City approves paving on First Street and surrounding blocks
The Winslow city council adopted resolution No. 36 at a special meeting to start paving First Street from Williamson Avenue to Winslow Avenue and one block north on Warren and Winslow Avenues. This marks the third paving program in two years totaling about 140 blocks with bids expected to be called so work can begin by September 1 and finish before weather halts progress. Mayor O L Murray noted a communication from Chas F Sterns Co representatives planning to arrive Monday.
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First Street
Williamson Avenue
Winslow Avenue
Warren
Winslow Avenues
Winslow
O. L. Murray
H. R. Lackey
Chas. F. Sterns Company
H G. Laub
MacDonald denies Mellon invited to discuss debts
London June 19 Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald says no invitation was issued to Mellon to discuss a revision of war debts. He insists the government did not invite Mellon nor receive any such communication from Washington.
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He MacDonald
Mellon
London
Ramsay MacDonald
Washington
Miss U S Title May Be Contested
Legal action aims to overturn the Miss United States award given to Anne Lee Patterson of Ludlow Kentucky. Col William E Easterwood Jr of Dallas says he hired counsel to challenge the result citing Texas discrimination. Pageant director Marvin Starr denies the charge. Patterson was runner up for Miss Universe won by Nette Duchateau of Belgium.
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Galveston
Tex
United States
Anne Lee Patterson
Ludlow
William E. Easterwood
Dallas
Texas
Marvin Starr
Miss Patterson
Netta Duchateau
Foreigner Held Under Bond For Deportation
Phoenix dated report shows two foreigners arraigned for illegal entry after prior deportation. Poli carpo Gonzales faces removal proceedings with $1500 bond set by U.S. Commissioner M. E. Cassidy. Joseph M. Sarosky also charged with illegal entry from Canada, bond $1500, hearing scheduled.
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Phoenix
Policarpo
Gonzales
California
United States
Mexico
M. E. Cassidy
Joseph M. Sarosky
Canada
Vocational Warrants Issued by Auditor
The state auditor's office issued 191 warrants totaling 39,685.10 dollars to A. M. Davis, state vocational education director, for reimbursement to schools across the state for vocational education work completed last year.
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Phoenix
State Auditor’s Office
A. M. Davis
Heat is Cause of Five Deaths Across Midwest
Chicago reports extreme heat in June driving to five deaths and many prostrations. Drownings occurred as two bathers perished and temperatures neared a hundred. Minnesotan deaths occurred at Worthington and Pine Island while a boy died at Milwaukee graduation under the scorching sun. In Bismarck and Omaha heat worsened heart conditions. weather bureau offered little relief.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Worthington
Pine Island
Bismarck
N. D
Milwaukee
Omaha
Neb
Weather Bureau
al Capone
Robert E. Neely
Internal Revenue
Capone
W. E. Bennett
Prohibition
McCreary Joins Flagstaff Staff At Northern Arizona
Aaron McCreary, former head of Tucson High and Tempe State football, will join Northern Arizona Teachers College coaching staff. He will focus on improving freshmen athletics. His one year contract for 1931 1932 runs this week.
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Flagstaff
Aaron McCreary
Tucson High School
Tempe State
Northern Arizona Teachers College
Rudy Lavik
McCreary
Justice Hughes Sets Sail for Europe Vacation
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes and Mrs. Hughes will sail on the liner Roma tonight for a European vacation. Ambassador Hugh Gibson to Belgium also sails on the Majestic the same night from New York.
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New York
Charles E. Hughes
Norman Barber Wins Low Bid for Petrified Forest Buildings
Norman Barber of Los Angeles submitted the lowest bid of 21 094 for five new buildings at the Petrified Forest National Monument. The award, forwarded to Interior for approval, follows bids from Olds Bros Winslow 24 390 and A W Disney Phoenix 28 749. Construction starts after July and must finish by year end using native sandstone and concrete tile floors.
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Norman ™ F
Barber
Los Angeles
Petrified Forest National Monument
C. J. Smith
Winslow
Department of the Interior
Olds Bros
Arizona
A. W. Disney
Phoenix
Department
Officials Cenfer on Anti Religious Bill in Veracruz
Governor Adalberto Tejeda of Veracruz met President Pasacal Ortiz Rubio in Mexico City to discuss the Vera Cruz anti church bill. Papal nuncio Leopoldo Ruiso Flores had warned he would defy the measure, which would limit a population over a million to eleven priests.
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Mexico City
Adalberto Tejeda
Vera Cruz
Pasacal Ortiz Rubio
Ortiz Rubio
Tejeda
Leopoldo Ruiso Flores
Arizona Polo Teams Win At Kansas City
The University of Arizona Wildcats beat the Kansas City Country Club 9 to 8 after a five-goal handicap. The teams meet again this afternoon before Arizona heads to Leavenworth to play Fort Leavenworth tomorrow.
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Arizona
Kansas City
University of Arizona Wildcats
Explosion wrecks five room house in Phoenix
A dynamite blast on the north side of Phoenix destroyed a five room frame house early today. Mrs Sammie Peak and Kathleen Lee, asleep inside, escaped injury. Police seek three men named by the women as suspects in the attempted killings.
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Phoenix
Sammie Peak
Kathleen Lee
Mayor Walker Turns 50 In Fast Moving Career
New York June 19 Mayor James J Walker aged 50 today says his favorite activity is answering critics and he feels very fine though he jokes the fast world may change him before print. The dapper executive earns a $46 000 salary making him second only to the president as the highest paid public official in the United States.
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New York
James J. Walker
America
United States
Amelia Earhart Putnam Receives Official Reprimand
The Commerce Department reprimanded Amelia Earhart Putnam for carelessness and poor judgment in handling her autogiro after a crash in Abilene Texas last week.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Abilene
Texas
Tidal Wave Strikes Portuguese China Drowning Eight
A tidal wave swept Macao in Portuguese China drowning eight people and disrupting communications. The event wrecked fishing smacks and left some areas under ten feet of water as the colonial office was informed.
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China
Lisbon
Portugal
Colonial Office
Macao
Kwantung
Portuguese China
Hall Sets Non Stop Air Mark
James Good win Hall of New York, noted flier and World War ace, claimed an unofficial non stop flight record of 7 hours 48 minutes 31 seconds from Vancouver to Agua Caliente. He carried no barograph, thus the mark remains unofficial, beating Roscoe Turner’s official 9 hours 14 minutes set last October. Continued on page four.
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Agua Caliente
Lower Calif
James Goodwin Hall
New York
Vancouver
B. C
Mex
Col
Roscoe Turner
Hall
Bears
Crusaders
Los Angeles
Sister In Law Of Governor Dies In Arizona
Mrs Minnie Ellison sister in law of Governor George W F Hunt died in Gila county hospital after an appendectomy. She fell ill Sunday and underwent surgery Wednesday. Survivors include a son and her father, both of Phoenix. Her sister Mrs Hunt had died less than two months earlier.
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GLOBE
Minnie Ellison
George W. F. Hunt
Ellison
Hunt
Gila County
Jesse W. Ellison
Pleasant Valley
Arizona
Phoenix
El Zaribah Shrine Band to perform in Prescott Sunday
The El Zaribah shrine band and patrol will hold concerts and drills in Prescott on Sunday June 21 at Whipple Barracks in the morning and the pioneers home in the afternoon. Thirty five patrol members will give a fancy drilling exhibit led by Quin Anderson potentate and Vic Hanny band manager.
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Prescott
el Zaribah Shrine
Whipple Barracks
Quin Anderson
el Zaribah Temple
Vic Hanny
Pest Infestation Chairman Selected in Arizona
The Salt River valley agricultural committee named Hal Grimshaw of Phoenix as chairman for a statewide meeting in Phoenix to discuss maintaining quarantine stations to control pest infestation. A subcommittee to arrange speakers includes Frank Mosshammer, H. B. Watkins, and J. Leslie Setter.
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Phoenix
Agricultural Committee of the
Salt River Valley
Hal Grimshaw
Arizona
Frank Mosshammer
H. B. Watkins
J. Leslie Setter
State veterinary association meets June 27 in Globe
The state veterinary medical association will convene here on Saturday June 27 to discuss professional matters and advance veterinary practices in the region.
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GLOBE
State Veterinary Medical Association
Ruth Nichols Plane Damaged in Atlantic Flight Prep
Ruth Nichols suffered damage to her aircraft during a landing at Floyd Bennett Airport from Jersey City on the first leg of her solo Atlantic crossing. Mechanics worked through the night and two days more were needed to repair a broken skid, strained struts, a cracked fuselage bulkhead, and removed gasoline tanks before she could depart.
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New York
Ruth Nichols
Floyd Bennett Airport
Jersey City
Atlantic
Deficit Drops Below Billion Mark on June Tax Receipts
Washington reports that the federal deficit fell under one billion dollars as June 17 income tax payments totaled 89,910,855 dollars, pulling the red ink down by 71,285,000 dollars and leaving the deficit at 945,956,020 dollars by close of business.
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Washington
Treasury
Feder
Cantonese Leaders Decide Not To Fight Nationalist Armies
The Canton government in Hong Kong announces it will not engage Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalist armies unless forced to invade. It plans indirect resistance by undermining his authority in Guangdong and persuading regional generals to refuse orders.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kwangtung
Kwangsi
Chiang
Methodist assembly opens at Pinal Summit Globe
The annual state assembly of laymen and ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will open Monday at Pinal Summit east of Globe. The Rev H M Bruce of Prescott will be in charge.
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Globe
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Pinal Summit
H. M. Bruce
Prescott
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures for June 17
Treasury receipts for June 17 totaled 96.854 million dollars with expenditures of 66.236 million and a balance of 438.374 million. Customs receipts for June until the close of business on June 17 were 15.677 million.
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Washington
Treasury
Arizona Rail Values Cut on State's Books
The State Tax Commission tentatively values Arizona railroad properties at 110,261,198 a drop of 318,282 from last year. Southern Pacific properties are estimated at 62,677,080 and Santa Fe at 43,158,262. County figures list Apache 2,1007, Cochise 17,268,020, Maricopa 14,950,312, Pima 8,195,582, Yavapai 12,629,533, Yuma 10,476,926 and others including Graham 4,?50,000 and Mohave 8,032,790.
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Phoenix
State Tax Commission
Arizona
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Cochise
Gila
Bos
Graham
Maricopa
Mohave
Navajo
Pima
Pinal
Santa Cruz
Yavapai
Yuma
Zane Grey Picture Filmed In Arizona
Flagstaff scene for Riders of the Purple Sage begins filming next week with eighty technicians and actors from Hollywood. George OBrien Noah Berry and Margaret Churchill star as more than half the picture is shot in Arizona including Oak Creek Canyon and Monument Valley and uses two hundred horses and wild cattle from northern Arizona.
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Flagstaff
Zane ‘Grey
Hollywood
George O'Brien
Noah‘ Berry
Margaret Churchill
Arizona
Oak Creek Canyon
Monumental Valley
Indian Country
Nautilus to Reach Ireland on Sunday
Shipping agents say Sir Hubert Wilkins submarine Nautilus is due to reach Cobh under its own power late Sunday night or early Monday. The weather near Cobh was favorable for the voyage.
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Cork
Ireland
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Cobh
Prisoner Merrill Johnson Escapes from Arizona Penitentiary
Florence June 19 penitentiary officials searched for Merrill Johnson a trusty who escaped yesterday Johnson was under sentence of one to two years from Yavapai County authorities pursued the fugitive as officials reported the escape from the Yavapai County facility.
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Florence
Arizona
Merrill Johnson
Trusty
Johnson
Yavapai County
Governor announces pest inspection policy in Arizona
Governor George W P Hunt says he will not rush into funding all 13 plant and fruit pest quarantine stations for the next fiscal year. He notes the executive office will consider agricultural and horticultural needs but will not burden taxpayers with hasty decisions.
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Phoenix
George W. P. Hunt
Arizona
Arizona attorney general examines alleged governor's office spending
D B Proctor, a self described member of the Citizens Tax Relief Association, asks the Arizona attorney general to pursue action to recover 2387 dollars claimed as unlawfully spent by the governor's office. Proctor says an audit funded by his group shows discretionary but grossly excessive expenditures. The attorney general states he has no further comment.
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Phoenix
K Berry. Peterson
D. B. Proctor
Citizens’ Tax Relief Association
Attorney’ General’s Department
Arizona
Proctor
Peterson
Governor's
Vanderbilt seeks divorce in Reno case over cruelty
Cornelius Vanderbilt files for divorce in Reno alleging extreme cruelty by wife Mary Davidson Logan of Chicago. Prosecutors report Jr. Vanderbilt, already burdened by family issues, faces added scrutiny as Peter Arno considers action over alleged rumors tying him to Vanderbilt troubles.
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Reno, Nev
Cornélius’ Vanderbilt
Mary Davidson Weir’ Logan
Chicago
Reng
Nev
Cornelius Vanderbilt,’ Jr
Peter Arno
New. York
Vanderbilt
Samuel Platt
District of Columbia Supreme Justice Siddons Dies at 66
Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the District of Columbia Supreme Court died suddenly from heart disease at age 66. A London native, he presided over the trial of Harry F. Sinclair on jury shadowing charges in the Senate contempt case and sentenced the oilman to jail.
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Washington
Frederick L. Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
London
Siddons
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
Weather in Arizona and New Mexico Fair With Stable Temps
Fair conditions across Arizona and New Mexico tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. In Winslow, Thursday is expected to bring a high and a low, details not fully specified in the fragment.
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Arizona
New Mexico
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