Two Men Held In El Pasoan Murder Case
Statutory charges filed in Justice of the Peace court allege Thomas Simpson and his brother Robert Simpson assaulted Miss Herlinda Vera, 17, with investigations detailing Stansel private detective involvement and a prior arrest for the brothers. A divorce suit involving R G Simpson cites alleged relations with Vera. The alleged offense reportedly occurred on Newman Street with Vera staying in a car overnight.
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Simpson
Vera
Thomas Simpson
Jesse C. Stansel
Stansel
Mr. Stansel
Robert Simpson
M. W. Ward
Mr. Ward
Newman street
Primitivo Vera
Prominent Arizona Men Believed To Be Involved
Two youths held in Hutchinson Kansas in a robbery and assault on two Concordia women tourists face federal inquiry into the Phoenix slaying of Paul E. Reynolds a justice agent. Reynolds had warned of a dangerous expedition and left with reports implicating Arizona political and civic figures. Arrests were anticipated as investigators pursued leads, including a murder scene near a desert dance hall and a witnessed shooting.
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HUTCHINSON
Kan
Concordia
Phoenix
Ariz
Paul E. Reynolds
department of justice
El Paso
United States district attorney
Reynolds
Arizona
Grand canal
AMMOND
Ind
Calumet district
Chicago
Indiana Harbor
Crown Point
United States
Raleigh P. Hale
East Chicago
Flood threats endanger Mexican border towns and New Mexico town
Widespread floods on the Rio Grande threatened Guadalupe and San Ignacio in Mexico and caused destruction near San Marcial New Mexico. Crests passed Fabens and El Paso with dykes failing at San Marcial leaving adobe homes ruined and property losses estimated up to 200000 dollars. Volunteer crews patched breaches but backwater dyke collapsed, while officials warned of further overflow.
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Guadalupe
San Ignacio
Rio Grande
San Isdro
Juarez
Fabens
L. R. Fiock
the
reclamation service
Tornillo
Mexico
Lee Moor
Lee Moor bridge
J. W. Carter
Mr. Fiock
Elephant Butte dam
El Paso
San Marcial
N. M
Santa Fe railway
New Mexico
San Antonio
Traffic Control Push In El Paso Daily Effort
The 24 Hour Daily in El Paso urges a traffic control system to improve safety and reduce city disruption. It argues for a planned program to streamline flow and lessen delays for residents and visitors.
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FL PASO
El Paso Herald
Little Shiner Corn Bait Lands Big Whopper Bass
R Texas Aug. 14 UP Corn whisky will make the fish bite says Jack Boyd a fireman back from a vacation. He used a three inch shiner fed with corn liquor as bait and after a strong tug he landed a seven pound bass. The bass was not hooked the shiner held the fish by the neck and tow it ashore.
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Texas
Jack Boyd
Colorado
Boyd
Last Reminder Of Geronimo Lost In Coolidge Lake Waters
Coolidge Lake deepened as floods held back by the dam swallowed the Las Carlos tribal home of the Apaches. The last remnant of Geronimo vanished as the jail site sank beneath the lake, with rising waters expected to erase the town’s thatched roofs within days.
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Geronimo
Coolidge Lake
Draisseonica
Ariz
Coolidge
Gila river
Las Carlos
Arizona
Sa Carlos
Metallurgist Alfred Cowles Dies in New Jersey
Alfred Hutchinson Cowles 72 metal lurgist and president of the Electric Smelting and Aluminum company died at his Sewaren home. He had led the firm and contributed to the aluminum industry in New Jersey.
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Sewaren
N. J
Alfred Hutchinson Cowles
the
Electric Smelting and Aluminum company
Witness Missing Shakes Pan tages Case in LA
District Attorney Baron Fitts said William Jobelman publicity agent for Alexander Pantages disappeared on the eve of the theater magnate’s preliminary hearing on charges of criminally attacking 17 year old Eunice Pringle a dancer The state had counted upon Jobelman as a star witness in the hearing scheduled for today.
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Los Angeles
Baron Fitts
William Jobelman
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Jobelman
Defense claims Theora Hix bore fault in Slain professor case
In Columbus Ohio on August 14 AP reports defense attorney Max Seyfert argued to the jury that Theora Hix, the co ed involved with former Ohio State professor Dr James Jr Snook, was responsible for the three year affair and the ensuing tragedy.
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Columbus
James Jr. Snook
Ohio State
Theora Hix
girl today
Max Seyfert
Graf Zeppelin set for supreme test to Tokyo voyage
Graf Zeppelin readies at Riedrichshafen for a 4:30 am takeoff toward Tokyo on a round the world flight. Weather, Arctic route concerns loom. 20 passengers, 40 crew prepare for a northward, long voyage with meals planned for extended cold conditions.
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RIEDRICHSHAFEN
Germany
Tokyo
Zeppelin Company
Hugo Eckner
Asia
Graf
Leningrad
Irkutsk
America
12 Year Old Girl Slain. Body Found In Sack In Minneapolis
Police identify the 12 year old Dorothy Anne as the victim found wrapped in gunny sacks on a South Minneapolis street. Parents say clothing matches what she wore when missing. Police suspect strangulation and search for a middle aged man seen making advances to girls in the neighborhood.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Andrew Anne
Dorothy
Einar Jonassen
Aune
Smallpox Cases Reported at Pest House
Three cases of smallpox were being treated at the pest house on Wednesday. The newest patient is Jack Hoover, 25, who fell ill at Fathers, according to Dr. P. R. Outlaw, the city health officer.
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Jack Hoover
Fathers
P. R.Outlaw
Bombers of Second Bombardment Group Land in Denver
The eight bombers of the second bombardment group of the United States Army landed at the municipal airport in Denver this morning at 11:35 o clock.
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Denver
United States army
No. 80 Passable For Cars Though Barred To Busses
Automobile traffic on U S highway No 80 between Las Cruces and Deming resumed on Tuesday but buses are barred until Friday due to road damage. The New Mexico highway department restricts buses to protect the soft stretch 23 miles west of Las Cruces while trucks and tractors stand by to aid marooned motorists. The Hatch Lake Valley route used when No 80 failed was also found unable to carry the traffic and is in poor condition.
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Las Cruces
New Mexico highway department
highway department
Hatch-Lake Valley
Southern Pacific To Build $266000 Tubercular Sanitarium
Tucson announces Southern Pacific Railroad will construct a $266 000 tubercular sanitarium for its employees. Dr W R Coffey chief surgeon for the railroad disclosed the plan in Tucson Arizona on August 14 AP report notes the facility will serve railroad workers and contribute to local health infrastructure.
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Tucson
Ariz
Southern Pacific railroad
W. R. Coffey
San Francisco
Laugh This Off El Paso Rewrites Zavalla County Name
A humorous note from El Paso on a spelling error in the last legislature’s acts. The misspelled Zavalla county name was corrected to Zavala, removing the extra I and restoring the proper name.
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El Paso
Zavalla county
Zavala
Rio Grande Wins 300 Year Battle For San Marcial
The Rio Grande destroyed San Marcial New Mexico after floods and shifting river courses over centuries. Dikes failed riverside drainage, the town moved, and repeated floods left homes mud soaked and uninhabitable. Residents lost nearly everything and reconstruction prospects are uncertain.
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Rio Grande
San Marcial
Dam proposal to halt El Paso floods eyed near Caballo
International boundary commissioner M L Lawson says a secondary flood storage dam with a levee system could prevent El Paso valley floods. Feasibility studies show a dam 22 miles downstream at Caballo Damsite, costing under 1 million dollars, would store flood waters and bring irrigation control closer to lands served.
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El Paso
M. L. Lawson
international boundary commissioner
Lawson
Rio Grande federal
Elephant Butte
boundary commission
Mr. Lawson
Rio Grande
Senate committee votes to free-list manganese ore
Washington August 14 The Senate Finance Committee votes 6 to 5 to remove manganese ore from the free list.
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Washington
senate finance committee
Republicans
Bananas Hit by Export Duty in Costa Rica
The national congress approved an export duty on bananas in Costa Rica. The tax ranges from three to five centavos per banana bunch, effective immediately.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
national congress
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