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:Airmail: Nr. 1. VippfMht: Loa Angeles-duly 6 , lflt P. R 7Slez x>- H . E . D . vv<? - . JUL 7 1942 <1 Ktftrrlai to your letter of June 27th, file A which has reference te n t o u m d i U i t a — it la my letter of June 10 th. With referent# to paragraph* ea they appear in /ow­let ter, X nbelt the following: (a ) Population Lae Vegas from 19)0 to date varied far following reasons: ft 19)1 - Attraction principally* gambling, divorcee, — rrlage* and during 1923-30 anticipation of Boulder 0— 1. I93I ta 1936 - Construction af Boulder A— » which oaueed a large influx* increasing population rapidly from 1 9 )1 ta 1993* re— hlwg peak in 193* and 19 35*. end decreasing slowly ta 193&* 193* t« 19*1 . widely advertieed Boulder B— * to­gether with local attr— tie— * brought about steady increase. 19*1 - Activity af Basle Nagnati— started in May and occasioned in— diet# influx. Con*truetion started in September. From that — nth ta pres­ent ti— — play— Basle Cos treat— aatn d psroeng rtersese etdo rrsa pfiodr lyh*o uwsiitnhg pirvoejleyc tisn carneda sbi—ngi pna—yraa l—ls t.a bllIenhfalauaxt ei t pcroongtriensus­­ing at thic ti— * but payroll and population appear# near peak. la 1931* at inception of Boulder B— boon, 20% wvoaucladn crye parleleoewa atn aef awiars avaegrraegeed vuapcoann acty eav aear— porratneid— aft hyaeta re, — d v— continued — til April af thic year. After the Auditor's check in April bills ware rendered ta e— h f— ill ctoiuesr t ino p—er xaltnar—e vainag—orto usprley spcrreitbeesdt ebdy, Oeanndi icionieM .h aveA utnoo t — yet remitted. June 9*th* ante court and hotel operators — Id a nesting ta discuse — tiers af interest, prlaclpallr, — are advised* the charge for util1 tie#* 1 . a.» electricity and water. The id— wee ad— ad that auto courts are in the — class — hotels and should bn — corded the ca­ret— . (1)