Hoover selects Mitchell for attorney general as Donovan departs
President-elect Hoover names William D. Mitchell as attorney general after Donald Donovan declines a cabinet post. Donovan returns to private life amid speculation James W. Good may become secretary of war. Cabinet completion expected by tomorrow with Senate submission anticipated.
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Lindbergh and Anne Morrony Escape Serious Plane Crash
Col Charles Lindbergh and his fiancé Miss Anne Spencer Morrony survived a midair mishap near a Mexico City airfield. Lindbergh returned to inspect the plane at 6 2 p m while Miss Morrony, shaken, rode to the embassy with Ambassador Dwight W Morrow. Officials called the crash the narrowest escape.
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Dickie Grant to Return Home After Kidnap Case
Dickie Grant, the 11 year old boy found with kidnapper Harry Palmer in Roswell New Mexico, will reach Los Angeles Friday in custody of Captain Butch Allen and Fred Phillips. The Grant family awaits at their home amid relief and disbelief over the boy's statements and the kidnapping accusation.
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Roswell
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Harry Palmer
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Palmer
Forest roads plan outlined for Coconino National Forest
Ed Millex supervisor of the Coconino National Forest spoke to Winslow Rotary Club about forest highways and department aims. He used a large map to show forest road projects and how proposed highways fit forest needs, noting the Canyon Diablo Mormon Lake route is untenable for the department. Continued on Page Five.
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Federal funds earmarked for Arizona buildings
Phoenix dispatch reports congressional plans include fifty thousand dollars for a Yuma federal building and eighty five thousand for a San Luis border inspection station within a total of three hundred ninety eight million dollars for national public buildings. Also proposed costs cover Phoenix seven hundred thousand, Tucson five hundred forty thousand, Prescott two hundred thirty five thousand, and a Douglass border station sixty five thousand with recommendations from Mellon and the Postmaster General.
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Mine products face six per cent occupation tax bill
Representative S. O. Williams of Graham county introduced in the Arizona house a bill imposing a six percent occupation tax on total mine production. The tax would apply to every metal mined in the state. Leaders predict the measure will meet strong opposition.
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Phoenix
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Elvan S Lines Named State Dairy Commissioner
DATRY, COMMISSIONER PHOENIX Ariz Feb 27 Elvan S Lines of Gilbert today was appointed state dairy commissioner effective March 1.
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Chaplin Seriously Ill With Intestinal Flu
Hollywood Feb 27 Charlie Chaplin, famed screen star, is reported seriously ill with intestinal influenza. Dr Cecil Reynolds, his physician, says isolation is ordered and the recovery is expected though his condition is uncomfortable and production on City Lights has halted.
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Want Politics Out Of State Institutions
United Press Transcontinental Wire reports a Phoenix Arizona bill to remove state institutions from politics. The plan creates a three member state board of control appointed by the governor, bans employees from political activity, and requires at least one woman on the board with a $10 daily tech support and a $15,000 start for implementation.
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Rotary Meet Expected For District Conference
About 400 delegates from 30 clubs are expected to attend the fifth annual conference of the 45rd district international Rotary in Globe Arizona April 15 and 16. International President Thomas Susston and past presidents Harry Rovers of Tulsa and Crawford C McCullough of Fort William Ontario will attend.
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GLOBE
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International Rotary
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Harry Rovers
Tulsa
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Plot To Kill Cuba President Warned By Police
Havana reports a plot to assassinate President Gerardo Machado and trigger a nationwide revolution possibly inviting U.S. intervention. Police chief Alonso Furs presented anti-government literature in court, eight arrests made, seventy three people said involved, with ongoing city and province searches and more arrests expected.
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Gerardo Machado
United States
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Mexico To Push War Against Religious Rebels
General Francisco R. Manzo, head of the Sonora division, is shifted to Vera Cruz to lead operations there. General Pablo Macias moves to Chihuahua and General Ferreira is replaced by Macias. A broad mobilization is ordered for a large push against rebels in Jalisco Colima and Guanajuato beginning March 1.
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Santa Cruz Court Opens With Two Felonies On Docket
Nogales Ariz Feb 27 two felonies and a civil suit will confront the new Santa Cruz county trial jury at the opening of court Tuesday.
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City council seeks repair on Wickenburg-Eheren burg road
Glendale Arizona February 17 council passes resolution asking state lawmakers to repair the Wickenburg Eheren burg road. The move signals urgency for better throughway and state funded project.
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Cragin emerge as key figure in Boulder dam talks
At the Boulder dam conference in Santa Fe New Mexico Charles Cragin chief engineer of the Salt River project Arizona arrived to boost support for a tri state compact to clear the way for Boulder dam construction California and Nevada delegates grew hopeful while Arizona officials warned the Swing Johnson law holds ambiguities and illegitimate provisions Arizona Mason Ross voiced doubts about the law but Cragin's influence was seen as pivotal by conferees
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Former Fiance Elopement Fallout Reaches Oakland
In Phoenix a group linked to the Thorne Gillespie elopement discussed next steps while Big Boy George remained in Hollywood. Reports say reconciliation between Katherine Thorne and former fiancé Clymer Bowen failed and Bowen has departed for Oakland with Katherine’s diamond solitaire, planning a hunting trip in California.
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Jury Delivers Verdict in Holbrook Case
A courtroom in Holbrook Arizona heard testimony about a defendant and his family. The report notes the judge handed down a sentence while the defendant's son was present in the cell. Details remain fragmented from the OCR text.
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Man Freed After Wrongful Kidnapping Arrest
John A Williams, once jailed as a kidnapping suspect, is released after the real kidnapper, Mrs Dha Sharp 30, is arraigned. Williams, a trusted United States mint employee, had feared reuniting with Baby Doris in his arms, a scene he imagined during his imprisonment.
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