Nevada Bank Bandit Captured After Hiding In Cabin
Nevada bank robber Robert Weaver, tracked from Sparks, hole up in a Washoe Hills cabin, defies officers with a gun and is wounded as tear gas is deployed. He surrenders as deputies close in, carrying about $400 in loot and faces Washoe jail.
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Nevada
Reno
Sparks
Here
Robert Weaver
Hills Weaver
Sacramento
Russell Crathen
Weaver
Fred Morris
Dudley Boyle
Carson City
Virginia City
Boyle
Rail Men Seek Law On Bus Lines For Safety
Washington May 28 The survey by Milton W Harrison president of the security owners association outlines proposals by railroad executives to press for legislation regulating motor trucks and buses. The confidential digest summarizes February questions and omits executive names due to its sensitive nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Milton W. Harrison
New York
Security Owners’ Association
United Press
Aire
Nevada and Hunt urged mining conference on copper tariffs
In Phoenix on May 28 Gov Balzar of Nevada proposed a conference with Gov Hunt to revise and aid all mining industry aspects. Balzar said cooperation with Hunt and regional executives could help reach a solution to issues affecting mining including poor mining conditions.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Nevada
W. P. Hunt
Hunt
Sisbe
Govrnor Hunt
Aviator to Begin Solo Ocean Hop From Tachikawa
Tachikawa Japan May 28 Thomas Ash Jr plans a solo flight to Tacoma at seven in the morning. He says the monoplane is cumbersome and difficult to maneuver and Ruth Barron declines to accompany him stating he needs full power to lift the heavily fueled craft.
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Tachikawa
Japan
Thomas Ash, Jr
Tacoma
Ruth Barron
Ballonists Piccard Kipfer Claim Stratosphere Altitude Mark
In Solden Austria May 28 Professor Angus Piccard and physicist Charles Kipfer landed after a 24 hour flight that they say reached over 50 900 feet in the stratosphere near Ober Gurel Tyrol. The ascent lasted from Augsburg yesterday morning and was for cosmic ray research.
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Solden
Austria
Angus Piccard
Charles Kipfer
Ober Gurel
Tyrol
Picard
Augsbur
Piccard
Alps
Gas Rates to be Taken Up by State Board
Public Service Commissioner J P Shaughnessy will alter gas rate schedules as the city plans a new gas plant. Hearing invites attendance from those who can participate, noting gas pricing will gain importance once the plant is constructed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. PF. Shaughnessy
Sages Will Rogers and Alfalfa Bill Murray Meet in LA Event
Los Angeles May 28 WP Two noted sages Will Rogers known as the Sage of Claremont and Alfalfa Bill Murray governor of Oklahoma will greet each other Saturday in Sycamore Grove park at the Oklahoma state society reunion and picnic Murray arrives at noon and will appear Tuesday night with Governors Ralph of California and Balzar of Nevada at the Hollywood chapter Native Sons banquet Other guests include Mayor eta of Las Vegas Nevada
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Los Angeles
Sageyeush
Sycamore Grove Park
Will Rogers
Claremont
Bill Murray
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Society
Murray
Ralph
California
Balzar
Nevada
Hollywood
The
Native Sons of the Golden West
Eta
Las Vegas
Morals Trial Jury Forming in San Diego
In San Diego on May 28 twelve middle aged and elderly men were tentatively seated in the jury box at adjournment of the fourth session of the Pantass trial. Pantass, a multimillionaire showman, faces conspiracy and morals charges alongside three others. A new venire of twenty jurors was summoned for tomorrow as testimony is expected to begin before week’s end.
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San Diego
Alexander
Pantass
OFFICIAL RETURNS Officer Reman Heads Pacific Coast Bureau
Official returns show Capt Ha. Reman in charge of Pacific coast operations of the bureau, returning to Las Vegas yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HA. Reman
Departor Justice
Pacific Coast
Bureau
Las Vegas
Yester
Agents Raid Two Breweries Find Cache of Beer
Federal agents raided two Las Vegas area breweries along the old Los Angeles highway uncovering an elaborate setup with bottling lines racks and supplies. About four thousand bottles of beer and beer making equipment were destroyed. One man, G. W. Ostregen, was arrested then released and a second operator named Joe Ciren was identified. A smaller nearby brewery yielded thirty nine cases of beer destroyed with no arrests. Later officers found a five case cache at a Colorado Texaco station on South Fifth Street, with the owner not arrested.
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Fox Ranch
Las Vegas
Old
Los Ang Highway
Usu
G. W. Ostregen
Miles Fram
Joe Cireon
Crock Brewery
Colorado-Texaco
South Fifth Street
Boulder dam seen to benefit ranchers across far West
Cecil W. Creel of the Nevada extension service argues on a western radio hook up that Boulder dam will greatly aid ranchers and farmers by flood control land reclamation via pumping and expanded markets within 300 miles, boosting industry and farm outputs across Nevada and surrounding states. The discussion also notes Las Vegas and Boulder City development and the broader southwest economic impact.
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Nevada
Boulder Dam
Cecil W. Creel
Nevada Agricultural Extension Service
Creel
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Western Farm and Home Hour
Colorado River
Las Vegas Valley
Needies
Cal
Searchlight Valley
Amargosa
Indian Springs
Pahrump
Pahranagat
Marforec
Las Vegas
Boulder City
Nevasia
Southwest
Creil
Federal Board
Secretary of the Interior
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Arizona
Memorial Day Plans By Veterans Announced
War veterans announced Memorial Day observances in the city with a 9 am parade from the American Legion hall along Carson Street to Main and Fremont, then to the cemetery. The event includes color guards, multiple veterans groups, Elks, Masons, and civic clubs, with services at the Unknown Soldier grave and a flower scattering by local plane operators.
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American Legion
Carson Street
Main
Fremont
Dows
Color Guards
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legionnaires
Elks
Masons, Eagles
Knights of Pythias
Kiwanis
Rotary
R School
C. S. Reynolds
M. E. Church
Bryan Bunker
L. D. Church
J. D. Smith
McCabrey
Kelly and Lyon
Las Vegas
Flyers Break Flight Mark
Walter Lees and Frederick Bros set a new world non refueling endurance record in a Diesel motor monoplane. They landed on Jacksonville Beach at 7 20 p m EST after flying eighty four hours thirty three minutes, surpassing the previous Algerian trek by nine hours ten minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Walter Lees
Frederick Bros
Alort
Algeria
Two Are Fined in Justice Court
Bil Sutton pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly and was fined 25 dollars yesterday in municipal court by Judge Morse. D. Richards, charged with being drunk, received a 10 dollar fine. George Dell and George Mikles, picked up on vagrancy charges, were given hours to leave town.
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Bil Sutton
Morse
D. Richards
George Dell
George Mikles
It Girl at End of Film Career Says Movie Paper
New York May 28 The Motion Picture Daily will say Paramount Publix Corp is trying to buy Clara Bow s contract which still has about six months to run indicating no more pictures starring the famous It girl will be made by that company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Motion Picture Daily Tomorrow
Paramount Publix Corporation
Clara Bow
Vegas Girls Are Honored in State Essay Contest
Nell Price and Margaret McSeelley received honorable mention in the Edith Taylor Huffaker Memorial essay contest conducted by the Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs literature department for Nevada high school students. Fifty four essays were submitted from Carson City Las Vegas Elko Austin Manhattan Lovelock Reno Battle Mountain and Wells.
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Las Vegas
Nell Price
Margaret McSeelley
Edith Taylor Huffaker
Charles Priest
Department of Literature
Nevada Federation of Women's Club
Carson City
Elko
Austin
Manhattan
Lovelock
Reno
Battle Mountain
Wells
Double Murder Hearing in Los Angeles Underway
A Los Angeles double murder case enters a morning session with arguments set to begin at 9 o'clock. Plaintiff Miss Connolly and defendant Sullivan are central, as attorney teams for both sides present testimony and plan to go to juries.
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Los Angeles
Attorney Identified as Buyer of Gun in Crawford Case
In Los Angeles on May 28 a sporting goods clerk named David H. Clark was identified as the buyer of a 38 caliber revolver six days before the killings of political boss Charles Crawford and magazine editor Herbert Spencer. The gun, similar to the murder weapon, was entered as the state's first exhibit at the preliminary hearing where Patrolman David H. Post testified. Clark, a former deputy district attorney and municipal judge candidate, faced continued proceedings as Special Prosecutor Ford sought a two week continuance but was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connolly-Sullivan
A. W. Ham
Ryland G. Taylor
Leo McNamee
Frank R. VicNamee
Sullivan
Glaintiff
Sanford
Phoenix
Sawlaintiff
Miss Connolly
Park
Balboa Park
Los Angeles
Cal
David H. Clark
Charles Crawford
Herbert Spencer
William Harris
George Crawford
David H. Post
Clark
Post
Ford
Depuy
Crawford
Spenscer
Pasadena Rotary hears Foley and Shaughnessy speak
Walter R. Bracken chaired the Las Vegas Rotary Club meeting with guests including Pred Knickerbocker Frank R. McNamee Senator A S Henderson Commissioner J F Shaughnessy and Pasadena Rotarian Jim Foley. Foley shared life sketches and poems while Shaughnessy praised Las Vegas as southern Nevada’s future hub and complimented Union Pacific manager Knickerbocker on the Boulder City railroad.
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Walter R. Bracken
Las Vegas
Rotary Club
Pred Knickerbocker
Frank R. McNamee
A. S. Henderson
J. F. Shaughnessy
Jim Foley
Pasadena
Foley
West
Dakota
Grace of God
Lydia Pinkham
James J. Hill
Empire Builder
Hill
Georgia
Shaughnessy
Union Pacific
Boulder City
U S Bureau Of Reclamation Offices To Close On Memorial Day
The United States Bureau of Reclamation will close its local offices all day Saturday to observe Memorial Day. The holiday is one of seven observed for government employees. W Ham for the plaintiff Sullivan analyzed letters entered as exhibits and urged innocent interpretations of the paragraphs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Reclamation
W. Ham
Sullivan
Las Vegas Crash Injures Children at Fifth and Ogden
Two small children Geralde and Gerald Muckroy were injured yesterday afternoon in a crash at Fifth and Ogden streets. Muckroy drove a Chevrolet touring car north on Fifth, C Homes drove a Buick east on Ogden, and their collision sent the Muckroy vehicle into Ogden, overturning after striking the curb. The injuries were not considered serious.
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Fifth
Ogden Streets
Geralde
Gerald Muckroy
Bean Muckroy
Fifth Street
Muckroy
C_ Homes
Trav
Eling
Ogden
Anarchist Assassin Dies Before Mussolini Firing Squad
Michel Shirra an anarchist and naturalized American admitted to a tribunal he entered Italy on a U S passport to kill Premier Mussolini. He died at 4 27 a m shot by twelve Fascist militiamen in the courtyard of an old Rome fortress with a surrounding square of about one hundred onlookers.
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Rome
Michel Shirra
Italy
United States
Benito Mussolini
Racers Ready for Big Grind in Indianapolis Speed Classic
In Indianapolis on May 28, uP-Forty of the country’s fastest cars prepare to start the nine teenth American speed classic. Thirty-nine entrants will drive gasoline powered cars while one racer will run a Cummins diesel engine.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Power Parley Recessed After Dam Contract Talks
In Los Angeles on May 28 the power parley recessed after another day of discussions over the Boulder dam power contract between Los Angeles and surrounding municipalities. Six municipalities to receive power via Los Angeles lines and members of the water and power commission attended to work through distribution issues. The closed conference followed a previous session.
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Los Angeles
Boulder Dam
Los Angeles Water and Power Commission
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Einest Yockey
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Calif
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Yockey
Joe Mope
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Cragin
L. A
Ty’s
Demus
Supreme Court
Stevens
Carson
States
Case
Noom
Frances
Grimes, McCauley and
Davenport
Cit
Vegas
E. L. Munson
Ninth Corps
U. S. Army
U. S
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