Arizona House OKs strict enforcement for state dry law
The Arizona House passed by 32 to 28 a draconian dry law enforcement bill with up to 15 years in prison and a $5000 fine. Introduced by Rep. Gertrude Bryan Leeper, it moves to the Senate for amendments before return. Speaker M. J. Hannon was absent for the final roll call amid heated debate.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
House, of Representatives
Gertrude Bryan Leeper
Senate
House
M. J. Hannon
W. G. Rosenblum
Hannon
T. H. Cureton
Coconino
Slayers Face Electric Chair Urged Quick Action on Veterans Bill
Senate began debate on the veterans loan bill as advocates urged a vote before nightfall to send it to President Hoover. Senators Couzens and Harrison pressed for rapid action while Reed blocked a debate limit. Bingham defended veterans by recalling his war record and criticized railroaded passage.
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Washington
Senate
Couzens
Michigan
Harrison
Mississippi
Hoover
Capitol
Reed
Pennsylvania
Bingham
Connecticut
Congress
National Wool Marketing Directors to Confer on 1931 Advances
In Washington UPI reports secretary B M Wilson of the National Wool Marketing Association says the organization's directors will confer with the farm board on advances to be made to member cooperatives during the 1931 crop year. In San Diego deputies seek a man driving a green Ford seen near San Marcos with a girl wrapped in a blanket.
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Washington
Upj. B. Wilson
McKinley
Wyo
National Wool Marketing ‘Association
Farm‘ ‘Board
San Diego
Cal
Sheriff’s Office
Karl
Klindt
Escondido
San Marcos
Wyoming Governor Emerson Dies After Pneumonia Battle
Cheyenne Wyoming February 19 Governor Frank C Emerson died suddenly last night from a heart attack linked to a five day pneumonia illness. He was 48. Emerson left office Friday after a mild influenza flare. oxygen was given four hours Tuesday during a critical period. Secretary of State A M Clark said a proclamation would name a vacancy and he would act as governor until the 1932 election. Both men were Republicans.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Frank C. Emerson
Wyoming
A. M. Clark
Clark
Emerson
Republican Party
House Defeats Valentine Utilities Bill In Arizona
Phoenix February 19 The House votes 33 to 27 to defeat Representative Harry Valentine s public utilities measure requiring the corporation commission and the state tax commission to use identical figures for rate setting and taxation. Phoenix February 19 The Maricopa county board of supervisors appoint Mrs M J Francis of Phoenix to fill the Arizona House seat of her late husband Representative Francis who died last Sunday of pneumonia.
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Phoenix
Ariz
House
Harry Valentine
Public Utilities
Corporation Commission
State Tax Commission
Maricopa County
Weather in Arizona Fair Tonight and Friday
Forecast calls for fair conditions across most of Arizona with possible snow in the northeast. Temperatures show little change. Winds and specific city figures are not provided.
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Arizona
Butler to retire from Marine Corps to lecture
Major General Smedley Butler announced plans to retire from the Marine Corps next September to become a lecturer. He said a contract for a series of lectures starting next October had been signed, and the move depends on presidential consent. The Mussolini incident and a navy department reprimand were not factors in the decision. Al Capone is angered by reports about Butler.
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Buffalo
Smedley
Butler
Marine Corps
De‘liver
Mussolini
State Department
Navy Department
Ceremony In House Honors Members Who Died In 1930
The House observed a memorial ceremony to eleven members who died in the past year marking personal sentiment and public respect. Lead figure Lee S Overman of North Carolina and others include Senator Frank L Greene of Vermont and Representatives Stephen F Porter of Pennsylvania Charles R Stedman of North Carolina and Lambert Reiss Hammer Curry Quayle OConnell and Wingo.
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Washington
House
Congress
Lee S. Overman
United States
North Carolina
Frank L. Greene
Vermont
Stephen F. Porter
Pennsylvania
Charles R. Stedman
Lambert
Wisconsin
Reiss
Hammer
Curry
California
Quayle
O'’Connell
New York
Wingo
Arkansas
Pasadena firm wins Tucson-Benson oil surfacing contract
The Arizona state highway department awarded 113,411.07 to Hodgman and MacVicar of Pasadena for oil surfacing 21 miles of the Tucson Benson road. Work to start one mile south of Tucson after the bid.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Highway Department
Tucson- Benson Road
Hodgman and MacVicar
Pasadena
Cal
Tucson
All Hands Saved In Collision Of Ships
The Greek steamer Theotokos sank after a collision with an unidentified steamer off Land's End. All 29 crew members were saved. 13 landed on the beach at St Just, Cornwall, while the remaining 16 later arrived in Penzance by automobile.
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ST. Just
Cornwall
England
Theotokos
Land’s End
Penzance
United Verde Must Pay Ranchers For Verde Smoke Damage
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled United Verde Extension Mining Company must pay ranchers in Verde Valley 3552.50 for crop damage caused by smoke from the company smelter. Chief Justice A G McAlister authored the opinion affirming the Yavapai County Superior Court judgment.
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Phoenix, Ariz
State Supreme Court
United Verde Extension Mining, Company of
Jerome
John F. Ralston
Emma
Verde Valley
A. G. McAlister
Yavapai County
Wildig and Crowe tragedy shocks Laguna Beach
Benjamin Wildig aged 50 was stabbed to death and his sister Lily Crowe was likely fatally wounded by her estranged husband Alexander Crowe 36 who then killed himself by poison. The Wildigs owned a five acre Laguna Beach estate where the siblings lived in a cottage on the property.
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Laguna Beach
Cal
Benjamin Wildig
Lily’ Crowe
Alexander Crowe
Wildigs
New Castle Woman Faces Death Row With Truant Grace
Irene Schroeder a 22 year old blonde gunwoman heads to Bellefonte awaiting execution for the Brady Paul store holdup killing. W Glenn Rague also condemned to die and shares the electric chair date as the pardons board rejects clemency petitions.
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Pinchot
Irene Schroeder
Glenn Dague
Pennsylvania
Newcastle
State
Schroeder
Donnie
Dague
New Castle
Bellefonte
State Board of Pardons
Harrisburg
W. Glenn Rague
Wheeling
W. Va
Marines Kill 25 Nicaragua Bandits
The navy department reports 25 insurgents killed by Marines on February 16 near El Tule, Nicaragua. A Guardia patrol led by Captain Gregon A. Williams routed 35 insurgents, destroying their camp, with five wounded. Lieutenant Floyd M. McCorkle pursued the fleeing group, inflicting 25 known casualties.
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Washington
Navy Department
el Tule
Nicaragua
F. M. Bradman
Second Marine Brigade
Guardia
Gregon A. Williams
San Diego
Cal
Floyd M. McCorkle
Wiimar
Uff
Jury Acquitted Miami Policeman in Death Charge
In Globe Arizona during Feb 37 a superior court acquitted John H. Welch a Miami police officer of murdering Martin Lopez on July 4 Lopez died from a gunshot after Welch struck him with the firearm during booking Welch testified self defense claiming Lopez attacked with a knife and that the gun discharged accidentally after the strike The coroner's jury had previously cleared Welch but the Mexican government requested reopening the case
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GLOBE
Lopez
Welch
Lindbergh Urges Air Instruction At West Point
Col Charles A. Lindbergh says aviation training should be essential for West Point cadets. He advocates teaching air tactics and air force practices as part of the regular military academy curriculum.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
West Point
West. Point
She Was Married But It Was Not Bigamy
Philadelphia Feb 19 Miss Jessie Jones of Glenolden wed Sam Taggart who holds the posts of chief of police fire chief building inspector street cleaning dog catcher head of licenses bureau and highways engineer of Milbourne. The marriages were not bigamy but a single man marrying many officials.
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Philadelphia
Jessie Jones
Glenolden
Bureau of Licenses
Milbourne
Sam Taggart
River Commissioner Confirmed by Senate
The Arizona Senate confirmed Samuel L Pattee of Tucson as a member of the state Colorado River Commission in an open executive session. Governor George W. P. Hunt submitted Pattee’s name last week for the post.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Senate
Samuel Lpattee
Tucson
Colorado River Commission
Pattee
George W. P. Hunt
No Clues Found in Kidnapping Mystery
Los Angeles reports no tangible clues in the disappearance of ten year old Virginia Brooks as officers detain a miner near Lebec California and release him after questioning. The search continues with no evidence linking any suspect to the alleged kidnapping.
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Los Angeles
Virginia Brooks
San Diego
Lebec
Cal
Senate backs gold price stabilizing measure in Arizona
The Arizona State Senate without dissent adopted a House joint memorial urging Congress to pass Senator Key Pittman’s resolution to stabilize silver prices. It also recommended passage of an Arizona highway patrol bill and measures on pest prevention funding, budget correlation, emergency board of pardons funding, record paper quality, and prohibitions on early quarterly appropriations.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Senate
House Joint Memorial
Congress
U. S
Key Pittman
Jones
Arizona Highway Patrol
Farmer
Kelly
Committee On Appropriations
Board of Pardons and Paroles
House
Favour
Collins
Rosa Maltoni Mussolini Honored at Novoia Cemetery
In Nuova Italy on February 19 wreaths were laid at the grave of Rosa Maltoni Mussolini mother of the Duce. The ceremony reflected public tribute amid the local cemetery scene with numerous wreaths placed on her tomb.
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Duce
Nuova
Italy
Rosa Maltoni- Mussolini
Copper Prices Edge Up on Strong Demand in New York
In New York on February 19 copper dealers lifted quotations to 10 1 4 cents per pound amid good demand. Trade reports suggested a further advance possible later this week or early next.
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New York
Swing bill backs aid for Palo Verde irrigation district
The House Irrigation Committee favorably reports the Swing bill providing government aid to the Palo Verde valley irrigation district in California.
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Washington
Palo Verde Valley
California
House Irrigation Committee
Franklin Institute to Honor Jeans and Whitney with Medals
The Franklin medal will be awarded to Sir James Hopwood Jeans of London and Dr Willis R Whitney of Schenectady New York. The Franklin Institute announced the awards will be conferred on May 2.
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Philadelphia
Franklin
America
James Hopwood Jeans
London
Willis R. Whitney
Schenectady
N. Y
Franklin Institute
Mexican dollar slides to new low as Senate signals silver price fix
The Mexican dollar fell to 19.79 cents gold in Shanghai on February 19, slipping further before slight recovery after reports from Washington that the American Senate would push for an international effort to stabilize silver prices.
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Shanghai
Washington
American Senate
Bank Robbery Nabs Two Victims in Cedarville
Two bandits abducted two men in Cedarville Kansas and forced them to aid in robbing Citizens National Bank of 7100 dollars and an unknown amount of notes and bonds on February 1.
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Cedarville
Kansas
Citizens National Bank
Mexico Customs Receipts Fall 40 Percent in January
Mexico City reports a 40 percent drop in customs receipts in January from December. Analysts see the decline as a sign of reduced imports and a potential improvement to the national trade balance.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Foster Escapes Death Penalty in Arizona Sanity Ruling
Charles R Foster of Claysville Pennsylvania avoided execution after a Pinal County Superior Court sanity hearing found him insane. The verdict came after 35 minutes of deliberation as he faced a scheduled hanging at the state prison death house. He had awaited his fate since his 1929 arrest following a motorist ride that led to the case. The ruling spared him from the gallows tomorrow as the dawn approached.
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Florence
Ariz
Charles ‘R.' Foster
Claysville
Arizona State Prison
Pinal County
Superior Court
Jess
Juryman
Foster
Gallows
J. Benson
Mike ‘Baker
Forshay Indicted by Grand Jury in Finance Case
Wilbur B. Forshay head of the W. B. Forshay Company, long tied to public utilities in the U.S. and abroad, faces a federal grand jury indictment over the sale of securities by mail. Six former officers are charged. Forshay now runs a granite quarry near Salida, Colorado. Prosecutors say further action will follow promptly.
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St, Paul, Minn
Wilbur B. Forshay
W. B. Forshay
Eapolis
United States
Canada
America
Forshay
Salida
Colo
Dame Nellie Melba Stricken By Mysterious Illness
Australian renowned soprano Dame Nellie Melba remains gravely ill at an unspecified location. Doctors in Sydney report puzzling symptoms possibly linked to a germ she reportedly contracted in Cairo last year. She sought treatment from specialists in Germany Austria France and England without relief.
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Nellie Melba
Cairo
Germany
Austria
France
England
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