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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1931
Page
2
The Age thanks retiring Las Vegas mayor Fred Hesse and commissioner Otis Smith for years of public service and expresses appreciation for their unselfish work. The paper congratulates them on moving back to private life and acknowledges the challenges of office.
The excerpt outlines the arrival of Mayor Ernie Cragin and Commissioners Mundy German Hansell and Thomas. It notes Mundy's proven record, Germans reelection, and the new mayor's lack of prior office experience but business training and city familiarity. It urges patience and bipartisanship with hope for loyal public support.
Washington bystander notes Senator Fess may retain indefinite chairmanship as Hoover era party talks swirl. Lucas runs committee. potential replacements Hurley or Brown eyed for permanent post while Curtis weighs Senate bid versus VP path. Convention likely in Illinois Ohio or Indiana, not San Francisco.
In Glasgow on May 30 a new Cunarder, unnamed yet, rises behind shipyard walls as a 73 000 ton liner in testing at John Brown yards. Expected maiden voyage to New York in October 1933 with 5000 passengers, nine decks, roof garden, and a target speed of at least thirty knots costing about 30 million dollars.
Berliners reel as taxes surge under Bruening era policy. The piece highlights high municipal and federal levies, beer head taxes that spurred thrifty tricks to dodge, a new beverage tax, and other fees such as a motorboat tax and riding-horse levy, threatening daily life.
RECORD TOBACCO STOCKS RALEIGH N C May 30 7 E Y Floyd tobacco specialists report the season's sale of 560000000 pounds of flue cured tobacco in North Carolina and buyers may store the largest crop on record. Elsie Titus finds a posthumous bank draft in her late husband s trunk.
A prominent New York club nears insolvency as members fail to repay dues while ticker updates on stocks and race results draw most members. A group gambles 50 cents each to reach 5 dollars to bet on a pony. humorists and readers fill out a lively but ironic scene with figures like Sherwood and McGraw mentioned among others.
Attorneys sue Fiorito Brothers for $60,000 after a truck collision killed Edward Schieck. They contend Edna and Pred Schieck, his heirs, value education at that amount as part of their claim.
Fragmentary text indicates a victim’s family seeking compensation for loss of college education after a father’s death. Names appear as Fdnas 19 and Pred 16, suggesting ages. the message echoes a demand for restitution tied to schooling deprivation.
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