Former Apache Treasurer Sentenced To Five To Ten Years
Dudley J. Hamblin former Apache county treasurer was sentenced by Judge Andrew J. Gibbons to serve not less than five nor more than ten years in the Arizona state prison after pleading guilty to embezzling county funds. He had been scheduled for trial when he changed his plea to guilty on the charge of illegally loaning Apache county funds.
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Daily Mail
ST. Johns
Dudley J. Hamblin
Apache County
Andrew J. Gibbons
Arizona State Prison
Hamblin
Mrs. O'Loughlin Sentenced to Life for Child Murder
Pearl O'Loughlin, 31, found guilty of first degree murder in the death of her 10-year-old stepdaughter Géona. The jury quickly delivered a life term with hard labor after denying the death penalty due to lack of an eyewitness or confession admissible under state law.
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Pearl O'Loughlin
Denver
O'Loughlin
B. B. Jaffa
Leo O'Loughlin
Mrs. O'Loughlin
Colo
Colorado
Géona
Toi
Filipino Killed as Bomb Bursts in Dormitory
An explosion in an improvised dormitory for Filipino laborers in Imperial California killed Arizton I Lantky, 20, and injured three others, with Jose Paviona possibly dying and Pedro Norbe losing an arm. Investigators suspect a stray missile tossed through a window by disgruntled White workers.
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Imperial
Cal
Arizton I Lantky
Jose Paviona
Pedro Norbe
Escaped prisoner jailed in Prescott case ties robberies
Darrell Williams, who escaped from the state prison after a 1929 Yavapai County sentence, is jailed in Prescott County Jail. He was arrested in Camp Verde over a 10 day spree of robberies and initially gave the name Bill McCoy.
Arizona Weather: Fair West, Uneven East Tonight
Weather notes fair conditions in western Arizona while the eastern portion remains unsettled. Colder air moves into central and southwest regions with a general pattern of cooler temperatures by Wednesday. Forecast includes Winslow data and low highs and mentions Eden date.
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Arizona
First Chinese Air Mail Crash Kills 3
Shanghai reports a crash on the Whangpo river killing Paul Baer of Fort Wayne Indiana a 39 year old pilot a woman passenger unnamed and a Chinese pilot while five Chinese passengers including General Hsiung Shih Hui were seriously injured on the Nanking to Shanghai flight. Baer famed World War I ace with sixteen German planes as Lafayette Escadrille flyer.
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Shanghai
Paul Baer
Fort Wayne
Ind
Whangpo River
Hsiung Shih Hui
China
Nanking
Lafayette Escadrille
Jordan Pleads Not Guilty In Liquor Charges
Prescott December 9 AP Clarence H. Jordan Holbrook attorney arraigned in U S district court on a federal indictment charging possession and sale of liquor. Judge Fred C Jacobs did not set a trial date. Jordan is free on bond. Nine other defendants pled guilty. Mrs Charles Baker of Winslow was fined 100 dollars and 60 days in jail, later suspended.
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Prescott
Clarence H. Jordan
Holbrook
U. S. District Court
Fred C. Jacobs
Jordan
Charles Baker
Winslow
Doak Takes Place In Hoover Cabinet
William N. Doak was sworn in as secretary of labor and joined President Hoover's cabinet for the first time at the White House. The oath was a simple ceremony with department officials present, following a formal induction held last week.
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Washington
Hoover
William N. Doak
Labor
White House
Belgian Red Cross Chief Questions Meuse Fog Death Toll
In Brussels on December 9, Professor Nolf head of the Belgian Red Cross told an official inquiry that fog in the Meuse Valley could not alone have killed 67 people last week. He supported the theory that noxious fumes from Engis district industrial plants contributed to the disaster, with Dr. Felix Bertyn and Professor Bordet agreeing the fog by itself could not account for all deaths.
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Brussels
Meuse
Nolf
Belsian Red Cross
Engis
Felix Bertyn
Royal Meteorological Institute
Bordet
Five Boys Indicted For Murder Of Girl
Five youths were indicted for first degree murder by the grand jury that probed the death of 18 year old Arlene Draves on November 30 in Gary Indiana. Miss Draves was allegedly criminally attacked, with Indiana law prescribing the death penalty for a criminal attack resulting in death.
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Gary
Ind
Arlene Draves
Miss Draves
Indiana
Arizona Senators Present Petition For Copper Tariff
Two Arizona senators Ashurst and Hayden presented to the Senate a petition of 2,460 Cochise County residents seeking a new tariff on raw copper. The petition was shown to the tariff commission, which was told the law bars proceedings to add copper to the duty list. raw copper remains free.
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Arizona
Washington
Cochise
County
Senate
Ashurst
Hayden
Tariff Commission
Fletcher
Commission
Case Calls Meeting of Board of Education
C. O. Case state superintendent of public instruction called a meeting of the Arizona board of education to be held in Phoenix on December 19. Unfinished business from the November gathering will be discussed.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Cc. O. Case
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Arizona Board of Education
Sinclair Lewis Pushes Dreiser and O Neill for Nobel Prize
Sinclair Lewis declares Theodore Dreiser and Eugene O Neill deserve the Nobel Prize for literature as he travels with Mrs Dorothy Thompson toward Stockholm where the prize money amounts to about 43000 dollars.
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Sinclair Lewis
Dreiser
Eugene O'Neill
Gothenburg
Sweden
Théodore Dreiser
Lewis
Dorothy Thompson
Stockholm
Riots Roil Berlin Over All Quiet on the Western Front
In Berlin last night youths protested the American film All Quiet on the Western Front. The demonstration turned riotous in fashionable districts and led to twenty seven arrests amid reports fascist Reichstag member Paul Goebel planned a further protest.
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Berlin
Germany
Paul Goelbels
American poet to perform at Flagstaff Friday
Va chel Lindsay, renowned American troubadour, will appear at Ashurst Auditorium, Arizona State Teachers College, Flagstaff, Friday at 7 30 p m. The poet, noted for audience participation in choruses, is best known for General William Booth Enters Into Heaven The Congo and Johnny Appleseed.
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Daily Mail
Flagstaff
Ariz
Vachel Lindsay
Grady Gammage
Arizona State Teachers College
Ashurst
Mr. Lindsay
William Booth
Heaven
Congo
Johnny Appleseed
Suspect in Bus Stand-Off Shot Dead by Officers
A man believed to be Brunson McCarver of New York, once tied to the federal narcotics bureau, who terrorized a bus driver and passengers, was killed in a gunfight with police in Canyon Texas.
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Canyon
Tex
Overland
Brunson McCarver
New York
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Christmas Shopping Frenzy Sparks Shopper Panic
A man obsessed with finishing Christmas shopping causes a chaotic scene as December 24 approaches. He repeats the urge daily until the holiday rush triggers stress, temper loss, and frantic, hurried actions that trouble shop staff.
House Takes Relief Bill to Aid Unemployed Highway Projects
The House, rushing relief legislation, received from the appropriations committee the unemployment emergency construction bill. It provides 110 million dollars for highway aid and river and harbor improvements. Eighty million goes to advance to states for highway construction to continue despite federal aid shortfalls. The fund is repayable over five years if states cannot meet a 50-50 federal match. River and harbor work gets 22.5 million, Mississippi flood control 3 million, forest roads and trails 3 million, and national park roads and trails 1.5 million.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Witness in limit case as railroads fight train cap
Arthur F. Wolf Santa Fe engineer from Needles California testified for the state in Phoenix during the third week of hearings on striking down Arizona's train limit law. His testimony described air brake operation on Western trains as part of the ongoing case against the railroads.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Arizona
Arthur F. Wolf
Needles
Cal
Wolf
Clues Point to Slaying of Couple Missing in Wisconsin
Handkerchiefs, a woman's clothing found along a creek bank near Beloit and a bullet punctured car in South Beloit suggest the slaying of J Everett Sapp a Rockford Illinois salesman and Helen Shaner of Freeport Illinois both missing from home. Police search for their bodies ongoing.
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Beloit
Wis
South Beloit
J. Everett Sapp
Rockford, Ill
Helen Shaner
Freeport
Ill
Sapp
Officer Killed in Parade Ground Shooting in Lahore
Captain P. J. W. McClenaghan of the 10th battalion, Sth Punjab regiment, was shot and killed on the Lahore parade ground. A 2 Sepoy corporal wounded a sergeant fatally before fatally turning his own gun on himself.
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Lahore
India
P. J. W. McClenaghan
Sth
Punjab Regiment
Tha
Two Little Pigs At Market Spark Auto Fire
In Beloit Wisconsin on December 9 an automobile carrying two pigs caught fire en route to market. Mrs A J Dibel drove to town with the pigs in a crate in the rear seat. The emitted squeals drew attention and the car burned but firemen put out the blaze with no reward for the pigs.
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Beloit
Wis
A. J. Dibel
Hopi Performers Visit Nephew in Winslow Weekend
Mr and Mrs B H Veach Hopi Indians of Toreva with their two children, traveling for over a year as “the original Americans,” visited their nephew Bishop Youwitch in Winslow during the weekend. They plan engagements in Phoenix this month and will travel to Los Angeles in January.
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B.H. Veach
Toreva
Shriners
Winslow
Bishop Youwitch
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Senate Approves Drought Relief Bill Faces Farm Loans Debate
The Senate began consideration of a $60,000,000 drought relief bill. Senator McNary of Oregon moved the measure which the agriculture committee had unanimously approved. Administration pressure to cut the $30,000,000 loan provision for farmers was noted, but quick Senate approval of the overall fund was expected.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Agriculture Committee
Kingsford Smith to Wed Tomorrow
Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith and Miss Mary Powell are to wed tomorrow in Melbourne Australia. Among the costly gifts is a solid silver cutlery service in a bird’s eye maple cabinet presented by Oakland California residents. Oakland is where Kingsford Smith began his globe circumnavigation and trans Pacific flight.
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Melbourne
Australia
Sterilization Failures Linked to Five Deaths at Hospital
An Edmonton inquest found five patient deaths at Royal Alexandra hospital resulted from inefficient sterilizing equipment. The committee reported improperly sterilized operating room linen allowed streptococci and staphylococci to pass through the sterilizer.
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Edmonton
Alta
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Doctor Says Mrs Shepard Poisoned in Army Murder Trial
Col Edward B Vedder testified chemical analysis showed poison caused the death of Zenana Shepard, second wife of Maj Charles A Shepard. Vedder cited viscera tests after her death at Fort Riley in June 1929, amid allegations of a poison plot tied to Shepard and Grace Brandon. Sergeant Winslow A Rose testified to a prescription for bichloride of mercury given to the defendant in 1929.
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Kansas City
Kas
Edward B. Vedder
Army Medical Corps Laboratory
Washington
Charles A. Shepard
Zenana Shepard
Cory Vedder
Shepard
Army
Grace Brandon
San Antonio
Tex
Winslow A. Rose
Fort Riley
Rose
BAP Silver New York Dec Update
AP dispatch notes RBar silver activity in New York during December with market implications and early price signals.
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New York
Beer Confiscated in Windsor Truck Mystery
Windsor enforcement officers stopped a Detroit bound truck after finding a false bottom and a derrick ready to collapse for liquor storage. About 194 beer bottles were seized while owners remained unfound.
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Windsor
Ont
Detroit
Manning Must Attend Court in New York Case
Bishop William T. Manning is ordered to appear in court next Friday as Ben T. Lindsey faces trial on a disorderly conduct charge. Manning was served with a subpoena at the cathedral rectory and the Rev. Eliot White of Grace Church leads the defense committee.
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New York
William T. Manning
Ben T. Lindsey
Cysiere Linsey
Manning
Eliot White
Grace ‘Chiureh
Many Die as Police Clash With Bandits
Shanghai reported a clash between river police and a band of pirates near the Yangtze mouth on Saturday. At least thirty pirates were killed along with an undetermined number of policemen. Authorities ordered a blockade and vessel inspections to determine ship identities.
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Shanghai
Yangtse
Let Husbands Give Needed Punishment
In Chicago a judge dismissed charges against 14 women detained for six hours at a police station after an arrest on gambling allegations. The women said they were playing bridge. the police described it as gambling. The judge ruled the men’s silent treatment was sufficient punishment.
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William E. Helander
Tariff Commission Members Approved
Senate Finance Committee approved President Hoover's six tariff commissioners after scrutiny of Edgar B. Brossard's ties to the 1923 sugar probe. Brossard won 11 to 8, Dennis 16 to 2 amid floor contests. One Democrat voted for Brossard alongside Republicans. one Republican opposed with Democrats.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Hoover
Edgar B. Brossard
Utah
Brossard
Alfred P. Dennis
Maryland
Dennis
King
le Fayette
Wisconsin
Aviatrix Ruth Nichols Sets Eastbound Transcon Flight Plan
Ruth Nichols of Rye New York launched from United Airport at 7 AM aiming for New York to complete an eastbound cross country record. She planned one stop at Wichita Kansas for servicing and weather checks after surpassing the prior east to west mark by over eight hours. Flight carries 400 gallons of gasoline and top speed is 185 miles per hour. Weather en route reported favorable conditions.
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Los
Angeles
Ruth Nichols
Rye
Aviatrix
New York
United
Here
J. M
Brighton Actress Jessie Millward Ill With Bronchitis
Brighton England December 9 AP report says famed British actress Jessie Millward, familiar to American theatergoers of a generation ago, is severely ill with bronchitis and may not recover soon.
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Associated Press
Brighton
England
Jessie Millward
Australian conversion loan subscription reachs half way mark
In Canberra the $140 million Australian conversion loan has about $56.5 million subscribed, moving toward its obligations maturing later this month.
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Canberra
Australia
Manchester council suspends all capital projects for a year
Manchester Salford district near the city has halted all capital expenditures for twelve months due to rising taxes. Public works and unemployment relief schemes are abandoned as a result.
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Manchester
England
Salford
Armed men force entry at China customs enclosure
Two hundred armed men in plain clothes forced entry into the customs enclosure in CHEFCO China. Authorities believe rifles arriving from Kairen last Friday were intended for internal distribution.
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Chefco
China
Kairen
Trans Atlantic flyer Lefevre reports safe, heads to Reggan
Rene Lefevre and Jean Demaziere, missing since December 2, announced they are safe and proceeding to Reggan. They had not notified Paris of their progress, believing public interest was low.
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Colcomb-Bechar
Northern Sahara
Rene Lefevre
Jean Demaziere
Reggan
Paris
Mirafiori Wine Firm Declared Bankrupt in Italy
Turw Italy AP reports Mira fiori Wine corp declared bankrupt with liabilities of 1.1 million dollars.
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TURW
Italy
Mirafiori Wine Corporation
Bavarian Engagement Reported for Graf Zeppelin Passenger
Kat Eckner, 30, who crossed the Atlantic with his father aboard the Graf Zeppelin, is engaged to Dorothea Boehm, 20, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Fritz Zoehm, announced today in Munich Bavaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Bavaria
Kat Eckner
Dorothea Boehm
Fritz Zoehm
Officers Seek Globe Girl Missing Since Friday
City and county authorities asked to search for 17 year old Pansy Sutherland of Globe who disappeared Friday after being last seen walking on the highway near Cashion. She is the daughter of Mrs Elva Sutherland et Glebe.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Pansy Sutherland
Ofe Globe
Cashion
Elva Sutherland
Glebe
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