06 Mar 1926
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1926
Page
1
A March blizzard grips Colorado and Northern New Mexico with heavy snow and violent winds. Temperatures plummet as travel and daily life confront severe winter conditions across the region.
A wind driven snow storm swept the eastern Rocky Mountains from southern Canada to New Mexico and Arizona Friday night. Snow in Colorado followed a sharp temperature drop and high winds threatening motor traffic. a fair sky is forecast for Saturday with more snow possible in Colorado Wyoming and northern New Mexico. In Tucson an intense hailstorm dumped 0.11 inches, knocking out air traffic for about 15 minutes and injuring orchards in bloom while heavy rain hit nearby mountains.
Colorado Springs was swept by a high wind late this afternoon, blowing down trees and light wires and plunging the city into darkness for about 1 hour 40 minutes. Five fires were quickly subdued by firemen.
A cold wave grips New York and New England with sub normal temperatures on Friday and warmer predictions for Saturday. Western New York shows 16 degrees below average while northern areas dip below zero. Greenville Maine records two degrees below zero with Windsor Vermont reporting 15 below unofficially. Southern New England coast stays around 12 above with chilly coastal winds adding to discomfort.
Frigid weather across Minnesota with heavy snow in southern and northern regions and rain elsewhere. Temperatures range from zero to 49 above as mild conditions appear in some areas.
A hasty note found in the stocking of Mrs. Virgil A Massie during the Edgewater death hints at a motive to obtain money. Jurisdiction officials identify the note as written by Massie and note the final MM as a possible clue. The husband remains jailed with potential charges due next Monday as exhumation and further testimony proceed.
Police investigate a pattern after two women were strangled in the Bay Area and a fourth similar assault occurred in San Jose. Elsie Ehlert, a San Jose merchant's daughter, fought off a man as he entered a store, escaping through a side door. Descriptions differ from earlier cases where landladies were attacked while showing vacant apartments.
Police comb snowy streets for a Denver Black suspect linked to multiple attacks on white women in the past month. A 19 year old victim, Della Ala ride, was slugged and dragged into an alley after alighting from a street car. Grocer Louis Moratto aided a nearby victim as the assailant fled eastward.
Fragmentary report notes storms and heavy snow in France with multiple areas affected. Text mentions March conditions and disrupted channels, but details are incomplete and names are unclear.
Exiled Mexican leader in New York says conditions are ripe for overthrow. He asserts Huerta’s regime will fall as he plans to organize opposition and rally supporters abroad. Details on dates and contacts remain unclear.
Ex Mexican provisional president Adolfo de la Huerta in New York denied conspiring with Felix Diaz to topple the Calles government. He called a circulating manifesto bearing his name a forgery and warned the US withdrawal of recognition could spark an immediate Mexican outbreak.
Dr Nathan T Boyd 66 of Las Cruces New Mexico died Friday night of apoplexy in Washington He was a banker landowner and promoter involved in the Rio Grande reclamation project He helped found the Grande Dam and Irrigation Company and supported Elephant Butte water rights and the dam project acknowledged as a father of the expansive undertaking He is survived by his mother widow and two sons
Washington march 56 government special counsel Priday urged the district of columbia supreme court to allow the appeal by Albert B. Fall former secretary of the interior BE L Deheny and Harry F. Sinclair from a ruling upholding a naval oil reserve charge. The commission said the case would proceed with further deferral of a trial.
Representative Hayden of Arizona introduced a proposal Friday to sell irrigation lands in the Salt River Valley. The aim is to prevent farm land from being used for target practice and to unlock the value of the area for irrigation development.
City commissioners clash over an $185000 auditorium bond, falling short by one third vote. Mayor Tingley seeks veto authority as Commissioner Mabry and others push amendments in a stormy session delaying decision.
A terse dispatch from Oakland reports vigilantes seeking the murderer of a man named Pe asures. The note hints at an election angle with a candidate described as a local resident figure, unclear in wording, and a meeting of residents noted in the fragmentary page three copy.
In Stockton testimony, 11 year old foster son Raymond Zararias says Lenora Aguilar was tied to a door and drowned by guardian Mrs. Louisa Zamora after she woke for bread on Christmas Eve 1924. Lenora's body was found nine months later behind the Zamora shack near Tracy.
A revised program to solve farm surpluses was submitted to the House Agriculture Committee by Midwestern farm leaders. It proposes an equalization fee financed by the industry, indirect taxation, and a federal farm board chosen from 36 candidates, with 12 appointed by the president. The plan aims for long term control of agricultural production and permanent surplus prevention.
Bam Hessen of Paris Arkansas won the first annual mustache growing contest at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville on March 6. The event drew entrants from local communities and showcased notable facial hair styles.
The notice lists contact numbers for paper delivery issues for the Journal and Herald. It directs readers to call 66 or 67 if they do not receive their paper and notes service hours for retying and satisfaction complaints. It also encourages calling 64 or 67 if the reader cannot reach both papers.
Nathan L. Miller former New York governor charged Kuhn, Loeb & Co and National City Bank with forcing an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. He said bankers and the rail directors acted as puppets in a prearranged plan to wreck the line.
Mayor Dever, with officials, toured five breweries to refute Washington charges that Chicago is helpless against a criminal political alliance. He stated three breweries had been inactive for 18 months, denying need for a federal grand jury. The incident followed a Better Government Association call for probes and a separate labor union clash left one seriously wounded and two others shot amid an election fight.
A report states the order plans to establish a hospital in Albuquerque with a site chosen. The institution aims to serve the needy, including homeless boys, and may expand with other locations such as Gallup and Denver. Authorities note the project supports care and housing for youths.
In Stevens, South Carolina, Griffin of New York cast a vote for the Child Labor Amendment while the district seeks a consistent stance on personal liberty issues.
The House Ways and Means Committee took up a broad plan to reorganize federal enforcement of prohibition. A proposed separate prohibition bureau in the Treasury, urged by Rep Cramton, is viewed as essential for effective enforcement, while Andrews orders creation of special squads to combat industrial alcohol diversion in the eastern region.
George D Kavner of Pittsburgh charged at the International Reform Federation meeting deplores Mellon and officials for aiding politicians who weaken the Eighteenth Amendment. He warns that Alfred E Smith would invite connivance with bootleggers while condemning Coolidge for broken pledges to the people.
In Oil City Pennsylvania March date a thermite charge was exploded to clear a blockage in the flood gorge. Dr H T Barnes of McGill University supervised with more thermite planned. a 30 foot flame and heat waves followed. Dynamite was used to widen a channel 159 feet by 1,000 feet with 500 pounds of explosive.
Santa Fe March 5 Twenty one quiet title suits filed in district clerk offices over recent weeks indicate rising real estate activity. Estimated property involved ranges from sixty nine thousand to seventy five thousand dollars.
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