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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1931
Page
1
More than 15 000 men and a few women applied to the Civil Service Commission for examinations to fill about 350 new prohibition posts open July 1. Examinations will be in 21 states. Appointees receive instruction across many states and aim to have agents at work by July 15 under Prohibition Director Woodcock.
Captain Friedrich Christensen of the German flying boat DO X says he will fly to Mexico about mid July. The DO X, now in Natal Brazil, will visit Vera Cruz and Tampico after completing its South American tour.
Nine policemen and 16 Communists were injured in Sydney as authorities battled radicals who seized a Bankstone quarter house to resist eviction. A bystander was shot in the thigh during the clash.
Bandits holding five Italian Catholic missionaries announce they will kill the captives within ten days unless a ransom is paid. They rejected a $3,000 extension offer. Located in Hankow on June 17.
President Hoover visits Oak Ridge cemetery to dedicate the Lincoln tomb rebuilt after 57 years. He and Mrs Hoover tour the room where Lincoln learned of his nomination in 1860. The memorial, first dedicated in 1874 by Ulysses S Grant, features a large sculptured head at the entrance as thousands gather.
In Aloha Oregon on June 17 E M Newman a prominent county contractor and Pete Dimeo a 17 year old neighbor’s boy died in a double tragedy. Dimeo shot Newman in the basement after being refused cash for youthful pleasures. Moments later Dimeo killed himself. Newman lingered but could not be saved.
Andrew W. Mellon American secretary of the treasury and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald spent an hour in private discussion at the House of Commons. Mellon kept his earlier statement that there was nothing for publication and MacDonald declined to discuss the meeting.
Pasadena June 17 Odd S Halseth of the archaeological commission of Arizona spoke at the American Anthropological Association session detailing prehistoric irrigation evidence in central Arizona and its links to early American man.
Federal officials said the next major objective in the war on gangland crime is New York. Justice Department agents are already quietly investigating there under Washington orders, while the Internal Revenue Service intelligence unit readies additional bank account probing power in the area.
In Paris at the Elysee Palace President and Mrs Doumer hosted Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands the prince consort and Princess Juliana for a luncheon. The royal party met at the door with simple cordiality and joined government members and marshals among the guests.
Governor George W. P. Hunt announces Marion Gibson of Miami appointed to the board of barbers and cosmeticians succeeding Isabel Baxter whose term expires June 18.
Washington June 17 21 Albert B Fall former interior secretary in the Harding cabinet shows no hope for executive clemency after President Hoover praised Harding and condemned those who betrayed him Fall is in El Paso Texas awaiting a medical exam to see if he can serve a year in prison for a 100000 bribe related to oil land leases He was fined 100000 and the Supreme Court refused to review his case
Frank Ross 21 of Peoria Illinois Joe Graig 21 of Kansas City Kansas and Vernon Hughes 29 of Oakland California were sentenced in Holbrook by Superior Court Judge P A Sawyer after pleading guilty to the East Side Camp holdup in Winslow Monday night They took over nine dollars from Earl Holloway and his mother at gunpoint and fled after a gunfight with Holloway
The secretary of the interior approved awarding the bridge construction contract to W. E. Callahan of Dallas for the National Petrified Forest Highway. Bridges will span the Rio Puero and Dry Creek Rivers at a cost of 136,183 dollars. Grading and draining of 25 miles goes to Everly and Allison of Des Moines on a 95,602.60 bid.
Attorney General K Berry Peterson ruled that Lynn Lockhart of Phoenix and Dan Francis of Flagstaff are the state fish and game commission members. The opinion partially reversed yesterday’s auditor’s office statement that salary warrants were held up due to doubt about the commission’s legal existence. The warrants were not released immediately by the AG’s opinion.
Phoenix June 17 The state veterinarian Dr Edward L Stam warned that unless the federal bureau of animal husbandry matches Arizona’s appropriations of 21000 for each of the two fiscal years starting July 1 the cattle tuberculosis campaign cannot continue. He said government funds are not available until a similar local contribution is provided.
June 17 two widows were hanged at Szolnok prison for poisoning husbands in Nagyrev. Csordas and Balint were executed after Regent Horthy refused intervention. A wider plot led to 40 women tried, with varied outcomes. Marie Kardos had earlier been executed for killing husband and son.
Cananea Consolidated Copper Company announced the purchase of the Democrata Mining Company properties. Seventeen purtenances covering about 35 acres encircle Cana nea Consolidated land, located half a mile north of the Colorado shaft and east of Cananea. The Democrata mine, among the district’s oldest, was part of the Hoffman estate of Cincinnati.
Chicago judge declares lack of confidence in juror Braschler who missed court for a case involving an alleged confidence game. The exchange reveals the juror was seated in a different trial before Judge McCarthy, prompting questions about eligibility and responsibility.
A strong but brief earthquake rattled Tokyo at 9 10 pm causing many to flee outdoors. The tremors lasted about a minute with vertical shocks and some property damage including a cinema wall collapse in Osakamachi. Izu peninsula also felt the quake with minor damage reported.
In Tokyo on June 17 a Japanese naval aviation pilot was killed when his plane collided in mid air with another during a practice flight. The other pilot landed safely by parachute and both aircraft fell into the sea.
Three intruders burst into the home of S Stanwood Menken former National Security League chairman bound two maids and compelled Mrs Menken to open a vault containing 150000 dollars in jewelry They seized the gems and escaped into Fifty Second Street urban area of New York City
In a unanimous decision the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a Pima county ruling placing Ernestyne E Gotthelf in a Tucson orphanage at the request of her father, denying custody to Mrs. Edward J Gotthelf amid a dispute with the child's estranged parents.
Washington hosts the fifth national 4-H camp as 156 campers from across the country arrive with leaders. The youths, picked for excellence in pig rais ing corn growing clothing making and home projects, will join educational round tables and sight seeing near the Washington monument.
Mrs. Joy Hancock, newly appointed to the Navy Aeronautics Bureau information section in Akron Ohio, surveys the U S Akron airship. Her first husband perished in the ZRS 2 crash in England and her second died in the Shenandoah crash at Ava Ohio. She is a noted balloonist who continues to fly despite personal losses.
Netta Duchateau a 17 year old Belgian girl with black hair won the Miss Universe crown at the 12th annual beauty pageant in Galveston Texas. She showed nerve enough to fly but fainted on stage as the crown was placed and then left the stage in tears after the ceremony.
The German flying boat DO X attempted to take off from the river at Natal but could not rise. Officials said floats needed cleaning before flight. It was expected to depart later today or tomorrow. Mail planes typically fly to Bahia in under five hours.
President Hoover urged prohibition of airplanes over crowds after the memorial dedication at Marion Ohio. He told Secretary Lamont the open air and outdoor speakers must be protected and warned he would press Congress to act if current law fails.
Bar silver held at 26 5 8 in New York trading as prices remained unchanged for the day.
The Interstate Commerce Commission discussed a petition for a blanket freight rate increase aimed at yielding about 400 million dollars in additional gross annual income. A final decision and hearings are expected after continued deliberations.
Heavy seas and bad weather blocked renewed search for victims of the St Philibert disaster off Saint Nazaire. Government tugs equipped for dragging could not begin operations. Authorities fear the excursion steamer may lie at the bottom of the Bay of Biscay with about 200 people aboard, including many children, trapped in cabins during the wreck.
Reno Nevada June 17 Allen Dar a Reno merchant and first native Chinese learning to fly died today when his plane crashed and burst into flames on a ranch near Hubbard Field He had made his first solo flight yesterday Dar was said to be an officer in the Chinese Nationalist party and had taken up flying with a view of returning to China He had not received his license
Fifteen persons were killed and fifty houses destroyed by an earthquake in Panjshir district sixty miles north of Kabul. Many buildings were damaged across the area in the Pakistan press report from Peshawar dated June 17.
Fair tonight and Thursday with cooler readings in the northeast. Warmer conditions develop in the extreme southwest tonight and into Tuesday across Winslow with rising temperatures and mild winds.
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