U S Bluejackets Landed In Nicaraguan War Area
The U S state department reports a landing party of American bluejackets at Rio Grande bar Nicaragua to shield American and foreign lives and property. Rear Admiral Latimer aboard the cruiser Rochester sent ashore a force and sails to Puerto Cabezas while seeking explanation for disturbances in timber transport amid the Managua rebel government.
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Washington
Rio Grande Bar
Nicaragua
State Department
Latimer
Rochester
Puerto Cabezas
Nicaranga
Managua
United States
McCluskey Sees Hope for Tri-State River Agreement
H S McCluskey, secretary to the Arizona Colorado River commission, reports hope for a tri state water apportionment plan and power revenue from Arizona despite California's limited proposals. He returns from the Los Angeles river conference noting difficulties in reaching conclusions amid mixed signals and unrelated shipments.
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Phoenix
California
H. S. McCluskey
Arizona
Colorado River Commission
Six Ex-Sweeties To Bury Him But Not In Concrete
Siah Birdsey Smith of Pleasant Lake near Fort Wayne named six former sweethearts as pallbearers and ordered a ten ton monument in red white and blue stone. He declined vault burial, saying he does not want a concrete overcoat when Gabriel blows his trumpet.
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FT. Wayne
Ind
Associated Press
Siah Birdsey Smith
Pleasant Lake
Smith
Gabriel
Avenger's Bomb Kills Cobbler's Wife And Child
Baldwin New York December 23 AP A cobbler Salvatore Acacardi seeking better earnings to support his wife Angeline and six year old son Joseph sparked enmity after receiving a trade sanction note. An explosion at Baldwin Tavern killed his wife and child and fatally injured Acacardi. The blast collapsed the tavern, flung Acacardi 100 feet, and left the burning wreckage to be cleared by firefighters.
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Baldwin
N. Y
Long Island
Salvatore Acacardi
Baldwin Tavern
Angeline
Joseph
Salvatore
Eoubler’s
California Citrus Crops Face Danger From Cold Wave
Los Angeles reports a cold spell hits the citrus belt as snow and frost sweep coastal cities including Pasadena Alhambra and Glendale. Temperatures reach 27 degrees in the citrus belt with 22 degrees on Mount Hamilton and Mount Wilson. A fireman died tackling a live wire amid the weather chaos.
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California
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Alhambra
Glendale
Hollywood
Here
Bakersfield
Mount Hamilton
Mount Wilson
Citrus Belt
Reconstruction of 15 miles of Coolidge dam tracks
The U S government will pay Southern Pacific 1 000 000 for reconstructing 15 miles of track between Bowie and Globe Arizona for the Coolidge dam on the San Carlos Reservation Gila River. Major C R Olberg says work began with Atkinson and Spicer crews in Los Angeles and completion may take 18 months to two and a half years depending on river flow and finances.
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Tucson
United
E. J. Fenchurch
Southern Pacific
Bowie
Globe
Arizona
Osberg
Atkinson and Spicer
Los Angeles
Coolidge
Blizzard Forces Mail Flyer Down Near Monument
Airmail pilot Charles Deeples weathered a blizzard on the Denver to Pueblo route and landed in a snow filled field near Monument Colo. Both the aircraft and pilot were unharmed. The mail to Colorado Springs arrived by automobile and the Pueblo mail by train.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Denver
Pueblo
Charles Deeples
Monument
Prescott Legion to Elect 1927 Officers
Anton Peter will head the General Joe Wheeler post in Prescott for 1927. Newly elected officers include Pickens E. Woodson as senior vice commander L. J. Rinehart as junior vice-commander J. J. Shearer officer of the day and E. G. Well as trustee.
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Prescott
Anton Peter
Joe Wheeler
Pickens E. Woodson
L. J. Rinehart
J. J. Shearer
E. G. Well
Flyers Delayed Arrival of Pan American Mails
Captain Ira C. Baker and Lieutenant M. S. Fairchild of the U S Army Pan American flyers landed in Vera Cruz from Tampico after their takeoff was postponed. The San Francisco remained safe in the bay as other planes failed to depart. Sidar the Mexican guide reported only slight engine work before departure.
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Vera Cruz
Ira C. Baker
San Francisco
United States Army
Pan-American Fliers
Tampico
Bay
Eaker
Baker
Sidar
McDermott on Stand Says Kascholk Killed Editor
Patrick McDermott testified in Canton as the defendant in the Mel let t murder case denied involvement in the conspiracy. He claimed that Kascholk was one of the killers and accused prosecutor McClintock of framing him. He admitted bootlegging and hiding with an unnamed person in Cleveland, and refused to name the helper.
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Canton
Ohio
Patrick
Eugene McDermott
Don R. Mellett
Mellett
CC. B.mcclintock
Steve Kascholk
Ben Rudner
Louis Mazer
McDermott
Kascholk
Ben Nadel
Cleveland
Desert Sands Grow Cold In California
Barstow California reports three inches of snow in the Mojave Desert at noon the first since February 1924 with no sign of a let up.
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California
Barstow
Cal
Mojave Desert
Stickers Popular in Borderland Climate Club Drive
Advertising stickers issued by the Borderland Climate club with the caption Where SHE Walked are in demand nationwide. Motorists take great delight in placing the little posters on their cars, the club asserts.
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Douglas
Borderland Climate Club
Weather outlook for Arizona and New Mexico
The forecast covers Friday and Saturday with unsettled conditions in parts of Arizona including possible snow in the northeast and rain in the west and south, with warmer readings in the northeast. In New Mexico Friday and Saturday look fair in the north and unsettled with possible rain in the south, with cooler temperatures in the southeast.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Winslow
Third King Ben Victim Details Vicious Attack
In Benton Harbor Michigan on December 23 AP reports the third former woman member of the House of David testifies against colony leader Benjamin Purnell. Gladys Bamford Rubel says she was mistreated at age 13 in Purnell's chambers along with other women members. She describes forced marriage to a colony member and subsequent divorce. Damages suits seek return of property and a receivership is being pursued by the state. Attorney General Clare Retain attends the hearing with County Prosecutor George H. Bookwalter.
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Benton
Harbor
Mich
House of David
Benjamin Purnell
Justice Court
Gladys Bamford Rubel
Ruth Bamford Reed
Purnell
Bamford
Bessie Woodworth
Clare Retain
George H. Bookwalter
Nine Given State Teaching Permits
Arizona state superintendent C. O. Case announced that nine prospective teachers will receive two year trial certificates entitling them to teach in the state. The recipients are Hazel Brown of Maricopa county Edna Gminder of Yuma county Lily Casey of Coconino Elbert Hamblin of Apache Lenora Lines Mila Lines Alice Lines Lillian B. Chipman and R F Cook of Graham county.
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Phoenix
C. O. Case
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ma’ams
Arizona
State Board of Education
Hazel Brown
Maricopa County
Edna Gminder
Yuma County
Lily Casey
Coconino
Elbert Hamblin
Apache
Lenora Lines
Mila Lines
Alice
Lillian B. Chipman
R. F. Cook
Graham
Butler Says U S Fooled In Arms Pact
Washington Dec. 23 AP America was fooled into scrapping navy ships while other signatories of the 1922 arms treaty violated the agreement by building more ships. House Naval Affairs Chair Butler, author of a bill to build ten light cruisers, warned that force may be needed to obtain limits. He criticized the Geneva conference and claimed nations with no ports or ships push for American interference in Europe, while USA sank ships.
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Washington
America
Butler
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Army and Navy Journal
House Naval Affairs Committee
League of Nations
Balkan
Europe
Wreck kills dozens as two trains collide near Rockmart
Twenty people are believed dead and many injured after the northbound Ponce de Leon special from Jacksonville crashed head on with the Royal Palm Limited near Rockmart Georgia. Rescue teams battled darkness and rain to reach the wreckage as diners and passengers were trapped in damaged cars. The collision occurred when the Ponce de Leon failed to take a switch on a downgrade at high speed, sending one engine off the rails and leaving a mass of wreckage.
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Rockmart
Southern Railway
Rome
Ponce Dé Leon
Jacksonville
Royal Palm Limited
Chicago
Miami
Boston probate ends without ruling in Lotta Crabtree estate case
Mrs. Carlotta Cockburn of San Gabriel claims kinship to Lotta Crabtree and a share of her 4 million estate. After 14 days and 40 witnesses detailing Arizona frontier days, Judge Prest withheld a decision, leaving questions on Crabtree marriage and Carlotta's birth unresolved.
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Lotta Crabtree
Boston
Ings
Carlotta Cockburn
San Gabriel
Cal
William M. Prest
Suffolk
Tombstone
Cockburn
Jack Crabtree
Lotta
Carlotta
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Globe and Bowie Line
Pat McDermott
Don Mellett
Edwin Diehl
M'Dermott
H. J. Fouts
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