Norris Holds Nebraska Senate Nomination Over Stebbins
Nebraska Republicans back Senator George W. Norris in a tight primary as he trails no major opponent. The four other state primaries reflect mixed views on prohibition and the Hoover era, with Ohio Democrats choosing a wet senate candidate and a dry governor. Robinson leads Democratic senatorial race in Arkansas. Continued on page six.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
George W. Norris
Herbert Hoover
Norris
Alfred E. Smith
William M. Stebbins
Senate
Ohio
Robinson
Smith
Arkansas
Alabama
Arizona Imports And Exports Rise In 1980
Arizona customs district reports for the year ending June 30 1980 show imports and exports totaling 48 million 008 thousand 243 dollars, up 2 million 786 thousand 017 dollars. Nogales Douglas and Naco ports handled most traffic with imports exceeding exports due to a surge in vegetables from western Mexico.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Arizona Customs District
Nogales
Douglas
Naco
Mexico
Minor quake felt in Fozzvoli with no damage
An undulatory earthquake shock was felt in Fozzvoli Italy at 1 35 a m today. There were no casualties and no damage reported.
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Fozzvoli
Italy
Rains Declared Beneficial in Arizona Floods
Arizona state water commissioner Frank P. Trott said recent rains, though devastating in places, raise underground water levels as flood seepage replenishes wells. He noted levels vary from 15 feet in lowlands to 450 feet in mountains, with 25 year declines from prior depths.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Frank P. Trott
Trott
Hoover cancels western vacation trip this summer
President Hoover abandons plans for a summer trip to Rocky Mountain national parks to direct drought relief. He leaves open a possible western visit before Congress convenes in December if conditions permit.
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Washington
Hoover
Rocky Mountains
Congress
Boise hunter finds gold nugget in grouse gizzard
Gus Gilbert of Boise shot a grouse on the upper Boise River and found a gold nugget roughly the size of a lima bean in its gizzard. He kept the nugget but no others in his bag contained any gold.
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Boise
Idaho
Gus Gilbert
Boise River
Gilbert
Murder suicide follows stabbing of wife in St Louis flat
Robert Nelson a 50 year old steel plant foreman in Granite City IL stabbed his wife Rachel 28 to death in their St Louis flat and then killed himself with the same knife ending a domestic tragedy in one two act crime.
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ST. Louis
Robert Nelson
Granite City
Rachel
Captain Hawks Seeks West East Speed Record
A fog collision off Shantung peninsula sinks the Chinese steamer Tung On and leaves 79 missing while the Lien Hsiang is disabled. The Tung On, 225 feet long and built in 1924 at Hongkong, was bound from Tsingtao to Newchwang.
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Hawks
Tokyo
Shantung Peninsula
China
Rengo
Dairen
Tsingtao
Newchwang
Hongkong
Canton Launch Disaster Drowns Seventy on Sikiang Estuary
A large launch traveling from Hong Kong to Kongmoon on the Sikiang Estuary was blown up by a mine on Monday evening, drowning seventy people, most of them women, in Canton China.
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Canton
China
Hong Kong
Kongmoon
Sikiang
R-100 Set to Leave America for England Tonight
The British dirigible R-100 prepares for its return voyage from St Hubert Quebec to Cardington England at 9 pm. Gas bags hold extra hydrogen and the ship is in shipshape condition. With a favorable tail wind the starboard forward motor may not be used and a fifty hour crossing record is hoped for.
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ST. Hubert
Que
England
Cardington
Atlantic
Bandit Sets Self Afire After Shot At Woman
In Joplin Missouri a robber fired at Mrs Army Haggard a filling station operator last night. The fleeing bandit was engulfed in flames when gasoline sprayed on his clothes ignited. He ran to a waiting car as shots rang out from his pursuer and companion.
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Joplin
Army Haggard
Twenty Drowned In Flooded Mine Near Shimonoseki
TOKYO August 18 AP Twenty persons were reported drowned today in a coal mine flood at Ube near Shimonoseki after rains from yesterday's typhoon. Four others were reported dead in various parts of Kyushu island with widespread crop and property damage.
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Tokyo
Ube
Shimonoseki
Kyushin Island
Lindberghs Fly From North Adams After Politics Institute
Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh depart North Adams in their biplane for New York following attendance at the Institute of Politics in Williamstown the previous day.
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North Adams
Mass
Charles Lindbergh
New York
Institute of Politics
Williamstown
Famous Air Man Nears End Of Hop
Captain Frank Hawks nears the west to east transcontinental air record in a non stop flight from Albuquerque to Wichita after refueling in Albuquerque. He landed in Indianapolis at 1 22 p m local time and previously landed in Albuquerque at 6 43 a m. Weather forecasts sounded favorable with a strong tail wind aiding his progress toward Wichita.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frank Hawks
C. S.E
Albuquerque
N. M
Los Angeles
Wichita
New York
Winslow
Retail Pilots Ump Because of the Route
President Hoover hears a New York complaint about undue rises in fresh vegetable prices in York City. Representative Laguardia urges action with the agriculture department amid drought related cost increases. Milk and egg prices also rise, possibly justified by cattle feed shortages. Payne assures Red Cross funds are available if needed.
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Washington
York City
Hoover
Laguardia
New York
Department of Agriculture
Hyde
John Barton Payne
American Red Cross
White House
Red Cross
Payne
Captain Hawks Flight Details Over Los Angeles Area
Captain Hawks passed Winslow at 5 35 a m two hours nineteen minutes after leaving Los Angeles. He was flying high at about 9000 feet and his motor could be heard distinctly by local airport officials.
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Hawks
Winslow
Los Angeles
Census Revisions Trim Tucson City Figure
Census bureau revisions reduce Tucson population from 33,449 to 32,198, a loss of 1,251 residents. Phoenix remains at 47,950, with Arizona total rising to 455,033 as overall counts adjust across the state.
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Washington
Arizona
Tucson
Phoenix
Women Charged With Disgracing Flag In New York Camp
Two women communists at the international relief workers camp in Van Etten were accused of disgracing the American flag. Arlene Holmes and Mabel Husa faced a complaint by U S Commissioner Claude V Stowell alleging on August 8 they spat on the flag and used profane language. They pleaded not guilty.
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Elmira
N. Y
International Relief Workers
van Etten
United States Commission
Claude V. Stowell
Corning
Arlene Holmes
Mabel Husa
Utah Storm Debris Damps Roads. Farmers Seek Aid
Salt Lake City Aug 13 AP reports crews clearing blocked highways after a sweeping storm across three counties. Authorities plan a survey to assess needs of farmers whose homes and crops were ruined as floodwaters and debris spread from Idaho to Arizona. Provo Canyon landslide near Provo blocked a canyon road and threatened flood risk. Ogden saw flooded streets and mud in businesses.
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Salt Lake City
Idaho
Arizona
Salt Lake Valley
Provo Canyon
Provo
Ogden
Bar Silver Holds Steady In New York Markets
Bar Silver in New York trading on August 13 closed steady at 35.0 cents per ounce, with investors awaiting further cues from the market.
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New York
State Board Cuts Arizona Valuation For 1930 31 Budget
The State Equalization Board sets Arizona's 1930 31 budget at 6 469 545 08 with 5 694 188 16 raised by a 0 50 tax rate per 100 dollars. Navajo county valuation cited at 11 847 59 shows a 4 943 drop from earlier totals. The 1931 tax rate is 13 cents lower than last year with tentative state valuation at 716 045 021 reduced to 714 945 809 after protests against high assessments.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Navajo County
State Board of Equalization
Montgomery tied to Providence bombing flight confession
Murphysboro aviator Paul Montgomery confessed he flew over coal fields near Providence Kentucky Monday morning from which two men dropped nine bombs. Investigators pressed a circumstantial case with witness statements and noted an accompanying man with a sack during the early morning flight.
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Murphysboro
Til
Paul Montgomery
Providence
Montgomery
Clara Paul
Evelyn Fleming
Raymond Phifer
Pickneyville
Masson Fire Leaves Large Part Of Town In Ashes
A massive blaze in Masson Quebec destroyed nearly half the village including more than twenty homes the Catholic church and two businesses. The Notre Dame convent burned later but occupants escaped unharmed.
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Masson
Que
Notre Dame
Horses Kill More People Than Planes in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Bureau of Vital Statistics reports during April to June this year horses and horse drawn vehicles caused 13 fatalities, compared with five deaths from airplane accidents. The tallies reflect accidents in the second quarter across the state.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Bureau of Vital
State Board of Health
May
Jane IS
Endurance duo reclaim world flight record in St Louis
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine regained the world endurance flight record at 9:52 a m, 554 hours 41 minutes aloft, surpassing the Hunters. They aim for 1 000 hours and continue toward Chicago by refueling 125 times, covering about 33 000 miles in the Challenger powered craft.
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Lambert
ST. Louis Field
Dale Jackson
Forest O
Chicago
Kenneth
John Hunter
Winds Farm Boys
Jackson
O’brine
Greater St. Louis
Curtiss-Robertson Airplane Manufacturing Company
Actress Lina Basquette Seeks Death After Custody Battle
Lina Basquette, actress and widow of Sam Warner, was treated for a slight poisoning after a suicide attempt in Los Angeles. Police said the act arose from her failure to gain custody of her four year old daughter Lita, who was adopted by a Warner brother after Sam Warner's death.
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Los Angeles
Lina Basquette
Sam Warner
Lita Warner
State Issues $2.16 Million Tax Anticipation Bonds
Arizona state treasurer calls for bids on 2,160,000 in tax anticipation bonds to be sold August 18. The four month short term notes will be retired from the first receipts of the next tax collections.
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Phoenin
Ariz
State Treasurer's Office
Mrs. Yost Leads Republican Women
Mrs Lenna Lowe Yost national committee woman for West Virginia and noted WCTU leader named to succeed Louise M Dodson as director of women s activities for the Republican National Committee in Washington on August 13.
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Washington
Lenna Lowe Yost
Republican National Committee
West Virginia
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Louise M. Dodson
Pacific Hop May Start Within Week
Lieutenant Harold Bromley of Paco Ma Wash says he hopes to begin a nonstop trans Pacific flight from Kasumigaura airfield near Tokyo within a week. The 1900 meter runway at Kasumigaura is available, Bromley chose it over Tachikawa after Gatty inspected Tachikawa yesterday.
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Pacific
Tokyo
Harold Bromley
Pacoma
Wash
Kasumigaura
Bromley
Tachikawa
Tacoma
Harold Gatty
Six Die In Shrapnel Shell Explosion At Remberton Camp
Six persons were killed today at Remberton military camp near Warsaw when a shrapnel shell picked up by shepherds in the artillery firing area exploded. Included are two schoolboys among the victims.
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Warsaw
Remberton
Here
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An advertisement urges readers to subscribe to the Winslow Daily Mail to stay informed about world national state county and city affairs. It promotes daily updates and calls for readers to call 71 to subscribe.
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Winslow Daily Mail
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