Legislature Eyes End to Extra Session by Jan 2
Arizona Senate President Fred Sutter and House Speaker M J Hannon said the Tenth Legislature special session should wrap by Saturday January 2. Sutter said the Senate will have its calendar clear and be ready to adjourn sine die on the new year’s second day. Hannon added the House will adjourn then if work permits. The Senate also passed a highway bill authorizing a Verde River bridge near Camp Verde on the Clarkdale Camp Verde Fossil Creek route at a cost not to exceed 365000.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Fred Sutter
Arizona Senate
M. J. Hannon
House
Sutter
Senate
Hannon
The
Highway Commission
Verde River
Camp Verde
Yavapai County
Clarkdale
Bomb Explodes in Mail at Easton Post Office Killing Clerk
A parcel post bombing at the Easton Pennsylvania post office killed Edward Werkheiser and injured three others, including John House who lost both forearms and an eye. Investigators say two foreign youths mailed several packages in the lobby while Rev. P. T. Stengele witnessed the event. The post office was shut down and explosive experts began work.
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Easton
Post Office
Edward Werkheiser
P. T. Stengele
Mennonite Brethren
Christ Church
Werkheiser
House
Arizona House approves commercial vehicle weight fee bill
In an extraordinary session the Arizona House recommended passage of a commercial vehicle weight fee bill aimed at correcting clerical errors. The measure, tied to ongoing Maricopa County litigation, must be adopted by tomorrow midnight to take effect. The amended bill would generate about 280000 in revenue versus 225000 previously.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona House
Maricopa
Spear of
Swope Sees Bright Outlook For 1932
New York December 30 Gerard Swope president of General Electric expects 1932 to be at least as good as 1931 with a gradual rise in electrical manufacturing. He notes the electrical industry benefited from increased home electricity use in 1931 and remains in a fortunate position.
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New York
Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
Only One Vote on Day Issue Move in House
Washington December 30 One vote on prohibition appears likely in this session with wets choosing referendum or light wines and beer ballot. Representative Rainey of Illinois says judiciary committee will not report favorably on either measure and wets must press the bill with 145 signatures to bring it to the floor. He favors referendum as the likeliest path and notes many will vote for it.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Pilot Sets Air Record Between Albuquerque and Kansas City
Ted Hereford, pilot for Transcontinental & Western Air, flew 778 miles from Albuquerque to Kansas City in 3 hours 54 minutes. He averaged 3.324 miles per minute with a mail and express cargo, aided by a strong tailwind, marking the fastest flight between the two cities according to airline officials.
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Kansas City
Ted Hereford
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc
Albuquerque
N. M
Hereford
College League Of Nations Convenes In Buffalo
An undergraduate League of Nations assembled in Buffalo today for its eleventh biennial convention. About 32,000 students from Canada and the United States attend with more than 100 from distant lands.
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Buffalo
N. Y
League of Nations
Canada
United States
Barbers Cut Prices in Chicago Start of New Year
Chicago barbers announce rate cuts for haircuts and shaves effective with the new year. Haircuts drop to 50 cents from 75, and shaves fall to 25 cents, a 10 cent reduction.
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Chicago
Bullet Traveled Body To Stop In Boy's Leg
In Youngstown Ohio a boy named Harry Besharre was shot by a playmate. The bullet migrated through the heart arteries and into the left leg's femoral artery, where surgeons hope to remove it safely later.
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Boy
Youngstown
Ohio
Harry Besharre
Manchurian Army Flees toward Chang Hsuei Jiang Front
Chinese forces retreat from Chinchow as two Japanese columns converge for attack toward Kowpangtze. Kamura and Tamon lead main operations from Kowpangtze while observers in Chinchow count about 17 000 Chinese troops in the area with 6 000 to guard the provisional government.
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Tokyo
China
Chinchow
Chang Hsuei- Jiang
Kamura
Tamon
Nomi-Tsitsihar
Kowpangtze
Peiping-Mukden
Chang
Senator Sheppard Drops From Hearings On Dry Laws
Senator Sheppard of Texas withdrew from a Senate subcommittee appointed to hold hearings on the dry laws citing lack of time. He said he agrees with Senator Ashurst of Arizona that attempts to modify prohibition are a waste of effort.
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Washington
Sheppard
Texas
Senate
Ashurst
Arizona
Dawes Heads Home as World Disarmament Conference Nears
Ambassador Charles G. Dawes departed London for Southampton to sail for the United States aboard the Europa. He will confer with President Hoover and Secretary Stimson before the Geneva world disarmament talks and plans to return to Europe with other delegates around January 20.
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London
Charles G. Dawes
Southhampton
United States
Europa
Hoover
Stimson
Geneva
Europe
Wreckage Found From Missing Steamer Lire
A message to Lloyds from Koenigsberg reports a lifebuoy and wreckage from the English steamer Lire found off East Prussia. The Lire left Hull December 10 with 17 crew and several passengers and had not been heard from since December 13.
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London
Lioyd’s
Koenigsberg
Germany
Lire
East Prussia
Hull
England
Wage talks set for January 14 with railroads
In Chicago on January 14 the railroads and their employes will meet to decide wage and unemployment actions. The Railway Labor Executive Association representing 21 unions set the date after an all day meeting. The conference will address a proposed 15 percent wage cut and unemployment relief. A nine‑president railroad committee will attend. 1,500 general chairmen meet two days earlier to shape policy.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Railway Labor Executive Association
Labor Association
D. B Robertson
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Brotherhoods
Support Pledged For Cutting Of Expenses
Senator Jones of the Senate Appropriations committee pledged cooperation with the House chair in efforts to slash federal expenditures. He told President Hoover he would work with the Democratic House chair in every possible way to cut costs.
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Washington
White House
Jones
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hoover
House Appropriations Committee
Land Bank Hearings To Reopen On Bank Capital Bill
Hearings on a House bill to add 100 million dollars to the capital of Federal land banks will be reopened tomorrow before a Senate Banking Subcommittee. Chairman Carey of Wyoming said presidents of several land banks will present their views.
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Washington
House
Federal Land Banks
Senate Banking
Carey
Wyoming
Idaho Mining Town Isolated By Storm
Silver City Idaho, a pioneer mining town 75 miles south of Boise, was completely snowed in by a snowstorm reported as the worst in 20 years. Snowshoes were the only means of leaving or entering, and horses could not travel through the snowbanks. No immediate distress was reported.
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Boise
Idaho
Silver City
Arizona County Supervisors to Oppose Gas Tax Change
Members of the Arizona Association of county supervisors meet here January 5 to organize opposition to changing the present gasoline tax law. Steps in a special legislative session aim to permanent the five cent fuel tax which would drop to four cents a gallon on January 1, 1933.
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Phoenix
Arizona Association of County Supervisors
Cutting Urges Means To Study Campaign Costs
Senator Cutting of New Mexico urged a permanent government agency to study campaign costs. He also called for a constitutional amendment granting Congress power over primary and nomination conventions. He said current expenditure controls are futile and about four fifths of campaign money is wasted or harmful.
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Washington
Cutting
Republican
New Mexico
Senate Republican Independent Group
Congress
American ‘Political Science Association
iNew Mexico
City Council Passes Paving Bond Authorizations
Resolutions 44 and 45 approved bonds for paving districts 6 and 7 at a recessed meeting. Ordinance 128 on fuel gas service tax was amended to clarify terms and secure quarterly city revenue. Police court irregularities prompt police judge to notify city attorney. Council adjourned to meet January 5, 1932.
Arizona Pioneer Henry Lovin Dies in Kingman
Henry Lovin, 66, a prominent Arizona figure in business politics and civic life, died in Kingman. He helped organize the state government and served in the 1st and 2nd state senates. Lovin was a Mohave county supervisor for six years and chaired the board.
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Kingman
Ariz
Henry Lovin
Arizona
Leap Year Irrelevant to New York Marriage Bureau Chief
James J. McCormick, head of the New York marriage license bureau, says Leap Year changes nothing. He notes gifts from newlyweds totaling about 16,000 a year, and a six year stash of nearly 299,499 dollars. He adds license fees are two dollars for downstairs and two dollars for upstairs, with optional extra payments depending on the couple. He also cites a drop in marriages in 1998, the last Leap Year.
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New York
James J. McCormick
McCormick
Hofstadter Legislative Investigating Committee
Administration Opposes Democratic Tax Plans for Federal Finance
Speaker Garner said Democrats have not completed their tax program and will not finalize it until after the House Ways and Means Committee finishes hearings. He spoke at a press conference with Senator Harrison, Representative Rainey, and Chairman Collier after a two hour meeting in Washington.
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Washington
Garner
House Ways and Means Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Rainey
Ilinois
House
Collier
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury official faults Rainey tax proposal
Washington dispatch reports Under-Secretary Mills criticizing a Democratic plan led by Representative Rainey to lift heavy surtax on the wealthy. Mills says there is little profit in taxing the rich as large incomes are scarce and cautions the proposal lacks broad support among party leaders.
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Cecil B. Dickson Washington
Mills
The
Treasury
Representative Rainey
Illinois
House
Rainey
House OKs highway code fix and higher vehicle fees
Phoenix reports the House passed House Bill No. 1 by 53 to nine with one excused to correct an error in the highway code hindering commercial vehicle weight fee collection and raise the fee rate. In Bisbee, William J. McNeil known as Spring died at 40 years on Main street. Judge Sames set a special federal term for over 500 Chinese refugees from Mexico in U S custody in southern Arizona.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Bisbee
William J. McNeil
Main Street
Brewery Gulch
Cochise County
Douglas
McNeil
Albert M. Sames
Federal District Court
Mexico
Arizona
Pomeroy Testifies Twice About False Claim Charge
Joseph F. Pomeroy, former state adjutant general, testified twice as a witness about his handling of a transaction tied to a charge of presenting a false claim to the state. He said the signature, “signed it in good faith,” was given believing the claim legitimate and that he had no reason to doubt its validity.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Joseph F. Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Washing machine short sparks fire alarm at Burl Vincent home
A smoking washing machine motor, apparently from a short circuit, triggered a fire alarm today at 12 30 p m from the residence of Burl Vincent, 400 West Fourth Street, Chicago. William B Storey and his wife Laura were named as defendants in a $200 000 suit filed in Superior court by Ulysses Grant Warren alleging alienation of affections.
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Burl Vincent
West Fourth Street
Chicago
William B. Storey
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Laura
Ulysses Grant Warren
Corning
N. Y
Warren
Labor Seeks Federal Aid for Jobless Relief Drive
The American Federation of Labor backs direct federal unemployment relief, with Edward F. McGrady telling a Senate committee a national emergency requires federal action. He cites 7.5 million out of work next year as Hoover opposes federal appropriations. La Follette Cos tigan sponsor bills, with welfare leaders and Herbert Benjamin among spectators.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Edward F. McGrady
Federation
Senate
Hoover
McGrady
la Follette
Wisconsin
Costigan
Colorado
Herbert Benjamin
Congress
Mexico approves clergy restriction law
President Ortiz Rubiov has approved a law limiting Mexico City's Catholic Church to 250 priests. The measure, passed by the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, becomes effective on Diario official publication. A presidential decree granting lay jurisdiction to keep over 200 churches open will follow. Secretary Manuel C. Tellez announced.
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Mexico City
Ortiz’ Rubiov
Senate
Chambers of Deputies
Diario
Chamber of Deputies
Manuel C. Tellez
Kipling Reaches 66 With Quiet Sussex Day
Rudyard Kipling turned 66 at Batesmans in Burwash Sussex. He celebrated with private moments at his rural retreat while messengers delivered congratulatory notes from around the world. Kipling society members in London planned a gathering with Major General L C Dunsterville presiding.
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Burwash
Sussex
Rudyard Kipling
Batesmans
Kipling Society
London
L. C. Dunsterville
Kipling
Stalky
Body Of Man Found In Auto On Highway
The body of Abel Jones of Chicago was found in his car on the Cajon Pass grade near San Bernardino California. A bullet wound to the head caused death and an automatic pistol lay on the car floor. Deputies say the man apparently took his own life. Fourteen dollars was found in his pocket.
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San. Bernardino
Cal
Abel Jones
Chicago
Cajon Pass
Here
Arizona Weather: Fair Tonight With Frost in South Portions
The forecast calls for fair skies in Arizona tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Frost is expected in the south central and southeast portions tonight. Winslow records a high Tuesday of 43 and a low of 35.
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Arizona
Winslow
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