27 Dec 1930
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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1930
Page
1
Tokyo fire raged through seven wooden government buildings housing the ministry of railways causing about 600000 yen in losses. In Vatican City, the pope received an Edison Dictation recorder and sent thanks with the Papal Medal in gold.
The last full week of the year closes amid holiday apathy in business and markets. Stocks dipped after a brief Christmas rally, bonds steadied, and metal prices showed modest gains. Weekly rail, steel, and construction data plus bank suspensions and a railroad receivership dampened sentiment as credit remained cheap.
Authorities probe if a discharged employee started the blaze that destroyed the Arizona Lumber and Timber Co. warehouse in Flagstaff. Damage set at 60 thousand dollars with insurance covering the loss. Night watchman William Lane says he fired at a man leaving the commissary before the fire. Fire crews kept it from spreading to yards and mill despite light snow.
Queen Elizabeth fully recovered from influenza departs Brussels with King George for Engadine Switzerland for a fortnight of winter sports. The queen is skilled at skies and skates while the king enjoys mountain climbing and skiing.
J. A. Carlton, who ran for Australia in the last Olympics, broke the national 100 yard dash record today in 9.35 seconds amid a light breeze. The performance came at a Sydney meet with Carlton representing his country.
Friends of Jose Maria Magitorena, a leader in the Madero revolt now living in Los Angeles, seek government approval for his return to Mexico. He has lived abroad since the events of 1915.
The copper market rose in the last week as foreign buyers took a fair tonnage and steadied prices, leaving traders unsure whether to quote 10 1-4 or 10 1-2 cents per pound.
Prince George, youngest son of King George and Queen Mary, suffered a shoulder dislocation when thrown from his horse while hunting with the Belvoir hounds near Melton Mowbray today.
Mr and Mrs Herbert E Bradley and their daughter Alice 16 left Chicago on the Leviathan to bring home a pygmy village from Africa. The exhibit will be shown at the Chicago Exposition in 1933.
A maritime court absolved officers of the steamers George Washington and Malaya of blame for a collision in the Elbe estuary. The verdict cited heavy fog as the sole cause of the accident.
Albert Einstein and Mrs Einstein will speak by radio from San Diego to listeners in San Francisco via NBC. The program, set for 12 30 to 1 30 P S T, is hosted by the San Diego Ad Club with National Broadcasting Company arrangements.
The American Mexican special claims commission that will adjudicate damages suffered by Americans in the Mexican revolutions from 1910 to 1920 will meet in Mexico City on February 1, the foreign office announced.
Weather forecast notes fair skies in Arizona tonight and Sunday with colder conditions in the southern central region. Frost expected in the south tonight. temperatures dip to around freezing in some areas.
Federal agents probing Al Capone's finances with possible tax evasion indictment learned of a reported one million dollar casino project in Ensenada, Lower California. The Chicago Herald and Examiner said the report reached the federal building via the San Diego prosecutor.
The Prescott Evening Courier will be in a new home on Monday moving from the Stephens building where it has published for almost fifty years to the Odd Fellows building in Prescott Arizona.
Lord Melchett former Sir Alfred Mond a leading British industrial financier died here this afternoon.
Representatives from three of six states in the Colorado river basins gathered in Greeley in a closed session to discuss Arizona suit seeking to delay Hoover Dam work until power and water benefits are determined.
The National Industrial Conference Board predicts a modest upswing in business early 1931. Recovery is expected to be slow and gradual, with a long road ahead, and the duration of the downturn will push firms to adjust for a return to a defined normal by year end.
Rebels in the Tharawaddy district raid villages despite British troops entering the area. The body of engineer Fields-Clarke, killed in the raid, has been recovered. Seventeen rebels have been captured in Insein district and soldiers are deployed to reassure inhabitants and curb dissent.
A Naval Academy sophomore secretly wired Bancroft Hall to control lights, clocks, elevators, and telephones. An inspector found a labyrinth of wires powering a dormitory lab, with a hidden receiver. The student faced resignation after failing to explain the setup while his roommate received demerits for not reporting it.
A stranger’s blood saved the life of Lady Alexandra Metcalfe and she is reported to be gaining strength after six weeks of illness. The donor remains unidentified per British hospital practice. Lady Metcalfe, linked to Lord Curzon and Lady Cynthia Mosley, had twins born on November 14.
Dortmunder Steels worker Robert Germann expressed affection for the furnace before he climbed into the molten steel at Dortmunder Steels Works. Fellow workers witnessed the fatal act. no motive beyond attraction to the furnace could be determined.
The French steamer Bougainville, a 7,110 ton steel vessel, grounded last night in a storm near Port Pasajes harbor. It lay on the rocks in the channel at the entrance and was in imminent danger of breaking up as several ships moved to assist.
Athens December 27 AP Premier Venizelos leaves for Warsaw Vienna and Rome to exchange ratifications of the Greco Austrian treaty of Amity and Arbitration en route stopping in Belgrade to meet Alexander and the Foreign Minister.
Joseph R. Nutt, treasurer of the Republican national committee, calls for an apology from Chairman Nye over charges of a slush fund. He says the fund at Commercial National Bank of Washington totaled 50,000 dollars, not 40,000, and that the facts were on file in the capitol.
William H. Taylor known as Billy the Scout and a 103 year old Civil War veteran died of old age in Hollywood. He served as a scout for General Custer and fought Indian wars after serving in the Civil War and against Sitting Bull. He acted in films until his 102nd birthday.
NewYork December 27. Railroads report November net operating income down from a year earlier. Firms listed include Atchison Topeka Santa Fe 4,962,336 vs 7,742,650, Chicago Burlington & Quincy 1,662,960 vs 1,811,081, Baltimore & Ohio 2,379,285 vs 3,227,244, New York Central 1,946,404 vs 6,058,783, Southern 1,415,633 vs 1,954,338, St Louis Southwestern 68,711 vs 217,827 and Mobile & Ohio 92,293 vs 96,043 with a deficit for the latter.
The Santa Fe railroad, operating from Chicago through the Southwest, will be allowed to sell second class tickets between points in Arizona, California and New Mexico after January 1. The St. Louis San Francisco line also gains permission to sell second class day coach tickets from early 1931. The change signals a shift by American carriers toward the European style class passenger system. Several southeastern roads have offered low rate round trips within bus travel ranges over the past year.
In Mesa Arizona a Collie named Buster perished in a blaze four miles east of the city after rousing Mr and Mrs Otho L Pickens Jr and their son. The dog led them to safety but reentered the burning store residence to rescue furnishings and toys and was trapped.
Chicago plans a two cent a mile passenger rate as an experiment to cut motor bus competition. On January 1 the divisions in Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa would switch from three and six tenths cents per mile to two cents. The move follows a St Louis San Francisco plan and signals broader rate reductions.
Gila county deputy sheriffs thwarted an attempted grocery store robbery at Claypool. John Sigeli, paroled four months ago, was shot after resisting as Ray Eckles and Anderson Harey entered the building. Eckles had escaped from prison in February.
Moscow officials escalated action after the Vladivostok branch of the Bank of Korea was closed on December 18. The finance commissariat ordered final liquidation, a fine for concealed profits, government loss assessment, and a damages suit. The foreign office planned no reply to Japan, which called the move unfriendly.
Senator Brockhart of Iowa says Democrats have not adopted a program to win his vote for organizing the next Senate. He had offered to align after the election if they would cooperate to end what he calls Melionism, a move that drew wide attention amid a tight party line.
Paris bulletin says Marshal Joffre, famed for the Marne defense, lies between life and death as doctors report his right eye amputated due to gangrene from arteritis. Mme. Joffre has refused public details, and location of treatment remains undisclosed.
Three special trains carried the body of Vintila Bratianu from his Bucharest home to the family estate for burial. Priests conducted services at stations along the route. King Carol sent a telegram condoling the death of the Liberal leader who opposed the king’s ascension.
Boonville Indiana reports Shirley McNeely a 35 year old farmer killed his mother his stepfather and his uncle with a hammer late Friday. The victims are Mrs Mike Breidenbach 60 his stepfather and Thomas Wetson 60 his uncle. McNeely cited family troubles and claimed he did not know why he carried out the killings.
Fourteen Catholic Lazarist missionaries captured in Kiantsi province during a Reds drive were found safe at the Catholic mission in Kian. They had been held since October 6 and were released yesterday after a clash that left some 2,000 people killed.
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