Coolidge outlines 1926 policy aims in state of the union
President Coolidge sent Congress his valedictory state of the union detailing his stance on farm relief taxation economy and naval construction. He urges support for a Colorado River irrigation dam and nitrate production at Muscle Shoals while opposing government takeover of the nitrate field.
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Boulde Canyon
Tle
United States
Congress
Senate
John C. Crockett
House
William Tyler Vage
Coolidge
Colorado
Sherman eighth grade game in 1924 contest under question
A meeting in Quanah at 1 o clock will decide if the district honors go to Armarilly lag Abilene and the West Texas high school football title. Supervisors from Class A schools will discuss the matter and area officials will attend.
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Armarilly
Abilene
West Texas
Quanah
Lodi
Rio Plane Victim Buried Amid Mass Funeral
Ten thousand people attended the funeral today for Deputy Amaury De Medeiros among the victims of a Guanabara bay plane crash. The service honored 14 dead as the procession stretched four miles and featured four wreath-laden trucks.
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Rio
United Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Amaury de Medeiros
Guanabara Bay
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And Vicinity
Weather forecast through 7 PM Wednesday for Amarillo and West Texas shows cloudy conditions in parts of the region with fair skies in New Mexico. A high pressure area moving eastward from Utah will rise in the central U S, suggesting a return to fall weather. Temperatures low around 26 degrees noted yesterday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Utah
Oklahoma
Montana
Rocky Mountain
Chest total near S000 in big gifts
Five donations of 100 dollars each and more than twenty contributions over 25 dollars push the Amarillo Chest campaign toward its 25,000 dollar goal. Eleven new workers report to Chest headquarters to cover open territory as directors urge more oil company support and delinquent donors to contribute.
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Chest
Anna Taylor
Amarillo
H. L. Callihan
Tanhandle
Amarillo Sees Coldest Day Yet With Fair Weather Expected
After the year's coldest day in Amarillo, officials forecast fair and possibly warmer conditions today with little chance of snow. A winter storm impacted Montana, Colorado and Kansas spreads, but is unlikely to reach Amarillo. Temperatures yesterday ranged from 26 degrees to near 1 degree. last night's low was 18.
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Amarillo
Montana
Colorado
Kansas
Judge Refuses Divorce Orders Birth Control for Couple
In Cleveland a divorce petition by Otto Kourim and his wife was denied by Judge Harrison W. Ewing who instead ordered three years of birth control. The decision marked a unique stance in American courts as the couple, who married November 6, 1923, have three children and a weekly income of $24. The judge criticized the couple for having three children in three years and urged lessons in birth control.
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United Press
Cleveland
Otto Kourim
Harrison W. Ewing
Kourims
Kourim
Oklahoma City Sees Giant Oil Well Blow In
A massive oil well near Oklahoma City erupts in a loud blaze, producing 100 foot black plume from a 6402 foot hole in the Simpson formation. Initial output peaks near 5000 barrels daily then settles as tools are recovered after a gas blast.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Simpson
Doors Open to U S Investments in Mexico Says President
President Portes Gil informs Americans led by Dr. A D Lloyd that Mexico will welcome foreign capital under Mexican law with full guarantees. Separate item notes the death of Mrs. Aretha E Armstrong 102, an acquaintances of General Sam Houston, at her Shelby County home.
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U.S. Investments Center
General Houston
Associated Press
Mexico City
Portes Gil
A. D. Lloyd
Fort Worth
Texas
Mexico
Center
Sam Houston
Aretha E. Armstrong
Dairy Show to Be Held in Plainview This April
The second annual Texas Panhandle Plains Dairy show will be in Plainview on April 2 8 4 and 5 with plans completed at a directors meeting. Expected cattle increase and a constructive program include a dairy cattle display with Northern and Eastern faire exhibits and the News-Globe Master Daily Parm ore Contest.
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Plainview
Dairy Show Association
Panhandle- Wains, Inc
News-Globe Master
Panhandle Lumber Company
W. TL
Hirst National Bank of Amarillo
Panhandle Bankers Association
Maury Hopkins
D. F. Eaton
Hale Center
G Norrell
Shallowater
Nichols
Tulsa
Henry Ansley
Amarillo
W. W. Evans
Lame
W. Heater
O'Donnell
Plc. Bennett
Ammarillo
R. O. Jounkle
Hereford
W. R. Ferguson
S. J. Payne
Underworld King Injured by Starter Bomb in St Paul
St Paul, Minn. Vec. 4. "Dapper Danny" Hogan a leader and peacemaker in the St Paul underworld lies in a hospital days after a bomb exploded as he stepped on his automotive starter at his home.
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ST Paul, Minn
Vec
Danny” Hogan
St. Paul
Goodyear ZRS Airships to Carry Planes and Surpass Los Angeles
Specifications reveal the proposed Goodyear rigid airships for the U S Navy will be 2–3 times larger than the Los Angeles class, with 6 5 million cubic feet of gas and eight engines delivering 4 480 horsepower for up to 72 4 knots. They feature three full length galleries, internal motors, twisting propellers, and capacity to lift five scouting planes through bottom doors, using separate helium compartments for safety.
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Goodyear Company
U. S. Navy
Los Angeles
Sherman Players Questioned in Walker Eligibility Protest
Records show Amarillo player Bob Walker was not on Sherman high school first or second team in 1924 but played with the Bear-Kittens a separate unit. Lubbock protested Walker’s eligibility to the Interscholastic League as the Texas district meets to vote on the protest.
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Associated Press
Sherman
Tex
Bob Walker
Amarillo
Lubbock
Sherman High School
Bear- Kittens
J. R. Moody
Walker
Presbyterian School
Denison
Hob Walker
Amarillo Golden Sands
Henry Froka
C. BE. Davis
Quanah
Davis
Commete Tee
Interscholastic League
Sherman Miles
Davin
Youths Shoot At Cars On Lubbock Highway
Three youths aged 13 to 14 admitted firing a .22 rifle from a highway near Lubbock as a test of their marksmanship. They were sentenced to terms in the state reformatory ranging from indefinite to age 21. One car windshield was struck, injuring a child, and another motorist was hit in the heel.
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Lubbock
Laugchingly
D. Ellison Wa
U S Jury Indicts Canadian Breweries
A federal grand jury in Buffalo New York returned indictments naming more than a score of distilleries and brewers from Canada and the United States. The charges allege conspiracy to smuggle liquor into the United States.
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Preas
Buffalo
N. Y
Canada
United States
Texas men escape death in plane fire near Austin
Two men, Harry Scott and Bill Brown of Cotco, escaped death after two forced landings four miles northwest of Austin. Their damaged plane burst into flames on impact before they boarded a northbound airmail plane to continue to Fort Worth. Both men were uninjured and the wreck was a total loss.
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Austin
Texas
Harry Scott
Bill Brown
Ctsco
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Northcott pleads not guilty to three murder charges
Los Angeles Riverside counties defense team and officers attend in Riverside Superior Court as Northcott, aged youth, enters a laconic not guilty plea to three murder indictments read aloud. A fourth indictment for a statutory offense was dismissed on motion. Court orders transfer of custody for preliminary hearing in Los Angeles.
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Praja Tiverside
Cal
Dee
Gordon Northcott
Superian
K. Morton
Orelock
John Doe
Walter Walling
Neloos
Lewie
Los Angies On
Riverside
Victorsville
Burton Fitts
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles
Earle Redwine
Riverride County
Montana Records 46 Below Zero Amid Frigid West Front
A cold wave grips the western states with Montana logging some of the coldest readings. Fluvre, Montana reports 32 below zero as Chinook, Montana hits 46 below, while other mountain states report subzero temperatures. The cold spreads toward Kansas Nebraska and Missouri.
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Treas
Denver
Colo
Montana
Mountain
Kansas
Nebraka
Missouri
Weather Bureau
Fluvre
Mont
United States
Chinook
Temperature of 0 Holds On Into Night
A health bulletin notes the temperature reading remains at zero as night falls. Doctors report ongoing concerns about pleurisy complicating the patient’s condition and urge continued observation.
King George Delegates Power Amid Illness in Bed
London reports the ailing King George VI signing a royal order delegating most crown duties to a group of six counselors including Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. The king remains sovereign but inactive while the Privy Council reads the document at his bedside.
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London
Atricken
Orix
George
Mary
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Archbishop of Canterbury
Stanley Baldwin
Privy Council
Chicago teachers fail to receive December salaries
Chicago school teachers did not receive their December salary checks, leaving thirteen thousand educators short of about $3.59 million. The payroll shortfall stems from a $12 million deficit in school funds and the board’s lack of money to meet payroll and current bills.
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Chicago
Postmaster Named for Brownsville Texas
George W. Dennett was nominated for postmaster of Brownsville Texas by President Coolidge today, according to the Associated Press report from Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
George W. Dennett
Brownsville
Texas
Coolidge
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