Gracie Allen and Burns Charm Las Vegas
Gracie Allen and George Burns entertained Las Vegas with their party of associates in a gracious show. Gracie’s lively presence delighted crowds as the “Kangaroo Special” parade rolled by on the Desert Love Buggy driven by Jim Cashman. The Union Pacific train arrived on time and the parade drew the largest crowd seen in Las Vegas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gracie Allen
George Burns
Las Vegas
Gracie
Jim Cashman
Union Pacific
Hitler Threatens German War of Conquest and Global Conflict
An article warns that Adolf Hitler plans aggressive war to dominate Europe, labeling Germany’s leaders as egotistic and cruel. It argues the civilized world must remain out of war but acknowledges the United States may face a choice between fighting or succumbing to Nazi rule if Germany defeats Britain and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Hitler
Berlin-Rome
Japan
Soviet Russia
Germany
United States
England
France
Hitler
Europe
America
Honored Guest At Shower At Thorn Home
Mrs. Fred Ferris was the guest of honor at a stork shower dessert luncheon hosted by Mrs. Ray Thorn and Mrs. James H. Down Jr. at the Thorn residence. Pink and white decor featured peonies and baby motifs. Guests included Mrs. R. J. Stephens, C. M. Bailey, Berkeley Jones, A. J. Raphael, Herman Groystein, Jack Pembroke, Woody Pierce, Kenneth Zahn, W. Gray Gabler, Mahlon Brown, Miss Pauline Honrath, Mrs. Ferris, and the hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ferris
Ray Thorn
James H. Down Jr
Thorn
Mesdames R. J. Stephens
C. M. Bailey
Berkeley Jones
A. J. Raphael
Herman Groystein
Jack
Grand Jury Seeks To Oust Stocker
The Grand Jury through foreman Robert Griffith sues Harold J. Stocker county commissioner seeking removal for malfeasance. The complaint cites unapproved truck use payments totaling 68.50 in 1939 40 and a refrigerator sale to the county for 165.00 via McQuay Supply. It requests removal under Nevada law and general relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
Robert Griffith
Harold J. Stocker
O. L. McQuay
McQuay Supply Company
Stocker
Clark County
Nevada
Joint Hostesses At Supper Honors Ladies On Fremont Street
Mrs. David Farnsworth and Mrs. K P Squires hosted a Friday supper at the Squires home on Fremont Street. The event focused on pan and contract games with a long list of attendees including Mesdames Rau, Stavin, Earl, Griffith, Connell, Lawson, Schuyler, Cahlan, DeArmond, Taylor, Ham, Thomas, Lusch, Balcom, Morse, Woitishek, Beckley, Van Eaton, Morehouse, Burr, Ullom, Hewetson, Park, Pembroke, Yates, McFarland, Schenk, Dixon, Sutherland, Harris, Brothers, Webb, Edwards and Reed from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Farnsworth
K. P. Squires
Squires
Fremont Street
Mesdames
Carl Rau
Hale B. Stavin
Marion Earl
Robert Griffith
Wm. Connell
Sam Lawson
W. N. Schuyler
A. E. Cahlan
Charles DeArmond
Ryland Taylor
A. W
J. Dixon
E. L. Sutherland Irving Harris
Earl Brothers
P. Webb
Guy Edwards
Reed
Boulder City
Ely to Las Vegas Carrier Service Hearing Notice
The Public Service Commission will hear the applications of R. C. Barton for a certificate of public convenience to operate a common motor carrier service between Ely and Las Vegas and H. H. Clapham for a certificate to operate as a common carrier of passengers and packages between Glendale Ely and intermediate points. The hearing is at the Ely courthouse on May 22, 1940 at 10 a.m. Objections or appearances may be filed with Lee S. Scott secretary of the commission. Mrs. A C Grant, president of the Nevada Federation of Women’s Clubs, leaves Monday for Milwaukee to attend a General Federation council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Barton
Ely
Las Vegas
H. H. Clapham
Glendale
Public Service Commission
Court House
Lee S. Scott
Commission
Home from Missouri prompts family notices
Geo Martins of Anderson Dairy Co returns from Grand Pass Missouri following his mother Christina Martins's death. Dorothy Dougan, daughter of Mr and Mrs W Dougan, returns to Las Vegas after training at Queen of the Angels hospital in Los Angeles. Mrs W B Mundy departs for Salt Lake City to visit her mother for Mother's Day. The Methodist church holds its weekly pot luck dinner with Mr and Mrs Frank Beam sharing travel tales from Mexico and promising more next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Forest R. Mildren
Ray Browne
Browne
Ed Ganey
Missouri
Geo. Martins
The
Anderson Dairy Co
Grand Pass
Christina Martins
Methodist Church
Frank Beam
Mexico
Dorothy Dougan
W. Dougan
Queen of the Angels Hospital
Las Vegas
Auto
Herbert Archibald
Good Samaritan Hospital
Florence Herring to Wed Robert Dutton at Mitchell Church
Miss Florence Herring and Robert Earl Dutton announce a June 28 wedding at Federated Church in Mitchell Nebraska. Dutton's mother Mary Dutton of Las Vegas manages her ranch. The couple will return to Las Vegas about July 15 to reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Herring
Robert Earl Dutton
Las Vegas
Federated Church
Mitchell
Nebraska
George H. Anderson
N. A. Herring
Dutton
Mary Dutton
Blasting Closes Parker Dam Road for One Year
Blasting work for a new power house on the California side of Parker Dam will close the last quarter mile of the road from Whipple to the dam for about a year. Cars may be parked at Whipple and the dam reached on foot during blasting pauses. An intake road north of the dam remains open but may close without notice under Water District control. Mrs. E W Cragin hosts her mother Mrs. Jack Yerby of Los Angeles visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Parker Dam
Whipple
The
Automobile Club of Southern
Wedding Unites Pioneer Families in Las Vegas
Wednesday noon ceremony at the Methodist church joined Phillis Alter and George Allom. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Alice Alter of Las Vegas, is a Fremont high school graduate now living in Las Vegas. The groom, son of Mrs. Norma Ullom, is Las Vegas police officer. best man was Mike Alter. The couple will reside in Las Vegas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Phillis Alter
George Allom
Alice Alter
Las Vegas
Mary Ellen Lake
Fremont High School
Los Angeles
Don Speer
Norma Ullom
Mabel Ullom
Henrietta Brockman
Mike Alter
Bishop Bunker to address Moapa and Virgin Valley grads
Berkeley L. Bunker, bishop of Ce L.D.S. church, will deliver the baccalaureate address to Moapa and Virgin Valley graduates. He will speak in Bunkerville Sunday afternoon and in Overton Sunday evening at seven thirty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Bunker
Berkeley
L. Bunker
L.D.S. Church
Moapa
Virgin Valley
Bunkerville
Overton
Houseguest and Visitors in Las Vegas This Week
HOUSEGUEST AT KIMBALL Mr and Mrs O A Kimball 125 North Tenth street have as their houseguest Mrs Margaret Buzick of Catalina Island California SEWELL ON BUSINESS J Harvey Sewell of Reno president of Sewells United States was a visitor in Las Vegas for a few days this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
O. A. Kimball
125
North Tenth Street
Margaret Buzick
Catalina Island
California
Sewell
J. Harvey Sewell
Reno
United States
Las Vegas
Judge and Mrs Nelson Attend Graduation in Logan
Judge and Mrs A J Nelson of Boulder City plan to attend daughter Mary Jane Nelsons graduation from Budge Hospital in Logan Utah. The ceremony is set for Wednesday May 15 as she completes a four year course and training and she will likely accept a post graduate position at New York City General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Nelson
Boulder City
Logan
Utah
Mary Jane Nelson
Budge Hospital
Miss Nelson
New York City General Hospital
Ann Arbor, Mich
Chicago General Hospital
Dallas
Texas
General
New Jaycees President Installed At Helldorado Night
Alvin Vy Lues was installed as the new Junior Chamber of Commerce president Wednesday evening at a dinner dance at the 91 club. Guests enjoyed entertainment by a committee including Mrs. Paul McDermott and Pat Clark. Dr. Myers to return soon. Mrs. Myers joined him in La Jolla as he prepares to be released from the hospital. Invitations issued for Helldorado dinner dance at the 91 club Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Vy
Lues
91 Club
Paul McDermott
Miss Nurnberger
Valmar Prince
Pat Clark
DR. Myers
R. R. Myers
la Jolla
Las Vegas
C. W. Woodbury
R. R. Russell
W. E. Ferron
Boy Scouts
Baptist Church
Seventh
Fremont Streets
Federal Court Sentences Curry and Lewis on Monday
Federal court before Judge Harold Louderback sentenced E. H. Curry after a guilty plea to violating the motor carrier act with a $500 fine and probation. J. F. Lewis pleaded guilty to selling liquor to the Indians and received four months in county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Curry
J. F. Lewis
Harold Louderback
Curry
India
Van Nuys Man Ends Life in Las Vegas Parking Lot
Alexander Herman Ennen of Van Nuys drove into Las Vegas on Tuesday and parked near Clark Avenue Westside. He wired the car with borrowed hose, then waited inside the vehicle for death. A resident reported the find and police were called. Coroner informed Ennen’s parents. inquest planned. He was employed by Golden State Milk Distributing Company of Van Nuys. the act appeared premeditated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Herman Ennen
van Nuys
Las Vegas
Clark Avenue
Westside
Golden State Milk Distributing Company
Hazard Reports On Stamp Sales
The report by M. X. Hazard, supervisor of the Nevada Tax Commission liquor tax department, shows excise stamps generated 43 323 74 in the first quarter of 1940 from beer wine and liquor sales. The 1939 quarter totaled 38 162 64, up 5 161 10. State funds allocated include 5 percent for administration a school fund 50 percent of balance 21 060 32 to University 40 percent of balance 16 848 26 and 10 percent to Bond Interest and Redemption fund 4 212 05. Total 44 358 56. Las Vegas traffic involved nine establishments contributing 8 350 02. Statewide total liquor wine and beer dealers 898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. x. Hazard
Liquor Tax Department
Nevada Tax Commission
Las Vegas
Helldorado Helldorado Rodeo Carnival Opener In Las Vegas
Las Vegas kicks off a four day Helldorado celebration with parades rodeo events and melodramas from May 16 to 19. Celebrities Dick Foran Tex Ritter Rex Bell and Buck Jones join horsemanship displays and grand parades through South Main Fremont and Helldorado grounds. Governor E P Carville is expected to attend each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vegas
Las Vegas
Dick Foran
Tex Ritter
Rex Bell
Buck Jones
Curly Fletcher
South Main
Fremont
Carson
Main
Fifth
Helldorado
Helldorado Village
Frontier Amusements
E. P. Carville
Union Pacific Aids Helldorado publicity effort
Union Pacific assists Helldorado by LA news bureaus and photographers Howard Staples staging publicity pictures in two days this week and two next. The railroad provides photo materials and distributes prints and stories to LA papers and press syndicates to reach national outlets. J S Talcott and Arthur J Crawford visit Las Vegas on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Union Pacific
Robert B. Denton
Howard Staples
Paroles Hearing Pleas For Clark County Applicants
The Nevada Board of Pardons and Paroles meets in May to hear pleas from 25 Clark County applicants for parole. Governors, justices, and the attorney general will review, while local business changes include Dad Black selling Black's Transfer. Mellia Vuckovich undergoes a major Las Vegas hospital operation with a positive prognosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Clark County
W. R. Dunn
Dan Walley
Douglas Lane
Jess Hommell
Jack Ferguson
William Baker
James J. Ryan
Jack L. Morgan
Harry Lee Lewis
Robert Starkie
Alfred Murnahan
C. M. P. Mahoney
Mike Foley
Carl Knabe
Ernest Gustaveson
Foster Argo
John D. Holt
Guy Holliday
Jack Robertson
Jack Brinkerhoffs
Guy Teel
Jacob Strom
Max Scruggs
William Buchanan
Edward W. Scott
E. P. Carville
E. J. L. Taber
Nevada Supreme Court
E. A. Ducker
W. E. Orr
Gray Mashburn
Stanford Lane Hospital
San Francisco
Black
C. C
Nelson
Searchlight
Las Vegas
Cecil E. Cope
Dean Pulsipher
Mellia Vuckovich
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Ralph Thomas
Antoinette Thomas
Thomas
First and
Los Gatos
R. E. Lake
Salt Lake
W. B. Mundy
A. L. Philips
E. W. Cragin
Jack Yerby
Mrs. Nelson
Jaycees
Beta Sigma Phi
Kappa Chapter
Bet Sigma Phi
Apache Hotel
Lloyd Ullom
Frances
Pocatello
George Anderson
Idaho
Anderson
Standard Stations Inc
PAN Club
Mesdames R. R. Myers
A. W. Ham
Roscoe Thomas
Forest Mildren
South Main Street
Helldorado Grounds
Old Western Mine Town
J. S. Talcott
Arthur J. Crawford
John William Park
Santa Monica
W. S. Park
7Th
Charleston
Grace Semenza
Mazie Martin
Andy Croal
Victorville
Mrs
Tom Croal
Board of Paroles
L. A
Arthur Black
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