Queen of the Rodeo Contest Opens for Meteor City Roundup
Meteor City prepares for a Queen of the Rodeo contest to run from June 8 to July 3 with tickets sold for rodeo days. Henry Aldrich, Rodeo Director, says the top seller will reign on a parade float and receive free rodeo admission for the three days, with second and third prizes. Winslow Music House handles tickets priced at 1 dollar and Lions Club members oversee the program.
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Meteor City
Henry Aldrich
Winslow Music House
Lions Club Committee
LaPrade
East Second Street
Aldrich
Order Pomeroy and Harris Put Under Arrest
The report cites a complaint about the adjutant general's office in Arizona. Governor Hunt asked the attorney general to examine a $533.23 warrant, alleging fraud against the state and requesting Maricopa county attorney take proper steps for prosecution. interconnected officials included Pomeroy Harris and predecessors.
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Pomeroy and
Harris
John C. Phillips
George W. P . Hunt
Phillips
Pomeroy
Hunt
K. Berry Peterson
Adjutant General's Department
W. W. Brookner
Adjutant General's Office
Peterson
Andrews
Arizona
Maricopa County
Jail Sentence Is Facing Al Capone
P Madden head of the internal revenue special intelligence dept said over 1000 people were interviewed. A total income of 1 038 654.84 was charged for 1924 to 1929 inclusive but agents say this does not reflect Capone's exact income. U S Attorney George E O Johnson, who has won all gangster tax convictions, is ready for the supreme test.
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P. Madden
Special Intelligence Department
Internal Revenue Department
Madden
Capone
United States
George E. O. Johnson
Local Boy Declines Naval Academy Appointment
Mrs. T. C. Garrett reports her son Dennis Sweeney received an appointment offer to the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis from Senator Henry F. Ashurst. Sweeney, then a student, chose not to pursue the academy and remains in local schooling.
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U.S. Naval Academy
T. C. Garrett
Henry F. Ashurst
Dennis Sweeney
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Sweeney
Lindbergh May Make Arctic Hop
The report notes a possible Arctic flight by Lindbergh with a tent, rubber boat, two months of food and radio gear. It references prior attempts along the northern great circle by Army round-the-world fliers, Von Gronau in a Dornier, Parker Cramer and Bert Hassell from Rockford, and other expeditions by Sir Hubert Wilkins and Captain Albin Ahrenberg seeking Amundsen after the Italia wreck.
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Great Circle
Army
von Gronau
Parker Cramer
Bert Hassell
Rockford, Ill
Greenland
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Albin Ahrenberg
Amundsen
Arizona Ships 7 700 Cattle During April
Arizona ranches shipped 7700 head of cattle in April to California 6828 New Mexico 113 Old Mexico 38 New York 224 Colorado 61 and Utah 52 along with 14652 head intrastate including horses mules and hogs. Slaughter in three northern counties Apache 35 Coconino 90 Navajo 147.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Mexico
Arizona Ranches
State Livestock Board
California
New Mexico
Old Mexico
New York
Colorado
Utah
Apache
Coconino
Navajo
University official declines appointment amid education plans
The University of Missouri at Columbia declined the appointment after an February 1929 application, as Mrs. Garrett said her son changed plans and chose to finish his education there and pursue another career.
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University of Missouri At Columbia
Garrett
Stillman Divorce Secrets Stir Wendy McCormick Marriage
James A. Stillman denied remarrying as wife Mrs. Stillman wed Harold F. McCormick in Cantico Hills after a high profile divorce. The ceremony at Rockefellers Cantico site followed years of publicized marital trouble with no alimony details disclosed.
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James A. Stillman
Poughkeepsie
Europe
Mrs. Stillman
Stillman
McCormick
Dean Accused of Failing to Safeguard KU Students
Lawrence Kas June 6 University of Kansas officials and law enforcement defended Henry Werner dean of men after a district judge held him at fault for not safeguarding students from liquor law temptations. Judge G A Roberts sentenced Kansas City students E E Tate and George Tooley to six months in county jail.
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Clathe
Kas
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Henry Werner
G. A. Roberts
E. E. Tate
George Tooley
Kansas City
Dean Werner
First Indian Band Concert This Evening at Santa Fe Park
The opening summer band concert of the A. T. and S. F. Railroad Shops band will be at the band stand in Santa Fe Park at 7:50 PM. Director David Blackhoop announced nine numbers with possible additions. The band is billed as the Real American Band of pure Americans and is made up entirely of full blood Indians from Cherokee, Laguna, Sioux, Hopi, Navajo, Oneida and Jemez tribes. Weekly concerts are planned for Saturdays all summer.
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A. T. & S. F. Railroad Shops
Santa Fe Park
David Blackhoop
Real American Band of
Minneapolis
Laguna
Blackhoop
Armour wins Open as British console at Scots born American
London observers note Tommy Armour is Scottish by birth and refuse to view him as an American. Jurado’s late slip sparks sympathy as Armour secures the Open title for the eighth straight year for an American. The Morning Post ponders what separates American from top British golfers.
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London
America
Tommy Armour
Armour
Jose Jurado
Jurado
The
Morning Post
Slot Machine Fines Reach 308 in County Case Final
Eight slot machines were seized in Winslow two weeks earlier by sheriff’s investigators. Justice J. B. Drumm fined defendants amounting to 300 after guilty pleas. Machines were confiscated and disposed of by Sheriff L. D. Divelbess and County Attorney C. D. McCauley with notices of stricter action forthcoming.
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J. B. Drumm
Winslow
Justice Court
L. D
Dan” Divelbess
C. D. McCauley
Boy Electrocuted Climbing Power Line Pole
Ten year old Harry Bell Huddleston climbed a steel power line pole despite playmates warnings and was killed when he touched a live high voltage wire. The incident occurred yesterday in Glendale Arizona.
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Glendale
Ariz
Harry Bell Huddleston
Navajo County Boys Shine in Livestock Judging Contest
Navajo County earns top spots with first team finishes in livestock judging and poultry events. Eugene Hanson places first in individual honors, with Dean Miller noted as first individual in another division. Contestants span two divisions aged 10 to 14 and 15 to 20.
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Pima County
Maricopa County
Graham County
Navajo County
Eugene Hanson
Navajo
Maricopa
Leonard Richards
Dean Miller
Child Fatally Struck by Car in Glendale Incident
A 10-year-old Mexican boy Eduardo Pedroza was killed in Glendale when he darted into traffic and was hit by a car driven by 23 year old Kenneth Glenn. The tragedy occurred as authorities investigated the fatal accident and identified the victim.
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Glendale
Ariz
Eduardo Pedroza
Kenneth Glenn
Permit Granted for Archaeology Work in Arizona Forests
The Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art receives a two year permit to conduct archaeological survey and test pits in the Apache, Creek and Coronado National Forests of Arizona under supervision of Arthur Woodward. The permit does not authorize removal of artifacts without a separate permit. Governor Hunt had protested earlier but the USDA forester approved the application with conditions.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George W. P. Hunt
E. A. Sherman
United States Forester
Washington
Arthur M. Hyde
Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art
Apache, Creek and Coronado National
Arizona
Sherman
Hunt
API
Smithsonian Institution
Arthur
Woodward
Los Angeles _ Musseum
Ben Wetherill
Kayenta
Agriculture
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Lewis Stone
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