Pilots Vie for 25000 Tokio Prize in Dallas Seattle
Harold Bromley plans a diesel Lockheed Vega flight from Dallas to Tokio with a Seattle stop before June 1 to win the 25000 purse. Nat Browne speeds toward Seattle aiming for a nonstop Tokio run and the same prize, while Lily W Reed may contend if her mystery plane survives a crash in the Seattle mountains. Scientists study cosmic rays, seeking their source and potential uses beyond X rays and radio. The aim is to unlock new powers and applications from this unknown cosmic ray.
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Japan
Harold Bromley
Dallas
Texas
Tokio
Seattle
Bromley
Nat Browne
Lily W. Reed
Lily
Japs Finally Get Cabinet
Tokio reports Emperor Hirohito will install a new cabinet at 3 30 p m led by Viscount Makoto Saito as premier and foreign minister The lineup includes Tatsuo Yamamoto Saoto Aaiki Keisuke Okada Masakichi Koyama Ichiro Hato yama Chuzo Mitsuchi Koreiki Takahashi Kumakichi Nakajima Ryutero Nagai Fumio Goto and Hiroshi Minami with Prince Saionji guiding the transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
U.R
Hirohito
Inukai
Makoto Saito
Prince Saionji
Baron Tatsuo Yamamoto
Saoto Aaiki
Navy
Keisuke Okada
Masakichi Koyama
Ichiro Hatoyama
Chuzo Mitsuchi
Koreiki
Takahashi
Kumakichi Nakajima
Ryutero Nagai
Fumio Goto
Hiroshi Minami
May Cut Off School Fares In Clark County
Clark county board of education met yesterday and ordered elimination of transportation and dormitory fees in local public schools. These items cost residents about $4 000 annually. Exceptions may be made when affidavits from parents show attendance is impossible without such fees. Currently a $10 monthly transportation allowance is paid to students living beyond four miles and to dormitory and high school students from outside the city who must reside here to attend school.
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Board of Education
Clark County
Legion Drum Corps to Broadcast on KGIX Friday
Las Vegas post American Legion drum and bugle corps will air on KGIX Friday from 8 to 9 p.m. The 25 performers will begin with reveille and proceed through mess call assembly call and taps. Legion plans aim to send the local unit to the national convention in Portland Oregon next September. Nevada leads in new members among 48 states in the drive.
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Las Vegas
The
American Legion
KGIX
Legion
National Legion
Portland
Oregon
Nevada Legionnaires
Oregon City
Hearst Son Opposed in Divorce Suit
Alma W. Hearst files for divorce from William Randolph Hearst son of the publisher in Reno district court alleging extreme cruelty. The couple wed March 24, 1926 at Piedmont California and a property agreement reached out of court accompanies the complaint.
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Nother Hearst
Reno
U.P
Alma W. Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
Piedmont
Calif
Beer tax plan is again defeated in senate vote
The Senate rejected the 2.75 percent beer tax plan for revenue, 55 to 26, as part of the large revenue bill. Debate featured Hiram Bingham arguing for substitution of beer tax and Borah clashing over prohibition effects, with gallery uproar prompting Vice President Curtis to intervene.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press Staff
Washington, Me
Senate Today
Treasury
Hiram Bingham
Conn
Idaho
Curtis
Connecticut
Washington
Borah
Bingham
Senate
Barbour
Bing
N. JG
Daham
Blaine
Hebert
R. Johnson
Kean
Pollette Metcalf
Moses
N. H
Nevada
Reed
Vas
Schall
Shortridge
Calif
Walcott
Broussard
Bulkley
Bulow
Dai Coolidge
Mess
Cope Hawes
Lewis
Tydings
Dak
Norris
Near
N . di Robinson
Ind
Smoot
Utah
Steiner
Ore
Thomas
Townsend
Del
Vandenberg
Mich
Watson
White
Ashurst
Ariz
Bailey
N. C
Bankheas
Ala
Barkley
Bratton
N. Mex
Burns
Proclamation Sets Poppy Day in Las Vegas May 28 1932
The mayor of Las Vegas Nevada proclaims Saturday May 28 1932 Official Poppy Day for the American Legion Las Vegas Post and Auxiliary. Memorial poppies are made by disabled veterans in U S hospitals and proceeds aid disabled veterans rehabilitation and child welfare. Citizens urged to donate. Witness dated May 25 1932.
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Las Vegas
Nevada
American Legion
Las Vegas Post
American Legion Auxiliary
United States Veterans
Clark County
Former Texas Cow Puncher Heads For Japan Flight
Seattle May 25 Nathanj Browne a former Texas rodeo rider plans a dawn takeoff between 7 and 8 a m for a non stop flight to Tokyo if weather allows The Lone Star aircraft carries 250 gallons of gas for a 5 000 mile crossing Browne awaits favorable winds at Boeing Field to lift off despite recent low pressure over the Bering Sea and Dutch Harbor Alaska delaying departure
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Seattle
Nathanj
Browne
Cate
Texas
Lone Star
North Pacific
Tokio
New York
Bering Sea
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Boeing Field
Plane Crash Near San Pedro Claims Navy Crew
May 25 reports say a plane tore apart during a power dive off San Pedro California. Navy pilots A T Meade and D T Ferber were missing presumed dead while D W Henderle survived after parachuting into the Pacific. Destroyer Crowninshield searched three miles off Coronado for wreckage as only wing fragments were found.
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San Pedro
Calif
Navy
Pacific
San Joaquin
D. W. Henderle
A. T. Meade
Coronado
D. T. Ferber
Spokane
Wash
Crowninshield
Lexington
Veterans on the road to Washington seek bonus passage
The 380 Pacific coast veterans, riding ticketless freight and aided by Indiana Governor Harry G. Leslie, receive 24 National Guard trucks to reach the Ohio line. The group aims to lobby President Hoover for soldier bonus bills as Baltimore and Ohio officials prepare injunctions to halt the march.
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Leland Wv. Chesley
United Press
Washington, D. C
Washington
Ind
UPI
Pacific Coast
Indiana
National Guard
Ohio Line
Indianapolis
Tilisois National Guard
Hoover
Harry G. Leslie
Army
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B. and O
East St. Louis
National
Bland
C. W. Galloway
Mississippi River
W. W. Waters
Portland, Ore
Ruth Perryman Leads Legion Queen Contest Charge
Ruth Perryman, five feet five inches, holds a 14 000 vote lead over Princess Rose Marie who has 13 800 in a heated Legion convention queen contest. Mary Lindsay, Dixie Lands, Marguerite Stewart, Pauline Smith and Ethel Corey follow with 11 000 10 000 9 900 and 8 000 votes respectively. Lindsay recently gained ground. Perryman came to Las Vegas from Kansas City after winning a bathing beauty title and previously represented Jefferson City Missouri in a 1928 Galveston pageant.
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Ruth Perryman
Princess Rose Marie
Apache Hotel
Mary Lindsay
Boulder City
Dixie Landis
Marguerite Stewart
Pauline Smith
Ethel Corey
Miss Lindsay
Las Vegas
Kansas City
Jefferson City
Missouri
Galveston
Texas
New Officers Elected for ITU Local 93 in Las Vegas
International Typographical Union Local No. 93 elected Henry F. Hayes as president George E. Tompkins as vice president Charles D. Keeler as secretary treasurer B E Worley as recording secretary and A L Brackett as sergeant at arms Delegates to the central labor council named B M Smith and B E Worley Hayes named to represent the local at the national ITU convention in Long Beach Cal September 12 Keele elected alternate.
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International Typographical Union Local No. 93
Henry F. Hayes
George E. Tompkins
Charles D. Keeler
B. E. Worley
A. L. Brackett
Central Labor Council
Ef B. M. Smith
Hayes
The
Long Beach
Cal
Charles D. Keele
Fr O Grady to Visit Ireland on Four Month Trip
The Reverend Father O Grady, priest of Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church, will travel to Ireland for four months to visit his aged mother in Tipperary and attend the Eucharist Congress in Dublin. Also arriving in town were La Preale and Junior Jeffs of Caliente to visit friends.
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Father O'Grady
Tipperary
Ireland
Dublin
la Preale
Junior Jeffs
Caliente
Cooties Prep Second Degree Initiation Tonight
Fifteen veterans will undergo the second degree of the Military Order of Cooties in an Eagles hall gala at 6 p m next Tuesday Adjutant Don Borax reports Officers in full regalia will conduct the ceremony including Victor Luke R E Robinson H K Massie W P Imlay Dr F R Mildren A J Rafael Earl Mosier A Simon Guy Halloway S Loo mis Glen Frazier Charles Holman Ed Wasserbach Ted Morris and Albert Duffll.
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Don Borax
Eagles Hall
Victor Luke
R. E. Robinson
H. K. Massie
W. P. Imlay
Dr. F. R. Mildren
A. J. Rafael
Earl Mosier
A Simon
Guy Halloway
5. J. Loomis
Glen Frazier
Charles Holman
Ed Wasserbach
Ted Morris
Albert Duffll
Girl Sought After Crash Near Snoqualmie Pass
Seattle May 25 Lily W Reed New York aviatrix vanished after a report of a mystery plane crash near Snoqualmie pass authorities feared she piloted the craft W W Connor head of the international aeronautic association said he had a letter from the pilot claiming a nonstop Seattle to Tokio flight she expected to reach Seattle Thursday or Friday suspicion also cast on rum running plane tailwinds and unverified wreckage reports lingered
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Seattle
U.p.airways of
West
Lily W. Reed
New York
Aviatrix
Snoqualmie Pass
W. W. Connor
International Aeronautic Association
Tokio
Boulder City Raids Target Bootlegging Establishments
Chief Glen E Bodell and a raiding squad conducted raids on four alleged bootlegging venues near Boulder City. They arrested N M Cranston alias Norman Barker at the Porch Shack and seized 146 bottles of beer and nearly a gallon of whiskey. A second site on the Nelson highway yielded Joe Bagley and 142 beer bottles with a bit more than a gallon of spirits. At a third location near Las Vegas they seized 246 beer bottles and one pint of whiskey, arresting Louis Keller. Albert Little was later arrested for driving while intoxicated. The four prisoners are slated for arraignment before U S Commissioner W J Flowers. The raids aim to shut down all resorts on government property and withdraw lands.
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Glen E. Bodell
Boulder City
Stringfellow
Jensen
Noll, Heddy
Bellas
Bodell
Boulder City Highway
N. M. Cranston
Norman Barker
New Place
Nelson Highway
Joe Bagley
Las Vegas
Boulder Highway
Louis Keller
Albert Little
U. S
W. J Flowers
United States Prohibition
Wage Rate On Hoover Raks LVP Q Set Aid Of Pres
Post Office Department advices set June 28 bid opening in Washington for Las Vegas Post Office labor and materials. Sealed bids in duplicate with $25 plan deposit. wage rate for laborers and mechanics noted. Hoover press conference with 38 editors seeks economic relief ideas.
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Hoover
Post Office Department
Washington
United States Post Office
Las Vegas
Treasury Department
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Chinese Nineteenth Route Army Transferred to Fukien Province
The Chinese Nineteenth Route Army, which halted the Japanese offensive on Shanghai and bore the brunt of subsequent fighting, is ordered transferred to Fukien province. It will begin evacuating the Shanghai Nanking railway area May 28, with the Fifth Army replacing it. Reports of a 10,000 bandit force near Tientsin-Pukow spur speculation. Chiang Kai-shek will go to Hankow to organize an expedition to suppress the bandits.
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Nanking
Uri
Nineteenth Route Army
Shanghai
Pukien Province
Shanghai-Nanking
Fifth Army
Changpaling
Tientsin-Pukow
Tansfer
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hankow
Orde
House Takes Up Steagall Bill To Guarantee Bank Deposits
Washington May 25 The House began considering the 1 billion dollar Steagall bill to insure deposits in all banks affiliated with the federal reserve system. Sponsored by Democrat Henry B Steagall the measure aims to restore public confidence by protecting depositors against loss. Mr and Mrs R A Grondberg and two children left for Alberta Canada to spend the summer with relatives.
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Washington
House
Steagall
Federal Reserve System
Henry B. Steagall
Banking and Currency Committee
R. A. Grondberg
Alberta
Canada
Relativ
New Race Of Prehistoric Man Found In Palestine Caves
London reports Sir Arthur Keith announced the discovery of an entire family of prehistoric humans in caves near Mount Carmel in southern Palestine. Theodore McCown, leader of the joint British and American archaeological expedition, says remains date from 40 000 to 50 000 years ago.
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Palestine
London
Arthur Keith
Arthur
Theodore McCown
Kidnap Hunt Continues for Lindbergh Baby Slayers
Hopewell New Jersey May 25 A large police force presses on to identify and arrest the Lindbergh baby abductors. Dr John R Condon Lindberghs negotiator remains at Becket Massachusetts in a fishing camp and has given two interviews. He appeals to the Norwegian named John who took the ransom and to his former students to aid in the search.
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Hopewell
N. J
U.P
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
John R. Condon
Lindbergh
Jassie
Becket
Mass
John
Comedian Loses His Spare Parts
Hollywood reports film star W. Pi Joe E. Brown recovering at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after triple operation. Doctors Nelson and Young removed tonsils and appendix and treated a heel infection from an old injury. Surgeons said the tonsillectomy was easy.
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Hollywood
W.pi
Joe E. Brown
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
C. S. Nelson
James Young
Attorney Freed on Kidnap Count in Chicago Trial
A Chicago jury found Ward Swalwell, former assistant state's attorney, not guilty of kidnapping for ransom of Dr. Max Gecht and his wife Georgia. The verdict followed testimony detailing the alleged abduction and ransom demands in the case.
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Chicago
U.R
Ward Swalwell
Max Gecht
Georgia
Nescela
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Vegas
FR. O'Grady
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