Santa Fe Proposes Franchise Renewal for Winslow Water
Santa Fe announces a new franchise for the Winslow water contract with the city to supply water indefinitely. The proposal, presented at a special Winslow council meeting, keeps the general terms of the expired contract with a higher minimum and blended rate structure. Additional council discussion on the 3rd of January may adjust the per thousand rate details.
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Santa Fe Water Department
Winslow
RE. EF. McCarty
Albuquerque
W. K. Itter
Coast Lines
Santa Fe
A. T. Clotfelter
Autopsy Gives Hickman Faint Hope for Life
The autopsy on Marion Parker's death raises a faint chance Hickman could mount a defense. The surgeon states death was due to heart failure from fright and exhaustion, not strangulation, challenging the state’s perfect murder theory while Hickman remains condemned in prison.
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Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
Hickman
Ala. Keys
Wagner
Nancy
Parker
Bandits Loot Arizona Grocery of 35000 in Phoenix
Two armed men robbed Joseph Strickling and two guards outside the Arizona Grocery plant in Phoenix stealing 13000 cash and 22000 in checks totaling 35000. Police searched trains and routes statewide and issued alerts as detectives pursued leads. A $500 reward was offered for capture and recovery of the loot.
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AIL
Arizona Grocery Company
Phoenix
United Press Transcontinental
Ariz
Arizona
Joseph
Strickling
Strickland
Phoenix Police Department
Dawn hears radio query from the Dawn plane near Newfoundland
A western union operator at Heart's Content Newfoundland reports picking up a radio query presumed from the missing Dawn asking for directions. The message was loud and repeated several times with signals W and P or six and then U. The incident came as five destroyers search near Sable Island with air support temporarily paused.
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United Press
ST. Johns
N. F
Western Union
Hillyard
Heart
Newfoundland
Grayson
Stentaford
Sable Island
Los Angeles
Sturtevant
Mehan
Tegucigalpa Plans Gala Welcome For Lindbergh Visit
Honduras readies a three day welcome for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh with 101 gun salutes each half hour and morning military parades. The aviator will land at Toncontín field escorted by pilots and greeted by President Paz Barahona and cabinet members.
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United Press
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Toncontin Field
Republic
Paz Baraona
Summerlin
Fausto Davili
Morgan elected head of United States Steel
John Pierpont Morgan is chosen chairman of the board at United States Steel, succeeding the late Judge Elbert H. Gary. James A. Farrell becomes chief executive officer, Myron C. Taylor named chairman of the finance committee, with Morgan likely to focus on international banking while Farrell leads steel operations. Nathan L. Miller had been among the early names mentioned for the chairmanship.
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John P. Morgan
E. H. Gary
U. S. Steel
New York
John Pierpont Morgan
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gray
Morgan
Banking House of Morgan
Myron C. Taylor
Judge Gary
James A Farrell
Gary
Wall Street
J. P. Morgan
Corporation
James A. Farrell
Nathan L. Miller
State of
Steel Corporation
Chaplin Film Classified Under British Quota Rules
London December 27 Charlie Chaplin's new film The Circus, shown privately before the Prince of Wales, is classified as a British production under the British quota for the next 12 months. The reasons cite Chaplin as British in role, authorship, and promotion, despite being made in the United States.
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United Press
London
Charlie Chaplin
the Circus
United States
Charles Chaplin
Attorney Abandons Courts in Ruth Snyder Case
Edgar F. Hezleton, Ruth Snyder’s counsel, abandons court appeals and seeks clemency from Governor Alfred E. Smith. He cites an abnormal sex life affecting her brain and bases hope on gubernatorial mercy after a letter from Louis Marshall of Guggenheimer Untermyer Marshall says US Supreme Court appeal is futile.
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United Press
Youth Scout Milton Rush Dies After Injury in Play
In Houston Texas on December 27 Milton Rush 16 of Wharton Texas died after a spinal injury suffered during a game. Scoutmaster Rev EE Butts led an all night vigil as boy scouts worked to pump air into his lungs yet paralysis spread and doctors pronounced death.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
Houston
Texas
Milton Rush
Wharton
EE. T. Butts
Boy
Kelly Carsons
Boy Scout
Huge Army Airplane Crashes To Ground
An army Curtiss Falcon airplane en route from Washington to Mitchel Field crashed in a farmer’s field near Hicksville Long Island. Major Fred Martin and civilian passenger Roy Ives were slightly injured. Martin, part of the around the world army flight, misread the mist and made a forced landing.
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Chelfield
Long Island
Fred Martin
Roy Ives
Hundreds join search for Mrs Rodgers missing since Monday
A 150 man posse under Sheriff Dan Devil bless searched snow covered hills between Holbrook and Snowflake for 65 year old Mrs Liza S Rodgers missing since Monday morning. Her sons asked authorities to intensify the hunt and a late trail sighting led searchers to prepare torches and extend the search toward Colman ranch fifteen miles away. Officials think exhaustion or exposure may have halted her, noting she left home after a quarrel and wore little clothing for the night in the cold. Mrs Rodgers, a pioneer of Arcone, Snowflake, has lived in the area for more than 50 years.
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Dan Devilbless
Holbrook
Snowflake
Liza S. Rodgers
Colman Ranch
Rodgers
Arcyone
Calls for Wilbur to resign as navy chief and reform
Brooklyn Democrat Loring M. Black urged Secretary Curtis D. Wilbur to resign in a statement calling for a full investigation of the navy. He cited the S-4 disaster and alleged administrative failures, demanding a new chief and a stronger budget, criticizing Coolidge's naval management.
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United Press
New York
Coolidge
Navy
United States
Loring M. Black
Brooklyn Democrat
Curtis D. Wilbur
Black
Wilbur
Congress
Provincetown Harbor
Denby
Bureau of Budget
Defense
Roosevelt
Five Firemen Overcome In $50 000 Portland Blaze
Five firemen were overcome by smoke as a blaze swept the Western building in Portland Oregon amid flames that endangered the Heathman hotel and Oregon garage. The fire-damaged two story structure housed the Northwest College of Commerce a drug store haberdashery shop restaurant and a photographer's studio. Fire started in a basement room where negatives were stored and nearly every city apparatus fought the flames for two hours before extinguished.
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Aio
United Press
Portland
Ore
Heathman
Oregon Garage
Northwest College of Commerce
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