Relatives And Friends Fight For Lawrence
In Phoenix Arizona the defense seeks a stay of execution for William Bill Lawrence condemned for slaying Police Officer Haze Burch. The state board of pardons and paroles will hear testimony and decide on a stay until the US Supreme Court rules on Lawrence petition for writ of certiorari. Mrs Lucy Lawrence and Miss Fay Gene Lawrence lead the appeal with local pastors and citizens urging respite and commutation. The case hinges on Maricopa county trial error regarding jury panel selection.
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Phoenix
Ariz
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
William
Bill) Lawrence
Haze Burch
Florence
Board of Pardons and Paroles
L. C. McNabb
Lawrence
Supreme Court of the
Muskogee
Okla
Arizona Supreme Court
Maricopa County
United States Supreme Court
Strict Training Rules for Dixie Football Squad
Pasadena California December 28 Stars of the football field visited Hollywood studios as the Alabama Crimson Tide, southern champions, prepare to face the University of Washington on New Year’s Day. The team held a severe Rose Bowl workout with punting and passing training under Coach Wallace Wade as they remain secluded until the game.
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Pasadena
Calif
University of Alabama
University of Washington
Hollywood
Crimson
Grant Gillis
Hubert
Wallace Wade
Texas Winter Weather Slams State With Ice and Snow
Winter's icy grip sent sleet and snow across Texas with many areas recording historic lows. Edinburg in the Rio Grande Valley reported 28 degrees as sleet fell for 15 hours and citrus groves suffered, while other regions noted record cold.
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Dallas
Texas
Lone Star State
Rio Grande Valey
Mexico
Edinburg
Rio Grande Valley
Whitmer Reports Theft Of Oldsmobile
T. E. Whitmer reported to police that his Oldsmobile coupe was stolen from in front of 604 Luna Boulevard Monday night about 10 30. His Buick sedan was found mate Saturday night.
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T. EB. Whitmer
Luna Boulevard
Phoenix approves bonds for high school stadium
Phoenix voters approved the issuance of bonds totaling 80,000 dollars for a new high school athletic stadium in a special election held today. The tally was 662 in favor and 630 against.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Phoenix
Albuquerque Campaign Sees 101 Immigrants From Ads
A Albuquerque Civic Council report details Advertising Albuquerque Inc outputs over three months. 101 new residents arrived directly due to national ads, with 2,627 inquiries and 2,250 follow ups, plus 817 personal letters sent.
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Albuquerque
Advertising Albuquerque, Inc
Committee of One Hundred
Literary Digest
Saturday Evening Fest
Capper's Farmer
Physical Culture
Journal of Outdoor Life
Journal of American Medicine
Journal of American Trainmen
el Paso
Tucson
Phoenix
Colorado Springs
California
Florida
Sobriety Record Smashed After Holiday
The holiday season did not break the sobriety record as two persons were arraigned for drunkenness and there were no intoxication cases in police court Monday morning. Police note that after holidays a number of drunks are usually arraigned.
Nickel Plate Merger Arguments Heard Before ICC
A five hour argument on merging Nickel Plate with Chesapeake and Ohio Erie Pere Marquette and Hocking Valley railroads was heard before the Interstate Commerce Commission. W A Colston outlined financial and legal views while H W Anderson led opposition and other stockholders’ counsel prepared to present. The Van Sweringens and associates face further testimony from opposing stockholders with Newton D Baker closing for the proponents.
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Washington
van Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. A. Colston
Nickel Plate
Chesapeake and Ohio
Erie
Pere Marquette
Hocking Valley
H. W. Anderson
Thomas B. Gay
Richmond
Anderson
E. C. Bailly
Newton D. Baker
O. P
M. J. van Sweringen
Cleveland
Scientists urged to raise productivity through research
Dr Cattell urged scientists to join modern leadership roles, arguing productivity could rise 10 to 100 percent with investigations applied to all work. He critiqued the current system where researchers gain no reward for cures, and urged modernization of letters and reading ease.
Martial law proclaimed in flood districts in Hungary
Budapest reports martial law in Bekes and Bihar flood districts following repeated crimes against life and property. Eighty thousand acres were inundated as the crisis worsened.
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Budapest
Hungary
Bekes
Bihar
Cabinet Crisis in France Delayed to January Reconvening
Paris reports the cabinet crisis likely to push into the regular session starting January 12. Premier Briand vows to fight pressure from left groups and seeks a conciliatory path to preserve his cabinet while resisting calls to replace the finance minister Doumer and others.
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Paris
Briand
M. Briand
M. Doumer
Lions Hear High Class Music At Luncheon
The Harriet Rumsey Trio, a vaudeville act from California, will entertain the Lions club at their noon meeting. The trio features a pianist Miss Harriet Rumsey from St Louis, a violinist Miss Ella Hubert from Los Angeles, and cellist Miss Dorotha Matson, also from Los Angeles.
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Harriet Rumsey
Sunshine Theater
Lions Club
Los Angeles
California
Texas
Chicago
St. Louis
Caroll Ault
Chicago Opera Company
Orpheum
Ella Hubert
Emil Goldwasser
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Dorotha Matson
Fritz Gaillard
Assault charge dropped after three hour hearing
Justice Roddy dismissed a charge of attempted assault filed by Mrs. Jose Riojas against Dionisio Chavez after a three hour Monday hearing. The accuser said Chavez entered her room on Christmas Eve and attempted to force his attentions, but he was driven away by a returning girl who stays at her house.
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Roddy
Jose Riojas
North
Maple Street
Dionisio Chavez
Chavez
Massive New York Bank Merger Rumored To Create Super Bank
Reports from Wall Street claim a giant banking merger in New York is imminent uniting Mechanics and Metals with Chase National and forming a chain of combinations. Observers cite total resources advancing toward 1.465 billion with 1.465 million deposits and 95.9 million in profits by multiple firms.
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New York
Wall Street
John McHugh
Mechanics and Metal Bank
Chase National Bank
Clarence Dillon
Dillon, Read and Company
Mechanics and Metals National
Chatham and Phenix
National Park and Chemical National
Central Union Trust Company
National Bank and Trust Company
Chemical National
The
National Park
Mechanics and Metals
Chase National
Auto Collision Triggers DUI Charges Against Two Men
Complaint filed in Justice Roddy’s court by a driverless car firm owner accuses William D. Connor of driving while intoxicated and John Lynch of drunkenness. Hearing set for January 9 after a Friday night collision on the paved highway east of the city left the car they occupied damaged.
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Court of Justice
How Doctors Treat Colds and Flu Calotabs Ad
Physicians and druggists now recommend Calotabs a purified and refined calomel compound tablet to break up a cold overnight or cut short grippe influenza sore throat or tonsillitis One or two Calotabs with water and you’re done No gall and no nausea with no interference with eating The next morning your cold vanishes and you feel well with a hearty breakfast Buy a family package for 35 cents at any drug store.
Roofing troubles go to Raabe and Mauger
Bring your roofing troubles to Raabe and Mauger or telephone 305 for help with repairs and estimates.
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Raabe & Mauger’s
Telephone
Metric System Advocates See Time and Money Savings
Delegates at the American Association for the Advancement of Science convention discuss adopting the metric system in the United States. Seward Richards of New York outlines a congressional bill proposing practical metric use and a 1936 deadline for federal weights and measures. He argues current measures hinder foreign trade hinder math education and slow production.
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Kansas City
Metric Association
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Seward Richards
New York
Richards
Congress
Harling Offered to Compose 3 Act Jazz Opera
Chicago dispatch reports composer W. Frank Harling who premiered The Light From St Agnes has received an offer from Arthur Hop kins to write a three act jazz opera based on modern American life. Harling is considering the proposal noting Tin Pan Alley helped shape American music.
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Harling
Chicago
W. Frank Harling
St. Agnes
Arthur Hopkins
New York
Tin Pan Alley
Disturbance on Sun Spawns Cold Spell Across North America
Father J. S. Ricard at Santa Clara University says a major solar surface disturbance is driving the ongoing cold wave. Large sunspot groups are visible as they pass, forecasting two years of unusually severe winters with Western chills lasting four to five days and the Atlantic coast cold extending another week.
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San Francisco
North America
J. S. Ricard
Santa Clara University
Father Ricard
Middle Western
Atlantic
Reading Company's Coal Yards Empty After 25 Years
Pottsville Pa December 28 The Reading Company announced its Landingville anthracite storage yards would be emptied tomorrow for the first time in 25 years. The yards were the largest in the southern anthracite field and held over 2 000 000 tons when the mine suspension began September 1.
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Pottsville
Landingville
Trunk's Prescription Claims Rheumatism Cure
An advertisement asserts Trunk's Prescription cures rheumatism and gout without harming the stomach or heart. It claims no mercury or narcotics, allows all foods, touts uric acid solvent and liver benefits, and prices: $1.75 or three for $5.00 at local drug stores such as Alvarado Pharmacy and Butt's Drug Store.
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Trunk
Alvarado Pharmacy
Butt's Drug Store
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Maisel
Alvarado Hotel
Will Rogers
Rogers
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Ivan Grunsfeld
J. B. Baldwin
Committee of Ten
H. ©. Btrong
der. J. R. van Atta
Kenneth J. Baldridge
A. L. Martin
Davids. Rosenwald
Ray J. McCanna
L. C. Bennett
A. R. Heben
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Albuquerque, Inc
Albuquerque Civic Council
Incc
War Mothers Memorial Hospital
New
Venus
Frances Lee
New Screen Discovery
Venus de Milo
Minneapolis
Nigkel Plate
Crlalo
N.Y
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Rhenmatism
Cobo
National Garment CO
West Central
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