Central Europe Sees Alarming Floods Across Nations
AP dispatch reports a year dubbed the great flood year as warm winds melt snows across central and western Europe. Romania, Hungary, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia face rising rivers, destroyed homes, evacuations, and threatened dams amid continued warmth and heavy rains.
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Paris
Europe
Romania
Hungary
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
Czecho
Slovakia
Torda
Thorenburg
Rumania
Bekes
Vesztoe
Okany
Meuse
Moselle
Kruezwach
Coblenz
Bavaria
County OKs blinds bid for new court house
The New Mexico Tent and Awning Co. won the contract to furnish Venetian blinds for the new court house with a $1,495 bid. County commissioners, meeting Tuesday, also planned to approve outstanding 1925 wills and noted a general fund balance of $4,926.21 from an original $27,770 budget, with an expected year end balance.
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New Mexico
Court House
H. T. Gardner
Las Vegas Man Missing In Hills
Las Vegas N M December 29 Chiquito Garcia remains missing after an intensive search. Men on horseback comb the foothills and surrounding country for the man who wandered from home last week, according to the Las Vegas Optic.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Chiquito” Garcia
Boy Scalded to Death in Canon City Bath Tank
In Canon City Colorado on December 28 four year old James R Curtis stepson of Lesterd Bitener fell into a tank of boiling water prepared for his bath and died.
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Canon City
Colo
James R. Curtis
Lesterd Bitener
Weather Forecast for Four Regions
Denver dispatch reports New Mexico and Arizona forecast. Wednesday and Thursday show fair skies with little temperature change. Southeast New Mexico may see some variation on Wednesday.
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Denver
New Mexico
Wednesay
Arizona
Weather Record For University Region
Conditions for the twenty four hours ended at 6 p m yesterday report a high of 42 and a low of 55 degrees. Humidity at 6 a m was 82 percent and at 6 p m 58. Wind from the southwest at 8 miles per hour. Day described as partly cloudy with sunrise at 7 16 a m and sunset at 4 59 p m Santa Fe time. Albuquerque times differ by 0 to 1 minute for sunrise and five minutes for sunset in December.
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Santa Fe
Albuquerque
North End debate over city debt and extension plans
City officials defended a $1.572 million debt and $1.814 million in city assets as of the last audit while noting a $441,875 surplus after liquidating all debts. Costs for paving and improvements raise taxes modestly, with a pro extension stance prevailing at a North End meeting despite some opposition.
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North End
W. J. Lomax
North Fourth Street
B. H. Calkins
Lomax
Calkins
City Extension
Mountain
Woman accused of murder posts $9,000 bond
Mrs Bertha Olson charged with killing her husband lumberman John Olson furnished $9000 bond in Weld county jail and was released. She left for Denver after earlier pleading not guilty. Two Denver men Henry Cahn and Abe Keitel signed the bond for a January 7 appearance to set trial date. Olson's body was found near Fort Lupton, Colorado.
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Greeley
Colo
Bertha Olson
John Olson
Denver
Cimarron
N. M
Weld
Henry Cahn
Abe Keitel
Farlier
Olson
Fort Lupton
M'Laughlin Named New York Police Chief
Mayor-elect James J. Walker appoints George B. McLaughlin, currently superintendent of banks, as police commissioner in New York City. The selection marks Walker's top executive choice for the department.
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M’laughlin
N. Y
James J. Walker
New York
George B. McLaughlin
Pershing to Leave Arica for Washington
General Pershing will depart Arica for the United States with officials denying any political aim behind his move. The defense and arbitration roles remain unsettled as Chile and Peru prepare formal briefs in the dispute, while Pershing’s health and the commission’s future are noted but not allegorized.
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Washington
State Department
General Pershing
Arica
United States
Tacna-Arica
Department
Coolidge
Chile
Peru
Clebicuary Commission
Physician Says Col Coolidge No Comfortable
Plymouth Vermont December 29 Col John C Coolidge the President's father was very very comfortable his physician reported late today He sat up in a wheeled chair for half an hour and showed no fatigue but has lost the use of his legs from faulty blood circulation The doctor explained the problem is a form of paralysis not due to the heart blocks affecting recent illness The ailment stems from old age lowered vitality and other factors not fully analyzed No immediate fear of paralysis elsewhere Colonel Coolidge remains cheerful though discouraged by leg loss
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Plymouth
John C. Coolidge
Colonel Coolidge
Albert W. Cram
Bridgewater
Cram
Prosecution of Wheeler 1 Halted by Court Order
Washington December 29 The District of Columbia Supreme Court dismissed the indictment against Senator Burton K Wheeler Montana for oil land conspiracy ruling no federal offense was charged He had been acquitted in Montana and officials ponder an appeal if any The case dated from 1924 during the DOJ probe of Harry M Daughertys administration Wheeler expressed hope the matter ends and shifts to Senate work
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Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Department of Justice
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Wheeler
Harry M. Daugherty
Department
Walsh
United States Senate
Former Outlaw and Kidnapee in Limelight
New York December 29 57 year old Pat Crowe once a famed outlaw who helped kidnap Eddie Cudahy in 1907 and received 50000 in ransom was given a suspended vagrancy sentence after pleading beggary in the Essex Market court. Crowe recalled the St Joseph and Council Bluffs railroad hold up that yielded 92000 and a 50000 reward while stating he spent the loot on wine women and song and has reformed. He said he preferred begging to stealing and reflected on time in Missouri penitentiary.
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New York
Pat” Crowe
Jim Callahan
Eddie Cudahy
Chicago
Packer
Essex Market
Crowe
St. Joseph and Counci Bluffs
St. Joseph
Missouri Penitentiary
Oldfield Wins License to Wed Hulda Braden in San Diego
Barney Oldfield, famed race driver, obtained a marriage license in San Diego for Hulda R. Braden of Beverly Hills. aged 47 and 35 respectively. The couple married by a justice then headed to the Tiajuana race track to be greeted by friends. Earlier a final divorce decree was issued to Oldfield's second wife in Los Angeles.
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San Diego
Calif
Barney Oldfield
Court House
Hulda R. Braden
Beverly Hills
Oldfield
Los Angeles
Man Sentenced in Bail Default for Five Cents Theft
Kansas City reports Robert Chirk, 26, jailed on default of a $12,000 bond for stealing five cents. He and accomplice Clark allegedly held up four negro bags and robbed them of a nickel. Chirk pleaded not guilty. John Jackson has not been arraigned.
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Kansas City
Robert Chirk
Clark
John Jackson
Jackson
Disappearance of John Knight Recalled by Desert Skull Find
A skull and jawbone found 30 miles west of Hassayampa near Knight’s handbag site renew curiosity about the 4.5 year old missing Dallas oilman case. Officials compare dental work with Knight’s Dallas dentist to confirm identity as the Maricopa County investigation continues.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
John J. Knight
Dallas
Tex
Maricopa County
Hassayampa
Knight
Johnnie Moore
Maricopa
United States
Moore
F. J. Battles
Cadman to Present Opera Written From Indian Point of View
The Indian opera Dooma by Charles Wakefield Cadman is described by the composer as the first opera written from the Indian perspective. Libretto by Nelle Richmond Eberhart and Francis Laflesche with eighty Omaha melodies to be sung to gourd rattles drums and flageolets.
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Chicago
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Hollywood
Calif
Washington Opera Company
Cadman
Nelle Richmond Eberhart
Brooklyn
Francis Laflesche
Washington
Nebraska
Diate Trust Ordered to Pay 15 Percent Dividend
Judge Milton J. Helmick orders the Albuquerque Finance Corporation to pay T. K. D. Maddison receiver of State Trust and Savings Bank a 15 percent dividend about February 1 amounting to roughly $116,600. The payment applies to common claims with all preferred claims already settled. A further 15 percent dividend is to be paid later, bringing total dividends to 65 percent.
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Albuquerque Finance Corporation
Milton J. Helmick
T. K. D. Maddison
State Trust and Savings Bank
District Court
Santa Fe Reports Increase in Net Operating Income
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway reported a $1,000,000 increase in net operating income for November 1925 over November 1924, with net income at $8,148,515 for November and $48,543,879 for the first eleven months of 1925. Gross operating revenue rose only $1,800,000 from the 1924 figure, due to economies in transportation and reduced maintenance allowances.
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Chicago
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Nicky Arnstein and Liberty Smile After Release
Prison officials laugh at Nicky Arnstein declaring he will devote his life to improving Leavenworth conditions after 19 months for conspiracy in a $5,000,000 bond robbery in New York. A photo taken after his release shows the famed figure today.
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Nicky” Arnstein
Leavenworth
New York
Nicky
Joyriders blamed for two auto thefts and more tire losses
Police say joy-riders stole two cars and ransacked others for blankets and tires. Automobiles stolen at night are found abandoned next morning. Several vehicles, including an Essex coach and a Studebaker, were taken from homes and a hotel precinct, with tires and a satchel missing.
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el Paso
M. B. Hinds
South Arno
Studebaker
Jim Cash
North Thirteenth Street
T. E. Whitmer
John Swanson
Los Angeles
Montezuma Hotel
North Third
Santa Fe Rail Announces Freight Rates on Coal
The Santa Fe railway announced new coal freight rates per ton, effective December 24 to Albuquerque, covering districts including Waldo Hagan Trinidad Raton Dawson Canon City Pikeview Gallup and Walsenburg. Rates show reductions in most categories with some increases for nut coal and coke in certain districts.
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Santa Fe Railway
Albuquerque
Waldo and
Hagan
Trinidad
Raton
Dawson
Inton
Walsenburg
Canon City
Pikeview
Gallup
Osborn Declares Irreconcilable Theology and Evolution
New Haven December 29 Henry Fairfield Osborn Columbia University zoology professor and AMNH board president announced two evolution principles derived from paleontology and asserted that traditional theology and modern science are irreconcilable He outlined five laws of evolution including lineage development use and disuse natural selection and divergence of racial branches.
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New Haven
Conn
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Columbia University
Osborn
American Museum of National History
Darwin
DeVries
America
Yale
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Lamarck
Sarazen Opens Miami Golf Championship With 144 Card
Gene Sarazen, 1922 American Open champion, led Miami’s second annual golf championship with a 144 total. He posted 72 in both the morning and afternoon rounds at Hialeah, as the event opened.
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Miami
Fla
Gene Sarazen
Hialeah
Sarazen
Mine strike plan opposed as arbitration feature sparks disagreement
News reports from New York on December 29 indicate that mine workers oppose Alvin Markle and the joint wage conference plan for settlement of the anthracite strike. The plan would extend current contracts for one year, create a nine member fact finding panel, and require ratification of awards until 1935 with ten year renewals.
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New York
Alvin Markle
Markle
United States
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Certified Public
Observations at Mount Wilson May Alter Einstein Theory
Five year observations at Mount Wilson Observatory in California suggest ether drift and possible updates to relativity. Dr. Dayton C. Miller of Case School describes results at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, challenging Einstein on light velocity constancy and ether concepts.
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Mount Wilson Observatory
Kansas City
California
Dayton C. Miller
Case School of Applied Science
American Physical Society
American Association For the Advancement of
Miller
Einstein
Cleveland
Michelson
Dr. Miller
Morley
F. D. Farrell
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Slema Xi
Farrell
William M. Jardine
Kansas State Agricultural College
Edinburgh Review
Kansas
Nebraska
Platte
Arkansas
Rio Grande
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Col. Coolidge
District of Columbia
Cudahy
Holda
Braden
Dallas, Texas
Diate Trust
Nicky” Arnstein and
Liberty Smile
AUTO
Busted Sports
Santa FE Guts
Columbia
Yale Museum
Mincho
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