Wet spending details reveal $480000 yearly in anti dry drives
Washington June 30 The Senate campaign funds committee dissected the national and state Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. It reports the group and branches total about 726000 members handling roughly 480000 annually used in political campaigns to promote repeal of dry laws. Founder William H Stayton testified about funding, operations, and letters urging contributions, including efforts in Pennsylvania backing William S Ware.
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Association Against the Prohibition
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
National Wet
Pennsylvania
William 8. Ware
Ware
William H. Stayton
Wayne B Wheeler
Wheeler
Tenader
King
Utah
Slayton
Pinchot
Pepper
Philadelphia
Senate
Frank X. O’connor
Thomas W. Cunningham
Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania
Fess
Ohio
McKellar
Tennessee
Reed
Naois
Congress Hopes To Go Home This Week Or Next
Washington reports a hopeful mood in Congress as leaders plan adjournment by week’s end or early next week. The Senate rejected surplus crop proposals and passed the cooperative marketing bill while the House cleared most major business with the last deficiency bill. Rivers and harbors action remains the main postponement issue under negotiations.
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Congress
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North Dakota Senate Battle Splits Republicans In Primary
Fargo June 30 AP A senatorial contest divides North Dakota Republicans as two factions vie for power in a primary race. Gerald Nye supports the non partisan wing backing Ladd’s successor while L B Hanna and C Stone run on rival tracks. Townley vies for governor and the long term seat as party factions clash, with Midtlo Hanley and McGovern also in the mix.
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North Dakota
Gerald P. Nye
E.F. Ladd
Nye
Ladd
L. B. Hanna
C. Stone
Norman N. Midtlo
Donnybrook
Hanna
Coolidge
Townley
A. G. Seslie
J. M. Hanley
J. A. McGovern
Washington probes new Lower California border order
Washington investigates an order from the Lower California governor restricting Americans doing business in Mexico from living north of the border. Ambassador Sheffield was instructed to ask Mexico City if the decree is approved. The order pressures U S residents in Mexicali and Tia Juana to relocate south or halt Mexico operations.
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Washington
Lower California
Mexico
Sheffield
Mexico City
United States
Mexicali
Tia Juana
California
Colorado New Mexico and Arizona Weather Forecast Summary
Colorado remains cloudy and unsettled tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. New Mexico shows fair conditions in the south and unsettled in the north tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Arizona stays fair tonight and Thursday except northeast unsettled with little temperature change.
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Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Phrases on Senate Committee Spending Prompt Attention
A speaker asserts the Senate committee will not spend unnecessarily and that disclosed information has been valuable, while noting uncertainty about costs. The remark stresses prudent fiscal oversight and value of disclosures.
Ponzi Declares He Will Fight Extradition
Houston reports Charles Ponzi, famed Boston financier, says he will fight extradition to Massachusetts unless allowed by the state Attorney General to exile himself from the United States. Boston authorities plan to pursue him. Ponzi hints at seeking a writ of habeas corpus in federal court for bail to oppose extradition.
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Texas
Charles Ponzi
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Massachusetts
J. R. Benton
United States
Ponzi
John F. Mitchell
Kinsey Reaches Wimbledon Final in Five-Set Win
American tennis star Howard Kinsey defeated Jacques Brugnon of France in a five set match to enter the Wimbledon singles final. The scores were 6-4 4-6 6-3 3-6 9-7 as the June 30 report from Wimbledon, England notes Kinsey’s advance toward the title.
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Jacques Brugnon
France
Gonzales Sentenced 25 to 30 Years for Guilty Murder
Emilio Gonzales received a 25 to 30 year penitentiary term after pleading guilty to second degree murder for the May 21 shooting of Geronimo Jara millo in Sierra Amarilla. The plea followed a ruling on intoxication and murder, with a rumor of a bystander death denied. Other defendants in related Chimayo and Truchas cases were convicted or found guilty, completing a seven-case slate with no acquittals.
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N. M
Emilio Gonzales
Reed Holoman
Sierra Amarilla
Geronimo Jaramillo
Wi Rite
David Chavez
Supreme Court
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Wiczardo Garcia
Chavez
Santiago Garciano
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Italian plane to land in New Mexico this summer
Italian naval hydroplane on a around-the-world flight will land at Elephant Butte lake near Hot Springs in August after securing authorization from Governor Hannett. Piloted by Col Francisco de Pinedo and Capt Carlo Del Prete, the fliers will visit several U S. locations before heading to Honolulu Guam and the Philippines.
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Guama
Philippines
New Horizon Found In Artesia Field By Empire Well
Empire Oil & Gas No 1 in 35-17-28 SE corner has discovered a new producing horizon in Artesia field at 1592 feet. The well, on a Henry Russell and J G Roberts permit, currently yields about 40 barrels daily and may reach 100, after being shot. Seventeen feet of saturated sand indicates a major extension northwest of the existing field.
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J. G Roberts
Artesia
F. &. Brock
Empire Company
Brock
George Bobb
Bruce Sullivan
Mallamar
Lea County
Eaton- Swartz
Pecos River
Washington and Boston battle in rain soaked baseball clash
Washington drove in 8 runs, Boston managed 5 as Goslin Taylor and New York homered for the visitors. Philadelphia and Brooklyn games featured late scoring hangs, with multiple home runs by Herman Harper and Wrightstone. Other NL action saw St Louis and Pittsburgh trade blows with late offense, while Cincinnati versus Chicago produced a 3 9 inning tilt highlighted by Heathcote on a late homer.
Snake battle turns into sleep party in Texas rink
At Houston a supposed death duel between a giant Texas rattlesnake and a Missouri blacksnake ended as a sleepy display in a glass arena. Promoted by a local athletic group, the bout drew protests from the Humane Defense League but drew a large crowd as officials argued the show could help reduce poison rattlers.
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Houston
Tex
Athletic Association
Humane Defense League
Yautepec Flood Destroys Town After Heavy Rains in Mexico
Mexico City reports Yautepec in Morelos inundated by a river overflow after days of heavy rain. Casualties unclear but extensive property damage. 250 bodies recovered, many torn and crushed, search ongoing. Relief pours in from Mexican states as supplies and food are distributed.
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Yautepec
Moreos
Leon
Florida Broker Free on Bail in Wife’s Fatal Fall
St Petersburg Florida June 30 AP E M Elliott real estate promoter freed today on 20000 bail to await grand jury action. He says he locked doors to keep wife out before she fell at their home last Saturday. He told a preliminary hearing he and wife had discussed divorce and she had started legal action. he rushed her inside after she was injured and she died at a hospital.
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Fla
E. M. Elliott
Elliott Sway
Big Tree Club To Meet California
Los Angeles was chosen as the 1928 meeting place of the Big Tree club of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance company at the close of the biannual convention in Colorado Springs. Officers elected were L. G. Campbell president from Los Angeles T. H. Walt first vice president Ashville Kentucky W. W. Averett Jr Lynchburg West Virginia Miss Mellis Parr secretary treasurer from Los Angeles. Earthquake jolts southern California coast on anniversary of temblor which damaged Santa Barbara last year.
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Big Tree Club
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company
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T. H. Walt
Ashville
W. W. Averett, Jr
Lynchburg
W. Va
Mellis Parr
California
Santa Barbara
California quake touches coast from Santa Barbara to Long Beach
An AP report records one child’s death in Santa Barbara as the quake rattled southern California from Santa Barbara to Long Beach. Damage focused on chimneys and windows in Santa Barbara with minor effects in Santa Paula Ventura Oxnard Pasadena and Santa Monica. Dishes rattled and clocks stopped at the weather bureau in Los Angeles.
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Earthquake Shakes Bakersfield at Dawn
A mild quake struck Bakersfield at 5:35 this morning, reported by the office of the Californian. The tremor lasted only a few seconds but was strong enough to cause water glassware to tinkle, with no damage reported.
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The
Californian
Series Quakes Shake Region from Italy to Egypt
A series of earthquakes since last Saturday across the Mediterranean region caused widespread fear and property damage from Crete to Foggia with injuries reported. Pandjang in Sumatra suffered over 100 deaths and 32 more at two other sites on the island. Rhode Island near Candia and Crete also endured great damage but few fatalities. Egypt experienced property damage and fear among residents.
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Lady Gave Warden Plays Own Hand in North Woods
St. Paul, Minn. June 30 AP Mrs Florence Stukel one of the few women game wardens wins her post by a daring capture of two illegal hunters. She tracked poachers from the woods to their car. when they fled she fired at the tire and halted them. She now leads the Minnesota warden force from a one room cabin HQ joined by Miss Marian Colby and a dog.
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Florence Stukel
Minnesota Lake Country
Murder charges filed in Colorado Springs case
Colorado Springs police report murder charges were filed in district court against Z. F. DeCamp after a quarrel weeks earlier left Phillip Marquez a Mexican laborer dead. The case centers on the fatal beating and ongoing investigation in the area.
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Colo
Evangeliist Aimee McPherson Kidnap Shack Search Los Angeles
Los Angeles detectives led by Chief Herman Cline pursue a possible adobe shack tied to Aimee Semple McPherson’s reported kidnapping. notes from I F and B F Watts describe a hidden structure on Slaughter ranch near Douglas. no shack confirmed. city wary of rumors as threats surface against the minister.
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Wootglas
Ariz
Aimee Semple McPherson
Herman Cline
Cline
Yes
Minnie Kennedy
Semple
Calif
Los Angeles Evening Express Today
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Tabernacle
Four Square
Douglas
Slaughter’s Ranch
Here
Aimee Semple MeePherson
Ocean Park
I- F
Fr. Watts
Additional $35,008 Granted for Boll Weevil Fight
The senate appropriations committee approved a further 35008 for exterminating the Theuriba boll weevil now in the United States from Mexico. The sum, requested by Senator Cameron of Arizona, raises the year’s total to 60000 to protect long staple cotton in the southwest.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
United States
Mexico
Southwest
Cameron
Arizona
Hunt to run for governor again in September primary
Governor George W. P. Hunt will seek the Democratic nomination for governor in September, aiming for a sixth term. The move comes from authoritative sources at the capitol, affirming his candidacy in Phoenix on June 30.
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Ariz
George W. P. Hunt
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