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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1927
Page
4
Local notices recount residents returning from Modesto and Fresno and visiting from Gallup Leupp Berkeley Flagstaff Albuquerque Joe City Heber Tulare Hoteville and Ridgeway. People include C A Hansen R A Harris C L Milan and families. Bob Hawkes and others accept work buy cars visit relatives and travel for holidays.
The Rialto presents Bits of 1927 on stage with Carolina Brunson as manager. Cast features Marge Sellen Eelen Hungerford Spec Walcott Abie Chase Ray Doughty Emi Recorden Bud Clark Mary Lee Hinley and Carolina. Fred A. Durman plays Waiting for the Springtime on the organ as slides accompany the show.
Announcement by the entertainment committee says Lloyds Orchestra will provide music for the Elk s Ball to be held Saturday night at the Elk s Home. Sam Pritchard of Arcadia has canceled his regular Saturday night dance to accommodate the event. Ticket sales to Elks and guests are rising, and a record crowd is expected with each Elk allowed two guests, bringing many outsiders as well.
Hoot Gibson stars in Galloping Fury with Sally Rand as leading lady and Otis Harlan in a comedy. Buster Brown and International Newsreel accompany the program, plus Tim McCoy in California as Saturdays feature. Colleen Moore appears Sunday in Twinkle Toes set in London's Limehouse district.
Sheriff Dan Divelbess of Holbrook said Mrs Rogers, missing from Snowflake since Monday, may still be alive and has possibly taken a ride to a distant point. He reported communication with Sheriff John Parsons of Flagstaff to trace a sighting of an aged woman on the highway toward Williams wearing a man's coat. Despite three days of search by deputies and citizens, no trace has been found. A broadcast description was issued to stop her flight if she is headed east or west.
Police await a third appearance tonight by a mysterious burglar who enters homes every evening and steals only from children’s banks. Ten homes were ransacked in two nights, with loot not exceeding $25.
In Hood River Oregon on December 29 a 10 year old boy accidentally shot and killed Wadsworth Leininger while playing with a gun. Officers said the younger brother pulled the trigger and did not realize the weapon was loaded.
Denver society woman Mrs Louise Coors Porter was made defendant in two civil suits seeking damages totaling 115000 following a fatal automobile crash near St Johns Arizona. Duke seeks 100000 for his wife killed in the collision between Porter's car driven by a chauffeur and a car driven by Carl J Mineer. Mineer injured is plaintiff in the other suit.
In Cheyenne Wyoming on December 29 1927 Judge T Blake Kennedy denied Sinclair interests bid to exempt Belgo mining claims from a Supreme Court ruling ordering Teapot Dome back to the U.S. government. The decree returns Teapot Dome to the government as the court rejects continued control by Sinclair over Belgo.
G H Madden superintendent of Winslow schools returned from Phoenix where he attended the annual State Teachers association meeting. The convention drew over 250 delegates from across Arizona and featured resolutions on school administration and legislation. Dr R B Von Kleinsmid of USC addressed the group, former UA president.
Three destroyers searched waters off Sable Island for the Sikorsky aircraft Dawn as two ships returned to Boston. Commanders of the Sturtevant and Mahan abandoned the hunt at nightfall, leaving slim hope that the plane may have gone down inland while experts doubt a crash at sea.
Denver dec 29 miners and operators clash over the miners executive committee and its representation in the state industrial commission hearing. Frank of the exec committee says the issue is unrelated to the strike. Colorado Fuel and Iron co announces a 32 cent daily wage increase effective Jan 1, lifting southern miners to 6.52 dollars.
The article notes the new Ford bears a resemblance to Lincoln, especially in the wheel arrangement at the front and overall styling cues. Strong emphasis on shared design language and brand parity signals a familiar visual identity for readers.
The car of Dennis Webb and his wife, missing since November, was found at the bottom of Coos Bay near North Bend Oregon. No bodies were recovered and divers were called to search the submerged vehicle. Police suspect the couple may have been swept out to sea by an ebb tide. Webb had joined the coast guard at Bandon on November 28. The pair had lived briefly in Roseburg before their Pacific coast stay.
ROCK SPRINGS Wyoming December 29 Heavy damage to ranch property and large cattle herds were threatened by a 14 foot wall of water moving down the upper Green River valley. Obstructions slowed the flood at first but were swept away gradually and the initial delay averted loss of life. The concrete dam at New Forks Lake burst with a roar after ice backed up behind it became too heavy for the structure.
A linguistic exchange contends that stating the sick aviator has flu is ungrammatical, debating syntax and semantic constraints. The discussion centers on how adjectival phrases interact with health state predicates in English.
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