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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1931
Page
1
Tornadoes and thunderstorms sweep the northern plains as extreme heat drives crowds to resorts. A Iowa man, John Smith, 46, of Kanawha, is reported drowned near Hayfield. Iowa and Minnesota suffer property damage including a destroyed Lutheran church in Hartland.
Dallas a hoax case ends as B P Brown confesses he staged the rope incident at North Dallas Baptist Church. He admitted fabricating a story of four masked attackers and that threatening letters were self authored while seeking to end his life. Church leaders forgive him as J H Knight says no dissention.
Eight bullets killed Yee Wo Tai, a restaurant owner, in an apparent tong war attack in Los Angeles. Tai was summoned from his restaurant by phone, joined by another man, then two more Chinese arrived and shot him dead before fleeing in a car.
New York June 192P President Hoover announced plans to aid economic recovery especially in Germany. The stock market rose on the New York Stock Exchange and Berlin Borse with many shares up five to six dollars. Traders who had awaited a rally covered positions as the market gained momentum.
Washington reports four fines, a 60 day suspension and a reprimand to pilots for disturbing the Harding Memorial dedication in Marion Ohio and for air regulation violations. Amelia Harbart Putnam received a reprimand for an Abilene Texas autogiro crash. Frank Byerly of Detroit received grounded status for 600 days and disobeying crowd safety rules. Other fined pilots named include John C Corrouiy Joseph C Mackey Harold Distelhorst and Melvin of Columbus.
The German flying boat DO-X completed its long flight today landing in Rio de Janeiro after departing Altenrhein Switzerland on November 5 1930. It stopped at Amsterdam Calshot Lesbarges and Lisbon with a notable 1400 mile jump from the Cape Verde Islands to Fernando de Noronha.
Antwerp diamond dealer Simon Genn reports a Spaniard posing as Senor Largo swindled him out of pearls valued at 130000 dollars. Genn was told Largo had not left Spain when he inquired by telephone in Madrid.
Ruth Nichols hopes to take off Sunday from Floyd Bennett field for Harbor Grace Newfoundland and then to Paris. Technical adviser Clarence Chamberlin and his crew race to repair landing gear damage found on arrival from Jersey City.
Divers searched all salons of the sunken excursion steamer St Philibert but found no bodies. Strong currents likely swept bodies away as the vessel was discovered to be full of sand.
St John New Brunswick June 20 two aviation men Otto Hillig and Holger Hoirs completed preparations for a 3100 mile transatlantic flight from Harbor Grace Newfoundland to Denmark Germany. They flew from Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey to St John in 4 hours 20 minutes aboard the plane Liberty. Hillig 55 a German born portraitist and Hoirs 27 a former Danish farmer aim to depart early Monday for the long fun flight via Ireland England Netherlands to Copenhagen.
The body of a 70 year old man who died June 6 on Alameda Street California was identified today by a pair of spectacles as A. G. Sanders formerly of Tombstone Arizona. Alameda police sent the glasses to Dr. A. E. Cruthirds Bisbee eye specialist to confirm. Sanders had the glasses made by the doctor. Death attributed to heart disease.
Santiago reports Bolivia and Paraguay are at war over their smoldering boundary feud in the Gran Chaco region. Dispatches say Bolivia ordered two regiments from La Paz and Cochabamba into the jungle theater nicknamed Green Hell.
In Tsingtao June 20 the U S submarine S-31 being towed to Shanghai by salvage ship Pigeon after damage in a harbor accident. The S-31 fouled another submarine as it moved alongside its mother ship Beaver causing damage to its port propeller shaft and shatter of the propeller.
A joint survey by the Federal Reclamation Service and the State of Arizona to locate flood control dam sites on the upper Gila River will begin shortly after July 1 when 10 000 dollars appropriated by the Tenth Legislature becomes available.
Ralph Booth United States ambassador to Denmark died at the Kaiserhof Hotel Bad Gastein Czechoslovakia. He was 57 and had been ill for some time with kidney trouble and a heart ailment. The Vienna consul-general took charge of the body.
The ICC announced that state railroad commissioners will sit with the commission in hearings on a 15 per cent freight rate increase appeal. Cooperation talks with the National Association of Utilities and railroad commissioners occurred as Eastman and Lewis prepare to lead hearings. No names set for the hearings or state seats. protests from Senator Brookhart and the Kansas Public Service Commission cited potential harm to agriculture.
Judge Howard C. Speakman of the Superior court ruled that personal injury cases from industrial accidents can only be appealed to the Supreme Court after an award by the state industrial commission. The suit by John Norton against the commission and Calumet and Arizona Mining Co. was dismissed in Superior Court.
A provisional settlement in the engineering trade dispute involving about 1,000,000 workers was reached after renewed negotiations between workers and employers. A conference of union executives will meet in London on Tuesday to ratify the terms, which are expected to be accepted.
The famous Clara Bow, famed for teaching a nation about slang, shows a new blond look after her movie contract ends. She leaves Beverly Hills for Rex Bell's Nevada ranch, carrying luggage, amid recovery from a high profile trial and recent nervous breakdown.
Quincy James, a Hopi trader on West Second street, is jailed after the recent burglary of Wheeler's Hogan Curio Store. Jewelry found in James showcases ties him to the crime, with investigators pursuing further leads and possible Oraibi store checks.
In New York on June 20 a county jury convict ed Bernard K. Marcus president Saul Singer vice president and Herbert Singer clerk of the Bank of United States on mis appropriation charges. Henry W Pollock head of legal dept was not convicted. Judge Donnellan scheduled sentencing for Tuesday with possible seven year prison term or $1000 fine. Appeal indicated.
Brigadier General A. M. Tuthill announced during an inspection that about 1,100 National Guard members will attend the summer encampment at Fort Tuthill in August. Governor Hunt, Adjutant General Temple, and aides from Colorado will visit the completed $125,000 training site. Encampment runs August 15 to 29.
Bar silver remained steady and rose a fraction as of New York trading on June 20, advancing to 26 7 8 per ounce. The market showed light activity with slight gains noted in early trading.
Washington reports the federal deficit fell to 908,103,047 dollars as US fiscal year total spending climbs to 4,100,516,278 dollars. Officials expect year-end deficits near 850 million, against earlier estimates of 950 million, with some funds, including farm board accounts, returned to the treasury.
Lieut Lis sant Beardmore of Canada became the first person to cross the English Channel in a glider. He launched from Lympne England rode to 12000 feet behind a plane then east off headed north toward the coast and landed at St Inglevert near Calais. He reported smooth performance with the craft rising and falling in air depressions amid a field of rivals including Austrian glider expert Robert Kronfeld who sought a 5000 prize.
Five student pilots were killed and one injured when two bombing hydroplanes collided at 60 feet altitude near Brindisi Italy. Six others escaped.
Arthur T. LaPrade assistant attorney general for Governor Hunt files in Superior Court a motion to quash the writ of certiorari directing a review of Governor Hunt removal of John B. Sloane and Lester B. Hart from the State Fish and Game Commission. The motion argues the writ should not have been issued as the review application shows no grounds to question the governor action.
In Oviedo on June 20 troops patrolled the streets with strict orders to quell rioting after a mob estimated at 10,000 stormed the Campo Amor theatre where Melaniades Alvarez, a candidate for the national assembly, was about to speak. One person was killed, 16 injured and 25 arrested in the unrest.
June 20 report says J L Baker clerk of the U S district court drew 25 grand jurors to serve during the Prescott session of the federal court beginning July 2. Judge F C Jacobs will preside.
Washington, AP says President Hoover is expected to propose suspending reparation and war debt payments for a year. Democratic members indicate support, but congressional approval will be needed. Congress does not convene until December, with next payment due December 15.
European capitals welcomed the President's remarks that the United States is interested in strengthening the economic situation in Europe. The statement signaled coordinated effort amid ongoing discussions about economic ties and recovery.
The submarine Nautilus, battered by heavy seas, had to be towed by the Wyoming after its engines failed and fuel and air systems faltered. communications were cut as repairs were attempted about 24 miles from Queenstown, Ireland, with damage to the periscope and propulsion gear.
Frederick W. Seymour, once a Union soldier who raised the Stars and Stripes over Atlanta City Hall during Sherman’s campaign, has died in Chicago at age 100 after several weeks of illness. A New Yorker by birth, he joined Lincoln’s volunteers at age 30.
Joseph M. Sarosky also known as George Damien was ordered held for removal to Detroit after being indicted for entering the United States from Canada following a prior deportation.
Weather forecast notes fair conditions in Arizona with warmer temperatures in the northeast tonight and Sunday. The report comes from Winslow with Friday highs and lows roughly indicated, though details are unclear.
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