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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1929
Page
1
Young air students and war veterans face a two day deadline to file for adjusted compensation as 1930 opens. The piece notes nationwide concerns over prohibition enforcement and looming international talks on naval arms, with a Hoover commission report anticipated on law enforcement cures.
Reno dispatch reports Nevada rejects a broader interpretation of the Boulder Canyon act but notes revenues may be paid by the Interior Department as Congress intended. A second item lists wartime veterans eligible for adjusted compensation, urging applications by Thursday midnight to receive benefits.
New York December 31 a cafe doorman Alexander Matzieff was pinched for a disturbance after consuming six plates of soup four steaks a dozen rolls a pound of butter and a quart of coffee at Georges cafe The case against the former soldier of the Crear was dismissed on his promise to stay away from the restaurant.
Brigadier General H. H. Denhardt leads state troops to Smith's Grove to aid hundreds of armed farmers pursuing bandits who robbed Oakland bank and killed its president. The chase unfolds near the Floyd Collins cave landmark drawing diversions for the posse.
Arizona Governor J. C. Phillips announced acceptance of a tri state Colorado River conference in Phoenix. Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur telegrammed approval and proposed January 20 as the meeting date instead of January 13, a change Phillips said he approved.
The Winslow Daily Mail will not publish tomorrow for New Year’s Day to allow a holiday for its staff and workers in the city. The next edition will appear on Thursday, January 2.
City Justice Lippe must decide if Jack Kearns is married after an affidavit from Kearns in which a woman identified as Edith Angel sues him. Other affidavits show the woman as Legna Kearns. Kearns says a $500 monthly payments contract was signed under duress.
A mass meeting adopted a resolution to oust Laredo District Attorney John A Walls and will forward it to Governor Dan Moody. Walls had threatened to arrest former Mexican President Plutarco Calles, prompting the Mexican consulate to close and officials to vow no restoration until Walls resigns. Calles faced a one year old conspiracy charge in the slaying of two Mexican officers, but immunity blocked arrest.
Monsignor Micara presented Princess Marie Jose and Humbert Crown Prince of Italy with a crystal dinner service engraved with the Royal Arms of Italy as a wedding gift. The delegation of diplomats and their wives witnessed the presentation ahead of their January 8 marriage.
Football coaches from the Pacific coast and Rocky Mountain regions gathered in Los Angeles for the annual one day session of the grid mentors association.
Seven coast guardsmen were arrested with several others on report as an inquiry opened into liquor theft from the Flor-Del-Mateo rum runner seized Saturday night with 4 000 cases aboard. Captain L T Chalker ordered the investigation after a sailors guardsman brawl aboard the Imse. The Flor-Del-Mateo was unloaded Sunday night after being towed to New London.
K Berry Peterson Arizona attorney general is named judge advocate of the 45th division National Guard and will be advanced to lieutenant colonel. He currently holds major rank and fills the vacancy after the death of Lt. Col. W P Geary of Holbrook in Phoenix.
The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed Refugio Macias’s murder conviction in the Ornelas killing and set Friday March 7 as the execution date in the state prison. Macias killed Pedro Ornelas after he objected to his attention to Ornelas’s niece.
A Saltillo telegram reports ten men attacked the Providencia mine near Concepcion Del Oro Zacatecas, fleeing with 5000 pesos and one bandit captured by pursuing federal troops. A Torreon dispatch says twenty outlaws attacked two haciendas, with one killed and two wounded defending Pompeya in Durango.
Chicago officials pledge tight crowd control for New Year's Eve celebrations as dining rooms close at Palmer House and venues ban cracked ice and ginger ale setups. About 20 000 reservations are reported at major dine dance spots.
Montevideo Uruguay December 31 AP reports Captain Sir George Hubert Wilkins via the Melville from Deception Island has located previously unknown land during Antarctic exploration flights. Details were sparse but the discovery is thought to lie near Tierra del Fuego or south of the Argentine.
Phoenix dispatch reports Arizona cars using 1930 plates after January 1 will be seized by the state highway department. Owners face a $3 seizure fee and possible storage pending proper licensing.
The Navajo county board of supervisors protested to the Arizona State Highway Department over the Winslow to Holbrook road surfacing saying it fails to meet specifications. They warned the surface blasted from the Little Colorado River could blow away in spring winds and urged a thorough inspection before final acceptance.
Aviation inspectors probe a six passenger mono plane crash at Amarillo Hillcrest Golf and Country Club that killed five aboard including British airmen Lieut Robert F Gray and his wife Ivelyn. Passengers Robert M Sox Moore Amarillo businessman Dillon and Ray Allison also died. Gray piloted the craft which spun from about 200 feet. Possible causes include elevator control failure or motor trouble.
The Bisbee post of the American Legion demands a full investigation by the Mexican vice consul at Douglas into the death of Charles H. Wagner, Bisbee Legionnaire, whose nude body was found near Agua Prieta Sonora. Mexican reports say Wagner died of exposure and his clothes were stripped by an unknown person.
Announcement by Fred Joyce president of the Arizona state league states the annual meeting of the league board of directors is postponed until June 72. It was previously scheduled for January 4.
In Paisley Scotland a deadly theater fire panic killed 69 people, many children aged five to fourteen, with 150 others treated for injuries. The blaze started in the projection room and spread a deadly carbon monoxide gas as crowds rushed from the balcony to the main floor.
R B Walton secretary of the Winslow Chamber of Commerce and Navajo County Immigration Commissioner reviews Winslow’s past year and 1950 prospects. He notes Navajo County will gain an outlet for farm produce due to the Santa Fe double tracking program and predicts population growth from construction labor, benefiting Winslow and surrounding towns.
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