Escaped Negro Recaptured and Taken to Arizona Prison
Aug 9 Thad Mitchell one of 12 jail escapees from Santa Cruz county jail was recaptured at the border with Mexico. He is returned to Florence state prison to serve a 45 year sentence for attempting to kill a Negro woman. Mitchell and three others were seized in Sonora after escaping, later sentenced to 60 days in Nogales for passport violation, released last week. The remaining escapees reportedly have not tried to reenter the United States.
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Notales
Thad Mitchell Negro
Santa Cruz County
Mexico
Florence
Department 1
Superior Court
Lockwood
James Haverty
Ths
Jose Garciaan
W. O. Espinosa
Robert Rae
Hereford
J. E. Hood
S. A. Gardenier
J. A. Wells
John N
Secretary May Send Officers of State Laws
Phoenix dispatch reports the secretary of state may print and distribute session laws beyond the minimum required, to state and county officers and peace judges. An attorney general opinion says officials may receive additional copies at the secretary’s discretion while honoring statute directives. A separate item notes a probe into ice dealers over retail weight compliance, with penalties and a lack of funds hindering Department of Weights and Measures investigations.
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Phoenix
George R
O. E. Sebopp
Aug
State Department of
Ray- 2 Dyas
Dyas
Campbell
Appropriations Committee
Range Conditions Now Best in Year for Cattlemen
Range conditions across Arizona have improved, easing mental strain on cattlemen. Frank E Schneider, secretary of the Cattle Growers' Association, says prospects look brighter as heavy rains spread through the state. Feeds will improve as more rain supports grazing and future weights are expected to offset lower market prices. Showers are daily in the north, with the south sharing in the rainfall, boosting feeding prospects through winter.
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Anat
Canmde
Frank E Schneider
Arction
Feede Plen
Mort Ranges
Associationecretary
Clarence R Craig Dies After Brief Illness in Phoenix
Clarence R. Craig executive secretary of the First Presbyterian church and its Sunday school superintendent dies after a two day illness presumed from heart disease. He served over a decade as chief clerk in the office of the surveyor general of Arizona and held posts as secretary of the Arizona Sunday School convention and of the MCCA board for directors. The funeral drew one of the largest crowds in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Clarence R. Craig
First Presbyterian Church
Surveyor General of
Arizona
Arizona Sunday Echoo
M.C. A. Board For Directors
Arizona Labor Convention Set For October 19
The tenth annual convention of the Arizona State Federation of Labor will open in Miners Union hall Miami early next October. All local unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor are invited to send representatives to the convention.
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Arizona State Federation of Labor
Miners’ Union Hall
Miami
Phoenix
American Federation of Labor
Manity and Sympathy Will Rule in Future, Legion Tells Prescott
Major Louis Z Grant, director of the war risk bureau for the twelfth district, said under the Sweet bill the new government agency would take over relief work now done by the American Legion and Red Cross. Speaking before the Arizona department convention, he outlined plans to wipe clean existing claims to speed aid and propose 140 local offices to cover Arizona. He stressed humanitarian aims over a machine-like system and said the reorganized bureau would relieve veteran organizations of routine claims work. Committees were named and resolutions discussed for further action.
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Prescott
American Legion
Red Cross
Agency
Harding
Louis Z. Grant
War Risk Bureau J
Grant
Arizona Department of the Legion Ber
Legion
Open Border Decree Lets Residents Travel Freely
Aug 9 report from Frack W Heath notes U S immigration officials removed passport restrictions for residents of area within 46 miles along the border. The Mexican government issued a similar decree, effectively opening the border for Americans and Canadians who have lived there for a year. Eligible residents may cross at will, with proof required if identity cannot be confirmed.
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Douglas
Texas Man Knight Disappears Night of July Ninth
Phoenix dispatch reports John J. Knight a Wichita Falls Texas businessman missing in the desert near Palo Verde. Investigators now believe he vanished July 9, not July 15, after extensive desert searches and a $1600 reward. Sheriff Montgomery heads to Buckeye to search the Hussayampa river bed.
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Phoenix
John J. Knight
Wichita Faile
Tex
Palo Verde
Knight
Montgomery
Buck-eye
Hussuyampa
Jury finds man who fell from car died of natural causes
In Nogales in August a county prisoner, described as a foreigner and dope fiend, tried to escape by sprinting down Court Street hill from the courthouse. The jury concluded the man died of natural causes after the fall.
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Nogales
Aug
Court Street
Nightlife crackdown grips Phoenix area on Aug 9
Newspaper note reports John W. Smith and Charles Lopes incidents near Seventh Avenue and Benedict, with arrests by J A Douglas and Benedict. Gov Benedict’s order on Fifth Avenue and McKinley restricts night life, as inquest into a death held by Coroner Nat T McKee. The Sonora policy and protests over Mexican work rules relate to authorities aiming to curb entertainment and crowd activity.
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Phoenix
John W. Smith
North Seventh Avenue
Charles Lopes
Lopes
J. A. Douglas
Franrear
Kenilworth
Benedict
Cisco Elias
Fifth Avenue
McKinley Street
Darth
Iater
Sonora
Chainers of White Ways of
Mexico
Nat T. McKees
States Must Agree Before Suits Tied Up
Phoenix, Aug. The seven southwestern states must approve a treaty or compact for Colorado River waters. Governor Campbell calls the plan the grandest improvement, while a federal commissioner will join state appointees as talks proceed. The action aims to safeguard state rights and international interests in the river.
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Phoenix
Aug
Thomas E. Campbell
Colorado River
Congress
Colorado
Thomases
United States
Carload of Hereford cattle arrives for Cowan range
Cowan and Alfred Stevenson bring four carloads of high grade Hereford two year old bulls from Texas to Government Draw near Tombstone. The cattle traveled from Douglas and will graze on the Cowan and Stevenson ranges. Cowan reports Texas stock in good condition and predicts a strong grass crop outlook. he has weathered prior droughts since 1881 and remains confident in cattle industry revival.
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Neman
Government Draw
Tombstone
Alfred Stevenson
Alec
Tland
Texas
Douglas
Cowan
Jook
Hosinees
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