Suspect Identified in Train Wreck Attempt Near Penzance
Santa Fe reports special officers identified Cantos Candelay as Perfecto Ramirez, with a Utah and Kansas record, held in Winslow jail after an attempt to wreck Train 21 near Penzance. Fingerprints linked Candelay to a 1930 Salt Lake City assault arrest and a Lansing prison escape, with ongoing checks to confirm any Kansas revival of charges.
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Santa Fe
Winslow City
Smith
Candelay
Salt Lake City
Kansas
Lansing
Kan
Utah
Fitts and Whelan's Follies Crowd Pantages Case
In San Diego on June 16 arguments to the jury in the girl market case continued as the trial of theatre magnate Alexander Hantages and three others neared completion. Attorney L H McKinney urged labeling the proceedings Fitts and Whelan's Follies. District Attorney Tom Whelan prosecuted the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AN Diego
Alexander Hantages
L. H. McKinney
Fitts
Whelan
Tom Whelan
Mexican Railways to Hold Talks with Canadian Officials
General Juan Andreu Almazan Mexican secretary of communications recovering at Mayo Clinic Rochester Minn will meet Canadian railroad officials in New York City for a conference on the Mexican national railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Juan Andeu Almazan
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
New York City
Mexican National Railways
Former Gila Judge To Show Reason For Not Being Disbarred
George W. Shute former Superior court judge of Gila county faces a show cause order before Federal Judge Fred C. Jacobs on August 3. He was convicted March 31 in Jacobs court of concealing assets in bankruptcy, following a petition by Phoenix attorney R. E. L. Shephard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
George W. Shute
Gila County
Fred C. Jacobs
Shute
Jacobs
R. E. L. Shepard
New Economy Outlined by the President in Indiana
President Hoover spoke to 5,200 attendees at the Indiana State Fair auditorium about plans for a new prosperity based on natural resources. The speech highlighted national efforts and was broadcast nationwide via radio hookups to Republicans and editors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Robert S. Pickens
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Hoover
State Fair Grounds
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Page
Briand Policy Attacked by Opposition Leader in Chamber
In Paris on June 16 Deputy Franklin Bouillon, Briands severest critic, led a strike at Aristide Briand. He argued the chamber cannot support the Laval government while disapproving of the foreign minister and reused previous objections to the policy.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Franklin Bouillon
Briand
Franklin-Bouillon
Laval
Deaf Mute Seeks 50000 Damages After Elopement
Stephen Nieto a 21 year old deaf mute of Long Beach sues Elwood Stephenson Berkeley state deaf school superintendent for 50000 damages following an elopement with Stephenson s daughter Jewel 15. Nieto and Jewel fled to Mesa Arizona last August but were captured and returned to Long Beach. He claims he was jailed 23 days and accuses Stephenson of malicious prosecution.
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Los Angeles
Stephen Nieto
Long Beach
Elwood Stephenson
Berkeley
Jewel
Stephenson
Nieto
Miss Stephenson
Mesa
Ariz
S. S. Hahn
Three Bandits Captured At Holbrook After Hold-Up
Three men Frank Ross Joe Goiig and Vernon Hughes were held for a preliminary hearing before Justice A G McCloskey in Holbrook after a bank or camp ground raid in Winslow. They allegedly entered the East Side Camp Ground office with drawn pistols and demanded cash before fleeing in an automobile. Frank Holloway 19 fired at them after they left, but no one was hit. Detectives and officers spread the alarm and pursued the suspects eastward.
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Navajo County
Holbrook
A. G. McCloskey
Winslow
East Side Camp Ground
Frank Ross
Peoria
Illinois
Joe Goiig
Kansas City
Kansas
Vernon Hughes
Oakland
California
Farl Hol
Recovery Of Bodies In Loire Sinking Continues
In ST NAZAIRE France on June 16 about 100 bodies were sighted among wreckage near the Loire mouth after the excursion steamer St Philibert sank. Army trucks carried 70 bodies from the Bay of Biscay. cof ins to be opened at Nantes for families. Officials said 474 people were aboard when the ship left Nantes for Noirmoutier Island. forty three stayed for the return trip and eight were rescued.
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ST. Nazaire
France
St. Philibert
Loire River
Nantes
Bay of Biscay
Noirmoutier Island
Man kills wife over fried chicken dispute
John Cox, 40, a farmer in Greenwood, is held on a murder charge after allegedly shooting his 28 year old wife for eating too much fried chicken served to guests. The couple's nine year old daughter Stella May Barton testified at the inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Ss. C
John Cox
Stella May Barton
Disabled Nautilus Fights Sea Storms On Board Arkansas
The battleship Wyoming tows the disabled Arctic submarine Nautilus through heavy rain and fog toward Queenstown Ireland for repairs. Messages say engines remain disabled and towing speed is reduced by bad weather while the crew stays aboard sealed inside as seas wash decks. The crew uses a periscope to view the Wyoming and searchlights stay on through the night.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Wyoming
Queenstown
Ireland
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
TesSages
Political crisis averted in England over penny tax amendment
London June 16 The government provisionally accepts the Liberal party redrafted amendment to Chancellor Snowden's penny a pound land tax proposal. Acceptance subject to reconsideration of details. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald announced the decision at a Parliamentary Labour party meeting. The amendment concerns land assessment methods under the land tax linked to the income tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Liberal Party
Snowden
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
Dedication Marble Memorial Honors Warren G. Harding
At Marion Ohio a marble tomb for Warren G. Harding was formally dedicated with President Hoover and Calvin Coolidge praising him as a strong leader who guided the nation through postwar turmoil. Hoover recalled Harding’s trust betrayed by a few advisers while Coolidge introduced the program and accepted the remarks.
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Harding
Marion
Ohio
Hoover
Middle West
States
Coolidge
Warren. G. Harding
President Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Alaska
Mr. Coolidge
Score Injured In Train Derailment At Woodlawn Station
A commuter train from New Rochelle derailed at Woodlawn station when its last car jumped a switch. The collision with a stationed work train overturned a caboose and damaged a tank car. More than twenty passengers were injured as windows shattered and riders were thrown from seats.
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Score
New York
New Rochelle
Woodlawn
Spectators clash with actors in Guadalajara theatre
In Guadalajara on June 16, an audience brawl at Teatro Principal left several injured including actress Anna Darniers. Actors protested remarks from spectators, throwing missiles and causing a disturbance that required police intervention to suspend the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalajara
Mexico
Anna Darniers
Teatro Principal
Prescott Adopts Boxing and Wrestling Commission Ordinance
Prescott approves a five member boxing and wrestling commission to regulate contests and license contestants. Members serve without pay. Minimum age for boxers wrestlers and spectators is sixteen unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. Violators face fines up to 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Boxing and Wrestling Commission
Prehistoric Skull Found In Australia
A prehistoric skull was found in drifting sand near the Jervois Mountains in central Australia. It has a brain cavity about half the size of a modern human and resembles features of the Peking skull. the artifact is at the Australian Institute of Anatomy under director Sir Colin Mackenzie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
Jervois Mountains
Australian Institute of Anatomy
Colin Mackenzie
Institute
Bruening Cabinet Threatens To Quit After Vote
Berlin report says Chancellor Bruening and his entire cabinet would resign if the Reichstag council approves a meeting of the ways and means committee. Nationalist and Economic party reps, who backed the extra session, indicated they oppose convening the committee to review the emergency tax decrees.
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Berlin
Bruening
Reichstag Council of Elders
Ways and Means Committee
Reichstag
Tucson City Manager George R Wade Ousted
The Tucson city council unanimously removed George R Wade as city manager and appointed R E Butler, chairman of the Pima County Democratic Central Committee, to succeed him. Mayor G K Smith objected to the procedure but there was no debate. Councilman Fred Steger led the removal motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
George R. Wade
R. E. Butler
Pima County
Democratic Central Committee
G. K. Smith
Fred Steger
Wade
Bar silver steadies as prices edge up in market report
New York report notes bar silver holding roughly steady with a 1 to 8 cent rise, quoted around 26 as trading continues. The brief market update cites minor gains amid cautious buying and ongoing supply considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ross Case Testimony Is Rushed
Prescott reports state witnesses testified against Zora Neal Ross also known as Billie Neal in a Superior Court trial for the May 13 slaying of Earl Martin Hyde. Judge Richard Lamson denied a defense request for a directed verdict. Prosecutors allege Ross, proprietor of a Miller Valley road house, arranged Hyde's removal and Hyde agreed to leave before his death.
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Prescott
Superio
Richard Lamson
Zora Neal Ross
Earl Martin Hyde
Miller Valley Road
C. H. Young
Edna Woods
Ross
Billie” _Neal
Richard
Sam
Harl “Martin Hyde
Veterans’ ” Hospital
Whipple
Miller Valley
Carl Lambertine
M. S. Underhill
Hyde
Road House
Bomb blasts in Buenos Aires cause alarm but no damage
Several bombs exploded on streetcar tracks across Buenos Aires last night. Police downplay the incidents as actions by unidentified persons aiming to create political unrest, causing public anxiety but no injuries or property damage.
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Buenos Aires
Famous French Flier Paillard Dies After Surgery
Paris reports the death of Antoine Paillard, famed aviator aged 35, following an appendicitis operation. Paillard and Jean Mermoz once held the world distance record for closed circuit flight until recent recorders Joseph Le Brix and Marcel Doret surpassed them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Antoine Paillard
Jean Mermoz
Joseph le Brix
Marcel Doret
State Auditor Delays June Fish and Game Warrants
Phoenix June 16 state auditor Ann Frohmiller said salary warrants for the State Fish and Game Department are held up until further notice. Warrants for the first half of June would normally be issued yesterday, but Governor George W. Hunt declined to sign them.
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Phoenix
Ann Frohmiller
R. L. Bayless
State Fish and Game Department
George W. P. Hunt
Weather Update for Arizona and New Mexico
Fair tonight and Wednesday with little change in temperature across Arizona and New Mexico. Mild overnight lows and daytime highs near seasonal averages across the two states.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Winslow Monday Weather Wrap Baffles Readers
A fragment from Winslow notes a Monday forecast with unclear readings and stray letters. The readable portion hints at a high temperature near two degrees but lacks concrete details or full sentences.
Strikers Prevent Publication Of Mexican Capital Paper
Striking Excelsior employees said they would not permit publication in Mexico City until their demands were met. The paper’s owners indicated they would not resume publication unless wages were reduced and other concessions were accepted. The workers insist the terms of a collective contract signed 18 months ago be honored.
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Mexico City
Excelsior
Kentucky girl chosen beauty queen of U. S. 1931
Anne Lee Patterson of Ludlow Kentucky, 18, blonde, was selected as Miss United States for 1931 from 28 contestants by artist judges in the 12th annual international beauty pageant in Galveston Texas. No ranking for the remaining entrants was released. Governor Sampson of Kentucky reportedly promised to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Anne ‘Lee Patterson
Ludlow
United States
Flem Sampson
Kentucky
Ofi
Spanish Cardinal Segura crosses into France at Hendaye
Cardinal Pedro Segura Y Saenz primate of Spain arrived in Hendaye at 5 a m after a night long auto trip. He appeared tired and pale in black robes and left the Spanish side with a small guard before crossing to the French hotel where Republican exiles once stayed.
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Hendaye
Pedro Segura Y Saenz
Spain
France
War Strength Of Japan Announced
The Japanese war office releases figures for League of Nations disarmament talks. The army totals 231600 officers included, plus 2210 gendarmerie and about 20000 police in Korea, Formosa and Manchuria. Aviation counts 623 planes and eight regiments, with plans for two new air regiments.
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Tokyo
Japanese War Office Today
League of Nations
Korea
Formosa
Manchuria
Al Capone Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion Conspiracy
In Chicago on June 16 1930 gangster Al Capone pleaded guilty to evading income taxes and conspiring against the prohibition law. Federal Judge James J Wilkerson will sentence the gang leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
AL Capone
James
J. Wilkerson
Phoenix officer wounded as suspects held for trial
Authorities in Phoenix seek the return of two men already under sentence in Texas. They are to be taken to San Angelo for trial unless the wounded Phoenix officer dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Texas
San Angelo
Priest Limiting Law Opposed By Catholics in Vera Cruz
In Vera Cruz Mexico a bill to cap Catholic priests at one per 100000 population met rising Catholic opposition. The measure passed its first reading in the state legislature and faced a second hearing as Governor Adelberto Tejeda pushes the reform amid past church-state tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Jatv
Vera Cruz
Goveror Adelberto’ Tejeda
Engagement announced for Prince Berthold Baden and Princess Theodora
Salem Germany announces the engagement of Prince Berthold Baden son of the last imperial chancellor and Princess Theodora niece of former King Constantine of Greece. Both principals are 24 years old. The engagement follows their families and royal connections with Prince Maximilian Baden's death in 1929 and Princess Theodora being daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice Mountbatten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Germany
Berthold Baden
Andrincess ‘Theodora
Constantine
Greece
Berthold
Maximillian Baden
Theodora
Andrew
Alice Mountbatten
Federal Roads Bureau Opens Winslow Pine Highway Bids
Hodgman and McVicar submitted the low bid of 95399.35 to the federal bureau of roads for grading and draining the Winslow Pine highway and were recommended for the contract by Chief Engineer G. L. McLane. Other bids ranged up to 113992.09 from Skousen Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Hodgman
McvVicar
Federal Bureau of Roads
Winslow-Pine
G. L. McLane
R. S. Black
McClure
Dennison
Heitsch
Bitten
Earle
Tomasini
Packard and Tanner
Frank C. Cuffe
Skousen Brothers
Businessman Brock Plans Capital Tour by Air
Kansas City June 16 John D. Brock a businessman who has logged 557 consecutive daily flights to prove all weather flying for the average citizen will begin a tour June 29. The itinerary includes all state capitals on the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John D. Brock
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Perfecto ‘Ramirez
Call Girl Market Case
Fitts Follies
Gila
England
Boxing Wrestling Commission
G.r.wade
Argentine
Bulletins
U. S
Iz N Ene
War Strength of
Japan
J. H. Wilkerson
Federal Roads Bureau
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