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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1927
Page
2
A United Press item delivered to the Winslow Arizona Post Office is carried as second class mail. The brief note records a standard mailing status used for press dispatches in the region.
Opinion on Americas rapid growth and power. It argues the nation has matured quickly yet lacks wisdom to balance strength with reality. The piece warns without wisdom America risks instability, utopian dreams, and dangerous overreach, urging steadiness and grounding in earthly realities.
The text argues that scientific management should top all reasons for productive expansion. It asserts management as the critical point for business stability and wealth, noting well financed firms fail from bad management while strong management can redeem weak finances. It defines scientific management as applying scientific methods to business management.
M. Joe Murphy, veteran peace officer and head of the Phoenix identification department, announced he would run for sheriff on the Democratic ticket in the fall elections. The veteran lawman has long served in county and city law enforcement roles in Maricopa County.
Commander Rosendahl steers the Los Angeles east of the Grayson plane’s route to search the Atlantic. The airship will sweep from Roosevelt Field toward Newfoundland by daybreak using powerful searchlights and onboard galley foods for possible survivors. If landing is not possible, crew may be retrieved by rope ladders and lines.
A fragment notes women rushing downtown to obtain kid gloves on time for the workday and removing them upon entering the office for work.
The Dawn search gains momentum with northwest winds possibly carrying the five ton amphibian farther to sea. A Cape Cod area sighting and other unverified reports surface while authorities doubt a Sable Island distress signal and await confirmed data.
The article surveys Egypt and Sudan under British influence, noting cotton wealth, debt, and social contrasts. It highlights education reforms, new universities, and the American University of Beirut’s role in training Egyptians and Sudanese, with graduates serving in Gordon College Khartoum and Sudan Government Service. It cites 98 students from Egypt and Sudan at Beirut and ongoing efforts to modernize higher learning.
Three deaths attributed to holiday liquor were reported to police today and 14 persons suffering from acute alcoholism were taken to hospitals. More than 150 drunks were locked up in police stations. Justay Carlson of Sioux City was burned to death when a stove overturned and set fire to a construction shanty. Fred Johnson, Carlson's companion, was held for investigation. James Cullina and Louis Lachance were found dead of alcoholism. All ships in steamer lanes along the flight route have been advised to keep a sharp lookout for the missing plane, with navy destroyers from Boston yard and coast guard boats aiding search from Cape Cod to Sable Island. The dirigible will follow the Roosevelt field to Cape Cod route en route to Sable Island. The Dawn distress call prompted the search. Mahan and Sturdevant are the destroyers in use.
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