U S Entry in World Court Favored by Conference
At Princeton a National Collegiate World Court conference urged the United States to enter the permanent international court under the Harding Hughes Coolidge reservations. A preliminary vote showed broad student support for entrance with reservations and mixed plans for broader peace actions.
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Princeton
National Collegiate
Presit
America
Resolutions Committee
United States
Mveh
League
Three Nations Oppose Partial Navy Reduction
Geneva December dispatch notes Japan France and Italy oppose partial naval cuts unless tied to arms reductions overall. Interest centers on whether the United States will join in Geneva disarmament studies as a step toward a general conference. Russia’s participation also under consideration as Washington and Berlin were asked to collaborate. The League council urged Secretary General to prep a survey of arbitration treaties and security pacts to broaden preventive measures ahead of the next assembly.
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Geneva
Japan
France
Italy
League of Nations
Russia
United States
Germany
League Council
Fric Felmomi
Pacific
Perhare & Toad
Youth Robs Blind Paymaster On Roli St
A youth robbed James Huff, blind superintendent of a broom factory, taking $200 in payroll money from the Missouri Commission for the Blind. Several hundred dollars had already been paid to about 106 blind employees before the thief walked away unhurriedly.
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James Huff
The
Missouri? Commission For the
Funeral rites for mine victims to end today in Alabama
Funeral rites proceed in Birmingham as 52 men slain in the Overton mine No 2 blast are remembered. Final services and interments are held for half the dead while state and federal investigators press an exhaustive inquiry into the explosion that wrecked the mine and entombed many workers. Alabama Fuel and Iron Co expects to renew operations early next week.
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Birmingham
Ala
Overton Mine
Overton
Alabama Fuel and Iron Company
Brig Gen Roger D Williams Dies In Lexington Ky
Brig General Roger D Williams retired army officer and Indian fighter died at his Lexington home at 69. A Bourbon County native, he led the 76th Brigade in the 38th Division during World War I and was a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt. He commanded a sector of the Rio Grande in 1919 and served with Pershing’s punitive expedition into Mexico in 1916.
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Lexington
Roger D. Williams
Williams
Bourbon County
Kentucky
Theodore Roosevelt
France
Tio Grande
Pershing
Mexico
Will Resume Work On Ledrick Well Near Pampa Soon
a drilling effort near Pampa will push depth from 3 950 feet to several thousand feet for a deep test. Roberts County operations include a Wilcox No 8 engine boiler setup at Pampa. Byram well in Gray County planned to 3200 feet with 6 million feet of showing. several leases changed hands this week.
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Ledrick
Pampa
Enon
Roberts County
Wilcox No. & A
Byramwell
Gray County
Circus Elephant Breaks Away Near Sabinal
A circus elephant escaped from Sabinal circus quarters early dawn and roamed the countryside smashing fences and scaring residents fifty miles southwest of San Antonio before being captured near Sabinal. Trainers and townspeople pursued on horseback until the animal calmed and followed its attendant. The escape caused alarm but limited damage.
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San Antonio
Sabinal
Thore
Texas Conservation Association invites state cooperation
The Texas Conservation Association adopted a regional meeting resolution in Mineral Wells inviting all Texans to cooperate in conservation work. The resolution endorsed a congressional bill for a U S water resources inventory. Judge M H Gossett of the Federal Land Bank of Houston urged analysis of irrigation projects before starting work to ensure economic soundness and effective water management.
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Texas
Texas ConServation Association
Congress
United States
Wichita Falls
M. H. Gossett
Federal Land Bank of Houston
Gossett
Two Women Die as Train Hits Auto Near Duncan
Two women from Duncan, Mrs Ennis McLendon and her niece Miss Laynee McLendon, were killed instantly when their auto was struck by a Rock Island passenger train south of Duncan Oklahoma. The crash occurred late today as the car was hit by the southbound train, killing both occupants.
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Duncan
Okla
Ennis McLendon
Laynee MclLendon
Here
Rock Island
Concho County Store Robbery Reported in Eden
Concho County officers said thieves robbed hardware and dry goods stores in Eden early Saturday morning and fled toward Menard. The loot included a suit a leather coat shoes about $100 and $7 in cash from J F Tiny dry goods and a Remington gallop gun a .10 gauge shotgun and about $6.25 in cash from Latham and McClain Hardware.
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Concho County
San Angelo
Nodie
Eden
Menard
J. F. Tiny Dry Goods
Latham and McClain Hardware
Mellie Dunham Joins Ford Dance Revival in Detroit
Mellie Dunham Maine’s famed old time dance fiddler joins Henry Ford’s revival campaign. He plans a Detroit opening next Tuesday with his Dulcimer Zymbalon Sousaphone violin orchestra to displace jazz at a major hall, marking Ford’s first public conversion effort in the city.
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Detroit
Mellie Tvunham
Maine
Henry Ford
Norway
Ford
Dunham
Mr. Ford
Texas delegation praised for rebuff on inheritance tax
Austin December 18 Gregor of Austin wired Representative Garner and lawmakers in Washington praising their stand against the federal inheritance tax. McGregor backed the rebuff to Speaker Lee Satterwhite and his five member committee. His message said Texas tax leaders were rebuffed and should return home like Bo Peep’s sheep.
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Austin
P.T. HF
Gregor
One
Garner Texas
Washington
Texas Tax Club
McGregor
Lee Satterwhite
Committee of Five
Garner
Bo Peep
Twenty two rescued from drifting barge in Tampa Bay
Coast guard cutter Tallapoosa reports the 22 men aboard the barge Altamahama adrift in the Gulf for a week were rescued and the vessel towed toward Tampa. The barge, in tow, was expected to reach the port tomorrow noon.
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Tampa
Fla
Altamaha
Gulf
Tampa Coal Company
Coast Guard
Tallapoosa
Engineer Killed in Missouri Train Wreck at Milo
Joplin Mo Dec 12 Engineer James Moore of Train 218 Missouri Pacific is reported killed when the train wrecked at Milo near Nevada Missouri tonight. Reports are meager and it is not learned whether any passengers were injured. The train left Joplin at o clock and wreck occurred about 930.
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Joplin
James Moore
Missouri Pacific
Milo
Nevada
Missouri
Slayer Denied Bail in Soldier’s San Antonio Death
San Antonio December 12 John Adams remanded to jail without bail on a murder charge linked to the death of Private Charles McClowskey of the 96th Infantry. McClowskey died after a last night shooting following an argument with Adams who surrendered and claimed self defense.
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San Antonio
John Adams
Justice of the Peace
S .Fisk
Charles McClowskey
Service Company
96Th Infantry
McClowskey
Adams
Burlesque on Editorial Opinions in The Literary Digest
In a Sun Dial column H L Philips in the New York Sun parodies how weeklies handle editorial views. Dialogues joke about holding a baby in various positions as cited by papers like the Philadelphia Public Ledger and the Norfolk Virginian Pilot, noting differing stances and humorous contradictions.
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Literary Digest
H. L. Philips
Sun Dial
New York Sun
Wilbur
Philadelphia Public Ledger
New Orleans Picayune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Troy Record
Washington Star
New York Daily News
Memorial fund drive for Stone Mountain quota begins
Canyon chief leads state harvest campaign to raise funds for Stone Mountain memorial. Professor T B McCarter of West Texas State Teachers College will start immediate efforts to gather $526 for Canyon’s share, with half dollar coins bearing Confederate generals Lee and Jackson sold for one dollar, the premium to support the memorial.
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Canyon
T. B. McCarter
West Texas State Teachers College
Stone Mountain Memorial
Lee
Jackson
Stone Mountain
Santa Letters From Young Shoppers In A Busy Urgency
A collection of childhood Christmas requests from multiple children listing desired toys and gifts. Names include William Griffin Flora Rust Jimsy Domer Louise Domer Choat Maxine Traylor Edith Earline Bullis Jessie McKee Glen McKee Ruth Paul and others. The notes reveal simple yearned-for items such as dolls, doll beds, toy trains, skates, a bicycle, a tricycle, and fruit and nuts. The missives show family addresses and ages, reflecting a festive, earnest plea for Santa to bring joy.
Barges Break Away With Families In East River Run
Twenty five barges broke from moorings in Green Point Brooklyn after an ebb tide. Some carried captains families as they drifted down stream with panicked women and children screaming. Fire boat and tugs corralled the vessels after hours of strenuous work.
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New York
Green Point
Brooklyn
Old Negro ex slave head donates $1 to memorial fund
William B D Hemphill head of the Old Negroes Confederate ex slave home at Jefferson sends Lon A Smith of the Stone Mountain memorial campaign a one dollar donation to buy a piece of coinage. He urges all southerners to support the Granite memorial honoring south heroes regardless of color.
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Memorial
Austin
William BD. Hemphill
Jefferson
Lon A. Smith
Stone Mountain Memorial Campaign
East
Texas
Quitaque Contracts Denver Line Right of Way Signed
Citizens of Quitaque signed a contract to grant right of way through Briscoe County for the Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railroad South Plains line. The announcement spurs regional development and new construction, with the Howard ranch adjoining the town opened for settlement after the 269 sections.
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Childress
Quitaque
Briscoe County
Fort Worth
Arizona-Mexico International Court Functions Perfectly
At Naco Arizona two Mexicans charged with burglary were found guilty and sentenced to two years in Sonora prison. An Arizona Justice of the Peace sat on the north side of the border with a Mexican judge on the south side as the court convened to expedite justice after the pair fled to Mexico.
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Naco
Ariz
Arizona
ePace
Mexico
Sonora
International Court
Judge overrules motions in Stephenson verdict case
Noblesville Indiana December 12 judge Will M Sparks overrules motions to vacate the verdict grant a new trial and arrest judgment in the D C Stephenson murder case of Madge Oberholtzer of Indianapolis all rulings were denied by the court today
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Noblesville
Ind
D. C. Stephenson
Madge Oberholtzer
Indianapolis
Will M. Sparks
Snow onfesses continued confessions in murder case
In Stephenville and Waco reports, F M Snow faces murder charges connected to the severed head of Bernie Conley, 19, his stepson. Deputies uncover bones and blood stains at Snow home while pursuing leads on the missing mother and grandmother. Snow, now jailed in Fort Worth, had previously married Bernie’s mother and denied involvement. He retold corrections to his confession and noted a pistol discrepancy. Mattie, his missing wife, remains a key figure in the case.
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Waco
Snow
Criminal Courts Building
Bernie Connally
Stephenville
Sam Connally
Connally
Wiley McGregor
W. H. Polston
Polston
Tex
F. M. Snow
Hassell
Bernie Conley
Tarrant County
Bernie
S. A. Old
Pec
A. Old
Fort Worth
Conley
Hassler
Mattie
Russell
Erath County Grand Jury
Special Session In Travis County Grand Jury Under Way
Travis County grand jury began its session this week with Moody, Friday presenting George Christian to aid in the inquiry. Judge Hamilton predicted a short term but no timing for a report. The highway commission with Moseley Cage and Bickett prepared for Monday’s meeting as other contracts and matters were reviewed. Moody heads to Dallas Sunday for an oral deposition of Frank Lanham as part of the Hoffman Construction case set to begin Wednesday in 58th district court seeking about 100000 damages and 296000 in alleged overpayments and unpaid estimates.
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Travis County
Moody
George Christian
J. R. Hamilton
The
Highway Commission
Hal Moseley
John Cage
John Bickett
Electra church split prompts new independent pastor
About 50 members of the First Presbyterian church of Electra withdraw to form a new congregation with Rev. Dooley as pastor. Disputes with the existing officers, a demand for resignations, and a bridge incident are cited. Dooley plans an independent church while awaiting guidance from the Holy Spirit.
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First Presbyterian Church of
Electra
Dooley
Amarillo
E. B. Fincher
First Presbyterian Church
Holy
Miedra
Hatcher returns $2900 check from book company
Austin text book bids prompt action by state treasurer W Gregory Hatcher who returned the $2600 certified check as a good faith deposit after an attorney general opinion failed to address his authority. He said deposit refunds have been issued to 27 bidders.
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Austin
W. Gregory Hatcher
American Book Company
Text Book Commission
Text Book Bidera
Governor Pinchot Sets February Electrocution Date
Governor Pinchot fixed the week of February 1 for the electrocution of William Cavalier a 15 year old Schuylkill county boy convicted of killing his grandmother in a death penalty case reported from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on December 12.
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Pinchot
Pittsburgh
William Cavalier
Schuylkill County
West Texas Chamber plans three week booster train tour
A West Texas Chamber of Commerce plan envisions a three week special train tour from Texas through the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states to showcase West Texas agriculture, livestock, and opportunities. An advance team will distribute handbills and welcome farmers and citizens to the cars with lectures, souvenirs, and booster entertainment.
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Jana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Lkvely
West Texas
Panhandle
West
Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Pennsylvania
Wright Armstrong
Denver
North
East
G.C. French
Fort Worth Stock Yards Co
Southwest
West Texas Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
French
Porter A.whaley
Wé Texas Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
New England
Stamford
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Texas T0
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Dance
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Santa Claus
William Griffin
Buchanan St
Flora Rust
Tyler St
Jimsy Domer
Tennessee
Santa
Borg
Louise Domer
Nuts
Enner Choat
N. W
Maxine Traylor
Buchanan
Edith Earline Bullis
Monroe St
Jessie McKee
Tam
Monroe
Glen
Glen McKee
Mara
Ruth Paul
Palmer's
Johnston's
Denver Line
Briscoe
Stephenson
H.C. Dobbs
Hatcher
Randal Drug Co
Alison
Games — Books
S & H. Green
Randal
Oscar D. Randal
Revi Dooley
M. L. Wilcoxen
R. E. Goodman
J. P. Claypool
Railroad
Associated Press
Cleveland Laundry Machinery Mfg. Co. E
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Erie Ry
Cleveland, Ohio
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