Negro Held In Assault On White Girl
Herman Baker a 22 year old Negro remained in Phoenix city jail charged with criminal assault on Renaldo Theresa Brown a presumed white girl from Prescott. Frank King a 46 year old Negro is held as accomplice and witness. authorities say the incident occurred in his East Washington street residence. The victim said she was about 18 and was seeking shelter after arriving penniless from Prescott.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Herman Baker
Renaldo Theresa Brown
Prescott
Baker
Frank King
W. C. Lefebvre
M. B. Morrison
East Washington Street
Ninth and
Washington Streets
Navajo County Moves to Fourth Class Status
Navajo County adopts a 20 percent property value reduction to reach state and county valuation of about 9 million dollars. The change aims to align with other counties, offset mine and industrial property losses, and save taxpayers roughly 26 thousand dollars in state taxes. Salaries for county officers will fall slightly as expenses decrease while workload remains, with rail and landowner valuations also adjusted.
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Wavajo County
Board of Equalization
State Tax Commission
Oklahoma City Floods Prompt Red Cross Appeal
Oklahoma City faced floods from the Canadian river and Lightning Creek with a $50,000 Red Cross appeal and state funds aiding relief. Three women drowned and a 14 year old girl’s body was recovered from Lightning Creek as rescuers ferried hungry families, including 65 boys marooned in a county school.
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Red Cross
Murray
State
National Guardsmen
Stanley Rogers
Oklahoma City
Lightning Creek
Southeast 23Rd Street
J. M. Meads
South 21St Street
South 25Th Street
Santa Fe
Haasner’s Atlantic Flight Bid Opens With Flight From Croydon
Haasner launched from Croydon Airport in a 525 gallon fuel plane with a navy escort. He planned to drop small sellers over London and possibly Paris on a roughly 4375 mile jaunt to Warsaw. He expected to reach Warsaw in about 44 hours at about 100 mph with six parachute flares aboard.
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Haasner
Croydon
London
le Bourget
Paris
Warsaw
Charles A. Lindbergh
Clarence Chamberlain
Atlantic
Hausner
Conferees Reach Agreement on Revenue Bill Provisions
Conferees completed a compromise revenue bill retaining excise taxes on lubricating oils toilet goods furs automobiles and parts jewelry yachts motorboats radios phonographs and other levies. The one cent gasoline tax and stock transfer tax were debated with printing delays pushing House approval to tomorrow. Experts estimate the bill adds about 1.117 billion dollars in new revenue to balance the budget aided by the pending economy bill. House conferees surrendered on most Senate additions.
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House
Senate
Ballantine
The
Treasury
Bonus seekers camp in Anacostia fields
Nearly 400 veterans from New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis slept under the open sky in Anacostia after being moved by truck and patrol wagon. Local authorities, pressed by scarce feeding funds, faced a distant goal as only 113 House members had signed the petition for a vote on paying 2 billion dollars of veteran bonus principal.
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Anacostia
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
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Burt Olney
Spaghett
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Imperial
Crystal
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William
Central Drug
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