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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1928
Page
5
Fragmentary report notes an attack at Fort Vanguardia and rising tensions between Bolivian soldiers and opposing forces. It refers to preliminary matters and arbitration procedures as the 192% proposition was accepted by both countries.
The Pinslow TM Mocer company notes a family heartily en ables a Chrysler for Christmas as a festive purchase and show of seasonal goodwill.
Dr Gra nly Gammage and Dean Tom Bellwood depart Flagstaff for a southern Arizona tour on educational business. They plan to attend the Arizona Industrial Congress in Tucson and visit the State Board of Education in Phoenix, returning by week’s end.
A Tennessee paper questions a proposed rush through a slaughterhouse policy as a dangerous, hasty approach. The piece warns of grave consequences and stresses caution in public decision making.
The measure to authorize the Boulder Dam project clears Congress despite Arizona’s initial resistance and Utah’s withdrawal and re entry. Negotiated under Herbert Hoover when secretary of commerce the compact sets terms for water allocation and project execution with California and Arizona in dispute. The bill authorizes 165 million dollars largely as a power project advance to be repaid from power proceeds. power interests opposed the measure amid FTC scrutiny. Rep Swing, author, expects the government to build the plant and sell wholesale power for private distribution.
Testimony began in Paso, Texas, December 18, as Ivan Escontrias, accused of killing Mexican army officer Major Ignacio Dosamantes outside Paso police headquarters on November 10, faced charges. The state seeks the death penalty while the defense argues Escontrias acted when Dosamantes reached toward his hip pocket. Dosamantes was under arrest and unarmed at the time.
The steamer Gallymore, sailing from Houston, Texas, arrived at Bremerhaven and reported a fire on part of her cargo of 15,000 bales of cotton. The incident was reported from Perlin on December 18.
The J C Penney company will negotiate 500 leases for new store locations to be opened as rapidly as possible. The plan targets towns with 2500 to 5000 population and aims to boosting annual retail sales to between 230 and 240 million dollars. Key executives cite demand from smaller towns and expanded transportation as drivers for the move. The expansion includes warehouses in St Louis and ongoing operations from New York City serving eastern markets. Stores will mirror current layouts with full lines of apparel, shoes, fabrics, notions, and home goods. The company expects most new stores to open by September 1929.
The Senate committee, led by Borah, votes to permit reservations on the Kellogg anti war pact. Fourteen Republicans including Borah and Johnson back the treaty. six Democrats support it, with two Democrats and two Republicans voting present. A minority report by Reed and Moses may be debated on the Senate floor.
In Los Angeles a jury acquitted Jimmy Hawkins after 36 minutes of deliberation. The younger brother of Johnny Hawkins and former U S C football captain was cleared of burglary and grand theft charges linked to alleged aiding his brother, who faces a sentence of five to fifteen years for other burglaries.
Wildwood New Jersey mayor issues a order prohibiting local firemen from playing pinochle checkers and ping pong unless they agree to stop betting on these games. The directive aims to curb gambling among firefighters.
Beloit College professor Dr Andrew and team of the American Museum of Natural History completed an expedition covering 3,000 miles of unmapped terrain in Asia. They expect to locate a predecessor to the Java man in eastern Mongolia and report on fossil finds including a 30-ton mammal and a mastodon with a shovel beak from the pliocene era.
Lady Northesk formerly Jessica Brown and Viviane Cornelius son of Percy Vanderbilt wed at the Princes Row register office London. Lady Northesk recently secured a divorce from her prior husband in a high society marriage notice.
New York State legislature may grant permission to amend the charter to permit trading on the exchange in securities of various companies. The proposal covers activities in growing manufacturing buying selling and handling of commodities such as cotton wool silk jute and linen and by products and related warehousing or compress facilities.
The Senate agriculture committee, chaired by Jones, referred the Akers and Jones bill to appropriate $6,000 to print and distribute Governor Hunt's recent Chicago radio broadcast address. Critics say the method bypasses proper committee investigation, though they do not oppose the measure itself.
La Paz Bolivia reports that it will accept the Pan American conference offer of good offices limited to the Fort Wangardia incident and not the broader border dispute. The note to the League of Nations council clarified the scope and implications as the nations edge toward arbitration.
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