Leviathan Mail Robbery Leads to Berlin Case Clue
A deserted lover’s vengeance alleged by Walter Ringer, alias Long, as head of Leviathan crew links to an Antwerp public house buy of 70 000 francs and a mayoral jailbreak. Police trace the daring mail locker theft last June aboard the Leviathan to a gang aboard ship. Berlin reports say C H Clarahan filed the case, Captain Harold Cunningham reported on arrival.
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C. H. Clarahan
Harold Cunningham
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River voyage tragedy search for Hydes on Colorado
Veteran rivermen Emory Kolb and James Brooks led a party to follow the crashed boat of Mr and Mrs Glenn Hyde after army aviators spotted an open scow lodged in Diamond Creek. A search crew from Grand Canyon National Park began reconvening from Bright Angel Creek toward Havasu Creek to locate the Hydes and their craft on the perilous Colorado River voyage.
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Diamond Creek Canyon
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Emory Kolb
Hydes
Needles
Mrs. Hyde
Bright Angel Trail
Will Be Built Forty Miles From Las Vegas Road Project
A fragmentary note outlines a Boulder Colorado area plan to build a forty mile road with a power water project costing about 165 million dollars. The plan involves financing through government repayment. Details are incomplete in the readable text.
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Enatt
Sonia
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Boulder
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Neares Las. Vegas
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Lance
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Pacific
Toxga
Winter cold wave hits Midwest with deaths across states
United Press reports a blizzard and extreme cold sweep the Midwest and Northwest. Dozens suffer as temperatures fall below zero from Minnesota to Illinois. Albion College students Norman Campbell Stephen Leighton and Ralph Doolittle die in a snowstorm near Nancya Michigan.
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Northwest
Brainerd
Minn
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Albion College
Nancia
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Norman Campbell
Stephen Leighton
Ralph Doolittle
St. Paul Nicholas
Haynes
James Rickinson
Leo Jd. McGinn
Huron
Mary
Klingenberg
Charles Berbereck
State Recourse On Boulder Dam Through Courts
Arizona seeks legal recourse after President Coolidge signs the Boulder Canyon dam bill. Governor Hunt calls a meeting of the Arizona Colorado River commission, which plans no immediate action but will meet after the holidays to map out continued opposition.
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United Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
George W. P. Hunt
Coolidge
Boulder Canyon Dam
Arizona Colorado River Commission
Ottawa meeting aims to plug liquor leaks on border
A U S Canadian conference will re draft a liquor smuggling treaty and curb leaks across the northern border. American officials including James M. Doran and Harry Anslinger will push for treaty measures to bar clearance for liquor laden ships and make violations extraditable. The talks seek retroactive action to try Canadians indicted on a rum conspiracy in Buffalo. Prohibition enforcement cites over 80 million dollars of liquor legally cleared from Canada smuggled into the United States, mostly via the Detroit river.
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United Press
Washington
Canada
United States
Ottawa
State Department
Prohibition
James M. Doran
F. E. Billard
Coast Guard
Customs
E. W. Camp
Harry Anslinger
Foreign’ Control Section
Prohibition ‘Bureau T
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N. Y
Detroit River
Detroit
Hope To Improve Trout Fishing At Grand Canyon
The Department of the Interior plans to plant 50 000 brook trout eggs in Clear Creek near the Grand Canyon National Park shortly after mid December. Eggs are supplied in cooperation with the Bureau of Fisheries, Department of Commerce. The stocking site was deemed suitable by the park chief ranger and an assistant, with November water temps at 50 to 55 degrees F. Eggs will be packed to Clear Creek on a mule train, with rangers’ food cached at the headwaters to streamline operations.
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Grand Canyon National Park
Department of Interior
Clear Creek
Colorado River
Bureau of Fisheries
Department of Commerce
Local Legislators Secure Raise In Judges Salary
Phoenix Arizona December 21 Through efforts of Senator Nelson and Representative McQullan both of Navajo county the legislature today placed Navajo Superior judges in the second class which means a salary boost for judges of that county to 5500 a year Salary was formerly 4500 Navajo was formerly in third class The senator and representative began the fight after Graham county had been boosted to second class.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Nelson
McQullan
Navajo County
Graham County
Harvey Estate Willed To Children In Kansas City Probate
The will of Ford Fr. Harvey head of the Harvey dining and hotel system was filed for probate in Kansas City. It leaves more than $1,000,000 equally to his son Frederick H. Harvey and his daughter Katherine M. Harvey, both of Kansas City.
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Ford Fr. Harvey
Harvey System
Railround
Frederick H. Harvey
Katherine M. Harvey
Kansasity
Plenty Of Money But Scion Of Rich Family
Miles T. Baird, 48, scion of a prominent California family with an estate reported at over 50 million dollars, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment, hanging from a rope. His father was a Pacific coast shipping leader. relatives could not explain the motive as Baird had retired with ample money.
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Transcontinental
San Francisco
Miles T. Baird
California
Baird
Pacific
Joyce Accuses Forged Checks In Grand Jury Case
New York December 21 Joyce Hopkins claims a man forged her signature on about 44000 in checks and cashed them. The long reputed to be unbeatable Miss Joyce acknowledges one man she named outwitted her using the forged instruments.
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New, York
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Sub-Treasury
Miss Joyce
Broadway
Unger pleads guilty in Rothstein drug case
Joseph Unger, a small, weary man, pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport drugs to Chicago seeking a possible last chance at freedom. He had previously entered not guilty pleas and promised a fight as his trial opened, with the case tied to the Rothstein murder and a vast drug-smuggling operation. The judge set a January date for further action.
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United Press
New York
Joseph Unger
Rothstein
Unger
Chicago
Arnold
Jan
New Curlicues Brandied Whiskey Seized in Arizona
Federal officers seized a still and 750 gallons of mash claimed to belong to H. C. Padilla in Tucson Arizona. The mash based on rye and corn was flavored with apples citrus rind and bananas. The first run was still too hot to sample for flavor or effect.
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United Press
Tucson
Ariz
Federal
H. C. Padilla
Weather Halls Grand Canyon Highway Work
In Phoenix Arizona on December 1 officials announced closure of Strand Canyon road improvement work due to the thermometer dropping to 10 degrees below zero. Most crews have been dismissed for winter while a small five-engineer contingent remains to plan next season and outline future development.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Strand Canyon
C. G. Morrison
Bureau of Public Roads
Canyon
Williams
Bureau
Arizona Senate Debates New Abortion Draft Amid Court Ruling
Minority groups push to form a unit to direct Arizona’s fight against the Swing Johnson bill and a three member committee to draft a new abortion framework. The Senate debated delays urged by President Winsor as the legislature approved revised state code provisions and a salary increase for elective officers before Thursday’s session.
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Ariz
Arizo Senate
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River ‘Commission
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Colter
Senate
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Winsor
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