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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1929
Page
1
MEXICO CITY Dec. 24 AP Excelsior reports permission granted to resume trade with Laredo merchants by Nuevo Laredo people but says the Laredo consulate will stay closed until underlying causes disappear. The revival aims to ease suffering of Mexican citizens and follows pleas to end the hardship of continued trade disruption.
Pope Pius receives gifts throughout the year with Christmas scenes peaking during his jubilee year. The German Reich sent a table service of 600 pieces, President Von Hindenburg leading the gifts, while Hungary offers 1000 books and Czechoslovakia presents a painting from the Prague Eucharistic congress.
Alec Brady Jack Ennis Sam Dur an and Claud Murray pleaded guilty before Police Judge R. M. Bruchman for disturbing the peace over weekend nights and were fined 10 dollars each. Don Lewis sought more time as he was called to Phoenix. his case goes to a hearing next week.
The Daily Mail will not issue a paper tomorrow due to Christmas Day. All city businesses will be closed allowing employees to spend the day with families or friends.
Chicago teachers totaling about 15 000 face a hopeful Christmas as a hastily arranged conference of school board members transfers 3 100 000 from the building fund to the depleted educational fund ensuring checks can be paid.
Washington reports the United States has unofficially asked the Soviet government to rescue two missing American aviators Lieut. Ben Eielson and Earl Borland off the Siberian coast. Secretary of the Interior Farley, following a Stefansson appeal, asked the icebreakers Lipke and Sktavropol to send rescue parties from two nearby ships.
An attorney general opinion upholds the state Democratic executive committee ruling barring from candidacy in the 1930 party primary those who did not back the Democratic presidential ticket but allows them to vote. Sen J Thomas Heflin and Hugh A Locke are excluded as candidates yet remain in the race as independent contenders.
In Fort Myers Florida on December 24 AP reports Thomas A Edison may trim his ten hour workday by one hour for a early dinner with Mrs Edison before she attends a community Christmas celebration tonight. No other plans announced for his first holiday season in Florida.
The capital basks in holiday calm with government at rest as White House staff and federal workers take time for Christmas. President Hoover cancels nearly all engagements to spend the day with Mrs. Hoover and their son, ordering department closures and shopping leave for thousands of workers.
Arizona motor vehicle chief urges Navajo County car owners to shop early for license plates. Whitworth notes gray and black raised head plates must be on every car before year end and only a few days remain.
Prescott Arizona December 24 Judge Charles Payne Hicks 78 pioneer of the district died here after a short pneumonia illness Born in Fayette Missouri in 1858 he came to Prescott in 1879 and lived there 40 years He served 25 years as probate judge in territorial days and was clerk of the State Senate He was elected to the Arizona State Senate in 1918 after statehood.
An official announcement states General Jose Maria Tupia, chief of the presidential military staff, will be named governor of the northern district of Tower California, succeeding General Abelardo Rodriguez whose resignation was accepted.
Winslow and northern Arizona expect a sunny Christmas with clear skies and cold air. Most business houses including the Post Office will be closed and residents anticipate outdoor activities despite the absence of snow.
Police say they have caught the leading offender in an extensive extremist group after arresting a young Italian connected to a plan to bomb the Belgian royal train. Pascale Ruschoni was arrested alongside other suspects as Belgian and French agents pursued the network ahead of Princess Marie Jose and Crown Prince Humbert's marriage.
Four railway freight rate changes were authorized by the Arizona Industrial Commission this week. Old crates from Safford to Eli will be 30 cents per 100 pounds. Safford to Cowden 40 cents. grinding balls from Tucson to Ajo 25 cents per hundredweight. refined oil and refinery tops from Phoenix to Wickenburg 15 cents.
Roy F. Nilson head of the deaf department at the Colorado Springs state school for the deaf and blind has been named superintendent of the Arizona state school at Tucson. Nilson is a graduate of Gooding College Idaho and at Callandet College Washington.
Loyal Portuguese forces bombarded the Macao fort at dawn using artillery and machine guns. Within a half hour they forced surrender of mutineers who were part of about seventy fighters. Remaining mutineers were warned to capitulate by 7:00 a.m. or face attack. Macao lies near Hongkong at the mouth of the Canton River.
Bethlehem December 24. Church fathers prepare for Christmas as disorders in the Holy Land subside. The Latin Patriarch and clergy enter Bethlehem escorted by mounted police for the midnight Pontifical Mass at the old Franciscan convent. Anglicans sound Christmas hymns opposite in the Greek convent. No services at the Church of the Nativity. Catholics and Anglicans barred from the Nativity sanctuary on Christmas Eve.
An RCMP report from Ottawa dated December 24 recounts the mysterious deaths of five Eskimos, an elder and four children, after a native trader at Hudson's Bay on King William Island relayed a tale from Alongneck of a fatal event in their igloo on Havegaard Island. The account follows an 18 month Arctic coast journey by Major E. T. Burwash.
Professor Alexander Bugge of the University of Oslo History Faculty died from burns suffered while resting in a police station in Copenhagen. The incident occurred during his stay in Denmark on December 24, with authorities reporting the tragic accident.
Helen Wills Moody and Frederick S. Moody Jr. started a three weeks wedding tour after quietly marrying at Saint Clements chapel in Berkisley California. The couple knelt unattended with only immediate family and the minister present.
Mr and Mrs Frederick S Moody Jr of San Francisco believed to have spent their first night of the honeymoon along the California mainland between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Helen Wills Moody is identified as the wife.
Pope Pius XII told forty cardinals at Christmas greetings that Mussolini's government unjustly accuses Catholic Action of politics and harshly treats the Catholic press. He condemned government interference while defending the Lateran treaties and criticizing Fascist policies.
Provo Utah December 24 Mrs H S Pyne used a kitchen watchful waiting method to obtain a big male pheasant that crashed through her window. Wardens faced no law covering birds captured out of season and created no legal action.
The International Institute of Agriculture in Rome received Argentina's government report showing this year’s wheat crop at 5.400 Oud metric tons, about 4.5 million tons below last year and 2 million below the five year average.
W F Speedy of Pittsburg Calif was in a San Francisco hospital with his left hand shot off during a hunting trip near Willows California Four geese had been bagged when speedys shot fired a flock passed the blind and the blast set off another hunters gun tearing off Speedys left hand The incident occurred as the party prepared to quit the hunt after a flock drew overhead
A Chicago coroner's jury hears Col Calvin Goddard present ballistics findings linking bullets from the St Joseph hideaway arsenal to the murder scene. The analysis shows grooves and markings matching bullets fired from a machine gun used against Morgan gangsters.
Washington dispatch notes nine years of debate over railroad consolidation by Congress and the Interstate Commerce Commission. Supporters argue it would turn weak short lines into branch lines of trunk systems, secure assets for financially strained small lines, and enable single management with longer hauls to lower rates for the public.
A national white Christmas forecast spread from Maine to Texas as a northeast storm dumped snow and sleet across New England and Atlantic coast states. The system caused fatal accidents disrupted air mail, delayed trains, and hindered highways while Vermont rail service paused under heavy drifts and New York City faced slick pavements despite a temperature rise turning snow to sleet.
William C. Herbert a San Francisco pioneer and Civil War veteran died at his home aged 82 He survived by his widow Anne Herbert two sons and three daughters He enlisted in New York Union forces at 16 served in the Third New York Regiment and was wounded at Gettysburg After the war he rode the pony express for two years.
Former United States Senator from Mississippi Leroy Percy died in a Memphis hospital after several weeks as a patient.
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