London Financial Heart Buoyant Amid Garden Imagery
A reflective sketch of Threadneedle Street and nearby lanes showing finance as tradition bound yet lively. It notes the Bank of England’s urban gloom, window box gardens, and flowering contrast with bustling trades in a city with firms dating back to the 15th century and the 17th fire.
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Threadneedle Street
Princes Street
Bank of England
London
British Empire
Lloyd's
Careful Fire Prevention Urged In Arizona Forests
A warning urges caution in Arizona forests as drought raises fire risk between May 20 and July 10. Foresters report past weeks of fires and urge campers and hikers to prevent blazes from campfires matches and cigarettes to protect timberlands and homesteads near Winslow.
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Arizona
Atlantic Seaboard
Winslow
State Supreme Court Upholds Tax Survey Board Critique
The court confirms the survey board work was flawed though constitutional. Maricopa County overhauls the assessment roll while other counties seek fixes. The ruling may spur repeal of House Bill 127, with broad political and fiscal implications for taxpayers and the Republican governor.
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Tax Survey Board
State Supreme Court
Maricopa County
Board of Supervisors
Survey Board
Voter Registration Surges in Navajo County Fall Elections
Navajo County reports a rise in registration with nearly 3000 voters. About half reside in Winslow. Registered citizens are urged to visit the polls on election day and cast ballots for their favored candidates.
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Navajo County
County Recorder
Winslow
Lisban shooting by Piechocosky targets world ministers
The piece reports Frank Piechocosky killed the German minister to Lisbon on arrival at the port. He aimed to shoot any minister encountered and chose Dr. Von Baligand as the victim when Lisbon officials questioned him.
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Frank Piechocosky
Lisbon
Piechocosky
von Baligand
Canary Mascot Tradition in Southern League Team Tale
A Chattanooga team in the Southern League faced a dozen pairs of canaries as club mascots, continuing a long tradition in baseball where top teams have been greeted by birds.
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Chattanooga
Canaries
Salvation Army Appeal Beginning In Winslow Arizona
Baron James V Auriemma returns after a two year absence to lead a Salvation Army fund drive in Winslow and northern Arizona. The drive runs all next week with a target of 300 dollars. Local leaders Omar D Dooms of La Posada and BEEF McCarty of the Santa Fe Albuquerque Division are among those already pledged and expected to assist.
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James V. Auriemma
Winslow
Arizona
Baron Auriemma
Salvation Army
Caron
Omar D. Dooms
la Posada
McCarty
Santa Fe Albuquerque
Mexico’s 1986 census tallies 16.4 million
Mexico City AP reports the 1986 census puts the population at 16,404,030 as of May 15, a rise of about 2,000,000 since 1921. City and state figures listed include Tamaulipas 345,677 Nueva Leon 416,175 Chihuahua 491,983 Sonora 315,312 and Lower California 47,995 with gains up to 56,000 in several northern districts.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Tamanulipag
Nueva Leon
Chihuahua
Sonora
Lower
California
Time Extended For Veterans To File For Compensation
The filing period for World War II veterans to apply for compensation was extended from 1928 to 1935 by a bill signed by President Thovex. The original act required applications by 1925.
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Washington
Thovex
Pima County Census Figures Released in 1930
Tucson June 9 AP Mrs C W Parsons census supervisor for the third Arizona district and Bonaventure Oblaster in charge of enumeration on Indian reservations announced Pima county’s 1930 population as 55 123, an increase of 20 443 or 58 9 percent since 1920. The 1920 population was 34 680. Of the total population 9 840 was listed as Indian.
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Tucson
Ariz
C. W. Parsons
Arizona
Bonaventure Oblaster
Pima County
Oblasser
Methodist bishop to preside over world service meeting
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of Chicago will preside over the annual World Service Commission meeting in Chicago on June 19 and 20. The gathering will discuss allocating 8 million dollars for evangelistic educational and medical work. The commission operates in 40 foreign countries and the United States.
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Edwin Holt Hughes
Chicago
World Service Commission
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
London Garden Faithful Welcome Spring Return Home
Londoners leave the city daily for suburban gardens, finding peace among lobelias and dahlias as spring arrives. The piece notes evergreen parks, flowering displays in Kensington Gardens, and Drapers Gardens on Throgmorton Avenue as emblematic of London's horticultural vitality. It mentions the near record floodplain growth and a local gardening craze among the financial district.
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United Press
London
Westier
England
Kensington Gardens
Drapersgardens
Throgmorton Avenue
Washington letter notes rising wet sentiment and political risk
The Washington letter reports growing support for pro prohibition referenda and constitutional repeal talk from drys like Senators Jones and Walsh. It notes Republican divisions, looming wet campaigns, and how GOP factions may push referenda to influence Congress and elections.
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Wesley Jones
Washington
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Anti-Saloon League
Jones
Walsh
Ann Morris Sheppard
Texas
Sheppard
Literary Digest
Bellingham
Wash
Congress
Republican Party
Dwight Morrow
New Jersey
Nagel Receives German Ring For Civic Loyalty
Charles Nagel of St. Louis former secretary of commerce was awarded the German ring by the institute for the promotion of German culture abroad in recognition of his alleged loyal perpetuation of the Carl Schurz tradition.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Carl Schurz
Charles Nagel
St. Louis
Institute For the Promotion of
Average of Forty-Three Homicides in State Since 1912
Arizona records from the state health board show an average of 43 homicides per year since 1912. Across 18 years there were 774 total homicides, with the peak in 1914. Firearms accounted for most deaths during statehood, with gun killings totaling 269 from 1922 to 1928.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
State Health Board
Snowera
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