Storms Kill 21 Across Nine States in Midwest
Storms blasted the middle west killing 21 people and injuring many with property damage in the hundreds of thousands. Tornadoes struck Tekamah Nebraska Norborne Missouri and Westby Wisconsin while electrical storms and high winds affected North Dakota Minnesota Iowa Illinois and other states. Four deaths occurred at Tekamah, a lightning fatality near Lawton North Dakota, drownings near Lake City Minnesota, and car crashes near Duluth Wisconsin. A boy died at Westby Wisconsin.
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Nebraska
Chicago
Middle West
Tekamah
Nebr
Norborne
Westby
Wis
North Dakota
Minnesota
Iinois
Iowa
Missouri
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Illinois
Tekemah
Nebi
Lawton
N. D
Lake City
Minn
Duluth
Spilsbury urges western industrial congress for regional economic coordination
P G Spilsbury, president of the Arizona industrial congress, told an eleven state western conference in San Francisco that an industrial congress should be formed to adjust regional economic problems. He proposed a regional trade council and a western council to unify efforts across states and promote diversified production tied to port-area manufacturing and rural development. The gathering is sponsored by the national association of real estate boards’ industrial property division, the California State Chamber of Commerce, and the California Real Estate Association.
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San Francisco
Industrial Congress
Pacific
Mountain States
P. G. Spilsbury
Arizona Industrial Congress
Spilsbury
Industrial Property Division
National Association of Real Estate Boards
California State Chamber of Commerce
California Real Estate Association
Phoenix metropolitan district population nears ninety five thousand
Orme Lewis census supervisor for the third Arizona district announced that Phoenix area figures for census purposes show a population of about 95 000, up more than 86 percent since 1920 when 651 000 were counted in the area. The district includes continued residence sections of Phoenix and adjacent areas served by its utilities and mail routes.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Orme Lewis
Arizona
Phoenix Metropolitan District
Phoenix Public Utilities
Miail
Lindbergh Returns From Panama Trip
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh landed in Havana at 12 50 p m E S T after a five hour 55 minute flight from Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua with seven days air mail from South American points for the United States A radio message received by Pan American Airways here said the 638 mile trip was flown at about 108 miles an hour
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Miami
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Havana
E.S. T
Puerto Cabezas
Nicaragua
United States
Pan-American Airways
Union Pacific Wins Accident Safety Contest
CHICAGO May 2 The Union Pacific system won the annual steam railroad accident prevention contest. Figures released show railroad employer accidents last year totaled 58 446 compared with 150 000 in 1923.
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Chicago
Union Pacific System
Weer
Hoover plans stock market study for economic stability
President Hoover said he would push an exhaustive study of the 1929 stock market collapse, the preceding boom, and the subsequent downturn. He proposed forming a commission drawn from various fields to carry out the inquiry once the current situation eases.
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Washington
Hoover
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Arizona Aviator Returns Safe From Mexican Flight
John Hyde of Glendale arrives in Phoenix with two companions after a fishing trip to Rocky Point Sonora. He had only 65 hours solo flight time and prompted a sheriff search when he failed to reach Phoenix, but says a night stop at San Luis on the way resolved the mystery.
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Phoenix
Ariz
John Hyde
Glendale
Sheriff's Deputies
San Luis
Sonora
Hyde
Rocky Point
Selling Wave Hits New York Exchange
The New York Federal Reserve lowered the rediscount rate to 3 percent, a move matched only once before, but it did not curb the selling on the New York Stock Exchange today. By midday the decline seemed to slow and pivotal issues rallied modestly.
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New York Exchange
New York
New York Federal Reserve Bank
New York Stock Exchange
Inheritance Tax Totals Reported for Nine Months
State Auditor Ann Frohmiller announced that the first nine months of the present fiscal year yielded 245 413.03 in inheritance taxes for Arizona, compared with 80 312.7 collected in the previous full fiscal year.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ann Frohmiller
French aviatrix sets air endurance record
Mlle Lena Bernstein, French girl flyer, landed at Le Bourget at 7 04 p m after 35 hours 16 minutes 55 seconds aloft and beat the world endurance record for women. She surpassed Elinor Smith’s 26 hour 21 minute 32 second mark set at Roosevelt Field New York.
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LE Bourget
France
Mlle
Lena Bernstein
Elinor Smith
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Frenchman Starts Trans Atlantic Airplane Flight
Jules Hermidz, a French aviator, began his trans Atlantic attempt by taking off from Perpigan at 5 07 am bound for St Louis Senegal on a postal hydro airplane with four passengers and crew including M Dau rat as navigator and M Gimie as mechanic.
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Perpigan
France
Jules Hermidz
St. Louis
Senegal
Natal
Brazil
M. Daurat
Airpost
Darby
M. Gimie
M. Gubaut
Fifty Injured in Spanish Riot at Madrid Arrival
Fifty persons were injured as mounted police with sabres dispersed crowds that greeted Liberal Miguel de Unamuno at Madrid’s railway station after his return from Salamanca. Most injured were treated at home or in hospitals with few serious injuries. Unamuno, a famed Liberal novelist and philosopher, rector of Salamanca University, was met by cheering crowds.
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Madrid
Miguel de Unamuno
Salamanca
de Unamuno
Salamanes
Hyde Seeks Independent Power Commission
Secretary Hyde urged Congress to create a new independent body to regulate nation’s power resources. He proposed replacing the Federal Power Commission with a commission free of ex officio ties to agriculture interior and war departments, saying detailed attention to the power problem requires it.
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Washington
Hyde
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Agriculture
Federal Power Commission
Secretaries of Agriculture, Interior and War
Congress
Two Convicts Escape From State Prison
Florence Arizona May 2 Two prisoners escaped late yesterday from the prison garden. Isom Wine serving eighteen months to two years for burglary from Maricopa county and Haywood Lewis serving four to five years for burglary from Cochise county were trusties and were irrigating in the garden when they walked away.
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Florence
Ariz
Isom Wine
Maricopa County
Haywood Lewis
Cochise County
France Uneasy Over Italy's Naval Plans
Paris May 2 Analysis of the Italian naval construction program for 1930 raises French unease. Italy plans the same 43,000 tonnage as France this year and prioritizes submarines, with 22 to be started, an area where Italy trails France most.
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Paris
Italy
France
Violations of Dry Law Lead in Globe Court
Globe Ariz May 2 The Globe federal grand jury returned 25 true bills in Judge William A Sawtelle s court yesterday All but four charges involve violations of national prohibition laws The exceptions include violations of the revenue act post office robbery and postal regulations and the Main Act.
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GLOBE
Rains Damage Imperial Crops In California Valley
Rains in Imperial Valley on May 1 and 2 flattened standing hay barley and alfalta crops causing large losses. Damage reports came from Brawley and surrounding areas as unseasonal rainfall hit the region late yesterday and overnight.
Flagstaff Boy Killed By Auto
Six year old James Gregg son of Mr and Mrs James Gregg of Flagstaff died in Mercy hospital from injuries after he ran from the sidewalk and was struck by a car near his home Wednesday.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
James Gregg
Mercy Hospital
Trackmen Meet In Tempe Tomorrow
Inter collegiate track and field in Tempe Arizona teams from Arizona State Teachers college Flagstaff and Tempe State Teachers college meet. Flagstaff brings a sixteen man squad led by coach Rudy Lavik with Frank Armstrong and Pear among entrants. Tempe fields Barcl Culbert distance ace and Boots Watts hurdler.
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Temph
Ariz
Central
Arizona
Thinelads
Arizona State Teachers College
Flagstaff
Tempe State Teachers College
Rudy Lavik
Oare
Frank Armstrong
Pear
Tempe
Flarry Culbert
Boots Watts
Canadian tariff counteracts U S duty on products
Ottawa May 2 A new budget before the house of commons proposes countervailing tariff schedules to make Canadian duties on reciprocal trade with the United States equal to the U S tariff.
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U. S
Uttawa
API
House of Commons
United States
Hoover asks Congress to approve nearly six million for deficits
President Hoover urged Congress to provide about 6 million dollars quickly to cover deficiencies in government departments, seeking fast action on the emergency appropriation.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Vote On Parker May Be Monday
Friends and opponents of Judge John J. Parker claimed gains today in the Senate battle over his nomination to the Supreme Court. The opposition signaled readiness for a vote at any time while the administration group favored delaying the decision until Monday amid charges of prejudice from labor and Negro organizations.
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Washington
John J. Parker
Senate
Supreme Court
Judge Sentences Man to 99 Years in Murder Case
Judge William A. Sawtelle sentences Albert Randall of San Carlos to 99 years in federal penitentiary at McNeil Island after Randall pleads guilty to second degree murder over the death of his wife on the San Carlos Indian Reservation on November 11, 1929.
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Globe, Ariz
William A. Sawtelle
Albert Randall
San Carlos
McNeil Island
Randall
Gandhi movement may bring trouble with government
London May 2 AP plans by Mahatma Gandhi to lead his civil disobedience movement personally in Bombay if 100000 followers wearing homespun can be assured him were regarded here as signaling possibly the most serious development yet of the present unrest. There was no act confirming reports of an imminent arrest but general opinion held the government could not hold its hand much longer if Gandhi persists.
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London
Mahatma Gandhi
Bombay
Mahatma
Whalen Reveals Communist Plot in New York City
New York May 2 Police Commissioner Whalen released photostats of Russian documents seized by his secret police. He said the Communist International of Moscow directed strikes and riots in the United States with references to expenditures for outbreaks and support of strikers.
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New York
Whalen
Communist International of
Moscow
United States
Murder Conviction and Death Sentence Handed Down
Herbert Young, a former Globe taxi driver, was found guilty of first degree murder in Tucson after a one hour deliberation. The jury recommended the death penalty. The crime involved a March 17 killing of John Dye, with a billfold and money linked to Young.
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Tucson
Ariz
Superior Court
Herbert Young
Globe, Arizona
Young
John E. Dye
Fred Fickeet
James D. Barry
William O'Brien
Kearns
Supreme Court
Dye
Kellogg Pact Discussion Divides Latin Nations
In Geneva May 2 the League of Nations committee on arbitration and security heard Latin American differences over the Kellogg Pact. Senor A De Castro of Uruguay said his country would not join if the pact mentioned the Kellogg Pact. Uruguay and five other league members along with Brazil are non signatories.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations Committee On Arbitration and Security
Senor A. de Castro
Uruguay
League
Brazil
Mexican ex-postmaster general Garcia to face Arizona charges
General Andres G. Garcia former postmaster general of Mexico and consul at El Paso remained jailed in San Antonio on a $1000 bond awaiting return to Arizona to face conspiracy to violate U S neutrality charges.
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San Antonio
Tex
Andres G. Garcia
Mexico
Southern Republic
el Paso
Arizona
United States
Senate Committee Deadlocks On Rail Consolidation Resolution
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee voted six to six on the revised Citizens resolution aiming to restrict railroad consolidations. The tie suggests fate undecided as leaders weigh next steps and potential floor action.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Citiizens
Arizona Officials Threaten Boulder Dam Suit Over Hoover Funds
Chairman Charles B Ward and Attorney General K Berry Peterson announced that a suit to challenge Congress on Boulder Dam construction will be filed with the U S Supreme Court if Congress grants the 10 million dollar Hoover funding request.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Charles B. “Ward
Arizona Colorado River Commission
K. Berry Peterson
Sult
Congress
Boulder Dam
Supreme Court of the United States
Hoover
Hoover asks congress for funds to start Boulder Canyon project
President Hoover requested immediate authorization of 10 660 000 dollars to begin construction on the main Colorado River stream at Black Canyon. The funds would finance a storage reservoir, a power plant, and related structures to develop electricity and control floodwaters. Budget Director Roop notes contracts would generate revenues to cover operation and maintenance and repay the United States.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Boulder Canyon Am
Colorado River
Black Canyon
Roop
Bureau
Wilbur
United States
Lane Outlines Plan To Improve Roads
Phoenix on May 2 reports state highway engineer W. W. Lane proposed a $7,500,000 plan funded by a bond issue backed by future highway revenues and a one cent increase on the state gasoline tax. The program would spend $2,000,800 in the first year, $2,000,000 in the second, and $1,500,000 in each of the third and fourth years, with about ninety percent of the state system improved by then.
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Phoenix
Ariz
W. W. Lane
American Association of Engineers
Lane
Seamen from M. P. rescued after Gulf life boat ordeal
In a Gulf of Mexico incident the motor vessel M. P. sprang a leak last Saturday and towed to Alvaro Gregon, Mexico. Captain Bailey and Navigation Officer Jones reached Mata Moros to learn six shipmates they sought to save had already been rescued.
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Brownsville
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
E. Bailey
Benjamin Jones
M. P
Matamoros
Gulf
Alvaro Gregon
Mexico
Bailey
Jones
Army Flier Killed Near Missouri Home
Lieutenant Harold Brown of the U S army from Selfridge Field Michigan died attempting a landing on his father R M Browns farm near Mexico Missouri He had graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1928 and captained the polo team at West Point.
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Mexico
Harold Brown
U. 8
Army
Selfridge Field
Michigan
R. M. Brown
Here
Brown
United States Military Academy
West Point
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Judge Sawtelle
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