City Council Debates Water System and Franchise Renewal
Winslow city council decides against purchasing the Santa Fe water distribution system and plans to renew the franchise, placing the onus on Santa Fe to initiate transfer. The meeting also considers condemning Santa Fe railroad land for Second Street extension and bonds to pave alleyways, with action tabled for further study.
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Winslow
Santa Fe
Stanley Watkins
The
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Williamson Avenue
East Second Street
State Highway
Williamson
Snyder Avenues
Second Street
P. A. Sawyer
Warren Avenues
Bids Exceed Lee's Ferry Bridge Budget by Large Margin
Four bidders for the Grand Canyon bridge at Lee's Ferry in Coconino County submitted bids to the State Highway Department that greatly exceed available funds. The Kansas City Structural Steel Company led with a low bid of 310,684 for the first alternate, with other bids at 323,290 and 319,577.50. Add-ons totaling about 16,000 were not included, meaning the lowest total would exceed appropriations by roughly 41,000. bids kept under advisement for 10 days.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Lee's Ferry
Coconino County
State Highway Department
W. C. Lefebvre
Kansas City Structural Steel Company
Kansas City
Missouri
Flag Day Proclaimed for June 14 in Coolidge Speech
President Coolidge urges national observance of Flag Day next Tuesday June 14. He quotes liberty and Union and defends freedom of thought under the Constitution while praising the flag as the symbol of national ideals and justice.
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Washington
Coolidge
General Topete Predicts Better Business on Coast
General Fausto Topete arrives in Los Angeles after winning the Sonora gubernatorial race. He says Sonora’s development will boost Pacific coast business and US southwest industry, aided by the Southern Pacific line linking Nogales to Guadalajara. Topete, a longtime military figure, backs General Obregon for president.
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General
Topete
Los Angeles
Sonora
California
Pacific
Fausto Topete
Mexico
Nogales
Guadalajara
United States
Republic
Alejo Bay
Topcete
Revolutionary Army
Alvaro Obregon
Black Canyon seeks freight line transfer to Prescott route
The Black Canyon fast freight line applies to the Corporation Commission for authority to transfer its Phoenix to Prescott freight route via the Black Canyon road under the Arizona California Transfer company. The commission will hear the application Thursday morning, June 9.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Black Canyon
Corporation Commission
Prescott
Black Canyon Road
Arizona California Transfer Company
Americans in Berlin Welcome Columbia Flight
Berlin crowds of about 150000 cheered Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine as they landed the Belanca Columbia at Tempelhofer field. A brass band played to mark the moment and police kept order while officials and diplomats were checked for admission.
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Berlin
Tempelhofer Airdrome
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
Hussar
New York And Back To Coast In 7 Days
San Francisco businessman Louis B. Miller completed a 6700 mile round trip from the Pacific coast to New York City and back in seven days setting a new cross country and round trip motor travel record. He left San Francisco a week earlier and arrived in Los Angeles today after driving via New York City where he spent only a minute. Officials said the trip exceeded the previous cross country record by three hours and 45 minutes and also broke the round trip record.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
New York City
Louis B. Miller
San Francisco
Miller
Western Union
Metropolis
Automobile Company
Weather summary for Arizona shows fair conditions
The forecast for Wednesday and Thursday calls for generally fair skies with little temperature change across Arizona. Winds remain light and no significant precipitation is expected in most counties.
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Arizona
New Warning Predicts More Flood Trouble
A fresh Mississippi rising flood forecast warns Louisiana floods may persist to July. The Red Cross reports 2,000 people displaced from the St Francis basin as new floods hit Arkansas Missouri and Illinois with refugees moving toward camps on levees.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Red Cross
Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Tensas
Atchafalaya
Sugar Bowl
Fteld
St. Francis River
Madrid Bend
Tiptonville
Hickman Ky
Dog Tooth Bend
Dreisberg
Tenn
Jugo Slavia Under Martial Law Decree
Reports from Belgrade indicate no hostilities expected with Albania, but Belgrade has converted into an armed camp. A crown council is summoned as troops are drafted for Hungarian Italian and Albanian frontiers and martial law will be proclaimed nationwide.
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Vienna
Australia
Korpost Torrespondent Bureau
Belgrade
Jugo Slavia
Albania
Lindbergh to Receive Hubbard Medal from National Geographic Society
Airman Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh to be awarded the Hubbard medal for epochal aviation achievement. The National Geographic Society honors him as a private citizen for flying New York to Paris. Presentation will occur later, likely by President Coolidge.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Memphis
Hubbard
National Geographic Society
Richard Byrd
Coolidge
North Pole
Lindbergh
New York
Paris
President Coolidge
Byrd
Admiral Peary
Roald Amundsen
Robert A. Bartlett
Grove Carl Gilbert
Ernest H. Shackleton
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Cherbourg
Atlantic
A. C. Read
Hampton Roads Naval Air Station
Newfoundland
Azores
Portugal
England
House of Representatives
Fort Myer
Potomac River
Orville Wright
Atlantic Ocean
Call For Early Special Session In Arizona Debated
Governor Hunt heard a verbal report on Maricopa county legislators views after a Monday night joint Democratic and Republican meeting held in Rep. I T Mahons office. Attendees feared any statement could derail hopes for action on a new highway bill and immediate relief of highway debts. A written memorandum of the meeting was forthcoming.
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Phoyninx
Ariz
Hunt
Maricopa County
BD. H. Gibbs
I. T. Mahon
Governoor Hunt
Holbrook to Eager Phoenix Flight Line Hearing
Holbrook Arizona applicant Gabp Jin Inc. seeks authority to operate a geameter flight line from Holbrook to Hager. The application will be heard by the Corporation Commission on June 14.
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Phoenix. Ariz. Gabp
Jin Inc
Cosby
Tie Corporation Commission
Iit Ority
Geameter
Holbrook
Hager
Pie
Tie Comission
Levine faces mail law trouble over trans Atlantic flight
Charles A. Levine, linked to his flight with Clarence Chamberlin, is under scrutiny as postmaster Sealy of Hempstead Long Island is investigated for canceling 250 air mail stamps carried by Levine. The stamps, valued at about $1,009 each to collectors, were cancelled and delivered to unauthorized recipients. Postal officials briefed Washington on Sealy’s actions and potential improprieties surfaced about air mail feasibility to Europe.
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Washington
Charles A. Levine
Air
Clarence Chamberlin
Sealy
Hempstead
Long Island
Levine
Atlantic
Columbia
Post Office Department
United States
Postmater
Weithus aviation society honors American aviators
The aviation society of Weithus elected Clarence of Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine as honorary members. In Peitz, near Klinge, the city council presented a sheep skin to the American aviators and a public address praised the successful flight from United to ? Ghentine.
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Noetbus
Germany
Aviation Society of
Weithus
Clarence of
Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Couneill
Peitz
Klinge
Columbia
Germanuy
Ghentine Aps
Assassination of Soviet Minister Volkoff Stuns Poland
In Warsaw a Russian student killed Soviet minister Peter Volkoff on a Central Station platform as A P Rose-engolz waited for a Moscow-bound train. The youth, Paris Keneeda, 19, claimed he acted alone for monarchist aims. Poland fears strains in Russo-Polish relations and references past Riga treaty issues and Vilna's status.
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Warsaw
Poland
Jone
Peter Votkoti
A. P. Roseengolz
London
Moscow
Paris Keneeda
Doland
Vilna
Volkoff
M. Volkoff
Russia
Switzerland
Soviet Union
Vorovsky
M. Volketf
Soviet
Foreign Office
Zaleski
Riga
Lithuania
Zvanoffs
Sckoloff
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