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SOUTHERN NEVADA'S LEADING^ READ TODAY'S NEWS DAILY TODAY VOL. XXVIII. NO. 147 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1936 Member United Press FIVE CENTS A COPY Member United Press Washington Merry Go-Round By Brew Pearson and ROBERT S. ALLEN J Serious RESERVESUPPLf IN RESERVOIR IS BEING DRAINED,! OFFICIALS SAY! f Democrats hope to w n e i Borah-GOP rift- by meeting ms platform ideas; their re^arda- ’ ers' elaim Landon once declared self, favoring inflation^ “Dem­ocracy and OnportuiW/ty” looks to be Roosevelt’s campaign slo­gan; economists pr/dict indus- . try slump while retail trade ? rides bonus boom. WASHINGTON, June ? 22.—The shadow of Senator Bill Borah is looming. as Jarge over the demo- - eratie platform as it did bver the republican.' Framers of the new deal declaration are going to great pains to meet,, his views on monopoly, currency and foreign affairs, subjects he is particularly-interested' in. The republican plank• on monopoly falls 'fa r ' short of Borah’s demands, arid Governor Landon’S pro-gold standard declaration deeply of-; fended him. Democratic strate­gists are proceeding on the theory that if they adopt planks on these j subjects in line with Borah's ideas, they w ill, eliminate' any: likelihood of peace being patched up be­tween him and the republican nominee. . . . G-boss J.,'Edgar, Hoover is a rabid baseball fan. He rarely misses a game in the government league series, in bureau’s team has iisen a leader for several years. Shortage Later in Summer Is P r e d i c t e d Unless W aste Is Halted COOPERATION ASKED Special Checker Is Put to W ork Today to Check W ater Leaks A serious water shortage is facing the city of Las Vegas, it was revealed today by of­ficials of the Las Vegas Land and Water company and all precautions must be taken to curb all possible waste of water if the reserve on hand is to be maintained for an emergency... ... There' has been an abnor­mal drain on the reserve sup­ply stored in the water reser­voir. Before embarking on his active campaign Governor Landon , will spend several weeks vacationing at Eagle Lodge, near Taos, New Mexico. : according to officials of the water company, Who said this morning that measure­ments showed only five feet of water in the reservoir when the normal stand is 11 feet. Prompt action is being taken to prevent the possibility' of .a seri­ous water shortage later in the summer season and the pump in the railroad yards is being oper­ated continuously, day and night, delivering more than a million i gallons of water per day to the city mains, in addition to the regular supply from the well and springs. A SPECIAL checker was plac­ed on duty today, patrolling the ' Florida cities have jumped ahead ip ,“air-mindedness.” The works progress administration re­ports that 46 Florida cities are building or. improving airports frith the aid of WPA funds. . . . The secretary of Senator Freder­ick Steiwer, republican keynoter, is the wife of one of Harry Hop­kins’ ace' investigators The cou­ple make it a rule : never to talk politics at home. . . . The demo­cratic managers of the Philadel­phia convention could take a pointer from Colonel Frank Knox on hoy to equip campaign head- j quarters. At Cleveland, Knox in-I stalled a piano in his headquar- l tors and employed a relay of musicians - to produce a constant 1 si ream of soothing - music. It $50 for violations. : The water company officials pointed out that there is no im­mediate danger of, a water short­age but if the present hot. spell continues and the drain on the reserve supply is constant, then, by the end of the summer there is apt to be no reserve supply left and a serious condition might arise. IT WAS pointed out that ap­proximately 5,000,000 gallons, of water is being consumed each day by the residents of the . com­munity, more than 500 .gallons; per resident, and that a t ; .least 20 per cenf of this amount is being wasted, through leaky taps and other ways which can. be curtailed. A 20 per cent reduc­tion in the consumption of water in the city would give the reserve supply a chance to build up and both the water company officials; and the city commissioners £tre anxioqs that the residents coop- j eratefo -. con.serve ..the water, f / George S. Green of Reno, Dies Today .RENO, June 22. (U F)—G.eoifge S. Green, attorney and. form&r I president of the lYashoe. county5^, bar association, died here todayf following, a lengthy illness. Green, who is survived by his | Widow, Emma, and one son, George Jr., was a prominent member of the republican party and belonged to the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. Funeral services, have not been arranged as yet. ; RENO, June 22. (UP) — An autopsy was ordered today in determine the cause of the death of Tom C. Cairns, 79, wealthy ec­centric gun collector, who was found dead at his home under mysterious circumstances. The body was found under the dresser, which was toppled over on his body. Coroner James E. Sullivan said there AUNT HET . .. - was a pos­sibility of foul play. It was believed that Cairns had been dead about nine days.. Doc­tors said that he might have had a dizzy spell or a heart attack and fallen against the dresser, causing the appearance of foul MARKET REPORT Dow-Jqnes — Industrial, 159.13, up 1.92; rails, 49.18, up 0.62; utili­ties, 33.30, up 0.47. Lead: New York, 4.60 to 4.65; East St. Louis, 4.45. Zinc: New York, 5.22 % to 5.27%; East St. Louis, 4.85 to 4,90, “Jane never helps us do anything.. She likes to look on and think how much bet­ter she could do it and feel superior to us when we blunder.”