Not Exorbitant Living Cost in Albuquerque
L H Grason of Alton Illinois cites lower living costs in Albuquerque versus his hometown, noting cheaper rents and especially low prices on fresh produce and drugs. He says Albuquerque offers good climate and healthful living, urging physicians to recognize its value and consider recommending relocation.
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L. H. Grason
Alton
Illinois
The
Civic Council
Albuquerque
Ill
Albuquerque Civic Council
Grason
Mr. Grason
Mississippi
St. Louis
Highlands
S&st. Louis
United States
East
Middle West
Richardson deplores practice of issuing Christmas pardons
Sacramento Calif December 24 The practice of passing out Christmas pardons was deplored by Governor Richardson in a Christmas Eve statement issued here tonight coincidentally with his announcement that there will be no Yuletide opening of prison gates in California this year. Declaring he was confident Californians would enjoy this sacred day better with the knowledge that a score of murderers robbers and pickpockets have not been turned loose upon them, the governor stated his conviction that the people and not the criminal deserve first consideration.
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Sacramento
Cal
Richardson
California
Warden Lawes Heads Nation in Abolition Drive
Warden Lewis E Lawes of Sing Sing takes national chair to lead the League for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, aiming to end the electric chair in New York and spur abolition efforts in other states. The group, led by Clarence Darrow and others, plans mass meetings, state campaigns, and a broad advisory network to push for nationwide abolition.
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Sing Sing Prison
League For the Abolition of
East Fifteenth Street
New York
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League
New York State
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Frank P. Walsh
Dudley Field Malone
Royal 8. Copeland
John Haynes’ Holmes
Raymond T. Bye
Penal Authority
University of Pennsylvania
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Michigan
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San Francisco
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Maine
Rhode Island
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Herman Adler
Illinois Board of Public Welfare
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Christian Science Prison Commission
FE. R. Cass
American Prison Association
N. Y
B. Ogden Chisolm
International Prison Commissioner
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Clara Toyar
Detroit
Mich
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Lewis N. Robinson
Swarthmore College
Penological Authority
Samuel Untermyer
Union
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State Supreme Court
League For the Abolition of Capital Punishment
Jane Addams
Roger Baldwin
John D. Barry
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Connecticut
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Iona Gale
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Washington, D. C
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William B. Harvey
Pennsyilvania
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Thomas Mott Osborne
Amos Pinchot
Gilbert FE. Roe
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B. Sims
Arizona State Prison
Amos O. Squire
Norman M. Thomas
Ridgely Torrence
Henry Villard
Oswald Garrison Villard
Lillian D. Wald
H. M. Warren
William Allen White
Thomas A. Jones
North Carolina
Albany
Unset Diamond Found In Turkey Gizzard
New Orleans dispatch reports a turkey bought for Christmas dinner by Andrew Premos's family contained an unset diamond worth several hundred dollars inside its gizzard. Santa Claus delivered the bird as emissary to the Premos household.
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Turkey
New Orleans
Santa Claus
Andrew Premos
Mrs Harding Burns Letters From Harding Marriage
New York reports that Mrs. Harding burned virtually all letters about state and political matters left by President Harding. Dr. Charles Moore of the Library of Congress confirms the widow destroyed letters received at his death. Copies of some letters are held by the Harding Memorial Association.
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New York
Harding
New York Times
Washington Dispatch
Times
Charles Moore
Library of Congress
Harding Memorial Association
Petition of Chapman Signed by Judge Learned Hand
Federal Judge Learned Hand signed a petition by Gerald Chapman a reprieved murderer and mail robber to set aside Judge Thomas refusal to sign a writ of habeas corpus. The petition enables Chapman to appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals where Hand presides.
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New York
Learned Hand
Gerald Chapman
Thomas
Atlanta
Chapman
Circuit Court of Appeals
Second Judicial District
Hand
Paris Debates Doumer Tax Plan Amid Budget Fight
In Paris on December 24 the Senate and Chamber adjourned as talks on M Doumer's budget proposals continued. A proposed double tax on business turnover is seen as a key clash point between government and majority. Briand stands firm, ready to seek support from center and right. Left coalition groups unveiled cautious tax measures to balance the budget, dropping sinking fund plans.
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Paris
Senate
Chamber
M. Doumer
Briand
Left
Girl's seven day sleep alarms physicians in Lake Forest
Gladys Owen a 14 year old high school student near Chicago has been asleep for a week at her parents home in Lake Forest. Doctors attending her are alarmed by her condition and believe she is suffering from a nervous disorder after fainting on a train and never regaining full consciousness.
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Chicago
Gladys Owen
Lake Forest
War Departments Holiday Greetings Sent to Army
Washington December 24 telegram from Major General John L. Hines chief of staff conveyed the war department holiday greetings to the entire army. He wished a merry Christmas and a happy new year and expressed gratitude for loyalty intelligence devotion to duty and cooperation shown during 1925 to commanders at all posts camps and stations.
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Washington
War Department
John L. Hines
Hines
Abel wins first Research Corporation prize
Dr. John J. Abel of Johns Hopkins University receives the inaugural 2500 prize for advancing humane enjoyment, with annual awards to scientists who prize pure research. Arthur A. Hammerschlag notes Abel’s work in internal-body chemistry and endocrine gland studies as especially notable.
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New York
John J. Abel
Johns Hopkins University
Research Corporation of America
Arthur A. Hammerschlag
Abel
Hammerschlar
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