The Coolidge examiner., 1931-05-29
Southwest News Items

The International Flying Service
has asked for a permit to operate air
plane passenger and express service
between Nogales and Tucson and
Douglas, serving Bisbee.
The Public Utilities Consolidated
Corporation at Kingman, Ariz, Pc
titioned the corporation commission
for permission to sell or abandon por-
tions of it's telephone lines in King
man vicinity.
The 10th annual convention of the
Arizona Medical Association was held
in Nogales with more than $50 ply,
sicians in attendance. The delegates
were welcomed by the mayors of No
gales, Ariz., and Nogales, Sonora.
The rehabilitated gas plant and dis
tribution system for Winslow, Ariz.,
will be completed and in operation not
later than Aug. l, according to H. G.
Laub, representing the Chas. f. Stern
Co 3any. purchasers of the plant.
A statewide conference Of indus
trial. commercial and agricultural lead
ers called by Gov. George w. P. Hunt
to stimulate national interest in OBJ
tanning tariff on foreign-mlned cop
per was held in Phoenix recently.
Sixty-seven candidates, setting a
new high mark, took the spring ex.
animation held in Phoenix, May IA and
Is for admission to the bar in Arizona.
John l.. Gust, secretary of the board
of examiners, said this is fifteen more
than any previous class in the history
of the state.
Development of southwestern Indian
arts and crafts with protection to the
genuine from imitation and the prob
lem of whether congressional interven.
ton is desirable in an effort to elimi,
nate factional quarrels in some of the
pueblos dominated the United States
Senate committee hearing in Santa Fe
State Comptroller Jake Lujan an.
nounced in Santa Fe that new sched-
ule of reduced salaries would take eff.
feet as of May l, in the Motor We
hicle Department and the Gasoline Tax
Department of the state of New Next
co. The salaries of nearly all EN-.
ployees were cut $25 a month, but a
few reductions were for SIS and $40.
Gov. George w. p. Hunt made pub
lie in Phoenix letter he has written
Arthur M. Hyde, secretary of agricul-
ture, in which, explaining his recent
protest against granting of a permit
TO the Los Angeles Museum to carry
on archaeological investigations In
Arizona, he informs Secretary Hyde
Arizona objects seriously to the loot.
ing of our irreplaceable archaeological
material for removal from the state
For the second straight year, Miss
Inez Harding, youthful Globe, Ariz.
star, has won the junior girls tennis
title of the state Of Arizona. Display
ing a cool and consistent game, Miss
Harding triumphed over Arle~H Tor.
quist, and then subdued Josephine
Free of Tucson to successfully defend
her title in Tucson. The boys singles
went to Warren Mccarthy, Phoenix
when he defeated Robert Kennedy,
also of Phoenix
Non-wearing Of the badges to be
issued this summer with fishing Ii
censes will not constitute a violation
of law, under regulations adopted in
Santa Fe by the New Mexico Game
and Fish Commission. The badges
will be issued with licenses and per-
sons are urged to wear them, the com
mission decided. Persons, wearing
badges and not possessing the cor.
responding fishing license, however
will be prosecuted.
Repudiating his Jules Verne
stories of having inherited $2,000,00O
and of having been robbed of $250,000
in securities while driving between
Gallup, N. NJ, and Holbrook, Ariz.
Pierce S. Hallick, the millionaire
waiter" stands revealed as just a
waiter. ''It was fun while it lasted"
he told reporters in Los Angeles, after
he had admitted borrowing $4,000
from friends and strangers during the
past year, "but now I'm going back to
waiting tables again"
Four men died in fire which gut
ted the city jail in Springer, N. M. A
fifth man was near death at the Ration
Hospital. The dead are: Norman
Lester, home address unknown; David
Tate, Detroit, Mich; Glen Armstrong
Peoria, ILL.,; James Lawrence, Clayton,
N. M. The fifth victim is Jack SuIli-
van, CLAYTON, N. M. The fire is he