Flagstaff Social Notes and Local Appointments
Flagstaff residents host a card club at Jumeheon on West Birch with Mrs. Jos. J. Waldhaus and guests. High scores were claimed by Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Bennett. Community events include St Margarets guild meeting and officer elections, museum gift highlights, and reports of travel, business, and club activities around Flagstaff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. J. Waldhaus
Jumeheon
West Birch
C. W.isham
George Myers
Hubert Richardson
George C. Heilig
A. H. Sherman
Waller Bennett
F. E. Browning
Richardson
Bennett
Iowa Bid Rejected by Wisconsin for December Swim Meet
Iowa loses bid for a swimming meet with Wisconsin on December 21 as Wisconsin’s Badger Athletic Council declines to schedule the contest effective January 1. Banned from Western Conference affiliation, Iowa’s athletic link to the conference remains ended for Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Iowa
Wisconsin
Badger Athletic Council
Prison Riots At New York Pen Escalate With Guards
More than 1000 armed men including guardsmen and police surround the front gate of the New York pen. Warden Jennings is barricaded inside as convicts threaten to shoot unless allowed free passage. Authorities order the gate open at noon and prepare for a potential confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Jennings
Sullivan
Solvay Perry
Raymond F. C. Keith
Albany
Keith
Perry
Death by own action pact linked to Crosby case in New York
The report ties a self inflicted death pact to Crosby with connections to New York studio shootings at Hotel Artistes. Stanley Mortimer Jr. recalls meeting Crosby in a Paris cafe five years ago and notes Crosby used his apartment in New York. Crosby, described as a poet, is linked to the banking business amid his marriage to a divorced wife with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Mills
Kingman
Cecelia Auk
Melville Mills
St. Margarets Guild
R. E. Taylor
Northern Arizona Museum
Second
Cooperrider
the Highland
Albuquerq
H. M. Richwine
Earl Heckathorne
Charles
Archie Scott
Oak Creek
Justice Court
Albert S. Bigelow
Harvard
Hotel de Artistes
Stanley Mortimer, Jr
Crosby
Paris
New York
Henrietta M Grew
J. Pierpont Morgan
Richard R. Peabody
Dutchess County
Greek Leader Resigns Amid Crisis in Athens
In Athens on December 11, 1926, Admiral Kon douriotis resigns as chief executive of the Grecian Republic after threats of force. The volatile scene follows orders to neutralize unrest with tear gas and a pledge to act if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kondouriotis
Grecian Republic
Freight Train Derails Near San Juan Bank Warning
Derailment of a freight train near San Juan cuts Southern Pacific route causing detours via Lordsburg New Mexico. No injuries reported and cleanup set for tomorrow as light trains use the Benson branch toward Fairbanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Tucson
Ariz
Dee
Fairbanks
Southern Pacific
Lordsburg
N. M
Benson
Irishman Fails To Hide Tracks
Phoenix, December 11. George L. Sullivan, a fugitive for over five years and former assistant internal revenue collector in El Paso, Texas, was arraigned before a U.S. Commissioner on charges of embezzling 610.74 in government funds while connected with the Internal Revenue Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
George L.sullivan
Internal Revenue
el Paso
Tex
U.S
Internal Department
Miami justice court constable dies on street
Fred Moody aged 48, a justice court constable in Miami Arizona, collapsed and died on a street last night from a heart attack authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Ariz
Fred Moody
Justice Court
Quiz Opens Into Death Of 10 In Fire
At a film studio a fire trap caused ten deaths during a cabaret shoot. About 100 people including directors musicians dancers and technicians were inside when exits were blocked and panic ensued. Miss Burford died later in hospital as the former Jack Johnson studio, once a dance hall, was repurposed years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Mahoney
Miss Burford
Jack Johnson
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Mail
J. C. Potts
North Birch Avenue
C. A. Moose
Garland
Rector W. Johnson
W. A. Betts
Arizona
Dr. Betts
Federated Church
R. J. Albers
E. G. Miller
Jedward Miller
Emma. Jamison
C. O. Lamplon
Coconino
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lewis Benedict
Benedict
I. C. Mills
Bertha S. Kennedy
Alma Acker
W. W. Slipher
Fred Merkle
Walter B. Niles
W. M. Wilson
Long Beach
Bill
Vicksburg
Flagstaff Business and Profes
Sional Women's Club
Chet Monroe
Bill O’brien
Flagstaff Motor Company
Billie Wright
James B. Wright
Milton
John Kerley
Kerley
California
Sars Boyer
Cedar Ridge
Mooneopie Wash
C. E. Phillips
Prescott
Forest Ayer
Marion Ayer
Martin Ruggles
Williams
E. L
Doc” Rockford of
Parks
Pye Winfield
Leosen
E Winfield
Winslow Automotive Equipment Company
E. Oak
Iyi
Garamount
Hal Skelly
Nancy Carroll
Rialto
Winslow
Vailur
Turkey
Campbell Kids Market
Campbell
Kinsley Market
Brookfield
Veal
Winslow Modern Dairy
Kinsley
Athens
Greece
Ment
Hills Bros
PeSertt
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