Arizona Prepares New State Tax Code for Legislature
A proposed Arizona tax code repeals chapter 46 of the ninth legislature and funds a $300000 survey act. After 40 days of talks with mining agriculture livestock and business representatives the measure gains administration backing and copies were sent to legislators for study amid joint Senate and House committee discussions.
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Phoenix. Ariz
Arizona
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Miami Capitalist
J. We. Strode
Hunt
van Dyke
James P. Casey
Phelps Dodge Dodge Corporation
William B. Brooks
All Not Well With Her 10th Marriage
Monroe Louisiana February 12 differences of opinion over whether life with her constituted a crazy train or something different threaten Mrs John H Willis of Urania on a train to Birmingham. Willis claims she failed to fulfill promises made at their marriage September 10 1927 including a demand she will him half her money and property valued around 55000. She notes he had a gravy train and didn’t know it. She has endured six divorces and three prior husbands died.
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Monroe
John H. Willis
Urania
Willis
Birmingham
Louisiana
French Unemployment At 300000 In France
Paris reports three hundred thousand unemployed in France and 1,350,000 working part time. The government calls the situation serious but not grave and plans relief through higher state allocations and public works development.
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Paris
France
Beggar Uses Car To Solicit And Is Sentenced
In Minneapolis on February 12 a man named William Burkholder, described as police aid, used an automobile to call on housewives along his route. A judge sentenced him to 90 days in jail for the offense.
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Minneapolis
William Burkholder
Tribute to Lincoln Remembered Across the Nation
In Springfield and nationwide, schools and halls mark the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. The Japanese ambassador Katsuji Debuchi addressed the memory of the Civil War president, urging lessons for mankind as Americans recall Honest Abe.
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Springfield
Ill
Kentucky
Abe
Abraham Lincoln
Katsuji Debuchi
Schall Maintains Judicial Nomination Stand
Senator Schall of Minnesota stood by his position on a Minnesota federal judgeship, opposing Michel of Minneapolis and declining to submit other names. The Minnesota Bar Association resolutions backing Roester of St. Cloud were not adopted, and Attorney General Mitchell, with Hoover’s support, declined to recommend Michel.
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Washington
Schall
Minnesota
Ernest
Mexico Aims to Hire Only Mexican Air Pilots
Mexico City Feb 12 Civil licenses will not be issued to foreign pilots for commercial airlines. The move targets Mexican Aviation Co and Corporacion Aeronautica De Transportes where most pilots are American. Officials noted the policy does not state revocation of current foreign licenses.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Mexican Aviation Company
Corporacion Aeronautica de Transportes
One Man Still Alive Who Carried Lincoln From Ford Theatre
Pittsburgh today a gray haired man over 83 recalled Good Friday night April 14 1865 when he and three comrades carried wounded Abraham Lincoln from Ford Theatre in Washington They were among the first to reach the fallen president and bore him to the Peterson home across the street.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Abraham Lincoln
Ford Theatre
Washington
Jacob J. Soles
Thompson’ S Light Artillery
John Wilkes Booth
Peterson
Southern Pacific Tests One Cent Per Mile Fare Plan
SAN FRANCISCO February 12 The Southern Pacific will trial a one cent a mile passenger fare across seven western states. Experimental sales are to run February 20 and 27 with round trips priced at ten dollars and twenty five cents between San Francisco and Los Angeles, returning by midnight Tuesday after the sale Friday. Regular rate is 3 12 cents per mile.
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Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
E. W. Clapp
Clapp
Los Angeles
Nurse Injured in Fumigation at Leupp Indian Hospital
An unconfirmed report from Winslow says a government nurse named Munson was injured yesterday while fumigating a room at the Indian hospital in Leupp, 30 miles north of Winslow. The fumigation apparatus reportedly exploded causing damage to the building and injuring the nurse, with details unavailable due to no telephone service to Leupp.
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Winslow
Munson
Leupp
Silver Meeting Seeks Early Investigation And Conference
In Tacoma on February 12, a silver stabilizing conference endorsed early investigation of depreciated silver values by the United States and Canada and urged an international monetary conference. The event was hosted jointly by the Seattle and Tacoma Chambers of Commerce with delegates from Oregon Washington Idaho California and British Columbia.
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Tacoma
Wash
United States
Canada
Seattle and Tacoma
Fireworks Factory Explosion Kills Five in Mexico
In Texacoaco Mexico five workers died when a fireworks factory exploded in Acupexcomac last night and the plant burned. Police and fire teams fought the blaze as rescuers searched the ruins for survivors.
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Texacoco
Mexico
Acupexcomac
Arizona Cattlemen ReElect Officers at 25th Convention
The Arizona Cattle Growers Association adjourned after a two day meeting in Safford as delegates unanimously chose Tucson as next year’s assembly site. About 400 cattlemen heard Henry G Boice urge cooperation in production and marketing of stock. C W Peterson of Phoenix was re elected president and Mrs E H Grabb of Phoenix named secretary.
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Safford
Ariz
Arizona Cattle Growers Association
Tucson
Henry G. Boice
Patagonia
National Livestock Association
John C. Greenway
Arizona
C. W. Peterson
Phoenix
E. H. Grabb
Governor Signs Two Bills And Memorial
Governor Hunt signed two bills and one memorial today in Phoenix. He repealed the egg standardization law from the ninth legislature. The Lois Grunow Memorial Clinic resolution was approved, along with an emergency appropriation for the attorney general's office.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Hunt
C. T. Reddington
House
Lois Grunow
Attorney General's Office
Radio reports praise Pope Pius XI speech
In San Francisco on February 12 a radio report described the pope's address as a perfect reception. The broadcast noted strong listener response and noted the warmth of the reception given to the pontiff by audiences.
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San Francisco
Pius XI
Pius XI Delivers First Vatican Radio Addresses
In New York and Vatican City on February 12 Pope Pius XI spoke via HVJ in Latin and Italian, marking the first time a pope transmitted to the world by radio. The Vatican station, built with Marconi’s help, aired a peace message to mankind and was inaugurated on the ninth anniversary of his coronation.
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Pope Pius XI
Vatican
United States
New York
Vatican State
HVJ
Marquis
Guglielmo Marconi
Pontificial Academy of Science
Vatican City
Pius XI
Marconi
Oldest Daily In Los Angeles Sold
Los Angeles Evening Express to be acquired by Paul Block New York publisher. Block announced the purchase of the Los Angeles Express Publishing company stock and will run the paper as president and publisher starting Monday. The Express, founded March 27 1871, is the oldest daily in the city. Edward A. Dickson will become vice president of the new company. Dickson bought the paper in 1922 for 1 million dollars. Block paid about 2.8 million dollars.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Evening Express
Paul Block
New York
Block
Los Angeles Express Publishing Company
the Express
Edward A. Dickson
Guy C. Earl, Jr
Dickson
F. W. Kellogg
Courtesy Costs Jeweler Ten Thousand Dollars
In Chicago on February 12 a jewelry store owner, Samuel Schwartz, opened after a visitor asked to buy a 95 cent trinket. She left with the trinket and two men then entered and stole $10,000 worth of jewelry, prompting the warning that politeness can be costly.
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Chicago
Samuel Schwartz
Billion Dollar Bill Heads To Conference In Senate Dispute
The House sent the billion dollar appropriations bill for independent offices including the Veterans' Bureau to conference with the Senate. A Senate amendment would stop disability payments to emergency retired officers earning over $2,000 annually. Representative Simmons denounced the move as discriminatory.
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Washington
Veterans’ Bureau
Senate
House
Representative Simmons
Republican
Nebraska
Foggiest Spot in U S Located at Moose Peak Maine
The Moose Peak lighthouse on Maine’s northern coast is identified as the foggiest spot in the United States. In the year just ended it logged 1,526 hours of fog, averaging four hours daily, with Libby Island and Petit Manan nearby and Point Reyes in California ranking fourth with 1,398 hours.
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Washington
United States
Moose Peak
Maine
Libby Island
Petit Manan
Point Reyes
Pacific Ocean
Theory Falls Behind Actual Observations
In Pasadena on February 12, Walter B. Clausen reports Einstein concedes he does not know the answer to cosmology. He notes that recent observations by Major Edwin P. Hubble determining that nebulae are island universes challenge the unified field theory.
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Walter B. Clausen
Pasadena
Cal
Albert Einstein
Einstein
Mt. Wilson
Edwin P. Hubble
Milky Way
Illinois Finance Wizard Benham Disappears
Belvidere Illinois February 12 The so called financial wizard Albert W Benham who promised up to 50 percent returns vanished amid unpaid investors State Attorney Alexander Strom said about 200 investors met last night and asked for more time while warning indictments could be sought when the grand jury is recalled soon.
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Belvidere
Albert W. Benham
Benham
Alexander Strom
One More Death Brings Fatality List to Nineteen
Fatalties from Arizona automobile accidents reached nineteen with the death of T Redgood of Phoenix in a Tucson hospital. He died of injuries from a car overturn five miles north of Oracle Junction on the Phoenix highway.
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Tucson
Arizona
T. Redgood
Phoenix
Oracle Junction
Entombed Miners Saved at Fushun Mines in Manchuria
Japanese officials in Mukden say 3,000 miners entombed by a gas explosion at the Fushun mines near here were saved. Earlier reports warned of possible heavy loss of life and the situation had drawn wide attention.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Japanes
Fushun
Here
Arizona House backs allotment plan for Colorado River Reservation
The Arizona House passes a memorial urging Congress to direct the Bureau of Indian Affairs to complete land allotment on the Colorado River Indian Reservation and open remaining lands to white settlement. The measure, 55 to 1 with Ashfork voting no, could add over 100000 acres for entry. Parker, Arizona sits on the reservation. The House also approves Wiedert’s bill to curb eligibility for citizenship.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona House of Representatives
Congress
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Colorado River Indian Reservation
Nebec
Gush
Yuma County
Ashfork
Mesa
Parker
Colorado River
Wiedert
Quakes Rock New Zealand. No Damage Reported
Prolonged earthshocks hit Napier and Hastings but caused no further damage compared with last week. Workers made progress clearing wreckage as aftershocks rattled the coast.
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New Zealand
Napier
Hastings
Ban Lifted From Flagstaff Meetings
Flagstaff Arizona officials lifted a five day ban on showhouses and public meeting places as a precaution against cerebrospinal meningitis. Schools will resume classes Monday and 14 year old Minnie Allen who had meningitis last week was reported recovering.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Minnie Allen
Panama To Entertain British Naval Chief
Panama City plans an extensive program of entertainment for Admiral Sir Michael Hodges commander in chief of the British Atlantic fleet and officers of the battleship Nelson during their Balboa visit February 23 to 28. The Nelson will dock near the Texas in the new harbor with Admiral Chase aboard.
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Panama
Sir Michael Hodges
Nelson
Balboa
Texas
Admiral Chase
United States
Two Earthquakes Registered in Early Morning Shocks
Washington February 12 UP two earthquakes were recorded by the Georgetown University seismograph observatory. The first quake began at 1 03 a m and peaked at 2 55 a m. A second disturbance started at 3 12 a m and peaked around 3 20 a m lasting about half an hour.
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Washington
Sohon
Georgetown University Seismograph Observatory
Rain brings relief to drought in Arizona roads bogged
Rain swept across Arizona ending weeks of dryness and aiding livestock men. Air travel halted as Transcontinental Western Air planes remained in Kingman and Albuquerque. Roads degraded with water filled dips on the Florence route. busses delayed between Phoenix, Douglas, and Tucson. Statewide showers continued with no let up expected for 24 hours.
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Winslow
Transcontinental Western Air Inc
Kingman
Albuquerque
Phoenix
Ariz
Pacific
Arizona
Tucson
Florence
Douglas
Mutilated Money Stolen In Holdup
A bold early morning holdup of a mail truck at Union Station netted robbers only mutilated currency. The sacks held old bills cut in halves for transit to the treasury, after a bus mail clerk was beaten with a lead pipe. Police and government agents hunted the suspects across Washington and its outskirts. The treasury confirmed the other halves had arrived in a prior shipment.
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Washington
Union Station
Treasury Department
Treasury ‘Department
Jury Convicts Son- Of Bp. Cannon On Labor Law Charge
The third trial of Major Richard M. Cannon, son of Bishop James Cannon Jr., on labor law violations ended in a conviction. He was found guilty in a justice court for failing to pay $33 to Phyllis Case for teaching at a CalEemple military school in El Monte, while nine other similar cases are pending.
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Pasadena
Cal
Richard M. Cannon
Cannon
James Cannon
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Justice of the Peace
Phyllis Case
el Monte
Weather Outlook for Arizona Unsettled Tonight and Friday
Unsettled conditions across Arizona with showers in the west and south, snow in the northeast. Tonight and into Wednesday expect varying precipitation with little temperature change, then Friday partly cloudy.
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Arizona
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