Sutter Addresses Big Bisbee Crowd for Governor Bid
Senator Fred Sutter of Risher spoke to a large Bisbee audience urging the Democratic nomination for governor. He attacked Colter’s prison policies, cited prison abuses, and detailed his humble rise from Minnesota, Nebraska to Bisbee. He denied rumors about a son and defended his family, praising his two soldiers sons and his late-life struggles.
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Sutter
Bisbee
Fred Sutter
Risher
F Avenue
Eleventh Street
Colter
Hunt
Gomez
Senator Sutter
Minnesota
Nebraska
Mexico
France
Hiss
Dunbar's
Graham County
Burro Meat Planned for Market in Flagstaff
A plan to sell burro meat for human consumption in Flagstaff Arizona is under consideration. Laseter reports feasibility and proposes marketing to Mexican mining camps and possibly ships to France. Riordan, Federal Food Administrator, says sale is allowed if properly labeled.
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Flagstaff
Arizona
Jack Lax
Laseter
Federal Food Administrator
Sam
Food Administration
France
Riordan
Deserters Trade Uniforms For Peons Garb
Edward Hall and Edwin Claughton, both Seventeenth Cavalry deserters from Douglas, were arrested in Tucson after abandoning military gear for Mexican peon clothing. They crossed the border with swapped uniforms, one found shoeless and the other working at a home on Alameda Street. Military authorities at Douglas notified.
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Tucson
Edward Hall
Shelton
Police Departmentesseil
Polies Baileyth
C. E Bast
Seventeenth Cavalry
Douglas
Hall
Edwin Claughton
The
Mexico
North
Stone Avenue
Claughton
Alameda Street
Men Discuss Married Men Exemption And Flour Prices
Washington moves to keep existing married men regulations as Secretary Baker rejects a wartime exemption plan. Trade and food policy note Arizona flour and mill feeds price establishment by the Food Administration through the grain corporation, outlining mill locations and price schedules for bulk and retail handling.
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Washington
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Baker
Food Administration
Flagstaff
Grain Corporation
The
Arizona
FARMER ARRESTED AS TRAITOR TO GOVERNMENT YUMA
James J. Braswell, labeled traitor to the government, is arrested after a county attorney warrant was issued on a complaint by Charles Winter. Braswell, warned by the sheriff, was located at Second and Main. he allegedly expressed anti war views and disdain for U.S. service, preferring Germany and Kaiser sympathies for his sons.
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Yuma
James J. Braswell
Braswells
Henry Wappermas
Charles Winter
Asanager
EFL
Sanguiner
Santa Anz Ranch
Braswell
Second and Main
Germany
United States
Plan for convict unit in army abandoned
Warden RB Sims of the Arizona penitentiary described his eastward trip about a proposed call of paroled convicts into the United States Army. He noted precedents against such a unit and said the plan will likely not be tried, despite favorable comment on the scheme.
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RB Sims
Arizona Penitentiary
United States Army
el Paso
Sims
Mr. Sims
Authorized Groups to Solicit in Arizona State Defense
At the August meeting the Arizona State Council of Defense committee recommended that Red Cross, Salvation Army, YMCA, YWCA, Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare League, War Community Service, American Library Association, and other well organized local and state charitable religious eleemosynary associations be allowed to solicit within Arizona. No solicitation by unlisted persons or organizations may occur without authorization from the council.
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State Council of Difease
WM. Silpher
Theodore Marsh
Homer R. Wood
Arizona State Council of Defense
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Fardick Commission
Y. MC. A
Red Telangle League
Y. W C
Jury Convicts Scanlon of Resisting Officer Jerome
A jury found Mickey Scanlon guilty of resisting an officer in Jerome. Police reported Scanlon, linked to a group called LWW and deportees from Jerome last summer, attacked the arresting officer when charged with possession of explosives under a federal statute. The confrontation required several officers to subdue him before his imprisonment.
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Jerome
Mickey” Scanson
LWW
Kasmer
Scanlon
Night survey uses acetylene torch to fix line between Yuma and Maricopa
State engineer B M Atwood and his observers employ a simple nocturnal method to overcome heat refraction. An acetylene torch on a mountain peak establishes a base line for triangulation. Field engineer S Barlow reports the task across remote desert and mountain terrain is arduous with food and water hauled along rough trails. Motor transport limited by car availability and poor roads.
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Phoenix
Yuma
Muri
B. M. Atwood
Cme
S. Barlow
Maricopa
Bke
American Indian scouts join Pershing’s hunt in Europe
American army dispatches describe Indian scouts from Apache origins aiding Gen. Pershing in Mexico and France. The unit wore regulation uniforms, received watches, and created insignia from Mexican silver dollars as they tracked and engaged enemies, impressing allied troops and returning to duty amid renewed combat with the German forces.
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New York
France
Gen
Pershing
Roche
India
Fort Apache
Ariz
Santa Fe
Holbrook
Artin
Columbus
Mexico
Ponte
Howze
Robert L. Howze
Jevionel
State Council of Defense Adopts Nonpartisan Work Policy
Aug 21 report from Phoenix says the State Council of Defense passed resolutions urging absolute nonpartisanship in defense duties and urging caution to avoid charges of political activity. The notice also reports gradual recovery of Judge A C Lockwood’s daughter from illness and note on committee workload.
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State Council of Defense
A.C. Lockwood
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