Berkeley widow learns husband rescued from Mexican bandits
Mrs. Thomas W. Thompson of Berkeley learns by telegram that her husband, a mining engineer in Mexico, was rescued and is safe at Panuco, Sinoloa. Federal troops were ready to act. ransom of 2500 paid in gold. Thompson, Stanford graduate and mine manager, had been kidnapped seven days earlier near Copala, Guerrero.
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Berkeley
Cal
Thomas W. Thompson
Mexico
Thompson
Panuco
H. W
G. W
C. H. Crawford
Copala
Guerrero
Harvill
Franklin
Stanford University
Washington
Kellogg
United States
Hiram Johnson
California
Governor Hunt skips Tri State Meet in Arizona decision
Governor Hunt will not attend the San Francisco river commissions conference unless required by developments next week. W S McCluskey leaves for San Francisco after delaying to take the state bar exam. The Arizona Colorado River Commission plans to go to Washington to oppose California moves to build Boulder Canyon dam before basin state rights are settled.
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Whoeninx
Ariz
Hunt
Globe
San Francisco
River Commissions
Arizona
California
Nevada
W. S. McCluskey
A. H
Yavapai
Cibbe
Financial Condition of Navajo County Reaches Peak History
Navajo County expects to pay all registered warrants by January 1, 1928 and reports the strongest fiscal position in its history. County attorney P A Saw yer and Deputy Don T Unall credit bond recoveries from the Bank of Winslow and back tax collections for a sharp drop in delinquents, with further tax rolls tightened and back taxes to be pursued vigorously.
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Navajo County
P. A. Sawyer
Don T. Unall
Wallace Telsworth
Bank of
Winslow
Navajo
Pinal
Greenlee County
Gil
Prepare Platform For City Election
K Berry Peterson and R N Davis were appointed by Milton M Cohan to draft a platform for the Democratic candidates in the upcoming city election. The committee plans to present the platform at Friday's meeting at the county courthouse following a Wednesday night session.
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Tucson
Ariz
K. Berry Peterson
R. N. Davis
Milton M. Cohan
Democratic Central Committee
Coolidge Dedicates New Mexico Stone
President Coolidge dedicated the New Mexico stone in the Washington monument, noting the state's addition to the 46 states represented. He praised New Mexico's civilization background and potential under modern scientific and developmental standards. A large audience braved heavy rain to witness the ceremony.
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Washington
Coolidge
New Mexico
Washington Monument
Mexico
Texarkana Man Named President Of Refrigerating Engineers
Fred Z. Candlish of Texarkana Texas was named president of the national association of practical refrigerating engineers at the close of a four day convention. Louisville Kentucky was chosen as the next convention city. Sa
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Francisco
Fred Z. Candlish
Texarkana
Texas
National Association of Practical Refrigerating Engineers
Louisville
Kentucky
Dunlaps Fate Rested in Jury Hands in Two Trials
In Cincinnati George Remus criminal trial, witness George Connors testified on Remus mental state claiming insanity on the fatal day of October 6. In Tucson Clifton Dunlap faced a jury for first degree murder after escort incident with deputy sheriff Edwin Conoley.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
George Connors
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Remus
Connors
Imogene Holmes Remus
Atlanta
Dunlap
Jury
Tucson
Ariz
Clifton Dunlap
Phoenix
Edwin B. Conoley
Pinal County
Casa Grande
Pinal Superior Court
Pima County
Auto wreck leads to Las Vegas wedding for Towle couple
William Towle, son of syrup magnate Frank Towle, survived a severe Tucson to Phoenix crash that left him with a broken back and skull fracture. Recovered in Minnesota, he married Miss Margaret Carlin in Las Veras Nevada, with Peace Justice Breeze officiating, then returned to Los Angeles where Towle heads Associated Artists Productions planning War and Peace film work.
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Los Angeles
Arizona
William Towle
Frank Towle
Tucson
Phoenix
Ariz
Towle
St. Paul
Minn
Margaret Carlin
Southern California
Peace Justice Breeze
Hollywood Plaza Hotel
Associated Artists Productions
Leo Tolstoy
State Officials To Consider New Holbrook Bridge
The Arizona Highway Commission will meet on December 6 to open bids for two projects: 21 miles of highway from Tucson to Benson and a bridge over the Little Colorado River at Holbrook. Bids for both jobs were advertised previously.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Dee 2
Aribone Highway Commission
Tucson
Benson
Colorado River
Holbrook
Coolidge to Journey to Habana for Pan American Congress
President Coolidge plans a January trip by rail to Key West then an American warship to Havana to address the opening of the Pan American Congress expected January 16. He may be accompanied by Kellogg and Wilbur with Mrs. Coolidge also likely to travel.
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Washington
Coolidge
Habana
Pan American Congress
Ben
White House
Key West
Florida
Cuba
Congress
Kellogg
Wilbur
Habena
United States
Defense paints Beach and Lilliendahl as innocent figures
Opening for the defense sketches Willis Beach and Margaret Lilliendahl as uninvolved, presenting alibi witnesses who place Beach away from the crime scene at the time of Dr. A William Lilliendahl's murder. Witnesses recount Beach's morning near his home, lunch with family, and later hours at a monument factory office, challenging prosecution claims of motive and proximity.
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Mays Landing
N. J
Margaret Lilliendahl
Willis Beach
Beach
A. William Lilliendahl
Ray
Grave Yard Monument
Hammonton
Vineland
Atsion Road
Court acquits Bisbee man of murder charge
R. D. Barron was freed at a preliminary hearing in Bisbee Arizona on a murder charge connected to Floyd Cain’s death from knife wounds. Defense witnesses claimed Barron acted in defense after Cain attacked him as he accompanied his wife to work. The judge dismissed the charge stating Barron had clearly acted in defense of his life. Prosecution officials supported the decision.
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Franklin L. Dodge, Jr
Chreinnatl
Dodge
Secret Service
George Themus
Berres
Gerald Jones
Dunlap
Bisbee
Ariz
R. D. Barron
Floyd Cain
Barron
Alexander Murry
Frank Thomas
Cain
Jams T. Gentry
Cochise County
B. G. Thompson
Texas Man Sentenced Two Years for Mexico Arms Plot
Jose Gandara El Paso photographer and art dealer was sentenced by Judge William H. Sawtelle in federal court to two years in McNeil Island Penitentiary and fined $2000 for violating U S neutrality laws. Prosecutors said two more neutrality cases may go to trial in February.
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Tucson
Ariz
Jose Gandara
el Paso
United States
William H. Sawtelle
U. S
McNeil’s Island
Gabe Rendon
Alfonso de la Eluerta
de la Huerta
Sonora
Governor Smith Breaks Silence on Prohibition Stand
New York Governor Alfred E. Smith declares support for enforcing laws but questions why any voter group should be barred from opposing federal prohibition. He cites organized opposition funds and says citizens have the right to organize to oppose laws and parts of the constitution they dislike. He speaks at the New York League of Women Voters convention dinner in Albany.
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Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
New York State
New York League of Women Voters
Nassau County
League
New York County
State of
New York
Nassau County League
Smith
Friendly Suit Aims to Define Titles for Arizona Bills
Speaker A M Crawford filed a friendly suit in Yavapai County Superior Court to obtain a decree listing the titles to be placed on 150 to 200 bills for codifying state laws. The six member Legislative Code Commission is defendant, with Senator A H Favour acting attorney and joining in seeking titles compliant with section 13 of the state constitution.
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Prescott, Ariz
A. M. Crawford
State House of Representatives
Yavapai County
Legislative Code Commission
A. H. Favour
Code Commission
Commission
O'Sullivan &Morgan
Prescott
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N. Y. Club
Conoley
New Holbrook Bridge
Murdee Tam
William B. McLane
Ada May McLane
McLane
Gandara
Claurance V. Perrin
Solon
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