Tombstone Navy Hero Return Home After Service
Tombstone George Gibson, a Navy veteran listed in 1916, returns to Gleeson with four years of service. He survived peril at sea, including the Milwaukee wreck, and later served on the Stewart Beale and Cunningham. He is reported to have paralysis, with prior convoy duty and submarine actions noted.
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Tombstone
U.s.navy
George Gibson
United States Navy
United States
Gleeson
George
Here
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Pacific
Stewart
Mer
Gibson
Key West
Heale
Red Cross
Cunningham
Naval Hospital
Boston
Gimmny Munns
Beale
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
British Isles
Spehige
Officers Capture Fleeing Circus by Swimming River
Sheriff Montgomery and Andrew Baumert pursued the Al G Barnes circus from the state line to Yuma after high water forced a river crossing. They seized the circus plant and tent poles at Maricopa and held them for damages assessed at 3000 dollars as the case heads to settlement.
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Phoenix
Sheriff Montgomery
Andrew Baumert
al G. Barnes
Baumert
Harry Mitten
Yuma
Stair Grounds
Gila River
Maricops
Near East Relief Drives Donations At Local Banks
The First National Bank and County State Bank are named depositories for Near East Relief funds as Arizona conducts an intensive drive March 8 to 14. Citizens are urged to donate at local banks with checks payable to Near East Relief. assistance covers meals, clothing, shelter, and training for thousands of destitute children.
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First National Bank
Cochise County
Arizona
Arkling
National Organization of the Near East Relief
Near East Relief
Congress
Legion Boys Plan Carnival Ball at Fourr Post Hall
Fourr Post of American Legion boys completed plans for a pig carnival ball to be staged Wednesday the 17th. Activities include circle formation, free distribution of ammunitions, confetti stand in the center, streamers, paper hats, and Hi school Jazz providing music. Large attendance hoped. cards mailed to nearby towns. records aim for high turnout. Also notes Arizona Pioneer society reports 960 membership applications from long-time residents. meetings held monthly at Pioneer hall.
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Tucson
The
Arizona Pioneer Society
Pioneer Hall
West + pimehad street
New York Delegation Heads for Grand Canyon Dedication
March 7 Tucson reports plans for a Brooklyn Eagle special guiding 130 prominent New Yorkers through town on their way to dedicate the Grand Canyon. The group will spend about two hours here before continuing to Casa Grande, traveling under Interior Department auspices.
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Tucson
Brooklyn Eagle
Grand Canyon
F. L. Pinckney
Southwest
Casa Grande
United States Department of the Interior
United States
Canyon
New York
Reclamation push for Fletcher Smith bill cited in letter
George H. Maxwell, executive director of the National Reclamation Association, urges Arizona readers to organize for a national plan to pass the Fletcher Smith bill. He notes efforts to push Charleston dam and irrigation projects and promises letters outlining the strategy will appear in the next issue.
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George H. Maywell
The
Nation Reclamation Association
Charleston
Arizona
Fletcher Smith
Fletcher-Smith
Forge H. Maxwell
Maxwell
Nogales Leaders Defend Testimony in Mexican Hearing
Bracy Curtis president of the Nogales chamber of commerce and J C Barnes president of the Young Men's Business Association of Nogales issued a formal declaration denying that Nogales businessmen feared testifying before a Senate subcommittee investigating Mexican affairs. The statement responds to remarks attributed to United States Senator Albert B Fall. Local business groups stress cooperation with authorities and orderly testimony.
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Nogales
Ariz
United States
Albert B. Fall
New Mexico
Senate
Bracy Curtis
Wiley Jones Back in Office for Rhode Island Prohibition Case
Arizona Attorney General Wiley Jones returns to duties after illness and a shaved moustache giving a youthful look. He engages in two key actions including joining Rhode Island against the federal prohibition amendment and pressing swift criminal action in the Harry Hurley cement theft case. Jones wires Chief Counsel Hughes for Rhode Island brief and plans a detailed reply to Washington to support federal stand.
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Phoenix
Mitch
E. Jones
Capitol
State of
Arizona
Jones
United States Supreme Court
Harry Hurley
Rhode Island
Army to Probe Fliers Who Landed on Mexican Soil
Tex March tenants L M Wolf and G L Usher American army aviators who landed in Mexico February 2 were detained by Mexican authorities at Naco Sonora for over a month. They arrived in El Paso by airplane from Douglas crossing the border this morning under escort. A preliminary investigation will determine if they were absent without leave and whether crossing the international boundary was proper.
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EL Paso
Tex
L. M. Wolf
G. L. Usher
Mexico
Nacozari
Sonora
Douglas
Artz
Fight On Closed Opened In Phoenix
Phoenix March 7 An advancing construction program at several large establishments in Phoenix will display a sign next Monday morning announcing that the work is henceforth to be continued under a new phase. Authorities expect renewed activity and progress at the sites.
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Phoenix
Cochise County Artist Wanted Man Dying in Texas Hospital
Eugene Dinsmore, a wanted alias of a Cochise County suspect who posed as Douglas Drug Co representative, was captured in Wichita Falls Texas. He used bogus checks to buy goods including typewriters while evading arrest. A hospital report says he ingested mercury and wax and hovers between life and death. extradition plans paused pending recovery.
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Southwest
Cochise County
Sherif
Eugene Dinsmore
Wichita Falls
Texas
Douglas Drug Company
Wroile
el Paso
Douglas Drug Co
McDonald
Sherifff
Arizona
Jury Diverges in Damages Suit Against Boquillas Company
Trial over a week yielded no verdict in John Fogan versus Boquillas Land and Cattle Company of the United States court. Jurors, kept overnight, were dismissed by order as Hung jury. case to be reset. Logan seeks 4000 dollars for floodwater diversion alleging river damming near the San Carlos river in Cochise county injuring neighboring property.
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Tueson
John Fogan
Boquillas Land and Cattle Company
United States
Logan
Com
San Carlos River
Cochise County
Boquisias Land and Cattle Company
Sogales aviation field to ready for border patrol group
On March 7 in Nogales Arizona the Sogales aviation field recently acquired by the government was slated to be ready within two weeks to receive a Might group of 13 planes 150 men and 20 officers Commander Lieutenant March said construction crews of 500 workers would prepare the site The group will start border patrol from Douglas to Yuma under open shop rules The plan followed a meeting of local bankers contractors merchants and other business leaders at which over 100 signed an agreement to bar further construction in Phoenix under closed shop rules
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Nogales
Ariz
Sogales Avistoin Field
March
Douglas
Yuma
Loa
Phoenix
Wooten Kidnapping Case Jury Panel Complete
In the Superior Court, a panel of 24 tentative jurors for the Wootten kidnapping case against Fred Brown was completed after a long selection process. Trial opens next Wednesday at 9 AM with peremptory challenges ahead. bailiffs placed the panel under guard.
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If E Wootten
Fred Brown
Bishee
Pattee
Judge Pattee
Lockwood
Tne
Bailifter Cavanaugh
Christenson
Tmp Tempe Bridge Crisis Sees New Oversight Arrival
F N Holmquist assistant to State Engineer Maddock arrived after traveling from Florence to Phoenix and will take charge of the Tempe bridge situation today. He plans to make a definite statement on the bridge condition by tonight as officials monitor subsidence.
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Tempe
F. N. Holmquist
Thomas Maddock
Florence
Holmquist
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