Doles Ship Is Bound in Canyon
A 12 day search focused on a canyon in the San Bernardino mountains above Lake Arrowhead for the Western Air Express plane wreck. The craft piloted by James E. Doles carried co pilot A W Bieber and steward John W Slaton and disappeared after leaving Kingman Arizona on February 23 bound for Los Angeles. Climaxing the search two automobile parties head toward the site as a pilot circling the canyon spots the wreckage and bodies.
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Los Angeles
Western Air Express
San Bernardino Mountains
Jimmy Coles
Lake Arrowhead
Juanita Burns
Dudley Steele
James E. Doles
A.W. Bieber
John W. Slaton
Kingman
Ariz
Sheepmen Face Feed Shortage in Salt River Valley
Sheepmen in Phoenix and the Salt River Valley report a severe feed shortage as barley pastures run dry and hay growers oppose grazing sheep in alfalfa fields after today. Milk-fattened lambs bound for the Easter market depend on ample feed. only rain could yield enough desert grass to ease the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Salt River Valley
Movie figures pay fines for tax evasion in LA
Raymond Griffith and Henry King paid $250 and $400 fines respectively after pleading guilty to tax issues. Griffith had three felony counts dismissed after settling deficiency taxes. In five days about a dozen film figures paid taxes and fines totaling over $250,000.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Raymond Griffith
Henry King
Griffith
Rioters Under Arrest Across North America and Europe
The Associated Press reports about six hundred communists detained in the United States Canada and Europe during Red Thursday protests. Three killed and about 200 injured. Berlin Hille Germany saw one death. U S injuries include police bystanders and protesters with 200 arrests overall.
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Associated Press
United States
Canada
Europe
Berlin
Hille
Germany
Ship Breaks Up Near Tokyo After Grounding
The steam ship Alabama Maru, grounded near Tokyo Bay from Feb 22, finally broke up after a fort night of rescue efforts by March 7.
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Tokyo
Day hearings resume on prohibition next Wednesday
The House Judiciary Committee plans to continue two day per week hearings on the Eighteenth Amendment and prohibition. Representatives defend anti liquor statutes against testimony from wet witnesses claiming drinking rises among youths and high society and that prohibition harms grain demand and alcohol related deaths. The panel has eight witnesses so far and Graham of Pennsylvania leads the panel.
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Washington
Mar
House Judiciary Committee
Graham
Pennsylvania
Parole Granted for Dr Frederick A Cook
The parole of Dr Frederick A Cook, jailed in Leavenworth Kansas for mail fraud, has been approved by Attorney General Mitchell. Justice Department officials said the exact parole time would come from the warden, but it likely takes effect tomorrow.
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Washington
Frederick A. Cook
Leavenworth
Kansas
Mitchell
Department of Justice
Phoenix Man May Have Two Wives In Mexico City Marriage
A Milwaukee student Alice Gutknecht, a University of Wisconsin junior, wed R A Davis in Mexico City. Wendoline Gutknecht says a telegram from her mother notes the sister’s marriage. Mrs I A Davis of Mesa Arizona believes a man in a Vienna romance is the husband who left Mesa weeks ago.
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Milwaukrek
Wendoline Gutknecht
William Gutknecht
Alice
University of Wisconsin
Mexico City
R. A. Davis
Phoenix
Ariz
Taft Shows Slight Improvement Says Doctor
Dr Francis Hagner one of Taft's physicians said the former chief justice was probably a little bit better and certainly no worse than he was yesterday in a briefing on his condition.
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Washington
Mar
Francis Hagner
William Howard Taft
Mexican citizen Macias hanged at Florence prison
Refugio Macias died on the state prison gallows in Florence at 6:12 a m after walking up 13 steps. He was executed for the January 18 1929 shooting death of Pedro Ornelas in Morenci. Twenty one witnesses watched as Macias faced the trap. Chicago youth Richard Nash Burrows awaiting a stay collapsed in his cell during the execution.
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Florence
Ariz
Refugio Macias
Pedro Ornelas
Morenci
Macias
Richard Nash Burrows
Chicago
Ill
Jack Martin
Mesa
Burrows
State Supreme Court
Ornelas
Cipriano Delgado
Business Women's Week Proclaimed By The Governor
Governor John C. Phillips issued a proclamation designating March 9 to 16 as business women's week. He urged observance by women's clubs and civic organizations to honor the work of Arizona's business and professional women's clubs.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Mare
APY
John C. Phillips
Arizona
Farm Board Plan Won’t Work Says Livestock Man
Charles Wilson, president of the Chicago Livestock Exchange, declares the Farm Board proposed plan will never work. If it did, it would drive commission men, key players in the historic livestock market system, out of business.
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Chicago
National Livestock Marketing Association
Federal Farm Board
Charles Wilson
Chicago Livestock Exchange
New Livestock Laws Need Pushed In Arizona
Phoenix March 7 Hoyt Medler secretary of the Livestock Sanitary Board calls for revamping Arizona livestock laws. He says most rules were written in the horse and buggy era and do not fit modern operations as automobiles dominate rustling and related activities.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Hoyt Medler
The
Livestock Sanitary Board
Medier
Billie the Bear Indian fighter dies in CILADRON
J. F. Zueger, known as Billie the Bear, the Indian fighter whose real name was nearly forgotten, died in CILADRON Nebraska on March 7, according to AP reports.
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Ciladron
J. F. Zueger
Billie the Bear
Robbers Sentenced to Seven Years to Life in San Quentin
Harry P. Hunter and Richard J. McKinnon were convicted of robbing two Los Angeles banks and obtaining more than $10,000. They received seven years to life sentences each at San Quentin penitentiary.
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Los Angeles
Harry P. Hunter
Richard J. McKinnon
San Quentin Penitentiary
Lindy Flies Again After Polo Pony Accident
Col onel Charles A. Lindbergh, guest of J. Cheever Cowdin, was thrown from a galloping polo pony at Del Monte field while making his first solo ride. He escaped unhurt, retraced to his glider, and planned a safer outlook on flying.
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del Monte
Cal
del Monte Field
Charles A. Lindbergh
J. Cheever Cowdin
Newtyook
Lindbergh
Anne Lindbergh
Tornado Hits Three States Leaving Widespread Damage
A tornado swept Mississippi Arkansas and Louisiana last night killing four people injuring many and destroying homes and farms. In Bolivar County Mississippi two Black workers were hurt and fifteen houses totaling about 20000 were destroyed. Mrs. J W Adams 65 died at the Adams farm near Kosciusko and two Black workers were injured. Gregory Arkansas was nearly wiped out with 30000 in damages and eight miles from Homer Louisiana Harris community saw one man killed and three others injured.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Bolivar County
J. W. Adams
Adams
Kosciusko
Miss
Gregory
John Eldridge
Harris
Homer
Wimair
Mitchell
Forest Service transfers shift personnel in four forests
Holbrook forest official L F Cottam will move March 15 from Sitgreaves National Forest to Santa Fe Forest in New Mexico with no replacement named. Arthur J Riggs from Cady Lumber timber sale will transfer to Tonto National Forest to take over for Ranger Ben Rutherford on the Mazatzal District.
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Phoenex
L. F. Cottam
Sitgreaves National Forest
Santa Fe Forest
New Mexico
Forest Service
Cottam
Sitgreaves
Dispatch
Arthur J. Riggs
Cady Lumber Corporation
McNary
Tonto National Forest
Ben Rutherford
Mazatzal
Planes Resume Schedule After Two Days Of Storms
Two T A TMaddux planes, an eastbound and a westbound, carried seven and six passengers respectively and arrived on schedule. Snow fell yesterday near Flagstaff but both flights completed routes through a two mile opening in the clouds.
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T. A. T.maddux
Flagstaff
Council appoints Hohn as City Sanitary Inspector and garbage chief
The Winslow native L. M. Hohn was named City Sanitary Inspector and awarded the yearlong garbage contract. Pete McCoy, who held both posts, did not seek the contract and was declared to be vacating the sanitary job at a special morning meeting. Five other applicants for garbage collector were not considered after consolidating the two roles.
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Pete McCoy
L. M. Hohn
Winslow
McCoy
Hahn
Legge Predicts Higher Prices for Agricultural Goods
Chairman Legge of the farm board told the senate agriculture committee that the bottom in agricultural price declines has been reached and improvement is ahead. He said the board will focus on stabilizing commodity prices as wheat and cotton have fallen sharply in recent weeks.
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Washington
Legge
Farm Board
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate Committee
Japanese Steamer Tyne Maru Runs Ashore on Inland Sea
Cable dispatches report the Japanese steamer Tyne Maru bound from Seattle to the Orient ran ashore in the Straits of Kure on the Inland Sea today. The afterhold was taking on water, according to marine department notices.
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San Francisco
Marine Department of the Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Orient
Straits of Kure
Robbers Take $4000 From Shubert Theater Safe
Two men bound three theater employees at the Shubert Theater in downtown Kansas City and escaped with about $4000 from the theater office safe. The incident occurred March 7, reported by AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Mar
Earry
Shubert Theater
Supreme Court to hear Foster execution appeal in Pa case
Phoenix bulletin reports Charles R. Foster 21 of Claysville Pa will have oral arguments Monday in the Arizona Supreme Court over his hanging for the slaying of Martin Parke alias Mike Baker of St. Louis Missouri. A Navy note adds Lieutenant Commander Allan Barnett of Urbana Ohio leapt overboard from the Bainbridge cruiser en route from Guantanamo to Norfolk and eleven injured in a Carters mine explosion at Marionelle.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Charles RK. Foster
Claysville
Martin Parke
Mike Baker
St. Louis
Arizona Supreme Court
Washington
Navy Department
Allan Barnett
Urbana
Ohio
U.S
Bainbridge
New York
Guantanamo
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
Ten Die as Belgium Incident Claims Men
In Charleroi Belgium a disaster left ten men dead and injuries reported among workers. Authorities investigate cause and site safety practices as rescue teams search the area.
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Charleroi
Belgium
Mar
Ruth Ruppert salary talks collapse over 1938 39 offer
In St Petersburg Babe Ruth and Yankee owner Colonel Ruppert failed to reach a salary agreement. A compromise of 850,000 for 1938 and 1939 was rejected by the home club ranking, ending the talks. In Los Angeles Kitty persons were granted habeas corpus after arrests on alleged criminal syndicalism linked to communist demonstrations over unemployment and vagrancy laws.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla. March
Babe Ruth
Jacob Ruppert
Yankees
Los Angeles
Mar
Second Street East Expansion to Tie With Highway Project
The city council reports that bids for highway work linking Cottonwood Wash bridge to the east end of Second Street will be invited in three to four weeks. Arizona Highway Department says plans are with the Bureau of Public Roads for approval and the project aims to finish by July if possible. The state will replace a wooden bridge with a concrete one and surface the road to the east city limits, matching $5 105.25 advanced by Santa Fe for the wooden bridge.
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Cottonwood Wash
Second Street
Arizona Highway Department
East Second Street
Wash Crossing
Snyder Avenue
Bureau of Public Roads
Highway Department
Santa Fe Railway
Boston Judge Rules Liquor Purchase Not A Crime
Federal Judge James M Morton ruled that purchase of liquor is not a crime under the National Prohibition Act in the case of James Farrar of Watertown indicted for buying two pints. The decision spans about ten pages.
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Boston
Mar
James M. Morton
James’ Farrar
Watertown
Morton
Haitian official seeks removal of white Customs staff
Marc Seide, representative of customs employees, testified before the Hoover commission on Haiti that U S Collector of Customs Johnston used violence by slapping workers for invoice errors. He said a protest led to National Guard jailing several and demanded the dismissal of all white personnel in government departments.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Marc Seide
Customs House
Hoover Commission On
United States
Dismissal Expected in 188 Julian Petroleum Cases
Municipal Judge James H. Pope signaled dismissals would be granted if requested as the 188 usury and stock swindle cases reach trial. He spoke after dismissing charges against Phillip Grossman Simon Leipitz and Arthur I. Watz, citing a State Supreme Court ruling on speedy trial rights.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Julian Petroleum Corporation
James H. Pope
Pope
Phillip Grossman
Simon Leipitz
Arthur I. Watz
State Supreme Court
Ice blocks river flood thousands of acres in South Dakota
An ice gorge in the Missouri River just above the Vermillion mouth flooded thousands of acres of farmland. Families relocated to higher ground and several households evacuated by boat as floodwaters covered land between Burbank and Vermillion.
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Vermillion, S$. D
Missouri
Vermillion River
Highlands
Burbank and
Varmillion
Debris strewn over lands in wake of flood
The Garonne flood devastates Montauban Meissac and Bordeaux fears. Official death toll rises to 201 with unofficial estimates near 400. France’s Chamber votes 100 million francs aid for flood victims and may seek more funding.
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Bordeaux
France
Ahe
Montauban
Meissac
Garonne
Carcassone
Coast Guardsmen Shoot Rum Runner Near Lorain
Coast Guardsmen fired on an armor plated tug midway between Lorain and Cleveland early today. They wounded a man who claimed to be Fred Lentrie Detroit and captured the 64 foot tug Shim bo G of Port Stanley Ontario carrying about 1000 cases of liquor.
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Lorain
Mar
Fred Lentrie
Detroit
Coast
Filipino Students Return To School In Manila Walkout Eases
Manila March 7 The ranks of Manila high school strikers thinned as many who walked out Monday returned to classes. About 1,500 resumed at North High School, the movement's center. Trade school and Philippine Normal students did not join the strike. agitators were driven from campuses.
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Manila
Mar
North Hirsh School
Trade School
The
Philippine Normal
Pioneer Mining Man Killed In Accident
The body of L. L. Lindsay who died in a rock slide at the Quicksilver mine on Mount Montgomery arrives for burial in Tonopah Nevada. He was a member of a pioneer Eureka mining family and leaves a daughter a brother in Phoenix and a mother in San Diego.
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Tonopaits
Tapo
Ll. L. Lindsay
Quicksilver Mine
Mount Montgomery
Eureka
Phoenix
Ariz
San Diego
Optimism In Arms Conference Fuels Talks In London
Secretary Stimson and Japan's Reijiro Wakatsuki discussed cruiser ratio as Reed and Matsudaira had. At St James Palace the Naval Conference resumed with Briand representing France. Prime Minister MacDonald voiced confidence a treaty would come soon, urging buoyant outlook and rejecting pessimism.
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London
Stimson
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Japan
Reed
Matsudaira
St. James’ Palace
France
Aristide Briand
Tardieu
MacDonald
Schacht resigns as Reichsbank president in Berlin meeting
Dr Hjalmar Schacht presented his resignation today at a meeting of the directorate in Berlin. He cited dissatisfaction with the final Young plan protocol, saying its changes jeopardize the plan he helped draft, surprising both supporters and opponents.
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Berlin
Hjalmar Schacht
Germany
Reichsbank
Communist Leaders Refuse Bail After Union Square Riots
Five communist leaders including William Z. Foster Robert O Minor Israel Amter Harry Raymond and Joseph Lester were paraded before 200 detectives at police headquarters after a night in jail for refusing to answer questions about yesterday's riots in Union Square that injured more than 100 people.
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New York
Union Square
William Z. Foster
Workers (Communist) Party
Robert O. Minor
The
Daily Worker
Israel Amter
Harry Raymond
Joseph Lester
Tucson City Council Auction Over Special Services Legal
Judge Fred W. Fickett ruled the auction related to the Tucson city council and the extra $2 quo for special services in settling the defalcation of former city treasurer George F. Gray was legal. City Attorney Ben HL was involved in the action.
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Tucson. Ariz
Fred W. Fickett
Tucson
George F. Gray
Dry Law Supporters Plan Lengthy Fight
Supporters of the eighteenth amendment announced plans to use the House Judiciary Committee hearing recess to review anti prohibition testimony. They intend to call witnesses to counter each phase of the question raised by opponents of the dry law.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
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Canyon
Sues
Bertha’ Jones
Pittsburgh
Alan RK. Jones
Frances. Williams
George White
Miss Williams
Jones
Cook Parole
Taft
Lindy
Holbrook Forest
Hohn
Carlers
Marionelle
Highway East
Bureau of Roads
Julian
Betty van Pelt
Oakdale
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Coast Guardsmen
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