen. The violence began after cavalry and civil guards were cheered at the Mercantile club, prompting protests and gunfire.
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Malaga
Spain
Mercantile Club
Miguel Jimenez
Capone Granted 30 Day Delay On Prison Start
Chicago June 29 Al Capone received a further 30 day stay before reporting to prison. His attorneys cited his ill son Alphonse Jr and the need to straighten his business affairs as reasons for the delay. Scarface pleaded guilty and appeared on time, a contrast to other gangsters.
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Chicago
U.P
Scarface
al Capone
Capone
Alphonse, Jr
Searing Heat Drives Deaths Across Midwest and Chicago
Heat wave sweeps the nation causing deaths and crop damage from Illinois to Iowa and Wisconsin. In Chicago 27 deaths from heat or drowning reported as temperatures hover near 100. Animal losses rise with horses dying in fields and rendering plants receiving many carcasses. Freak accidents follow the heat with electrocution and derailments, while residents seek shade and lake breezes for brief relief.
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Chicago
United Press
Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
St. Louis
Lake Michigan
Brazil
Ind
Middlewest
Southwest
Dakota
Dis Moines
Madison
Wis
Shelby County
Rocky Mountains
East Coast
Hoopeston
Ill
Marvin Stebbins
Valparaiso
New York
Gary
Alfred Scott
Clayton
Greencastle
George Harden
Luther Hart
Gale Strikes Louisville Causing Damages and Fires
A sixty mile per hour gale hit Louisville with rain driving temperatures from 93 to 69. Authorities estimate damage at 750000 as lightning ignited lumber yards and an oil tank. Several roofs were ripped off and five people died nationwide in prior heat and the storm spurred high temperatures in several cities.
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Louisville
Pive
Logal
Jury verdict clears parties in builder’s death case
A coroner’s jury found William Shinbane died after he was catapulted from a car onto rocks on a Los Angeles highway. no blame assigned to anyone. Companion Max Brown survived. Shinbane native of Russia, survived by parents in Winnipeg and two sons.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Highway
Lahoma Sandy
E. C Rat
Brown
Dputy Bodell
Frank M Ryan
Kaight
J. May
Reese
Shinbane
Palm Funeral Home
Ryan
Bodell
Sandy
Russl
Russia
Winnipeg
Canada
Las Vegas
Maurice Shinbane
Riverside Drug
Wind Storm Ravages New Albany Theater and City
A severe wind storm hit New Albany Indiana causing roof collapse at the Grand Theater and endangering hundreds in the audience. Up to 100 people feared dead in a nearby theater as structures suffered extensive damage. Jeffersonville reported minor damage.
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Indiana
New Albany
Ind
Grand Theater
Jeffersonville
French debt talks hit barrier as Paris resists plan
Paris reports indicate Mellon and Edge faced strong French resistance to Hoover debt moratorium terms. At Laval’s residence discussions continued with Briand and Plandin, aiming for a Washington approved compromise. a Wednesday meeting was planned.
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Reynolds Packard
United Press
Paris
Andrew W. Mellon
France
Hoover
Mellon
Walter E Edge
Pierre Laval
Edge
Laval
Aristide Briand
Pierre Etienne Plandin
Washington
Radio And Motion Pictures Lauded In Education
At the 69th National Education Association convention in Los Angeles delegates heard motion pictures and radio are valuable teaching aids supplementing teachers. Carl E. Milliken former governor of Maine and head of the Association of Motion Picture Producers urged the pedagogic film while Joe Elmer Morgan outlined radio’s rising role in classrooms. Lectures highlighted classroom use of educational reels illustrating history literature and art, with some actors of national prominence participating.
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Los Angeles
U.P
The
Nations Education Association
Carl E. Milliken
Maine
Association of Motion Picture Producers
Joe Elmer Morgan
Tt Educational Association
Alk
United States
Hawaii
Milliken
Uniformed Las Vegas Police Handoff Set
Williams named chief of police in Las Vegas with plans to modernize and reorganize. Nash to be suspended and not reappointed. Williams aims for a clean efficient department and to place all officers in uniform. He vows temporary deck sergeants and a phone-on duty arrangement.
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Percy Nash
Board of City Commissioners
Nash
Reno
Clay H. Williams
German
Las Vegas
Sam
Stolen Boy Returns Home in Oklahoma City
Two year old Donald Glenn Stevenson, missing for two days, was returned to his mother by John Cook, a friend facing a kidnapping charge. Sheriff Stanley Rogers said the abduction charge would be pressed. Mrs. Leslie Stevenson said the family had not decided on prosecution and described Cook as a middle aged railroad worker.
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Depu
Prohibition
W. Virginia
Way
West
Virginia
Miami Deach
Florida
Las Vegas
Union Pacific Railroad
William
Nash
Cragin
Oklahoma City
Donald Glenn Stevenson
John Cook
Stevenson
Donald
Stanley Rogers
Cook
Leslie Stevenson
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