El Pasoan slain in Phoen ia and a federal agent found dead
A El Paso woman Pearl Rutter 39 fell 14 stories from the First National Bank building on Sheldon Street in Phoenix killing instantly. Coroner classified the death probably accidental. Also reported a body found in a Phoenix irrigation canal identified as Paul Reynolds El Paso DOJ agent shot in Arizona. Reynolds had been in Arizona a week.
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El Paso
PEARL RUTTER
Sheldon street
First National bank
Rutter
Elizabeth Marcum
Louisiana street
Hussmann
R. B. Rawlins
H. P. Deady
Cecil Pruitt
North Virginia street
Hendricks
Mrs. Rutter
A. G. Rutter
Oklahoma City
Paul Edward Reynolds
department of justice
Phoenix
Ariz
Charles H. Wright
Maricopa county
Reynolds
Arizona
Yuma
Los Angeles
bureau of identification
Boise, Idaho
Moody veto slows School of Mines funding in West Texas
The 24 Hour Daily reports Gov Moody vetoed the appropriation for the School of Mines, a move described as a hard blow to educational progress in West Texas and affecting ongoing projects.
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School of Mines
Moody
West Texas
Winds, Heat Throttle Firefighting Across Northwest
High winds and hot dry air hampered crews battling giant forest fires across Washington Idaho and Montana. Barnaby Creek on Colville Reservation raged with 500 fighters defending white pine and fir stands. Sand Creek near Sand Point foes reached tree tops as the wind spread flames rapidly. Bald Mountain in Selway forest resisted suppression while 2000 firefighters fought in Chelan and Wenatchee forests. Additional fires flared in Kaniksu and Flathead districts as crews raced to contain fronts and protect watersheds.
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SPOKANE
Wash
Barnaby creek
Colville
Washington
Sand creek
Sand Point
Idaho
Priest and
Pend Oreille lakes
Kaniksu national forest
Bald Mountain
Selway national forest
Chelan
Wenatchee
contol
west fork
Yank river
Kootenai forest
Montana
Flathead district
Sullivan creek
Spruce creek
Airplanes to Dust Cotton Leaf Worm in El Paso Valley
Airplanes will dust about 3200 acres in the El Paso Valley to combat cotton leaf worm, with contracts in the Country club district and Las Cruces area. A Phoenix arrival and a hopper soon will start work, dusting claimed to be more efficient and cheaper than ground methods.
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EL PASO VALLEY
Scenic Airways, Inc
Country club
Felix P. Miller
Phoenix
Miller
Scotf
Zach White
Payne and Taylor
Charles O’Neil
J. C. Moore
Will Holt
John Pierce
Chambers farms
Frank Coles
U. S. department of agriculture
Mr. Miller
Presidio
Snook Murder Trial Nears Close In Ohio Court
Defense rested in the murder trial of Dr. James H. Snook without calling alienists to prove insanity. Defense witness John F. Seidel sparred with Prosecutor Chester in a lively exchange as courtroom drama and vivid testimony about alleged police cuffs surfaced. If expert mental-estado testimony is dropped, trial duration could shorten.
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OLUMBUS
Ohio
James H. Snook
Ohio State
Theora Hix
John F. Seidel
John J. Chester, Jr
Snook
Seidel
Dr. Snook
E. O. Ricketts
Chester
Storm Rips Ontario Farmlands and Destroys Property
A weekend storm battered parts of Ontario with wind rain and hail. Agincourt area saw half the oats crop lost and severe damage to corn apples and garden crops. Lightning struck several buildings and a community tent at Laskey was torn apart amid traffic accidents as motorists lost control.
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Toronto
Ontario
Agincourt
Laskey
here
Tex Rankin Makes Vancouver to Agua Caliente Nonstop Try
Los Angeles reports Tex Rankin, American aviator, started from Vancouver at 4 40 this morning in an attempt to fly nonstop to Agua Caliente Mexico. Municipal airport officials announced the start of the flight.
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Los Angeles
Tex Rankin
Vancouver
B. C
Agua Caliente
Mexico
Seventeen Arrested for Drunkenness Over Weekend
Records at the county jail show seventeen persons were arrested for drunkenness by the constables’ force over the week end.
Rail and bus service paralyzed by washouts
Flooded highways and washouts disrupted travel across the region. A six mile lake on highway 80 west of Las Cruces blocked traffic while two Santa Fe line washouts near Rincon and between Rincon and Deming halted rail service. Pickwick schedules westward canceled until Deming road repaired. buses and other trains delayed.
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Las Cruces
Santa Fe
Rincon
Ricon
Deming
Pickwick stages
Socorro
N. M
Hatch district
El Paso Automobile club
Bryant Auto company
automobile club
El Paso
Las Cruces-Hatch
Leasburg dam
Alamogordo
the
Chicagoans Visit Steele Family in El Paso
Chicago residents Mr and Mrs Leon C Steele visit his brothers P C Steele and Ross Steele in El Paso. Mr Steele works with W W Kimball company in Chicago and the trip was by motor.
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Leon C. Steele
Chicago
P. C. Steele
Ross Steele
El Paso
Mr. Steele
W. W. Kimball company
Mining Near Bowie School Sparks Local Industry
In El Paso several men mine near Bowie school at East Seventh and Cotton. Once a smelter site, the slag is now a source of small yields leading workers to sift sand and rock for valuable metals. The activity continues with modest profits and no rush, keeping a few miners busy. Bowie school remains the only Texas school flanked by a mining site.
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MING
El Paso
Bowie school
East Seventh
Cotton avenues
Mexico
Bowie
Texas
Echoes Of Life And Oddities Across The Nation
A roundup of quirky and mundane notes from across the United States. Egg of record laid by a Mays Landing hen during air tour. Forestry service says airplane smokers pose fire risks from high altitude cigarette stumps. Local lost column plea for a dog is traced as a hoax. A 12 foot pie plan and 20 foot cider Niagara highlight Orleans county fair. Sidney Farrar, Babe Ruth of 50 years ago, marks 70th birthday in Ridgefield with daughter Geraldine. In Boston, German police dog exams grant companion dog status to six of eight entrants while two fail after bites on unfamiliar hands.
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Atlantic City
Jack Drogan
Mays Landing
Drogan
Washington
United States forestry service
Albion
N. Y
Orleans
Ridgefield
Conn
Sidney Farrar
Babe Ruth
Geraldine
Zepp Starts For Tokio Wednesday
Graf Zeppelin commander Dr Hugo Eckener ordered the airship cleared for sailing on the Tokyo stage of its world flight at 3 00 am Wednesday. Weather could delay the takeoff until 9 00 pm Tuesday EST or Thursday morning.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Tokyo
Police Seek Hit-Run Driver After Child Killed
Authorities search for the driver of a large car that fatally struck Rosendo Amayo a 9 year old at Palm Street and Magoffin Avenue Saturday night. The boy died at City county hospital at 3 30 a m Sunday after being hit and left at the scene. Two men in the vehicle fled after turning out its lights. A license number was provided by G W Watson a Southern Pacific railroad switchman.
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Rosendo Amayo
Magoffin avenue
City-county
Palm street
G. W. Watson
Southern Pacific railroad
Man Reported Drowned Near Santa Fe Street Bridge
An unidentified Mexican man was reported drowned near the Santa Fe Street bridge shortly after noon Monday. Juarez officers searched the river as swimmers dived to locate the man who reportedly went under amid a large crowd gathered at the scene.
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Santa Fe street
Juarez
Series of earthquakes felt in five eastern states
An Associated Press report describes a series of tremors felt from Springfield Massachusetts to Toronto with the strongest effects in western New York. Canisius College seismographs timed the main shock at 7:24:55 a.m. EDT lasting 12 seconds, with aftershocks, and authorities note damage in Attica and Warsaw with a church wall crack and collapsing chimney.
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HE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Springfield
Mass
Ashtabula
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Toronto
Canisius college
Buffalo
Attica
Methodist Episcopal church
Warsaw
Wyoming county
Regis College Seismograph Records Northern Earthquake
Denver August 12 AP Regis College seismograph recorded a quake starting at 6 34 a m Rocky Mountain time lasting about seven minutes. Fr Armand W Forstall of Regis noted the shake was weak and centered in the eastern United States.
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DENVER
Regis College
Rocky Mountain
Armand W. Forstall
United States
Bridegroom Shot Accidentally in Duck Hunt
Debs Nordman of Graham Oklahoma, married six weeks, is in critical condition after a .22 rifle bullet struck his head during a duck hunt near Elida New Mexico. The shot was fired by T R Allen when Nordman jumped as birds rose. Irvin Butler 11 aided.
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Elida
N. M
L. G. Butler
Nordman
Allen
Irvin Butler
Butler
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Saif alee
EL PASOAN
PHOENIA ae
Yearston
Eletrical Storm
Philadelphia
HILADELPHIA
Atlantic Refining company
Frank Graham
Frank, Jr
Michael Lafferty
COMPASS
The Herald
El Pas Paso
Stge. Co
SURANCE JOHN L. KANE & CO
El Paso Herald
Agua Calientes
Associated Press
New York
Boston
Zepp
Tokio
Canadaigua
Elmira
Alfred
Ginghamton
John P. Delaney
S. J
Lake Erie
St. Lawrence valley
RIaar nile
Paso Texas
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