Parker Rejected for Supreme Court Seat by Senate
The Senate votes 41 to 39 to reject John J. Parker as associate justice. North Carolina judge faced ten days of debate over labor stance and race issues. First rejection since 1894 leaves Sanford seat vacant. roll call lists Republican and Democratic supporters.
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Washington
Senate
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Sanford
Allen
Baird
Bingham
Dale
Fess
Gillett
Goldsborough
Gould
Greene
Hale
Hastings
Hatfield
Hebert
Jones
Kean
Keyes
McCulloch
Metcalf
Oddie
Patterson
Reed
Shortridge
Smoot
Sullivan
Thomas
Idaho
Townsend
Walcott
Waterman
Watson
Blease
Broussard
Glass
Harrison
Overman
Rans
Town of Faust Demolished as Storm Passes
A central Texas tornado killed 68 people, injured many, and caused over 500000 in damage. Deaths were reported around Range, Frost, Waco, Ennis, Bynum, San Antonio, Bronson, and Kenedy with many in Range and Frost.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Range
Waco
Ennis
Bynum
San Antonio
Bronson
Kenedy
Frost
South Cen
Rangoon Earthquake Casualties Mount in Burma
EARTHQUAKE REPORTS from Rangoon and Pegu list about 400 killed and over 200 injured as figures shift amid disrupted communications. Rioting natives looted cloth from passersby, while police and soldiers restored order. Rangoon deaths rising to 50 with 204 injured and widespread structural damage reported.
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Pegu
Rangoon
Burma
India
Maya
Mahatma Gandhi
City Council Opens Bids For Section of Paving
Bids to pave a city section were opened last night by the city council. Indications point to the cost of Winslows paving program coming in well under the guaranteed figure set by the council.
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Winslow
Firefronts Burn Across Eastern States Amid Drought
New York reports forest and brush fires still burning across many fronts as drought dries the region. New Jersey authorities shift to feeding and sheltering displaced families with uncertain counts. Massachusetts closes trout seasons to aid firefighting. Bids for paving projects are opened with lowest bids under review as city engineers prepare final checks.
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New. York
New Jersey
Red Cross
New York
Conservation Department
Massachusetts
More Births Than Deaths In Navajo County
Navajo county recorded 49 births in March as Arizona reports 1 042 total births statewide, a new record. March deaths totaled 619 with Navajo county accounting for 29. Among state births 524 were boys and 518 girls. county figures show 23 boys and 26 girls.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Navajo County
State Board of Health
Anna Galbraith
British Aviatrix Advances In England to Australia Flight
Amy Johnson, British aviatrix, continues her attempt to fly from England to Australia in a small monoplane. She took off from England today aiming for Aleppo, Turkey.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Amy Johnson
England
Australia
Alleppo
Son of Senator and Brother of President Makes Plea
Roy Fellom Jr. bragged of exceeding trout limits to a deputy game warden in California on May 7. He invoked his father, a state senator, and the warden replied that his brother is the president of the United States. Theodore Hoover of Stanford offered leniency in court as the case moved to advisement.
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Sanea- Cruz
Calif
Roy Fellom
United States
Theodore Hoover
Stanford
Arizona Highway Fund Returns to Counties and State
Arizona revenue from April fuel taxes and other sources totaled 278 522 67 dollars. Since July 1 1929 through April 30 1930 a total of 2 945 026 10 has been paid into county and state coffers. Navajo county reported 2236 01 for April and 29 375 57 since July 1 1929.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Navajo County
Roosevelt Flies From Porto Rico To Visit Hoover
Governor Theodore Roosevelt accompanied by Secretary Charles H. Terry leaves Porto Rico by air en route to Washington. He will spend tonight in Camaguey and arrive in Washington Saturday to confer with President Hoover and Congress on Porto Rico problems.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Theoeodore
Roosevelt
Ble
Charles. H. Terry
Washington
Camaguey
Hoover
Congress
Hiram Convention Opens in Superior Arizona
Delegates and members from Hiram clubs in Nebraska Texas New Mexico and Arizona gather in Superior for the seventh annual international Hiram convention at the Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum. Thatched arbors provide shade for committee meetings conferences and social affairs as master builder W L Greenslit of Lincoln is expected Friday.
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Ariz
Hiram
Nebraska
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Boyce Thompson
Southwestern Arboretum
Ww. L. Greenslit
Lincoln
Riday
Boycott of British Firms Alarms Indian Government
The Indian government remains tense after Gandhi's arrest as rioting subsides slightly. In Chittagong insurgents raided a police armory killing four rebels and capturing two while police and villagers died in the Karnafuli action. A Ramaghat raid aimed to free arrested nationalist volunteers, injuring several police and excise staff. Twenty five people were arrested and a guard posted. Officials worry over a looming boycott of British firms as civil disobedience continues.
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Chittacong
Karnafuli
Ramaghat
Calcutta
White Laborers Attack Filipinos Raid in Kent Ranches
In Kent Washington area 20 miles south of Seattle state highway patrolmen and King county deputies moved to round up around twenty to twenty five white farm workers who led raids on ranches employing Filipino laborers. Officials said about 200 Filipino workers had been brought in recently to pack lettuce and were paid 25 cents an hour, while white workers allegedly received higher pay.
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Seattle
Wash
King County
Kent
Here
Siliae J. Waller
Kent Night Watchmats
Philippine bankers arrested for embezzlement in Cebu
Manila May 7 Robusto Rosales manager and Florence Normadia bookkeeper of the Cebu branch of the Philippine National Bank were arrested on charges of embezzling 200000 pesos about 100000 dollars through falsification of commercial documents.
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Manila
Robustano Rosales
Florence
Normadia
Cebu
Philippine National Bank
Holbrook to New Mexico Road Nearing Completion
The Arizona Automobile Association reports improved state roads and that construction on the Holbrook to New Mexico state line is nearing completion.
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Holbrook-To-New Mexico
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Automobile Association
Holbrook
New Mexico State Line
Census figures for Coconino County released
Special to the Daily Mail Prescott May 7 census figures for Coconino County released by Aaron Ia n Thomas show counts for numerous precincts and the city of Flagstaff. Figures list population and farms for Williams Brown Park Precincts Glen Canyon and Grand Canyon areas with notes on park boundaries and last census figures.
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Coconino County
Daily Mail
Prescott
Ariz
Aaron Ian Thomas
Arizona
Flagstaff
Work To Start On Sanitarium At Tucson Soon
Andrew Officer the superintendent for an El Paso firm said work on the Southern Pacific Tubercular sanitarium in Tucson will begin next week. About $100,000 will be spent remodeling existing structures and building new ones.
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Tucson
Ariz
Andrew Officer
el Paso
Southern Pacific
Democratic candidate seeks state representative seat from Tombstone
Tombstone resident E. P. A. Babatsie has announced a bid for the Democratic nomination for state representative from the sixth district covering Tombstone, Benson, and nearby areas in Cochise County. Details about Larrieu and the county stay unclear in the report.
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Tombstone
Ariz
E. P. A. Babatsie
Cochise County
Benson
Larrieu
Tsse
Arizona Secretary Expects 159000 Voters Registered
Secretary of State I. P. Frazier opened the Great Registration Book of Arizona and toured the state to explain registration points. He forecasts about 159000 people to be registered for the upcoming primary election.
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Phoenix. Ariz
Arizona
I. P. Frazier
Frazier
Measles Epidemic Reported in Arizona State
In Phoenix on May 7 officials say 175 measles cases have been reported to state health authorities, indicating an epidemic across the state.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Board of Health
Prescott Chosen as 1931 Arizona BPW Meeting Place
Tucson Arizona May 7 1931 Prescott was selected as the meeting place for the Arizona Business and Professional Women annual convention to be held there.
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Tucson
Ariz
Prescott
Arizona Business and Professional Women
Grand Canyon Road Bids To Be Opened
M. E Tillotson, superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park, will open bids on May 27 for 15 1 2 miles of the Grand Canyon approach road to connect with Highway No 66. The project, funded at 150000 this year with 20000 for maintenance, aims for completion by fall. Fifteen thousand dollars is also available for surveying the Nava Hopi road from Desert View to Cameron.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
M. E Tillotson
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon
Tillotson
Desert View
Cameron
Editor of Los Angeles Paper Dies Suddenly
A V Tully managing editor of the Los Angeles Evening Express died at his home from a sudden heart attack. He had long suffered heart trouble but was at his desk yesterday as usual. He was 56 and had spent almost twenty years with the paper.
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Los Angeles
A. V. Tully
Los Angeles Evening Express
Phoenix To Get Seafood By Air Through Nogales
A contract between Apache Airlines of Phoenix and State Fish Co of Phoenix will move seafood by air from Rocky Point Son to Phoenix daily. Rocky Point lies near Cape Lobo and Libertad Son and is about 60 miles south of Sasabe Ariz. D M Harper, Apache Airlines pilot, announced the plan upon arriving from Guayamas Son.
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Ariz
Apache Airlines of
Phoenix
State Fish Company of
Rocky Point
Son
Cape Lobo
Libertad
Sasabe
D. M. Harper
Apache Airlines
Guayamas
Spain Bans Political Meetings in Madrid
A government ban on political assembly and speech was issued in Madrid after disorders linked to republican remarks by Don Miguel de Unamuno, rector of Salamanca University. The Interior Ministry led by Enrique Marzo announced the measure following a cabinet meeting evaluating the situation and remedies.
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Madrid
Don Miguel de Unamuno
Salamanicca
Ministry of Interior
Enrique Marzo
Damaso Berenguer
Primo de Rivera
Patagonia Prospector Dead Found Near Patagonia Trail
Oscar E. Reynolds, about 66, was found dead on a trail six miles west of Patagonia, Arizona, after missing five days. He apparently died of a heart attack while returning from prospecting work for the Richardson Company. The body was located by a party led by I F Bohlinger, the company manager.
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Nogales
Ariz
Oscar E. Reynolds
Patagonia
Reynolds
Richardson Company
I. F. Bohlinger
Photographer Huey Plans Colorado River Bird Pictures
Lawrence M. Huey, curator of ornithology at Balboa Park museum, San Diego, is at the Bard Ranch near Yuma preparing to photograph birds along the Colorado River.
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Yuma
Ariz
Lawrence M. Huey
Balboa Park Museum
San Diego
Bard Ranch
Colorado River
Bar Silver End of Day in New York May Seven
Bar silver in New York closes at 42 as reported by AP with brief market note.
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BAR
New York
Mother shoots seven children and attempts suicide in Columbus
Mrs. Ethel Geller, 44, killed seven of her children with a revolver and then wounded herself. Friends say she faced financial strain from selling newspapers and feared her husband’s prison release. A family portrait preceded the tragedy. parents reportedly covered bodies with towels to hide powder burns.
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Self
Ethel
Geller
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