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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1938
Page
6
The author urges amateur photographers to capture spring sports action using box cameras or high speed models. He suggests low angles, slight sky background, and posing young athletes such as pitchers winding up to create convincing stop action.
A group of Boulder City CCC amateurs join Las Vegas fighters for a Memorial Auditorium boxing bout next Friday evening. Dick Schwartz plans a comeback along with several known Vegas boxers as promoters hype a lively card. Wrestling features thrill a big crowd with Jim Coffield of Kansas City defeating Nick Lutz in two falls aided by Reveree Jack Larry. The razzle royal showcases five young women athletes, including Clara Mortensen.
The article notes a cyclical peak in grand spectacle films and highlights In Old Chicago as a major budget release at El Portal Theater. It predicts a forthcoming slump to one or no big pictures per year after this peak, citing past waves in 1923 to 1925 and the film’s use of a sixty acre city destroyed by flames with Tyronne Power and Alice Faye among the leads.
Furnace Creek Camp prepares for early departures as several employees leave for a brief vacation before summer service at northern resorts. Grace Sullenger, the camp accountant, will relocate to Fishing Bridge Camp in Yellowstone as office manager. She notes this season set a record for Furnace Creek despite flood-related delays that halted highways and limited tourist traffic in March. The floods delayed travel on the Amarogosa and Mojave Rivers, causing a slow restart after the first week of March.
Rita Martinez of Mexico wins the world’s woman championship match against Betty Bailey Babe Donovan and Lucille King. Don Sebastian of Mexico City scores two straight falls over Fred Mortensen. Jack Larry is introduced as referee amid loud fan cheers.
Pat Gallagher named deputy mine inspector to fill vacancies from Bill Maher’s death. Appointed by State Mine Inspector Matt Murphy. Gallagher previously served over four years as deputy United States marshal, resigning that post May 1.
Miss Francis Stevens was operated on for appendicitis Thursday morning at the Las Vegas hospital. She is reported to be resting and in satisfactory condition.
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