23 Feb 1929
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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1929
Page
1
Daytona Beach February reports Jack Reed invited 13 friends to a theater party for his birthday. An elderly man, identified as John D. Rockefeller, handed Reed a dime as a surprising gesture.
A fragmented report details ballot handling flaws including folded ballots and creases. It claims Philadelphia counted more votes than voters in some districts while election officers in several districts faced criticism for counting accuracy and methods.
Glenn Sturdevant, 31, Grand Canyon Park naturalist, died in an avalanche of reports with a missing boat party after their craft overturned on the Colorado River. The search, aided by Hermit Creek and Monument Creek parties, extends as debris drifts toward Horn Creek rapids with hopes of locating the victims.
A public release from Santa Fe Shop Crafts claims a wage increase for all mechanical department employees, effective March first, amounting to five cents an hour. The raise, about 40 cents per eight hour day, targets thousands across the system from Chicago to the Pacific coast, including roughly 300 in Winslow, 80 in Prescott, and about 40 in Phoenix.
Macine Stresenreuter Culver aged 22 wed today in Chicago after reportedly rejecting nine noble men before age 17. The ceremony was reported by United Press with no further details on the groom or location.
John W. Hulbert, longtime chief executioner for New York New Jersey and Massachusetts, credited with 140 electric chair deaths, was found shot in his Auburn basement. He resigned two years earlier citing nerves and fatigue, amid a career that drew $15,000 and dangerous notoriety.
Governor Phillips says he will seek a ruling from the Attorney General on whether James B. Button legally holds the state bank examiner post. Button was appointed in November by Governor Hunt to fill the remainder of A. H. Hammons term, not for a full two years.
In the Mojave desert wilderness near Eldorado and Lost Horse mine a search for Richard Grant, 11, and his alleged abductor Harry Palmer continued with planes and mounted possemen. The hunt, 50 miles from the nearest phone, involved William J. Grant, who planned to join at Twenty Nine Palms.
President elect Hoover spends Washington’s birthday at business with focus on completing his cabinet. Thomas D. Campbell of Montana is tipped for agriculture secretary and Ira K. Letts of Providence R I for attorney general. Remaining vacancies and potential dark horse nominees loom as Hoover plans to send a slate to the Senate March 4.
Ruth Elder Art Goebel and six others were knocked down by the tail of a plane during a dedication event at Grand Central Airport Glendale California The incident occurred as D W Tomlinson prepared for takeoff injuring three of the eight witnesses and drawing a crowd of about twenty thousand observers The airport will serve as terminal for Maddux Pickwick and transcontinental Airlines
Chicago reports new clues in the Bugs Moran gang massacre as investigators seize a dismantled auto rumored to be the death car. Six men arrested near the garage tied to Capone territory while detectives trace the vehicle sale and inspect a notebook listing possible suspects.
In Congress Junction Arizona a card game and drinking bout ended with a shot to the head of an unidentified Mexican, who died instantly. Jesus LomSamo 25 a participant was arrested and jailed in Prescott. Police predicted murder charges may be filed against him Saturday as he remained noncommunicative. He was captured about a half mile from the scene.
James H. Combs, a 37 year old gambler, reported being shot twice by his wife Mrs. Combs. He left his home for his attorney’s house to exclude his wife from his will. He stated Mrs. Combs shot him and refused medical aid until she was legally disinherited.
The Senate adopted an amendment to the naval appropriation bill by 38 to 30 forcing withdrawal of American marines from Nicaragua. The move, backed by Democratic and independent Midwest senators, would bar further spending after July 1 unless a change in Nicaragua’s situation justifies action. Senator Dill urged prompt action and questioned ongoing occupation despite elections.
Los Angeles reports intensify the search for Mrs Callie Grimes linked to a morals frameup of Councilman Carl I Jacobson. A purported murder in Baldwin Hills prompts discussion as District Attorney Fitts probes a postcard claiming to locate Grimes by fishing where Aimee was fished.
Mrs. Charles Sharp confessed to kidnapping four year old Doris Virginia Murphy from a public playground last Friday afternoon. The confession clears John A. Williams of complicity and the Sharp couple returned the child unharmed to her parents after a statewide search. The discrepancy in Mrs Sharp's stories prompted Captain Matheson to seek the real identity of the kidnapper. Continued on page five.
At the seven state Boulder dam conference in Santa Fe delegates voted to abolish the publicity committee after Arizona delegate Charles Ward issued a statement without committee review. California delegate Earl Pound urged abolition, arguing the committee could not stop future incidents. no other business addressed.
United Press Transcontinental reports a thaw after a severe European cold spell. Rescue efforts dig out snow drifts several feet deep, while floods threaten Greece, Macedonia, and Turkey. Germany and Austria prepare to prevent river overflow as death tolls reach into the thousands with widespread property damage and livestock losses.
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