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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1927
Page
3
Personal notes report Reuben Baxton employed as fireman on the Santa Fe out of Winslow. John Askey returned from the Santa Fe hospital after an operation. O Bostwick also returned home after a Los Angeles hospital exam.
Mrs. George Schaefer and Mrs. P A Sawyer spent Monday in Winslow as guests of friends. Mrs. R M Hensley returned from Los Angeles where she joined Sev arayette Swindle en route to his Hollywood home after his injury from a fall at the Santa Fe depot. X ray showed a fracture and dislocation of the left elbow requiring time to heal.
John Krumm and Dick Wyrick return to Winslow after several months touring Southern California and Arizona. Both say the trip was fine and they are glad to be back in Winslow.
J. C. Wartley, northern Arizona manager for Marine Oil, reported in Winslow that the company will soon begin work on distribution plants to be located in Flagstaff, Winslow, Williams, and Prescott.
June 28 report from Williams lists J C Walton alias Pegles recaptured in Ash Fork and held for hearing, a 50 gallon still found near Coleg an Lake with owners unknown, local visits by Mrs McKenna and Al Sweate, heavy rainfall at 1.67 inches, and various trips and family news including the Wrights return from Flagstaff after tonsil and adenoid surgery and the death of M A Perkins.
The Whitlock Oil Co. has built a cook house and two 4000 gallon water tanks at a drilling site 16 miles northeast of Bowie Arizona. Three bunk houses are erected and another is planned. No. 2 National rig will be used with S H Mallarkey of Glencatg California in charge. Prescott Ore shipments will start from Tinsdale Mining property in Southern Ya vapai County.
M J Rollin an undertaker from Gallup is spending several days in the city visiting friends and attending local affairs.
Mr and Mrs Ed Beckstead and their children from Globe are visiting in the city as guests of Mrs W G Kelly and family, sister to Mrs Beckstead.
June 28 report from the University of Arizona confirms Wel don Brinton as the scholarship winner for Coconino County with Harold Burman as alternate. Brinton is son of H W Brinton of Flagstaff and valedictorian of the local high school class.
Phoenix June 28 The Arizona Pageantry association under Mrs. Katherine MacRae plans a 1928 Grand Canyon Pageant at Grand Canyon National Park in June or July. Northern Arizona will form a regional committee to run it, and a second Indian village is proposed to preserve Arizona Indian architectural crafts. Smoki Dancers of Prescott and Santa Fe Railway officials back the project as an annual event effort.
Dickie Kerr, veteran left hander, was released unconditionally by Fort Worth of the Texas League. He has been unable to play due to a hand injury and had come to the Texas League from the Pacific Coast League.
Flooding worsened with 60 feet of LeRoux Wash bridge approach washed out near Winslow. Detours planned via Holbrook Winslow road as rains recede. About 50 autos stalled in Winslow and Holbrook. 300 tourists stranded. Rail service to move cars past storm area. Rain totals: Holbrook 1.54 inches, Winslow 1.96.
In Clarkdale a 9 year old girl Leona Teague drowned as flood waters from the mountains swept the canyon. A rescuer saved other swimmers and flood damage blocks roads with hundreds of tourists marooned. Officials warn months to repair highways and a week for critical water pipes.
Mrs Louise Hegenberger learned by radio that the army plane carrying her husband has hopped off over the Pacific. She expressed hope, recalled his wish to achieve such a feat, and asked about another flyer as details came through. She lives near Boston Harbor Castle Island with her mother as keeper of the Castle Rock fog signal.
Traffic on the Denver and Rio Grande between Denver and Salt Lake City resumed this afternoon after one of five trains tied up by washouts and slides in Price River Canyon was released. Other trains expected to move during the night as repairs continue.
In Los Angeles indictments against about 55 figures tied to the Julian Petroleum Corporation stock over issue are met with planned demurrers. Dozens of lawyers say arraignments Thursday will challenge indictments amid charges from usury to embezzlement. Seven new names bring the total to 55.
EAST VAUGHN June 28 AP Sheriff John Russell of Okmulgee and two deputies escort a heavily armed party through town stopping for lunch at a hotel. The group guards a prisoner and aims to prevent Confederate rescue attempts. CLOVIS New Mexico Mrs Ray Doolin mentioned in dispatches.
Tucson reports Manuel Munoz general superintendent of the National Railways of Mexico states that despite religious problems in Mexico industry remains unaffected. He spoke in Tucson on June 28.
Oklahoma officials arrested husband and Mathew Kimes at the Grand Canyon on June 23 and escorted them toward Oklahoma City. Mrs Doolin traveled unescorted through the area, avoiding reporters as authorities planned to return them to Okmulgee.
Northbound passenger trains from the Mexican west coast are over 25 hours late due to heavy rains in Sonora. Several miles of track were washed out by a cloudburst and special work trains are being sent from Nogales yards.
A official stated the so called religious problem does not disturb his country's economic development and that the reported boycott failed to materialize.
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