Legion Convention to Bring Visitors to Las Vegas Next June
Las Vegas officials foresee a busy June as the American Legion state convention gathers in town for 3 to 4 days. The group plans to sell 2,000 grand ball tickets at Lorenzi Lake park with a Ford V-8 as grand prize. A night parade and fireworks display are planned and the drum corps may be funded for the Portland convention.
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Legion Convention
Las Vegas
American Legion
Legion
Lorenzi Lake Park
Portland
Vegas
Men From Vegas Seek Parole Before Board
Ed Becker and eight other Las Vegas inmates from Clark County will appear before the state parole board on May 23 seeking probation or parole. The list includes Becker for first degree burglary, Burns for grand larceny, Clancey for first degree burglary, Cline for assault with intent to commit criminal, Goodwin for grand larceny, Hoak for first degree burglary, O Connell for first degree burglary, McKerrigan for first degree burglary, Frank Stanley for second degree burglary, Wedemeyer for forgery, and Williams for forgery.
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Migven Crisuiuais
C. McKerrigan
Frank E. Stanley
Rudolph Wedemeyer
J. H. Williams
Officers raid city establishment seize twenty beer bottles
City officers raided an establishment at 211 North Second street yesterday afternoon. They arrested Miss Lena Tucker on a charge of possession of intoxicating liquor. Twenty bottles of beer were confiscated. Tucker was released on a $250 property bond and will appear in municipal court this morning for a hearing.
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Vauce
Macneyan Smith
North Second Street
Lena Tucker
Miss Tucker
MAY QUEEN ASPIRANTS LAS VEGAS WEATHER
Weather snippets report May 11 conditions with a maximum of 96 and a minimum of 56 in Las Vegas. Separate market notes list New York copper at 54 54 cents a pound lead and zinc prices, with silver around 28 50 to 28 60 cents an ounce.
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Las Vegas
New York
L.A
Japan opens grand scale war against Chinese rebels in Manchuria
Tokyo reports withdrawal of land forces from Shanghai and a broad offensive against 50 000 guerrilla bands in Manchuria. Japanese air strikes hit Li Hai Ching and Ting Chao led forces near Fenglechen Changchun and Harbin while Korean communists are detained for plotting against the League of Nations mission.
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Tokio
Japan
Shanghai
Manchuria
Ji Se
Changchun
Khrintunhua
Wang Te-Lin
Ting-Chao
Li Hai-Ching
Fenglechen
Harbin
Pataoku
League of Nations
Local One-Act Plays Draw Crowd At Old High School
Two one act plays The Valiant and Her First Assignment were staged last evening at the old Boulder high school auditorium. Proceeds will aid the Boulder Echo staff for the yearbook. Casts included Marion B. Earl James Dyke and others, with Miss Mott in Her First Assignment and the tragedy The Valiant featuring The Warden and Marion B. Earl.
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Boulder Echo
Valiant
Marion B. Earl
James Dyke
W. F. Victor
Pauline Wrenn
Father Daly
LeRoy Whipple
Wendell Bunker
Alice Gordon-Sterling
Vilate Bunker
Wilberta Gordon
Marion Mott
Craig Winter
Lavina Whitney
Harrison Folinsbee
Effie Foremaster
Rosemary Stevens
Joan Dotson
Frances Kidder
Margaret Potter
Jacenth Carlyle
Beulah Frehner
Vandergilt
Florence Stewart
Pennyworth
Arline Stewart
Katherine Stewart
Canberra Plot Nipped by Cops in Australia Raid
Police disclosed a plot to stage a march on Canberra and capture Premier Joseph Lyons. Authorities raided the headquarters of the so called new guard organization in Sydney New South Wales. Canberra is the capital of Australia.
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Sydney
New South Wales
U.P
Canberra
Joseph A. Lyons
New Guard
Australia
Unlicensed dogs to be picked up by city police
Police Commissioner W C German ordered all unlicensed dogs seized by city officers after May 31. Dogs will be held for owners a viable period, then destroyed if unclaimed.
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W. C. German
Texas Rangers Probe Kidnap Threat In Beeville Case
Texas Rangers began an investigation into threats against a 20 year old Beeville woman, daughter of a local family, with reports that her mother Ida Wood paid 2500 dollars. The note referenced the Marian Parker case of 1927 and warned of kidnapping and slaying. Rangers denied working on the case, though sources said an inquiry was underway.
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Beeville
Tex
Texas Rangers
Ida Wood
Marian Parker
William Edward Hickman
Rangers
No Trace of Jail Breakers Reported
Early hours failed to locate escapees Joe Schultz and Fred Paxton as detectives chased clues. Authorities believed Schultz fled toward Mexico while Paxton headed toward Kansas City or Chicago. Schultz faced a district court appearance for criminal assault and Paxton for grand larceny.
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Joe Schultz
Fred Paxton
Schultz
Mexico
Paxton
Kansas City
Chicago
Radio death by own action shocks Chicago man
Phil Harris, 45, an unemployed iron worker and amateur electrician, turned his radio into a deadly device during a Chicago broadcast labelling the program as “beautiful thoughts.” He used the set to electrocute himself, a death believed to be the first of its kind linked to a radio program.
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Chicago
Phil Harris
Public invited to see hospital on American Hospital Day
Public invited to inspect the Las Vegas hospital today in observance of American Hospital Day. The event honors Florence Nightingale and showcases modern hospital services. Residents of Boulder City Las Vegas and nearby towns are invited to tour the new hospital at Ogden and Eighth.
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Florence Nightingale
Las Vegas Hospital
Boulder City
Las Vegas
Ogden
Stockholders Battle At Consolidated Copper Mines Office
Insurgent stockholders backed by proxies besieged the Consolidated Copper Mines offices on Broadway New York as police reinforced the defending management led by president Howard Smith of Ely Nevada. The struggle to oust Smith continued after a four week campaign.
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York
ConSolidated Copper Mines Corporation
Broadway
Howard Smith
Ely, Nev
Means Walks Free After Bail Cut in Lindbergh Case
Jon B. Means, former DOJ investigator, left jail for a $50,000 bail as charges of defrauding Evalyn Walsh McLean of $104,000 linked to the Lindbergh kidnapping were noted. His prior $100,000 bond was reduced amid opposition, and he declined questions, saying only he was indicted.
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Washington
Jon B. Means
Department of Justice
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Means
James Proctor
Leo A. Rover
McLean
Washington and Cincinnati, O
Suspect Held for Issuing Bad Checks in Las Vegas
A forged check operation tied to J C Boge surfaced after Alameda Oil manager Lawes reported being victimized. Other recipients named include Gilbert Brothers and Las Vegas entities. Boge allegedly passed bad checks for gasoline and tires, with ties to prior Clark County Gas thefts to be investigated.
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J. C. Boge
Lawes
Alameda Oil Company
Boge
Las Vegas
Gilbert Brothers
R. M. Michaelson
A. C. Delkin
Las Vegas Land and Water
Tonopah
Clark County Gas Company
London Tops Coleman in Exhibition Clash
Jim London a Greek heavyweight wrestler defeated Abie Coleman of New York Jewish grapplers in an exhibition, as Coleman could not continue after diving through the ropes. The bout lasted 43 minutes 11 seconds in Los Angeles on May 11.
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Londos
Coleman
Los Angeles
U.P
Jim London
Abie Coleman
New York
Flies To His Sweetheart To Take Own Life
Chicago May 11 A 24 year old Indianpolis chemist, Son Mitchell, flew to Chicago with a discouraging letter and a bottle of poison. In Rose Fergus apartment he drank the poison after she refused to marry him. He died at Lake View Hospital after confessing the rival suitor.
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Chicago
Mason Page Mitchell
Mitchell
Indianapolis
Rose Fergus
Miss Fergus
Indiana
Lake, View Hospital
Mutiny Leaders Executed by Firing Squad in Peru
In Callao on May 11 eight naval mutiny leaders were found guilty by a military court and executed by firing squad after a secret trial on San Lorenzo Island. The outbreak, quelled by loyalist air and submarine strikes, saw Corporal Pozo and Corporal Cobon among the condemned, as Sailor Jorge Casapia earned praise and a monetary award for his daring warning.
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Lima
Peru
Com
Callaoa
San Lorenzo Island
Callao
Pozo
Cobon
Madrano Chuquiso
Luis M. Sanchez
Gunmen Still Sought In Ladd Robbery Assault
Late last night police hunted the gunmen who beat and robbed J. H. Ladd, a 90 year old Civil War veteran and Clark county pioneer. He was kicked and choked unconscious and $64 was taken from his pockets as he lay recovering from the brutal attack.
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J. H. Ladd
Clark County
Ladd
Youths Sentenced to City Stockade for Burglary Attempt
Harry Ramp and Hiram Blankey, teenage burglary suspects, were arrested Monday night by Officers Ott, Roy and Horde. They appeared before Judge W. G. Morse in municipal court and were sentenced to nine days in the stockade on a vag rancy charge. testimony indicated the youths planned to break into a South Fifth Street root beer stand.
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Harry Ramp
Hiram Blankey
Ott, Roy and
Horde
W. G. Morse
South Fifth Street
Economy Body Gets Down to Real Work
Washington May 11 President Hoover pressed Congress to cut spending with a planned 300 million dollar reduction to balance the budget as a Senate economy committee moved from the White House to an all day session. Treasury figures showed a 2.497 billion dollar deficit as the panel weighed provisions of the house economy bill and vowed secrecy to counter lobbyists.
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Hoover
Congress
Senate Economy Committee
White House
Capitol
Treasury Department
Wesley L. Jones
Economy Committee
Jones
House
John McDuffie
Dem
Ala
Reed Smoot
Finance Committee
Senate
Treasury
Akron Dirigible Akron Mishap Kills Two Men
In San Diego on May 11 the navy dirigible Akron failed to land, snapping ropes and causing three crewmen to be hurled from the mooring. Henton and Edsel died after falling 300 feet while Cowart survived by looping a rope into a makeshift bosun chair. Weather and inexperience blamed for the accident. two deaths marked navy airship incidents. The Akron was later slated to move to Sunnyvale for the transcontinental trip, while naval maneuvers were canceled.
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San Diego
Calif
Camp Kearney
Sunnyvale
Charles
Bud" Cowart
San Springs
Okla
Michael Henton
Fresno
Robert Edsel
South Bend
Ind
Henton
Edsel
Cowart
Walkup
Edie
Akron
United States Navy
Lakehurst
San Francisco
NAVY
U.P
United States
Pacific
Schofield
Feland Haled Before Judge on Assault Charge
Tom Feland appeared before Justice of the Peace Frank M. Ryan after a complaint charged him with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to do great bodily harm. The complaint, signed by Mrs. Claude Williams, noted allegations of a beating. A prehearing date was set for Saturday the 14th at 11 a.m., and Feland posted a $500 bond. He is represented by George Marshall. The city commissioners will meet Friday at 3 p.m. in the city clerk's office in an open session.
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Tom Feland
Justice of the Peace
Frank M. Ryan
Claude Williams
U. S
Feland
Ryan
George Marshall
Board of City Commissioners
Lindbergh Negotiations Stalled After Sea Searches
Norfolk reports say talks for the return of kidnapped Charles A Lindbergh Jr continued after attempts at sea yielded no results. The Lindbergh negotiator John Hughes Curtis left for the north after the Marcon yacht received naval protection following its seventh sea cruise in search of the baby.
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Norfolk
U.P
Long Island
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Lindbergh
Marcon
John Hughes Curtis
North
Hampton Roads
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