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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1938
Page
7
The piece argues the Las Vegas vice trade is license regulated with city county and state proceeds, while Los Angeles operates a payoff system with politicians receiving money. It questions recent cleanups and notes widespread gambling and police protection, suggesting long-standing practice.
Last Sunday’s Los Angeles Examiner front page highlighted Boulder City Las Vegas and the dam section. The free publicity from the west’s big papers is priceless for the region and especially Las Vegas.
City authorities push forward with street and sidewalk work in crowded areas. Property owners now charged for walks curbs and related improvements, ending years of pedestrian mud and dust.
A Las Vegas observer notes three weeks more of snow on shaded mountain slopes near Deer Creek. The 9000 foot high playground, one hour from Las Vegas, promises a popular summer section once a new road opens for travel.
The piece notes the arrival of hot weather and predicts tourist trade will double in the next two weeks, arguing the hot period will be worthwhile for the season. It frames the warm spell as normal and beneficial for local business.
A columnist laments ongoing changes to downtown Los Angeles as historic buildings such as the Auditorium and Pacific Mutual shift to modern designs. The piece notes loss of character from renovations tied to higher rents, with later mentions of the Times building and long-remembered landmarks fading into memory.
The Los Angeles Civic Center advances in modern style as the Federal Building and City Hall anchor a developing landscape. Towers flank County Hall of Justice and State Building while the County Court House project reshapes the area and the old Hall of Records is demolished.
The Biltmore in Los Angeles remains a bustling hub where travelers from many nations meet. The hotel offers diverse entertainment and accommodations priced to suit all budgets from lavish to modest, attracting spendthrifts and frugal travelers alike.
Mrs C C Boggs and C P Squires were honor guests at a dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs W E Ferr on Sunday evening for their birthday anniversary. The table centerpiece featured pink roses and other guests included Mr and Mrs Will Beckley and Miss Virginia, Mrs C P Squires, Mr O C Boggs, Miss Shirley Ferron and the hosts.
Mrs Sam Lawson and Miss Dalton Buck hosted a Sunday morning breakfast at Charleston Park Lodge in Sune day honoring Mrs Richard Donnelly of Wichita Kansas. Guests included Mesdames R W Martin O W Yates C W Pierce R C Pierson Evalyn Jordan and Misses Marie Martin Jane Kramer Frances Kramer Florence Lee Jones Frances McNamee Pauline Honrath Shirley Ferron and Virginia Beckley.
Over 330000 entertainment programs are planned for the 1939 World’s Fair of the West on Treasure Island. A lar's contest and a hog calling contest are among the events scheduled for the fair.
Audiences traveling to the Cavalcade of the Golden West at the 1939 World's Fair will pass beneath a shimmering curtain of chromium that rises 140 feet high, creating a striking gateway to the spectacle.
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