Former President Welcomed To Arizona For Gala
Former President arrives in Arizona to attend a gala as the dry forces push for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. The House Judiciary Committee hears testimony from wets and receives a letter from Walter Liggett denying Kansas bootlegger claims. Liggett says liquor access existed in Kansas cities shortly after arrival.
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Arizona
Washingtorx
House Judiciary Committee
Walter Liggett
Washington
Kansas
Liggett
Graham
Linthicum
Maryland
House
Wet Bloc
Wets
Smith
Cal Coolidge Dedicates Arizona Dam in Historic Ceremony
Colorful gathering at Coolidge Dam in Arizona marks dedication with Calvin Coolidge presiding atop the dam wall. The former president appears as thousands cheer in the Gila river canyon, praising the monument to progress in the region.
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Coolidge Dam
Ariz
Box Canyon
Old Fort San Carlos
Gila River
Coolidge
Calvin Ocollege
United States
Globe, Ariz
Calvin Coolidge
Arizona
Hunt continues for missing W A E air liner in California mountains
Three tired men who searched the rugged northeast Lake Arrowhead area for a missing Western Air Express liner rested at Cox ranch then resumed the search at daybreak. J S Barber, who had sighted wreckage yesterday, vowed to guide deputies to the spot while Constable Joseph Trayden led another posse into the mountains. Three planes scouted the area yet failed to locate the craft carrying Pilot James J Doles co Pilot A W Bieber and steward John W Slayton who have been missing for more than a week.
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Los Angeles
Lake Arrowhead
Western Air Express
Cox Ranch
J.S. Barber
Joseph Trayden
James J. Doles
A. W. Bieber
John W. Slayton
600 Workmen Marooned by Flood in Villemur
In Toulouse area the Agout River swelled trapping 600 workmen inside a flooded spaghetti factory in Villemur as the town became a lake of about 60 square miles. Homes collapsed and livestock was destroyed while residents watched from submerged streets awaiting rescue.
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Toulouse
France
Uaem
Villemur
U S Rum Fleet Debated at Five Power Parley
London reports experts at the Five Power Naval Conference decided United States Coast Guard ships used to combat rum-running will not be exempt from naval limitation treaties. Twenty five Coast Guard destroyers will be counted in the destroyer class and subject to restrictions. Secrecy surrounds talks between Senator Reed and Ambassador Matsudaira over cruiser ratios.
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London
Mar
Naval Conference
United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Dominican Cabinet Appointed Under Presidential Decree
A new cabinet was appointed in the Dominican Republic replacing the former chief Horacio Vasquez. Elias Brache Hijo, long prominent in politics, becomes minister of foreign affairs. he previously served as minister of justice in Vasquez’s cabinet.
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Dsanvo
Domingo
Dominican Republic
Horacio Vasquez
Elias Brache Hijo
Justic
Vasquez
Mardi Gras in New Orleans Crown Rex Parade and Revelry
The 1920s style carnival unfolds with a Rex parade on Canal Street led by a float bearing Rex who salutes his queen Shirley Carter Cordill. Dr Paul H Saunders, a prominent physician, is identified as Rex masked with the crown. The night features balls of Rex and Comus before Lent begins.
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New Orleans
Broad Canal Street
James B. Cordill
Rex
Paul H. Saunders
Knights of Comus
Comus
Six Arizonians To Go To Pennsylvania For Schroeder Case
Six persons from Arizona will travel to New Castle Pennsylvania to testify for the state in the case against Irene Schroder and W Glenn Dague indicted for the slaying of Corporal Brady Paul a Pennsylvania state highway patrolman The Arizona witnesses include Sheriff Charles H Wright and two deputies plus a newspaper editor two surprise witnesses were also mentioned The group was to depart Phoenix Thursday and reach New Castle Sunday night.
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New Castle
Arizona
Irene Schroder
W. Glenn Dague
Brady Paul
Pennsylvania
Charles H. Wright
Phoenix
Aich
Taft Condition Continues Quiet With No Change
President Taft’s health showed little change as of tonight. His nurse reported a fairly comfortable night and doctors said he could linger unless arterial hardening prompts a rapid shift.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Balkan Bombing Blamed On Reds
In Romania on March 4 a bomb exploded on rails between Buda and Prahova stations causing minor injuries to many of the thousand passengers aboard the train. Authorities report the blast may be of communist origin.
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Balkan
Bucharest
Romania
Ploesti
Increase in juvenile crime under prohibition in Idaho
Lewiston attorney Noel B. Martin told the house judiciary committee that juvenile crime has risen in Idaho amid prohibition. He testified in Washington on March 4.
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Washington
Noel B. Martin
Lewiston
Idaho
House Judiciary Committee
Williams Gets New County Building Authorized
AP reports Williams Arizona voters approve construction of a new county building at an estimated four thousand dollars with bids to open soon and work to start by April. A seven mile Oak Creek hill survey is funded at 150 000 with county state and government cooperation. A road equipment upgrade worth seven thousand dollars is also authorized and will start within two weeks.
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Vlagspare
Ariz Mill
Williams
Ariz
Board of Supervisors
Engieer
Seven Mile Oak Creek
Stimson Leaves Naval Conference After Severe Cold
London March 4 AP Secretary of State Henry L Stimson has a cold that worsened and keeps him at his Stanmore country residence for two or three days a physician visited the site. Ambassador Gibson was named to act for Stimson at a naval conference meeting at St James Palace in his absence.
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London
Ienry L. Stimson
Stanmore
Gibson
Stimson
St. James’ Palace
Pope Criticizes Press On Moral Decline
Pope Pius, addressing 200 Lenten preachers in the consistorial hall, warned of two plagues afflicting modern humanity. He cited youth resenting parental oversight and a reckless press that discusses everything without restraint, especially toward the young.
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Vatican
Pius
New Duchess Expected Soon in Apulia Court
The Duchess of Apulia is expected to give birth this month. The royal court notified both houses of parliament and the state chief officer by the king's order. The Duke of Apulia, cousin of King Victor Emmanuel, married on November 5, 1927.
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Rome
Apulia
Victor Emmanuel
Willys Nominated for Polish Post
President Hoover sent to the Senate the nomination of John N. Willys of Toledo as ambassador to Poland. Willys, an automobile manufacturer, is to represent the United States in Warsaw.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Toledo Automobile Manufacturer
Poland
South Sea Leaders Hold Peace Parley
The New Zealand Governors of Western Samoa met native chiefs at Vaimoso in a bid to end years of Samoan resistance to New Zealand rule during a large peace gathering on March 3.
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Apia
Western Samoa
New Zealand
Vaimoso
Interesting Facts About Coolidge Dam
Facts describe Coolidge Dam features and measurements including elevation 2535 feet, dam height 22 feet above stream-bed, top dome thickness 4 feet, bottom dome 21 feet, submerged land 22,000 acres, reservoir length 23 miles, capacity 1,200,000 acre feet, annual Gila runoff 385,000 cubic feet, concrete 205000 cubic yards, reinforcing steel 3500 tons, rock and gravel excavation 280000 cubic yards. An acre foot equals one foot depth over one acre.
64 New Mumps Cases In State For Week Ended March 1
Phoenix bulletin shows 64 new mumps cases leading communicable diseases for the week ended March 1. State total cases reported reach 244 across all diseases as released by the state board of health.
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State Board of Health
Board
Supervisors Receive Two Bids for New Highway Building
Holbrook March 4 The board of supervisors received two bids for the proposed highway department county building addition to the courthouse. County Attorney McCauley advised expenditures would be illegal under the budget law, so the contract will not be let until legality is confirmed. Olds Brothers Lumber Co bid 9500 for brick, 8383 538 for native stone, and 8300 for adobe. Harry Pollock bid 7300 for concrete construction. Routine business and audit of bills occupied the session.
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Daily Mail Holbrook
Highway Department-County
Board of Supervisors
C. D. McCauley
Olds Brothers Lumber Company of
Winslow
Winslow American Legion Posts Formed in Arizona
In Phoenix area an American Legion post was incorporated as Winslow’s Legion Post Incorporated. Frank Perkins Post No. 15 of Winslow filed articles with the state corporation commission. A.M. McHenry A.R. Wipkoe and Charles T. Shaw signed. The new post will have no capital stock and will issue memberships to eligible individuals.
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Phoenex
Ariz. March
Frank Perkins
American Legion of Winslow
State Corporation Commission
A. M. McHenry
A. R. Wipkoe
Charles T. Shaw
New Region Post
Winslow Bus Tours Application Heard
Hearing on two Santa Fe Transportation Co requests to run local tourist service in Winslow and to establish a Winslow to Holbrook motor coach line continued for further testimony. The plan offers Santa Fe railroad passengers a motor trip through Petrified Forests and nearby historic and scenic points.
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Phicenta
Ariz
Santa Fe Transportation Company
Arizona
Corporation Commission
Winslow
Holbrook
Santa Fe Railroad
Petrified Forests
Singer's Son Guilty Of Theft In California Case
The son of famed contralto Mme Kernes tine Schwuann Heink was found guilty yesterday of stealing $2,500 in securities from an investment house bearing his name. His attorney requested a new trial and was given two weeks to prepare the appeal.
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Diego
Cal
Marek Card -Hery Seehumann-Heink
Mme
Kernestine Schwuann-Heink
Landslide at Cape Givam Kills, Injures in Madeira
A massive landslide in Funchal Madeira on March 1 reports several deaths and many injuries as rocks plunge from towering Cape Givam cliffs into the sea.
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Funchal
Madeira
Cape Givam
Condition Of Swedish Queen Growing Worse
Queen Victoria of Sweden, ill at the royal villa in Rome, worsened after brief improvement. Personal physician Doctor Axel Munthe was summoned, oxygen given, and a direct telephone to Stockholm installed at Villa Spezia as officials monitor her condition.
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Rome
Victoria
Sweden
Villa
Tere
Axel Munthe
Hatalian
Stockholm
Villa Spezia
Bodies Of Arctic Fliers Reach U S Soil From Siberia
Nome Alaska March 1 (AP) The bodies of Carl Ben Kielson and Sarl Gerland Arctic fliers rested on American soil after being flown across the Bering Sea from the icebound motor ship Nanmuk near North Cape Siberia.
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Nome
Alaska
Carl Ben Kielson
Sarl Gerland
Arctic
Bering Sea
Nanmuk
North Cape
Siberia
James J. Davis Expected to Run for Senate
Secretary James J. Davis of the labor department is expected to announce his candidacy for United States senator in Pittsburgh before week’s end, according to close political friends in WAITINGTON.
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Waitington
James J. Davis
Labor Department
Anoounee
Pittsburgh
United States
Bombing Reported in Nish Along Bulgarian Frontier
An AP dispatch from Nish reports three bombs were thrown in the principal square. It is believed several people were injured, but confirmation is unavailable.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Nish
10000 Filipino Students Strike Over Teacher Controversy
About 7,000 high school students in Manila join the walkout tied to sentiment against American teacher Miss Mabel Brummitt. West High South High and Mast High join North High strikers to reach 10,000, with plans to include others. They demand dismissal of the acting secretary of public instruction the director of education and the North High principal.
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Manila
Mar
Manila North High School
Mabel Brummitt
West High
South High
Mast High
Radical Socialists Spark Rift Over Tardieu Cabinet
Paris AP reports Radical Socialist MPs expelled J J Dumesnil and Henri Falcot for joining Tardieu’s cabinet as Dumesnil becomes minister of marine and Maleoz undersecretary of state for public works while others expect Tardieu to win 20 to 30 votes in the Chamber of Deputies after his ministerial declaration.
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Paris
Prince of Wales Convalesces from Malaria Attack
An official bulletin from Nairobi reports the Prince of Wales recovering from sub-tertian malaria. He is convalescing and expects to leave for Usanda on March 9 as originally arranged.
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Kenya
British East Africa
Prince of Wales
Tle
Usanda Mareh
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Town of Tales
Taft
Willys
South Sea
Harry Pollock
Winslow's Legion Post Incorporated
Winslow Bus Tours
Singer
U. S
Tardieu
Wales
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