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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1926
Page
3
The Winslow community plans a 3 p m tree celebration at the corner of Kinsley and Seconda with the high school band and choir providing music. Santa Claus will be guest of honor and all local children are invited. Souvenirs include gauze stockings filled with Christmas goodies.
Preparations are complete for tonight's municipal Xmas event in Winslow. Children from Winslow and nearby areas will gather downtown around a pine tree to receive gifts from Santa Claus as city workers string lights and merchants supply packages. The program features the high school band and church choirs, with gifts loaded onto a fire truck and distributed to youngsters starting at 3 o'clock.
A rare Civil War rag money note, valued at $2, was found by a souvenir hunter in Mesilla New Mexico near the Mexican border. It is the only specimen known west of the Mississippi and dates to Confederate occupation early in the war.
A father J. K. Willis and his two sons Jasper and James Willis were found dead after a farm shooting near Devol Oklahoma. James was found dead in a sanctuary area beside the home with a shotgun by his body. The boys’ mother witnessed the tragedy. An unrelated note mentions an ancient Egyptian mummy unearthed recently, about 3500 years old.
Nine days remain in quail season and local sportsmen feel little excitement. Officials report quail scarce around Winslow due to enforcement and past stocking, threatening future hunting if trends continue. Ducks and geese persist in select locations but overall waterbirds dwindle as spring approaches.
The Flagstaff senior class held a Christmas themed dance in the high school gymnasium with decorations and a staged skit The Night Before Christmas features Santa and his reindeer. Local graduates from the University of Arizona return home for Christmas as well as officials and community leaders attend events and meetings around town.
Local notes list numerous holiday visitors and travelers. Prescott arrivals of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Hitchcock and children, Leo Murphy from El Paso, Miss Agnes Thornton from Los Angeles, Moss sisters from Los Angeles, and many others spending Christmas with relatives in Winslow.
Unlucky dogs have been led astray in numbers for medical and scientific research prompting thousands of London pet owners to seek protection. The House of Commons discussed dog stealing as an issue. The Research Defense Society argues research workers paying 6 to 8 shillings per dog fuel thefts and deaths of many dogs, while researchers say the animals were treated as stray canines, not pets.
The bicycle industry in Tokyo shows rapid expansion with numbers rising from 15 210 in 1912 to 177 713 in 1926, indicating strong demand and supply growth over the period.
Constantinople reports that twenty newspapers publish in Turkey. The total daily circulation nationwide is listed as 171,400 copies across the country.
Whipple's Lucky O Neil Post No 541 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars announces officer elections for the ensuing term. Elected: John H Beckman commander Henry Browning senior vice commander Charles Fogk Jr vice commander John J Hennessy quartermaster John L Sullivan judge advocate George Mattern chaplain Jacob Young officer of the day W A Napier Arthur F J Karigan Gustave J Johnson trustees. Commander Beckman also named Johnny Edn Price post adjutant. Michael Rabbit received honorary lifetime membership.
Williams, Dec. 23. Schools closed here yesterday for the Christmas vacation. The grammar school held Christmas trees and simple gifts for children. A Community Christmas program by the high school Dramatic Club, carols by the little ones, and church choruses drew enthusiastic applause.
In Cheyenne Wyoming on December 23 a federal jury found six men and one woman guilty in a Union Pacific mail train robbery near Rock Springs on August 13. Jack Madigan Jack Kearns Howard Barnett and John Kamaritis were convicted on all eleven counts. Theodore (Ted) Theodore and Paul Sourlos were convicted on six counts and Edna Nagley was convicted on one count for conspiracy.
Tucson December 23 compulsory training will be part of next year program for all freshmen and five sophomores. Athletic classes will occur twice weekly and military classes thrice weekly as usual. Underclassmen will receive an hour of physical training each day.
Flagstaff reports name chatter for the incoming board of supervisors taking office January 1. Jake Thomas may be secretary, Dr. Manning remains health officer, Willard Woolfington to care-taker of the courthouse, Jim Fry to run the county hospital. Schools close at noon for holiday events and many teachers travel to Los Angeles and Phoenix. Daughters of the American Revolution form a Flagstaff chapter with Mrs. Slipher as regent. Charley Hall faces murder charges connected to Charles Pleasant's killing. trial likely in January.
Green Bay Wisconsin LaPorte Indiana and Stillman Valley Illinois win top prizes in the national playground beautification contest among 189 communities in the United States and Canada. The Harmon Foundation will send checks of 500 to each winning group. The awards are announced by the Playground and Recreation Association which administered the contest.
Forest Ranger Frank W. Buster of Ely resigns effective January 1 to become a traveling salesman for a Phoenix firm. His successor at Ely has not yet been chosen. S. Demmon of Holbrook was in Flagstaff today.
Five Chinese men convicted in Kingman for slain restaurant owner Tom King were moved from Mohave county jail to Prescott’s Yavapai county jail for sentence. Juries set the death penalty. defense lawyer L. L. Wallace said an appeal to the state supreme court for a new trial is planned.
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