13 Feb 1930
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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1930
Page
1
Ten children were rushed to hospitals with cuts and bruises after a blast demolished a one story brick building opposite a new wing of Public School 83 on Dean Street and caused widespread window damage. Police estimated 5 000 people in the area and two children were listed in critical condition.
Eva Dugan, first Western woman sentenced to death, awaits execution for the murder of rancher A. J. Mathis. She plans to buy a coffin with beads earnings and expects parole denial. Her family remains distant while she seeks aid from a mysterious “Jack” in a letter.
Seven O Donnell gangsters were bound over to the grand jury as gunmen after a show up in a second floor restaurant. Police reported 425 prisoners taken yesterday in a five day crime drive totaling over 2500. Names included Myles and Bernard O Donnell, Klondyke, Three Finger White, Red Barker, Mike Quirk, Edward Sirnek, John OConnor and Frank Lacey.
Senate move to recommit Charles Evans Hughes to the Judiciary Committee is announced by Chairman Norris. Confirmation hangs in the balance as opponents claim Hughes lacks essential qualifications for the court.
Paris broadcasts a French delegation statement at the conference proposing a 1930 to 1936 navy plan to build a 724 479 English ton fleet by end of 1936. It allocates 156 466 tons to capital ships under Washington rules and 52 791 tons to ships not under them, plus 100 000 tons in cruisers, 24 859 tons in heavy cruisers, 258 597 tons in light ships and 32 146 tons in aircraft carriers with 99 629 tons in submarines. The plan includes 240 000 tons built 1930–1936, of which 43 200 tons are replacements to cover losses. Displacement of capital ships would range from 25 000 to 26 000 tons.
The United States Ambassador to Poland Alexander P. Moore, recently appointed by President Hoover, is hospitalized in a sanitarium in Monrovia California with throat and lung infection. He had been in southern California, with his Senate appointment pending, and his condition remains uncertain after 24 hours of serious illness.
A large fire in Vera Cruz during the night damaged the hat factory and spread to adjacent buildings and an armory. Explosions from stored ammunition produced a spectacular display as the city’s water supply failed, hampering firefighting efforts.
An explosion at the Rostov state grain mill killed 28 people and seriously injured 16 others. The casualties were officially announced today.
In Washington on February 13 the House judiciary committee opened a second hearing on repeal resolutions. Mary T. Norton, New Jersey Democrat, urges a constitutional amendment for a referendum on the 18th. Mrs. Charles H. Sabin of New York counters by saying her group, Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, claims over 50 000 women now oppose prohibition.
Governor Clyde M. Reed issued a proclamation convening the Kansas legislature in special session at Topeka on February 27 to consider revision of the state's tax laws.
The Navy Department ordered nine Curtiss airplanes from the Curtiss Airplane and Motor Company of New York for the Marine Corps at a cost of 117 562 dollars. The decision was announced from Washington on February 13.
Attorneys for Alexander Pantages, the showman convicted of criminal assault, ask the appellate court in Los Angeles for release from county jail on bond due to ill health. After two hours of argument the court took the matter under submission. A ruling is expected within about a week.
Brief reports from Taft’s bedside say former Chief Justice William Howard Taft had a very restful night and continued to show improvement. Authorities provided no further conditions or details on his health.
Washington diplomats were alerted by police to beware of a short dark stranger who offers to place clients’ names on society pages in exchange for $100. The warning followed Ambassador Orestes Ferrara of Cuba being approached about publicizing his name. The case is being investigated as a racket.
Siberia Feb 13 AP via Teller Alaska workmen search for the bodies of Carl Ben Hielson and mechanic Earl Borland after the wreckage of his planes yielded the helmet found yesterday. The wreck was located Jan 25 in an icy lagoon 90 miles southeast of here. Pilot Joe Crosson reported finding Hielson's helmet on his return from a flight to the lagoon.
In Chicago on February 15 ARP reports a junior crime wave with robberies, shootings and arrests. Paw Postelnek, 12, was robbed by two youths aged 11 and 12 who used a stick to take nine pennies, then had them arrested. David Dimendi, 12, carried a pistol and the plan to “slick ’em up” led to a hospital stomach wound for a bystander as John Sansona, 14, watched.
In Duluth Minnesota on February 15 the state began prosecution in U S District Court of Semmett J White a United States customs officer on second degree murder charges for shooting Henry Wirkkula of Big Falls last June 8. The government acts as defense attorney claiming the officer acted within his rights. A Minnesota county attorney prosecutes. Case moved to federal court at federal request.
Paris report says Ramono Lotti Rene LaFevre and Jean Assolant of the Yellow Bird crew plan a Seville to New York flight. The craft, similar to the Yellow Bird, should be ready by end March with a possible preliminary test trip to Abyssinia.
Tuido Neri, the Popolo di Trieste reporter who lost both legs in Monday night’s bombing that wrecked the paper’s editorial rooms, died today. Three others were seriously injured and twelve wounded. Mussolini offered a $5,000 reward for those responsible.
The day features continued Senate debate on Charles Evans Hughes for Chief Justice. A lobby hearing by the Miarsele Shuals committee and an executive session by the Commerce committee are noted. The House Judiciary committee persists its probe into prohibition conditions.
In New York on February 18 the price of bar silver was 43 7 8 per ounce. Mexican dollars traded at 2 1 2 under spot with quoted bid and ask implies market activity in precious metals and coinage.
A. H. Smith of the Christian Reform Church surrendered to a Tungchow court after a January automobile collision in Kiangsu that killed a Chinese boy. The case tests China’s drive to end extraterritorial privileges and restore native judicial authority amid Nationalist efforts.
In New York on February 15 four gunmen halted a car, killed a dance hall hostess and her escort as they fled in opposite directions, then fled in their auto. The woman was later identified as May Smith, 24, a dance hall hostess, and the escort as Carmine Barelli, 30, a Bronx resident with a long criminal history dating to 1919.
Dolores Salazar the Spanish dancer won 17000 in damages from Ferdinand Pinney Earle in a superior court jury decision. The award matches the full amount allowed by the court after a breach of pre-nuptial agreement claim.
San Francisco man William H George was installed as president of the National Association of Builders' Exchanges and will appoint a new board of control. George leads the San Francisco Builders' Exchange and succeeds Samuel Hotchkiss of St. Joseph Missouri as head of the national group.
In Long Key Florida the Hoovers pursue sailfishing while Mrs. Harlan Stone lands a seven foot ten inch sailfish weighing about sixty pounds. Justice Stone adds a ten pound sailfish aboard Hoover’s boat as the President previously had a 45 pound catch. The outing shifts after Mrs. Stone’s success drawing in other women of the party to angling efforts.
London February 13 AP Japanese delegation issues initial public statement amid ongoing diplomatic discussions. No further details provided in readable text.
Hollywood star Noah Beery, famed for villain roles, lies in danger after an appendicitis operation at a Hollywood hospital. Doctors described his condition as serious, noting a gangrenous appendix and uncertain spread of infection. He had earlier returned home for medical care, then was rushed back to the hospital.
Harry T. Randolph, 61, founder of the Turlock Journal, died suddenly at Angels Camp. He started the Journal with his brother J. L. Randolph in 1904, sold his interest in 1918, then worked at Associated Printing in Stockton, Harders Print Shop in Turlock, and Calaveras Californian in Angels Camp where he remained employed until his death.
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