Gasoline shortages blamed on underground siphon schemes
Texas state inspectors report pumps shorted by average 2.0 percent with 304 of 374 tests failing. Galveston shows highest average net shortage. Fort Worth and Dallas also affected. Kinard calls for licensing gas operators and state sealers of weights and measures plus funding to correct the shortage issue.
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Marehae
Kinard
Big Spring
V. S. Stovall
Department of Arrigaltire
Galveston
Fort Worth
Austin
Taylor
Dallas
Waco
Houston
Beaumont
New Motor Tags Illegal On Cars Before January
A few 1929 motor license tags have appeared on Amarillo cars in violation of the law which prohibits placing the new orange on black plates before January 1. Police note Potter and Randall county tags rise to the 800000s next year, continuing the alphabetical sequence.
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Amarillo
California
Potter County
Potter
Randall
Tethoy
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounding Regions
Saturday brings fair skies and a warmer trend for Amarillo and vicinity while West Texas sees fair conditions with possible rain in the southwest portion. New Mexico experiences fair weather with little temperature change. A high pressure system moves southeast from southern Idaho toward northern Utah. Temperatures remain cold in the Rocky Mountains and plains regions with slight fluctuations expected Saturday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Idaho
Utah
Plains States
Rocky Mountain
Tucumcari Sheriff Sued Over Fatal Lang Shooting
A $55,000 damage suit is filed against Sheriff I John Briscoe by Lang estate and Bays asserting wrongful death after Lang known as Cowboy Lang was shot near Five Mile Bridge while authorities pursued alleged egg thieves and warehouse burglars. The action seeks 40000 compensatory and 15000 exemplary damages citing the February 24 1928 shooting after Lang dined at O T Restaurant and reportedly failed to stop his car.
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Tucumcari
Lang
Tucumcart
N. M
Dee
I. John Briscoe
James H. Bacon
C.R. Brice
C. J. Roberts
Santa Fe
KE. L. Boyd
Evansville
Indiana
Thomas F
Cowboy) Lang
John J. Bays
Dalhart
University of Evansville
Ind
Miss Bays
Chandler
Ariz
Five Mile Bridge
Young Lang
O. T
Briscoe
Martinez
Third
Marine killed in Nic aragua rebel attack
Charles Williams a gunnery sergeant from Astoria New York was fatally wounded yesterday when a Marine patrol under Captain Maurice Holmes engaged bandits near Nueva Segovia Nicaragua The incident followed the earlier assassination of a peasant south of Orcotafa The patrols ongoing with reports of several prior contacts and casualties in the northern area
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Managua
Nicaragua
Charles Williams
Astoria
N. Y
Maurice G. Holmes
Pontoton
Miss
Nueva Segovia
Orcotaf
Holmes
Telepanca
Williams
Marine
George Hall
Coco River
Dog triggers fatal Marshall shooting amid family dispute
In Smyrna near Marshall Texas Odell Morris a 40 year old farmer was fatally wounded after a dispute over a dog. Karl Ayles aged 27 brother in law to Morris was arrested. Ayles phoned the sheriff asking for an officer after claiming Morris killed Ayles dog.
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Treasse
First Congress Debates Major Treasury and Post Office Bill
The first congress considers sweeping financial legislation proposing a one billion dollar treasury and post office fund. Lawmakers debate funding scope and allocations to federal operations and mail delivery services.
Prohibition Enforcement Funds Win Passage in Treasury Post Office Bill
The House approved the Treasury Post Office appropriation including 15.5 million for prohibition enforcement after a long debate. The bill also provides 25.04 million for public buildings and 150 million for tax refunds, with the session proceeding rapidly and adjourning over the weekend.
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Washington
Treasury Post Office
Congress
Post Office
Treasury
Ol Jegally
Representative Cranston
Michigan
Associated
Toxe
Senate
Colorado
House
Treasury-Post Office
Chicago Youth Killed in Hunt for Gangsters
A Chicago youth dies in the manhunt following the assassination of Leroy Gilbert South Chicago Heights police chief. Police believe Gilbert sacrificed his life by surrendering two alcohol runners to the government. Detectives hunted suspects as a second shooting wounded Thomas Scanlon during the chase near Chicago Heights.
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Uity
Associated Tress
Chicago
Zealous
Leroy Gilbert
Chicago Heights
South Side
Transfor
Gilbert
Thomas Scanlon
Scanton
Northcott Denies Killing Walter Collins in Hospital Inquiry
Walter Collins mother Christine Collins faced Gordon Stewart Northcott in a Riverside hospital as he claimed he did not kill her son Walter. Northcott smiled and insisted he killed no boys accused of murder, while authorities disclosed the father Cyran Northcott knew of a laundered body and planned to confess details of the Wineville ranch killings.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Walter Collins
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Christine Collins
Walter
Northcott
Collins
Mmidant
Mra
Ehe
Ty United
Penn Riverside
Calif
Dec
Cyran G. Northeoth
Gordon Ktewart Northcott
Tic Wineville
Ford
Fort Sid
Riverside
Northcett
Stolen Church Goods Recovered in $500,000 Bust
San Francisco police recovered church treasures valued at over 500000 dollars and arrested Joseph Saver of Los Angeles, head of an international ring. The haul included gold chalices vestments altar cloths carpets and jewels. Saver confessed and named others in Los Angeles eastern states and Europe. Over 100 Catholic churches in the U S and Mexico were robbed by the group with items sold to antique dealers as legitimate Mexican government offerings.
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San Francisco
Joseph Saver
Angeles
Toliee
Sauer
Low Angeles
Europe
United States
Mexico
English flies coast trip in record Kansas City flight
Harold W. English of English Bivins airport completed a round trip to Kansas City and back before sunset in a Ryan Brougham monoplane. Bill Camp and Jim Ramsey accompanied him from the Globe News. The five hour outbound and four and a half hour return marked a regional speed record. English delayed his San Diego voyage to Monday to seek coast passengers.
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Harold W. English
English-Bivins
Kansas City
Ryan Brougham
English
Bill Camp
Jim Ramsey
Globe News Composing Room Force
Amarillo
Kankas City
Kanena City
San Diego
Cal
Polite Bandits Fail To Finish Hold Up Charm
In Chicago two men attempted a holdup on Florence Gartner, claiming courtesy as their motto. One bandit struck Gartner with a blackjack, grabbing her fur coat as the other demanded purse and jewels.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Dee
Kelley Denies Confession in Furnace Death Case
Waukegan Ills Dec 7 Rara McVeugh alias Kelley an army deserter who allegedly aided a Lake Bluff Sunday school teacher to burn herself to death denied confessions made to authorities. He fled from San Antonio Texas, attempted suicide twice, and will be returned to Elgin State Hospital after officials question his conflicting claims and assess his criminal history.
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Waukegan
Rara McVeuch
McVeagh
A. \. Smith
Elgin
Miss Knaak
Lake Forest
Texas
Coast Girl Claims New Air Altitude Record for Women
Mrs Louise McPherridge Thaden, a San Francisco aviatrix, landed at Oakland airport claiming an unofficial altitude record for women of 25 400 feet after reaching the height during the flight.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Calif
Louise McPherridge Thaden
San Francisco
Honeymoon Bride Shot by Husband in Texas Tragedy
Ruth Sandra Owens, 19, was found shot dead in a Granbury road automobile near Fort Worth, along with her husband Tom W. Owens Jr., 17, who died later from a self-inflicted wound. Investigators note quarrels preceded the outing, and a note indicated the mother was ill. The couple had married four months earlier.
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Fort Worth
Tom W. Owens, Jr
Owens
New York
Here
Ruth Sandra Owens
Landis
U, Weather Bureau
Iirl
Oweng
Lastro Warren
Mia
Associated Press
Tom Ky. Owens, Jr
Tom B. Owens, Jr
O Fe
Granbury Road
Benbrook
Constable Finley
Quarrel
Balch
Dog Days Pet Stock Market Boosts Holiday Sales
The paper promotes the Pet Stock columns as the best time to sell dogs, noting growing popularity and suitability as Christmas gifts. It highlights a low cost with big results and positions the marketplace as the go to for buying or selling dogs this season.
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Tiwit
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