Big Bill Thompson Victorious in Chicago Mayoral Primary
Mayor William Hale Thompson known as The Builder rode to a decisive win in Chicago's Republican mayoral primary overcoming Judge John H. Lyle and others. Thompson led with 296 242 votes to Lyle's 228 401 while alderman A F Albert and others trailed. The flamboyant 63 year old promised to keep up his high profile campaign style despite skeptics.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Sir Bill
John
H. Lyle
Lyle
A. F. Albert
G. K. Schmidt
Eugene McCaffrey
George of England
Prohibition Agent Freeman Long Released After San Francisco Shooting
Prohibition undercover agent Willard Long, who admitted shooting Manuel Perry, was released on $500 bail. Perry, alleged proprietor of a waterfront bootleg establishment, lies in critical condition. Perry and Tony Avila had said Long acted without provocation. Long claimed self defense after being attacked by Avila and several stevedores. Colonel George Seaver stated Long acted within his duties.
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San Francisco
Manuel JE. Perry
Willard Long
Prohibition
Perry
Long
Los Angeles
Tony Avila
George Seaver
Fire destroys mill in Victoria costing 250000
Fire swept the Cameron Lumber mill in Victoria British Columbia early today causing an estimated 250000 in damage. About two hundred workers were left jobless as the blaze, believed to start from friction on a conveyor belt drive, consumed the plant.
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Victoria
B. C
Cameron Lumber Company
Half Million Lost As Pier Is Burned
Providence officials report the state pier built in 1914 at 530000 dollars burned early today. The Fabre liner Patria had cargo unloaded yesterday when the fire destroyed the structure. Losses are estimated at over half a million dollars.
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Providence
R. I
State Pier
Weather Outlook for New Mexico and Arizona
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Winds may be light across the region.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Senate passes stock watering measures and relief aid
In Phoenix on February 25 the Arizona Senate approved two measures and introduced five more. The Senate unanimously passed a bill shielding reservoirs and dams used for watering stock from certain state regulations, marking the first time all members voted on a measure this session. A relief bill granting 220 dollars for burial costs in Graham County also cleared 19 to 0, while Senator Haldiman proposed a plumbing code under state direction.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Senate
House
Kelly
D. O. Martin
Melvin Hoopes
Graham County
Appropriation for Fort Apache Indians Asked by President
President Hoover recommended Congress appropriate 143000 dollars for Fort Apache Indians Arizona for general support and administration rather than levying the amount on tribal trust funds. A budget director Roop letter explains 1932 tribal revenues may be deficient due to lumbering suspensions, with 18000 earmarked for telephone line construction and repair.
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Washington
Fort Apache
Arizona
Interior Department
Congress
Hoover
Roop
Robbers hit Hastings National Bank in 27,000 dollar heist
In Hastings Nebraska three men robbed the Hastings National Bank today. They bound and gagged thirteen employees including three women and escaped with about 27000 dollars. Police search ongoing.
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Hastings, Neb
Hastings National Bank
Four Die As Train Plunges Into Mobile River
Four trainmen died when the northbound Pan-American train No. 98 plunged 40 feet through an open draw of the Mobile river bridge near Mobile Alabama at 12 50 a m. The wreck occurred as a passing tugboat was nearby officials planned a careful check to confirm if any passengers were aboard the club car engineers Arthur Ingram J N Vaughn Morsomery and an unnamed diver perished at the scene. no passengers were reported killed or injured.
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Mobile
Ala
Louisville and Nashville Railway
Cincinnati
H. P. Hearon
Mobile-New Orleans
Tailway
Arthur N. Ingram
J. N. ‘Vaughn
Weather Report Notes Rain Snow Across State
The Phoenix Weather Bureau reports heavy rain in parts of the state with considerable snow in higher mountain regions near Hagar. Over three feet of snow remains at Bright Angel while vegetation greens in the Salt River area. Oranges bloom in the Yuma valley and water quality is good at Helbrook.
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Mountain
Hagar
Bright Angel
Helbrook
Pinedale
Whiteriver
Salt River
Yume Valley
Broker Sacrifices Life For Family Independence
Cincinnati report says Lawrence Act, a 1945 law graduate and former broker tied to his father in a wholesale millinery business, killed himself claiming a life insurance valued at 1.5 million dollars for his family. He was the son of Samuel Ach, a Hamilton County commissioner.
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Cincinnati
Lawrence Act
Samuel Ach
Hamilton County
Photographers Held In Graveyard Bloodshed Case
Irene Schroeder and Glenn Dague were buried in Rose Hill cemetery after execution for slaying a Pennsylvania state policeman. Four photographers from New York and Pittsburgh were jailed briefly to prevent bloodshed as they attempted to document the funeral cortege. Sheriff Duff explained the move followed protests from the dead woman’s relatives who warned of violence.
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Bellaire
Irene Schroeder
Glenn Dague
Pennsylvania
Rose Hill
Here
Charles Hoff
New York Mirror
Arthur Chapman
Pittsburgh Sun- Telegraph
W. L. Rhodes
New York Journal
Ed Brewer
New York Daily News
Howard A. Duff
Duff
John Crawford
Trene
Verde bond issue upheld by state supreme court
The Verde River Irrigation and Power District $23,000,000 bond issue was upheld by the state supreme court yesterday. District officials announced $15,500,000 in securities to finance work developing 85,000 acres will be sold immediately.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Verde River
State Supreme Court
Two Death-Plot Attempts Target Cuba President Machado
Two assassination bids against President Machado in Havana failed within 48 hours. A sentry at the presidential residence was arrested after a bomb vent incident harmed only property. A youth with a pistol was seized during the inauguration address at the new Capitol valued at $18,000,000.
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Havana
Machado
Emilio Obregon
Kellums Seek 180 Million Dollars in Talkie Patent Case
Orlando E. Kellum and Mary G. Kellum sue 11 motion picture firms and six John Doe companies in federal court for 180 million dollars in damages alleging infringement of a talking motion picture synchronization process patented in February 1919. They claim about 60 million dollars in exemplary damages and say the invention has earned roughly 260 million dollars for users.
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Los Angeles
Orlando E. Kellum
Mary G. Kellum
Kellums
John Doe
Kellum
Kingman to Host Next Stage Bus Hearing on Old Trails Route
The State Corporation Commission adjourned the Pickwick Greyhound Stages intrastate route hearing to reconvene in Kingman on March 2. Company representatives presented testimony showing demand for service. Additional hearings are set for Flagstaff on March 3 and Holbrook on March 4.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Corporaten Commission
Pickwick Greyhound Stages
Old Trails
Arizona
Kingman
Flagstaff
Holbrook
Twins Born to Mrs W H Vanderbilt in New York
Mrs William H Vanderbilt wife of a Rhode Island state senator became mother of twin girls last night. Both mother and daughters were reported doing well today. Vanderbilt who married in December 1929 is a fourth generation descendant of Commodore Cornelius Van derbilt.
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New York
William H. Vanderbilt
Rhode Island
Vanderbilt
Anne Gordon Colby
Everett Colby
West Orange
N. J
Mr. Vanderbilt
Commodore
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Fourth fugitive captured after Arizona prison break
Louis Lanard, part of the Arizona state prison escape crew, was captured at Glendale by Sheriff J R McFadden. Lanard was the fourth of 16 to be retaken after escaping during a baseball game. Hayward Lewis and Frank Williams, both convicted burglars, were arrested nearby. all were returned to prison as authorities fought a running gun fight with a suspect believed shot in the leg.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Louis Lanard
Arizona
Glendale
Here
J. R. McFadden
Maricopa County
Lanard
Hayward Lewis
Frank Williams
Lewis
Williams
Cochise County
Maricopa
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Griffith Named In 601000 Damage Suit For Assault
Actress Fern Setril files a civil suit in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging criminal assault by David Wark Griffith 51. She seeks 500000 actual damages 100000 punitive damages and 1000 medical costs tied to an alleged June incident after meeting Griffith during studio rounds in search of work. Griffith reportedly is in New York.
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Los .Angeles
David Wark Griffith
Fern Setril
Miss Setril
Griffith
Defendant
Ann Rutledge
Abraham Lincoln
New York
Package explosion injures man in Mexico City
A man exiting a car on a downtown street corner in Mexico City lost two fingers when a package he held exploded. Police believe the item was a bomb. He received first aid at a drug store but fled before officers arrived.
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Mexico City
Nine Firemen Hurt In Oakland Flames
Nine firemen were injured and 500 theatre patrons were led to safety as a three story building burned in Oakland California. Firemen battled the blaze amid three explosions and shattered windows with damage estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Oakland
Cal
Corporation Commission Collects For February Half
Phoenix report states the three divisions of the Arizona Corporation Commission collected 1585.99 for the first half of February, raising the fiscal year total to 37513.19. The incorporating department added 1078.80, investment division 416.69, and insurance division 90.50. Funds were transferred to the general fund.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Corporation Commission
Incorporating Department
General Fund
Market Advances Halted After Bull Run
The New York stock market opened mixed then fell sharply after midday as prices slipped 2 to 7 a share. Electric power and motion picture stocks led the declines while mail order issues provided temporary support before the downturn.
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New York
Riots Mark International Unemployment Day in Europe
Riots occurred in about a dozen European cities as International Unemployment Day was observed. Police prepared in advance and, while demonstrations touched factory towns, few injuries were reported with under twenty people hurt in street clashes.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Paris
Berlin
Europe
State Auditor Takes Arizona Anticipation Bonds to New York
Ann Frohmiller has taken 2,000,000 in Arizona tax anticipation bonds to New York for presentation to R. W. Pressprich and company successful bidders for the sureties at the sale held recently. The bonds were purchased by the New York concern at par and the state must pay two percent interest on the sureties which expire June 24. Twenty bonds in 100,000 denominations were sent east with the auditor.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ann Frohmiller
Arizona
New York
R. W
Man Arrested For Displaying Of A Woman's Nude Body
In Rahway New Jersey police questioned William M Frazer 31 in the disappearance of Mrs Phoebe Stader 33 after reports he lugged a woman's nude body in a car and exhibited it to several people He was arrested for questioning in Raleigh North Carolina and his wife Hilda Frazer and cousin Ire Jensen 20 provided statements that Frazer drove to their homes on February 18 saying he had slain Mrs Stader and showed what he claimed was the body threatening self harm.
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Rahway
William M. Frazer
Raleigh
N. C
Phoebe - Stader
Hilda Frazer
Ire Jensen
Frazer
Stader
Nationwide temperance groups urge unified states drive
In Washington on February 25, Ernest Cherrington led a national conference of 33 prohibition groups to form centralized state units promoting the eighteenth amendment. The move targets the 1932 election with plans for a board to push dry planks in party platforms, though objections to a national treasury loomed.
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Washington
National Conference of Organizations
Ernest Cherrington
Fry Conference
Davis Denies He Was Paid Lobbyist
Senator Davis testified before the Senate Lobby Committee denying any lobbying for or against a sugar tariff or accepting funds. He claimed reports tying him to a $100,000 to $150,000 payment from a domestic sugar company were a lie. Davis also disclosed stock holdings in Cellotex, maker of sugar cane by products, and said he never discussed the tariff with Cellotex president B G Dahlberg.
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Washington
Davis
Senate Lobby Committee
Pennsylvania Republican
Cellotex
B. G. Dahlerg
Five Die Twenty Hurt In Still Explosion At Ozama Distillery
Five persons were killed and twenty injured in an explosion at the Ozama distillery in Villa Duarte near Santo Domingo. Damage totaled 109700 dollars. Bar silver quoted at 265 8 in New York.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Ozama
Villa Duarte
New York
Two California Women Charged in Lumberman Poison Death
In Los Angeles two women faces murder charges over the poison death of 81 year old lumberman Carl Lindstrom. Esther Carlson 61 and Anna Erickson 42 were ordered to a March 6 preliminary hearing and held without bail. District attorney plans to probe related deaths of Carlson’s husband and A Ahlzen 80 in Hemet California.
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Los Angeles
Esther, Carlson
Anna Erickson
Carl A. Lindstrom
Lumber Cealer
August Lindstrom
Arizona
Esther Carlson
Lindstrom
Lomita
George Stahlman
Hemet
Cal
Arizona House names trio to push key bills
In Phoenix, Speaker Hannon appointed a three member committee to advance major legislation with fourteen working days left and over 140 bills on hand. Chair Charles McQuillan of Navajo county and members W. G. Rosenbaum of Gila and Edward S. Bohlinger of Santa Cruz serve on the panel.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Hannon
Charles McQuillan
Navajo County
W.G. Rosenbaum
Gila
Edward S
Edward S. ‘Bohlinger ‘of Santa Cruz Serving As‘members. John McCormick, of Gila
Harry. J
Serte al Road
Cochise County
Coxon Ae
Laci
Fire Destroys Store as Downtown Los Angeles Blaze Strikes
A downtown Los Angeles fire caused estimated 250 000 in damage at a St Newberry department store. Six firefighters were overcome by smoke but revived. Three employees were rescued after alarms were spread by hotel guests alarmed by the crackling flames. Smoke damaged surrounding buildings and traffic snarled for hours.
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Los Angeles
St. Newberry
Simpson Indicted for Torture Murder in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO February 25 by Charles A Simpson an 18 year old faced indictment for the torch murder of Mrs Albina C Voorhies a grocery store proprietor. Authorities prepared for a speedy trial after the county grand jury voted to indict Simpson following his confession admitting he bound and burned the woman after entering her store to rob her. He claimed loot totaled 3 dollars.
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San Francisco
Charles A.simpson
Simpson
Kennedy Re-Elected Leader of Grand Canyon Chamber
James Kennedy has been re-elected president of the Williams Grand Canyon Chamber of Commerce for the fourth consecutive time. R M Hoffman was chosen as vice president W L Lindblom was re-elected secretary and E R Byers was re-elected treasurer.
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Williams
James Kennedy
Williams-Grand Canyon Chamber of Commerce
R. M. Hoffman
W. L. Lindblom
E. R Byers
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Thompson
Chica
Dr. Accent Vald
Y Arch LC
Winslow
Chicago’s Choice
Haldiman
Ft. Apache
Phoenix Weather Bureau
Verde
Cuba
W.H. Vanderbilt
Ecaptur
Corporation Commission
Ommittee Importan
John F. Chester
California
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