Christmas at the White House Coolidge Plans Quiet Day
President Coolidge will spend Christmas Day at the White House with Mrs Coolidge and their son John home from Amherst. Cabinet members and many congressmen have left Washington for holidays while Vice President Dawes travels to Evanston. Three Christmas trees will be lit at six p m, and carols by the First Congregational church choir will be sung outside the White House.
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Washington
St. Nick
Coolidge
Dawes
Congress
Evanston
Tors
Speaker Longworth
Chinnati
White House
Davis
Labor Department
Sharon
Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury
White, House
First Congregational Church
Tragic double murder shocks Fayette farm family
In Fayette county a farmer Charles Halterman and wife were killed in a raid at their farm. Suspect Sam Lauterfield, a former laborer, is held after threats against Halterman were reported. The murders occurred when Halterman and wife investigated a disturbance at their chicken coop. Leo Halterman witnessed his brother and wife suffer fatal injuries as assailants fled in a speeding car. Lauterfield previously worked for Halterman and has given no comment.
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Washington
Ialsa
Charies Halterman
Fayette County
Sam Lauterfield
Halterman
Haltermans
Leo Halterman
Charles
Jeffersonville
Satterfield
Mura
Wildcats State Fair game canceled by coach
Tucson report states University of Arizona Wildcats will not play a proposed opening day game at the State fair against a California eleven. Coach Jyn F. McKale cites no suitable California open date and refuses to schedule a San Gate contest, ending the plan.
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Tucson
Ariz
University of Amigona
California
Jyn F. McKale
Wildcats
San
Congress Grants Santa Sway as Holidays Begin
Congress ends sessions for a long holiday recess as Santa Claus is granted unanimous consent to proceed until January 3. The House quickly sends the interior department bill to conference while the Senate conducts executive sessions and tackles several investigations and bills amid a festive mood.
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Congress
Washington
State of the Union
Santa Claus
Senate
St. Nick
House
Interior Department
Bread Company
Homes Re-elected Captain of Phoenix Indian School Grid Team
Homer Homes was chosen again as captain for the 1927 Phoenix Indian School football squad at the annual banquet. He has played two years on the team and served as captain during the recently completed season.
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Lshound
Biter Harriet
Phoenix
Homer
Paris Opera Radio Broadcast Plans Emerge
Americans in the Eastern United States may soon be required to listen in on Paris Opera and Comedie Francaise performances under new broadcasting plans. The Association of French Wireless Manufacturers will build a 60,000 watt station modeled after Daventry, planned away from Paris to prevent interference with wireless communications.
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Paris
United States
Paris Opera
Comedie-Francaise
Association of French Wireless Manufacturers
Daventry
Mexico Denied Permit To Ship War Airplanes
The U S State Department disclosed that it denied Mexico’s application for an export license to ship ten airplanes bought from Douglas Aircraft near Los Angeles. No reason was given for the denial and the embargo on arms to Mexico remains in force with limited exceptions.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Douglas Airplane Manufacturing Company
Los Angeles
California
Mexico
Mexico City
Plant a Palm drive gains pace in city
The palm tree planting program starts with residents urged to set out a palm. Over 50 trees ordered through George B. Doubleday secretary of the chamber of commerce. An investigation seeks the best palm type for the local climate.
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Douglas
George
B. Doubleday
Chamber of Commerce
20 Reported Killed In Southern Wreck
A Southern railway wreck near Rockmart Georgia left about 20 people dead and many injured. The incident happened on the main line about 14 miles from Rome as trains from Jacksonville and Chicago were approaching. Passengers were en route for the holidays. The Ponce de Leon left Jacksonville at 8 o’clock this morning and the Royal Palm had departed Chicago at 9 15 last night.
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Ponce de Leon
Jacksonville
Fla
Royal Palm
Chicago
Rockmart
Rome
Train crash links two Southern routes at Rockmart
Northbound Ponce de Leon and southbound Royal Palm trains collided near Rockmart, Ga. The heavily laden trains carried many travelers returning home for Christmas. The incident involves two of the Southern’s premier routes between Cleveland Detroit and Chicago and Miami and other Florida points.
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Macon Ga
Cecil
Ponce de Leon
Rockmart
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Miami
Florida
Southern
Woman Blackmail Victim Ends Life In New York
An embittered Baltimore woman, Estelle Marr Bollman, 32, living in West 78th Street, died by suicide after writing that she would not pay blackmail. She claimed a $50 loan from a man who never repaid and named heirs, including her brother George Marr, in a note to her attorney Benjamin Rector.
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New York
Estelle Marr Bolman
Baltimore
West 78Th Street
Benjamin Rector
Florida
George Marr
Divorce Decree Found in Allegheny County Bank Safe
A divorce degree from George Bollman issued in Allegheny County in January 1925 was discovered in a woman’s room along with notes authorizing banks to turn over safe deposit box contents to her attorneys. The item implies ongoing legal actions and estate matters surrounding the divorce and access to assets.
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George Bollman
Allegheny County
Three Firemen Die in Winnipeg Theatre Blaze
A deadly fire at the Winnipeg Theater in Manitoba killed three firemen as they were trapped beneath a collapsing roof. The victims were Donald Melville, Robert Shearer, and Robert Stewart. Another firefighter, Alex Smith, was fatally injured and nine others injured, with ten people hospitalized or treated.
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Winnipeg
Man
Donald Melville
Robert Shearer
Robert Stewart
Alex Smith
Old Confederate Lieutenant Dies at 93 in Globe
Hugh T. Blegins, a Civil War lieutenant and veteran, died at his daughter Mrs. James F Fredericks home in Globe. He had just turned 93 twelve days earlier.
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Globe
Hugh T. Blegins
James F Fredericks
Military Board Starts Inquiry In Crash Of Planes
A military board of inquiry began investigating a Chanute field plane collision that killed four army fliers, including Captain Harold G. Foster and Lieutenants Henry W. Kunkel Albert J. Clayton and Ralph L. Lawter. Testimony indicated Kunkel flew southwest while Lawter attempted a northeast pass in a De Havilland, amid murky weather.
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Military Board
Rantoul
Chanute Field
Military Board of
William C. McChord
Harold G. Foster
Chicago
Henry W. Kunkel
Columbia
Albert J. Clayton
West Philadelphia
Ralph L. Lawter
Huntington
W. Va
Foster
Board of Inquiry
Timony
Kunkel
Lawtern
de Haviland
Hindu Leader Slain in Delhi Ambush
Swami Shradanand, a prominent Hindu leader, was shot dead in Delhi by Abdul Rashid, a man described as a Mohammedan. His attendant Dharam Singh was severely wounded but captured the assailant and handed him to police.
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Delhi
British India
Swami Shradanand
Abdul Rashid
Dharam Singh
Widow Edith Bishop Bound for Trial in Oklahoma Murder
Edith Bishop widow of state detective Luther Bishop was bound over for trial in district court on a charge of murdering him, after a court hearing in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Edith Bishop
Luther Bishop
Clain
Smiles Cost Less Than Electric Light in Home Brightness
A lighthearted note compares the cost of smiles to electric lighting, suggesting smiles brighten a home more cheaply and warmly.
Border To Remain Open Over Holiday
The international line will stay open each night from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Night. Immigation Inspector Markley reported Washington orders direct the border to operate midnight hours. note an event at Tijuana track with a handicap race for two two year olds that day.
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San Diego
Calif
Markley
Washington
Tijuana
Engineer Honored in Tucson For Lifelong Service
Col. George J. Roskruge of Pima County, longtime surveyor and engineer, was elected a life member of the Tucson engineers club. The first map of Pima County, created between 1880 and 1882, was shown and explained by the compiler at the meeting.
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Tucson
George J. Roskruge
Pima County
Tucson Engineers Club
Roskruge
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