Arizona Water Rights History and Local Anecdotes
A historical column recalls the Kent Decree of 1910 and a large 25 000 acre Well ton Mohawk water suit in Arizona. It notes the Salt River Valley water rights framework, mentions Phoenix Title & Trust Co. tracting 1500 former owners, and cites prominent attorneys. The piece then offers light vignettes on traffic safety for livestock, a vaudeville anecdote about Harry Nace, and assorted Arizona tidbits.
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Yuma County
Gila Project
Yuma
Arizona
Phoenix Title & Trust Co
Kent
Edward Kent
Third Judicial District
Territory of
Patrick T. Hurley
United States of America
Charles F. Abbott
Salt River
Verde
Barnett E. Marks
Charles Woolf
E. S. Clark
West Coast Fires Burn Vast Oregon and Washington Lands
A surge of large fires rages across Oregon and Southwest Washington driven by record heat and dry east winds. Cannon Beach, Molalla, and Mount Scott report active blazes near populated areas while Peavine Ridge west of Portland endangers farms. California also faces Truckee and Wrightwood blazes as crews fight shifting winds and receding roads.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Washington
Cannon Beach
Molalla
Mount Scott
Peavine Ridge
McMinnville
Washington State
Yacolt
Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Corvallis
McDonald State Forest
Siuslaw National Forest
Salmon River
Long Bell Lumber Company
California
Truckee
High Sierra
Vandenberg Receives Medical Checkup in Ann Arbor
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg Republican Michigan rests at the University of Michigan Hospital undergoing examination and diagnosis. The illness is not yet defined with several days needed for tests. A potential operation depends on findings as doctors assess his condition. Earlier this month he briefly checked into the hospital while returning from Grand Rapids to Washington.
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E. Thomas Rd
Ann Ramey
Bettie Wilbur
Dorris Heyman
Elsie Moore
Ann
7Th St. & Oak
Frank Cirinciones
Westward Ho
Boyd Johnson
Southgate Auto Parts
Harry Wimberly
Ann Arbor
Mich
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
University of Michian Hospital
John Alexander
Vandenberg
Washington
Grand Rapids
Hess widow Ilse Hess freed by denazification court
In Munich Germany Sept 27 the denazification court of appeals reduced Ilse Hess widow of Rudolf Hess from a minor offender to a lower category and cut her fine from about $1800 to roughly $60.
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Munich
Germany
Ilse Hess
Rudolf Hess
Hitler
Oklahoma Voters Decide Prohibition and Bond Issue
Oklahoma City voters face a prohibition referendum in a sixteenth statewide vote over 40 years. The ballot includes repeal of prohibition with bans on open saloons and Sunday liquor sales, plus a $36 million bond plan to modernize state institutions. Governor Turner backs the bond but ducks repealpledges. The United Day Association backs keeping prohibition, while veterans and Kansan results loom large.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Roy Turner
United Day Association
Kansas
Purses Disappear as Two Shoppers Lose $540 in Phoenix
Police reported $540 was lost or stolen from two women shoppers in downtown Phoenix yesterday. Mrs. L. A. Roger of Buckeye said her purse with $480 and three letters ready to mail vanished at a yarn and rug counter in a variety store. Eileen C. Beck of North 17th Drive said $60 was taken from her purse at a department store, and she also lost her car keys.
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Phoenix
L. A. Roger
Buckeye
Eileen C. Beck
North 17Th Drive
Rebel Cries Sounded At Reunion
Feeble rebel cries marked the opening session of the 59th annual reunion of the Boys in Gray in Little Rock. Arrivals included W. W. Alexander of Rock Hill South Carolina and Gen James W. Moore of Selma Alabama. Alexander is 100 Moore is 98 and Moore wore a Confederate uniform. Only four others of the 28 Confederate veterans are expected to join the gathering.
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Little Rock
Ark
Radio Exams Set for Oct in Los Angeles
Examinations for amateur and commercial radio operator licenses will be held October 14 and 15 at Phoenix Technical High School under the Los Angeles office of the Federal Communications Commission. Commercial applicants will be tested October 14 with amateurs following on October 15.
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Phoenix Technical High School
Los Angeles
Federal Communications Commission
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Stookie Allen
Westinghouse
Gaveta
Oak Park
Ill
Shamus O’brien
Highway Department
Shamus
Harry Nace
Paramount-Nace Flicker
Central & Washington
Mr. Nace
Harry
Hank Rieger
Arizona United Press
Hank
Tucson
U of A’s
Paulos
Ira Moore
Glendale
Harry Moore
Bartlett Dam
Billy Batlett
Bartlett
Mexico
Paradise Valley
Tolovana Park
Seaside
Bandon
Tahoe City
Wrightwood
Calif
San Bernardino
Ellwood Stone
U. S
Lytle Creek
Lytle Creek Canyon
Glenn Ridge
Scotland
Happy Jack
Clyde and
Glenn Ranch
Green Gables
Yale
Lamar Homes, Inc
First National
First National Bank F
Rist
John Charles Thomas
KTAR
Norcross Greeting Cards
Norcross Kittens
Troy
N. Y
Baylys
Harry Bayly
Bayly
Archer Bayly
Beverly
Buddy
Barry
Barbara
Bette
Bradley
Brian
Bernice
Blake
Brenda
Bernadette
Beryl
Bernard
Benjamin
Adams and
First Avenue
Cpelouvetey
Yassarette
Lucille
Hollywood
Prescott
Miss Efficiency
Dix
Budget Shop
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