Las Vegas Track Team Aims State Win With Study Focus
Las Vegas high school track athletes prioritize scholarship and training as they prepare for the state meet in Reno on May 11. Captain Ivan DeLonne and Elmer Shull lead a veteran squad with Angus Hicks favored to win the mile and Bill Whitehead vying in the half mile. The team relies on strong relay coordination, travels planned for about ten members, and a coach who will not accept any player unless up in academics. The event is hosted by the Block II Society at Mackay Field, University of Nevada.
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Las Vegas
Reno
Maude Frazier
Frank Butcher
Elmer Shull
Arizona
Ivan DeLonne
Angus Hicks
Bill Whitehead
Winnemucca
Cach Butcher
Coach Butcher
Block II Society of the
University of Nevada
Mackey Field
Gold Discovery Spurs Las Vegas Mining Boom
The Gold Ace finds ore in the Carrera district after Jim Shea’s accidental dig spurs a rush. H. H. Pursel Jim McCoy Dr Roy W. Martin and A. B. Witcher led early entrants as at least a dozen companies formed, with Golden Ace Mines posting over 100000 in ore returns. The story notes brisk trading as Las Vegas eyes a new mining hub with stock exchange activity expanding.
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Carrera
Jim Butler
Jim Shea
Shea
Chunk
McLaughlin
H. H. Pursel
Jim McCoy
Roy W. Martin
A. B. Witcher
Purser
State Bank of
Taft
California
Golden Ace Mines Company
Diamond Queen
New Stock Exchange
Las Vegas
Escaped Auto Thief Caught in Utah
R. M. Jones, who fled a Salt Lake City courtroom on auto theft charges, was reported captured Wednesday at Draper Utah. He allegedly confessed to dozens of car thefts across seven states.
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R. M. Jones
Salt Lake City
Las Vegas
Draper
Utah
Harmon describes Elks convention appeal in Las Vegas
District Attorney Harley Harmon reports strong Las Vegas interest as Nevada Elks prep for the July 4 state convention. Grand Exalted Ruler Murray Hulbert will attend, with Harry Atkinson leading parade duties at the national gathering. Harmon notes expected record attendance and growth sights attracting Elks from Goldfield Tonopah Ely Elko Reno and Los Angeles.
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Las Vegas
Boulder Dam
Harley Harmon
Los Angeles
Murray Hulbert
New York City
Harmon
Grand Lodge
Harry Atkinson
Nevada State Elks’ Association
Leonard Blood
Goldfield
Tonopah
Ely
Elko
Reno
Communists Battle Police in Berlin Barricade Clash
In Neukolln Berlin Communists barricaded two blocks and fought police in a fierce morning assault. Six killed as police stormed a mill barricade of building materials. Streets ran with blood looted shops. communists fired rifles hand grenades and machine guns. By early afternoon the gunfire subsided with ammunition running low.
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Berlin
U.P
Neukoelln
Port Freedom Abuse Probed
Secretary Heymour Lowman ordered an investigation into the practice of granting port freedom to returning government officials. He noted the privilege relieves entrants from customs duties and found no statute, though it had long been practiced under international norms and treasury decisions amid liquor smuggling suspicions.
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Washington
Heymour Lowman
the Treasury
Lowman
Congress
Treasury Department
Adams Pipe Works Advertisement in Los Angeles
An advertising notice for Adams Pipe Works lists 500000 feet of new and used screw pipe and casing including plain end pipe and casing, valves and fittings. Used pipe is described with good threads and couplings, cut to specified dimensions, with prompt answers and shipments. Contact Adams Pipe Works at 2025 Bay Street Los Angeles or by telephone 4361.
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Bay Street
Los Angeles
Cal
Bandmaster Hayes Charts Southwest Tour for Locating New Band School
Ww. Anthony Hayes a veteran bandmaster from Redlands California visits Las Vegas on a Southwest tour seeking a place to establish band instruction. He led a Sacramento band for ten years and served on the musicians union executive board. His Los Angeles Train No. 4 will depart at 11 PM, arriving in Wheeling and Boulder for a summer schedule. Hayes teaches wind instruments and studied at Seigel Myers school of music in Chicago. He took the civil service exam for band master during the war.
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Anthony Hayes
Redlands
California
Las Vegas
Southwest
Hayes
Sacramento
Musicians’ Union
Wheeling
West Virginia
Boulder
Colorado
Seigel Myers School of Music
Chicago
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Finney's Shoe Store
Nevada
Port Freedom
O. A. Kimball
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Reynolds
H. Howard Burt
Church of All Nations
Bible School
Epworth
Christ Episcopal
Boyd Parker
Kodak Time
Kodaks
LAS Vegas Pharmacy
W. E. Ferron
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