Arizona Highway 66 to receive major upgrade
The Arizona Highway Commission plans a near term program to modernize Highway 66 with about 9000000 dollars for 1930 1931 budget emphasis on new construction and improvements while maintenance funds cover the rest. Over 100000 will fund grading draining and oiling the Flagstaff Ashfork segment with additional money for the Winslow area east four miles and the Holbrook segment.
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New Mexico
California
Flagstaff
Ashfork
Four Mile
Winslow
Holbrook
Transfer Fish From Hatchery To Oak Creek
A state game and fish hatchery truck halted in Winslow this morning en route from White Mountains near Springerville to Oak Creek south of Flagstaff. Eighty five thousand fish will be released into rearing ponds, with 300 pounds of ice bought in Winslow to keep the transport water at proper temperature.
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Winslow
White Mountains
Springerville
Oak Creek
Flagstaff
Breakfast Food Triggers Throat Infection Case
Mesa physician Dr. G. C. Truman reports a baffling Arizona illness where an infection of the throat is linked to a breakfast cereal made from cottonseed meal. The patient suffered a swollen throat and inflammation after consuming the grain based product described as rank poison in sufficient amounts.
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Mesa, Ariz
G. C. Truman
Mesa
Arizona
Turner’s pacific flight sets west to east record pace
Roscoe Turner of Los Angeles completed the fastest east to west cross country flight, landing in Glendale after 18 hours 42 minutes 54 seconds with one fuel stop at Wichita. He shaved 27 minutes 38 seconds off the former mark and plans a possible west to east attempt later this summer.
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Glendale
Cal
Atlantic
Roscoe Turner
Los Angeles
New York
Pacific
Turner
United States
Wichita
Kans
Frank Hawks
Wcl
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bombay Congress Plans 37 Volunteers to Defy Flag Rule
The Bombay Congress will send 37 volunteers to Sholapur to defy martial law ban on displaying the Indian Nationalist flag. Several arrests have already been made at Sholapur under the regulation.
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Bombay Congress
Bombay
India
Sholapur
Fishing Tug Seagull Searched Off Chicago Coast
A 42 foot Seagull fishing tug with three crew members, left for fishing grounds 20 miles from Chicago near St. Joseph Michigan at 5 am Tuesday. The owner Fred Hawer reported missing after the tug did not return and Coast Guard crews conducted an intensive search until late last night due to heavy seas.
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Chicago
Seagull
St. Joseph
Mich
Fred Hawer
Hawer
Coast Guard
Winslow City Council votes awaited as recount nears
The Winslow City Council plans a recessed session in the council chambers to review votes from Monday's mayor and council election. Original tallies showed O. L. Murray leading among 707 ballots while George Wrench was mistakenly omitted from the returns.
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Winslow
The
Daily Mail
George
Wrench
O. L. Murray
Protests Against Tariff Bill Reach Senate Committee
More than 160 protests and observations on the tariff bill have been received by the state department from over thirty foreign countries and forwarded to the senate finance committee. A large majority come from foreign trade organizations and individual producers, though some express government views.
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Washington
State Department
Senate Finance Committee
Bishop Gercke Rallies After Severe Illness
Bishop Daniel J. Gercke of Tucson was reported to have a very fair night after a heart attack and pneumonia. Hospital attendants said he rallied after oxygen was given for several hours and has not needed oxygen since yesterday afternoon.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Daniel J. Gercke
Tucson
Gercke
Five Brothers Arrested For Tarring Dentist
Hammond Louisiana May 28 AP authorities act against five sons of a wealthy furniture dealer in the case of the abduction and tarring of Dr S L Newsom a prominent dentist grand jury in session at Tangipapo parish expected to act on charges naming Newton Gordon Charles Ike and Henry Starnes for the assault and removal of the dentist
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Hammond
S. L. Newsom
Tancipappa Parish
Newton
Gordon
Charles
Ike
Henry Starnes
Navajo Indian Found Guilty in Cattle Theft Case
After four and a half hours deliberation in Holbrook, the Superior Court found Harry Winslow a Navajo Indian guilty of cattle theft. The jury based verdict on two head allegedly stolen from J. W. Bush, an Indian trader at Dilkon, though seven were initially charged.
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Daily Mail
Holbrook
Harry Winslow
Winslow
J. W. Bush
Dilkon
Fire at Coliseum Killed at Least Five in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City reports say a liquor party may have caused a blaze that destroyed the Coliseum auditorium yesterday. Fire investigators search collapsed annex for bodies under falling walls as rescue crews probe up to five deaths and a 300000 dollar loss. State Fire Marshal C R O Neal leads the inquiry amid dangerous, unstable debris hindering access to victims.
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Oklahoma City
Contingent of Mothers Reach French Graves
Belgium May 28. The war torn country welcomed American defenders and gold star mothers and 17th division veterans as they arrived after a quiet Channel crossing. The group, tired after three legs in England, paid tribute to sons who shed blood on Belgian soil.
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Brussels
Belgium
Lngland
Postpone Canadian Flight of R-100
The projected flight of the British airship R-100 to Canada has been postponed to late June or early July. Frederick Montague the under secretary of state for air told the House of Commons repairs are required for the huge ship.
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London
Canada
Frederick Montague
Air
House of Commons
Cardinal Lucan of Rheims Dies at 87
Cardinal Lucan archbishop of Rheims dies at 7:45 a m in Rheims aged 87 after bronchial pneumonia. Born October 1842 in Mawulevrier he served 65 years in the priesthood and endured World War II bombardment. He remained in Rheims during the siege and was one of France's most beloved church figures.
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Rheims
France
Cardinal Luecon
Cardinal Lucan
Mawulevrier
Angers
Vatican Cardinal Death Shrinks College and Hints Consistory
Cardinal Lucan died in Rheims today reducing the Sacred College to 58 members, twelve short of the full 70. Italians number 28 and non Italians 30, signaling a shift toward greater non Italian representation. Pope Pius is expected to announce a consistory for new Cardinals within months.
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Vatican City
Rheims
Lucan
Sacred College
Pius
One Girl Is Whole Graduation Class At Scattergood
Miss Gretchen Gernsey of Pittsburg Kansas is the entire graduating class of Scattergood School in President Hoover's hometown. Scattergood, a Friends Church boarding school, is the only such institution in the state whose credits are accepted for college entrance.
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West Branch, Jr
Gretchen Gernsey
Pittsburg
Kansas
Scattergood School
President Hoover
Scattergood
The
Friends Church
Holbrook Man's Father Dies
Word has been received here of the death of George M. Greene father of Colonel M. J. Brewster Greene of this city He died in New York City Monday evening and funeral services and interment were held at Hartford Connecticut today
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Daily Mail
Holbrook
George M. Greene
M. J. Brewster-Greene
Greene
New York City
Hartford
Connecticut
Judge Upholds Death Sentence
Marcus Kavanaugh of Chicago told a special committee on capital punishment at the House of Commons that he favors the death sentence in general. He argued executions deter murder, while sparing executions could raise the murder rate.
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Suncton
Jude
Marcus Kavanaugh
Chicago
House of Commons
Arizona Supreme Court Ires Tax Suit Deliberations
The Arizona Supreme Court is hearing a Maricopa County tax case that restrains Ed Oglesby from using State Tax Survey board valuations. Arguments concluded with Chief Justice Lockwood giving 24 hours for authorities and promising a ruling within two weeks. The session focused on the petition by Dr. A. J. Chandler and A. & Price challenging the survey’s validity and constitutionality of house bill 127.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Supreme Court
Maricopa County
Marlin T. Phelps
Ed Oglesby
State Tax Survey Board
High Court
A. C. Lockwood
John L. Gust
A. J. Chandler
A. &. Price
Gust
Attorney General
State Board of Tax Survey
Coconino Deputy Ordered to Collect Arizona Taxes
In Flagstaff Arizona deputy treasurer Ed Jolly was sent to recover 5000 in delinquent taxes from Utah cattlemen grazing on Arizona ranges. Treasurer Joseph Higginbothem authorized him to seize and sell cattle to cover taxes, acknowledging the vast, remote territory to be covered.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Here
Ed Jolly
Coconino County
Utah
Arizona
Coconino
Joseph G. Higginbothem
Jolly
King George Improves After Rheumatism This Spring
Buckingham Palace reports King George is improving from inflammatory rheumatism in the hip that had kept him from attending the last two courts. Doctors Lord Dawson of Penn and Sir Stanley Hewett visited the palace and conveyed progress toward a speedy recovery.
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London
Buckingham Palace
George
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Stanley Hewett
Fishing Party Escapes Death in Galveston Gale Rescue
Twenty members of a fishing party escaped death when the three masted schooner Flechas was disabled in a gale. Coast Guard patrol boat 115 rescued them and delivered the survivors to Galveston, where they were reported very safe in their homes. The boat had lost motive power after all masts broke.
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Galveston
Tex
Flechas
Coast Guard
Bar Silver Holds at New York Market
In New York on May 28 bar silver settled at 38 3 4 per ounce amid subdued trading as investors weighed market signals and supply concerns.
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New York
Counterfeit Gold Certificate Ring Busted in Brooklyn
Secret Service agents seized a large lithograph press and counterfeit $10 $20 and $50 gold certificates with a value over a million dollars. In a midnight raid on an upper floor of an apartment on Eighty Fifth Street in Brooklyn, Pericle Meynerini Joseph de Negroes and Mattio Mattera were arrested without resistance. they were identified as ring leaders and key distributor, financer, and engraver.
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New York
Secret Service
Brooklyn
Eighty Fifth Street
Pericle” Meynerini
Joseph de Negroes
Joseph Ross
Mattio Mattera
Élgs
Man Escapes From Speeding Train Near Arlington
Phoenix dispatch reports 39 year old D Fernekes, sought in Los Angeles on forgery charges, jumped from a moving train near Arlington Arizona while en route from El Paso to the coast. He was treated for injuries at St Josephs hospital and later disappeared. Detective Verne C Miller of Los Angeles authorities held custody and tracked no further trace as railroad officials confirmed the train was 55 mph. Fernekes had less than two dollars in his possession when he escaped.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Rank D. Fernekes
Los Angeles
Arlington
el Paso
Fernekes
Verne C. Miller
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Miller
Cub Pitcher Hal Carlson Dies Suddenly at 36
Chicago May 28 AP Hal Carlson a Cubs pitcher with a winning percentage this season died suddenly in his hotel room at age 36. Dr John F Davis was called at 3 a m after Carlson complained of severe stomach pains. He died 35 minutes later while plans were underway to move him to a hospital.
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Chicago
Hal Carlsen
Chicago Cubs
John F. Davis
Carlson
Bobby Jones Beats British Champion in Amateur Golf
Bobby Jones eliminated Cyril Tolley the defending champion in the fourth round of the British Amateur Championship at St Andrews. Jones won the match 19 holes and advanced to the fifth round on May 28.
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ST. Andrews
Scotland
Bobby Jones
Cyril Tolley
Jones
Graf Zeppelin Heads North Over Pernambuco Sport
The Graf Zeppelin lifted off at 11 13 a m local time from Pernambuco Brazil heading north for a 4500 mile leg along the South American coast. Weather delayed the start due to rain while hopes press on for a West Indies crossing and a Lakehurst New Jersey arrival by Sunday night with Friedrichshafen planned by June 9.
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Pernambuco
Brazil
Havanese
Graf Zeppelin
Mane
Graf
America
Spe
West Indies
Eckner
Lakehurst
N. J
Friedrichshafen
Riots in Rangoon Leave Dozens Injured in clashes
In Rangoon Burma May 28 two people were killed when military police opened fire on a party of Indian Muslims during a flareup of disorders. Muslims halted a tram car assaulted Burman passengers and pelted police with stones. Many were injured on both sides as unrest continued from yesterday with several scores killed and hundreds wounded.
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Rangoon
Burma
India
Plant Pathologist Studies Cantaloupe Disease in Valley
Phoenix Ariz May 28 CAPJ In A J Brown plant pathologist of the University of Arizona is investigating a wilt disease in cantaloupe fields of the Salt River valley. Ruben Hess assistant county agricultural agent says the disease attacks only cantaloupes planted early in the season.
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Phoenix Ariz
Capj
A. J. Brown
University of Arizona
Salt River Valley
Ruben Hess
Maricopa County
Oregon Governor Candidate Disbarred by Court
Salem May 25 AP Oregon Republican gubernatorial candidate George W Joseph is permanently disbarred from practicing law in Oregon by the State Supreme Court. Simultaneously Thomas Mannix of Portland is also permanently disbarred. Joseph may seek reinstatement if he retracts accusations against two justices. Mannix faces no such option.
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Ure
Oregon
United States
State Supreme Court
George W. Joseph
Supreme Court
Thomas Mannix
Portland
Joseph
Mannix
Atoe Joseph
SE. Henry Wemme Endowment Fund
Justice Rand
Baker County
Multnomah Bar Association
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