Frick the Indian trader and Navajo crafts guild founder
The piece recalls Henry Frick, once a college coach’s aide and later a jeweler, now manager of the Navajo Arts and Crafts Guild near Window Rock. It highlights the trader’s multifaceted role on the reservation, the guild’s aims to boost native crafts, and Sam Kroanhorse as a leading Navajo silversmith guiding artisans. Mary Frick and Mary Thompson are noted, with reference to their family and shared history on Ute and Navajo lands.
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Clay Smith
N. Central Ave
Henry Frick
Mr. Frick
Navajo Arts & Crafts Guild
Window Rock
Gallup
Sam Kroanhorse
Frick
Indian Service
Henry
Mark
St. Michael’s Mission School
Burglary Expert in Detroit Admits to 100000 Loot
DETROIT Feb 27 AP 40 year old Leslie Potter, a Hudson Motor Car Company personnel man, confessed to stealing about 100000 in valuables from roughly 1000 Detroit area homes and stores over seven years. He says gifts for 500 male friends funded the spree. Potter worked days, robbed at night, and has denied harming anyone. His roommate William Whitehead aided the police tip. A burglary warrant was sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Leslie Potter
Potter
Hudson Motor Car Company
William Whitehead
Whitehead
Earl Miller
Nebraska
Tragedy at Arcadia Race Track Ends in Final Jump
Police report 76 year old William E. Scott, a race track clerk, argued with his wife then drove into a wall. He survived, leaped onto a lumber car, and twice dove to the tracks, dying on the second final jump after reportedly cutting his throat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Calif
William E. Scott
Tied To Car Killing Woman Tails Georgia Case
In Lakeview Georgia sheriff reports Charles W Stancil murdered his wife Opal by tying her to a car bumper and dragging her 50 feet along an unpaved road. A chain and rope with a noose were found in his car. The 28 year old victim had been seen with another man. Stancil, 40, is jailed on murder charges.
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Lakeview
J. M. Moreland
Charles W. Stancil
Opal
Stancil
Chattanooga
Gail Emberson
Mushrooms Make 3 Sick In San Francisco Park
Three people fell ill after eating wild mushrooms picked in Golden Gate Park. Pantealone de la Rosa, 52, was in critical condition at Harbor Emergency Hospital, Joseph Vitierlo, 60, in fair condition, and Conchetta de Bellis, 34, least ill. Health Director Dr J C Geiger issued a new park mushroom warning.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Pantealone de la Rosa
Harbor Emergency Hospital
Joseph Vitierlo
Conchetta de Bellis
J. C. Geiger
Kite flyer confirms Franklin experiment amid burns
In Port Angeles Washington on February 27 C M Fouts aged 48 swore to the authenticity of Benjamin Franklin s key electrical experiment showing that a kite can conduct electricity from the sky He had been treated for severe burns after a wire fish line used as a kite string touched a 66 000 volt power line and injured him.
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Port Angeles
Wash
C. M. Fouts
Benjamin Franklin
Fouts
Weakened Service Bill Ready Colleges Protest Militarism
The House bill by Carl Vinson would extend Selective Service registration for three years without motorized drafting power, while not authorizing conscription. A National Council against Conscription denounces militarism in education, citing research funding and military influence at colleges including Einstein signed institutions.
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Vinson
Congress
National Council Against
Albert Einstein
Elizabethtown
Pennsylvania
Talladega
Alabama
Davidson
North Carolina
la Verne
California
St. John's University
Brooklyn
Carleton
Minnesota
Adrian
Michigan
Baker University
Kansas
Lewis and Clark
Oregon
Sarah Lawrence
New York
MacAlester
Plane Crashes on Alameda Pier Amid Poor Weather
An Air Force T-6 trainer attempting to land at Alameda Naval Air Station crashed on Pier 3 due to misjudged runway amid bad weather and limited fuel. No serious injuries. pilot 1st Lt. William W. Daniel and passenger Naval Lt. (jg) Everett Neal Gumm escaped with minor head cut.
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Alameda
Calif
INS
Air Force
Alameda Naval Air Station
Long Beach
Hamilton Field
Air Force Reserve
William W. Daniel
South Gate
Naval
Everett Neal Gumm
Banning
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Joss
Cleveland
Employment Agency
Tempe
Sy Wrere
Ronald Colman
Cabots
Globe
Kite
Ben
Gene Doyle
Arizona Crossroads
Bert Fireman
KTAR
Washington
House
Carl Vinson
Georgia
House Armed Services Committee
Truman
West Point
Annapolis
New Jersey
Leonard
North First Ave
Adams St
ARE
Navy Pier
Chauncey
Jewelers
East Adams
Hotel Adams
Phoenix
American Gem Society
Eer
Prescott
Philippines
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