Highway Code Bill Introduced in Arizona Special Session
A special Arizona Legislature session called by Governor Hunt opened to consider amendments to the highway code, unemployment relief, and state institution appropriations. Senator Midgely proposed limiting the session to fix a clerical highway code error, but the motion was ruled out of order.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
George W. P. Hunt
Midgely
Coconino County
Senate
Donnelly
Pima
Sutter
Shopmen Meet On Wage Cut Talks In San Francisco
About 15 000 Southern Pacific shopmen met in San Francisco to resume wage cut negotiations with railroad officials. Led by H G Kinney the group is empowered to accept a 10 percent reduction saving an estimated 2 500 000 under stated conditions including alignment with eastern line cuts and a guaranteed minimum four day crew. Paul Shop, SP president, voiced belief the dispute could be settled amicably.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
H. G. Kinney
Paul Shop
The
Editor Sees Dry Agent As An Ideal
A Washington bulletin under Walton Hood Grant praises a Prohibition agent as an ideal unselfish American official. The piece urges boys to imitate an efficient agent who works with courage, resists influence, and sets a manly example.
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Washington
Walton Hood Grant
Prohibition Bureau
Arizona Weather: Rain and Snow in Select Regions
Weather update shows rain in the south and west of Arizona with snow in the northeast tonight. Tuesday remains unsettled with snow in the northeast and little temperature change. Weekend outlook: Saturday highs around 48 and Sunday 49 with lows near 29 and 24.
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Arizona
Pacific States Hit By Storms
High winds from the north Pacific bring rain and snow across the far west. Snow disrupts the Sierras and Siskiyous with delays to trains stages and autos. Norden snow slides cleared. Air mail routes Sacramento Reno and Redding Medford sent by train. Floods near Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys with more rain forecast.
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San Francisco
North Pacific
Far West
Sierras
Siskiyous
Norden
Southern Pacific ’ Company
Reno
Sacramento- Reno
Redding-Medford
Ore
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Girls Mixed Up In Chicago Shooting
In Chicago on December 28 two girls and four youths were held in connection with Policeman James J. Caplis death during the Beach Views Gardens holdup. Frank Freeman 25 allegedly led the gang. Marcella Royce 17 and Dorothy Evans 16 denied firing the fatal shot, saying they acted only as decoys and were in the cloak room.
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Chicago
James J. Caplis
Beach Views Gardens
Frank Freeman
Caplis
Marcella Royce
Dorothy Evans
High School Girl Signs Film Contract
An 18 year old Fort Worth student from Texas, Florence McKinney, signed a Hollywood contract for a $750 weekly salary. The Superior Court approved the agreement since she is a minor, marking a notable entry into the film industry.
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Hollywood
Cal
Fort Worth
Tex
Florence McKinney
Superior Court
Miss McKinney
Route Change Cuts Coast to Coast Air Mail Time
Pittsburgh report says a coast to coast air mail time will shrink by a full business day starting January 1 due to a routing shift via Philadelphia Harrisburg Pittsburgh Columbus Indianapolis St Louis Kansas City Wichita Amarillo Albuquerque and Winslow to Los Angeles. The old route used Chicago Cheyenne Salt Lake City. Savings are pegged at about ten percent for the post office. Chicago dispatch notes United Air Lines lowers fares ten to twenty percent on most coast to coast and connecting routes effective January 1. The New York to San Francisco fare drops from 200 to 166 with rail plus Pullman comparable service. Megis is mentioned.
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Pittsburgh
Richard W. Robbins
Transcontinental and
Western Air
Philadelphia
Hartisburg
Pittsburg
Columbus
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Wichita
Amarillo
Albuquerque
Winslow
Los Angeles
Chicago
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Robbins
Post Office Department
United Air Lines
Death sentence reaffirmed for Duke r and Lambert in Baltimore
In Baltimore on December 28 the death sentence for Herman Webb Duker, 22, scion of a prominent family, was reaffirmed by the original sentencing judge for the April murder during an attempted holdup. Co-defendant Dale H Lambert received life imprisonment after pleading guilty last fall.
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Baltimore
Herman Webb _Duker
Gov. Ritchie
Uiman
Dunker
Dale H. Lambert
John W. Anderson
Lambert
Need For Absorbing Displaced Workers Expressed At Meet
Sumner H. Slichter, Harvard professor of business economics, urged a federal labor board be created to plan absorbing workers displaced by machines or industrial change. He spoke before students of political, economic and social affairs at the American Association for labor legislation in Washington.
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Washington
Federal
Sumner H. Slichter
Harvard
American Association For Labor Legislation
Lin Sen Named Chinese Government Chairman In Nanking
Lin Sen, 67, president of the legislative Yuan, elected chairman of the Chinese National government in Nanking. He succeeds Chiang Kai-Shek, who resigned earlier this month amid Canton faction pressure. The election occurred at a Kuomintang plenary session. as chairman Lin holds powers similar to a French president.
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China
Lin Sen
Legislative Yuan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Canton
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
French
Levee Break Floods Glendora Mississippi Town
The Glendora levee collapsed as the Tallahatchie surged, flooding the business district to five feet. No loss of life reported. residents near the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley embankment likely safe. Break measured 20 to 25 feet across.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Glendora
Tallhatchie
Yazoo
Italians Victory in Cirenaica Campaign Report
In Cirenaica Libya Italian authorities report 1737 deaths last year in the rebellion crackdown. Of these 1602 rebels and 135 Italian regulars died. rebel chiefs are killed and 22000 camels have been taken as the campaign closes.
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Africa
Cirenaica
Libya
North Africa
Graziani
Daugherty Promises Inside Story On Harding Era
Former attorney general Harry M. Daugherty says he will reveal eight years of behind the scenes in the Harding administration. In a forthcoming book with Thomas Dixon, The Inside Story Of The Harding Tragedy, he aims to explain the Ohio Gang and shed light on Harding’s death.
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Columbus
Harry M. Daugherty
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Thomas Dixon
Two Men Freed in Harlem Five Year Old Murder Case
Vincent Coll and Frank Giordano were acquitted in New York of the Harlem street shooting death of five year old Michael Vengali. Witness misstatements and defense doubts undermined prosecution. judge Corrigan ordered acquittal and remanded Giordano to the Tombs.
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Coll
New York
Vincent Coll
Frank Girodano
Michael Vengali
Harlem
George Brecht
St. Louis
Giordano
Brecht
James T. Neary
Joseph E. ‘Corrigan
Corrigan
Joseph Mullen
Arthur
Dutch Schultz) Glegenheimer
Mine War Cases Reach Court Again
Harlan county mine labor troubles that left eight men dead return to court as William Hightower UMWA Evarts local president faces trial for aiding two deputy sheriffs and a mine clerk killed last May in Evarts. W. B. Jones, union secretary, remains under life sentence after conviction on the same charges.
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MT. Sterling
Harlan County
William Hightower
Evarts
United Mine Workers of America
W. B. Jones
Hightower
Battle of
Kentucky
Jones
Prominent Arizonan Dies Following Operation
Edward L. Shaw a notable figure in early Arizona development died in Phoenix after a three week illness. He recently had an appendix operation and complications caused his death. Shaw was a 1912 Democratic national convention delegate and long time chairman of Arizona's Democratic finance committee. He joined the state board of health as a bookkeeper last April.
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Phoenix
Edward L. Shaw
Arizona
Shaw
Baltimore
Democratic Finance Committee
State Board of Health
Spanish to reorganize high command in Morocco
Premier Manuel Azana announced that the Spanish government will soon reorganize the high military command in Morocco, signaling a major restructuring effort. The statement came from Madrid on December 28 as Spain faces ongoing colonial duties in the region.
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Madrid
Morocco
Manuel Azana
Gandhi hints war for India
India leader Mahatma Gandhi told a crowd of 50 000 Nationalists that he would not flinch from sacrificing lives for India's freedom. He warned that next time they might face bullets and urged all to contribute if war is inevitable, while keeping hope for a peaceful path.
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James
A. Mills
Bombay
India
Prahatma Gandhi
London
Congress
Woodrow Wilson Birth Remembered Across Nation
On the 75th anniversary of Woodrow Wilson's birth ceremonies paid tribute at his tomb. A large Democratic women’s gathering in Bridgeport Connecticut featured former South Carolina governor Robert A Cooper as speaker. Washington Democrats held a luncheon at the National Democratic Club with Edward Keating editor of Labor as speaker.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Robert A. Cooper
South Carolina
Democratic Women of
Woman’s National Democratic Club
Edward Keating
Labor
Walker's Agent Held For Court Contempt
New York December 28 Supreme Court Justice Churchill held Russell T. Sherwood, financial agent for Mayor Walker, in contempt at the request of Samuel Seabury, lawyer for the legislative city investigation committee. Settlement on the fine amount was reserved. The civil practice act allows a maximum fine of $190000.
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New York
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Churchill
Samuel Seabury
Legislative City Investigation Committee
Russell T. Sherwood
Walker
Sherwood
Henderson To Preside At Armament Meeting
Paris dispatch reports Arthur Henderson, British Labour Party leader and former foreign secretary, expects to preside over the world disarmament conference at Geneva in February. He has been resting in Rivera and convalescing, now en route to London.
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Paris
Arthur Henderson
Geneva
Henderson
London
Japanese Push Toward Kowpangtze In Manchuria Action
Japanese forces moved from Yingkow toward Kowpangtze in Manchuria to seize Tawa after bombing a Chinese armored train. Cavalry opened the path through irregulars as infantry followed, with skirmishes at Sanchiatze and Tsaipaochan. A detachment targeted Ninghuang where irregulars reoccupied the town.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Yingkow
Peiping
Kowpangtze
Tawa
Sanchiatze
Tsaipaochan
Ninghuang
Chinchow
Kokpangtze
Fire at Pennsylvania railroad shop in Altoona causes $1.5 million loss
A blaze at the Pennsylvania railroad Twelfth street shops in Altoona destroyed several units. Insurance officials estimate the loss at about $1.5 million. A watchman, discovering the fire around eight, fell while fleeing to summon help. he was unharmed after regaining consciousness as the fire spread through oil soaked waste and grease on the bolt shop floor.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Twelfth Street
Mining Man Dies Sunday At Phoenix
D C Wilson a well known figure in Arizona mining circles died in Phoenix at 59. He arrived in 1891 and worked with mines at Ray Tucson and Nogales. He also served as deputy sheriff of Santa Cruz County at Nogales.
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Phoenix
D. C. Wilson
Arizona
Ray
Tucson
Nogales
Santa Cruz County
Governor seeks 5 million bond to ease Arizona unemployment
Arizona Governor George W. P. Hunt urged a special session of the Tenth Legislature to approve a 5 million bond issue to fund highway improvements and public buildings. He proposed a constitutional amendment to increase indebtedness and suggested redeeming bonds from a luxury tax, noting copper, cotton, agriculture and lumber declines curb tax increases.
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Spe
Santa Fe Operating Income Shrinks In November
New York December 28 report shows November railway operating income for major lines. Santa Fe earned 3,642,585 this year versus 4,962,286 in 1930, with Burlington 1,309,309 and Reading Co. 1,407,968 also listed. Louisville & Nashville and St. Louis-S. W. posted smaller figures.
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New York
Santa Fe
Burlington
Reading Co
Louisville & _ Nashville
St. Louis- S. W
Bar Silver Moves Down in New York Trade
Bar silver eased in New York trading on December 28 with prices quoted 30 3 8 cents an ounce, down 1 to 4 cents from earlier levels.
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New York
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