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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1938
Page
7
The commentary urges Nevada to secure a permanent Las Vegas water supply from Lake Mead via a simple pumped system. A storage reservoir near Las Vegas would provide water to irrigation or industry at a price covering costs, letting users build their own canals or pipes to the point of use.
The Age reports ordinance No. 238 to register bicycles in Las Vegas with a one dollar license fee and fifty cent transfer fee. Dealers must report monthly. bicycles may ride on streets and alleys but not sidewalks to protect pedestrians.
A Las Vegas Age reader recalls St. Thomas Nevada once thriving, now the Dead City as Lake Mead rises. She thanks editor Charles P. Squires for his article and honors the Gentry family who ran the Old Gentry Hotel. The author notes six years of shelter in the fading ruin and sadness at its loss.
The Bureau of Mines and Washington State College study magnesium deposits in the west to unlock production of metals and products for aviation and transportation. Magnesium alloys replace heavier metals in aircraft and machinery, with potential new northwest industries and power from federal hydro projects. The research aims to cut production costs through direct reduction of magnesia by carbon.
A reader from St. Thomas Nevada thanks the paper for its piece on the community's past in the Lake Mead era and notes the memory will become a distant recollection. She signs as Ada Whitmore.
A columnist derides motorcycles call them go devils describing how riders neglect rules and frighten pedestrians. The piece notes occasional gentler moods amid high speed roars and suggests patrols or constitutional action may be needed to curb the nuisance.
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