Woman Rescues Woman From Ditch Demise
PHOENIX April 3 a 36 year old woman attempted suicide by entering a town canal. Laura Branch stood by the canal corner of Third and Polk streets and grasped the swimmer by the hair as she was pulled under a bridge. After repeated efforts the rescuer flipped the body out and saved the drowning woman who begged to return to the water. The victim suffered no injuries or water inhalation and was kept under family guard to prevent a repeat incident.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Laura Branch
Mrs. Branch
Third
Polk Streets
Mrs Branch
Mexico Denies Japanese Land Concessions in Lower California
Excelsior reports General Amado Aguirre denies Japanese claims of land concessions in Baja California. He cites constitutional limits forbidding foreign land ownership within 100 kilometers from the border and 50 kilometers from coasts. He rejects naval base fears and says land parcels may be acquired under department rules for small plots, while existing foreign concessions are being nullified to distribute land to Mexicans.
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Mexico City
Excelsior
Mexico
Amado Aguirre
Lower
California
Caliorpia
Aguirre
G. T. Summe
Department of Agriculture and Development
Department” Anese Exe
Victory Fair Opens in Tucson After War Delay
Tucson reports the Victory Pair fair opens today after a postponement due to wartime activities. Three Curtis planes arrived in the afternoon for air exhibitions over the two days. Sunday is military field day with 400 cavalrymen and a machine gun company. The program includes horse, automobile, motorcycle, and bicycle races.
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Tucson
Ariz
Southern Arizona Fiat Association
Curtis
San Diego
Out of court settlement ends $40,250 death action
In Phoenix April 5 the trial of the damage suit by the administratrix of James Littleton’s estate versus Pacific Gas & Electric and Adams Hotel ends with a settlement while the gas company denies responsibility for Littleton’s death. The amount was not disclosed but a substantial sum was received by the widow. Littleton, an engineer for the hotel, was electrocuted in the building basement last summer.
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Phoen Ariz
Stanford
James Littleton
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Adams Hotel Company
Sait
Littleton
F.C. Struckmeyer
Referendum Planned After Ruling on Local Lease Bill
The land commissioners office and Attorney General Wiley Jones issued opinions impacting the local lease bill. Benjamin Clarke announced the ruling in the absence of Commissioner Mouer, noting debate among cattlemen and dry farmers who seek a referendum if the bill remains viable. E O'Brien Mann of Cochise says observers have watched the measure as it moves through a stormy legislative history. The bill would allow land leases up to twenty years and remove the single section per person limit.
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Paoenin
Ariz
Land Commissioners Office
Atorney
Wiley Jones
Benjamin Clarke
Mouer
E. O'Brien Mann
Cochise
Boes
Jones
Jetantes
Bart Landers Arrested on Robbery Charge
Chief Deputy George Henshaw and Deputy Rockhill arrested Bart Landers on two warrants for the Day and Night Garage robbery. Landers allegedly forced entry to the rear and pried open a drawer to access about $24 in paper money and a $340 check, with prior similar entries noted. He denies last night’s link but admits the first burglary weeks ago and awaits preliminary hearing in the county jail.
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George Henshaw
Rockhill
Bart Landers
Charlie Allen
Landers
Lancre
Urage
Iie Ik
Shorts
Sanders
Ranges improve across Arizona as stockmen cheer warmer week
The weather bureau reports normal temperatures across the state for the past week, boosting livestock ranges. Low temps ranged to 20 degrees at Flagstaff and 38 to 42 degrees in select towns, while Yuma reached a high of 88 degrees and Phoenix 84, signaling better feed and exposure conditions.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Weather Bureau
Flagstaff
Yuma
Good Roads Meeting Delegates Named From Arizona
Governor Campbell announced the Arizona delegation to the seventh national good roads convention in Mineral Wells Texas April 14 to 19. Delegates include B A Packard W M Adamson George H Kelly D C ONeil from Douglas and Hi Corbett May or Parker from Tucson plus leaders from Bisbee Globe Miami and other towns.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Campbell
Arizona
Mineral Wells
Texas
Douglas
B.A. Packard
W. M. Adamson
A. Overlock
George H. Kelly
D. C. O'Neil
Bisbee
Fred Sutter
M. J. Cunningham
C. W. Allen
J. C. Ryan
Tucson
Hi Corbett
Resources of Banks of Arizona Rise Nine Million
Arizona banks report total resources on March 4 up from the previous year by 9,280,708.89. The Salt River valley shows gains while some outside banks register decreases, with statewide totals reaching 79 million plus. District banks in the Salt River valley lead the growth, reflecting year over year expansion across the sector.
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Arizona
Phoenix. Ariz
Jesse Boyer
Salt River
Howe Financial Institutions
Salt River Valley
Howe
TeWort
County Falls In Line To Operate Under Time
Phoenix April 3 The supervisors agree to align with federal time rules. County officials were notified the county would observe the government schedule but delayed effective date until next Monday. Citizens and court workers protested, causing confusion as one superior court judge had urged jurors to follow the new system. The county’s action returns Phoenix to its former time standard, reversing Wednesday’s city adoption.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Sam
Court House
Superior Court
Progress Of Road Work In Cochise County
Week of progress across Cochise County shows headway on multiple road sections. Gangs operated east of Bernardino and from Lowell to Forrest Station via Osborn, with work on McNeal road and Pajominas area pickup. concrete pouring may start in days once sand passes a test.
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A.M. Gardner
Cockiey County
Houglas
Forrest T
Station
Eaton and Saith
Tombstone
Lowell
Forrest Ranch
Lexie Forrestin
Atkins
Uhedwick
King Coo
Noted Kickapoo Chief Dies in Douglas
Johnny Mine 73 sub chief and medicine man of the Sonora Kickapoo branch was found dead in a Douglas hotel room. A friend of Langley and Smithsonian figures, he had traveled from the Kickapoo reserve to report farming delay and tribal allotment news. He grew ill after arrival, refused hospital care, and died this morning. embalmment planned until tribal word on disposition. Sheriff McDonald and Deputy Rafferty head to Willcox for cattlemen’s convention.
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Douglas
Johnny Mine
Sonora
Mexico
Focal
Chief Mine
Professor Langley
Professor Mason
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D. C
Batepito Valety
Senora
Oklahoma
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Harry Rafferty
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