Hoover urges tariff speed up and tax cuts in state of the union
President Hoover asked Congress for a rapid end to the tariff dispute and prompt tax reductions while calling for stronger prohibition enforcement. He urged citizen cooperation to make laws effective and warned that lawbreakers are enemies of society. The message covers his nine months in the White House and outlines numerous proposals.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
State of the Union
House
Senate
White House
Global pressure urged Russia and China to avert war
United States and major powers urge Russia and China to settle the Sino Russian dispute over the Chinese Eastern Railway under the Kellogg treaty. Britain and France back the move while Japan to Tokyo warns against U S intervention, fearing it could jeopardize peace prospects.
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Washington
Russia
China
Siberian
London
Paris
Moscow
State Department
America
Japan
Tokyo
United States
Confession in train robbery case fuels custody fight
Tom Vernon a former rodeo rider railroad fireman and convict confessed to derailing a Southern Pacific passenger train near Saugus California and robbing passengers. Wyoming and California plan to fight over Vernon custody while authorities pursue Wyoming charges for a Union Pacific train robbery near Cheyenne. Vernon may face extradition battles though he asks to return to California and resists Wyoming prosecution. In a separate case Arizona’s high court upholds the death sentence for Eva Dugan for the 1927 murder of A J Mathis.
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Wyoming
Vernon
California
Phoenix
Ariz
Eva Dugan
Arizona
A. J. Mathis
Tucson
Arizona Supreme Court
Pima County Superior Court
Chamber elect Bruchman president as board reorganizes
R M Bruchman was unanimously elected president of the Chamber of Commerce at last night’s board meeting. Sam Proctor is vice president and H A Funk treasurer. R B Walton remains secretary. A membership drive is planned with a luncheon at Harvey House on Monday December 9.
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R. M. Bruchman
Chamber of Commerce
Sam Proctor
H. A. Funk
R. B. Walton
Harvey House
H. M. Vaughan
W. W. Weigel
FE. I. McCarty
Leon Mandell
Charles Cahn
Walter Olds
J. A. Greaves
R. C. Cranston
W. H. Dagg
H. J. Fouts
W. B. Nelson
O. W. Schleuter
Fred I. Douglas
C. L. Giragi
R. C. Klein
G. W. Nelson
J. McQuillan
I. H. Black
C. Dichardson
R. L
Arizona Legal Row Opens Over Soldier Slaying
A coroner jury in Nogales convened for Private Enis Crockett of the 25th Infantry to answer murder charges in the slaying of Sergeant Benjamin Mission on a regiment’s military reservation. County prosecutor Thurman says the county has no jurisdiction. military authorities insist the act occurred on an army post in peace.
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Nogales
Ariz
Arizona
Enis Crockett
25Th
U. S. Infantry
Crockett
Benjamin Mission
E. R. Thurman
Fuoday
Ane
Seamen Rescue Man After Dinner Party Tragedy
In Shreveport Louisiana Vernis Morgan an attorney killed Marma Ward and wounded Iva Mae Miller at a Ward residence dinner party. Morgan shot himself twice at the street corner after the attack and is listed as dying from self-inflicted wounds.
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Shreveport
Marmaduke Ward
Iva Mae Miller
Ward
Vernis Morgan
John Alford
Morgan
Miss Miller
Indian Held In Murders Of 2 Men Near Yuma
Two men Albert Goodwin and Bill Thieson were found murdered with stab wounds and throats cut near a highway north of Yuma Arizona. A bloody clasp-knife likely the weapon. An Indian man found intoxicated nearby and two liquor sacks suggest possible liquor smuggling or brawl. Bodies discovered by a U S customs officer aided by his dog. Goodwin and Thiesen worked on a nearby ranch and were seen in San Luis across from Algodones Mexico Sunday night.
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Yuma
Auiz
Albert Goodwin
Bill Thieson
Mexico
Goodwin
Thiesen
San Luis
Ariz
Algadones
Morris elected president of Gila County Bar association
S H Morris of Globe was chosen as president of the Gila County Bar association in a recent meeting. The decision positions Morris to lead local legal professionals and oversee upcoming bar activities and events.
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GLOBE
S. H. Morris
The
Gila County Bar Association
Home Made Duds Win Prize Contest for Kansas Girl
Chicago dispatch reports Jeanette Gamble a 17 year old Coffeyville Kansas girl won the national girls style contest with a complete outfit costing 20.80 dollars. Her self made ensemble included a brown cardigan jacket ivory blouse brown and ivory checked skirt a brown hat brown shoes ivory hose and lingerie, totaling 8.80 for the outfit and 2.65 for lingerie with hats and shoes each costing 4 dollars.
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Chicago
Jeanette Gamble
Coffeyville
Kan
Joe Richey Here Health Is Better
Winslow residents acquainted with Joe Richey, once with First National Bank, report rapid improvement at the Veterans Bureau hospital in Whipple. He recently visited Winslow briefly, then returned to the hospital after Thanksgiving with family in St Johns. Doctors say his disease is nearly eradicated though he remains weak and will stay under care a few more weeks.
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Winslow
Joe Richey
First National Bank
Veterans Bureau Hospital
Whipple
Wis
Johns
Fattest Hogs Grow Up With Tall Corn
Chicago dispatch reports Iowa hogs dominated the International Livestock M plantation with seven championships in T2 classes. Iowa claimed top Chester White and Tamworth barrow, and prize pens of Berkshires Hampshires Poland Chinas Chester Whites and Tamworths. Wisconsin stood as nearest rival with champion Volanud China and Yorkshire barrow and first place pen of fat Yorkshires. Nau cas Ohio also claimed fat Hampshire and Berkshire barrows.
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Chicago
Iowa
International Livestock Ma
Towa Hogs
Poland
Wisconsin
Naucas
Berkshire
Ohio
Hampshire
Pickwick Airways Announces New Schedule
Pickwick Latin American Airways announced a new 48 hour schedule for Los Angeles to Mexico City starting December 8. The revision includes an overnight stop at Los Mochis instead of Nogales, with three weekly flights in each direction and orders for several new twin‑engine planes.
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Nogales
Ariz
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Pickwick Latin American Airways
Los Mochis
Sinaloa
Tyan
Col Geary Reported In Grave Condition
Prescott today reports Col Paul W Geary seriously ill in the hospital with peritonitis after an appendectomy The condition was described as grave though he was said to be holding his own as the illness spread.
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Prescott
Paul W. Geary
Col. Geary
Ford raises Detroit wage to seven a day
Edsel Ford announces a nationwide Ford Motor Co wage rise boosting payroll by about 20 million dollars annually. Minimum wage climbs from 6 to 7 dollars per day with five cent hourly increases for workers earning 7 to 10 dollars daily. Effective December 1, the raise covers US employees only, about 115,643 getting the hourly bumps and 24,320 moving from 6 to 7 per day. The move follows Hoover conference pledges and echoes a 1914 shift lowering hours to eight from nine.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Edsel Ford
United States
Henry Ford
Washington
Hoover
East Shivers As Snow Rolls Across Eastern States
Snow from several inches to over a foot blanket the eastern states hampering traffic and causing many accidents. In New York City four inches of snow with sleet slickened streets and sidewalks and traffic accidents were numerous.
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New York
New York City
Death Ends Old Feud As Tragedy Stalks At Dinner
Twenty crewmen of the grain carrier Sarniadoc were rescued after the ship was wrecked by a gale. They are aboard the steamer Valley Camp en route to Prescott Ontario. A wireless message reported the Sarniadoc badly smashed by heavy seas.
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Kingston
Ont
Prescott
Mutiny by Twenty-Fourth Division Riots in Pukow
A detachment of Nationalist Twenty-Fourth Division mutinied at Pukow across the Yangtse from Nanking. Communications were cut and looting reported in the business district before loyal forces drove them from the city.
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Nankwg
Twenty-Fourth Division
Pukow
Yangtse River
Nanking
Hoover's annual message highlights peace and justice
President Hoover offers passages from his annual message emphasizing peace with the world, adherence to laws, swift and even handed justice, and enforcement of laws as the first duty of the presidency. He notes ongoing military deployments abroad and a desire to avoid overreaching representation.
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Washington
Dec
Hoover
Congress
West Point Negro Cadet Denies Ostracism
Alonzo Parham the first black West Point cadet in more than a century says rumors of being snubbed by cadets are false. He notes fair treatment since July 1 and officers deny discrimination. Superintendent Major General Rosmith vows action if any attempts to shun him emerge.
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West Point
N. Y
Alonzo Parham
Military Academy
Parham
Oscar de Priest
Chicago
Search for Mexican killer of Alvarez Garcia family in California
Los Angeles December 3 A sheriff’s homicide squad hunts an insane Mexican suspected of killing five members of the Alvarez Garcia family of San Fernando California The body found near Azusa is tentatively identified as Luciano Garcia who was a suspect in earlier slayings of family members The victims include Mrs Helena Alvarez Garcia and her three children Charles Carmenita and Elisa reportedly last seen October 9 on a trip
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Los Angeles
Alvarez-Garcia
San Fernando
Calif
Helena Alvarez- Garcia
Luciano Garcia
Azusa
Garcia
Ina Pacoimit Categon
Tere
Atrs
Charles
Carmelita
Elisa Alvarez
Gome
Border city floods with rum as border trade rush grows
Nogales Sonora Arizona sees a holiday liquor flood with truckloads from the south to meet tourist demand. Prices for imported Scotch run about $6 on the Mexican side and $8.50 on the American side, rye $7.30, tequila $2.50, beer at 14 cents a schooner as the rush continues.
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Nogales
Son
Americum
China Again Torn By Internal Wars
An exchange telegraph dispatch from Hong Kong reports widening fighting for Canton with first wounded arriving. Cantonese contingents rush reinforcements by air, while the revolting ironsides clash with Cantonese on the Peikiang and Kwangsites engage Cantonese on the Sikiang. Shipping on the Sikisug is halted.
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London
Long Kong
Canton
Peikiang
Sikiang
Sikisug
Bracken Freed In Holbrook Trust Case
In Holbrook on December 5 M G Bracken of Winslow was acquitted after a one minute jury deliberation on charges of obtaining $23 under false pretenses. The defense argued the money was a company representative payment. Sawyer represented Bracken while County Attorney C D McCauley and assistant D A Nutting represented the state. The complaint was filed by Porter of Holbrook.
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Daily Mail
Holbrook
Austice Court
M. G. Bracken
Winslow
Bracken
Untermaenntsin Building & Loan Association
W. MM. Porter
P Ocal Sawyer
C.D. McCauley
D. A. Nutting
Porter
Farm Man Declines Post On Grain Body
Kansas City grain man Charles W. Lonsdale declines appointment as general manager of the new marketing organization. He says the plan of the Farmers' National Grain corporation will fail and wires his refusal to Alexander Legge, chairman of the Federal Farm Board. He had previously rejected the offer for business reasons but was asked to reconsider.
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Kansas City
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Charles W. Lonsdale
Man Becomes His Own Stepfather In Matrimonial Mixup
Omer Stant in Dublin Indiana says after marrying his wife yesterday he became his own stepfather and step-grandfather to his children. His first wife was a stepdaughter of the present Mrs Stant, producing a tangle where his children become their own cousins and step-relations. The tale unfolds as a whimsical family knot.
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Dublin
Ind
Omer Stant
Stant
Joseph Lamberson
Lamberson
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