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Newspaper
Laredo Daily Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1926
Page
4
The Robert E Lee Hotel plans a Santa visit Saturday morning. Manager John Hurst acts as the personal representative for Kris Kringle. A large Christmas tree stands in the lobby, to be decorated with candies and tinsel as Santa distributes gifts to staff and guests.
George H. McCarthy Jr., 23, secretary of Stanton Brewing and Co, was shot four times near his home by an unidentified assailant who emerged from an alley and fired without warning. He was seriously wounded and in critical condition.
Rescue teams delaying recovery of five iron workers drowned in the bridge collapse between Kenova and Williamsport after high waters in Huntington West Virginia. One woman was killed in the crash and two others injured as the structure gave way.
Explosion in a Baldwin business building on Line Boulevard killed two and left about fifty seriously injured. In Austin, Texas a UT student named G Nami received a 15 year sentence for murder in the slaying of landlord John Foss but was later pardoned by Governor Miriam A. Ferguson on Thursday.
Persian feminist Zorah Hanoun Heidary has come to the United States to study women's position and plans to return to Persia to seek freedom for women in her homeland. She has been involved in relief work for women and children in Persia for the past three years.
The port of Antwerp reports a new high with two thousand vessels entering during the year. Authorities cited rising trade and shipping activity fueling the surge at the busy harbor.
The article notes Pope disputed actions and Mussolini era tensions, citing Ravalillac and Henry IV related hostility as a turning point for church state reconciliation. It also recounts anecdotes from Congo gorilla encounters and political commentary on Washington correspondents and Congress before Christmas.
In Haverstraw New York twelve city workers including eight police are delaying pay checks while they hunt rabbits for Christmas dinner amid a political squabble and litigation over the mayor and payroll management.
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