Red Cross Response Turns Guion Ark Tornado Into Phoenix
The Red Cross rushed to Guion Arkansas after a devastating tornado. Health needs, water supply, and sanitation were addressed with typhoid inoculations and emergency shelter. 35 carpenters from Batesville aided construction as National Guard tents dotted the hillside. By nightfall three houses neared completion and Guion rose from ruin.
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ED Cross the Red Cross
Red Cross
Guion
Ark
Red Cross Courier
Birdie Weems
Little Rock
National Guard
Batesville
Prosperity for the Dominion From Air Travel Promise
A magazine writer predicts airplanes will unlock Canada’s rich pre-Cambrian shield mineral deposits. By shrinking distances from the Great Lakes to Labrador the air age could vastly speed prospecting and boost Canada’s prosperity, with iron ore regions becoming accessible in years rather than decades.
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Canada
Dominion
Great Lakes
Hudson’s Bay
Labrador
Lake Superior
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
United States
Journal-Tribune Shines in Mesa
R. J. Dunagan and John C. McPhee receive high praise from Tombstone Epitaph for their Journal-Tribune in Mesa. The paper is commended as a standout weekly offering in a growing town.
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R. J. Dunagan
John C. McPhee
Arizona
Mesa
Journal-Tribune
Tombstone
Tariff Bill Seeks Free Entry for Fish Sounds
The piece discusses a new tariff bill proposing free duties for fish sounds while noting uncertainty about what qualifies as such sounds. The author expresses preference for a heavy tariff if the sounds are radio signals during storms and references Uncle Zev’s claim that style increases creditors.
Governor Considers Highways Bond Plan for Arizona Roads
Douglas Dispatch reports Governor Phillips studying highway bond issuance tied to the gasoline tax to fund a 20 year program of permanent improvements. The Arizona Road Roads association urged a special session to adopt a statewide highway plan, with Cochise County pushing for oil surface work between Douglas and Rodeo and urging solid funding for the Rodeo to San Bernardino route.
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Douglas Dispatch
Phillips
Arizona Road Roads Association
Cochise County
Broadway
Douglas
Rodeo
State Highway Commission
Dovelas
San Bernardino
Spread of diseases blamed on colonial movement in Africa
A historical note claims the white man both eradicates and spreads disease in Africa. It alleges sleeping sickness in West Africa was carried by travellers to other regions, influenza killed hundreds of thousands of black people and was brought by whites, and tuberculosis was taken to Africa by Europeans.
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Africa
West Africa
Navajo County Seeks Early Action On Highway Projects
At a Phoenix hearing, Navajo County officials urged immediate consideration of carried-forward highway projects from prior budgets and pressed for higher allocations for U.S. Highway 66. State engineer W. W. Lane promised future contract lettings, with several routes listed as carried forward and new budget provisions for 1929-30.
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Tridson
Phoenix
Flo
Hudson
Board of Supervisors
Navajo County
Chambers of Commerce of
Holbrook and Winston
McBrine
W. W. Lane
Sanders
Lupton
IA Holbrook
Winslow
Flagstaff
Ashtork
Kineman
Pair Arrested On Mann Act Charge In County Prison
Ruiz and Cordova of Los Angeles are jailed in Navajo county awaiting trial on Mann Act charges for allegedly transporting Jennie Escalante and Lucy Ruiz from a coast city to a railroad camp for immoral purposes. They were bound over to federal court. bail set but not posted. The girls are kept as witnesses. one girl reportedly uses the alias Ruiz Delgado.
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Fas Ruiz
Ramon Cordova
Los Angeles
Navajo County
Jennie Escalante
Lucy Ruiz
Holbrook and
Adamana
Woman Denied Boxing License in Hollywood
A woman was refused a boxing license in Hollywood, with comments implying that fairness is lacking in the sport's administration. The incident prompts questions about gender bias in boxing licensing practices.
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Hollywood
Cherry
Snake skins and bitters spark tariff debate in Congress
The article details a tariff fight led by Keystone Reptile Tankers Inc for a 25 percent ad valorem duty on finished snake leather for general use, with Indian supplies dominant and U S experiments in snake farming noted. It also explains angostura bitters naming origin and duty challenges for imported bitters versus American products.
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Belbe
Leite Angostura
Angostura
India
Florida
Texas
Okaahoma
Washington
Venezuela
Aunother Bitters Importing
Angostura Bitters
A. Edward Wupperman
J.W. Wupperman, Inc
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Rédeo
America
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Mexico
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Holbrook
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Winslow UN Flagstaff
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NBA Service, Inc
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Winslow Daily Mail
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