San Francisco Mayor Leads California Primary for Governor
San Francisco Mayor James Rolph Jr. holds a growing Republican lead for governor as two thirds of precincts report. Governor C C Young and Los Angeles DA Baron Fitts trail Rolph with Rolph carrying San Francisco by a wide margin. Limited precinct returns show Rolph ahead in Los Angeles County as well.
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San Francisco
California
James Rolph, Jr
Ralph
C. C. Young
Baron Fitts
Los Angeles County
Neate
Young
Fitts
Fenebzed
Rolph
C.C. Young
Burton Fitts
Los Angeles
Leguia Battles Illness Aboard Almirante Grau As Peru Turmoil Grows
Augusto B. Leguia, 67, ill with a uremic attack aboard the cruiser Almirante Grau in Callao Harbor, amid a Lima military junta promising to bring him back for trial. An American doctor reported a fever of 100.4 and improved condition after three visits while exiles and freed political prisoners seek outcomes from the changing regime.
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Lima
Peru
Augusto B. Leguia
Almirante Grau
CaHao Harbor
Manuel ‘Maria Ponce
McCormack
Idaho Republicans pick Borah for fifth Senate bid
Idaho Falls reports William E Borah the senior Idaho senator and longtime Republican figure today as the party’s choice to carry their banner in his fifth senatorial race. The article notes his 23 years in the Senate and leadership role as the Republican standard bearer. Continued on page 6.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
William E. Borah
United States Senate
Los Angeles
Lon Chaney
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Glendale
John Chaney
Chaney
Hollywood
Tou Browning
Harry Carey
Lionel Barrymore
Ramon Navarro
William Haines
Lawrence Tibbett
Cliff Edwards
Tom Gubbings
Little Chapel
Cunningham
Woman 116 Dies in Miami Arizona
Mrs. Martinez aged 116, a venerable southwest figure, died at her daughter Salangel Quitane’s home in Miami. She was born in Mexico in 1814 and moved to the United States during the 1849 gold rush era. Her family includes 13 children and a 79 year old son Jose who lives in Parker California.
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Miami
Ariz
Uz Martinez
Salangel Quitane
Rubio Closes All Gambling Houses in Durango
President Ortiz Rubio ordered the closing of all gambling houses in the City of Durango. Police arrested 23 persons in carrying out the executive order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Ortiz Rubio
Durango
Vast Slick Fortune Left To His Family
The will of Thomas B. Slick, noted independent oil operator, disposes of an estate estimated at 75 to 100 million dollars. The fortune, reputedly the largest among independent oil operators, is left to his widow three children and his mother.
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Clarion
Thomas B. Slick
Slick
Canadian Tariff Rates Get Acclaim
Ontario farmers praised new tariff schedule on U S fruits and vegetables. Ek B Ryckman, dominion minister of national revenue, fixed duties from four cents a pound on onions to 15 cents on cantaloupes, shielding Canadian markets from distress prices.
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ST. Catharines
Ont
Canada
United States
Ontario
Ek. B. Ryckman
Dominion
National Revenue
Baseball box score fragment from early recap
Partial results show Boston, Philadelphia, Brooklyn and New York games with runs and errors. Key pitchers or players listed include Clark Elliott Lopez and Pruett Heving O’Farrell in a scattered scoreline. The fragment includes St Louis and Cincinnati entries with incomplete innings and final tallies.
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Brooklyn
New York
Clark, Elliott
Lopez
Walker
Pruett
Heving
O'Farrell
American League Opening Game Sparks Narrow Chicago Victory
In a 9 inning game the Chicago club edged Cleveland 5 to 3 behind solid pitching from Hud lin Miller and Dean. Braxton Thomas and Tate led Chicago with early runs as Chiveland Faded late. Sprinz contributed on defense and Myatt tallied hits for the visitors.
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Chicago
Chiveland
Thomas
Braxton
Tate
Hudlin
Miller
Dean
Lawson
Myatt
Sprinz
National Legion Commander Meets Winslow Delegation
O. L. Bodenhamer national commander arrives by train from Nogales en route to Gallup for New Mexico meetings. He is greeted by A. M. McHenry and Major L. M. Shipley, hosted at La Posada for breakfast with 15 Winslow Legionnaires. He praises Arizona’s Legion and notes about 6,000 members.
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Arizona
American Legion
Nogales
New Mexico
Gallup
O. L. Bodenhamer
Winslow
Mr. Bodenhamer
A. M. McHenry
Frank Perkins
L. M. Shipley
la Posada
Winslow Legionnaires
Bodenhamer
United States
C. Rh. Templeton
F. J. Fischer
A. R. Kallaus
A. R. Woods
O. F. McCallum
W. B. Darling
A. R. Hipkoe
W. KE. Rice
L. B. Britt
H. C. Baughn
W. H. McDermott
John L. Baird
Communists Fire On Foreign Ships Near Kiukiang
American Consul General Frank B. Lockhart reported Chinese Communist forces above Kiukiang fired on foreign vessels forty miles upstream. One shell narrowly missed a British ship carrying Lockhart at 2 a.m. August 24. Japanese and other ships also came under fire as foreign evacuees sought safety aboard vessels in Changeha harbor.
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Washington
Kiukiang
State Department
Frank B. Lockhart
Hankow
Lockhart
Changeha Harbor
Goebel Races Toward Me In Effort To Be PRESS
Not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goebel
Mysterious Double Slaying Probed Near Ensenada
Francis Conlon of Monrovia and Lois Marion Kettle of Los Angeles were stabbed to death on a beach near Ensenada. Mexican police border guards and San Diego police hunted a young man seen with the couple hours earlier. Undersheriff Sexson suggested the motive may lie with an acquaintance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Francis Conlon
Monrovia
Cal
Lois Marion Kentle
Los Angeles
Ensenada
Lower California
San Diego County
Border Hills
Sexson
Grade Crossing Toll Decreases Across Nation
Washington reports 2,009 grade crossing accidents in January through May 1930, down 256 from the same period last year, per the American Railway Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Railway Association
Rains Break Drought in Parts of Midwest Plains
The Weather Bureau reported that rains in the past week effectively broke the drought in Kansas Nebraska and South Dakota leaving soils generally in good condition across the region though rainfall was uneven. It noted only limited improvement in corn across August with some areas seeing relief while others still faced moisture shortages and advanced crop decline in many southern belts.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Miami Elk Lodges Oppose Slaughter of Northern Herds
The Miami lodge of Elks in Arizona seeks help from other Elks to back a resolution condemning Forest Service plans to kill elk in northern central and eastern Arizona. The resolution says investigations show elk are not damaging ranges or overstocking areas and warns slaughter is unnecessary and undesirable. It notes Arizona lodges helped introduce elk from Wyoming and have funded much of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami. Ariz
Miami Lodge of Elks
Arizona
Game Supervision Department
The
United States Forest Service
Forest Service
Captain Absolved From Blame For Harbor Collision
Captain Archie H. Brooks of the steamer Fairfax was absolved by the commerce department of responsibility for the June collision with the tanker Pinthis in Massachusetts Bay. Dickerson N. Hoover announced that investigations at Boston and Norfolk failed to establish evidence substantiating charges. Forty seven lives were lost in the disaster.
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Washington
Archie H. Brooks
Fairfax
Commerce Department
Pinthis
Massachuetts Bay
Dickerson N. Hoover
Steamboat Inspectors Service
Boston
Norfolk
Brooks
German fliers rest after Atlantic hop to New York Harbor
Captain Wolfgang von Gronau and three companions completed the fourth westward Atlantic crossing in a Dornier Wal. They landed at the Battery wall at 2 45 p m yesterday after six hours from Halifax, marking the first transatlantic plane landing in New York Harbor aboard an old reconditioned ship. The flight covered about 4000 nautical miles in 47 hours.
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New York
Germany
Wolfgang von Gronau
North Atlantic
Battery Wall
EB. S. T
Halifax
von Gronau
New York Harbor
Amundsen
Frank Courtney
Atlantic
Canadian Dory And Liquor Captured
Coast guard seized the Canadian sea dory Nova’ Vs with about 150000 dollars worth of liquor in fifteen hundred cases off Hin nen cock Long Island and brought it to New York harbor on the patrol boat Cardinal. Ten crew members were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nova
Coast Guard
Hinnecock
Long Island
New York Harbor
Search Continues for Missing Kenneth Swanson in Conn Hills
A 300 strong team including Boy Scouts resumes a three day old search in Litchfield county for two and a half year old Kenneth Swanson of Barre Vermont who vanished from his grandparents home near Colebrook.
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Colebrook
Conn
Litchfield County
Kenneth Swanson
Barre
Midway Dome Test Well Blows In Near Casper
The Midway dome test well twelve miles north of Casper blew in last night and produced a column of oil fifteen feet from the top of a 124 foot derrick. Midwest company officials estimate the flow at 800 barrels daily, signaling the greatest light oil field since Salt Creek.
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Casper
Wyo
Midway Dome
Midwest Company
Salt Creek
Bar silver a
Bar silver prices in New York edged higher on August 27 with market demand noted for investment and industrial use. Dealers reported thin trading but steady inquiries from collectors and retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prescott Chosen By American Legion As 1931 Convention City
Russell Meadows of Douglas was elected state commander of the Arizona department of the American Legion at the closing session of the 12th annual Arizona Legion convention in Nogales. Charles Irwin of Tucson was elected vice commander with no opposition. Meadows served with the 340th field artillery in World War I.
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Nogales
Ariz
Russell Meadows
Douglas
Arizona Department of the American Legion
Arizona Legion
Meadows
I. L. Garrison
John C. Greenway Post
Phoenix
Garrison
Charles Irwin
Tucson
Charles LE. Macmillan
Russell Meadows, Douglas
340Th Field Artillery
Fish Restocking Starts With Coolidge Lake Placing
State Game Warden R L Bayless announces the first carload of restocking fish for Arizona lakes will arrive in Globe tomorrow. The initial shipment, funded by a 6000 appropriation, will be released entirely into Coolidge lake and includes bass bream and crappie shipped from the Mississippi near St Louis with only transportation costs paid by the state. No additional cars have been ordered, one from Nebraska's cold streams was noted.
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Phoenen
Ariz
R. L. Bayless
Arizona
Globe
Bayless
Coolidge Lake
Mississippi River
St. Louis
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Nebraska
Powell Haardt and Mencken wed in Montgom ery
Wiss Sara Powell Haardt of Montgomery Alabama and H. K. Mencken author and editor were married here today. Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh flew from Teterboro for Chicago air races. In Owensboro Kentucky four boys died when gravel collapsed on them while digging on a hillside.
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Baltewore
Wiss Sara Powell Haardt
Montgomery
Ala
H. K. Mencken
Hasbrouck Heights
Ned
Charles A. Lindbergh
Tetrboro
Chicago
Owensboro
Bremen
Pocatello Mayor Nominated for Governor by Acclamation
At the Idaho Democratic state convention in St. Anthony on August 23 Mayor C. Ben Ross of Pocatello was nominated by acclamation as the party's candidate for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Anthony
Idaho
C. Ben Ross
Pocatelo
Peruvian Government Announces Sanchez Cerro as Leader
Luma Peru August 27 reports that the new Peruvian government will be headed by Lieutenant Colonel Luis Sanchez Cerro, naming him as its premier and military leader.
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Luma
Peru
Luis Sanchez Cerro
Prescott chosen 1931 American Legion convention city
Prescott won the Arizona American Legion convention bid over Safford in a heated floor vote by 123 to 118.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile-High
Safford
Arizona Legion Elects Officers At 12th Convention
In Nogales Arizona the 12th annual Arizona department American Legion convention enters its final day with officer elections. Dan Sullivan of Superior was chosen grand chef de gare and other officers include T D Fredino Globe grand chef de train and C R Icherson Phoenix grand guard de la porte.
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Department of the Legion
Dan Sullivan
Superior
T. D. Fredino
Globe
Train
C. Jr. Icheson
Phoenix
Grand Guard de la Porte
Harry Connors
Nogales
Grand Conducteur
Harold B. Calling
Tucson
Comisare Intendante
Ben Blair
Miami
Andy Martin
Charles V. Smith
Bisbee
B. Friday
Douglas
Grand -Heminots
Quiet Is Restored After Prison Riot in Louisiana
Guards regained control at a Louisiana penitentiary after a riot by more than 25 inmates who refused to work at a private rice farm. Curtis Blackwell, 19, was killed during the clash as prisoners hurled missiles and guards fired. Guards breached a vent to enter the cellhouse and restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Penitentiary
Curtis Blackwell
Neero
Baer Faces Manslaughter Charge Over Campbell Death
In San Francisco on August 27 APB reports heavyweight Max Baer will appear before Municipal Judge A J Fritz to answer a manslaughter charge for the death of Frankie Campbell after a fight Monday night. Baer's team will give their accounts while Campbell's widow Mrs Elsie McGuire Camilli has not shown to prosecute Baer.
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San Francisco
Max Baer
Frankie Campbell
A. J. Fritz
Baers
Campbell
Elsie McGuire Camilli
Baer
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Augusto Leguia
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Rubio
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National Legion
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Father
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Coast
Windy City
Omlie
Dixie
Metropolitan Airport
Art Goebel
Wasp Motor
Ghicagg
Dole Pacific
Wiley Post
Oklahoma City
Curtiss-Reynolds
Miami Lodge
Gronau
U. S
Wyoming
Prescott
Convention
Hyda
Melvin A. Taylor
Nicholas Dosker
Louisville
Morton Prentis
Baltimore
Hoover
Federal Farm Loan Board
Farm Board
Department of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
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