Eva Dugan Sanity Trial Held in Florence Arizona
Florence Arizona February hearing on Eva Dugan condemned for murder of A J Mathis in Tucson progressed with testimony on her sanity and mental state. Former prison warden Scott White testified as defense evidence was presented alongside county physicians and deputies. The state challenged White's testimony while seeking to prove mental condition back to conviction.
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Florence
Ariz
Eva’ Dugan
A. J. Mathis
Tucson
Eva Dugan
Scott White
Asa Gardner
Pinal County
T'Tard
J. F. Nite
F. A Hurthian
Gardner
Dugan
Huffman
HE. W. McFarland
Mellon Scored Over Attitude On Prohibition
Senator McKellar, Democrat of Tennessee, charged in the senate that Secretary Mellon has never truly enforced the dry laws and that presidents since their enactment showed interest only for political reasons. He sent a telegram to Tennessee lawyers opposing any repeal or modification of the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act.
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Washington
McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
Mellon
MecKellar
George of
Grounded Liner Being Wrecked at Fort Canby
The Coast Guard reports rivets pulling loose on the Admiral Benson amidships as it runs aground on Peacock Spit. The engine room is flooding and Captain Charles Graham is aboard with all passengers and crew rescued.
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Fort Canby
Wash
Coast Guard
Admiral Benson
Peacock Spit
Charles Graham
Water division talks stall over Boulder Canyon allocations
In Los Angeles on February 12 representatives of the Imperial Valley Irrigation District and the Metropolitan Water District met in secrecy to discuss California’s share of water from the Boulder Canyon project. Early sessions at the Metropolitan offices and Gov. Young’s in the state capital yielded no public decisions as all parties waited on preliminary talks to progress.
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Los Angeles
Imperial Valley Irrigation District
Metropolitan Water Board of
California
Boulder Canyon
Colorado River Commission
W. F. Whitsett
Metropolitan Water Board
Three Suggested For French Post
Paris reports President Doumergue will wait until 9 30 a m tomorrow to name a statesman to form a ministry to replace the defeated Tardieu cabinet. Camille Chautemps Aristide Briand and Tardieu are the leading candidates for the post.
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Paris
Doumergue
Andre Tardieu
Camille Chautemps
Aristide Briand
Tardieu
Aid Given To Husband Of Cancer Victim
Residents of Nutchey Wash today support Irving Edwins who mortgaged his farm to charter an airplane used as an ambulance for his wife Mrs. Edwins cancer treatment in San Francisco. Funds are being sought to cover the plane costs with Mrs Lee Gilliette stating the effort aims to compensate the feat and spur scientific investigation.
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Lee E.gilliette
Edwins
San Francisco
Philippine students strike to demand dismissing American teacher
In Manila on February 16, nearly all of Manila North High School’s 270 students walked out in protest. They accuse Miss Mable Brummitt of insulting Filipino race, and only about 50 returned to class after a mass meeting where a dismissal resolution was adopted.
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Manila
Manila North High School
Mable Brummitt
Theeacher
Bombings and Robberies Hit Chicago Front Pages
Bombs exploded near Cosmos Products on the South Side causing heavy property damage and window breaks. Masked robbers then looted G W Weber and his wife of cash and jewelry worth about 3500. Detectives pursued two murders, including Agnes Lavander, found in a ditch near Forest Glen, and Doug Py, a young Chinese man killed in Chinatown.
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Chicago
Cosmos Products Company
G.W. Weber
Agnes. Lavander
Forest Glen
Milwakee
Doug Py
Chinatown
Elnos
Trotzky Adherent Sentenced To Die
A Berlin dispatch reported to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that Joseph Stalin ordered the execution of M. Blumkin who returned to Russia with a Trotsky message for Carl Radek. Blumkin had killed Count Mirbach in 1918 and was denounced by communist leaders when he joined Trotsky’s opposition.
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New York
Berlin
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Today
Joseph Stalin
M. Blumkin
Russia
Even Trotsky
Carl B. Radek
Liumin
Count Mirbach
Trotsky
Repeal of Prohibition Advocated Before House Panel
Witnesses before the House judiciary committee urged outright repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and a shift of liquor regulation to the states. William H. Stayton, chair of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, said the government has lost respect and efficiency under prohibition and accused authorities of thuggery and protecting murderers. The testimony marked the start of a two day anti prohibition push before the panel.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Wiliam H. Stayton
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Stayton
Friends of Prohibition
Angel Of Broadway to wed wealthy San Francisco clubman
Rheba Crawford once known as the Salvation Army Angel of Broadway will marry Ray Splivalo a rich San Francisco clubman and poloist. The engagement follows the divorce granted in St Petersburg Virginia to her former husband J Harald Sommers.
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San Francisco
Rheba Crawford
Salvation Armys
Angel
Broadway
Ray Splivalo
St. Petersburg
Vla
J. Harald Sommers
Miss Crawford
Ask Permission To Build Railway Line From Vega To Forrest
In Washington on February 19 the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and the Chicago Rock Island and Gulf Railroads applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to build a 76 mile railway line from Vega Texas to Forrest in Quay county New Mexico.
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Washington
Vega
Texas
Forrest
Quay County
New Mexico
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf
Interstate Commerce Commission
Highway Department Collections Show January Gain
January receipts of the State Highway Department totaled 235 611 21 dollars, up 24 933 76 from the year before, according to a report issued PHOENIX February 19.
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Phoinin
Ariz
State Highway Department
Admiral Byrd Party Begins Journey Home
The City of New York reached Byrd's Antarctic camp in the Bay of Wales and began loading. The operation was to finish in a few hours, with the voyage home expected to start that day.
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New York
New York Times
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Richard E. Byrd
City of
Byrd Camp
Bay of Wales
Body Of Alexander Moore Enroute To Pittsburgh Home
The body of Alexander P. Moore publisher and diplomat is speeding east to Pittsburgh for burial after brief funeral services in Los Angeles. Moore rose from office boy to international prominence in his long career.
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Alexander Moore
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Alexander P. Moore
German Scholar Dies At Berlin
Dr. August Hermann Francke, a noted Tibetan language scholar and Berlin University professor since 1925, died in Berlin. He earned an honorary degree from Breslau for his missionary and exploratory work and never attended college.
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Berlin
August Hermann Francke
University of Berlin
Breslau
Five-Power Naval Conference Adjourns for Week
The five power naval disarmament talks adjourned for one week amid the French cabinet crisis following the fall of the Tardieu government. Secretary Stimson urged a holiday to allow France to settle its domestic affairs, with MacDonald Grandi Wakatsuki approving the recess. The experts committee continues work while other activities pause.
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London
Tardieu
Stimson
MacDonald
Italian Foreign Minister Grandi Heads Italian Navy Delo
London dispatch reports Dino Grandi Italian foreign minister and head of the Italian naval delo as of February 19 with continued coverage noted on page six.
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Dino Grandi
Reijiro Wakatsuki
London
Delo
Dry Law Officer Wounded By Shots
BELLAIRE Ohio Feb 19 Guy Casina 37 Belmont county undercover prohibition officer was in critical condition in a hospital today from two bullet wounds. The shooting was reprisal for information Casina supplied to the Belmont County Grand Jury leading to the indictment of 12 persons on liquor law violations.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Guy Casina
Belmont County
Prohibition
Belmont County Grand Jury
Cattlemen's Meet Opens With Large Arizona Attendance
The Arizona Cattlemens Association convention opened in Nogales with over 350 attendees from across the state. Albert Mitchell of the American Hereford Cattle Association and Col J E Thompson led morning talks, joined by A A Johns of the Arizona Wool Growers Association and others from the State Tax Commission and district forester.
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Nogales
Ariz
Arizona Cattlemens Association
Arizona
Albert Mitchell
American Hereford Cattle Association
Col
J. E. Thompson
State Fair Commission
A. A. Johns
Arizona Wool Growers Association
J. A. Hughes
State Tax Commission
Frank C. W. Pooler
Protests Spread Over Russian Religious Policy
New York Feb 19 AP reports Christian and Jewish groups protest Soviet religious policy while supporters defend Moscow. Actions include an appeal to President Hoover, March 8 prayer day by Lutheran and other leaders, and resolutions of sympathy from the Episcopal Church and New York State assembly. A mass meeting is planned March 16 with speaker William Montgomery Brown, excommunicated bishop.
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Friends of the Soviet
Hoover
American Committee On Religious Rights and Minorities
Friends
Soviet Union
Manning
United Prayer
William Montgomery Brown
Episcopal
Arkansas
House of Bishops
Death List of Explosion Victims Names Read Across Cities
The list of deceased includes Dominick Bionin Elizabeth William S Duffy Bayonne William F Casey Elizabeth Joseph Lukasiekicz Elizabeth Arthur Croft Union Howard A Holliday Bayonne George Robertson Rosell John Lukas Elizabeth Clarence Croft Bayonne John Sullivan Elizabeth.
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Dominick Bionin
Elizabeth
William S. Duffy
Bayonne
William F. Casey
Joseph Lukasiekicz
Arthur Croft
Union
Howard A. Holliday
George Robertson
Rosell
John Lukas
Clarence Croft
John Sullivan
Game Protective Association Meets City Hall Tonight
The Winslow Game Protective Association will hold a special meeting tonight at 7 30 at City Hall with State Game Warden R L Bayless and Game Commissioner T E Mc Cullough to discuss stocking of forests and streams south of Winslow and hunting area issues. Members are urged to attend and support game conservation efforts and restocking plans.
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Winslow
R. L. Bayless
T. E. McCullough
Flagstaff
Winslow Game Protective Association
Arizona
Hayden Proposal For Date Tariff Passes Senate
The Senate approved a tariff increase on dates in ten pound packages to 71 2 cents per pound, up from 66 cents. Vote 46 to 28. Senator Hayden of Arizona said the move aims to boost domestic packing under sanitary conditions and not raise prices.
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Washington
Senate
Hayden
Arizona
Strike Reported At United Sugar Plant In Mochis
Reports from Nogales indicate a labor strike at the United Sugar company plant in Los Mochis Sinaloa with over 500 workers demanding shorter hours and higher wages. Governor of Sinaloa is at the scene attempting settlement. no disorders reported.
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Nogales
Sen. Mex
United Sugar Company
Los Mochis
Sinaloa
Shinaloua
Meningitis Scare Closes Sonora Public Meetings
The Sonora public health department ordered all schools theatres and public venues closed across the state due to a cerebral spinal meningitis outbreak. Ninety four deaths in the Campas district over three days.
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Mexico City
Department of Public Health Today
Sonora
Campas
Tot killed by truck in Tucson
A three year old girl, Natalie Borquez, died after running in front of a truck in Tucson, Arizona, last night. Police said the accident occurred in a residential area and investigators are reviewing the scene and interviewing witnesses.
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Tucson
Ariz
Natalie Borquez
Explosion at Standard Oil refinery blinds and burns dozens
A massive blast at the Standard Oil Bay Way refinery in Linden New Jersey killed ten and left about 60 workers injured many severely burned or blinded. Investigators blamed a high pressure naptha line rupture ignited by forges during construction of a new building near the alcohol plant.
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Elizabeth
Bay Way
J. Raymond Carranger
Linden
Congress resumes probes on Muscle Shoals and federal powers
Lobby committee restarts inquiry into Muscle Shoals legislation while the Interstate Commerce Committee expands its investigation of the Federal Power Commission. Senate considers Turin bill and House calendar items. Judiciary resumes testimony on repealing or modifying the Eighteenth Amendment. Agricultural hearings look at Summers Dill rules for perishable produce dealers. Post Office panel reviews air mail bills. Indian Affairs opens hearings on trust estates for Indians.
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Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Power Commission
Senate
Turin
House
Judiciary Committee
Agriculture Committee
Post Office Committee
Indian Affairs Committee
Fatal Fall Claims Life At Morenci Smelter
In Morenci Arizona Francisco Carbajal aged 21 died after falling seventy feet from the roof of an old smelter into a pile of scrap iron. The incident occurred yesterday and is being investigated.
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Morenci
Ariz
Francisco Carbajal
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