Water pact reached by Nevada Arizona California in lower basin allocation
Delegates from Nevada Arizona and California reached a tentative agreement on water allotment for the lower basin after proposed development of the Colorado River. The accord hinges on power revenue terms to be discussed next with subcommittees meeting in Los Angeles. The settlement reflects concessions among the three states and aims to satisfy broad regional needs.
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Los Angeles
Charels P. Squires
Nevada
Arizona
California
Squires
Ralph Swing
Southwest
Nevada Commission
Calles declines stay on oil regulations
President Calles refused to grant an extension of time for the new oil regulations set to take effect January 1. He announced the decision in a dispatch to New York headquarters of several oil companies operating in Mexico, some of which had applied for the extension.
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Mexico City
Calles
New York
Graft Tied to 30 Million Annual Toll in Chicago District
Edwin A. Olson, U S. attorney, cites an estimated $30,000,000 yearly graft in Chicago's northern Illinois counties. He says prohibition enforcement hinges on local police cooperation, notes padlockings as a weapon, and accuses officials of protection rackets behind booze vice and crime.
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Chicago
Illinois
Edwin A. Olson
Washington
Prohibition
Olson
Old Illinois Democrat warns on ousting of Smith
Chicago dispatch reports Illinois politics over the junior senator seat with Edward Dunne warning that denying Smith the seat would threaten state rights and risk alienating southern colleagues. Senator Ashurst of Arizona and Governor Small discuss the move as Smith’s interim appointment faces scrutiny.
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OLD
Illinois Democrat
Smith
Chicago
Illinois
Edward Dunne
Iinois
Senate
Frank L. Smith
Colonel Smith
Len Small
McKinley
Senate Democrats
Small
Springfield
Ashurst
Dunne
Fighting Still On Bulletin Managua Nicaragua
Fighting on Nicaragua's east coast continues with conservative troops surrendering arms to American naval authorities and remaining in a neutral zone. About 120 wounded are being moved by barge to Bluefields as contingents clash. reports say conservatives were outnumbered.
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Managua
Nicaragua
el Blufi
Sacasa
Bluefields
Fall Improvement Reported for Ex-Interior Secretary
Former Secretary of the Interior A. B. Fall, ill with pneumonia in El Paso, was reported slightly improved by his doctor H. T. Safford. He spent a restful night and remained in satisfactory condition, announced through Fall's secretary H. G. Clunn.
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EL Paso
Texas
A. B. Fall
H. T. Safford
Big British Steamer Reported In Distress
The British freighter Clearton of 3209 tons sent an S O S call from 500 miles east of New York at latitude 38 05 N and longitude 61 30 W. The ship left Baltimore December 26 bound for Queenstown Ireland and the warning was released by the Independent Wireless Company at 10 25 p m.
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New York
Baltimore
Queenstown
Ireland
Independent Wireless Company
Clearton
Trenton 150th Anniversary Broadcast Interrupted by Distress Call
In Trenton New Jersey on December 28 the 150th anniversary ceremonies ended with President Coolidge speaking when an SOS from a distress ship disrupted radio station WOR. The station went off the air immediately as the emergency message interrupted the broadcast.
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Trenton
N. J
Coolidge
I. Oo. S
New Jersey Honors Trenton 150th Anniversary Celebration
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge attended a banquet in Trenton for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Trenton. A parade, tablet unveiling, and speeches by Gov Moore and others followed as New Jersey and national figures commemorated the Delaware crossing and Revolutionary War valor.
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Trenton
N. J
Dee 29
Army
Navy
New Jersey
Delaware
Coolidge
Washington
Edwin C. Stokes
State House
New Jersey Society, Sons of the American Revolution
Sinking of Astoria Claims 22 Passengers and Crew
Bucharest dispatch reports steamer Astoria sunk in the Black Sea near Kavar na Romania with 22 lost. Only surviving passenger, a Constantinople teacher, learned his wife and three children perished and killed himself. Earlier reports referred to the ship as American.
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Berlin
Astoria
Kavarna
Romania
Black Sea
Bucharest
Lokal Anzeiger
Constantinople
Nashville Flood Tops Historic Cumberland River Burden
Hundreds flee DHEA flooded areas as the Cumberland river swells to 55 feet in Nashville Tennessee. Police report 250 blocks affected and 4 000 to 5 000 displaced with relief pushed for $10 000 more. No deaths reported though three unidentified persons drowned in Mississippi flood waters.
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South
Nashville
Ten
Cumberland
Weather Bureau
J. W. Smith
Tenessee
Mississippi
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Kentucky
Eddyville
Kattawa
Monticello
Burnside
Tom Bigbee
Misissippi
Columbus
Aberdeen
Bentonia
Miss
Illinois Gang Head Is Still At Liberty
Harrisburg Illinois December 29 Sheriff Lige W Turner of Saline County said he did not know of any arrest of Charles Birger the southern Illinois gang leader. He implied that Birger remained at large despite reports.
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Illinois
Liberty
Harrisburg
Ill
Lige W. Turner
Saline County
Charles Birger
Ex-Wife Sues Ex-Husband for Breach of Promise
Mrs. Leona E. McBride sues James Duncan McBride in Los Angeles for breach of promise to remarry after 1890 Chicago marriage and Reno divorce. She cites a $100,000 wedding expense payment and a July marriage to another woman.
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Los Angeles
Leonora E. McBride
James Duncan McBride
McBrides
Chicago
Reno
Nevada
Vancouver
B. C
McBride
Germany and Italy sign long peace pact in Rome
In Rome on December 29 Premier Mussolini and Baron Von Neurath signed a treaty of amity and arbitration between Italy and Germany. The accord creates a permanent conciliating committee of five with joint and equal appointments and a timeline for case submission and rulings, avoiding changes to League of Nations or Locarno pact provisions.
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Rome
Mussolini
Baron von Neurath
Italy
Foreign Office
Germany
Geneva
Gustav Stresemann
Guas
Signo Scialoia
Signor Grandi
League of Nations
Permanent Court of International Justice
The
Hague
43 Die In Arizona Mines During Year
Phoenix report shows 14,368 men employed in Arizona mines on December 15. There were 43 fatal accidents and 792 serious or minor accidents not fatal. Of workers, 3,705 were above ground and 10,635 below. Foster noted 152 mines and 313 leases were inspected.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Tom C. Foster
Hunt
Foster
Mussolini Plotter An American Crank
James W. Carroll of Wheeling West Virginia was arrested after loitering near Premier Mussolini's home. He was found mentally unfit for now and confined for temporary observation in a hospital. Carroll, 54, works for Father Keefe. the American consulate intervened on his behalf.
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Rome
James W. Carroll
Wheeling
W. Va
Mussolini
Carrol
Father Keefe
Weather Outlook Arizona New Mexico Thursday into Friday
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions in Arizona especially the northwest on Thursday. In New Mexico expect fair weather with little change in temperature on Thursday and Friday. Courtesy H J Fouts Santa Fe Weather Observer. High and low temperatures and precipitation not provided.
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Arizona
North West
New Mexico
H. J. Fouts
Santa Fe
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