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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1927
Page
1
The forty fifth session of the League of Nations Council ended with unease over Germany’s Rhine troop reductions and Russo Polish tensions. Debates centered on demilitarization, possible troop crossings, and Danzig munitions depots as Briand left for illness, hindering further talks.
SAN FRANCISCO June 17 AP The state district court of appeal denied Abner Doble Jr official of the Doble Steam Motors Corporation a new trial. Doble is serving six to ten months in San Quentin for violation of the Corporate Securities Act and has ten days to appeal to the state supreme court.
General Alvaro Obregon former president of Mexico left Los Angeles on the Southern Pacific railroad bound for his Sonora ranch. He said nothing about the Mexican political situation or a possible bid for re election.
New York June 17 AP Richard Byrd postpones his trans Atlantic hop at Roosevelt Field citing unfavorable weather. Lindbergh's New York reception wrapped, but weather remains the sole obstacle. Byrd, Acosta and Neville inspect the tri motor Fokker amid grim weather charts.
In Los Angeles on June 17 AP reports Dorothy Mackaye wife of Ray Raymond in her trial on two felony charges questioned witnesses to build a new theory. Attorneys suggest the actor died from a fall causing a subdural hemorrhage rather than other causes. The state had linked Paul Kelly to the fatal injuries from a fist attack.
At the National Congress of the Episcopalians debates focused on how far to emulate the Los Angeles evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. Rev. Granville M. Williams urged the church to offer a living religion and keep its appeal to converts warm and vital.
Mrs Gladys Allen aged 19 died when a Southern Pacific train struck the family car at a grade crossing in Glendar Cal. Her parents Mr and Mrs Silva Bisi of Jel Centro were seriously injured and Earl Bonner 12, her brother, escaped by leaping free.
At Geneva on June 17 AP reports Admiral Kobayashi says Japan does not intend to press plans on Panama canal internationalization or on reducing naval base strength at Hawaii and Singapore at the upcoming naval conference.
Denver June 17 AP reports Colorado and Arizona commissions after an executive session welcomed the prospect of another seven state conference on Colorado River development. Utah and New Mexico signaled interest, aiming to exchange views on dams reservoirs irrigable lands and power. McClusky and Gov Adams avoided committing leadership but praised the visit.
Izvestia denounces the Warsaw assassin verdict as a travesty of justice and accuses England of guiding Poland's politics. The dispatch notes life imprisonment for Kowalcede and predicts public anger across the Soviet republics.
Reported by AP from Moscow claims two Polish spies Andrew Knrp inski and Tadeush Vorkovitch were executed in Kharkov after being seized by state police and tried by Kharkov supreme court. A third alleged spy Melink reportedly led the group and escaped. Tass denied mass executions in other cities.
The U S Army aims to start a July 15 latest transpacific flight from San Francisco to Hawaii using a Fokker monoplane piloted by Lieut. Lester Maitland with Lieut. Albert Gagneberger as alternate. The craft is ferried from Bolling Field to San Diego then to March Field for a San Francisco hop off.
Washington June 17 Ambassador Sheffield, long expected to resign his post in Mexico City, said with Kellogg at the state department that I have not resigned. He declined to discuss Mexican questions and offered no elaboration on Kellogg’s remarks.
The Spirit of St Louis landed at Lambert Field at 3 32 p m with Phillip Love aboard as the first to greet Colonel Lindbergh crowds swarmed rooftops riverbanks and streets as the hometown hero circled downtown and his residence area to joyfully celebrate his world famous solo flight to Paris and the homecoming. Dwight Davis secretary of war and Mrs Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh watched from the tarmac as thousands gathered despite rain and city restrictions. Tomorrow and Sunday will bring further honors from the city and state for the celebrated flyer.
Los Angeles June 17 AP LD Spurlin chairman of Julian Petroleum Corporation stockholders committee announced that C C Julian founder and former president resigned from the committee but could not be the whole show. Spurlin said he opposed his involvement and alleged Julian promotes actions for his own benefit. He cited sarcastic letters from friends of Julian and warned against those who join him in deals.
President Coolidge outlines a summer program in the Black Hills including trips to Deadwood for a Days of 76 celebration and a tri state rodeo in Bellefourche next month. He expects Ambassador Sheffield to visit, and notes no new war treaty talks with France. He commends hospitality along his route and regrets missing some crowds.
John Kellogg former president of the Armour Drain Company was found guilty by the Chicago Board of Trade governors of dishonorable conduct in grain trading. He faces a two year suspension from the exchange. The action follows similar rulings against George E Thompson and Kob Nicol both former Armour officials.
PUOENIN Ariz June 17 AP Assessed valuations of telephone and telegraph properties in Arizona for 1927 show an increase of 568670 over 1926 in the same class, per a statement from the state tax commission issued yesterday.
An Afridi tribesman Gul Akbar was hanged in Peshawar for the murder of Mrs. Ellis in April and the kidnapping of her daughter Molly, wife of a British major, as reported by API dispatch.
Saturday and Sunday should be generally fair with little temperature change. The report notes Pied 95, Winslow and Lew are mentioned with a 50 reading as minor data.
In Peking a weeklong Ankutochun conference announced sweeping reorganization to unify northern armies under a single command. The plan aims to erase provincial distinctions among Shantung Chihli and Manchurian forces, restore political influence, and resist southern nationalist advances along the Yellow River.
The first of over 3,000 U S marines in Nicaragua have begun returning to the United States. The supply ship Procton sailed from Corinto with the first group, joined by the tug Partridge carrying three officers, 66 enlisted men, one hospital corpsman, four motor vehicles and twenty tons of aviation equipment. They are expected to reach San Diego on June 25.
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