First Potter County Wheat Check Delivered to Grower
J. H. Bishop becomes the first Potter County wheat grower to receive an allotment check for contracting with Uncle Sam to reduce acreage. The Potter County allotment committee distributed checks to local growers yesterday at the county agent's office in City Hall. Total Potter County payments amount to 43,286.40 this month with 60,600.96 due in April. Oldham County farmers also received December payments totaling 78,991.96. Bishop plans to frame his check as a Roosevelt era keepsake.
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J. H
Jud) Bishop
Carl Hill
Potter County
Uncle Sam
Bishop
Oldham County
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tigers refuse all proposals to play here
Definite rejection from the College of Marshall ends attempts to stage the state junior college conference football championship in Amarillo. Marshall turns down Christmas Day play in Amarillo or any Texas city east of Decatur offering a 500 dollar plus half the gate plan and 700 dollar guarantee, with a noon deadline and concerns about altitude.
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College of Marshall
Amarillo
B. E. Masters
T. J. Dillehay
Hobart Key
Marshall
Amarillo College
Texas
Decatur
Masters
Frank Kimbrough
Key
Resignation Call Overton and Long Demanded in Louisiana
A mass meeting in Monroe Louisiana demanded the resignations of U S Senators Huey P Long and John H Overton and four top state officials. The gathering urged the immediate restoration of state government to the people from whom it should derive its power.
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Monroef
Fifth Congressional District
United States
Huey P. Long
John H. Overton
Plainview Awards 415000 Contract for Power Plant
Plainview Tex December 19 the city awarded a 415000 contract to C B Iambie Co of Amarillo for a municipal light and power plant and distribution system financed by bonds pledged from plant revenue.
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Plainview
Tex
Iambie & Co
Amarillo
Fragmentary OCR notes on vest values and times
The text appears as a garbled OCR fragment listing vest values such as 42 and 44, with times like 9 A.M. and 2 p.m. It lacks coherent event details, names, places, or clear context beyond miscellaneous numbers and partial references to years like 1932.
Tex Guinan Jewelry Auction Sells Beloved Spares
In New York on December 19, dealers bought Tex Guinan’s former jewels for 9100 after she valued them at 40000. A diamond bracelet and a ten carat ring fetched 1875 and 1525. Celebrities Belle Livingstone Maria Jeritza and Helen Menken attended the sale. The auction continues tomorrow with Tex’ spinning wheel dinner set and bullet proof limousine among remaining items.
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New York
Tex Guinan
Tex
Belle Livingstone
Maria Jeritza
Helen Menken
Peace Ends Long War in Gran Chaco Fronts
News from Montevideo reports a cease fire ordered on a 300 mile front between Bolivia and Paraguay. The truce, arranged by a League of Nations commission with Uruguayan President Terra and Pan American delegates, brings joy as soldiers begin to lay down arms and civilians read notices of peace.
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Montevideo
Gran Chaco
Americas
Bolivia
Paraguay
League of Nations Commission
Gabriel Terra
Uruguay
la Paz
Mt. Slimani
Asuncion
Investigators Probe State Livestock Sanitary Commission
A legislative sub committee finished another hearing in Laredo on alleged sales of state positions. Witnesses reported attempts to sell insurance policies to inspectors, with links to commission chair Leo Callan and John Callan. Detected pressure to fund campaigns and potential job losses were noted.
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Laredo
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
L. L. Leyendecker
Hugh Dixon
John Callan
San Antonio
Dixon
Leo Callan
Commission
Oliver
Leyendecker
Las Vegas Couple Killed in Icy Highway Crash
Two Las Vegas New Mexico residents L G Calhoun 50 and his mother Henrietta Calhoun 73 were killed when their car and trailer skidded off an icy stretch of U S Highway No 69 four miles north of Pattonsburg Missouri this afternoon W C Calhoun the husband and father was injured probably fatally and hospitalized at Bethany Missouri
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Pattonsburg
Here
L. G. Calhoun
Henrietta Calhoun
Las Vegas
N. M
W.C. Calhoun
Bethany
Police hunt gun in Pasadena dentist murder case
In Pasadena California police ordered an exhaustive search for the gun that killed Dr Leonard Siever a 44 year old dentist found dead in a parking lot near his office six days earlier Investigators said no progress compared with prior reports as three guns found in a bellboy Thomas Bennett room were ruled out by ballistic experts.
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Pasadenia
Calif
U.P
Leonard Siever
Thomas Bennett
Yule Play Schedules Single Friday Showing
"Christmas Eve in Finnegan's Flat" features 50 Amarillo Little Teater youth players and will be performed only Friday afternoon. Sponsored by News-Globe and Little Theater under Oma Link Rowley, the Friday show proceeds without charge as Saturday’s performance is canceled to avoid conflicting with the Christmas Tree party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finnegan
State Proposes To Improve Fillmore as Through Street
A Waco district court jury sentenced Frank Fleurs, negro, to death for the shooting of Mrs. Reba Carney of Kennedale in East Waco on November 25. Carney and her son Bobby 11 risked their lives while seeking $800 rumored buried near a railroad. Fred Carney 13 testified as the principal witness.
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Waco
Frank Flours
Reba Carney
Kennedale
East Waco
Clark Whitlock
Fort Worth
Bobby
Fred Carney
William Buchanan
Fleurs
Wong
Whitlock
North
Texas
Roosevelt Backs Labor Regulators in Behalf of Board
President Roosevelt by order approves and ratifies all action taken by the National Labor Board to strengthen its authority amid a dispute with Weirton Steel Company and looming legal battles. The brief document defines the board’s authority and its past actions.
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Washington
National Labor Board
Weirton Steel Company
Roosevelt
City votes to maintain improvements after installation
The city commission adopts a resolution to maintain widened streets on Fillmore Street and Thirty-Sixth Avenue as part of a through highway plan requested by the Federal Bureau of Roads and the State Highway Department. The plan also includes improvements on Northeast Eighth Avenue and several blocks under the national recovery act. A delegation of property owners urged additional street work including Arthur Street and Cleveland Street corridors.
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Fillmore Street
Thirty-Sixth Avenue
Federal Bureau of Roads
State Highway Department
Northeast Eighth Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Arthur Street
Eighteenth
Twenty-Seventh Avenue
Cleveland Street
Twenty-First
Twenty First Avenue
Cleveland
Arthur Streets
Ross D. Rogers
Parker Dies At 66 A Republican Veteran Congressman's Stroke
Representative James S. Parker of New York dies at home following a paralytic stroke suffered last Wednesday. He was 66 and had served over 20 years in Congress, leading the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee during Republican control and later as ranking Republican after Democrats took the House.
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Washington
Jamess. Parker
N. Y
Parker
House
Congress
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Two Victims Die In Yoakum Hotel Blaze
Fire at the St. Charles Hotel in Yoakum killed J. B. Hinkle of Kenedy and J. W. Haley of San Antonio. A third man, Herbert Spies, a firefighter, was injured. Bill Hudson escaped after waking to smoke and flames. Firefighters found the victims on the second floor porch of the 20 room frame building.
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Yoakum
St. Charles
J. B. Hinkle
Kenedy
J. W. Haley
San Antonio
Herbert Spies
Hinkle
Haley
Bill Hudson
Christmas Party for Circl No 2 Postponed
The Central Presbyterian Church Circl No 2 Christmas party scheduled for today at Mrs. F. E. Cook's home has been postponed as Mrs. Cook has been summoned to Chicago due to her husband's serious illness.
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Central Presbyteria Church
F. E. Cook
Lindberghs Fly Home to Englewood for Christmas
Charles and Anne Lindbergh return from a worldwide journey landing at Flushing Bay New York and saluting the Morrow home in Englewood New Jersey. Crowds cheer as the couple moor their big red monoplane and step ashore seeking warmth with family for Christmas.
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New York
Lindberghs
Jon
Morrow
Englewood
N. J
Flushing Bay
Amild
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Anne
Charleston
D. C
New Jersey
Teterborg
Colonel Lindbergh
Lindy
Government fixes domestic gold price at 34.06 dollars
The government set the price of newly mined domestic gold at 34.06 dollars, unchanged from yesterday, with Washington price 1.42 dollars above the London world price of 126 shillings 9 pence. At 5.15 open exchange rate, London is 32.64 dollars per ounce, and the dollar stands at 60.69 cents.
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Washington
London
Court Words Sentence For Liquor Violation
The Fifth Circuit voided a two year sentence and 506 dollar fine for Edwin Smallwood and his wife, convicted in Texas of liquor violations, citing repeal of the prohibition statute. The appeals court ordered disposition under current law and noted two stills and large whiskey mash seizures at their home near San Antonio.
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New Orleans
Texas
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Western District Federal Court of Texas
Edwin Smitlwood
Smallwood
San Antonio
Leavenworth
Definite Plan Submitted by a German Chief
A German chief submits a definite plan with clear demands. The document outlines strategic aims, timelines, and conditions guiding actions and policy moves. The report notes the plan's emphasis on order, security, and regional influence, with expectations attached to compliance.
Hitler Delivers Rearmament Plan to France
Paris reports Chancellor Hitler sent a definite rearmament program to the French government seeking 300000 armed troops and equal war materials. French Foreign Minister Paul-Boncour indicated willingness to listen to a reduced program but insisted on allied unity and supervision, while Simon planned talks to moderate France’s stance as Breach persists.
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Paris
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
John Simon
Frenc
Joseph Paul-Boncour
Camil Chantempts
M. Paul-Boncour
Council of Nation, Defense
France
Opera Singer Fatally Shot in San Francisco
Miss Emili de Prato, 26, an opera singer and contestant in a 1927 national voice competition, was shot on the steps of her South San Francisco home. Umbert Gulati, a suitor, surrendered to police after officers hurried him to county jail in Redwood City. The motive was linked to Lynch threats. Guisti confessed to the slaying.
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San Francisco
Cal
Emili
de Prato
Umbert Gulati
Redwood City
Mises de Prata
Sa Francisco
Guisti
Polie
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