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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1930
Page
1
The Board of Supervisors announced a combined state and county tax rate of 2.7983 for the year, down from 2.8999 last year, a reduction of 0.1016. Winslow totals drop to 5.0466 from 5.8335, aided by higher valuations. Navajo county and Winslow residents welcome the cut.
On board the airship R 100 ten newspapermen joined the crew to pump fuel as part of a bid for a world record flight across the Atlantic. The R 160, nearing Cardington England, faces a dead motor but continues eastward from St. Hubert Quebec with 44 crew and 13 passengers aboard.
A second aviator James Malone 24 of Duquoin Illinois and five Ziegler Illinois miners were jailed as investigators probe an airplane bombing raid on the Providence Kentucky coal field early last Monday. State’s Attorney Fletcher Lewis said Essel Grent 30 and Ewing Riley arrested last night at Providence were named by Paul Montgomery an Abbott Montgom ery? who confessed to piloting the bombing plane and implicated them. Montgomery remained jailed awaiting extradition to Kentucky.
Simoes Lopes a chamber of deputies member and leader of the liberal alliance and his son were acquitted of murdering Deputy Souza Filho in the chamber corridor on December 26. The acquittal cites self defense.
New York August 14 AP John Henry Mears and pilot Henry J. Brown will sail for London within ten days to fly a moth plane across Russia and Siberia to study conditions for an anticipated round the world flight in the summer of 1935.
Laura Ingalls, 25, of New York set two aviation records at Lambert St Louis field. She completed 714 consecutive barrel rolls in 3 hours 39 minutes, beating Dale Jackson's men's mark by 297 and Betty Lund's previous women's mark by 647. She had earlier in May broken her own loop record with 980 consecutive loops.
Three men were slain in a gangland feud tied to slot machine concessions. Frank Coleman of Kansas City died. Sammy Stein of Minneapolis was identified among the victims. a third man, Butch Myer of St Paul, remained unnamed, found near Wildwood on White Bear Lake road.
Mexico City's national cathedral, praised as a beauty of the Americas and built on a former Aztec temple, will reopen Friday after being closed since the religious controversy began in 1926.
Halbert W. Miller said the state board approved a budget of $110,634.92 for vocational education in Arizona. Expenditures include $10,000 for civilian rehabilitation $20,000 for teacher training $13,138.54 for trades and industry education and $14,496.3 for home economics with $27,757.30 allotted to the state agricultural teaching program.
Fires eased across the Michigan Peninsula as rain and favorable winds aided over 1,000 men in controlling about 80 blazes. One near Strongs threatened the village of Strongs.
Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith an Australian trans Atlantic flier left hospital after recovering from appendicitis. He visited Hendrik Willem Van Loon's home to continue his convalescence.
A Detroit report notes that the city’s fifteenth gangster is involved in ongoing criminal activity with details continued on page six. The brief hints at a widening pattern of gang-related incidents and law enforcement responses in the area.
J L Maddux president of T A T Maddux airlines says the firm will bid to carry air mail between New York and Los Angeles crossing northern Arizona. Western Air Express will also bid. If T A T Maddux wins, Winslow may be a stop. if Western wins, Holbrook. Bids due August 25.
Milton Rodgers of Angier Johnson County reported three unidentified Black men halted his car near Garner and abducted his 17 year old female companion. Sheriff's deputies launched a statewide search for the suspects with authorities coordinating the manhunt.
In Coalmont near Princeton two miners died and 46 miners were entombed after an explosion and cave in at the Blakeburn coal mine of Coalmont Collieries Ltd. Rescue teams recovered two bodies and one survivor was brought out alive. The mine lies six miles from Coalmont along the Kettle Valley line, 250 miles east of Vancouver at 5600 feet elevation.
A mass blaze in Masson Quebec left about 600 residents homeless as roughly 50 houses were destroyed. Damage was estimated at 200000 dollars and firefighters faced equipment shortages while responders aided evacuees.
In New York on August 14 the bar silver price stood at 35 5-8 with AP reporting the latest market level for precious metals.
A drizzling rain dampened Washington as governors and their representatives from twelve states gathered for the Hoover drought conference. Morning sessions included talks with farm board and agriculture department officials. The farm board chair Alexander Legge might be kept from the afternoon meeting with President Hoover due to rain and storms.
Three thousand Chinese are reported drowned in the Funchunghsien district 40 miles north of Shanhaikuan after floods along the Mukden railway. The rains flooded 1000 villages, causing great damage and washing out the rail line.
Flagstaff Arizona August 14 The Coconino county board of supervisors places on the primary ballot both the short unexpired term of the late Judge Jones and the regular four year term for superior court judges. All candidates appear under the regular term. The short term space will be left blank.
In St Louis on August 14 AP reports Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine maintain the world record for sustained flight now into the 24th day. They have logged 576 hours surpassing the Hunter brothers by over 22 hours. Landings remain uncertain with optimistic forecasts for extended uptime.
New York Aug 1 AP Copper sales by customs smelters total 10 3 4 cents per pound, down a quarter cent from the level copper has held in recent weeks. Large producers kept the price at 11 cents per pound.
Valley Stream New York August 1 AP Captain Frank Hawks set a new eastward transcontinental record in a Travelair from Glendale to Curtiss Field in 12 hours 25 minutes 3 seconds. He landed at 5 41 30 pm after leaving 5 16 27 am East Standard Time. Hawks previous westward record stood at 14 hours 50 minutes 43 seconds from Roscoe Turner.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Aug 11 AP Roger Q Williams and Captain Lewis A Yan cey flew to Spain last summer and telegraphed Harry Jones in charge of a hangar that he would arrive today Jones said he had ordered 1000 gallons of gasoline at Williams request
Reported signals that Ted Lundgren the Hollywood aviator may begin his round the world flight from New York to Old Orchard Beach today. Roger Q. Williams announced plans to go but offered no comment.
A north windstorm swept the Chilean coast from Arica to Caleta causing extensive damage. Homes and buildings in Caleta were destroyed and harbor work was suspended as crews assessed the destruction.
A wash over the tracks east of Green River Wyoming delayed Union Pacific trains more than five hours today as service disruption affected routes through Ogdin Utah on August 14.
Navajo County Old Folks Reunion set for Saturday in Snowflake at Union High School. 60 years or older residents and spouses invited with a morning program, noon banquet, afternoon visiting and entertainment. Special motion picture to close the day. Winslow and Helbrook residents urged to attend.
Tornado swept Naples agricultural market area killing at least four and wounding 70 to 80 others while authorities struggle to control crowds at hospitals. Officials report extensive debris and fear of additional casualties as rescue teams clear wreckage.
Eddie Schneider an 8 year old pilot set to fly from Westfield New Jersey at 4 55 a m East standard time to beat the junior transcontinental record of 38 hours 35 minutes set by Frank Coldsborough The route includes Columbus fuel stop St Louis Wichita then Alhambra expected by tomorrow night after overnight refueling to install a 250 gallon tank
Four physicians waited at Glamis Castle for the birth of the Duchess of York's second child. Sir Henry Simson, noted obstetrician in cesarean delivery, was among the medical team. Secretary J Ro Clynes had camped at Glamis to attest the birth status.
Nine people were killed and fifteen injured in a head on collision between two express trains on the Bucharest Konstanza line near Bucharest Romania. The crash occurred on August 11. Local authorities reported multiple casualties and ongoing rescue operations at the scene.
Nanking reports Communist forces pushing toward the Nationalist capital and its sister cities Hankow Hanyang and Wuchang about 600 miles up the Yangtze river. The capital's defenses are thinning with most troops gone to northern fronts, while peasants in surrounding towns turn red and arm themselves.
Bishop Charles Mrzena of the Czechoslovak Orthodox Catholic Church was found guilty by a jury of conspiring to violate the prohibition laws by diverting sacramental wine to bootleg channels.
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