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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1932
Page
1
Washington reports the new two cent tax on checks and similar instruments will be handled by banks, which will pay the tax to the treasury and debit depositors’ accounts. Counter checks are not taxed. The postal and income tax dates are outlined, with several rates taking effect in 1932.
In Buffalo Minnesota on June 8 Mrs Henry Olson’s husband ring lay buried in a potato field for two decades. Her son found the ring yesterday while hopeful searchers combed the field.
Houston fire crews concluded after a morning search that no one was hurt in a blast that wrecked a two story house. Fire officials had earlier considered the possibility that five people might have perished but later found the building vacant.
Amelia Earhart received a warm official welcome from General Italo Balbo air minister as she disembarked the army plane from Milan. Mrs John W Garrett and other officials greeted Miss Earhart and a large Italian crowd, with Mussolini planning a dinner in her honor.
Weather brief notes fair conditions tonight and Thursday with warmer readings in the northeast. Tuesday high and Wednesday low are mentioned but not specified, indicating incomplete data in the report.
One of Arizona’s finest and first commercial coal mines, 48 miles northeast of Winslow, is to open soon by Sellberg and Evans. After two years of development and winter progress, operations have begun supplying local buyers. Located near Keams Canyon road, five miles south of the Navajo reservation line, the mine reaches 150 feet into the coal seam with a seven by eight foot tunnel and offers soft general coal and a harder furnace grade. Electric coal cutters will enable separation of rock to provide high grade fuel to Winslow.
Mussolini ordered a new regulation to carry fascism into the family, reorganizing feminine fascist groups and forming units for women and girls in about 4,000 communities. Women and girls are charged with the obligations of party fighters.
New York June 8 It is reported in copper trade circles that a four cent a pound tariff on copper imports has not yet altered the curtailment program of foreign producers. If other nations impose duties the whole curtailment plan would have to be reconsidered, some industry interests say.
The Suffolk county grand jury indicted eleven individuals in the Industrial Bank and Trust Company affair. Among the named is John C. Hull head of the securities division of the state department of public utilities.
Federal Reserve reports show debits across 27 Pacific slope cities dropped about 13 percent in May from April. May total reached 1.806 billion dollars versus 2.085 billion in April, and 2.837 billion in May last year, signaling roughly one third lower activity year over year.
Des Moines Iowa June 8 The amateur Henry Field a former seed grower and radio station owner won the Republican primary for United States senator defeating incumbent Smith W Brookhart Field accused Brookhart of nepotism using franking privileges for campaign literature and of spending too much time away from senate duties on lectures
Prescott residents support circulating petitions by the Citizens Tax Relief Association of Phoenix to place an initiative on the ballot. The proposal would base state and county taxes for the next biennium on 1916-17 levels plus a population-based percentage add. A group of taxpayers gathered in Prescott last night.
Cleveland fire crews continued search for victims in the Ellington apartments after a six story blaze and explosion. A charred fifth body was recovered early today while eight tenants remained unlocated more than 24 hours after the disaster. Authorities warn the missing count may be incomplete due to unknown number of visitors.
Dr Grady Gammage president of the Arizona State Teachers College announced that five weeks into the summer session enrollment stood at 510 and he expects 600 for the full term. New Mexico entrants are expected for the second term. women outnumber men about two to one. About 80 percent of registrants are Arizona and out-of-state teachers pursuing degrees or certificate renewals.
J. G. Richland secretary treasurer of the Imperial Bank of India told the American Institute of Banking convention in Los Angeles that economic recovery depends on what the United States does to rehabilitate silver value after an eight month world tour.
Former Mayor O L Murray receives a telegram from Senator Carl Hayden in Washington stating bids will be invited for the Winslow Indian hospital project. The appropriation is continuing and will not lapse at June 30, with specifications nearly finished and ready for market.
Grace Smith widow of pilot R. J. Smith and Albert H. Pehrson were killed in a recent airplane crash. She sues Clarence Minter owner of the airport for 100000 dollars alleging the plane was defective and the left wing poorly constructed causing a collapse that sent the men through a private garage roof.
A bomb blast in a Havana public park killed a woman and a man and wounded ten others last night. Authorities reported the attack as a terrorist bombing and began a search for suspects.
In Deans, New Jersey, the Atlantic City New York Express crashed into a derailed freight last night. Twenty eight passengers were hospitalized with injuries and about twenty more bruised. two injured, engineer Frank Schock and fireman Harry McCulley, were in critical condition. Both men are from Atlantic City.
The Senate approved the Bratton-Cutting bill to pay about $1,000,000 to Indian and white settlers affected by the New Mexico Pueblo land case and sent the measure to the House for action.
In San Francisco on June 8 prosecutors faced a scare as an onlookers outburst interrupted a court appearance for Frank J. Egan the suspended public defender and two aides charged in the murder of Mrs Jessie Scott Hughes A missing pair of key witnesses in the case added to the tension and a man Edward J Cook shouted claims of being a victim from the spectators He demanded an accounting of $6000 given to Mrs Cook Cook noted his late wife had been a client of Egan and his death was linked to alcohol abuse
Bar silver held at 27 7 for the day in New York trading as buyers and sellers paused with little price movement.
Pledged votes for Roosevelt rise to 528 of 770 needed for nomination with 109 disputed votes in Pennsylvania and New York. Delegates to the Democratic convention continue to be selected in Virginia and Idaho, while the Hoover Republicans in Chicago focus on a proposed prohibition plank and Indiana and Idaho delegate selections proceed.
Ben nett Griffin of Oklahoma City and James Mattern of Fort Worth start training at Floyd Bennett Field for a globe girdling speed flight They aim to circle the world in six days and beat Post and Gatty eight days fifteen hours They sleep on navy cots in a hangar and work to stay in top shape while adding gasoline tanks to their plane
Mary Elkins Osage oil heiress was found dead in her Colorado Springs residence. Acting coroner Omer R. Gillett ruled the death from excessive liquor use, discounting violence. Once among Osage’s wealthiest, her holdings exceeded $1,000,000 with an annual income over $180,000.
Police in Washington coordinate with federal authorities as veterans gather for bonus payments. Reports say nearby army posts prepared for rising crowds. Bolling Field officers told to stay on post after noon. wives urged to avoid unescorted exits. The Communist group is said to have 2,000 members.
The newly elected Winslow City council completed its organization at yesterday afternoon’s session and Mayor W. L. Carpenter announced department committees. Routine matters were discussed as two stop signs on Winslow Avenue near Oak and Maple streets were ordered removed during vacation. A motion to abolish the dog catcher position was carried unanimously.
In TEGUCIGALPA on June 8 government troops dispersed a rebel force at La Barranca after a flare of fighting in north western Honduras. Fifty one rebels were killed and many wounded as martial law was declared in Cortes Santa Barbara and Copan while the rest of the country remained quiet.
Pittsburgh police halted an antiwar protest at the University of Pittsburgh as General Douglas MacArthur appeared for the commencement. Two students and a former student were taken to a police station in connection with the demonstration.
Paris reports Finance Minister Louis Germain Martin warned of a serious financial situation. He projected the 1932 budget deficit likely between six and seven billion francs, indicating mounting fiscal stress for the government.
A favorable report was agreed in the Senate Finance Committee on the nomination of Edgar B. Brossard of Utah for reappointment as a member of the tariff commission.
Washington June 3 the House backed Speaker Garner’s relief plan but the Senate blocked the measure. Leaders pushed a non controversial bill to allow the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to lend up to 300 million dollars to states for relief. The broader relief program includes a 500 million dollar public works bond and a 1 billion dollar expansion of the reconstruction unit, to be considered later.
In Phoenix a man reports the theft of his car and the abduction of his 10 year old son Earl who was in the vehicle. In Washington the Senate agrees to reconsider Hoover furlough plan as substitute for government pay cut and the post office announces airmail rate increase from 5 to 8 cents for the first ounce and 10 to 13 cents for each additional ounce, effective July 6, yielding about 3 million dollars yearly.
Governor Roosevelt told the Associated Press that the Democratic platform would clearly indicate a method for repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. The statement was released from New York on June 8.
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