Jail Break by Frank Wilson Terrifies Tombstone
Frank Wilson led a dramatic jail escape in Cochise County with a crew that freed inmates, seized weapons, and fled across the border to Mexico after locking guards in padded cells. Deputies pursued through Hereford and Garces Schoolhouse, with gunfights and a machine-trail across the border. several prisoners remained at large as authorities coordinate with Mexican officials.
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Bud Holland
Maurier Whelan
Charles Webster
Frank Wilson
Johnson
Bud Holl
Bud
Wilson
Holland
Wilson Holland
Wilson Salt
Wilson Tree
Halland
Mita
Viet
Whelan
Wiles
Bisbee
al Kempton
Titi Tex
Bul Sherill
Garces
Chambers
Kempton
Mexico
San Pedro
Hereford
J. A. Ivey
Superior Court
J. S. Chamber
Tombstone
Iver
Arizona
Alvord
Styles
Cochise County
Sheriff's
S Chambers
Escayonere
Trowins
L. Ducker
Tanielet
Escasion
Pris
Sone
LF Kuchenbecker
Overton Por
Kensky
Perez
Veneer
Becker
Fikcheon
South America
Welch
Cananea
Calles
Porter McDonald
Virgil Woodfork
White City
Tucson
Tucson i
Sheri Welch
Bisbee Mines Endorse Tombstone In County Seat Fight
A Bisbee miner tells fellow drinkers that Tombstone should keep the county seat, arguing removal to Douglas hurts Tombstone, harms the historic camp and its residents, while urging support for Tombstone on the ballot amid the county seat controversy.
Intellectuals Labeled Among Drafted Arizonans
Men drafted from California Utah and Arizona communities undergoing training were rated by the division psychological examining board as unusually intellectually capable. No further explanation was provided by officers.
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Mpkearny
San Diego
California
Utah
Arizona
Division Psychological Examining Board
Exemption bid by Bisbee-Douglas labor board for miners in copper district
In Bisbee Douglas Arizona September 23 1918 the Bisbee Douglas community labor board unanimously urged exemption for all miners and muckers citing copper output as essential to the war effort. A message to the county draft board requests this exemption while two contingent members are named to represent employers and workers with women to replace nonessential male labor where possible.
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Bisbee
Muckers
Arthean
Bisbee-Douglas Community Board
Douglas
Douglas, Ariz
Bisbee-Douglas Community Labor Board
James 1 Snore
Harry A. Clark
R. J. Wilbert
County Board
Clark
Tucson
Disteiet Board
Tle
Department of Bar
James Howell
Bisbee Central Labor Council
Department of Labor
Poker for money not illegal says official opinion
Deputy County Attorney H. Wapperman released an opinion that playing poker or similar games for money is not illegal under Arizona law if there is no banking feature and no house profit. He suggests owners or managers of such games could be subject to law, while players are not. The sheriff and police chiefs say they want to stop gambling but feel constrained.
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Hi. S. Ross
Gry Ic Welch
Harry Rotery
Welch
Simon
Storney
W.G. Gilmore
Rafferty
Bprings
Martinez
Ornelias
Bisbee
Wilson
Highfield
Cochise County
Highteld
Yuma
H. Wapperman
Arizona
Swift & Company Car Routes Spread Across Four Plant Network
Swift and Company runs extensive car routes from four teen distributing plants to streamline meat distribution. The system aims to fit into the industry with orderly, efficient operations that deliver better meat at lower prices from coast to coast.
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Swift & Company
Governor Joins State Advisory Board Amid War Efforts
In Phoenix the governor accepted a seat on the state advisory board. A message from Governor Hunt praised the effort to mobilize war-related groups and urged funding to support Arizona’s war services. The report notes Hoover’s praise for county food administrators and volunteers aiding the cause.
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Phoenix
Norman Carmichael
Hunt
Tam
Arizona
Buota
Young Men's
Christian Association
Hoover
Volsnter
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