Massacre Anniversary Highlights Bugs Moran Gang
On February 14, 1929, seven men including six Moran gang members and Dr. Rinehart Schwimmer were killed in the St Valentine’s Day massacre in a Chicago garage. A police squad car with fake officers carried out the hits, marking a pivotal moment in Capone era bootlegging feud. Frank Gusenberg died later in hospital, while others lay dead at the scene.
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Chicago
Scarface
al Capone
George
Bugs) Moran
Moran
Rinehart Schwimmer
Pete Gusenberg
Johnny May
James Clark
Adam Hyer
Albert Weinshank
Dr. Schwimmer
Frank Gusenberg
Pete
Indians face water risk amid land development plans
The Indians fear losing Colorado River water if lands are not developed. Government cultivation covers about 8,000 acres for the home Indians and 7,000 acres for colonists, with half of the program completed. Assistant Secretary Warne will join the Colorado River Basin Field committee meeting in Los Angeles March 2–3 to establish a permanent headquarters for Arizona operations.
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Nichols
Warne
Converging Paths of Science and Religion Offer Study
The piece explains science and religion sharing common ground through Christian Science. It invites public study at local Reading Rooms and offers a coupon for a $3 postpaid copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures in blue cloth Library Edition.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Gunmen Use Death Valley As Hideout
FBI agents and sheriff’s deputies pursue two young marines authorities say staged a second holdup near Tonopah on Sunday. Murray Cretz aged 19 from Brooklyn New York and Douglas E Bright 20 from Nederlang Texas fled west armed with sub machine guns after taking $100 from James Udal of Bishop California and commandeering Walter E Moore’s 1949 sedan near Tonopah Nevada. They left Patrice Ramirez’s car from Santa Paula behind.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Death Valley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sheriff
Murray Cretz
Brooklyn
N. Y
Douglas E. Bright
Nederlang
Tex
Tonopah
James Udal
Bishop
Walter E. Moore
Reno
Patrice Ramirez
Santa Paula
Calif
Arizona school costs surge with pay raises in decade
Education funding rose 225 percent from 1939-40 to 1948-49 as elementary and high school operating costs climbed to 28.85 million, while teacher wages boosted per capita costs. Districts also saw sales tax jumps and university funding triple, with 6,000 teachers earning far more than a decade ago.
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M. L. Brooks
Influenza Strikes Pope Pius XII Confined to Bed
Pope Pius XII, 73, has a slight influenza with fever and is confined to bed in Vatican City. A high Vatican source confirmed the illness, noted his birthday on March 2, and said the condition began overnight.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Bonn Leader's Death Foiled
Hannover police broke up a plot to murder President Theodor Heuss of the West German Republic. One man was arrested and undergoes mental examination. Officials indicated no known political motive and no confirmed accomplices. Further details were not released.
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Bonn
Germany
Theodor Heuss
Hannover
Ministry of Interior
Arizona Statehood Recall Controversy and Safety Award
Governor Garvey recollects Arizona’s path to statehood noting Congress actions and Taft’s veto over recalls for judges. He praises the 38 year march to statehood, contrasts 1910s traffic to modern fatalities, and presents a safety award to West Phoenix High School for 1949 driving course progress.
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Arizona Territory
Congress
Arizona
Taft
Garvey
West Phoenix High School
Bates and Russell Vie in Sixth District Special Election
Haverhill Massachusetts February 14 AP party leaders seek a straw in the wind in the Sixth Congressional District special election to replace the late George L Bates. Naval Lt Comdr William H Bates Republican 32 and former Cambridge Mayor Richard M Russell Democrat 58 contend for the seat. Bigwigs from both parties campaign with Lodge Saltonstall and Reverend Martin backing Bates while Tobin and Governor Dever support Russell. Martin says GOP win signals new Republican approach to national issues. Tobin urges voters to back Truman administration.
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Mass
Sixth
William H. Bates
Cambridge
Richard M. Russell
Bates
United States
George L. Bates
Washington
R. Russell
William E. Russell
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge
Leverett Saltonstall
Martin
Tobin
Dever
Russell
Western shift crowds cotton to Texas Arizona and California
United States cotton production has moved west in recent years so that Texas, Arizona and California now account for nearly half the crop.
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United States
Texas
Arizona
California
Two Dead As Cars Crash On Highways
Arizona traffic deaths in 1950 rose to 47 with two more fatalities reported. Victims were Grace Nelson, 43, of Chandler, and William Graham Olsen, 44, Los Angeles chief engineer for Arden Farms. Nelson died from a broken neck when her car left Baseline Road west of 16th Street and overturned after striking a guy wire. Sanford, 56, Chandler, owner of the car, survived with minor injuries and said Nelson was driving. Olsen died from multiple head injuries when his coupe hit a parked truck south of Tucson on Highway W. G. Cunningham, 46, and Marvin H. Lohman, 34, were injured. Lohman is Arden’s local manager. A 13‑year‑old Tucson passenger, Jesus Burruel, suffered a minor head abrasion. his father Simon Burruel was unhurt. The truck’s owner and driver were away from the vehicle after stopping for mechanical trouble.
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Arizona
Grace Nelson
North
Colorado Street
Chandler
William Graham Olsen
Los Angeles
Arden Farms Company
Arizona Highway Patrol
Nelson
16Th Street
Baseline Road
Lester Sanford
Arizona Hardware Company
Sanford
Olsen
Tucson
W. G. Cunningham
East Weldon Avenue
Marvin H. Lohman
Cheery Lynn Road
Lohman
Arden
Jesus Burruel
Simon Burruel
Property sales rise in Graham County January activity
Safford February report from Graham County Recorder J. Lyle Grant shows $294.10 in fees for January and 257 instruments recorded. Real estate deeds totaled 66, with 16 mortgages 42 sales contracts 13 chattel mortgages and 34 service discharges, up from 43 deeds a year earlier.
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Safford
Graham County
Two Questioned In Bank Holdup In New Mexico
FBI agent Henry Hawkins said two Phoenix area men were questioned at the request of Torrance County Sheriff over a $116,250 bank robbery in Phoenix last Wednesday. The men were seized during a fight at Mountain Air, photographed, and their files sent to Phoenix. FBI in Phoenix said at least one was confirmed to be somewhere else at the time.
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N. M
Henry Hawkins
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Phoenix
FBI
Torrance County
Hawkins
Mountain Air
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