Las Vegas Prepares 100-Ton Flotation Mill at Potosi
Foster and Thomas advance a 100 ton flotation mill at Potosi mine with half equipment on site and air gear due Monday. The plant aims to run by June using selective flotation, may expand with water supply. Dr. O D Thomas reports ore contracts enough for years, with Evans joining as field chemist in charge of assays. Las Vegas seen as a central non metallic hub aided by Boulder Dam power, with ore within 100 miles to be milled locally to boost district productivity.
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Foster & Thomas
Potosi
Los Angeles
Western Machinery Company
O. D. Thomas
Thomas
James Rittenhouse Evans
Bureau of Mines
San Diego
Imperial
California
Las Vegas
Boulder Canon Dam
Foster
Union Pacific
Ham and Taylor to occupy three-room suite in Mesquite Building
The firm of Ham and Taylor plans a three-room suite in the Mesquite building late this week. Miss Strauss will serve as secretary in the former county surveyor’s office room, joined to two other rooms to be occupied by A. W. Ham and Ryland G. Taylor.
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Ham Ane Taylor
Mesquite
Miss Strauss
County Surveyor's Office
A. W. Ham
Ryland G. Taylor
Beverly Hills C C to Fete Will Rogers
Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce plans a Back Home banquet June 8 to honor Will Rogers who arrives June 7. He will begin Fox Muntone production They Had to See Paris based on Homer Cray novel. John McCormack and Lenore Ulric are signed to appear for Fox Moxietone.
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Hollywood
Will Rogers
Beverly Hills
Fox-Moxietone
39 Room Hotel Finished Soon
The 39 room two story Mc Donald hotel at 209 211 North Fifth will open soon after June 1. A H Mc Donald of Los Angeles will run the hotel personally. The 116 by 60 foot frame and stucco building costs about 600 000 or 65 000 and is steam heated with modern plumbing. Construction began March 14 under A S O'Neil Construction Co of Los Angeles.
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North Fifth
A. H. McDonald
Roosevelt Hotel
Twenty-seventh
Hill
Los Angeles
A. S. O'Neil
Eompany of
Guy Welch
Las Vegas
Boulder Dam
Alward Leaves for Australia After San Francisco Stop
Fred S. Alward of Las Vegas plans to depart today or tomorrow for San Francisco en route to Sydney Australia. The departure depends on finalizing legal affairs here. He was called to Australia due to a relative's death, and will assist in settling the estate.
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Fred S. Alward
Las Vegas
San Francisco
Sydney
Australia
Alward
New Post Office Equipment Arrives in Las Vegas
A carload of post office boxes and new equipment arrived in Las Vegas yesterday for the new post office at First and Carson. It will be occupied beginning June 1. Installation of the equipment and other fixtures will start today, said Postmaster Robert B. Griffith.
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Las Vegas
Firt and
Carson
Robert B. Griffith
Lad Overcomes Handicap to Achieve High School Honor
Howard McMullen, an orphan from Oklahoma, worked his way through high school here without aid while holding jobs and playing sports. He endured an appendectomy during midterm and still finished the term on the honor roll. A benefit dance raised over a hundred dollars to support him as he plans to graduate next year and pursue a coaching career.
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Howard McMullen
McMullen
McMulen
Goten
Oklahoma
Howard
Cook
Howerd
Foundation For New Sullivan Building Begins
P. J. Sullivan starts pouring cement today for a one story five store building beside the new post office on First and Carson. The 100 by 70 foot structure, with space for future growth, is to be occupied by leases yet to be signed including a drug store delicatessen and barber shop. Leo McNamee will manage leasing and John H. Sullivan of Glendale handles the architecture.
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P. J. Sullivan
Post Office
First
Carson
Sullivan
Carson Street
P. O
First Street
Aposto
Leo McNamee
John H. Sullivan
Glendale
California
County Jail Shaves Inmate Roster With House Cleaning
The county jail performed a Sunday house cleaning removing several prisoners to free space. E Moreno, jailed for assault with intent to kill A Mena, is sent for 1 to 2 years to state prison in the Black Maria. McCormack and J T McCormack head to Carson City after custody. Erma Pace is sent to the Nevada State Industrial School in Ogden Utah for theft attempts. Fred Rumph released on bond faces federal liquor charges. Mojave desert alkali lakes offer a cement substitute for sealing oil wells.
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R. G. McCubrey
McCubrey
E. Moreno
A. Mena
E. Smithson
Carson City
McCormack
Carson
J. T. McCormack
U. S. Marshall
W. L. Lewis
Erma Pace
Nevada State Industrial School
Las Vegas
Ogden
Utah
Frederick Davis
Nevada
Pace
District Court
Fred Rumph
Cactus Club
New Style Fraud Hits Las Vegas Area
Mrs. H. M. Delkin, a Las Vegas jeweler, reports a new style of fraud using phony notices from the United States Credit Bureau. About twenty misaddressed accounts demanded payments, though Delkin runs a cash business and never placed accounts with a collection agency. The bureau apologized and will notify those misled while continuing investigations.
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H. M. Delkin
Frac
Mrs. Delkin
Carr
Anne Morrow Lindbergh wed in quiet Englewood ceremony
Miss Anne Morrow and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh were married at 4 p m today at the Morrow home in Englewood New Jersey. The ceremony was attended only by close family with no bridesmaid or best man. The couple left for an undisclosed honeymoon destination by motor car.
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Englewood
N. J
Anne Morrow
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ceremny
Morrows
Ambassador Morrow
Mexico City
Lindbergh
North Haven
Marital Plea Seeks Nullity in Guardian Filed Papers
Eva May Grieves seeks a decree of divorce from William Oswald Grier citing cruelty. The couple married at Round Mountain on May 16 and Eva May Grieves, through guardian Mrs. Frank Bonucci, filed for nullity yesterday. Naval aviation notes claim 2,000 carrier takeoffs from Lexington and Saratoga without incident.
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Francis Abear
Frank Bonucci
Harmon and Salter
Grieves
William Oswald Grier
Eva May Grieves
Round Mountain
Richard Busteed
Naval
Lexington
Saratoga
Marriage Licenses Set Monthly Record in California
California records show 37 marriage licenses issued this month with three days left, surpassing the prior 36. On Saturday six couples received licenses in Los Angeles, Wilmington, San Pedro, and other cities, including Joseph Derusha with Kate Dodds and Foster Calvin Rice with Barbara Brown, among others.
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California
Las
Joseph Derusha
Kate Dodds
Angeles
Russel Willard
Margaret A. Kaetamper
Los Angeles
Foster Calvin Rice
Wimington
Barbara Brown
Olive Eldora Siddall
Santa Monica
Jefferson D. Peeden
Redlands
Juanita V. Allumbaugh
Edward A. Davis
Frieda Werder
Glendale
Fisher Proposes Hundred Foot Charleston Boulevard Width
M J C Fisher of St Louis writes from Hollywood urging Charleston Boulevard be widened to 100 feet. He recalls early 60 foot attempts, notes county and city planning history, and offers to contribute 50 feet if others follow. He asks Ferron of the Planning Commission to publish the letter.
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M. J. C. Fisher
St. Louis
Hollywood
Charleston Boulevard
C. J. van Pelt
City Planning Commission
la Vegas
Ferron
Planning Commission
Time Changes For Passenger Trains In Las Vegas
Officials announce June 9 timetable changes for five of eight Las Vegas stops. Westbound arrivals shift to 3 50 a m and 5 p m. eastbound arrivals adjust to 5 10 a m 9 25 p m and 11 a m. Some trains incur fare changes and diner arrangements vary by train.
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Las Vegas
Union
Los Angeles
A. J.kins
Thich
High Hope Expressed For Mill's Appeal
Lawyer Frame of Frame and Rafella states that the appeal of Charlie Mills may reverse the local jury ruling. No Supreme Court word yet on the Nevada case. Frame and Wells partner in the case express optimism.
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Charlie Mills
Supreme Court of Nevada
Lawy Frame
Frame and Rafella
Rens
T. A. Wells
Northeast Johnson to spend summer at Tahoe
Nevada photographer Northeast Johnson, who arrived in Las Vegas in 1929 and has lived there most of the time since, will spend the summer at his Lake Tahoe resort. He plans to return to Las Vegas after the season and set up a permanent base there for contact. Johnson has covered every Nevada gold mining boom since youth.
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N. E
Johnson
Nevada
Las Vegas
Boulder Dam
Stav
Lake Tahoe
Theummer
Rarin
Baptist Convention Speaker C B Sloan To Attend Denver Meet
Rev C B Sloan of the Baptist church is chosen as a speaker among about five thousand delegates. He will depart Las Vegas around June 12 for the Northern Baptist convention in Denver June 15 to 20. The event draws about ten thousand attendees. The Baptist Young People Union plans a service here on June 16. Sloan recently returned from Fallen with Mrs Sloan and others after attending the Nevada Sierra convention May 17 to 19.
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Sloan
The
Baptist Church
Las Vegas
Northern Baptist Convention
Denver
Maine
Pacific Coast
Baptist Young Peoples Union of the Church
Fallen
A. T. Stone
W. A. McGriff
Prominent Seattle Party Visits Las Vegas Real Estate Prospects
A Seattle party led by Jess M. Humphrey landed at Las Vegas Airport after a westbound trip via Portland and Sacramento. They toured Lorenzi Lake, viewed the valley, shot motion pictures, and visited Black Canyon dam site. The group plans Las Vegas real estate investments and residential development partnerships.
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Las Vegas
Seattle
Vegas
Jess M. Humphrey
N. T. Syward
A. P. Casey
J. H. Stine
C. C. Tuppen
Ryan Brougham
Portland
Medford
Oregon
Sacramento
Bakersfield
Lorenzi Lake
Colorado River
Black Canyon Dam
Humphrey
Bear
Ird
Nevadan George D. Smith Named Hotel Merger Director
George D. Smith, a prominent Nevadan, is appointed director of a San Francisco hotel combine including the new Mark Hopkins and the old Fairmont. Smith previously served as secretary to the late Governor Boyle and later chaired the Nevada industrial commission.
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Reno. Ny
George D. Smith
San Francisco
Mark Hopkins
Fairmont Smith
United Comstock Mines
Boyle
Nevada Industrial Commission
Eyes of Vegas on Harmon as Case Is Studied
Las Vegas awaits District Attorney Harley A. Harmon as investigators probe A. A. Hinman over a compromising encounter with a woman from the red light district. Authorities scrutinize the Clark Building meeting room and the liquor bottle scene amid claims of assault and impropriety. Harmon's forthcoming statement could dictate charges or lack thereof.
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Vegas
Harmon
Court House
Harley A. Harmon
Las Vegas
A. A. Hinman
Red Light District
List
Percy Nash
Tom Ginnocio
Hinman
Clark Building
Post Office Box Changes Announced at New Office
Postmaster Robert B. Griffith announces new post office boxes at the relocated facility on First and Carson Streets. The modern key locking boxes will allow up to three boxes per rent, with 815 boxes numbered progressively. Mail posted by 8 15 p m will go out that night, while boxes after six will not hold, prompting extended delivery.
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Robert B. Griffith
First
Carson Strets
San Francisco
Post Office
Griffith
Secion
Boulder Dam Letter Address Confusion and Post Office Clues
A jumble of letters and misaddressed mail circulates around Boulder Dam era mail routes. Names like Steam Shovel Boss and Construction Foreman appear with addresses in Las Vegas Nevada and California signals, while Midland Texas and other towns show this misplaced correspondence.
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Boulder Dam
Boulder
Griffith
Sam
Las Vegas
Chief Cook
Structural Iron
Los Angeles
California
Colorado
Arizona
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McDonald Hotel
New Sullivan
State Prison
Mohave Desert
Ann Morrow and
Fisher
Charleston Blvd
C. Fisher
Clark
Board of County Commissioners
L. A
Pacific Coast Lmited
Pacific Coast Limited
Gold Coast
Continental Limited
Utah Express
Nuin
Pac C'st Lim
A. Lim
Lim
Pac. C'st Lim
Lin
Mill
Tahoe
Rev. Sloan Baptist Convention
N. W. Metropolis
Hanman
Bannoce
Reno
Midland
Texas
Fred Wilson
New Mexico
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