Fire destroys half of Weiser hotel in freezing blaze
Weiser Idaho reports the east end of the Weiser hotel building burned Friday night with smoke and water damage to seven other shops. Firefighters battled the flames in sub zero temps, guarding 50 cases of ammunition. no injuries reported and hotel occupants were believed safe. Sam Emrich, owner, would not estimate value.
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Weiser
Ida
Weiser and
Payette
Idaho State Liquor Store
Idaho Employment Office
Sam Emrich
Sonora Governor Skips Salad Bowl in Phoenix
Gov. Horacio Sobarzo of Sonora will miss the Salad Bowl festival in Phoenix on January 1 due to pressing state matters. He will attend the January 3 inaugural of Gov. Dan E. Garvey. Sobarzo advised the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce of the change.
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Phoenix
Horacio Sobarzo
Sonora
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Sobarzo
Dan E. Garvey
Phoenix Chamber
Weather Forecast for Tucson and Vicinity
Generally cloudy tonight and Sunday with light showers. No major temperature change. Tables show city by city readings with wind, high and low temps and precipitation. Solid details from the 5:30 am data column.
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Tucson
Atlanta
Denver
Detroit
Tri
Dodge City
el Paso
Sangeet
Ft. Worth
Grand Canyon
Havre
Mont Clear
Lew Y
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
SO. Diego
San Francisco
Ren
War Pauses Foes Play Football Across Front During Christmas Truce
A spontaneous December 25 1914 Christmas truce on the Flanders front led British and German troops to exchange gifts and share a friendly game of football in no man’s land. High commands banned further fraternizing, yet the troops’ goodwill spoke loudly.
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Kaiser
Flanders Front
No Man’s Land
Hell
Maria
Mrs Santa Claus Makes a Hollywood Entrance
Hollywood Christmas tale follows Dan Duryea and his son Dickie as they meet Mrs. Santa Claus. Yvonne Wood designs a red velvet outfit with ermine trimming and jingling garters, delivering a playful, festive vignette set on Christmas Eve.
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Virginia MacPherson
Hollywood
Santa Claus
North Pole
Dan Duryea
Dickie
Pop
Santa
Duryea
Universal- International
Yvonne Wood
Miss Wood
Hoover commission calls sweeping civil service reforms
The Hoover commission will urge major revisions in recruiting pay retention and promotion in the federal civil service to meet modern needs. The plan aims to save at least 600 million annually and stresses keeping top talent and boosting morale amid staff cuts.
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New York
Congress
Hoover Commission
New York Times
Washington
James Reston
the Times
United States
Herbert Hoover
The
Times
Commission
John A. Stevenson
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co
Senatorial Horse Trading Ends Without a Deal
Senator Morse of Oregon and Senator Wherry of Nebraska engage in a long running horse trading episode over Edgewood Chessie a brood mare that ends without a sale. Morse drops prices while Wherry counters and a chase with a trailer ends in Kearney Nebraska before the pair head to Washington.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
A.pr
Oregon
Nebraska
Sen
Wayne Lyman Morse
Kenneth Spicer Wherry
United States Senate
Morse
Wherry
Cornhusker
Congress
Senate
Judy
Edgewood Chessie
Main Street
Kearney
Neb
Sen. Wherry
Sen. Morse
Classifieds and Service Ads from Tucson Directory
An alphabetized Tucson directory lists services from contractors and heating to vacuums and lighting with classifieds for real estate, autos, helperwanted, and pets. It includes phone numbers and business categories such as carpentry electrical repair septic services and plumbing plus shop ads for antique stores and book shops.
Rental Equipment and Services Advertised for Hire
Classified listing showing trenching machines air compressors jackhammers paving breakers and demolition gear for rent. Also contractors equipment rental general excavating concrete work trenching and digging services with contact numbers and company names.
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State Tractor & Equipment Company
E. Qeenane
Joint Construction CO
No. Campbell
Hayden
Cali
American Homes Assoc
Train Crushes Wreckage. Engineer Dies in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh December 25 An engineer Park Winegar died and crewmen W L Shulter critical and P E Shuler treated after a 13 car Pennsylvania express from Chicago to Pittsburgh plowed into derailed freight wreckage on nearby track Brakeman Shuler released Stationed in Pittsburgh Shulter in Rochester hospital critical condition The locomotive and first car overturned as five freight cars derailed and a derailed car struck a parked train
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
Park Winegar
W. L. Shulter
Rochester
P. E. Shuler
Chicago
Hindenburg Will Question Leads German Trial
In Hamburg near Ulzen a denazification court will hear if Paul von Hindenburg named Hitler as successor or favored monarchy restoration. Oskar von Hindenburg defends the family against claims of aiding Hitler's rise. witnesses include Franz Von Papen and Count Von Der Schulenburg.
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George Boutswood
Hamburg
Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
Hitler
Uelzen
Oskar von Hindenburg
von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
International Tribunal
Nuernburg
Hohenzollerns
Col
Wolfgang Mueller
von Langsdorff
Franz von Papen
Count von der Schulenburg
Dr. Schulze Pfaelzer
Berlin Quiet as Red Press Predicts Christmas War News
Berlin marked a quiet Christmas with American troops entertained by Bob Hope and stars including Jane Russell Jinx Falkenburg and Irving Berlin. Taegliche Rundschau warned of a slaughter worse than the last war while naming western capitalists as instigators. An Anglo American airlift continued despite fog.
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Berlin
Bob Hope
Jane Russell
Jinx Falkenburg
Irving Berlin
Club Helps Santa Meet All Comstock Requests
The Tucson Latin American club fulfilled every Christmas wish from Comstock hospital children. Requests ranged from bath robes and bed slippers to toys and games, and all were provided, giving the kids a joyful Christmas day.
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Santa
Comstock
Comstock Hospital
Santa Claus
Tucson
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Prince of Peace
Flanders
Channel
Britain
France
Mrs. Santa Claus
Mor Beantifn
Weddine
Lininger Gifts
East Broadway
Lodge On the Desert
Varnish CO
Pioneer
Southwest
Arizona Mortuary, Inc
Verna E. Yocum
East Hiro
Hack Baldwin
Richfield
Servicenter
Stone
Fifth St
Shoemaker’s Body Shop
M. A
Wuerschmidt Optometrist
E. Broadway
Arizona Sash, Door & Glass CO
St. Mary's Road
S. 9Th Ave
Somaes
Afola
Hskpg
Alvernon
Chine Ss
Ariboo
Loydss S
China
General Line
N. Stone
Power & Home Equip. Co
4Th Ave
Read
S. Cor Convent
Congress Books
Kierman
Concr Reins
Arizona
Steco
Nter
S. Stone
E& Fi Pumping Co
Ward Bros
Carl Leroy
M. Mason
Hole
N. First
Ben H
Landis
Miltenbure St
EBB Webb
Ist Ave
Columbus Blvd
N. Lucero
Farley Center
Earl Dotson
Lawrence Hickey
Lowing Bros
N. Park
Tavnk
Gen
Paul Or Walt
BB Hamilton
Oshrin Bldg Dev CO
Monte Vista
E. B. Baker
Michael
E. 6Th
E. Jackson
Electric Service
A. & D Electrical
Arizona Electrical Construction Co
E. Prince Rd
K Oestrich
B. Matz
S. Tyndall Ave
Ri_M
Ariz
West
B.mandl
Sheik
Davis
Red Press
Taegliche Rundschau
Call
Mr. Grady
Grunewald & Adams
E. Congress
FIRST
River Road
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