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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1926
Page
7
Uniformity Co-eds of Highland Park Junior College Detroley adopt a four day week where four of five school days require wearing inHay. The policy was voted by the girls to reduce clothing competition. Miss Wilda Spann is shown as the demonstrator.
The American League gains another female member with Miss Margaret Donahue elected president of the Chicago Nationals. She follows Mrs James Dunh who has long served as a principal owner and the only woman officer in the big leagues.
Mrs Blanche Richmond 33, mother of two, shot and killed 17 year old Carrie Sparks during a confrontation after eloping from St Joseph Missouri to Kansas City. Richmond told her husband Harry Rich mond she would not shoot because she loved him. Police hold her on a murder charge while Richmond is missing.
The text recalls the Duke of Marlborough and his 1895 marriage to Consuelo Vanderbilt later Mrs. Belmont. It notes the Vatican annulment of Leite Balsan and claims the former duchess said the union was loveless and coerced by her mother, Mrs. HP Belmont.
The U S State Department is accused of covert propaganda efforts aimed at Mexico. Robert Olds, assistant secretary of state and former Kellogg adviser, allegedly inspired newspaper stories portraying the Mexican government as bolshevik. Congress may demand an investigation following St Louis Post Dispatch reporting.
Helen Ann Hughes, a University of Wisconsin junior, earns the title of Prom Queen. The article praises her poise and charm as she takes the crown in a campus ceremony.
Miss Paula Wurtzman and Alfred Conn, both 21, were arrested for speeding in Cleveland while en route to a Columbus wedding. They said they were on the way to marry, and continued to seek a minister in Columbus to formalize the plan.
A coast guard patrol boat pursued a rum running craft near Biloxi Mississippi. Assistant U S prohibition administrator J B Matthews remained aboard the captured vessel as it sped to the harbor for fuel. While refueling the rum runners cut their anchor and fled with Matthews aboard.
Mrs Matthews kept calm during J B Matthews absence for a week aboard the rum schooner Arsenel J. in Vera Cruz. She said she had daily visions of him being Safe and was not surprised by his wire from Vera Cruz.
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