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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1929
Page
5
Winslow patrons invited to shoot at the Elks in Winslow from January 6 to 12. A display of samples at the Fikes Hotel with Jack Cole of Coles Studio Phoenix visiting. Three shots for $1.00 at eight inch bullseye at 200 yards pool shooting available.
Cattle prices show gains in some classifications and declines in others at Chicago markets with light year end activity. heifers and fat cows up to 25c higher, stockers scarce, feeders uneven. Sheep demand softer with fat lambs up 50 to 75c, fat ewes strong, feeding lambs steady. Hog prices hold steady across weight ranges from 130 to 200 pounds. Kansas City report included.
Water will be turned off from 8:00 a m to 5:00 p m Tuesday December 31 1929 affecting all areas of Taylor Town and Mexican Town east side. E Mecarty superintendent. dec28-30.
In Chicago, three gangsters were killed in a shootout described as continuing from previous pages. The confrontation involved suspects Quan and others pressing for money and threatening violence as officers or accomplices watched, with armed assailants at a teller area and behind them.
Detective Doherty tried to listen at a door as three racketeers began firing. Wilson cried Coppers and fired, wounding Doherty. Sergeant Patrick OConnell and Detective William Byrnes returned fire, hitting Wilson as he dropped his weapon.
Witnesses recall a man crying for leniency as his companions ignored him and opened fire, killing all three people involved. Authorities investigate the ambush and search for suspects connected to the incident.
US Bureau of Mines reports 178 deaths in November 1929 from coal mine accidents. Bituminous mines had 131 fatalities from 45.677 million tons mined, while anthracite recorded 47 deaths from 6.042 million tons. January–November totals indicate improvements vs 1928 with 1,947 deaths over 548.14 million tons.
The Wilk comet was observed last night from Flagstaff at the Lowell observatory telescope in the western sky after dark. It is magnitude about eight and has an inconspicuous tail unseen by the naked eye. Clyde Tombaugh will photograph it again tonight with a high speed wide angle camera and it may be viewed with spectrograph to learn its composition.
Alexander Pantages, famed theatre owner, faces up to fifty years for conviction of criminal assault on Eunice Pringle, 17. Superior Judge Charles Fricke denied a motion for release on bond, stating no danger to life and noting doctors’ testimony of prison phychosis rather than real illness.
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