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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1930
Page
4
A sharp critique questions the Moscow trial of Russian prisoners facing execution. It notes the implausible plot claims and the prisoners’ surprising confessions, arguing the case reflects a state of mind shaped by fear and suspicion toward the outside world. The author labels the proceedings a nightmare and ponders why the prisoners told the tale.
Tomorrow residents of Winslow vote on selling the gas plant and distributing system to private interests to relieve debt or vote to keep it, risking continued losses and higher taxes. November gas records show 61 percent of gas lost to leaks, urging new distribution infrastructure if not sold. Citizens and taxpayers are urged to exercise their duty in this major municipal decision.
Governor George W. Hunt took the oath of office as Arizona's tenth chief executive at his McDowell road home in a quiet ceremony. Secretary of State I P Frazier delivered the election certificate earlier, as Hunt recovers from a recent illness and will assume duties January 5 when Governor Phillips' term ends. Attorney General K Berry Peterson, re elected, also took his oath shortly after Hunt, in the same witnesses.
Washington dispatch reports internal strife among prohibition advocates as divisions widen after defeats. Leaders like F Scott McBride Clarence Wilson Stanley High and Ernest Cherrington contend for influence while Bishop Cannon wanes. A centralized dry organization remains uncertain amid political friction and church critiques.
The Bureau of Pensions reports $219,900,000 paid in cash during the last fiscal year for war pensions. It lists 464,257 pension recipients, with declines in Civil War vets and widows, and increases among Spanish War veterans and widows. Totals include 256,515 soldiers and 199,704 widows.
Senator Overman a Democrat of North Carolina seeks to verify if Frank R McNinch of North Carolina is a Democrat and has any link to the power trust. Hoover's nominees for the upcoming power commission face scrutiny over party and possible investigations.
Shawnee Oklahoma urges continued advertising and consumer spending to sustain city prosperity. The piece links merchant advertising to employment and earnings, arguing for business as usual to keep the local economy moving.
The Mayor and Common Council of Winslow announces a special election on December 6 1930 at City Hall. Voters will decide whether to sell the municipal gas plant including real estate machinery tools franchise and distribution system. Publication runs November 6 through December 5.
Ordinance No 173 adopts Plan No 15 for improvements on Campbell Hicks Berry Winslow Kinsley Colorado Snider Avenues and Third Fourth Aspinwall Oak Maple Elm Cherry Mulberry Streets in Winslow. Elevations and road widths follow the city engineer plans. Passed December 2 1950 with publication December 2 1950 to December 8 1950.
The council declares plans to improve Campbell Hicks Berry Winslow Kinsley Colorado Snider avenues and Third Fourth Aspinwall Oak Maple Ilm Cherry Mulberry streets. It determines bonds to cover costs and that the project benefits the district with cost assessed accordingly.
China and Europe will link by regular mail planes from Nanking to Berlin early next year under a Sino German policy pact. The European Asiatic Aviation Corpora tion of China will be two thirds Chinese and one third German, with Wei Fu as board president. Routes proposed include Nanking to Peiping with Moscow or Uraga transfers, using four to six planes mainly for mail.
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