City may lease Tucson air field to government
Col Culver proposes leasing the entire Tucson aviation field to the government for airmobile use and private hangar space, pending local funding for transport and erection. The plan would allow government permits for partial private use and keep a southern strip for private hangars if desired.
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Col. Culver
War Department
Washington
Tucson
Ben Hill
Col
C. C. Culver
Air Service
Eighth Army Corps
Culver
Sunshine
McGovern
Hill
Tucson Field
del Culver
Col Culverates
Nogaies
Turcon
Calver
Eclipse Totality Report From Durango Mexico Observers Say
American and German scientists observed a total solar eclipse near Yerbanis and Torreon Durango Mexico. Weather cleared just before totality and street lights stayed on about 36 minutes. trains halted 23 minutes due to darkness.
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Paso
United States
el Pass
Mexico
Yerbanis
Durango
Elentiasta
No Trace Found Of Missing Man Metz
Denver police reported no trace of G. R. Metz a 4 year old salesman who vanished after leaving a hotel note about a dangerous mission. Investigators found no motive for the disappearance and considered possible death by own action or foul play. The note directed the disposal of papers to relatives in the west while Mrs Keller and company officials offered no new leads.
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Denver
Ept
G. RB. Metz
Metz
G. A. Keller
New York
Pittsburgh Lamp, Brass and Glass Company
Colorado
Pelies
Dempsey Firpo Bout May Move If Rain Delays Fight
Tex Rickard warned the Dempsey Firpo heavyweight title bout at the Polo Grounds could shift from Friday to Saturday if rain interrupts the event. He noted the match already drew the largest advance gate in boxing history with receipts exceeding 1 999 900 dollars and a capacity figure of 1 390 600 dollars.
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Fuckard
Walton May Lift Tulsa Army Rule
Governor J C Walton travels to Tulsa to survey conditions and review martial law in the county The visit marks his first since imposing military rule over mobs and klan activity Leaders of the chamber of commerce and Adjutant General B H Markham will provide perspectives on troop withdrawal and the inquiry into recent whippings.
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J. C. Walton
Comerce
B. H. Markham
Unique Grasshopper Trap Invented by Arivaca Farmer
Arivaca rancher Loom Noon, a cattleman and small farmer, reports a new trap to curb grasshopper swarms that devastate beans corn and pumpkins along Arivaca Creek. A large water kerosene pan is set in a corrugated iron corral. the farmer and workers drive insects into the trap and they are killed in the solution.
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Ruthor Loom
Arivaca
Noon
Tucson
Arivaca Creek
Far Nore
Neon
Postvale Moves to Gin Town by Overnight Roll
Ed Goyette visited Postvale to find the town vanished overnight with only scattered foundations. Locals revealed Clark and others moved buildings on rollers to a site a mile west where a new cotton gin was erected near the relocated town. The post office and store reappeared at the new site with Postmaster Clark sorting mail as the accommodation train halted there.
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Tome
Postvale
Ed. Goyette
Car
Clark
Goyette
Northwest says old party interest waning in Northwest
In Chicago on September 12 Senator Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota said the northwest shows little interest in Republican or Democratic statesmen. He argued Lincoln and Jefferson principles persist but are no longer found in old parties. He noted Minnesota is moving to the Farmer-Labor party and cited Ford La Follette and Johnson as popular figures.
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Chicago
Northwest
Henrik Shipstead
Minnesota
Ship Stead
Lincoln Republicans
Jefferson Democrats
Lincoln
Jefferson
Farmer-Labor Party
Henry Ford
Senator la Follette
Johnson
California
Wealthy Baker's Son Faces Murder Trial in White Plains
Waller Ward, wealthy baker's son, went on trial in the supreme court for the murder of Clarence Peters, a former sailor whose body was found sixteen months earlier on a lonely road near White Plains with a bullet through the heart. The indictment is a second for Ward after a prior grand jury dismissed a self defense claim following Peters's alleged blackmail attempt.
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White Plains
Waller & Ward
Baker
Supreme Court
Clarence Peters
Ward
Peters
Armistice Day Three Day Celebration Planned in Tucson
Colonel Parker in charge announces a three day Armistice Day celebration sponsored by the American Legion. A large parade and mounted events compete with football and field events, with prizes for best floats and a monster Sunday program attracting wide public interest.
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Parker
The
American Legion
Mesa Pigskin
Military Department
Tucson
Bishop DuBose to Speak Here in Tucson
Bishop H M DuBose D D of San Francisco will arrive Saturday and stay over Sunday He will preach Sunday morning at University Methodist church at 9 30 o clock The temporary tabernacle sits behind the new church at Euclid and Third Streets Work on the new building is progressing and expected to finish early in November Special musical numbers will be offered and the public is invited to attend.
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H. M. DuBose
D. D
San Francisco
Tucson
University Methodist Church
Euclid and
Third Streets
W. J. Sims
DuBose
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