White Blanket Covers Panhandle Cold Wave Snows
A northwest cold front brought clouds fog and light snow to Texline Dalhart Dumas Channing Amarillo Canyon and Pampa. Snow lingered longest at Channing with about half an inch while most areas saw unmeasurable precipitation. Expect clearing and warmer conditions today into Saturday with Amarillo at 28-35 degrees overnight.
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Panhandle
Plains
Panhandle-Plains
Texline
Dalhart
Dumas
Channing
Amarillo
Canyon
Pampa
Denver
Trinidad
North Plains
Canadian
Shamrock
Clarendon
Memphis
Childress
Plainview
Lubbock
Lockney
Clovis
Dimmitt
Hereford
South Plains
Littlefield
Spanish Government's Hope Hinges on General War Amid Chaos
Uncensored Madrid reports say the Valencia government cannot restrain anarchists and relies on a general war for victory. Laws are ignored, prisoners shot daily in Madrid Valencia and Barcelona, with rumors Durruti was killed by his own men. staff desertions and major officials vanish during transfer to Valencia.
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Hendaye
Madrid
Madrid-Valencia
Russia
France
Popular Front
National Workers Federation
Valencia
Barcelona
Buenaventura Durruti
Sebastian Pozas
Settlement of War Debated in Civil Conflict
Reports from Nanking and Sianfu describe ongoing battles as negotiators seek terms to end the civil war between Chiang Kai-Shek and Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang. British adviser James Elder and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek with H. H. Kung and T. v. Soong meet to relay possible settlement terms while government and rebel forces clash in Shensi and Sianfu.
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Associated Press
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Shensi
Hsueh-Liang
Marshal Chang
H. H. Kung
T. v. Soong
Elder
Lianfu
Dr. King
Nellies Vincent, 70, Oklahoma postmistress, dies at home
Mrs Nellies Vincent 70 longtime Mutual postmaster dies at her Woodward home. Survived by daughter Mrs Alice Powell of Pampa Texas and other relatives.
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Woodward
Okla
Nellies Vincent
Mutual
Alice Powell
Pampa
Texas
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Forecast Summary
Fri and Sat fair with light to moderate northerly winds for Amarillo and surrounding area. Partly cloudy in West Texas with a slightly colder southeast portion on Friday. New Mexico expected to be generally fair. Hourly temperatures and yesterday’s precipitation figures are noted for Amarillo with minor measurable amounts reported.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
I. m
Pope Pius XI Relapses. Vatican Reports Setback
Pope Pius XI suffered another relapse into weakness in the evening after a day considered his best since illness. Vatican physicians attributed the setback to undue exertion and urged complete rest for the ailing pontiff.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Holy Father
Five Die in Duquesne Shooting Brawl
In Duquesne Pennsylvania a burst of revolver fire in a rooming house neighborhood killed five people including three women. Police detained a man identified as Martin Sullivan a presumed policeman for questioning after a dispute between the prisoner and the mother of a girl acquaintance.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne
Martin Sullivan
No New Taxes Forecast After Roosevelt Conference
Washington dispatch reports administration advisers meeting with President Roosevelt on tax and budget issues. They foresee no new taxes and an early balanced budget for 1938, as Treasury debt nears 34 billion dollars. Sen. Pat Harrison and Rep. Robert Doughton led the fiscal talks. Bankhead weighed in later.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Treasury
Pat Harrison
Dem . Miss
Robert Doughton
Dem
N. C
Senate Finance and
House
Ways and Means
William B. Bankhead
Harrison
Windsor Sips Spiced Wine For Cold
In Enzesfeld Austria on December 17 the weary Duke of Windsor, now living in Castle Enzesfeld, received 800 Austrian maids among 6,000 letters from admirers. He sipped spiced wine and watched four American films, including Mickey Mouse, to lift a cold in the head, as baronial hosts arranged the screenings.
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Enzelfeld
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Mickey Mouse
England
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Castle Enzesfeld
Rothschild
Missing plane hunt widened in snow covered mountains
Salt Lake City December 17 authorities expanded the search for a Western Air Express nine passenger plane missing since Tuesday. Eight planes and hundreds of men scoured a six mile square area southeast of Salt Lake City with no clue found. Fresh snow raised fears traces of a crash may be hidden.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Here
Western Air Express
Salt Lake
Tom Wolfe
Western Air
Pinkney Dismissal Sought By Eastus Dallas
Federal District Attorney Clyde Eastus filed a motion to dismiss a suit by Pinkney Packing Company of Amarillo challenging the windfall tax. The government claims $13,593.42 is due as 80 percent of refunded AAA processing taxes. Judge W. H. Atwell set a preliminary hearing for Saturday.
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Dallas
Clyde Eastus
Pinkney Packing Company
Amarillo
United States District Court
W. A. Thomas
Internal Revenue
AAA
W. H. Atwell
Thompson anxious to retain Stanley
Ernest O. Thompson, chairman, urged the railroad commission to persuade E. N. Stanley to stay as chief proration enforcement officer in East Texas and the Corpus Christi district. Stanley has long said he would quit when he could be spared, believing he could earn more in business than the $312 monthly salary set by the Legislature.
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Austin
Ernest O. Thompson
Railroad Commission
E. N. Stanley
East Texas
Corpus Christi
Stanley
Thompson
McGovern Attacks Unemployment Debate in Commons
In the House of Commons Jock McGovern attacks ministers over unemployment relief and defends Archbishop Canterbury’s radio rebuke of Edward VIII. He calls the cabinet “lazy” and warns of warlike conduct toward unemployment. He links Welsh crisis with Spain’s bombings and condemns the royal circle supporting Edward’s marriage to Wallis Simpson.
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London
Jock" McGovern
George V
House of Commons
Edward
Wallis Simpson
McGovern
George
Ameri can League of Nations plan sidetracked in Buenos Aires
Inter-American Peace Conference committee in Buenos Aires halted proposals for an American League of Nations after opposition from Argentina and Brazil. A sub committee recommended favorable action on Dominican and Colombian outlines, and chair Max Henriquez Arena proposed five jurists study the plans for a Lima 1938 Pan-American conference report.
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Buenos Aires
Lottery Group Loses Court Fight Over Prize Contest
Washington judges rule the national conference for legalizing lotteries cannot establish legality of a $60,000 prize contest conducted last May. Justice Daniel W. O Donoghue calls the contest essentially a game of chance and upholds Post Office immunity. Attorneys vow an immediate appeal to the U S Court of Appeals.
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Washington
National Conference For
Oliver Harriman
New York
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Daniel W. O'Donoghue
Parley
U. S. Court of Appeals
Plains counties to meet for regional water plan parley
Regional leaders from 32 Texas Panhandle Plains counties plus Eastern New Mexico prepare for a Saturday morning half day parley in Amarillo to plan a large scale water conservation and flood control program. John McCarty notes Roosevelt County will send a delegation from Portales New Mexico. The nominating committee will name officers for a permanent regional organization.
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Texas Panhandle Plains
New Mexico
Amarillo
John McCarty
Panhandle Plains
McCarty
Portales
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt County
W. A. Warren
Canyon
W. L. Helton
Canadian
Ww. H. Patrick
Clarendon
Carl Hinton
Mel Stewart
Hereford
K. C. Lea
Clovis
Wilson Cowen
Dalhart
Edith Maxwell To Seek New Trial Following Second Conviction
In Wise Virginia a jury found Edith Maxwell, 22, guilty of second degree murder for the slaying of her miner blacksmith father. She received a 20 year sentence, but bail was set at 15000 with motions to overturn pending. Maxwell will seek a new trial as her family plans defense steps.
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Edith Maxwell
Wise
Der
Fara 'T. Carter
A.T. Dotson
Edith
Auto
Chesterfield County
Richmond
Wealthy sportsman divorce shocks St Louis
Mrs. Emily Milliken Lambert won a divorce from J D Wooster Lambert a multi millionaire sportsman. She received a 1 600 000 cash settlement and monthly support for two sons after a private in chambers hearing led by Circuit Judge Eugene J Sartoria. The decree cited mental cruelty. Lambert formerly held roles at Lambert Pharmaceutical Company makers of toothpaste and mouthwash.
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ST. Louis
Emily Milliken Lambert
J. D. Wooster Lambert
Eugene J. Sartoria
Chambers
Lambert
The
Lambert Pharmacal Company
Woman Killed In Highway Accident In Greenville Area
Mrs Leslie Reeves 39 of Fort Worth died when her car skidded out of control and overturned one mile southwest of Caddo Mills on the Greenville Dallas highway. Her father W P Roper 65 suffered cuts, Mrs R L May 48 injured her neck, and Mrs Reed and her young daughter Joyce sustained minor injuries.
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Greenville
U.P
Leslie Reeves
Fort Worth
Caddo Mills
Greenville- Dallas
W. P. Roper
Reeves
R. L. May
Three Killed in Railway Wreck At Castleberry Alabama
In dense fog two Louisville and Nashville passenger trains collided near Castleberry Alabama. Two engineers Leo Goree and Phil Grizzard both of Montgomery died. A fireman named Jenkins was killed. The north bound train fireman was slightly injured. Officials reported no passengers injured.
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Castleberry
Ala
U.P
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Leo Goree
Phil Grizzard
Montgomery
Jenkins
Ratification of Points in Pact Slated
Rome and London reported a reciprocal agreement between Italy and Great Britain to preserve the Mediterranean balance of power. Italy renounces ambitions in the western Mediterranean and guarantees freedom of communications. talks cover troop and air force concentration in Africa and Asia Minor. No final official agreement has been issued.
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Rome
Italy
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Baez
Libya
Egypt
Africa
Asia Minor
London
Attorney Attacks Oil Firm Merger in Federal Suit
William H. Neblett, law partner of Senator William G. McAdoo, filed suit in San Francisco federal court to overturn the 187 million dollar merger of Associated Oil, Tide Water Oil, and Tide Water- Associated into Tide Water Associated Oil. Neblett, representing Barr Cohen & Co of New York, owns 260 shares of Associated Oil and claims the merger amounts to an asset sale denying stockholders a voice and challenges the California statute used to approve the deal.
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San Francisco
William H. Neblett
William G. McAdoo
Associated Oi Company
Tide Water Oil Company
Tide Water-Associated
Tide Water- Associated Oil Company
Neblett
Barr, Cohen & Co
New York
Associated Oil Company
California
Further Step Taken in Shipping Strike
Maritime peacemakers moved toward settling the shipping tie up as Harry Lundeberg Sailors' Union spokesman said terms of a complete accord would be shown to his followers by tomorrow. He and conferees representing the maritime firemen and shipowners reached agreement on all major issues. T G Plant the shipowner negotiator remained non-committal.
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San Francisco
Harry Lundeberg
Sailors’ Union
Lundeberg
T. G. Plant
World's Meanest Burglars Sought After Widow's Loss
Mrs. George Stapleton's West Fifteenth Avenue home was broken into while she stayed at a hospital deathbed for her brother X Umphres. A diamond ring wrist watch about $10 and brooches were stolen before they fled, leaving broken glass and emptied drawers. Police found no fingerprints and offered no leads as they investigated the burglary.
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W. H. Monzingo
Memphis
Jackie D. Monzingo
Jane Monzingo
Dee Lehman
North Lake Street
Amarillo
Edith May
Lawrence Dodson
Washburn
Mondingos
Lehmans
Dodson
George Stapleton
West Fifteenth Avenue
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Miami
Fla
Mike Murphy
Fat
Anarchists’ Federation
Pope Pius
Bankhead
Windsor
Pinkney
Eastus
Spain
British Broadcasting Company
Simpson
League OF Nations
Plains County
Highway 5
M. M. Monzingo
Monzingo
Testimony
Balearic Islands
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