Realty Subdivision Consultation Bureau Outlined
A national group forms a subdivision planning and standard setting bureau under the Home Builders and Subdividers Division. The bureau will certify projects meeting standards, provide planning services, and mail analyses to subdividers and boards nationwide. A committee of consultants conducts site surveys and prepares detailed reports for applicants.
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Consultation Bureau
National Associabuilders
National Association
Home Builders and Subdividers Division
Nathan William MacChesney
Bureau
Flowers Leads Committee on Acreage and Standards
Mrs. W. J. Flowers chairs a committee reviewing the agency topography of acreage and minimum standards. The studies have been confined to her home with the developer's analysis. The injured foot is improving as the present market and economic influences receive consideration.
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W. J. Flowers
Girls Reserve picnic brings Long Beach guests together
J. B. Ronstadt and Mr. and Mrs. George Thayer of Long Beach visit Las Vegas with local residents. A Girls Reserve tied to the YWCA hosted a picnic for 45 girls and leaders, near Tonopah road. Delegates to the Asilomar encampment are to be discussed. Evelyn G. Ziegler obtained a divorce from Victor G. Ziegler on cruelty grounds. Alice Henderson returns from Oklahoma. New homes for Mr. and Mrs. Archibald near completion. St. Agnes Guild plans a cooked food sale at Las Vegas Hardware.
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J. B. Ronstadt
Long Beach
George Thayer
Ronstadt
Las Vegas
Lark County
Ladies of
Car Thief Escapes In Court as Judgment Is Rendered
In Salt Lake City a 49 year old auto thief, R M Jones, fled through a courtroom window during his federal theft case. He had been captured in Las Vegas by Chief Percy Nash after selling two cars to Las Vegans C J Addy and S P Goodwin. A judgment awarded $270 recovered so far from Jones partly reimbursing the $400 loss. Jones is under indictment for violating the national automobile theft act and is wanted in four states.
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Salt Lake City
R. M. Jones
Las Vegas
Percy Nash
Jones
Federal
Grand Jury
Las Vegans
C. J. Addy
S. P. Goodwin
Salt Lake
Harmon
Salter
Texas
Salt Lake Tribune
Long gloves return as Paris fashion fads with short sleeves
Paris fashion notes show long gloves reemerging after years with warm weather outfits. Many models are elbow-length or shorter, mostly buttonless, in silk or wool. Pull-on gloves with six-inch cuffs gain popularity, pairs often match tweed costumes, and lighter weights suit early summer styles.
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Diana Merwin
Paris
Largest dam gate arrives for Derby dam project
Fallon May 2 the largest gate of its type in the west has arrived and is in position ready to be hoisted into the gap in the Derby dam. The 10 ton gate is built to withstand unusually high flood flows and is to be completed within a week as crews finish preparations after cofferdam work to reroute the Truckee canal.
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Fallon
Derby
Truckee Canal
Busy Round of Social Gatherings Across Town
A full slate of entertaining at homes and clubs. Mr. and Mrs. Will Beckley hosted a card party with guests including C. E. Pem Brock, Harry Blanding, C. C. Boyer, and J. H. Lightfoot. The Community Club hosted Roy W. Martin at the Taylor Ranch for bridge, with Mrs. Lightfoot and Mrs. Boyer winning high scores. Mrs. Flowers and Mrs. Bryan Bunker hosted a reading and supper on North Seventh street. A shower honored Mrs. James Sill with guests including Verne Perry and Lucille Wadsworth. A musical and picnic were held at Three-Mile Springs with many participants named. Mrs. J. Warren Woodard presided over bridge lunches and dinners on South Fourth and again Wednesday evening. Herbert Ward issued a picnic invitation for his parents’ home. Rosemary Blanding celebrates a birthday at the Blanding ranch. A Wednesday bridge club featured high scores for Mrs. Hesse and guest prizes for Mrs. Ham. Las Vegas Model Club boys held a model endurance event at John Park’s home. Treasure Hunt and a progress party for the Senior Class were planned, and a Cootie game accompanied a progressive party hosted by Sarah Jane Flowers and Mrs. LeRoy Whipple. Gene Tunney, vacationing with George Bernard Shaw in Italy, declined to discuss Shaw with reporters.
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Roy W. Martin
Oasis
Martin
Taylor Ranch
Bridge
J. H. Lightfoot
C. C. Boyer
J. Warren Woodard
South Fourth
W. J. Fulton
Chas. Dimock
LeRoy E. Kain
Mesdames Kain
Kimball
Bartell
Santongue
Grant
Hammond
Fitton
Baker
Ferguson
Sarah Jane Flowers
Las Vegas
Beckley House Fire on South Third Street
A small fire caused by defective wiring damaged the Jake Beckley residence on South Third Street Tuesday morning just before noon. The fire department quickly responded and used a extinguisher to suppress the blaze with good effect.
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Beckley
Jake Beckley
South Third Street
Absentee voting deadline nears for May 7 city election
City Clerk William Scott cautions that today and tomorrow are the final days for absentee voters ahead of the May 7 city election. District Attorney Harley Harmon, expected back by 5 p.m., concludes a tour visiting Elkhom's bits headquarters as state head of the organization. A Richmond applicant for a motor truck license lists bootlegger as his occupation.
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William Scott
Harmon
Harley Harmon
Las Vegas
Elkhom
Bits
Richmond, Va
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Busi
First State Bank
Clark County
Boulder Dam Service Bureau
Delkin Bldg
P. O
Gas Vegas, Nev
Holt
Packard
Prow, Leffler & Webster
EL Monte
Calif
Wallace Jones
EAS Vegas Coal & Ice Company
L. B
Louw
Hansell
Bureau For Protection of
Gerald Crane
Beley
Y.W.C.A
Tonopah Road
F. A
Gibson
C. L. Dimock
Asilomar
A. 5. Henderson
Miss Alice
Los Angeles
Alice
J. F. Hesse
Reno
Evelyn L. Ziegler
Victor G. Ziegler
A. W. Ham
A. M. Minnette
Oklahoma
Herbert Archibald
South Seventh
Porto Rico
Aluina Rodriguez
Porto
Washington
Red Cross
Ness
Fremont St
Lae Vei High School
Louise Barnum
Regola Jensen
Mabel Whitney
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Ford
Lewis Street
Thelma
Erda
Sprague
Ford Cn
Christian Science Group
Majestic
Christian Science Society
Weir
Eagles
Ward
Hell
Will Beckley
C. E. Pembroke
Harry Blanding
Bryan Bunker
Flowers
North Seventh Street
Middleton
Lester Edwards
Harold Brinley
Eldon Larson
Lewis E. Rowe
Ira Earl
S. R. Whitehead
Allan
James Powers
James Sill
Louise Crowe
Mesdames Verne Perry
Vincent Cobley
Darrell Dayton
Florian Parker
James Wadsworth
George Zettler
Lucille Wadsworth
Lucille Finney
Alice Henderson
Isabelle McCrystal
Mary Strauss
Fred H. Wilson
Bonneville
Three-Mile Springs
Dorothy Parker
Barbara Ferron
Shirley Ferron
Marjorie Gusewelle
Maydell Cole
Virginia Finney
Frances Allem
Nancy Deverell
Betty French
Wilma Baldwin
Carmen Harvey
Ruth Craner
Bessie McKenzie
Jean James
Phyllis Heinrichsen
Frances Stevens
Dorothy Beard
Jean Ren
Herbert Ward
M. E. Ward
Rosemary Bainding
Blanding Ranch
Betty Lois Baker
Jean Perry
Marilyn Wengert
Mary Jane Griffith
Mary Francis Gusewelle
Tona Cashman
Marion Cahian
Betty Leu Bowler
Helen Blanding
Jimmie Wenger
Jimmie Cashman
Earl F. Davison
John Park
Harvey Parvin
Elizabeth von Tobel
Helen Garner
Virginia Bachert
Gene Tunney
George Bernard Shaw
Italy
Shaw
Delkins
Garner
South Main Street
Viola Burns
J. B. Markham, Mgr
South Third ST
Gunn Furniture
South Broadway
Westmore
Dr, Roy
Martin, Pres
A. AL Ferron
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