Mesquite Club Holds Final Meeting and Installs Officers
The Mesquite Club concluded its year with a luncheon at the M. E. Church parlors. Treasurer reported debt paid, a $600 balance on the club house debt, and a healthy surplus. New officers installed include President C D Baker and Treasurer Carl Rau. Mrs C P Squires spoke on Las Vegas history.
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M. E
Pothoff
C. D. Baker
Hale V. Slavin
F. C. DeVinney
al Brimacomb
F. A. Gibson
Carl Rau
Chirman Hospitality
C. S. Wengert
O. A. Kimball
Freeman Smith
Herbert Dixon
A. C. Grant
C. A. Morehouse
E. Winter
R. R. Russell
C. P. Squires
Las Vegas
Miss Ruth Jenkins Arrives to Assist Las Vegas Synod Plans
Miss Ruth Jenkins travels from Reno to help organize entertaining efforts for the Episcopal Synod meeting in Las Vegas next week. She will stay during the entire Synod proceedings.
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Ruth Jenkins
Reno
Episcopal Synod
Las Vegas
Nevada Unlimited names Cartwright as publicist head
The Nevada Unlimited directors led by John S. Sinai announce J O T Cartwright as managing director to promote the state statewide. Cartwright, a veteran publicity man and newspaper executive, brings wide West Coast recognition and previously organized major campaigns for Transcontinental and Western Air and the Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta. He cites Nevada’s tax absence, climate, and resort facilities as key assets and aims to attract visitors and investment to make Nevada a premier state to live and work.
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Reno
Nevada Unlimited
John S. Sinai
J. O. T. Cartwright
San Francisco
Nevada
Cartwright
California
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Denver
Washington, D. C
New York City
Transcontinental & Western Air Inc
Santa Fe Railway
California State Railroad Commission
Golden Gate Bridge
Gateway
San Francisco Bay
Valley Boys Encounter Storm on Lake Mead
Valley boys R. R. Nice and Paddy Miles of Death Valley Junction chartered a speedboat at Death Valley Junction on Friday. They traveled 50 to 60 miles from the port to the Virgin River mouth and 25 to 30 miles upriver before camping for the night. They were awakened at 3:30 Saturday for breakfast before a fishing trip amid rising waves.
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Death Valley Junction
R. R. Nice
Paddy Miles
Lake Mead
Virgin River
Red Adams
Boulder CCC Camp Inspected by Officials
Inspectors Captain W. H. Riley and Edward W. Fields visited Co. 573 CCC at Boulder City last Sunday. Riley, long-time Fort Douglas officer, is well known in Las Vegas, while Fields praised the camps educational program per Captain C. L. Hall.
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W. H. Riley
Edward W. Fields
Boulder City
Captain Riley
Fort Douglas
Las Vegas
Mr. Fields
C. L. Hall
Ralli Plans Run for District Attorney
Paul Ralli, a 33 year old British subject born on Cyprus, announces a bid for Nevada District Attorney after law training in London and the University of Nevada. He passed the Nevada Bar in 1933 after a year in Reno, has tried about 25 juries with one loss, and holds active roles in local bars and civic groups while pledging to abandon private practice if elected.
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Paul Ralli
Cyprus
University of London
England
Mr. Ralli
Reno
Melvin E. Jepson
Nevada
Las Vegas
Bar Association
State Bar
Drifted sailors reach shore after stormy voyage
During vigorous winds a small boat crew clung to their vessel for safety and forgot to fish. They were picked up by a larger boat at seven in the evening and transported back to the Death Valley desert country, where they resumed their journey.
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Death Valley Desert
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Treasure Island
East Bay
San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge
the Sun
Mesquite Club
Unlimited
Valley Boys
Boulder CCC
Ralli
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