Ethiopian Emperor Rally After Italian Air Raid
At Dessye on December 6 Italian bombers struck Imperial Ethiopia killing a woman and two children and wounding about 200. The American hospital Red Cross tents and imperial palace were damaged as Emperor Haile Selassie fired from a machine gun and later remained unharmed at the old Italian consulate. He sent a protest to the League of Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Mills
Associated Press
Dessye
Ethiopia
Red Cross
League of Nations
Geneva
Smuggling gang murder leads to jail break fallout at Muskogee
Three of six prisoners who killed a detective chief during a bold Muskogee jail break lie dead or captured as authorities press murder charges against remaining escapees. Dan Heady led the group. Dewey Gilmore survived injuries, while Leonard Short died from burns and exposure during the chase. Mrs Heady and others face murder and federal charges linked to the escape. The saga centers on the O'Malley gang and a mountain hideout described in reports from Okla.
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Weathers
Okla
Muskogee
Dewey Gilmore
Dallas
McAlester Penitentiary
Short
Leonard Short
Galena
Allen Stanfield
Ada
Heady
Gilmore
Don Garrett
John Blackburn
Conover
Wis
O'Malley
Muskogee Fail
Russell Land Cooper
Fort Smith
Ark
Ada Marshal
Russell Cooper
Okemah National
Perry Walker
Ben Standifer
Weathers School Board
Langer and three aides acquitted on perjury charges
Federal Judge A Lee Wyman directed the jury to return a verdict acquitting former Governor William Langer and three associates of perjury on defense motion. The decision ends the long legal battle and clears the former governor and his associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
N. D
A. Lee Wyman
William Langer
Central Texas Floods Drench Wide Area
Heavy rainsblanketed Texas with six inches in 12 hours at Marlin causing flooded creeks and damaged roads. Temple and Bell County saw over four inches with rivers rising toward flood stages. Gaines ville Elm Creek receded after flooding Highway 40 and Leonard Park. East Texas oil field in Gladewater suffered roadway damage and oil losses into the Sabine River as downpours continued in Tyler and Nacogdoches.
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Texas
Marlin
Temple
Bell County
Gainesville
Elm Creek
Leonard Park
Gladewater
East Texas Oil Field
Sabine River
Tyler
Nacogdoches
Governor Hoffman vows justice in Lindbergh case
In Trenton New Jersey Governor Hoffman says he will delay Hauptmann execution if plausible new evidence favors him. He notes detective Ellis Parker believes Hauptmann may not be the culprit and Parker says he is pursuing the case. Hauptmann visited in prison October 17 and his Supreme Court review petition remains pending.
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Ellis H. Parker
Burlington County
Parker
Hauptmann
C. Lloyd Fisher
Supreme Court of the United States
Flemington
Fort Worth and Denver seeks bond refund plan
The Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to authorize refund of an 8 176 000 dollar bond issue. New bonds at 4 3 4 percent interest would be sold to the Reconstruction Corporation in exchange for 5 percent bonds, maturing December 1 1961. Estimated net loss for 1935 is 437 369 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fort Worth
Denver
Salaries Of Top Executives Show Few Million-Dollar Paydays
The 1934 public records reveal no million-dollar salaries among U S corporate chiefs. Thomas J Watson of IBM led with $365,358, while 1929 highs like Eugene G Grace of Bethlehem Steel at $1.64 million are now rare. Others, including Rand of Remington Rand and Levis of Gless, rose from pre crash levels though bonuses largely vanished by 1934.
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Washington
America
Federal Trade and Securities Commissions
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corp
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Grace
James H. Rand, Jr
Remington-Rend, Inc
William E. Levis
Owen Ilinois Gless Co
National Broadcast on Highways Puts Amarillo in Spotlight
Amarillo and U S Highways 60 and 66 gained national attention after a public forum luncheon by the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce. Amarilloans conducted the program broadcast by the National Broadcasting Chain with Carl Hinton as master of ceremonies. He urged regional attendance at the interstate highway meeting to be held in Amarillo next Monday and stressed that tourism is a growing cash business rivaling agriculture and manufacturing. He noted Amarillo ranks second only to Dallas among Texas cities in this highway focus.
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Oklahoma City
Amarillo
U. S
Public Forum
Hinton
Dallas
Texas
Campaign to rename Route 66 to Will Rogers Route gains momentum
Bin ford Arney, president of the Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce, announces a nationwide push to rename Highway 66 the Will Rogers Route. Sallie C. McSpadden of Chelsea approves on behalf of the Rogers family, with widow’s consent expected at Amarillo’s Highway 66 convention. Delegations are urged from Chicago to Los Angeles as a resolution is to be considered.
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Will Rogers
Binford Arney
Amarillo
Rogers
Arney
Chicago
Oil price rise seen likely and warranted by Thompson
Ernest O. Thompson, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, indicated a price advance of up to 35 cents per barrel in crude oil is likely and warranted. He noted rumors of immediate price hikes have firm foundations but had no definite plans from companies, saying the Southwest oil industry is in good shape and hot oil running is not more common than in other businesses.
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Dallas
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Thompson
Texas
Texas to Join National Safety Council Safe Driving Campaign
Governor Allred telegraphed that Texas will join a five year National Safety Council program for safe driving. He expressed readiness to cooperate fully and confidence that Texas will enter the campaign wholeheartedly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Allred
National Safety Council
Texas
Roosevelt signs central Colorado River Authority project
The Coleman chamber learns from Washington that President Roosevelt approved the central Colorado River Authority project valued at 134,895 dollars and sent the bill to the comptroller general for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman
Coleman Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Roosevelt
Bank Employees Held in Quebec Kidnap Hallucination
Police detained two former Banque Provinciale du Canada staff in Hull after a kidnapping holdup. A bank clerk Armand Nadeau was killed. $15,000 stolen from an accountant’s car was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banque Provinciale Iu Canada
Armand Nadeau
Guymon Mavericks and Amarillo Face Off In 90-Pound Tie
Ninety pound teams from Guymon Oklahoma and Amarillo meet at Butler Field this afternoon to break a 6 to 6 tie from last Saturday. Both squads boast bold claims with coaches promising a whale of a game as they prepare for 2 30 PM kickoff and a bout of laterals and tricks.
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Guymon
Okla
Amarillo
Butler Field
Oklahoma
Frank de Wolf
Emmett Galloway
Ralph Dykeman
Guymon Club
Sheriff Shot by Bank Robbers in Tennessee
In Maynardville Tennessee sheriff L B Hutchinson was fatally wounded by three armed men believed to have robbed the Citizens Bank of nearby New Tazwell. The trio robbed the Tazwell bank shortly before the shooting.
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Maynardsville
Tenn
L. B. Hutchinson
Citizens Bank
New Tazwell
Tazwell Bank
Thomsen Banquet Reservations Nearing Two Hundred
Nearly 200 reservations have been made for the silver anniversary banquet honoring Dr. R. Thomsen. The event Monday at 6:30 PM in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel features an orchestra, three speakers Bishop Seaman James Gulerie and Mayor Rogers, with Norris Ewing as master of ceremonies. Dr. Thomsen completes his 25th year as pastor of Central Presbyterian Church next week.
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R. Thomsen
Wilbur C. Hawk
Lois Black
News-Globe
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
E. C. Seaman
James O. Gulerie
Ross D .Rogers
Norris Ewing
Thomsen
Central Presbyterian Church
Jackson Day speeches set for nationwide Democratic drive
Chairman James A. Farley announced President Roosevelt will open the 1936 campaign with an January 8 address in Washington at a Jackson Day dinner. Similar gatherings are planned for every community of 5 000 or more, totaling 1 500 events nationwide. The speech will be broadcast, and the plan was relayed to state presidents via a nationwide telephone circuit from the Biltmore Hotel.
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New York
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee Tonight
Roosevelt
Washington
Farley
Biltmore
Union
Burlington Strike Set for Monday by Brotherhood
A strike call ordering out all locomotive firemen on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad was issued for 6 P M December 9. Edward Flynn, VP of the Burlington, announced receipt of the call from J P Farrell, VP of the brotherhood. The walkout follows a vote to demand two crew members on Diesel electric stream line trains.
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Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Brotherhood of
Locomotive
Edward Flynn
Burlington
J. P. Farrell
Brotherhood
Maryland Governor Apologizes to Iranian Envoy
Gov. Harry A. Nice of Maryland sends formal apology for the arrest and alleged mistreatment of Iranian minister Ghaffar Djalal at Elkton Maryland. Secretary Hull receives the apology and the U S expresses official regret over the incident.
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Washington
Harry A. Nice
Maryland
Ghaffar Djalal
Elkton
Hull
United States
Evans Clue Fails Hair Not Human
Oklahoma City Dec. 6 Another clue to the fate of Ray Evans failed today as Taylor Rogers state chemist told the state crime bureau the strands of hair found on a bridge near Pauls Valley were not human. He reported verbally and would formalize the nature of the hair later to the bureau.
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Oklahoma City
Ray Evans
Taylor Rogers
State Crime Bureau
Pauls Valley
Rogers
Delegation Arrives for Naval Conference on Aquitania
The United States delegation led by Norman Davis landed in Southampton today aboard the S S Aquitania for the naval conference.
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Southampton
United States
S. S. Aquitania
Norman Davis
Roosevelt asserts US not standing aloof in Ethiopian war
President Roosevelt says the United States has done its share to seek peace in the Italo Ethiopian war while reaffirming neutrality. He writes Bishop Oldham that America is not standing aloof but will follow independent methods, without concerted international action.
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United States
Roosevelt
G. Ashton Oldham
Episcopal Diocese of
Albany
N. Y
Oldham
America
School districts gain wet status under new repeal rule
Austin dispatch reports Atty. Gen. McCraw ruled school districts dry in 1918 become wet if their county votes wet under the repeal amendment. The law does not recognize school districts as local option sub-divisions.
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Austin
U.P
Atty
William McCraw
Amarillo Forecast Notes Local Fair Weather
Weather snapshot covers Amarillo and West Texas with fair conditions expected Saturday. Mentions fair outlook for New Mexico and East regions with hourly temperature hints and references to past readings and daily highs and lows.
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Heath
Amarillo
Texas
Chinese Plan League Action May Seek Nations Help
The Chinese government considers bringing the dispute with Japan before the League of Nations citing aggression in northern China. A British informant says London may back China to protect territorial integrity under the nine power treaty, with Quo Tai Chi urging Britain to act.
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London
Japan
League of Nations
Tokyo
China
Quo Tai-Chi
Britain
Husband admits dynamite killing in Salt Lake City
Byron Chatterton aged 36 a miner told Deputy Sheriff he placed dynamite between his wife and himself in their bed and ignited it with a cigarette. Mrs Chatterton died and Chatterton was badly hurt in the blast.
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Salt Lake City
Byron Chatterton
George Beckstead
Death of Local Yardman After Auto Collision
J. H. Knight, 80, a yardman in San Angelo, died in a local hospital after being struck by a car earlier this week. An inquest will be held tomorrow. He had lived in the area for about 28 years.
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AUTO
Courts to rule on utility registration refusal
President Roosevelt stated the decision rests with the courts regarding utilities held by companies that refused to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the new federal regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Securities and Exchange Commission
Amarillo Jail Breaker Held in Corpus Christi
David Ash alias Smoky Johnson, 21, one of three Potter County inmates who escaped on October 12 by climbing a seven floor improvised ladder, was recaptured after wrecking a taxi at gunpoint and colliding with a truck in Corpus Christi.
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David Ash
Potter County
Corpus Christi
Santa Land Film Shown At Paramount In Amarillo
The Amarillo News presents Santa Claus talking pictures at the Paramount Theater with five morning shows for children under 12 free entry. Ages 12 to 15 pay 10 cents and those over 15 pay 25 cents. The reel includes a Santa Claus picture and another short subject, likely an animated cartoon, filmed by Captain Klainschmidt under contract with The Amarillo News.
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Amarillo News
Santa Claus
Paramount Theater
Kleinschmidt
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