Arizona Oil Firm Standing in Question in Inquiry
The Arizona Oil and Refining company’s affairs came under state review as the corporation commission released a report citing lack of inventory and unclear assets. It notes stock sales by General Securities Investment Corp and discrepancies in proceeds and treasury figures, with no current inventory to verify equipment or supplies.
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Phoenix
Arizona Oil and Refining Company
Geneval Securities Investment Corporation
Arizona Company
State Corporation Commission
HM. Berry
Ehief
Commission
Sue
General Securities Investment Corporation
D. F. Johnson
Stone Ume
Art Company
Catted China OU
Service Seeks Playground Experts in New Mexico
Albuquerque March 30 a forest service civil service examination seeks junior recreational engineers to lead road and trail layouts camp elites ranger stations and related facilities in national forests. Applicants require landscape design training or seven years field experience to prove outdoor recreation planning expertise for urban and community use.
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Albuquerque
N. M
National Forest
Civil Service
Forest Service
Inds
Nogales Clerks Opt Against Daylight Saving Change
Town council votes to keep present time Sunday at 2 a.m. not to advance clocks per daylight saving act. Mayor Fiedler follows Phoenix and other cities, rejecting federal change. Also notes Verkoyansk Siberia as one of the coldest inhabited places and new hotel kitchen machines to peel 40 pounds of potatoes quickly.
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Fiedlerr
Phoebis
Federal Department
Labor Board Seeks Two More Carpenters
Nine carpenters and three painters have been supplied for Fur: Huachuca within two days. Three more carpenters and five laborers will be sent by the board at the fort as soon as they can be found. Hywell Davies, mediator for the department of labor in Arizona, will assume today the duties of bureau for and violators with of Thomas J. Groat has resigned the
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Bishee
Fur
Huachuca
Fort
Pestertay
Hywell Davies
Department of Labor
Arizona
Bureau
WIFE REFUSES TO AID HUSBAND AT TRIAL IN PHOENIX
W I Bots sentenced to one to five years in the state prison after he claimed theft was to feed his starving wife and family. His wife refused to support his request for a suspended sentence, while evidence showed he could perform light work despite poor health. A second report notes Thomas G. Culver, a paroled Utah prisoner, found dead in a lodging house from a lung hemorrhage. inquest deemed unnecessary. He had been paroled due to health and came to Phoenix seeking strength, with kin to be notified.
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Phoenix
W. F. Bots
Stanford
Boin
Thomas G. Culver
Utah
Culver
Wheeler
Referendum on Board Phoenix March Movement Reported
A movement to invoke a referendum on the governor backed board of control bill was reported in Phoenix. Officials said the plan would create a board of control with the state auditor secretary of state and a governor appointive secretary at 4340 salary and that funds for the action included a 1090 seed fund. If approved the bill would not take effect until 1920 and the commission of state institutions would lack funds until then after the governor cut allocated funds.
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Western Union
Churches of Phoenix
Weruing
Ministerial Association
Board of Supervisors
J. A. Rorvine
Phoenix
Campbell
Commission
Board of Control
Five Men Arrested In Raid On Poker Game
Bisbee Arizona April 3 five men were arrested in a raid on a poker game. Police reported the operation uncovered gambling activity and seized instruments of gambling.
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Bisbee, Ariz
Greatest Shoot Ever Held in State at Tucson in April
The Arizona State Rifle Association announces its April 26 and 27 match at the Tucson rifle range. The event promises the greatest gun club competition yet in the state with team and individual events, eight big ranges, medals and cash prizes, plus pistol matches. A team of expert shooters is expected from Tucson, with many local clubs preparing to field top marksmen.
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National Rifle ‘Association
National Association
United States Army
Arizona
Aringpa State Rifle Association
Tucson Rife
Ariana
George J. Toskrudge
Sta. Tucson
Tucson
Etx
Rifle Association
Mexican Murder Suspect Attempts to End Life
In Phoenix Jesus Morales, jailed on murder charges, tried to kill himself by hanging himself with a pole. He has claimed fear of being returned to Mexico where he says only a Bring stad awaits him. Morales, once a Mexican army lieutenant, reportedly killed three officers after his home was destroyed. The Mexican consul holds Morales, with attorney Robert S. Fisher unavailable. In Douglas Corporal Allen Christy, 17th Cavalry medical detachment, died when a box toppled on him on Tenth Street, the accident likely caused by a box shift during transport. He was among an escort moving crates when the fatal collapse occurred.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Jesus Morales
Morales
Mexico
Blanque
Herder
Yen
Sands
Leia
Robert S. Fisher
Douglas
Tenth Street
Allen Christy
17Th Cavalry
Corporal Christy
Report on Arizona Oil withheld by commission panel
In Phoenix on March 30 the long awaited investigation report on the Arizona Oil and Refining Company remains withheld by the corporation commission. The commission last stated the report would not be published until a later date after several minor wording changes were suggested and explained.
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News Orien Wir
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Oil and Refining Company
Corporation Commission
Heavy cattle rustling case near Globe Arizona
A. B. Deaver, Pinal county ranger, found unbranded calves and calves with fresh brands on the Cox cattle range near Miami. Deputies, aided by local cattlemen, pursue rustlers as fear of whistle cattle theft grows. Two brass hides were found at Jimmyson’s rack on Mineral creek. Gilson pled guilty in Ray to illegal slaughter and sale of meat and was fined $200.
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Gloze
Ariz
Cox Range
Uth
Pinal Mountains
Miami
Chas
Hvestock
Deaver
Jimmyson
Mineral Creek
Gibson
Preneh
Ray
Gilson
Freres
Arizona Boiled in Buried Whiskey Theory Tally
Justice Charis Da Lake Wheeler delivers opinion in Phoenix court on Arizona liquor cases. He asserts rumors of buried whiskey from the pioneer era persist and that bottles shown as exhibits indicate ground storage for safekeeping. Wheeler notes bootleggers hide stock to avoid town possession and occasional small quantities are moved to town.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Charis da Lake Wheeler
Wheeler
Alleged Moonshiner Nabbed by Officers in Arizona
Hayden Arizona March 0-4 A Palmer and Carol Gilmer arrested Rafael Bledma for operating a still at his home in San Fedro. Officers retrieved the still and bottles, found wood alcohol and vinegar, and detained him after breaking in. He was jailed to await trial.
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Hayden
Ariz
Palmer
Carol Gilmer
Rafael Bledma
San Fedro
Biedma
While Wife Prayed Johnson Sues for Divorce
March 21 B J Johnson sues Lula Johnson alleging neglect of home duties while he stayed home to perform chores. He claims her church devotion kept her out late and affected their marriage. He seeks legal separation citing her conduct and names she called him.
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Phoenix
B. J. Johnsone
Pentecostal Church
Negre
Hiss
Johnson
Failure of Soldier Settlement Bill Delights Regrets In Congress
The failed soldiers settlement bill in the closing days of Congress disappointed Secretary of the Interior F K Lane and hundreds of thousands nationwide. Many legislatures backed farm settlement plans, but the measure stalled amid year end jam. Lane hopes the bill passes at the next session in May or June, and he addresses soldiers awaiting farm homes, urging patience and signaling possible action with public support.
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Phoenix
Arig
Moreh
Cleeny
Customs Officials Seize Large Supply of Bullets
In Nogales Arizona customs officers seized several thousand rounds of Mauser ammunition and a large stock of equipment from a Ter race avenue house. The American man involved, tied to Mexican politics, was not arrested and authorities would not discuss the arrest or identify the owner.
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Nogales
Aria
al Sena Ama
George Mason
Customs Service
Ihiern
Arizona airman wins high honors in New York display
Frank Rogers of Prescott, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Rogers, is listed among fifty American aerial combatants chosen to exhibit in the Victory Loan drive. The Arizona contingent sails to New York from Prescott’s aviation circle, with dates and itinerary pending until flights begin in California next month. Rogers ran away to become an aviator and earned high honors in training in France and at home.
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Prescott
Aris
New York City
Lafayette
Frank Rogers
Presset
L. Rogers
Ser
Arizona
Mich
Avlatur Alohan
California
Rogers
France
California Bank Robbers in Arizona
Phoenix April 1 five men who robbed the First National bank at Artesia California of 30000 in Lib etf hands have been in Phoenix according to J W Buchanan a private detective working for the bank He arrived to pursue the Phoenix angle of the case and said the robbers had been traced to this point and he expected to pick up leads there that would facilitate their arrest
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Phoenix
First National Bank
Artesia
Cal
J. W. Buchanan
Buchanan
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