Chicago Bristles Over Crime Clamps After Massacre
State's Attorney John A. Swanson demanded strict action and vowed to hold police captains accountable after the St. Valentine era violence. He urged a Cook County reward of 20 to 25 thousand dollars for arrests of those who killed seven gangsters in Bugs Moran's North Clark Street garage. The Chicago Association of Commerce called for a grand jury probe into police link to the massacre and urged immediate reform of police, courts, and prosecution.
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Chicago
John A. Swanson
Swanson
William F. Russell
John B. Traeger
Cook County Board of Commissioners
Moran
Clark Street
Chicago Associatoin of Commerce
St. Valentine
Illinois
Edith Cummings named worthy grand matron of Eastern Star
Mrs Edith Cummings of Willcox was elected worthy grand matron of the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star at Prescott Arizona closing a two day convention tonight Other officers elected include George E McMillan Jerome as worthy grand patron Mrs Mary E Young Phoenix associate grand patron L E Polhemus Miami associate grand patron Mrs Katherine Burgoon Nogales secretary Mrs Elizabeth Wing ar Mesa grandee treasurer Mrs Elizabeth Henning Holbrook grand conductress and Mrs Ann Ming Yuma grand lecturer
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Prescott
Ariz
Edith Cummings
Willcox
The
Eastern Star
George E. McMillan
Jerome
Mary E. Young
Phoenix
L. E. Polhemus
Miami
Katherine Burgoon
Nogales
Elizabeth Wingar
Mesa
Elizabeth Henning
Holbrook
Ann Ming
Yuma
Sisters Inherit $1 Million Estate In Cur tis Case
In Nogales, Arizona, Bracy Curtis financier and businessman died January 31 leaving a $1,000,000 estate to his three sisters Mrs. Blanche Mitchell of Boston, Mrs. Margaret Ritchie of New York, and Mrs. Daisy Curtis Edwards of Nogales.
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Nogales
Ariz
Bracy Curtis
Blanche Mitchell
Boston
Margaret ‘Ritchie
New York
Daisy Curtis Edwards
Boulder dam conference nears clash over Gila waters
The seven state Boulder dam conference heads into a heated session Saturday at 10 a m. Delegates discuss controversial provisions of the Swing Johnson bill including whether Gila river waters should be allocated among California Arizona and Nevada and how revenue from Boulder dam will be shared after amortization. Utah presses to open meetings to all delegates and newspapers.
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Santa FE
N. M
Boulder Dam
William J. Donovan
George Malone
Nevada
B. Ward
Arizona
Gila River
Boulder Canyon
California
Earl C. Pound
John L. Bacon
Gila
Utah
Upper Basin
Charles B. Ward
E. C. Pound
John Mason Ross
C. B. Squires
Feat Dam
W. B. Mathews
Eeandie Wilson
New Mexico
W. R. Wallace
Mexico
Dog Bites Prompt Rabies Treatments In Arizona
A woman and five children in Phoenix were bitten by a dog after it was struck by a car. In Mesa, hydrophobia fears sent at least 15 residents to doctors for Pasteur treatments after a small dog bit children in a schoolroom. the animal was killed and its head tested for rabies.
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Ariz
Pasteur
T. S. Close
Ralph
Mesa
Evanston Girl Repeats Knaak Case Attempt in Furnace
Miss Helen Friedrichs, 22, was hospitalized in Evanston after trying to thrust herself into a furnace, mirroring a prior Lake Bluff case. She sustained burns to hair scalp shoulders and sides but withdrew as pain intensified, and she remains under observation to assess motive. Family reports she studied the Knaak incident and admired the Lake Bluff victim who claimed to burn herself to purify her life for a village policeman.
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Evanston
Helen Friedrichs
Elfrieda Knaak
Lake Bluff
Knaak
Governor Signs Desert Plant Protection Bill in Arizona
Arizona Governor Phillips signed Senate Bill No. 3 protecting native desert plants from destruction or removal with a misdemeanor penalty and fines from 50 to 300 dollars. He also endorsed House Joint Memorial No. 3 urging Congress to authorize sale of the Papago Salvaro national monument for state ownership a 200 acre park and fish hatchery site.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Senate
Arizona
Phillips
Washington
Congress
Papago-Salvaro National Monument
Here
King George Advances Toward Recovery After Illness
Eleven doctors who treated King George the Sixth at Buckingham Palace and later at Bognor reported the monarch’s recovery has resumed with weight gain and resumed smoking. The physicians, who made more than 500 visits, credited navy training and vigorous exercise plus modern therapies including ray therapy sunlight treatment for helping him reach out of danger.
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London
British Empire
George
Ghreen
Mary
Bognor
Buckingham Palace
Royal Navy
Britain
Mexican Train Dynamited Leaves Dozens Dead In Michoacan
Reports from Guadalajara say a passenger train between Los Reyes and Yurecurao in Michoacan was dynamited today. The engineer and firemen were killed along with the entire escort of soldiers. casualties among passengers were not reported.
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Mexico City
Los Reyes
Yurecurao
Italian Steamer Gauka Castle Sends S O S Off Dover
The Italian steamer Gauka Castle, formerly Union Castle lines, issued an S O S three miles off Dungeness. Two tugs were dispatched to the location. Details are unavailable but the distress is believed due to a serious boiler accident on the 10,000 ton vessel.
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United Press
Dover
England
Nkaika Castle
Union Castle Lines
Dungeness
Gauka Castle
Four Highwaymen Benefited From Europe Cold Wave
Four Yugoslav highwaymen sentenced to die in Zagreb last Sunday have gained a postponement due to a snowbound hangman train between Sarajevo and Zagreb. No one else may officiate, delaying their executions.
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Zagreb
Europe
Sarajevo
Melville Stone Founder Of A P Takes Death in New York
Melville KE Stone 80, founder and for 21 years general manager of the Associated Press, died at his New York home after a three week decline. He retired in 1921 and served as counselor to the AP. survivors include his wife Martha McFarland Stone and daughter Elizabeth Creighton Stone.
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New York
Melville KE. Stone
Associated Press
New
Martha. McFarland Stone
Elizabeth Creighton Stone
Stone
Herbert Stuart
Elville
Ormond Stone
University of Virginia
Sanford Clark Reform School Commitment in Northcott Case
Riverside California February 15 1930 16 year old Sanford Clark the star witness against Gordon Northcott was committed to a state reform school by Superior Judge O K Morton Clark testified that Northcott forced him to help in the Winslow murders and a Mexican shooting He also claimed mistreatment Northcott faces execution at San Quentin on April 15
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Riverside
Calif
Sanford Clark
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Northcott
O. K. Morton
Young Clark
Lewis
Nelson Winslow
Clark
San Quentin
State Masonic Meet In Globe Next Year
The 1920 state convention of the Arizona Masonic lodges will be held in Globe in February of next year, it was announced here today.
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Masonic
Globe
United Press
Globe. Ariz
Arizona Masonic Lodges
Europe freezes as cold wave worsens shortages and deaths
Telegrams report renewed suffering in Europe as extreme cold drives coal and food shortages. Gas mains froze in Berlin plunging sections into darkness and officials warn relief will be delayed. Reports from Zagreb note growing fatalities and frost injuries across the region.
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United Press
Berlin
Europe
Uni
Zagreb
Jugo
Slavia
Insanity Cited in Prison Assault at Folsom
Donald W. Martsch a 31 year old Los Angeles inmate said insanity caused the brutal attack by Henry Kracke 33 in the Folsom State Prison dark room. Kracke died shortly after the fight amid questions if heart disease from exertion or poison from chemicals caused death.
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Folsom State Prison
Calif
Donald— W. Martsch
Los Angeles
Henry Kracke
Kracke
Martsch
San Francisco
New Mexico Firm Wins Nevada Utah Highway Contract
Phoenix February 15 Skousen brothers of Silver City New Mexico were lowest bidders at 173 162 93 for the Nevada Utah highway project to build 0 16 miles of highway 91 at the Arizona Nevada Utah corner. The contract will be awarded February 21.
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Phoenix
Skousen Brothers
Silver City
N. M
Nevada
Utah Highway
State Highway Department
Arizona
Utah
Disarmament Initiative Spurs Geneva Fallout
A diplomat signals that progress toward further armaments restraint may emerge from Britain and the United States as Geneva talks falter. Officials view the move as a cautious push toward disarmament, with expectations of a productive follow up at higher levels.
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Washington
United States
United
Geneva
Great Britain
Psi
Four Meningitis Deaths Hit Arizona Cities
Four deaths from spinal meningitis occur in three Arizona cities within hours. Floyd Robinson, 20, dies in Phoenix after first symptoms appeared. Paul Verrue, four, and Alice Verrue, six, siblings from Gilbert, die within hours. Glendale case confirmed meningitis after lab results. third Glendale death since January 3 and state total 25.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Floyd Robinson
Paul Verrue
Ed Verrue
Gilbert
Alice
Glendale
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