Rainstorm Threatens Railroads Across Arizona Mountains
Floodwaters from rains and melting snow threaten rail lines from Winslow to Albuquerque and Seligman. Washouts near Williams hinder Grand Canyon line repairs. Ash Fork and Holbrook report flooded streets and rising Little Colorado. Air service disrupted as planes navigate weather, with 400 pounds of mail moved at Winslow.
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Arizona Mountains
Santa Fe Railroad Division
Winslow
Albuquerque
Seligman
Williams
Grand Canyon
Ash Fork
Cottonwood
LeRoux
Joseph City
Rio Puerco
Little Colorado
White Mountains
Colorado
Holbrook
Transcontinental and
Western Air
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Mellon Is Given Cabinet Applause
Washington February 9 Drew W Mellon ending eleven years of cabinet service under three presidents attended his last session amid congratulations from the president and fellow officials. He will rest briefly before sailing for London to assume his new duties as ambassador to Great Britain.
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Washington
U.P
Andrew W. Mellon
Great Britain
London
Weather Across the Southwest Brings Rain and Snow
A large storm system draped the south west with rain reaching San Diego Fresno Needles Utah and western Colorado while snow fell at Winne mucca Nevada and heavy rain hit San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego and Flagstaff Temperatures were well below freezing in the eastern states Arizona saw unsettled conditions with rain or snow in the northeast and a cooler trend continuing into Tuesday.
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Phoenix
Southwest
San Diego
Fresno
Needles
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
Winnemucca
Nevada
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Flagstaff
Woman Is Held In Death Of Coconino Ex Sheriff
News brief states a woman is held in connection with the death of the former Coconino County sheriff. Authorities continue investigations as details remain sparse and no charges are announced yet.
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Coconino
Japanese Financier Inouye Assassinated in Tokyo
Junnosuke Inouye an eminent Minseito fiduciar and former finance minister was shot dead as he arrived at a political meeting. Tadashi Konuma, a 23yearold, was arrested. Motive unclear. Inouye was seen as a leading figure likely to head the party and possibly become premier when Minseito returned to power.
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Tokyo
Junnosuke Inouye
Japan
Minseito Party
Tadashi Konuma
Ndt
Yuko Hamaguchi
Mother and five children die in Hazleton fire
Five small children and their mother died in a house fire in Hazleton Pennsylvania. The mother Mrs Carmen Romanelli rushed out to raise the alarm then re entered to save her children and perished inside.
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Hazleton
Carmen Romanelli
Nicaragua Cabinet Reorganized Under New Lineup
President Moncada accepted resignations of four cabinet ministers and Juan Sacasa envoy to the United States. New ministry named with Antonio Barquero in education and agriculture, Francisco Parajon in war and aviation, Anastacio Samoza as acting foreign minister, Guillermo Arguero Vargas as acting finance minister, and Antonio Flores Vega to public works.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Moncada
Juan Sacasa
United States
Antonio Barquero
Francisco Parajon
Anastacio Samoza
Guillermo Arguero Vargas
Antonio Flores. Vega
Coroner's Jury Finds Parsons Died At Hands of Unknown
In Flagstaff Arizona Coroner's Jury rules former sheriff John O Parsons died from a gunshot in his taxi found slumped at the wheel. Sheriff Arthur Vandevier says he is holding Mrs Alice Montoya for questioning in the death and a pistol belonging to Parsons was found in the car with one cartridge discharged. Funeral services set for tomorrow weather permitting.
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J. O. Parsons
Flagstaff
Ariz
Arthur Vandevier
Coconino
Alice Montoya
John .O. Parsons
General Crowder Ill at Havana Hotel National
Major General Enoch H. Crowder, retired, was slightly better after a restful night, his physician reported. The 72 year old army officer had suffered a general breakdown and was confined to the presidential suite in Havana’s Hotel Nacional yesterday.
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General Crowder
Havana
Enoch H. Crowder
Hotel Nacional
Officers Of Army And Navy Attend Hoover Reception
In sparkling uniforms the Army and the Navy paid respects to President and Mrs Hoover at the last White House winter reception. Mrs Hoover wore a formal dark velvet gown with a long train as about 4 000 guests filed past. General Pershing attended though late, shaking hands among captains and lieutenants.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Hoover
White House
Treasury revisions push tax needs higher for annual revenue
Washington February 9 revised treasury estimates report that the House Ways and Means Committee must craft a bill to raise 1.241 billion dollars annually instead of 920 million. Acting Secretary Mills says original data from September and October understated needs by 321 million and were based on an expected upturn in business.
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Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
The
Ambassador Edge Comments on Mellon Appointment
American ambassador to France Walter E. Edge arrived in New York for a brief visit and praised Secretary Mellon as ambassador to Great Britain. He noted that about 75 percent of international diplomacy centers on finance and economics and called the appointment wonderful.
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New York
Walter E. Edge
France
Mellon
Great Britain
Japan And U S Fail To Agree On Demilitarizing Chinese Ports
Washington reports Japan presses for neutral zones in China while the United States opposes returning to partition. Admiral Taylor notes 100,000 Chinese troops near Shanghai Nanking and about 2,500 Japanese troops have landed as Tokyo reacts to U S disapproval of removing Chinese forces from key commercial centers.
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Japan
Tokyo
China
United States
Great Britain
Shanghai
Taylor
Shanghai-Nanking
Tsai Ting Kai
Roosevelt In Good Humor At Albany
Franklin D. Roosevelt returned to Albany in high spirits after a New York City conference with Alfred E. Smith. He joked with reporters and avoided principal questions while discussing the Smith statement. The visit followed the Voorhis funeral in New York and Smiths later visit to the Roosevelt town house.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
New York City
Roosevelt
Smith
Voorhis
New York
Mr. Smith
Roosevelt Town House
Negro Shot After Killing Two In Attempt To Flee
Caesar Powell, a black man, killed a sheriff and a lumber dealer in an escape attempt at Newton Texas jail. Sheriff Dave C. Humphries and B. A. Meadows were attacked. Powell was killed by R. A. Collins, a filling station attendant, who rushed to assist after Constable Recy Hamilton was slugged.
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Newton
Tex
Caesar Powell
Dave C. Humphries
B. A. Meadows
Recy Hamilton
R. A. Collins
Illinois Central suspends preferred stock dividend A
The Illinois Central Railroad Co. announced it will suspend dividend payments on the preferred stock series A. The $3 semiannual payment was omitted today.
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New York
Illinois Central Railroad Co
Coolidge Named In Damage Suit
Former President Calvin Coolidge and New York Life Insurance Co are named co defendants in a $100,000 suit filed by Lewis B. Tebbetts of St. Louis. Tebbetts claims his professional reputation was damaged by Coolidge’s October 6 1931 radio talk and subsequent pamphlet remarks published by New York Life.
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Springfield
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
New York Life Insurance Company
Lewis B. Tebbetts
St. Louis
Coolidge
Pilots Lose Jobs in Century Air Lines Wage Dispute
In Chicago on February 9, Century Air Lines discharged 23 pilots over a wage quarrel. The pay cut, claimed to be nearly 50 percent, halted the schedule. An armistice had delayed changes since February 1, but no agreement emerged as pilots found hangars locked and resignations accepted. Wires ordered return of equipment.
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Chicago
Century Air Lines
Century
Midwest
Mussolini to Visit Pope Pius on Thursday
Premier Mussolini announced he would visit Pope Pius on Thursday to mark the third anniversary of the Lateran treaty. The plan faced possible postponement due to a busy Lateran celebration schedule.
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Mussolini
Pope Pius
Rome
Will Rogers Returns Home Full of Pep
Will Rogers arrives in New York from Europe aboard the Europa. He jokes about a global money drive and hoarding, notes the disarmament conference opening and diplomats selling seats, and mentions Andrew Mellon as a potential British ambassador.
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Will Rogers
Europe
Plad
Andrew Mellon
Great Britain
Navy reports Nomura offers truces in Asia conflict
Admiral Taylor announced Vice-admiral Nomura said Japan would accept a truce with Japanese forces retreating to the Hongkow area and Chinese positions 20 miles beyond Chapel. Arizona highway spending tops 4.2 million in late 1931 with most funds in Coconino and Pinal counties.
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Washington
Taylor
Navy
Nomura
Hongkow
Chapel
Phoenix Youth Pleads Guilty in Fiancée Slaying
Jack West pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the death of Pearl Mills, his fiancée. Sentence to be pronounced Monday with a maximum 10 year term possible in the state prison.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Jack West
Pearl Mills
Mauk Confirmed as Arizona Marshal by Senate
The Senate confirmed George A. Mauk for reappointment as marshal for Arizona on February 9, ensuring continuity in federal law enforcement authority in the territory.
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Washington
The
Senate Today
George A. Mauk
Arizona
United States and German Disarmament Proposals Outlined
Ambassadors Gibson of the United States and Chancellor Bruening of Germany presented their disarmament proposals at the world conference in Geneva on February 9. The American plan lists nine points including extending naval treaties, further naval cuts, abolition of submarines, limits on tanks and mobile guns, opposition to lethal gases and bacteriological warfare, protection of civilians from air bombing, and limits on defensive forces.
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Geneva
Hugh S. Gibson
United States
Heinrich Bruening
Germany
France
Andre Tardieu
Gibson
Washington
London
Japanese Warships Alternate Between War And Courtesy
In Shanghai on February 9 Japanese warships fired on Woosung forts in bursts while maintaining polite salutes to passing foreign warships. When noncombatant ships neared, they stopped firing, dipped flags, reloaded with blanks, and saluted before resuming hostilities. Commercial vessels also prompted a brief cease fire as they passed.
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Shanghai
Woosung
Missing Tucson Air Pilot Reaches Port
Tucson pilot Charles Mayse, missing since Sunday on a flight to Nacori Chico, Sonora, Mexico, to return Mrs. J. R. Rowe, landed at Douglas airport to end the search. He said two days late due to slight damage to his plane on arrival at Nacori Chico.
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Douglas, Ariz
Charles Mayse
Tucson
Nacori Chico
Sonora
Mexico
J. R. Rowe
Douglas
Mayse
Body Of Woman Found In Surf At Long Beach
The body of a well dressed woman in her early thirties was found in the surf near where Starr Faithful's body was found last year. A Bronxville Woman's Club membership card made out to Mrs. Adelaide Seick was in her pocketbook, and two men spearing eels at ebb tide discovered the body.
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Long Beach
N. Y
Starr Faithful
Bronxville Woman's Club
Adelaide Seick
Bronxville
Shadows of death over Winnie Ruth Judd in Arizona
Winnie Ruth Judd faced imminent execution after a two hour forty minute jury verdict finding first degree murder in the Agnes Leroi case. Judge Howard C. Speakman will set the death sentence for February 23, with no recourse from the verdict.
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Winnie Ruth Judd
Maricopal County
Agnes Anne LeRoi
Superior Court
Howard
C. Speakman
Arizona
Finland Ends Prohibition Policy With April Fifth Deadline
Helsinki Finland February 9 Prohibition will automatically become law ending April 5 under the terms of the new alcohol law signed by the president today The Diet passed the alcohol law with presidential approval as the final step before prohibition and the new measure takes effect Licenses limit liquor sales in rural areas to first class restaurants ban sales at rail stations and permit public purchases without police permits Thirty five percent of profits go to temperance funds
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Helsingfors
Finland
Funeral for Pioneer Packer Edward A. Tovrea Held Today
Funeral services were held in Phoenix today for Edward A. Tovrea a pioneer farmer merchant freighter and meat packer whose death Sunday ended a long Arizona career He was a prominent figure in the state’s early commerce and supply networks with ties to farming and packing industries across Arizona.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Edward A. Tovrea
Arizona
Ten Insurgents Killed in Nicaragua Clashes
Washington reports that ten Nicaraguan insurgents were killed and several wounded in four engagements with the native National Guards under U S Marines. One Guardia was wounded.
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Nicaragua
Washington
United States
Navy
Guardia
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