Three Escaped Convicts Sought After Arizona Penitentiary Break
A statewide hunt is underway for Harry Jarrett and Jack Hunter, two dangerous inmates who fled during a prison escape at Florence after using a timber ladder and gunfire. Robert Fisher was captured as the trio fled into the desert, while bloodhounds failed to track the fugitives. Emergency lights aided guards as guards opened fire.
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Ariz
Arizona
Harry Jarrett
Phoenix
Jack Hunter
Robert Fisher
Fisher
Jarrett
Hunter
William Delbridge
Delbridge
Botttom
Gila River
Desperadoes Delbridge
Lost families believed safe in New Mexico
Two Mexican families missing for three weeks in western New Mexico were reported to be safe at St Johns by a Winslow relative Jesus Baca. Zuni officials and relief workers had previously searched the Bonita area near Zuni after a severe snowstorm. Relatives from Winslow Concho and St Johns. aid from Zuni Indian Agency continues.
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St. Johns
Jesus ‘Baca
Winslow
Zuni
N. M
Quemado
Juan Gonzales
Zani
Gallup Independent
Ben
Tom Chavez
Bonita
Gonzales
Concho
Zuni Indian Agency
Plane crashes into grandstand in Mexico kills girl
A ten year old girl died and three others were injured when a plane crashed into a grandstand during landing in Puruandiro Mexico on December 8. The pilot and a passenger were uninjured.
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Puruandiro
Mexico
Grandstand
Arizona Weather Forecast Sees Fair Skies Into Wednesday
Weather bulletin for Arizona reports generally fair conditions through tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. In Winslow the forecast notes a Monday high and a Monday low.
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Arizona
Bar silver slips as markets close on quiet trading
In New York on December 8 bar silver eased by 3 to 8 cents, trading around 29 5/8 cents. The market closed with modest declines amid thin activity.
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New York
Agitation Rises as Peace Moves Face Opposition
Paris December 8 The League of Nations council signals it cannot establish an official neutral zone in the Chinchow area and plans to recognize the status quo. It urges both sides to refrain from disturbing the peace in southern Manchuria while China holds Chinchow and Japan pledges no attack. Japan demands evacuation, raising international anxiety.
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League of Nations Council
Chinchow
Manchuria
Professor Attacked For Pacifist Talk
Detroit December 8 A college professor and war veteran facing backlash over pacifist remarks prompts Wayne County Legion Council to seek revocation of Thomas Jefferson post charter. Board of Education member says he will demand Dr Walter Bergman’s discharge for sedition.
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Detroit
American Legion Post
Wayne County Legion Council
Walter Bergman
City College of Detroit
State Council
Thomas Jefferson Post
Bergman
Burt R. Shurly
Board of Education
Dr. Bergman
The President's Prosperity Plan
The Hoover program calls for reduced appropriations and higher taxes to stabilize government finances. It includes a Reconstruction Corporation to aid troubled industries, release of frozen bank assets, treasury support for Federal Land Banks, home-loan banks to aid home ownership, looser reserve bank rules for more paper discounting, and revisions to Interstate Commerce and anti trust laws to ease railway issues and avoid unfair burdens.
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Treasury
Federal Land Banks
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Federal Reserve
Germany to Impose New Emergency Economy Decree
Berlin reports a forthcoming emergency decree signed by President von Hindenburg aims to curb living costs and wage levels for the winter. The 46 page measure grants Burgomaster Carl Goerdeler broad authority to cut public service costs and enforce reductions nationwide.
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Hindenburg
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Survey of Dry Forces Planned in Rocky Mountain Region
Denver Dec 8 The federal prohibition force in the Rocky Mountain region undergoes a general reorganization as Carl D. Jackson announces changes. Most Wyoming agents are reassigned. Benjamin A. Pester moves to New Mexico. I S T Gregg to Arizona. The shift adds 65 agents across Colorado Arizona New Mexico Utah and Wyoming with immediate enforcement surveys planned.
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Rocky Mountain
Carl D. Jackson
Tenth District
Wyoming
Benjamin A. Pester
New Mexico
I. S. T. Gregg
Bene
Arizona
W. W. McBride
Utah
Jackson
Colorado
Bids Opened on Holbrook Road Project in Arizona
Phoenix bidder H L Royden offered 57 157 10 for 2.8 miles of road on the Old Trails National Highway between Holbrook and Lupton. New Mexico Construction Co of Albuquerque was low for 2 miles on the Florence Tucson road with 142 924 02. Contracts to be awarded tomorrow.
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Lupton
State Highway Department
New Mexico Construction Company
Albuquerque
Florence-Tucson
Ten Killed in Peru Clash Near Trujillo
A sharp confrontation between citizens and police at Paijan near Trujillo left ten dead and thirteen wounded. Most victims were Aprista party members backing Victory Hay de la Torre, rival of Lieut. Colonel Luis M. Sánchez Cerro in the recent election.
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Lima
Peru
Paijan
Trujillo
el Commercio
Aprista
Haya de la Torre
Luis M. Sanchez Cerro
Surgeon Removes Tin Whistle From Boy’s Lungs
Chicago report says five year old Robert Young whistled from October 31 until December 7 when a surgeon used a bronchoscope to extract a tin whistle stuck in his lungs after he swallowed it during Halloween celebration.
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Chicago
Robert Young
Hallowe’en
Grandi Returns to Rome After Washington Visit
Foreign Minister Dino Grandi and his party arrived in Rome at noon after a trip to Washington to confer with President Hoover, signaling a formal return from the United States.
Consolidation Cuts Fifteen Santa Fe Jobs in Winslow
The Santa Fe Coast Lines announce a sweeping consolidation that will eliminate about 15 jobs in Winslow and a similar number in Needles San Bernardino Fresno and San Francisco. Effective January 1 1932 the accounting and timekeeping work across divisions will move to a Los Angeles bureau under the auditor's office. Division accountants in each city will be abolished along with timekeepers and related clerks. C C Templeton Winslow division accountant may move to Los Angeles.
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Santa Fe Coast Lines
Winslow
Needles
San Bernardino
Fresno
San Francisco
E. E. McCarty
Albuquerque
Coast Lines
Los Angeles
Cc. R. Templeton
Mexican Congress Backs Campaign Against YMCA and YWCA
The national Guadalupe congress in Mexico City voted to urge priests and lay Catholics to wage a campaign against the YMCA, YWCA, and similar organizations brought from the United States.
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Mexico City
UPI
Young Men’s Christian Association
Young Women’s Christian Association
Mexico
United States
National Guadalupe Congress
Dixie College of Utah Routs NAU Teachers 38 to 36
Dixie College of Utah edged Northern Arizona State Teachers College 38 to 36 in a close finish as the final whistle sounded. The game was played in Flagstaff, Arizona, with a decisive late basket securing the win for Dixie College of Utah.
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Dixie College of Utah
Northern
Arizona State Teachers’ College
Oklahoma Mountaineer Charles Draper Faces Murder Trial
From Kiamichi mountain lumber camps veniremen are summoned as Charles Draper, charged with killing three men, faces arraignment delays tied to his stated plan to confess after his child's birth. Draper indicated he would contest the murder charge after the birth of a son, following publicity.
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Idabel
Okla
Kiamichi Mountains
Veniremen
Charles Draper
Draper
Berlin Premier Signals Martial Law If Needed
Chancellor Bruening stated on a nationwide radio address that his government would not be sidetracked by Hitler and that President von Hindenburg would decree martial law if required to safeguard the constitutional order. He warned against outside forces pressing for upheaval and promised stability through lawful measures.
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Bruening
Adolf Hitler
von Hindenburg
Davis to transfer as Wyoming deputy prohibition chief
Lon C. Davis who served nearly nine years as Wyoming deputy prohibition administrator was ordered this afternoon to report to Phoenix Arizona likely to take deputy administrator duties for that state.
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Wyo
Lon C. Davis
Wyoming
Phoenix
Ariz
Tariff War Threat Looms Over Europe
London reports Britain may enter a tariff war as Parliament debates a 100 percent duty on vegetables and fruits. Rumors of a Franco-Belgian economic union surface amid Conservative pushes for high protection. France leads protests among continental powers including Germany and Spain.
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London
Great Britain
Europe
France
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Scandinavia
Spain
Portugal
Rabbits Hunt Planned To Aid Unemployed In Cadillac
Two hundred hunters with dogs and guns will hunt rabbits Sunday in Cadillac to provide holiday food for the unemployed. Walter Sours, in charge of plans, said the hunt aims to yield about 1,000 pounds of meat for those in need.
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Cadillac
Mich
Walter Sours
Republicans bolt Moses for pro tempore post in Senate
Twelve western Republicans bolted Senator Moses, the party’s choice for president pro tempore, triggering a delay in the election to tomorrow. Voting against Moses were Borah and Thomas of Idaho Norris and Howell of Nebraska Blaine and LaFollette of Wisconsin Capper of Kansas Citizens of Michigan Cutting of New Mexico Nye and Frasier North Dakota and Jones of Washington.
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Washington
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Shad
Marcus A. Coolidge
Massachusetts
Calvin Coolidge
J. Ham Lewis
Minois
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Democratic National Committee
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
G. Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
F. M. Simmons
Moses
Senate
Norris and Howell
Nebraska
Blaine and LaFollette
Wisconsin
Capper
Kansas
Citizens of
Michigan
Cutting
New Mexico
Nye
Hoover’s Message Highlights Economic Stability and Taxes
Washington reports pull quotes from President Hoover stressing a strong America as world stability, building credit foundations with financial stability, reducing government expenses, supporting temporary tax increases, opposing direct or indirect government debt, and addressing unemployment through action while resisting general measures.
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America
United States
Cotton crop estimate issued by Agriculture Department
The department of agriculture estimates this year's cotton crop at 16,918,000 equivalent 500 pound bales based on December 1 conditions. The prior estimate was 16,903,000 bales, and last year's crop totaled 12,837,099 bales.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Hoover Proposes Huge Reconstruction Plan and Tax Reforms
President Hoover outlines a sweeping reconstruction program with a giant public credit body and liberalized banking rules to spur industry, with higher taxes likely and no tariff revision yet. He signals forthcoming tax proposals and faces party debate over unemployment aid and tariff policy.
President Hoover State of the Union Message Intro
The text begins with Hoover's constitutional duty to inform Congress on the state of the Union and to recommend measures. It notes that the chief influence on the nation’s state during the past year has been the continuing world situation, with the remainder of the message continued on page three.
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