Enthusiast in Arizona Route Sparks Good Roads Week
A. Rountree secretary of the United States Good Roads Association and Bankhead Highway group has toured Texas New Mexico and Arizona to drum up support for the Sixth Annual Good Roads session in Little Rock April 15 to 19. He reports strong local interest and promises from Texas New Mexico and Arizona to route the Bankhead Highway from El Paso to Phoenix. Governors and chambers of commerce plan delegations and a large turnout is anticipated for the Little Rock event. County Assessor E A Hughes was in Bisbee yesterday on official business.
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Little Rock
Ark
A. Rountree
United States Good Roads Association
Bankhead Military Highway Association
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Bankhead National Highway Association
Rountree
el Paso
Phoenix
Chambers of Commerce
Bankhead Military National Highway
Washington
Los Angeles
Cal
Rious States
Good Roads
Hunt
United States
John H. Bankhead
Brough
Arkansas
Association
Mayors
Chambers of Commerce, Automobile and Good Roads Clube
Martial law urged after Bisbee mob threats
A Bisbee telegram to Governor Hunt warned that an organized mob may tar and feather peaceable citizens, prompting consideration of martial law to avert chaos. Attorney General Wiley E. Jones urged prompt action with Cochise County undersheriff Guy Welch to curb lawlessness following a tar and feathering episode. The sender of the warning was withheld as a woman.
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Phoenix
Bisbee
Hunt
Walter Johnson
Tebe
Washington
Wiley E. Jones
Guy Welch
Cochise County
Holy Rollers Arrested Phoenix Boys Scout Case
March 28 report says Holy Rollers sought court action to reform two to three juvenile defendants accused of disturbing a religious gathering by throwing stones and flooding the venue at 130 East Monroe Street. Defense and witnesses described the incident. judge Lyman dismissed the case after testimony failed to prove wrongdoing.
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Phoenix
Holy Rollers
Scull
East
Monroe Street
Lyman
Cochise growers form county food conservation body
A Cochise County grocers meeting at Hotel Gadsden formed a temporary organization to support the national food conservation program. Robert Rae, food administrator, urged plans for county alignment. T. J. Leeson was named chairman, J. P. Cull secretary, with a Douglas meeting planned for April to finalize a permanent group.
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Douglas
Cochise County
Gadsden
Robert Rae
F.C. Cura
State Food Administration
Gace
Arizona
Food Conservation Deasers’ Association
Phoenix Man 18 Killed in Italian Air Accident
Lieutenant Marcus A. Jordan of Phoenix Arizona died after an airship accident in Italy. A cablegram reported he was wounded in the same incident two days earlier and later died in Foggio. He had served in the Cassadian flying corps and the American army’s flying forces in Italy.
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Washington
Marcus A. Jordan
Phoenix
Arizona
Italy
Foggio
Eldridge E. Jordan
Jordan
Cascadian Flying Corps
American Army
Maly
Standings of Cochise County draft quotas
Cochise County exemp tion board secretary Mr Krebs provides March balance by class. White and colored counts total 1688 with 27 colored. emergency fleet included. Class 1 lists 461 general and 49 limited qualified, 12 delayed, 59 did not appear. Second draft first contingents report to Bisbee YMCA. Night Officer Hal Smith traveled to Bisbee for business yesterday.
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Cochise
Krebs
Cochise County
Bisbee
Police Raid Homemade Wine Joint in Bisbee
Bisbee officers led by Chief J A Kempton and Officer Joe Hardwick raided a home distillery at 119 Upper Brewery Gulch and arrested the Mexican woman in charge. About forty gallons of homemade brew were spilled on the ground and the woman jailed awaiting a heartine before Judge Thomas. The liquor, made from raisins grape juice prunes and grain, was reportedly sold to customers and kept cool with ice in one barrel.
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Thomas
Kempton
Gunfight on Reddington Road endangers Ranger
March 29 Tucson report says Ranger Hugh Bryant narrowly escaped a fatal shot while transporting bootlegger Jose Leon near Redington. Ranger George Holliway aided, bullet struck shoulder, likely through bone. Bryant rushed to St Marys Hospital. Dr. Gothelt reports rapid recovery possible with no complications.
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Tucson
Hugh Bryant
Reddington Road
Mobile
Jose Leon
Redington
George Holliway
Leon
Bryant
Ranger Holliway
St. Arry’s Hospital
Gothelt
Soldiers May Not Vote In Elections New Ruling
Phoenix March 24 reports a special session debate in Arizona over allowing soldiers overseas to vote. The War Department decided voting would hinder military efficiency, while Governor Hunt predicts soldiers in France will still cast ballots. In the US, soldiers in cantonments would vote with regular ballots.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Benedict Crowell
Newton Baker
France
Thes
Jefs
War Department
Hunt
Gov
United States
Steinfelds Draft Spot Reclaimed by Replacement Man
In Tucson on March 30 William A. Goley a fireman with Southern Pacific will take Harold Steinfelds quota spot for camp next Sunday after Steinfeld was eliminated from the draft by Provost Marshal General Crowder Illness delays Crowders ruling in Washington Governor Hunt accepts Richard Vinsons resignation from the local board J C Myers suggested for vacancy County registration to begin preparations Mohave County will see W P Mahoney quit state senate to seek sheriff race as Democratic nominee in Kingman at March 30 filing time.
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Tucson
William A. Goley
Southern Pacific
Harold Steinfeld
Steinfeld
Crowder
Richard Vinson
Hunt
J. Cress Myers
Senate
Kingman
W. P. Mahoney
Mohave County
Club Women Rally Heads to Phoenix Convention
Club women from across the state will gather in Phoenix for the annual convention of the state federation of clubs. The three day session begins in early April with a large delegation expected and committees arranging guest comfort. Mrs H A Morgan of Willcox, federation president, has not yet announced the program but it will address war topics and women's roles in war activities.
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Phoenix
State Federation of Clubs
H. A. Morgan
Willcox
Federation
Tar and Feathering Incident Sparks Grand Jury Call
Walter Johnson of Bisbee, I W W member, recounts being seized by a mob near Osborn, tarred and feathered, and dumped on desert. He traveled to Phoenix to report to Governor Hunt who orders Cochise and Yavapai grand juries to investigate Johnson’s assault and the Jerome War drop case, with Attorney General Wiley E. Jones overseeing.
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Hoenix
Walter Johnson
Bisbee
Osborn
Phoenix
Johnson
LI Oclock
Naco
Douglas
Bim Johnson
Washington
Wiley E. Jones
Yavapai
Cochise
Jerome
Hunt
John F. Ross
Cochise County
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Aseenor
E. A. Hughes
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Small Phoenix Boys
Hal Smith
Tanger
Jones Will Gall Cochise
Grand Jury
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