Bitter Fight Over Force Account Bill in Arizona Legislature
In Phoenix on February 5 the Arizona House voted 38 to 25 to reconsider the administration force account highway bill after a long session of maneuvering. Coxon and Sayers promoted the reconsideration, voting against the bill yesterday to gain the right to move again. A lengthy roll call followed as members explained their votes, with plan for a final vote later and more explanations. Personalities colored the debate.
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Phoenix
Ariz
House of Representatives
Coxon
Cochise
Sayers
Maricopa
Wounded Trapper Found By Hunter Near Bloody Basin
Samuel M. Johnson, World War veteran from Parks, Arizona, was found badly injured in Bloody Basin after a hunting accident. His gun discharged wounding his right arm, leading to amputation at Whipple Government Hospital. He was found seven hours after the incident by B. F. Colcord, a lion hunter, and given emergency care before transfer.
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Prescott
Ariz
Samuel M. Johnson
Parks
Bloody Basin
Akerson Ends Duties as Hoover Secretary
George Akerson, secretary to President Hoover, ends his official White House service today. Hoover has not named a successor, and Akerson plans to depart for New York before noon to join a film company in an executive role.
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Akerson
Hoover
Washington
George Akerson
White House
New York
Demonstrators Die In Prague Rioting
In Prague and nearby Dux in North Bohemia police clashed with unemployed protesters. Four killed and four others fatally injured at Asch after gendarmes charged with fixed bayonets. In Dux, two demonstrators were killed and several wounded when gendarmes fired on the crowd.
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Prague
Czecho
Slovakia
Asch
Dux
Bohemia
Monte Carlo gambling ship anchors after mooring breakoff
The luxury gambling ship Monte Carlo lay at anchor off Egmont Key Florida after closing of gaming devices due to financial trouble and a yesterday mooring break. Coast Guard cutters added new anchors as the 300 foot vessel drifted toward shoals while facing legal and regulatory pressure. Remember the Red Cross appears in the note.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Monte Carlo
Egmont Key
Gulf
Coast Guard
Senate panel OKs Capper bill to curb foreign oil imports
The senate commerce committee approved the Capper bill by 9 to 6 after a sharp split. Senator Johnson of California, the chairman, prepared to bring the measure to the senate, aiming an immediate limit on crude oil imports. Remember the Red Cro
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Capper
Johnson
California
Senate
Kansas
Dirigible Los Angeles Encounters Storms
The navy dirigible Los Angeles heading for Guantanamo Cuba faced storms off Florida. A Navy message said it looped above the Bahama Islands to dodge weather, changing course westward. By eight this morning it was 65 miles north of the Bahamas and 77 miles from its destination.
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Washington
Guatanamo
Cuba
Los Angeles
Florida
Navy Department
Bahama Islands
Bruening Urges swift passage of 1931 German budget
Berlin February 5 Chancellor Bruening requests Reichstag approve the 1931 economy budget without using the dictator clause. He argues parliament must act quickly to reassure the world and move toward a final solution of the reparations issue.
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Berlin
Bruening
Reichstag
Germany
Remember the Red Cross author dies in Spain
Spanish writer Mauricio Bacarisse died of influenza yesterday. He also received the national literary prize on the same day, a coveted Spanish award. In New York, the Stock Exchange expelled Charles E Danforth and Ralph Melson from membership.
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Madrid
Mauricio Bacarisse
Spain
New York
New York Stock Exchange Today
Charles E.danforth
Ralph Melson
Exchange
Hayden Asks Probe In Copper Costs
The Senate adopted a resolution directing the Tariff Commission to investigate differences in copper production costs in the U S and abroad. Introduced by Senator Hayden of Arizona, the measure passed without debate. Copper remains on the free list, with the commission allowed only to report cost differences. Arizona mining interests have urged a copper tariff.
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Washington
Senate
Tariff Commission
Hayden
Arizona
Nationalist War Council Arrests in Bombay Salt Campaign
In Bombay on February 5 five members of the All India National Congress working committee were arrested during a public salt making campaign. It marked the twenty second war council to be jailed with the twenty third immediately taking the salt deposits in place. Remember the Red Cross.
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Bombay
India
All India National Congress
Congress Heer
San Marino Observes Independence Day
San Marino marked its independence day with cannon fire bells and a national flag. The 191 year old republic celebrates Feb fifth as the Fourth of July, tracing freedom to a revolt against Cardinal Alberoni in 1740.
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San Marino
Italy
Ravenna
Cardinal Alberoni
Mexico imposes tariff on imported toys and related goods
Mexico City reports a government tariff wall on the toy industry. A duty about 50 cents per pound is placed on foreign dolls toy engines and jumping racks and other imported items to keep them out. New York markets note silver at 27 1 3.
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Mexico City
Large Areas Threatened By Dry Weather Across Regions
The Department of Agriculture reports the week ending yesterday as one of the driest and warmest of record, with subsoil moisture very acute from the Mississippi Valley eastward over the Ohio and Potomac drainage. Water shortages cause wells, cisterns, and springs to run dry, forcing farmers to haul water. Arkansas and Oklahoma report no rain of consequence, Tennessee dry, Kentucky with light showers, and winter wheat largely unfazed yet exposed to dry conditions.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Mississippi Valley
Ohio and Potomac
Upper
Ohio Walkley
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Kentucky
Remember the Red Cro Accident Near Here Causes Law Suit
Three Phoenix men are named as defendants in a federal court suit filed in Santa Fe New Mexico seeking 20000 for injuries claimed from an automobile crash 22 miles from Winslow Arizona. Plaintiffs allege reckless driving left R Comans injured and unable to work after his car pinned him. The defendants are C B Watkins Co GC Ellis and Otelia Ellis.
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Santa FE
N. M
Phoenix
Comans
Winslow
Ariz
C. B. Watkins
GC. Ellis
Otelia Ellis
RED
Coin Flip Determines Ownership of Furniture in Chicago
Judge Harry A. Lewis ruled in Superior court that a coin flip can decide who owns household furniture when a former couple cannot agree. He issued a writ of attachment for the furniture after Anna Vintus said her husband refused to surrender it.
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Chicago
Anna Vintus
Harry A. Lewis
Superior Court
Mexico Would Make Deported Foreigners Pay Own Fare Home
Foreigners deported from Mexico would have to pay their own fare home under a proposal at the National Immigration conference in Mexico City. Those unable to pay would be placed in a penal colony near the city with factories for inmate work to earn funds.
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Mexico
Mexico City
New Theory of Universe Set Up by Einstein
Pasadena February 5 A group of world famous scientists including astronomers and physicists discussed Albert Einstein new unified field theory He announced the universe no longer follows a symmetrical spherical model and outlined the final equations as a general law.
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Walter B. Clausen
Pasadena
Cal
Albert Einstein
Einstein
Cannon Case Nears Conclusion in Bishop Cannon Inquiry
The Red CRC Cannon board of inquiry, probing charges against Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, is expected to finish collecting documentary evidence today. The 48 accusations include charges beyond those from last summer in Dallas. If weighed favorably, Cannon could be suspended until 1934 and face trial before the general conference.
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Washington
Board of Inquiry
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Dallas
Bishop Cannon
Senate asks district attorney to oust power chief
The senate directed the district attorney in Washington to begin proceedings to test the authority of Chairman George Otis Smith of the power commission to remain in office. The action followed a Walsh resolution, adopted without debate, as Hoover declined reconsideration of Smith’s nomination, while a coalition vote 40 to 33 rejected it. In Mexico City Ortiz Rubio is selected for elevation to the 33rd degree of the Masonic order, with a committee informing him of the honor.
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Washington
Senate
George Otis Smith
The
Power Commission
Walsh
Montana
Hoover
Smith
Mexico City
Ortiz Rubio
Masonic Order
Franz Tausend Sentenced for Fraud in Germany
Franz Tausend was sentenced in Munich to three years and eight months in prison for fraud. He had deceived several prominent people and nearly convinced German mint officials he held a transmutation secret.
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Munich
Bavaria
Franz Tausend
Navy Won't Release Butler Court Martial Charges Yet
The Navy will not release the charges against Major General Smedley D. Butler. Charges and specifications will be public only when he is arraigned in open session before the court martial. Copies of the formal charges were mimeographed for public distribution and served yesterday. Butler’s counsel called them severe. The Philadelphia trial opens February 16 and will be open to public attendance.
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Washington
Navy Department
Smedley D. Butler
Adams
Yesterdsv
Henry Leonard
Butler
Philadelphia
Mussolini
Italy
Vanderbilt Jr Clarifies Butler Anecdote Link to Court Martial
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr explains his connection to Major General Smedley Butler's Philadelphia anecdote that prompted a navy court martial. He discusses interview history with Mussolini in 1926 and addresses lingering questions about the Red Cross incident mentioned in the report.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Mussolini
Italy
Smedley D. Butler
Philadelphia
Italy Frustrates Terrorist Plot and Arrest
Police in Rome announce the thwarted plan for political violence. Michele Schirru was arrested after a gun fight and wounded three officers before shooting himself. Authorities say two hotel rooms held high explosive bombs set for timed or percussion use.
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Rome
Michele Schirru
Schirrv
Theer
Mussolini
Schirra
Vanderbilt Denies Being Told to Silence Butler Case
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr denies any telephone or other Washington communication ordering silence on the Mussonlini Butler incident. He tells his attorney he will not discuss the matter regardless of state department interest. In other news, Conrad L. Wirth was named assistant director of the National Park Service by Secretary Wilbur.
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Vanderbilt
Butler
Phoenix
Ariz
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
State Department
Washington
Mussolini-Butler
Los Angeles
Conrad L. Wirth
Washington and
Minneapolis
National Park Service
Wilbur
Gil Attacks Keaton in Fresh Altercation
Buster Keaton, famed film clown, reported scratches and bruises from an assault by Kathleen Key, a former film beauty, in his dressing room on a studio lot. Keaton said he refused to help her out of financial troubles and Key challenged him by phone.
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Los. Angeles
Buster Keaton
Kathleen Key
Finncial Straits
MacDonald in Good Health Despite Contrary Report
London reports claimed Ramsay MacDonald faced a health breakdown and would take vacation. Downing Street rebutted the claim, saying he was at his desk and not in danger. Doctors reportedly did not advise a rest, despite an all night Commons session.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Ten Downing Street
House of Commons
Princes To Reach Panama On Friday
The Oropesa with the Prince of Wales and Prince George aboard was due to reach American soil on Friday at Colon or San Cristobal in the Canal Zone. An airplane would transfer them across the Isthmus to Panama City, where they would reboard the ship for its voyage to Peru after crossing the canal.
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Oropesa
Caribbean
Prince of Wales
Prince George
Colon
San Cristobal
Canal Zone
Pacific Coast
Panama City
Peru
Favorable Report on Judge Albert M. Sames Nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee issued a favorable report on the nomination of Albert M. Sames as federal district judge in Arizona. Senator Ashurst urged swift Senate consideration and submission of the nomination.
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A. M. Sames
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Albert M. Sames
Arizona
Ashurst
Senate
RED Cross
British driver Campbell sets beach speed record at 245.73 mph
Captain Malcolm Campbell, veteran British race car driver, established a new world automobile speed record on the Daytona Beach natural speedway. His speed reached 245.73 miles per hour.
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Malcolm Campbell
Natural Beach Speedway
Evor
Evacuation of Seaport Rushed After Quakes in New Zealand
Sharp tremors siege Napier and Hastings as authorities speed evacuation of the seaport region. Martial law blocks entry to business districts. trains pledged to move refugees to camps while sanitary conditions are restored. Red Cross says death toll could exceed 1,000 across Napier Hastings and surrounding villages.
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Hastings
New Zealand
Napier
Wellington
Red Cross
Constitution Day Celebrated in Mexico City with Bull Fight
Mexico marks the fourteenth anniversary of the constitution and the first year of the Ortiz Rubio government in a day of events led by a gala bull fight funded for Oaxaca earthquake victims. Twenty eight beauty queens from each state attend, with a gold emblem prize for top matadors. A torch relay through central Mexico City follows.
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Mexico ‘City
Feo. 5
Mexico
Quereztaro
Ortiz Rubio
National Revolutionary Party
Oaxaca
Spain
City Dwellers Seek Western Homesteads
Washington February 5. Thousands of city residents ask how to file homestead claims on public lands. Letters pour into the general land office at 400 to 600 daily. A long time employee notes during past 30 years depressions demand has doubled and tripled. Most inquiries come from eastern and central urban centers.
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Washington
General Land Office
Land Office
United States
Weather Outlook for Arizona Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight with snow in the northeast. Friday mostly fair with little temperature change. Precipitation details list daily amounts through Wednesday, with highs and lows noted up to midnight.
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Arizona
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