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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1924
Page
1
In Hobart Oklahoma the Baby's Switch school fire deaths climbed to 34 with new burials at Hobart cemetery as hospitals report worsening conditions for several injured. The day saw eight more graves, including Gladys and Mary Lois Clements and Juanita Clements Stephenson, with the community gathering for a somber memorial service.
One thousand two hundred blind men women and children sat in a dark theater to experience their first film. An atmospheric narrative with rhythm and special music guided the audience to imagine the story of a blind lighthouse keeper on screen. The producers plan another film tailored for blind viewers.
The U. S. A. appoints a new Canal Zone governor to succeed Col. J. J. Morrow who retires. He receives instructions from Secretary of War Weeks in Washington before departing for his new post.
In Los Angeles Judge Charles Crail reports the jury in Kid McCoy’s murder trial is deadlocked at six to six after a day of voting since July before noon. They sought the testimony of McCoy’s sister Jennie Thomas and the transcript was read, then deliberations paused for the night.
In Los Angeles on December 26 the jury deliberated since noon today in the murder trial of former fighter Kid McCoy. They received testimony from Jennie Thomas McCoy's sister about a visit to her home the night of the slaying and a hand of jewelry and a note in which he said he feared he killed the woman.
Carbon monoxide from a defective furnace claimed the lives of Charles E. Adams 58 Mrs Mary L Adams 84 grandmother of Charles Adams and Marjorie Adams 17 granddaughter and niece in Portland Oregon. A relative found the three bodies in the Adams home this afternoon.
Mary Clark, 19, survived a crash on the Knickerbocker Special after her car was struck at a crossing in Indianapolis. Her mother-in-law died, husband Kenneth and father-in-law were injured, and an infant nephew escaped unharmed. She described clinging to the locomotive as the fast train barreled off the tracks toward a ditch.
Nevada posts extreme cold with Halleck and Deeth near 60 below zero while Elko hits 40 below and Reno shows one degree. Great Northern main line blocked in Glacier park region due to snowdrifts as trains reroute, with a sharp temperature drop and ongoing snowstorm.
The Middle West moderates from near zero while the East braces for another cold wave from the Northwest. Blizzards push temperatures down to near zero in Great Falls as rotary plows keep roads open. Sixteen deaths linked to Christmas chill reported across Illinois Ohio Colorado Oregon and elsewhere.
Washington December 26 President Coolidge will withhold a decision on calling an extra session after March 4 until the current session ends. He expects passage of the regular appropriation bills first, with three already approved by the House. He notes several proposed measures as important but will not decide on an extra session until developments warrant.
In Dallas on December 26 Julius Jordan, 15, is hospitalized with buckshot injuries after a shotgun duel with another boy of similar age over who could shoot best. The other youth fled as Jordan suffered severe head injuries and facial damage. Police search for the second boy amid a crowd of witnesses.
Wall Street surged with 18 of 47 new 1924 high records led by copper shares. American Smelting and Refining topped par for seven years as United States Steel and New York Central hit 119 and since years highs. Wheat and corn rose on stronger demand and smaller world supply.
The Methodist Year Book for 1925, released by the World Service Commission, lists 4,711,994 preparatory and full members in the United States and abroad. Omaha leads U S areas with 285,929 members, up 6,279, while Atlanta, New Orleans, Portland, Denver and Helena show declines. All foreign areas show gains.
Three men burned to death in a blaze that swept the three story Washington hotel in North Tonawanda. Paul Habbby escaped but died trying to rescue his friend William Smith and the missing John Roach, both believed trapped on the third floor.
Ambassador Jusserand has met with Secretary Mellon twice and given a public address saying France wants time but will pay. U S officials say only Congress can modify debt terms and a debt commission negotiates, with ratification by Congress. No likelihood of debt forgiveness. no definite French proposal yet.
Paris reports a crisis likely averted as the senate defeat on an amnesty bill amendment unsettled Radical and Socialists. Premier Herriot, ill for some time, met leaders of both majority parties and was said to have used personal effort to prevent a broader clash though Socialist stance remains unsettled.
In Saltville Virginia a muck dam break killed at least 14 people and injured more than 20 others. Officials say lime solution in the mud caused severe burns and many bodies may be unrecognizable. Two children died trying to be rescued as a flood 100 feet high swept through a valley destroying homes.
Report from Bristol Tennessee Virginia on flood impacts after the muck dam breach. Some views from locals on December 26 with continued details expected on page two column two.
Pittsburg Kan Dec 26 John C Tomlinson 86 a Pittsburg contractor was accidentally shot and killed by his 9 year old son near here today while they hunted. The boy said his shotgun a Christmas present discharged as he was about to fire at a rabbit. The shot struck Tomlinson in the groin severing an artery and he bled to death as the boy summoned help.
William Nelson McClintock died at the Shepherd home as Miss Isabelle Pope waited to wed him. Coroner Oscar Wolfe said typhoid germs found but cause of death not yet determined. An ongoing chemical analysis will take days. Investigators disclosed alleged prior contact with Dr Olson and Mr Shepherd at a Dinols lab.
Ernest Fluegel, 76, German professor at Cornell University, was killed in New York when a private car struck a taxi and overturned, throwing him beneath the wreck. The taxi driver was arrested on a homicide charge.
Judge Jeremiah J. Lynch ruled that Liberty bonds cannot be used as bail in Montana courts. The case, Aurelia Kirschbaum vs F H Mayn, involved two Liberty bonds pledged for Herbert Craig’s bail. The court ordered the bonds returned, and found Mayn acted as a private citizen, not as clerk of court, in selling them for forfeiture.
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