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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1944
Page
1
A nostalgic account of Las Vegas Helldorado born by Elks Lodge members, celebrating a yearly festival to lift dull care. The piece praises communal effort, playful attire, and social looseness as a key annual tradition that showcases local character and humor.
The narrator jokes about serving time in the Helldorado jail and recalls the old mining camp of Vanderbilt near Nevada. A summer 1916 trip from Goodsprings to Los Angeles via Jean, Barnwell, and Goffs is described, noting a flood-damaged Santa Fe railroad line and a rugged desert drive ending in vivid recollections of ghostly camps and a cozy cemetery.
The article marks Charleston Boulevard as an important development for Las Vegas with J. C. Fisher noted for acquiring land in 1911 and maintaining it through 33 years. It also invites Fisher to join the Tenth Annual Helldorado event, highlighting long-awaited progress and local vision.
Allied aerial operations report that all Italian rail yards below Florence have been disrupted, with major bombing reducing enemy reserves as large scale fighting resumes. Reconnaissance shows Torre dam breached, draining waters and cutting hydroelectric power for German positions near the Adriatic Sea. Major General John K. Cannon notes the German supply disruption came at a low cost of 0.29 percent of sorties last month.
Tacoma May 6. Washington state Republicans unanimously adopt a resolution endorsing Thomas E. Dewey for the candidate, directing Washington’s 16 national convention delegates to vote for him on the first ballot. Harold Paulson elected national committeeman, Mrs. Paul Henry named committeewoman, in a slate of party leaders and a 24 point war platform.
Fiji island fighters dressed in native costumes and face paint presented Major General Oscar W. Griswold with two whale teeth, the highest honor, after a tribute by Lt Col Geoffrey Upton’s Auckland commanded battalion for leadership against Japanese forces.
Red Cross reports Leo R. Gilmore a former Las Vegas resident held as a Japanese war prisoner in a Shanghai camp for 19 months in good health since Christmas 1941 on Wake Island. Relatives urged to contact the local office to pass along details, as addresses were not provided.
Soviet warplanes and torpedo boats sank eight more enemy ships off Sevastopol including four troop transports totaling 10,000 tons. Berlin claimed a major Soviet ground push near Sevastopol with 15 infantry divisions in Romania's Iasi area. Moscow noted 62 enemy planes shot down on Friday.
CHUNGKING May 6 UP two mechanized Japanese columns battered the gates of Loyang in west central Henan province tonight and front dispatches said the city, Chinese army headquarters in the province, may have fallen. Chinese bombers and fighters attacked to aid the garrison as Japanese forces pressed forward by numbers. Loyang’s strategic crossroads and air field grounds featured prominently in the ongoing struggle.
Washington May 6 Major General Lewis B Hershey says the armed services can meet needs for the next four months from about 1.7 million men under 26. Only a few men 26 or older likely to be inducted this year. Monthly inductions projected 60,000 fit for service from new 18 year olds, with 60 per cent fitness. Navy needs 250,000 to 300,000 by September 1.
Los Angeles dispatch reports Lt. King saying strong decomposition hindered identification by photo. Positive ID likely by fingerprints after body shipped from Chicago. prints sent to Chicago and Washington. Chicago police Lt. Breitzke later identifies the body as Mrs Louis Villegas, 24, shipped in a trunk from Dearborn Street to Los Angeles. Identification followed examination by a Racine hotel handyman. A man using the name John Lopez shipped the trunk.
In Salem Oregon two mothers each with eight sons in the armed forces tied for the greatest count. Mrs. Frank Stout of Latham entered the race joining Mrs. Ella Garner of Oregon City as the two winners.
The Office of Price Administration signals that non sharing car owners on B and C gas rations may face tightened allowances. A DC car pooling trial is watched as a potential national program to move workers to share rides. Local boards will form pools for applicants unless riders are found.
In St Joseph Missouri on May 6 a memorial service marked Corregidor Day for delegates to the first annual convention of federated Bataan relief groups. The flag dipped to half mast as Rosecrans field troops fired volleys in tribute to American fighting men who died or were denied freedom two years earlier. Dr D M Yap delivered the address in place of Major Samuel Grashio who could not attend. Dr Yap stated Americans will continue to aid victory efforts. Dr W H Spensley of Albuquerque was elected president with C McArthur Maywood Ill., Katharine Adams La Jolla California as vice presidents and Paul W McCahon Albuquerque secretary and Austin E Anson Weslaco Texas treasurer.
Portland Oregon May 6 The will of Mrs Lester Brooks 94 a survivor of a prominent lumbering family was filed for probate today making extensive bequests of property and her personal fortune The major part of her estate went to four cousins of her son Philip Brooks Edward Brooks St Paul Harry Brooks Bend Uruel Brooks Vancouver B C the family of the late Brooks Minneapolis Minn
Dr Mordecai Soltes, new executive director of Yeshiva College, urged all Jews to support the college as the United States only arts and sciences college under Jewish auspices. He said it should flourish as a center of Torah and provide spiritual guidance to disenfranchised European Jews and extend its influence to wider circles. He argued that Nazi destruction of Jewish religious centers makes American Jewry responsible to strengthen Yeshiva College as a universally recognized depository of traditional Jewish learning.
Relentless raids by land and sea pushed some 140,000 Japanese troops in New Guinea New Britain and New Ireland toward surrender or death as Allied forces tighten the grip.
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