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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1930
Page
4
R L Moore urges Democratic voters to back labor friendly candidates Andrew Bettwy and support for Lyman while acknowledging personal choice in the primary. He pledges to aid the party’s November victory and warns against accusations of anti labor bias.
Coconino County Board of Supervisors refused to certify W. S. Norviel’s nominating petition for the Republican bid for Superior Court judge. The petition failed to specify term length, depriving voters of a clear choice and voicing disapproval of perceived politics surrounding Governor Phillips’s appointee to the bench after Judge Jones’s death.
Washington dispatch notes the Postoffice Department will stop advertisers using newspaper pages as reading matter by printing publicity as news. Publishers face charges of conspiracy against the government with penalties up to 10000 dollars and two years in prison. Most papers refuse such requests and discard free publicity copy as waste.
The piece argues that after census figures rise, cities tout population growth while neglecting quality factors. It urges promotion of libraries, schools, health, low crime, and cultural offerings over sheer size to improve urban well being.
The piece argues California exaggerates benefits from Boulder Dam and predicts harm to Arizona while noting New York Times coverage is misinformed. It claims most construction material and jobs will flow to California and that Arizona gains are overstated as the river forms California's western boundary.
Fred T. Colter urges readers in Winslow to back Democratic Governor candidates, endorses Frank Lyman for labor stance, and credits Hunt with labor support history. He argues labor seeks good governance over party wins and cites Colter’s Senate tenure and party positions to boost the 1930 electoral line.
Reported chatter says White House emissaries sought Sir Ronald Lindsay for a private “Consolation Club” with weekly drinks, a notion critics fear sets a bad example in the capital. The idea draws reader letters to the British envoy amid liquor-immunity debates and past ambassador Esme Howard’s caution.
Frank B. Kellogg of St. Paul, former secretary of state, won a gold medal from La Orden Del Olivo the Order of the Olive, an Argentine peace society, for his work toward world peace.
United States Senator J Thomas Heflin of Alabama suffered bruises cuts and a sprained wrist after an automobile crash near Decatur Alabama. Three members of his party were also cut and bruised when the car struck a telephone pole to avoid a log truck that moved onto the highway from a side road.
Edith L Henderson announces her candidacy for re election as Navajo County School Superintendent at the Democratic primaries on September ninth one thousand nine hundred twenty. She asks for support and votes. J E Ed Walker also seeks re election as Constable Winslow Precinct No 2 subject to Republican primaries and asks for support from friends.
A brief political notice urging support for the reelection of the Navajo County Attorney at the Democratic Primaries. The message requests votes and general support from the electorate.
A political notice from W. J. Hookway of Holbrook appeals Navajo county voters to support him in the Republican primary for county clerk. It emphasizes pledges of efficient conduct and requests votes on Tuesday September 9 1930.
In a Democratic nomination statement addressed to Navajo County voters Ellsworth appeals for support in the September 9 primary. He cites past county work experience and pledges economical and efficient conduct of the office.
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