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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1932
Page
1
The Salt River Valley sent 46 car loads of cantaloupes and two carloads of watermelons, with 48 cars passing Winslow this evening. Season totals reach about 65 cars. Winslow and Williams crews sent to Prescott to bolster operations as officials foresee heavy volume ahead.
County Attorney H L Russell links Frances Wells 16 missing since Monday to possible kidnap plot. Authorities search northern Arizona as Miss Wells rode out for a horse ride. A posse led by Jerisf Arthur Vandevier operates from Williams as officers pursue leads.
Dr. Rufus K. Wyllys of Arizona State Teachers College Tempe was named associate editor of the Arizona Historical Review succeeding the late John P. Clum former mayor of Tombstone. Wyllys writes on Padre Francisco Estibio Kino adventures in early Arizona with Effie R. Keen as editor.
Gov Geo H Dern of Utah was elected general president of the western states Democratic coalition at a meeting. The league aims to solidify western support for the Democratic ticket in November and will also pursue mutual economic and political matters. States represented included Oregon Washington Idaho Montana Utah Arizona and Wyoming.
Governor Hunt said he will stop in Flagstaff Sunday night to attend part of the Southwest Indian pow wow, arriving after his Phoenix visit.
Governor G W P Hunt will be a principal speaker at the dedication of the bridge over the Rio Puerco in the Petrified Forest next Sunday. Exercises end in time for the crowd to return to Winslow for the Meteor City Round Up program in the afternoon.
In Chicago on June 29 Roosevelt forces at the national convention supported a recommendation to let the next convention consider nominating by a bare majority rather than the two thirds rule. The action aims to change tradition and asserts that precedent shall not govern future conventions.
Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley was awakened by reporters after being reported overdue on an airplane from Kansas City. He reached Dayton and then traveled to Washington where his arrival at Bolling Field went unnoted by night staff, causing concern for his safety.
In Boston on June 29 Senora Leonor Llorente Calles shows slow but steady progress a week after brain tumor surgery. Her condition remains grave but she has not lost ground in her fight for recovery signaling cautious optimism.
Congressional conferees near agreement on the $2.3 billion unemployment relief bill. Discussion focused on the $500 million public works portion of the Senate bill with a potential understanding soon. President Hoover has harshly denounced this section. Police seek two bandits who robbed J. H. Elders near Coopertown last night. Elders, a representative of L. B. Price Mercantile, was driving when attacked.
A detachment of over 100 bonus seekers from California headed to Washington moved east after camping in Flagstaff last night. Winslow is the next overnight stop as they travel in 40 automobiles. Commander E O Vought says the group aims to show that payment of the bonus is the quickest way to end the depression.
Warden Henry Hill reports a theft at Joilet Illinois state penitentiary where a thief also looted the warden’s office safe and took his star gift from inmates. Stanley Burzewski, with 45 days left on a larceny sentence, was blamed after escaping with the warden’s dogs.
New York June 29 bar silver finished unchanged at 26 3 4 per ounce in quiet trading. Traders noted thin market activity with little price movement despite slow summer demand.
Aerial fireworks will end the Meteor City Roundup with a 9:00 p m July 4 display. Local aviators George Tyson and Lester Woods will perform loops dives and streamer bursts using flares of 25 000 candle power on two aircraft. Fireworks are on hand and plans are complete for the celebration.
Washington June 29 The United States closes its fiscal year with about 2.9 billion dollars in red. Deficit stood at 2,837,644,914 on June 26, 1932 figures show a hoped for tax intake of 3,261,000,000 under the new revenue bill and an ancillary economic program to sustain treasury operations.
Charles Holloway, a veteran journalist and Iowa graduate who worked for the Omaha Bee, Tucson Daily Citizen, Miami Silver Belt, Arizona Republic and United Press, died from a wound after Frank de la Cruz stabbed the landlady and shot Holloway and another man in Tucson. De la Cruz faces murder charges.
Mexico City officials denounce strikes as unpatriotic and uneconomical, saying they cause harm and little value. The remark shocks union labor circles, which had depended on favorable official statements from the revolutionary government in the past.
Floods in the Yangtze district sweep the valley of the Kan river described as causing hundreds of drownings and leaving 5,000 homeless. Cholera worsens the misery among farmers in Nanking reporting region.
In Bombay on June 29 riots between Hindus and Muslims left one man dead and 30 seriously injured. Police fired on a mob that defied a dispersal order, and three others were wounded in the clashes.
W L Lindblom reports a possible reorganization allowing reopening of four northern Arizona branches after closures last Friday. Plans would shift McNary accounts to Winslow while preserving conservative management. Details pending approval from stockholders and the state banking department.
The renowned blind astronomer Dr Edwin Brand Frost will retire July 1 at Yerkes Observatory in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. He will be 66 next month and has led Yerkes since 1905, with Dr Otto Struve named to succeed him as director.
Senator Walsh of Montana was elected national chairman of the Democratic convention in Chicago and presided at today's meeting. He lambasted Republican administrations of the past decade for economic troubles, blaming tariffs and other policies.
In Chicago on June 29 Tom Walsh of Montana was chosen permanent chairman of the Democratic national convention by 626 to 528 over Jouett Shouse. He delivered a blistering denouncement of Republican rule and then approved the convention regulations governing the assembly. The vote marked Roosevelt's third clear convention victory after prior roll calls.
Nine Americans two men and seven women and children were released today by bandits who abducted them last Sunday near Kikungshan in southern Henan province. The men are fathers of four children and husbands of two women.
In Pelika Alabama a Black man armed with a public safety item and razor attacked his wife and Sheriff W S Jones. He wounded two other Black people before a posse fatally shot him in a corn field about three miles away.
Von Papen calls for revision of the Versailles treaty as a prerequisite for Germany’s participation in postwar economic reconstruction. He asks that discriminatory provisions be removed to establish German equality and security, responding to Prime Minister MacDonald’s inquiry on concessions for a settlement of reparations.
Frank De La Cruz, seriously wounded, is turned over to county officers for prosecution after allegedly running amuck in Tucson. He stabbed landlady Lena Morales during a rent dispute and shot Charles Holloway and Frank Durazo. Morales and Holloway were wounded. Durazo was injured. Cruz was shot by a police captain.
Six men are known to have died in the Santa Fe fruit train derailment near Castle Rock Colorado. Salvage crews expect one or two more bodies as they clear debris and a detour is used for northbound trains.
A plaque honoring former Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow will be unveiled at the American embassy in Mexico City on July 4 during the American colony’s celebration. The event marks the memory of Morrow and reflects U S diplomatic ties in the region.
Arizona's support for Isabella Greenway may have began as a compliment but a Chicago meeting shows active efforts to win broader backing for the vice presidential nomination. Delegation members drafted a telegram reaffirming a bid to place her name in nomination and reflect honor on the state and the nation’s women.
Chicago June 29 The Democratic platform committee rejected the prohibition submission plank by 35 to 18 and voted 35 to 17 to back repeal. The resolutions committee then prepared a brief platform 1200 to 1400 words calling for federal expenditure cuts of at least 25 percent, tax reform, a competitive tariff for revenue, a monetary conference on silver, and leniency on war debt payments as world conditions allow, led by Governor Roosevelt of New York.
In Chicago on June 29 the platform committee remained tied on the prohibition plank. The Democratic national convention filled time with speeches and light banter, then recessed until 7 PM as discussions paused.
In the National League Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 7 to 6 with Thurston Lopez Elliott Hansen Berry and McCurdy contributing. In the American League Washington beat New York 5 to 6 behind Crowds Brown Spence Gomez Marberry Pipgras and Dickey with Jergens.
Washington June 29 Senator Norris Neb long a prohibitionist commented to reporters on the liquor plank adopted by the Democratic resolutions committee at Chicago. Flemington N J June 29 Frank J Wilson a federal operative investigating John Hughes Curtis on trial for hindering the Lindbergh kidnapers testified he had no way to know Curtis knew the kidnapers whereabouts.
Unconfirmed reports out of Lausanne say Germany agrees in principle to pay on account toward reparations, breaking a deadlock that had seen Chancellor Franz Von Papen oppose any payment under any circumstances.
The Senate adopted the conference report on the navy appropriation bill totaling 320 million dollars marking congressional action completed. The vote finalized funding levels for Navy programs and operations as of June 29.
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