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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1930
Page
4
Santa Claus postmaster Jim Martin reports four weeks earlier onset this year and ten times as many letters already. About 12 600 letters last year came from children believing Santa lives there and were sent to the Chicago dead letter office.
A similar resolution was forwarded to Governor-elect Hunt, signaling ongoing formal actions. The document reflects standard procedure in addressing executive leadership transition.
Speculation grows over future deputies and under sheriff appointment as county offices prepare for new terms. Possible picks include a Winslow or Holbrook appointee with skills in finger printing and bookkeeping. Other offices may keep current staff while clerk of the superior court hints at a reduced force. Highway department expected little change with the re elected board.
Sidney P. Osborne of Dunbars Weekly outlines expected incoming Arizona appointees for Governor Hunt. Names include J. W. Strode as secretary to the governor, C. E. Addams as secretary to state institutions, C. M. Zander as state examiner, and others for Industrial Commissioner, Dairy Inspector, highway roles, prisons, land, and legal posts.
Rodney Dutcher reports a man found wandering unable to recall his name address or Hoover commission. The remark hints at memory loss and police involvement amid a post Christmas joke about a strong box and cigars as a potent gift.
Dispatches report Communist leaders in Hupeh and Hunan as educated, merciless in war, with Reds occupying Siangyin for a day before burning it. Executions of tax officials in Honan are noted as authorities struggle to control resistance, while river pirates near Wuhu rob a vessel of about 10 000 Mexican pesos and vanish.
The Tucson-Central Trades Council asks Government Phillips to open national guard armories in Arizona and provide cois and blank ets for the unemployed and destitute.
Ed Hooker of the Sierra Bonita ranch declares a miniature war on rats by distributing thirty ounces of strychnine mixed with 1,800 quarts of barley across his property near Bisbee. The action targets Kanigarro Yat rats and aims to protect the ranch.
New York plans a public tribute with a scroll 180 feet long listing Herbert Hoover as part of the city’s old guard of presidents who have stood with New York for sixty years. The ceremony signals continued recognition of Hoover among prominent national leaders linked to the metropolis.
El Dorado Kansas Harry F Sinclair receives license restoration after settling dues totaling 47 dollars restoring his Kansas pharmacy license which expired in 1909.
In Hankow on December 10, Communists including the Wnomaly were executed after being convicted of distributing red propaganda. The executions occurred on a downtown street as authorities move to impose state control on utilities and public safety.
MORRIS J. HARRIS reports from China that communist activity spreads in Hupeh and Honan provinces as large scale fighting and terror acts escalate. Dispatches describe killings looting and fires with Reds clashing with Kuomintang forces and chilling public executions.
Nogales bank clearings for January through November 1930 totaled 68,968,251.57 dollars, surpassing the full year 1929 total of 68,460,232.25 dollars, according to figures from the Nogales banks.
Citizens of Nogales protest a 14 1 2 cent per kilowatt hour charge as unreasonably high. The issue tests if the Arizona Corporation Commission serves the public or utility interests and whether rates reflect prudent investments, amid past outside ownership and Forshay bond schemes. The ruling could cap rates at a fair level or sustain long term higher charges.
A Washington digressive column notes a wandering man found by police, many people tied to commissions, and humorous tales about Hoover era politics. It mentions the Federal Farm Board, Liberty motors, Amcorg, Nick Longworth, and odd anecdotes from federal life with dated flavor.
In Kingman Arizona on December 10 engineers and crews from the bureau of reclamation start building a ladder to connect the Colorado River level to a cliff on the Arizona side near the Boulder Dam site. The ladder will be used by engineers and employees working on the project.
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