Airmail Costs to Rise Next Year for Government
Washington AP reports the government plans a $20 million domestic airmail bill in the next fiscal year and $7 million for foreign service, up from this year. Assistant Postmaster General Glover told the House Appropriations Committee a $4.5 million operating deficit is likely, with more deficits expected. A new space-mile rate schedule is in effect and further lines are planned to handle more business.
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Washington
Post Office
House
Glover
House Appropriations Committee
Wood
Petrified Forest logs gain magnetic pull across nations
Horace M. Albright, director of the National Park Service, said petrified forest rock logs in Arizona emit a magnetic property reaching into 26 nations, 47 states and the District of Columbia. Last year 105,433 visitors came to the park, up from 69,350 in the prior year.
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Washington
Petrified Forest
Arizona
National Park Service
District of Columbia
Petrified ‘Forest National ‘ Monument
Virtues Of Goat's Milk Told At Meet
The American Milk Goat Record association showcased 42 000 goats at a Chicago convention. President Charles F. Johnson of Lincoln Nebraska opened the meeting, touting goat milk benefits including digestion in 20 minutes.
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Chicago
United States
American Milk Goat Record Association
Charles F. Johnson
Oft Linccoln
Neb
Jesuit Order Honors St Francis Xavier
In Rome the Jesuit order at the Gesu church commemorates St Francis Xavier, famed missionary to India and Japan. Xavier, an early companion of St Ignatius Loyola, met him in Paris and is said to have been the first Christian missionary to visit the Philippines.
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Rome
Communists Begin Sixth Day Hunger Strike in Mexico City
Seven Communists held on charges of unlawful public agitation in Mexico City entered the sixth day of a hunger strike to protest their confinement.
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Mexico City
Weather in Arizona Tonight and Thursday
Fair conditions across Arizona tonight with falling temperatures. In the northeast the cold will intensify tonight, continuing into Thursday as a cooler airmass moves in. Highs and overnight readings are expected to trend lower, with dry skies overall.
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Arizona
Northeast
Vow Sets Two-Lane Track Record At Tuesday Meet
Muscle-bound athletes competed in a Tuesday track event with rivals named in the report. The article notes standout performances and a notable time by a leading runner. Details on place and opposition remain partially obscured in the damaged OCR text.
Navy Record Change Reveals Melvin Hammer Born Female
Melvin Ham mer's birth certificate listed Melvina as a girl and a different name, requiring official record changes before he could enlist in the United States Navy at Concorida Kas. on December 3.
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Concorida
Kas
Melvin Hammer
United States Navy
Melvin
Melvina
Navy
Budget would fund Boulder Dam work next year
Washington reports the reclamation bureau will use 17 million dollars of a 26.677 million dollar budget to push Boulder Dam construction in the coming fiscal year. The increase in appropriations totals about 2.94 million dollars.
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Washington
Colorado River
Reclamation Bureau
Bureau
Funeral Held in Mexico City for F D Chacon
Funeral services were held in Mexico City for F D Chacon brother in law of former President Plutarco Elias Calles. Chacon long served as Mexican consul at Naco Arizona and held the federal post there during the 1929 revolution. He recently resigned the Naco post and went to Mexico City for rest before new government work. News of his death reached Bisbee yesterday.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Mexico City
F. D. Chacon
Plutarco Elias Calles
Chacon
Nogales
Naco
Arizo
Attempt To Kill Berenguer Fails
In Madrid a newspaper reporter drew a pistol on Premier Berenguer as he entered the office. The shot went wild and the reporter was overpowered by guards. Berenguer was uninjured. The assailant, Joaquin Lugo of EL Sei, was taken into custody by police.
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Madrid
Berenguer
Joaquin Lugo
EL Sei
Governor-Elect Hunt Qualifies For Office
George W. P. Hunt is legally qualified as Arizona governor after taking the oath of office and filing it with the secretary of state. He will assume duties January 5, succeeding Gov. J. C. Phillips, whom he defeated for reelection, eliminating the customary inaugural ceremony.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George W. P. Hunt
Arizona
J. C. Phillips
Kirby Salary Suit Set For December 15 in Maricopa Court
James H. Kerby former secretary of state sues Ana Frohmiler state auditor to require payment of 2416.55 for salary. Hearing in Maricopa Superior Court scheduled for December 15. Kerby served as secretary of state from January 1 1927 to December 31 1928.
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Phoenix
Ariz
James H. Kerby
Ana Frohmiler
Maricopa
Kerby
Hoover Plans Big Public Works Spending
President Hoover urged Congress to approve a $150 million unemployment emergency appropriation and proposed $132 million for public buildings before the next fiscal year ends. He outlined $56 million already appropriated to be spent before June and over $76.5 million planned for the year starting next July.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Hoover Seeks Higher Public Works Budget for 1932
President Hoover proposed in his second budget message a total 402.5 million dollars for public works in 1932, up from 319.1 million in 1931 and 270.5 million in 1930. Major items include 61.8 million for public buildings and 125 million for highway construction.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Hoover asks Congress for 2.48 million for dry enforcement
President Hoover urges a new appropriation to fund next year’s prohibition enforcement. The request would raise the total budget for enforcing dry laws from 9.06 million to 11.53 million, adding 500 agents, with 1.614 million for personnel and 356 thousand for travel, plus miscellaneous items.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Prohibition
Woodcock
Gila Valley Meeting Postponed To Monday
A conference with Arizona residents led by Representative Douglas to discuss water rights in the upper Gila River valley above Coolidge Dam was postponed from Friday to Monday according to AP dispatch from Washington.
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Washington
Arizona
Douglas
Wilburn
Gila River
Coolidge Dam
Coughing Restores Speech To Woman In Pa Yard
In Shamokin Pennsylvania Mrs John Colidan of Locust Gap spoke again after a coughing spell restored her speech two weeks after a man with a gun approached her yard and left her unharmed.
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Shamokin
John Colidan
Locust Gap
Phillips Backs Sawtelle for Ninth Circuit Seat
Gov. J. C. Phillips endorses William H. Sawtelle, the federal district judge in Tucson, for appointment to the Ninth District Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The governor highlights Sawtelle’s long Arizona bench service in a letter to Attorney General William D. Mitchell.
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Phoenix
Ariz
William H. Sawtelle
Tucson
J. C. Phillips
Ninth District Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
William D. Mitchell
United States
Arizona
Sawtelle
Larger Appropriation For Education Of Indians Of Nation
The budget proposes higher education funding for American Indian programs while cutting the overall Indian Bureau total. Education gains include school support rising to 8 557 570 and expanded health and industrial aid across multiple states and new training funds for self‑support and employment. Reclamation projects list targeted allocations for water supply, irrigation, and named regional sites.
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Washington
Indian Bureau
Bureau
Arizona
California
Idaho
Iowa
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Wisconsin
One Killed in Headon Collision Near Wickenburg Arizona
George Keith 45 of Gilbert died in a Phoenix road headon crash eight miles north of Wickenburg. Dan Fain Prescott stockman suffers broken arm ribs and crushed knees. Jose Valenzuela Prescott has four broken ribs. A N Du Bois Playstaff had cuts and bruises. Keith and Valenzuela were passengers in the other car which was driven by Fain. Both cars were demolished.
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Wickenburg
Ariz
George Keith
Gilbert
Here
Phoenix
Keith
Arizona
Dan Fain
Prescott
A. N. du Bois
du Bois
Fain
Valenzuela
Railroads Seek To Cut Cotton Rates
Railroads in the southwestern territory asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to reduce cotton rates from interior points to Texas seaports. The ICC had set new rates effective January 10. Carriers argued that further reductions are needed to compete with motor truck services.
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Washington
Southwestern Territory
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas
Muscle Shoals Bill Conferees Agree to Send to House Vote
Muscle Shoals house and senate conferees virtually agreed today to report a disagreement and send the senate bill for government operation to the house for a vote. The decision follows hours of talks in the legislative session.
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Muscle Shoals
Washington
House
Senate
Hoover Proposes $8.19 Million National Park Appropriations
President Hoover recommends 1932 appropriations totaling 8 187 780 for the national parks service with major items for Yellowstone 429 640 Yosemite 429 640 and 150 000 for forest and fire protection. Roads and trails would receive 2 000 000 and Bryce Canyon Carlsbad Grand Canyon Mesa Verde Zion grants are listed with specific figures. An additional 5 050 000 for roads and trails is urged.
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Washington
National Parks Service
Congress
Hoover
Yellowstone Park
Yosemite
Bryce Canyon
Utah
Carlsbad Cavern
N. M
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Mesa Verde
Colorado
Zion
Italians Denied Landing in Australia Return to Italy Likely
Sixty six Italian immigrants who arrived from Naples were not allowed to land in Sydney and will be sent back to Italy due to current immigration rules. The policy restricts admission to aliens with family ties in Australia.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Naples
Italy
Australia
Cold Wave Due In Middle West Today
The weather bureau predicted a considerable temperature drop in the northern plains and upper Mississippi valley today with colder conditions spreading through much of the midwest tomorrow. The trend reflects another cold wave sweeping the region.
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Middle West
Chicagog
Weather Bureau
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Mid-West
Hoover backs $3.93 billion budget and warns of deficits
President Hoover recommended a 3.932 billion dollar budget for the next fiscal year and opposed continuing tax reductions. He forecast a 180 million dollar deficit this year and warned further deficits could follow if unemployment and drought relief are delayed. The House began work on treasury post office appropriations after receipt.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
House
Treasury-Post Office
Ranch Riders Split Air Crash Reward
In Sebec California a $1,750 reward from Boeing Air Transport was split among ranch riders who found the ill fated Boeing crash near Antelope Valley. Eddie Newson of Tejon Ranch received $1,000. others shared the remainder. The crash killed passenger Jean Markow Schmidt pilot F A Donaldson and mechanic George Rogers after Donaldson diverted into a fog bound hillside.
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Sebec
Cal
Antelope Valley
Here
Boeing Air Transport, Inc
Jean Markow Schmidt
F. A. Donaldson
George Rogers
Eddie Newson
Tejon Ranchos
Donaldson
Tucson Hospital To Get More Facilities
Government hospital at Tucson Arizona to receive a 16 million dollar addition under a Veteran's Bureau program aimed at aiding disabled veterans this fiscal year. The plan also calls for new hospitals in New York Texas Albuquerque New Mexico San Francisco Salt Lake City West Virginia Indiana and Kansas with other sites to be chosen.
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Washington
Government Hospital
Tucson
Ariz
Veteran’s Bureau
New York
Texas
Albuquerque
N. M
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
West Virginia
Indiana
Kansas
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Indians Gambled 1500 Years Ago in Utah Mound
Utah researchers report a Millard county mound with a kiva and 25 men’s club rooms the first of its kind in Utah. They found gambling sticks used in a hand game, petroglyphs dating 1500 to 2000 years, skeletons pottery metals and clay deity figures. Relics will be studied at the University of Utah museum.
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Salt Lak City
Utah
Julian H. Steward
Archaeological Department
University of Utah
Millard County
Steward
Arizona Territory
Arizona
New Mex
Ico
University of Utah Museum
Roy
4-H health champs named in national feature
A 15 year old Iowa girl Marian E Snydergaard from Grundy county and a 20 year old Missouri student William Ross Bodenhamer of Johnson county have been judged the healthiest 4-H girl and boy in the United States. The feature notes the rural pair from iowa and central missouri college where Bodenhamer studies.
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Chicago
Jows
Missouri
United States
Marian E. Syndergaard
Grundy County
Iowa
William Ross Bodenhamer
Johnson County
Central Missouri State Teachers College
Doak Leads List Of Nominations In Washington
William N. Doak of Virginia was named secretary of labor in a list of over 200 nominations sent by President Hoover to the Senate. J Reuben Clark of Utah would become ambassador to Mexico and Hoffiman Philip of New York was chosen for the U S mission to Norway. Nicholas Sooseveld t of New York to be minister to Hungary and J Butler Wright of Wilmington to Uruguay. G J Lomen named district official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Scout Meeting Set for Phoenix December Discussion
George F. Miller of the Roosevelt council announced a round table for scout executives in Arizona to be held in Phoenix December 10 11 and 12. Attending are Charles N. Miller assistant national field director and C J Carlson regional executive for the district.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George F. Miller
Roosevelt Council of Boy Scouts
Arizona
Charles N. Miller
C. J. Carlson
Plan to exchange lands for Indian reseres in Navajo Apache counties
Special to the Daily Mail reports a board of supervisors resolution in Holbrook asking Arizona representatives to introduce a bill allowing exchange of government lands in Navajo county for privately owned lands state school lands and lands with Indian allotments. Apache county board adopted a similar resolution and Coconino may consider it tied to Soketcol Compress.
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Daily Mail
Holbrook
Congress
Navajo
Apache
Coconino
Board of Supervisors
Arizona
Indian Department
Apache County Board of ‘Supervisors
Coconty
Navajo County
Priva Ely
Railway Employment Down by 261,910 in 1930 Fall
The Interstate Commerce Commission released figures showing 161 railroads and others employed 1,485,906 in September 1930, down 261,910 from September 1929. The drop marks a quarter of a million fewer workers on class one railroads compared with a year earlier.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce ‘Commission
British Fliers Begin 10300 Mile Cape Town Flight
Croydon England December 3 AP Miss Winifred Spooner 23 and Flying Officer E C T Edwards left at 7 am on a 10300 mile journey to Cape Town to attempt the nine day flight record They plan day and night flying with alternated controls Spooner has three years of experience and earlier in 1930 completed a South Africa to Croydon flight
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Croydon
Eng
Winifred Spooner
Capetown
Spooner
South Africa
Congress in Session Receives Budget Messages and Debates
Senate receives President Hoover’s budget message and takes up Couzens bill regulating interstate bus lines. Muscle Shoals conference committee meets. Pennsylvania expenditures report discussed by funds committee. House receives budget message and opens general debate on treasury post office appropriation. Judiciary committee holds executive hearing on federal judges investigation. Appropriations committee reports bill.
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Senate
Hoover
Muscle Shoals
Pennsylvania
House
Judiciary Committee
Appropriations Committee
Treasury-Post Office
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St. Francis Xavier
Winslow
Boulder Dam
Hunt
Kirby
Gila Valley
Phillips
Health Schools For Conservation of Health
Esti
Fort Hall
Tucson Hospital
Danville
Maghilda Lindsay
Buford’ Nash
Lindsay
Women’s Trade Union League
Nash
Doak
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