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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1932
Page
2
Fragments mention a street address 41 Premons Street Las Vegas Nevada and Post Office second class matter classification for Associated Press Central, with garbled publisher and processing terms.
The report paints Huey Long as a cheap narrow insolence unamusing and annoying while vying with Tom Heflin as a national nuisance. It highlights the senator from Louisiana as overconfident claiming to be a great man with little to show for it.
A Noble Edifice R drove past the new L. D. S. church and observed its fine lines of architecture and expansive steel-beamed roof. The Mormon faith community in Las Vegas shows faith in the city’s future as churches like this help bring it into being.
The district attorney and district judge yesterday sentenced Curly Hayes to five years to life for breaking jail. The ruling spares the community the burden of prosecuting him for assault on a defenseless woman and spares the woman from recounting the sordid testimony. Hayes must serve a sentence equivalent to what he would have faced if convicted of the assault in state prison.
Visitors stream to Hoover Dam daily to behold the Colorado River’s vast vistas and the monumental engineering works. The article celebrates the desert scenery and marvels at the dam project, including bridges, cable-ways, and miles of tunnels blasted through solid rock.
The article recalls Carter Glass of Virginia and his rise to shaping banking law, recalling his early push for the Federal Reserve Act and his current bid to safeguard federal reserve funds. It portrays his influence, temper, and the nonpartisan attention he commands in the Senate as he explains a new banking bill during a crisis.
A May 16 dispatch recalls long standing customs such as first June marriage licenses and a top hat prize, notes changes to diploma sizes and a dramatic public opening of the Morosini mansion. It paints a picture of vanished snow, sleighs, and the era of grand victorian treasures.
Legal notice details a land survey and patent application in Clark County Nevada. It lists claimants Clara M. Crisl er and Donita Miner with survey references, sections, and ranges, noting the total area of 10453 acres and boundaries described across sections twelve and fourteen in township eighteen south range sixty nine east. The document is filed with the U S Patent Office registrar and references Carson City and the Nevada survey district.
Notice of application for patent for Boulder lode claim in Esmeralda or Nye County Nevada within the tin mining district. Describes serial and associated survey data including corner points, measurements and bearings, filed under an 1872 act and recorded with the United States land office.
Notice dated May 6 cites an act approved May 1 1872 and states Mines Company seeks a patent for Contour No 1 Placer in the St Thomas Mining District Clark County Nevada. Description refers to an official plat of the claim as described in the application.
Postings and notices from Carson City Nevada include an application for a patent on a desertion site near Geena Wy 1010 feet and a mineral claim with detailed section and township data. Clara M. Crisler, Register, notes seating and absence of conflicting claims. A Muddy Valley Irrigation Company stock assessment of one dollar per share and twenty cents per share is levied, payable by June 1932 following a board meeting on April 1.
The notice states common stock assessments payable to the corporation’s treasury at its Overton Nevada office in Clark County must be received by Wednesday June 1 1992. If unpaid by that date the amounts become delinquent. Secretary-Treasurer A Jones signs the notice.
The Vegas Lodge and A Satec Communications schedule meetings on the first Monday of each month at 7:59 p.m. at the Masonic Hall. Special communications with announced work. visiting brothers urged to attend at 7 o'clock sharp for examinations if needed. Fred H. Callihan W M and Claude Haff Secretary listed.
Meets every Thursday evening at 7 30. Club rooms open from 11 00 a m to 12 p m. Visit brothers cordially welcomed. Fred M Stoller Exalted Ruler Pat Gallagher Secretary. Regular meetings are the first and third Wednesdays at 7 30 p m at the American Legion hall. Visitors and eligible members are welcome.
Vy. FP. W. Auxiliary meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at eight p m in Economy hall. Las Vegas Lions Club meets every Monday at 12 noon at the Hotel Apache. Visiting members are welcome.
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