Las Vegas Hosts Democratic State Convention
Amelia Earhart is honored in London while Las Vegas hosts the Democratic state convention. The visit leaves delegates with a favorable view of Las Vegas and promises closer state relations. An inspection of the U S Naval Ammunition Depot near Hawthorne highlights desert water use and security measures under Commander Bernard USN.
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United States Naval
Hawthorne
Mount Grant
Bernard
West
Walker Lal
Grant
Senator Oddie
Tonopah
Lucky Boy
Naval Ammunition Storage Depot
Navy
Houses
Congress
Las Vegas
New Jersey Senate Okays 25000 Reward for Lindbergh Kidnapers
The New Jersey senate approved a bill allowing Governor Moore to offer a 25000 reward for the capture of the Lindbergh baby kidnappers. Reports note ransom notes and related speculations as authorities seek leads.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey Senate Tonight
A. Harry Moore
Final Phase of Over Dam Tunneling Concluded
The Inst blast marked the graveyard shift end as the Eaton Inst truck exited the lower portion tunnel. Excavation of five diversion tunnels on the Over Dam project wrapped, with Cupnel No 1 at 4 170 feet completing the longest tunnel. The first major phase moved over 1 500 000 cubic yards of rock inside the tunnels.
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Porision
Theoover Dam
Las Vegas federal building bid notices filed
Senator Oddie was notified the Treasury department forwarded the Las Vegas federal building contract and specifications for publication May 21. Bids will be opened June 28 after advertisements.
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Washington, D. C
Oddie
Treasury Department
Las Vegas Federal Building
Las Vegas
School Art Show Opens All Week At Las Vegas High
The art exhibit sponsored by the student art guild of Las Vegas High will be open all week until 6 pm. Boulder is invited to attend this exhibition. More than 300 works by students from art and music classes are on display, closing soon.
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Atuident Art Guild
Las Vegas
Hich
Boulder
England floods threaten nine counties as Avon rises
The worst floods in half a century sweep nine English counties around the Avon river. The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre stage, opened recently by the Prince of Wales and Ambassador Andrew Mellon, is submerged.
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U.P
England
Whire
Avon
Prince of Wales
Andrew W. Mellon
Feland Hearing Set for June 1
The preliminary hearing for Thos Feland, alleged assailant of Chief Claude Williams, was continued until June. The complaint, sworn by the ranger’s wife, states the incident occurred in a downtown casino where Feland allegedly struck Williams with a gun, causing a deep head gash and concussion.
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Thos. Feland
Claude Williams
Justice Court
Feland
Ranger
Willams
Captured Captain Fritz Duquesne Faces New Charge
United Press reports Captain Fritz Joubert Duquesne, famed Boer War figure and World War I spy, was arrested after 13 years eluding Ford’s chase. Detained at police HQ, he denies guilt while Ford asserts the long pursuit is over. The story traces Duquesne’s wild career from Bellevue Hospital to Bermuda and America.
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HW. Allen Smut
United Press
CUP
Victor Hu Javert
Atl
Fritz Joubert Duquesne
Duquesne
T. de Trafford Craven
Thomas Ford
Ford
Soldiers of Fortune
America
Fortune
Neutrality Squad
Bellevue
Brooklyn
Red
Wordsman
Ger
South Afric
Ervice
Belgium
Cape Town
Bermuda
United States
City officials promise probe after claims LA runs wide open
After a stormy conference with Mayor John C. Porter clergy members and civic leaders, charges that Los Angeles is "wide open" prompted an immediate investigation. Attendees included Police Chief Roy E. Nera secretary of the pal league and Mrs. Allie Simmons Wheeler who cited visits to speakeasies in downtown and Hollywood.
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LOS Acyrneces
Sans O
John C. Porter
Los Angeles
Roy E
Nera
Eersateen
Re Pratt
M Pal League
Allie Simmons Wheeler
Senate approves lumber and copper protections in tax bill
The Senate ended a filibuster to add duties on lumber and copper to the revenue bill, setting a $3 per 1,000 board foot lumber tax and a 4 cent per pound copper duty with protections for finished goods. House rejects 2.75 percent beer proposal amid unclear prohibition-era shifts.
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Senate
Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Washington
Tydings
Bennett
Canada
Maryland
Ohl
House of Representatives
Farmer Confesses to Buried Wife Alive in Cemented Grave
Muskegon Michigan May 23 U P reports Joan Kozun a 41 year old farmer confessed after hours of questioning that he buried his wife Mary 37 alive and cemented the grave after describing using a hammer and dragging her to a woodshed near their home and returning the next day to finish the burial.
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Muskegon
Mich
U.P
Joan Kozun
Mary
Auto Bomb Kills Driver and Sister in Washington
In Yakima Washington a time bomb exploded in the car driven by William Stillman 53 a prominent ranch man killing Stillman and his elderly sister Rose Auritt at their Prosser area ranch. Sheriff says no clue to the bomber’s identity.
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Yakima
Wash
U.P
Sheriff's Office
William Stillman
Stillman
Rose Auritt
Prosser
Flying boat DO-X lands in Vigo after long transatlantic leg
The DO-X, touted as the world's flying boat, arrived in Vigo Spain late last night after a 700 mile flight from Vigo to Calshot and then a brief landing near Southampton. It neared its planned return to America as part of its Atlantic journey.
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Southampton
England
Spain
America
Calshot
Vigo
Junior Senior Banquet at Las Veas High School
The Junior class hosted over two hundred seniors, faculty, and board members for the annual banquet at the Hotel Taste Night. Miss Marcia Johnson spoke on The Desert, Leland Ward on The Caravan, and J Harold Brinley on The Oasis. Music and poetry followed with Miss Virginia Chavez, John Park, William Haas, Ira J. Earl, Glen and Rex Jarrett, Miss Maude Fox, and Jane Kramer. James Keith, former resident of London years ago, visits town to greet friends.
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Las Vez High School
Desert
Marcia Johnson
Leland Ward
Virginia Chavez
J. Harold Brinley
Oasis
John Park
William Haas
Ira J. Earl
Glen
Rex Jarrett
Maude Fox
Jane Kramer
Toast Milares
Teapot Dome case: Blackmer to pay $60,000 fine
Washington reports internal revenue agents will arrive tomorrow to collect the $60,000 penalty imposed on Henry M. Blackmer for refusing to testify in the Fall-Doheny Teapot Dome oil trials. The payment would release $100,090 in Liberty bonds sequestered when he defaulted. Blackmer, in exile in Europe, may seek settlements with the government on related cases.
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Washington
Edgar Snyder
District of Columbia Supreme Court
United Press
New York
Internal Revenue
Henry M. Blackmer
Colorado
Blackmer
Teapot Dome
Europe
Firefighters Conquer Apartment Blaze in Gay Court Unit
Firemen battled a heavy gas smoke in a burning apartment at 317 South Third Street. Origin traced to waste paper in Art Gilmore’s unit. crew arrived as flames gained headway. Interior damage estimated at 123 dollars. Visitors Jean Simmons and her parents from Colorado Springs were at Hoover Dam on Monday.
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Gay Court
South Third Street
Art Gilmore
Colorado Spring
Louis Simmons
Jean
Colorado Spring Colo
Las Vegas
Hoover Dam
Would-Be Pacific Hopper Awaits Permit To Land
Nay Browne, New York flier, awaits a landing permit from Japan to reach the Pacific isle. He plans a tentative departure Tuesday or Wednesday if granted, after a successful test flight blocked by wind shifts from south to north.
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Isle
Seaiele
Nay Browne
New York
Ex Soldiers Take Over Freight Car
Ex soldiers commandeered a Baltimore and Ohio freight car near Caseyville Illinois delaying movement as they traveled to press for the soldiers bonus bill. Authorities planned to deploy National Guard units to regain control while the veterans rested aboard the improvised train halt in Caseyville.
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Springfield
Carlos Black
National Guard
Baltimore & Ohio
Pacific Coast
Washington, D. C
Fredding
Rockford
Ill
St. Clair County
Caseyville
U.P
Yushington
St. Louis
Waters
East St. Louis
Washington
East St. Louis Yards
Officers Named by Women in Las Vegas BKW Club
Members of the newly formed Business and Professional Women's club of Las Vegas elected officers at an informal Apache hotel gathering. Orpha Miller was named president with Nellie Carroll as vice president, Virginia Garside as treasurer, and Genevieve Root as secretary. 39 businesswomen attended. The next meeting is set for Friday May 27 when charter members will be named and an application sent to Carson City. Alice McAndrews of the Reno club presided. Mrs Sarah Wilson of Hurricane Utah arrived to visit her daughter Mrs Joe May and family.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club of
Las Vegas
Apache Hotel
Orpha Miller
Nellie Carroll
Virginia Garside
Genevieve Root
Carson City
Alice McAndrews
Reno Club
Sarah Wilson
Hurricane
Utah
Joe May
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