Henderson Acquitted On Murder Charge In Chandler
Phoenix reports Henderson, foreman at the Denver Johnson ranch near Chandler, was dismissed after a preliminary hearing with a verdict of justifiable homicide. The case followed a shooting after irrigation disputes and an exchange with Mexican laborers including Maria Alvarado. The incident led to Henderson facing murder and assault charges, with county officials investigating.
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Phoenix
Arnold
Chandler
John Henderson
Denver Johnson Ranch
Chandier
Jsour
Henderson
Maria Albarado
Alvarado
Johnson
Mewid
Albarado
Lon Henderson
Carl H. Davis
Sixty Five Diplomas To Be Awarded At University
In Tucson on May 21 1920 the University of Arizona will award sixty five diplomas at the commencement next Wednesday evening. The class includes 39 men and 25 women with 15 Tucson residents and 35 from Arizona. Thirty five will receive bachelor of science degrees 25 arts baccalaureates four master of science three bachelor of science in agriculture two LLB and two LD degrees.
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Tucson
University of Arizona
Arizona
Agriculture
L. D. Iear
Accident Injures Lad in Mine Area Shooting
Little Walter Lew was accidentally shot by a playmate near the IXL mine while rattlesnake dusting. A 22 caliber bullet passed through his left groin and cut his left hip but is not expected to be fatal.
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Kingman
Little Walter Lew
Young Brooks Dudley
Ixl
Pany Formed rei Near Patagonia IA
May 31. A pew sale is under way in Santa.
Decorate Grave of Departed Comrade Fours Post No 14
Fours Post No 14 American Legion organized a grave decoration for Nor Pours who died serving his country. A large wreath with carnations and the Stars and Stripes marked his resting place. The Wilcox Legion Post held memorial services with a firing squad salute and a solemn ceremony.
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American Legion
Smith
John Hravin
Soe Carpena
P Giresl
Witlcox
Legion Post
Wilcox
Willcox
Martin Schwab Disappears En Route Between Playstaff and Winslow
Martin Schwab a 55 year old traveling man has vanished between Playstaff and Winslow. Officials from Coconino County join the extensive search as his family and company await word.
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Winslow
Martin Schwab
Playstaff
Coconino County
Sentenced for Bringing Liquor into Arizona
Tucson, June 1. Grover Lowe, recently indicted for introducing twenty six points of ik ker into the state, was sentenced in federal court yesterday to thirty days in jail and a $250 fine. He had been out on bond since arrest and was committed to the county jail yesterday.
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Tucson
Grover € Lowe
Lowe
Blast Injures Two at Morning Glory Mine near Patagonia
June 3. Frank Bender and Francisco Torres were likely fatally hurt by a blast at the Morning Glory mine near Patagonia. The blast failed to explode until the men entered to inspect and the charge then detonated. Bender was brought to a hospital severely injured.
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Nogales
Frank Bender
Francisco Torres
Morning Glory
Patagonia
Bender
Salt River Cotton Crop Hit By Hail Damage
The Salt River Valley long staple cotton crop suffered about 25 percent damage on 15 000 acres last week, with some fields 59 percent damaged and a few nearly ruined, according to 150 experts at a meeting in Phoenix.
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Salt River Valley
Three Hurt As Auto Goes Over Bank Into Outhouse
A single vehicle crash near Rose Road and Coffe Canyon toppled Otto Birkenmeir’s truck. Driver Arthur Steck and Mrs Steck with a two other passengers were injured, the baby sustaining minor scrapes as the vehicle bounded down the hill and overturned thrice.
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Miami
Rose Road
Coffe Canyon
Otto Birkenmeir
Arthur NR Steck
Steck
Jurley
Sheep Herder Killed in Arizona Camp Clash
Angel Sarabia, 20, Mexican camp worker, is jailed in Prescott on a homicide charge after Valentino Cortez, a sheep herder, was fatally wounded 16 miles south of Sentinel on Monday. Sarabia says Cortez attacked him with a club. he then used a butcher knife during a meal preparation, causing a grave abdominal wound that proved fatal.
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Prescott
Ariz
Angel Sarabia
Valentino Cortez
Sentimel
Sarabia
Cortez
Stoneman Leaves Phoenix for California
June George J. Stoneman a leading Arizona attorney and former Democratic state central committee chairman will move from Phoenix to Los Angeles with his family. The announcement said he plans to depart tomorrow morning for the West Coast.
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Phoenix
George J. Stoneman
Arizona
Democratic State Central Committee
Los Angeles
Stoneman
Rancher Freyda Death Mystery Solved in Tunnel Verdict
Prescott reports a coroners jury finds the body in a tunnel on Freyda's ranch not from foul play. The body lay on a ladder with a blanket and woolen door covering it, house undisturbed, suggesting unknown enemies.
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Prescott
Mysery
D'Pearance
George H. Freyda
Freyda
Poland
Aziz
Fresda
Gila Valley Flour Mill Nears Completion
June 2 in Safford Vic Holding manager of the Safter Flour Milling company reports the valley’s smallest flour mill nearing completion. The concrete steel building features a 12800 square foot warehouse and will soon receive most of its machinery. Once finished the mill will rival leading U S mills and provide an outlet for local grain products to two other modern mills in the valley.
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Safford
Gila Valley
Vic Holding
Safter Flour Milling Company
Pearing Completon
Re Jkind
United States
Bisbee men witness Oklahoma dynamite case details
Three Bisbee men Eltt. Watkins J A and Frank Salmon returned from Tulsa where they connected activities of two men in 1917 and later in Tulsa. They witnessed the state of Oklahoma versus Frank Kreiger charged as an accessory in the dynamiting of J E P s home, president of the San Ol corp.
Blinded in Mine Accident Seeks Damages from San Xavier
Pedro Vasquez files suit in superior court claiming 49000 in damages after an explosion on May 1 at San Xavier Ex tension. He alleges while cleaning pipes and shot holes he was struck by a missed dynamite charge and suffered injuries to arms hands and body.
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San Xavier
Tucson
Pedro Vasque
W.V. Anderson
Vasquez
ForgerY Charge Holds Miami Suspect
Roy Pope V Crul and Lawrence Stewart were jailed on a charge of surety after being linked to cashing four drafts made out to Roy Pope and later cashed in Miami. Crul and Stewart were discharged before arraignment. Pope remained charged and is to appear before Superior Judge Shute Friday morning.
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Miami
Roy Pope
V. Crul
Lawrence Stewart
Roy Popie
United States
Hechtman
Crulz
Stewart
Pope
Pratt
Ryy Pople
Shute
Southern Commander Inspects Nogales Army Post
Major General Joseph T. Dickman, commanding officer of the Southern department, arrived by motor in Nogales for an inspection of Camp Stephen D. Littles. He is guest of Col. O C Carnahan and tours posts across the Southern department before leaving for Tucson and then San Antonio.
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Nogal
Joseph T. Dickman
Southern Department
Ech
San Antonis
Vex
Nogales
Stephen D. Littles
Dickman
O.C. Carnahan
RM. Howell
Tucson
San Antonio
U.S. Deportation Train Lands Two Aliens in Tucson
A westbound deportation train passing through Tucson at 6:10 p.m. Friday left two Mexican aliens with local immigration officers for deportation to Mexico. The barred cars train, led by Inspector Kilne of Washington, makes a bi monthly circuit through Tucson with connections to San Francisco and Portland before heading east. Officer Earl A. Lemmon accompanied three aliens to Nogales for deportation, two of whom were from the eastern group.
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Tucson
Kilne
Washington, D. C
Mexico
Elrele
San Francisco
Portland
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Earl A. Lemmon
Nogales
Cantu Transfers Lower California Authority to New Governor
In Mexicali Estaban Cantu proclaims Bal Domero Almada the northern district governor of Lower California and successor to Cantu. Almada, a Obregon ally, is expected to carry on the policies of the outgoing leader as details of any federal position remain undisclosed.
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Lower
California
Calexico
Cant
Baldomero A. Almada
Estaban Cantu
Mexicali
Senor Almada
Obregon
Senor
Mexico
Senor Cantu
Matt
Almada
Glendale Creamery Plant to Close in June
The Pacific Creamery in Glendale announces closure of the milk and butter departments on June 1 and will keep the manufacturing section operating through the summer. The shutdown will put many workers out of jobs as dairy ranches shift to cotton ranches reducing milk supply.
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Glendale Creamery
Glendale
Pacific Creamery
Creamery
Reese Webster Killed in Rock Blast on Clifton Springerville Road
A road contractor Reese Webster of Webster Bros and Kerby was killed Friday afternoon May 5 during blasting on the Clifton Springerville highway about seven miles north of Metcalf. An eye witness James H. Kerby reported debris and rock threw him 55 feet. he died minutes after reaching camp.
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Clifton
Reese Webster
Webster Bros. and
Kerby
Cliton Springerville
Whille
Metcalf
James H. Kerby
Elks Picnic at Ramsey Canyon on Sunday
Local notes report Elks plan an all day picnic at Ramsey Canyon this Sunday in Benson. CE Goetz leads a cream shipping drive and expects arrival of about thirty Jersey and several Holstein cows for Valley farmers. Commentator M P Cosby urges pure bred hogs to consume separated milk, suggesting bank support to supply Jersey sows, with dairy cows and hogs forming a strong farm foundation alongside poultry and a silo.
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Glendale
Creamery Company
Benson
Jacks
Bers
San Pedro
Salt River
Romer
Pacific Creamer Co
Ropen & Plant
Telpa
Bistee Lodge of Elks
Ramsey Canyon
Elks
Herefurd
Jersey
San Carlos Project To Be Resurveyed In Arizona
June 1 The state land board will sign a supplemental pact with the federal reclamation service to allow further study of the San Carlos project. The aim is to assess expanding the project to include hundreds of acres of fertile land previously outside it. The plan calls for the state to provide 5000 dollars to be matched by federal funds.
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San Carlos
Phoenix
State Land Board
Federal Reclamation Service
San Carios
Insane Negro Adjudged Mental Invalid After Jail Outburst
Jeune John David, a Black man, threatened deputies at the county jail and was deemed insane by physicians and Judge Oconsor. He was moved to the Phoenix Insane asylum by Sheriff Earhart, sometimes rational but obsessed with a hanging fate.
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Ogales
John Davidson
Earhart
Oconsor
Phoenix
High Grade Silver Strike Reported Near Tucson
A sensational silver strike is reported at the Shere Wood Copper company property in the Comababl district about six miles north of Iadiaz Oasis. The M45 drift uncovered a 3 foot wide vein of high grade ore averaging $700 to $900 per ton, with sampling as high as $49 per ton. Much ore is being shipped while the rest is piled for concentration after water development.
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Tucson
Ativer
Shere “Wood Copper Company
Comababl
Iadiaz Oasis
Funeral for Mexican captain Carlos Calles held in Tucson
Jun 1 funeral services were held today in Santa Cruz church for Carlos Calles the Mexican captain murdered south of Yuma. Mexican societies attended by car caravan with solemn high mass. friends from border towns and across Arizona honored the deceased, whose longtime home was Tucson.
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Tucson
Carlos Calles
Yuma
Santa Cruz
Arizona
Milk and Honey Flow in Benson Valley
C A Goetz announces plans to ship a full car of San Pedro Valley honey to London via New York. The valley also hosts a substantial dairy herd, prompting questions about its prosperous milk and honey image.
Free Clinic to Offer Examinations in Phoenix
The state board of health announced 18 free clinics for examinations will be held here next Saturday. Children who are anaemic or exposed to tuberculosis will receive special attention. Provisions for adenoids and enlarged or infected tonsils will be made later.
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Phoenix
State Board of Health
Nation's cotton crop called worst in history by federal report
Washington June 3 The May 25 condition of the cotton crop stood at 62.4 percent of normal the Agriculture Department announced. There was no forecast of production. Area planted last year was 35,133,000 acres area picked 33,566,000 acres and yield per acre 115 pounds. State by state scores ranged from Virginia 71 to California 66 with several states in the 60s. The department said this was the lowest mark in fifty years and the worst ever known.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
California
Arizona
States
Negro Fatally Shot Fails To Explain Incident
Phœne June 3. Clarence Green fired a revolver at the corner of First Avenue and Maricopa Street, wounding Jack Taylor with a temple bruise as Green fled in a car. C W Andrews and officers arrested Green. doctor found only a temple bruise on Taylor. The clash appeared to be a scuffle with the revolver discharging on contact.
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Phoene
Clarence Green
First Avenue
Maricopa Street
Jack Taylor
Green
C. W. Andrews
Dr. Beauchamp
Taylor
Papa
Strathy
Cooley Injured Diving in Canal at Mesa
June 3 J E Cooley an employee of the Mesa Garage was paralyzed from the neck after striking his head on a submerged concrete block while diving into the canal yesterday. He was taken to Community Hospital and doctors monitor his condition fearing possible operation. Cooley is married with six children.
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Mesa
J. E. Cooley
Mesa Garage
Community Hospital
Bisbee to Get Four Captured German Guns Memorial
Four large artillery pieces seized from Germany will be displayed in Bisbee as a World War memorial after the commercial club secured Arizona's war trophies allotment. A letter to Senators Smith and Ashurst requests help in obtaining the guns. Congress plans to distribute captured guns to states, with Bisbee aiming for two 155 mm and two 75 mm pieces.
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Bisbee
Commercial Club
Arizona
Smith
Ashurst
Congress
S&s
Gasoline Sales Limited Near Phoenix Sunday Closures
Phoenix garages and service stations will close on Sundays for three months to curb pleasure riding and conserve gasoline. The plan applies to Mesa Tempe Chandler and Glendale and aims to prevent a gas shortage if motor activity remains unchecked.
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Phoenix
Cou
Mesa
Tempe
Chandler
Glendale
Douglas Men Convicted Of Munitions Running
Ignacio Soto a Douglas merchant was fined 10900 in Tucson federal court for altering arms and ammunition into Mexico. His partner F C Romey of Nogales was sentenced to six months in jail and 1900 on the same charge.
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Ignacio Soto
Douglas
Tucson
Mexico
F.C. Romey
Nogales
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