Japanese Continue To Advance In Manchuria
Japanese cavalry and infantry pushed toward Chinchow after crossing the Tating river, within fifteen miles of the city. Estimates put Japanese strength at about 15,000 with artillery as they press toward Kongangtze with fresh troops from Dairen. Chinese forces reportedly evacuating Chinchow and retreating toward the southwest.
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Glenn Babe Mukden
Manchuria
Tamon
Tating River
Chinchow
Tailug
Yang Chien
Nto Kowpangtze
Kamura
Murai
Japan
Dairen
Kongangtze
Winslow Builds Prosperous Year Amid Construction Boom
In Winslow Arizona the 1931 year saw a strong building and construction surge with total spending at 317187 and 156000 planned for 1932. Major projects included paving sixty four blocks for 154080, a concrete bridge on East Second street for 12900, gas plant improvements 62500, and building permits 87707. The Indian Services hospital project 150000 will drive further activity as site clearance progresses.
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Winslow
Arizona Industrial Congress
Business Review
East Second Street
Arizona Gas Company
Indian Services Hospital
Wet Forces Seek Vote On Two Bills
Washington December 31 The house wets push for a bipartisan accord to bring two prohibition bills to a vote this session. Majority Leader Rainey warns only one vote may occur and wets must choose between a referendum or a light wine and beer ballot. Representative Cochran cites a new rule interpretation by Representative Crisp supporting a vote on petitions of 145 members.
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Washington
Rainey
Cochran
Expenditures Committee
Crisp
Georgia
Bargain Offer To End This Evening At Winslow Daily Mail
The circulation department will stay open until 8 pm for bargain subscriptions at 4.50 for the coming year. Remittances dated before January 1 1932 or letters postmarked before that date receive the reduced rate.
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Winslow Daily Mail
Fall Charged With Forging Of Telegram
Former attorney general Harry M. Daugherty claims in his book The Inside Story of the Harding Tragedy that Albert B. Fall secured his 1920 appointment by forging a telegram signed with Daugherty’s name. The World Telegram notes the excerpt quotes Fall and Harding as to the forged telegram incident.
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New York
the World-Telegram
Harry M. Daugherty
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
A. B. Fall
Harding
Worldwide New Year Observance Promises Unified Celebration
San Francisco dispatch notes a global turn to New Year’s Day on Friday linking east and west. The piece recalls Babylonian origins and mentions China and Japan adopting Gregorian calendars amid elaborate celebrations.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Babylonia
China
Japan
Hog Loses Half Its Weight In Strawstack
A 500 pound sow at the Oscar Redman farm near Warsaw Indiana was buried in straw during threshing on July 15. Workers left it believing it smothered. After removing straw, the hog surfaced alive though about half its weight had disappeared.
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Warsaw
Ind
Oscar Redman Farm
Nogales Hears Challenge to Electric Rates
Nogales city officials will press their case at the Arizona Corporation Commission hearing on January 8. They allege the Tucson and Nogales Power companies charge an excessive rate for electricity generated in Tucson and delivered to Nogales, contributing to high local electric rates.
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Nogales, Ariz
Tucson
Nogales
Arizona Corporation Commission
Bar Silver Steady as Markets Close Year
New York silver markets end year with bar steady and gains of 1 8 cent at 30 1 4 cents.
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New York
Weather Roundup Arizona Fair Tonight and Friday
Arizona forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with warmer readings in the northeast. Frost is expected in the south central and southeast portions tonight.
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Arizona
Pikes Peak Club Honors Amundsen
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo December 31 twelve climbers push through wind and ice toward Pikes Peak as the Odaman Club plans to fire a white rocket at midnight in tribute to Roald Amundsen the Arctic explorer and sole honorary member who has not yet reached the summit in winter to greet the new year
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Pikes Peak
Roald Amundsen
Odaman Club
Arctic
Amundsen
Spaniard Causes Fatal Harm and Fire After Tragic Incident
Oviedo Spain reports Ramon De La Fuente recently arrived from Cuba struck his father sister and brother in law and two nieces aged 18 and 16 today He then set the home on fire and died in the act police say the deaths occurred after the family tragedy with the suspect reportedly passing by his own action.
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Oviedo
Spain
Ramon de la Fuente
Cuba
Texas Guinan Plans Wild New Year Eve Show
Chicago reports Texas Guinan the Broadway night club host sends guests to the speak easy floor as attendants cart away chairs tables and draperies. She claims ten thousand dollars in reservations for the New Year’s Eve celebration and vows to open or let customers sit on the floor for a good time.
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Chicago
Texas
Guinan
Indian Nationalists Threaten Civil Disobedience War
In Bombay on December 31, the Viceroy telegraphed Mahatma Gandhi warning that renewed civil disobedience by Indian Nationalists could trigger war. Gandhi’s closest adviser cautioned that such a move would mean war as Gandhi prepared to reply.
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Bombay
India
Lord Willingdon
Mahatma Gandhi
Mr. Gandhi
Mathama
Assessor To Open Office Here For Auto Licenses
Navajo County Assessor O C Williams and Arizona State Highway patrolman Charles Osborn visited Winslow to set up a temporary office for 1932 license plates. State law allows 30 days from delinquent date to obtain plates before vehicle seizure. Nonresident permits cover short terms, but residency for vehicle law arises when employment or business is taken up in the state.
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Navajo County
O. C. Williams
Chas. Osborn
Arizona State Highway Department
Winslow
Osborn
Pomeroy Cleared in False Claim Case
Joseph F. Pomeroy former state adjutant general was acquitted by a Phoenix Superior Court jury after four hours of deliberation on a false claim of 533.23 to the state auditor. Charles W. Harris, once state adjutant general, was convicted earlier and faces sentencing Saturday morning.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Joseph F. Pomeroy
State Adjutant General
Charles W. Harris
Pomeroy
Arizona Senate Passes 45 MPH Speed Limit Bill
The Senate adopted Senate Bill No. 2 increasing the motor vehicle speed limit on Arizona highways from 35 to 45 miles per hour. A similar bill is in the House. The House adopted a $15,800 deficiency appropriation for the state fair commission with an emergency clause, advancing to the Senate.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Senate
Arizona
House
Arizona House
State Fair Commission
Highway code bill to be signed before midnight
The Senate committee of the whole may consider a night session to advance House Bill No. 1 correcting errors in the highway code. The bill must be signed by the governor before midnight tonight.
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Phoenix. Ariz
Senate
Prison riot injures teens at Havana prison
A riot at the Principle prison in Havana left at least fifteen teenage inmates reported injured. Police and guards contained the disturbance as investigations begin into the cause of the unrest.
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Havana
Anti Revolutionist Stabbed To Death
In Guadalajara a retired colonel Jose M Covarrubias leader of the Cristero counter revolution was found stabbed to death in a swimming pool. Children discovered the body and a dying message allegedly naming his attackers.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
Jose M. Covarrubias
Reparations Conference Set for Lausanne January 1932
Paris dispatch reports France approves the British plan for an International Reparations conference at Lausanne on January 19. Germany Italy and Greece had already accepted the proposal, with the council of ministers voting at their last 1931 meeting.
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Paris
Lausanne
Council of Ministers
Germany
Italy
Greece
Scientists Elect Association Head
John J. Abel of Johns Hopkins University was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Syracuse was chosen for the 2025 summer meeting in June, and Atlantic City for the winter meeting from December 26 to January 1.
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New Orleans
John J. Abel
Johns Hopkins University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Syracuse
N. Y
Atlantic City
Winslow Daily Mail Skips New Year Issue
The Winslow Daily Mail will not publish on New Year’s Day following its usual schedule. The next regular issue will appear Saturday evening, per the publishers.
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Daily Mail
Winslow Daily Mail
Appropriations Asked Under Bond Issue Are Published By Governor
Julius Rosenwald coffin? No. Julius Rosenwald, the famed Chicago philanthropist and merchant, is critically ill at his Highland Park home. His condition worsened last summer with heart disease and arterial hardening, and all his children have been summoned to his bedside. He is 69 years old.
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Chicago
Julius Rosenwald
Highland Park
Former Holbrook Salesman Is Dead
Prescott Arizona December 31 Frank Johnson 58 widely known salesman died here last night of pneumonia. He had lived in Holbrook 15 years before moving to Prescott. A native of Indiana he was once connected with the Yde exploring expedition of Farmington New Mexico. Surviving are his widow and two sons Frank of Superior and Robert of Holbrook.
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Prescott, Ariz
Frank Johnson
Johnson
Holbrook
Prescott
Indiana
Yde
Farmington
N. M
Frank
Superior
Robert
Married Union of Frank Metcalfe in Superior
Frank Metcalfe, son of Mr and Mrs R L Metcalfe, now living in Superior, married Daisy Metcalfe a Winslow girl. Daisy is the daughter of Mr and Mrs R L Metcalfe and the couple are bonded by family ties in this regional notice.
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Frank
Superior
Winslow Girl
Daisy Metcalfe
R. L. Metcalfe
Earthquake Jolts Pacific Northwest Rattle Seattle Areas
A slight quake at 7 25 am jolted western Washington with damage reported in Lilliwaup Hood Canal where a new store wall cracked. Shocks reached Bremerton Port Townsend Port Richard Silverdale Longview and were felt across Puget Sound. A stopped watch in the university district and rattled plates were noted as doors swung in Seattle.
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Seattle
Washington
Lilliwaupon Hood Canal
Bremerton
Port Richard
Silverdale
Puget Sound
Longview
University District
Arizona Luxury Taxes Proposed to Aid Unemployment Relief
Arizona House members Hinton Lines and Rigney propose a luxury tax bill to fund a general state relief fund if a $2 million bond issue is not approved. Taxes would apply to items such as candies, tobacco, cigars, cosmetics, films, fishing tackle, golf balls, magazines, perfumes, playing cards, radios, and more, with revenue directed to the general fund or bond retirement. The State Tax Commission would administer the act.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
House of Representatives
Hinton
Cochise
Lines
Graham
Rigney
Maricopa
George W. P. Hunt
Tax Commission
State Tax Commission
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Daugherty
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Orient
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