Upper basin states split on defense of Arizona suit
Utah Attorney General George P. Parker said the Saturday meeting at Greeley neared a split among upper basin states. They will protect their own water interests and may file separate motions unless the Boulder Dam act is subordinate to the Six State Compact. Arizona argues water protection is essential.
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Upper Basin
Greeley
Colo
Arizona
Hoover Dam
Colorado River
George P. Parker
Utah
Wilbur
California
Parker
Wilbur-Hoover-Mead Interior Department
Railway Jobs Boost Dimmed by Pacific- Santa Fe Cuts
The Southern Pacific announces 450 more Arizona positions starting January 5 while the Albuquerque Division of the Santa Fe cuts crews in Winslow yesterday with more reductions expected. The two lines show mixed signals but hope for relief as temporary layovers may end in coming weeks.
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Southern Pacific Railway Company
Arizona
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Winslow
Southern Pacific
National worry over local crime echoes from Chicago to Kansas City
The piece argues that urban gang violence in New York Chicago and Kansas City reflects a nationwide concern. A 17 year old gang leader in Kansas City allegedly killed during gas station robberies to impress two 16 year olds. The youths imitate Capone Moran Rothstein and Diamonds and reveal how big city crime influences smaller towns.
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New York
Chicago
New Yorker
Chicagoan
Kansas City
al Capones
Bugs Morans
Arnold Rothsteins
Jack Diamonds
Milwaukee adopts 1931 budget with 350000 for urgent jobs
The Milwaukee common council approves a 38 million dollar 1931 budget that includes 350000 for immediate employment through odd jobs such as ditch digging sewers and park work. A Temple-Contract was awarded a 426838 dollar bridge project on the Salt River segment of the Phoenix Mesa highway.
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Common Council
Temple
Salt River
Phoenix-Mesa
Uncle Ben Williamson of Kentucky to serve short Senate term
Kentucky's Ben Williamson, 66, known as Uncle Ben, will serve a three month Senate term. A longtime advocate for crippled children, he ran to help relief amid drought and plans to push child welfare and orthopedic care legislation. He built a large Ashland hardware business and has served on state boards aiding the disabled.
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NEA
Ashington
Senate
Ben Williamson
Kentucky
Ben
Williamson
Congress
Kentucky Commission For Crippled Children
State Board of Charity and Correction
International Society For Crippled Children
Ashland
Uncle Ben
Washington
Senator Willinson
Fame by Their Lives of Crime
The piece argues that Chicago and New York gangsters set bad examples for youth and erode standards of honesty and citizenship. It warns that rising crime conditions in major cities affect society indirectly, shaping young people's ambitions toward crime.
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Chicago
New York
Globe-Springerville highway proposal sparks highway naming
W B Kelly, publisher, submits a name for the proposed Globe-Springerville route. The piece questions cost and necessity, calls the plan a new tourist highway, notes Globe and Springerville are already connected by a good state road, and suggests naming it the Bill-Gus highway after local promoters Bill Strode and Gus Becker.
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Holbrook Tribune
W. B. Kelly
Graham County Guardian
Safford
State Senate
Globe-Springerville
No Man’s Land
Showlow
Globe
Globe and Springerville
Bill-Gus
Bill Strode
Miami
Gus Becker
Springerville
Bill Would Increase Gas Tax Another Cent
The Arizona state highway department plans a bill for the upcoming legislature to raise the state gasoline tax one cent. The move would bring in between 500000 and 1000000 dollars to match a federal aid appropriation of 1170481, with full matching not required until 1932. The increase would contribute part of this amount.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Highway Department
W. W. Lane
Lane
Youthful Bandit Steals $11,150 From Times Square Theatre
In New York a beardless youth wielding a gun robbed the Paramount Theatre treasurer of $11,150 during a Tom Sawyer performance. Police surrounded the building within minutes, guarding exits and scanning patrons as he escaped into Times Square.
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New York
Tom Sawyer
Paramount Theatre
Times Square
Secret Cell Exhibit Sparks Life Study At A A S Meeting
Dr George W Crile and assistants display an autosynthetic cell at the American Association for the Advancement of Science session in Cleveland. The cell, broken then reassembled, shows nucleus like structures and life like irritability. Observers caution it is not proof of synthetic life.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Cleveland
George W. Crile
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Dr. Crile
Crile
DO-X May Fly To Japan On Possible 1931 Route
Hamburg based Freudenblatt quotes Commander Friedrich Christiansen that the giant flying boat DO-X may fly to Japan in 1931 via Hawaii if its American cruise meets expectations. He said the plan envisages an American route from the Canary Islands toward Rio de Janeiro and beyond.
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Hamburg
Japan
Hawaii
Hamburg Freudenblatt
Friedrich Christiansen
Christiansen
Canary Islands
Rio de Ja
Arizona Attorney General rejects emergency unemployment funding
Arizona Attorney General K Berry Peterson ruled against an emergency proclamation to grant 1000 dollars to the state unemployment committee for expenses. Governor Phillips sought legal opinion after Dr J Wilvin Prescott urged support, noting postage telegraph and telephone costs. Peterson said statutes do not contemplate such appropriations.
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Phoenix, Ariz
K. Berry Peterson
State of
Arizona
J. Wilvin
Prescott
Phillips
Aged Opera Star Marcella Sembrich Ill in New York
Mme. Marcella Sembrich, former prima donna of the opera, is seriously ill with gallstones at her Central Park apartment. The 72 year old has cancelled all teaching engagements and is under physician care.
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New York
Mme
Marcella Sembrich
Central Park
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Milwaukee
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Hills Bros
Hills Bros. Coffee
MEY Soda
Hela
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Aerro
Havana
Claude Dornier
Dornier
America
Lisbon
Trinidad Lake
Genasco
Ranger
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Radio Mead 7 Cycle Company
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