Bill Now in Senate Urges Government Rail Ownership
The Railway Labor Executives Association urged government ownership as the only remedy for a rail system hurt by bankers. A senate bill by Senator Wheeler would nationalize carriers, with critics citing court findings of Wall Street wrecking a once prosperous line and endangering public safety due to old rails and profits greed.
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Washington
Railway Labor Executives Association
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Wall Street
St. Loui
San Francisco
Britain admits error in peace efforts
Washington reports a heated push for the soldiers bonus as Congress returns to work. Speaker Byrns aims to finish by February 1 but won’t promise enactment over a veto. Senator Byrnes and Senator Steiner push a bond funded plan to pay veterans 97 percent and full value after two years.
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Washington
Byrns
Byrnes
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Steiner
Oregon
Philippines
Burns
Patman
House
Tremor Shakes Belen Amid Week of Quakes
A strong earthquake jolted Belen New Mexico at dawn marking another in a string of tremors. A brick building housing the city's largest drug store developed an inch wide crack several feet long but no other damage was noted.
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Belen
N. M
Swift declares 25 cent per share special dividend
Swift & Company directors in Chicago announced a special dividend of 25 cents per share on the capital stock. This marks a notable payout as part of the company's distribution plan announced today.
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Sweft
Chicago
Swift & Company
Blind Senator Schall Is Critical After Car Crash
Minnesota Republican Senator Thomas D. Schall was struck by a car on a highway near Washington D C and was reported to have a fractured skull and a compound fracture of the left leg. Police arrested driver L G Humphries of Hyattsville on reckless driving charges and Schall remained unconscious two hours after the accident.
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Washington
Thomas D. Schall
Minnesota
Schall
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Cottage City
L. G. Humphries
Hyattsville
Wynecrest
Italian tanker Olterra sails from Fort Isabel
The Italian tanker Olterra departed Fort Isabel at noon today carrying 50,000 barrels of lower Rio Grande Valley crude oil bound for Italy.
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Fort Isabel
Olterra
Rio Grande Valley
Italy
West Texas Plans Centennial Exhibits Meeting Today
Representatives of West Texas interests convene at the Crystal Ballroom to plan Centennial exhibits. Wilbur C. Hawk of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce calls the gathering with invitations extended to Chamber secretaries county agents home demonstration agents newspaper men vocational agriculture teachers and other exhibitors from Booker Borger Canadian Channing Clarendon Dalhart Follett Groom Gruyer Hedley Hereford Higgins Miami Mobeetie Morse McLean Pampa Panhandle Shamrock Strat ford Vega Wellington Wheeler and more.
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Wilbur C. Hawk
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Borger
Canadian
Channing
Clarendon
Dalhart
Dumas
Follett
Groom
Gruyer
Hedley
Hereford
Higgins
Miami
Mobeetie
Morse
McLean
Pampa
Panhandls
Perryton
Shamrock
Spearman
Stratford
Vega
Wellington
Wheeler
New Trade Treaty to be Signed with Netherlands
Washington reports a reciprocal trade pact will be signed tomorrow with the Netherlands amid Republican criticism of the Canadian accord. Senator McNary sought modifications to lumber provisions in the Canadian agreement during a White House visit.
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Washington
State Department
Netherlands
McNary
Oregon
White House
Roosevelt
Walker Accepts Theater Position In Comerford Firms
Frank C. Walker of New York has accepted the vice presidency of Comerford Theatres Inc succeeding his cousin M B Comerford who was fatally injured in a recent automobile accident. The announcement came from Scranton Pennsylvania on December 19.
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Scranton
Frank C. Walker
New York
National Emergency Council
Comerford Theatres, Inc
M. B. Comerford
Hickman for Governor Club Formed in Dallas
Milt Saul announced the organization of a Hickman-for-Governor Club in Dallas. The move backs Tom Hickman’s candidacy following his discharge from a Texas Ranger captaincy, which stirred political repercussions.
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Hickman
Dallas
U.P
Milt Saul
Tom Hickman
Texas Ranger
Kagawa Barred From Entering U S Over Health Status
Dr. Tokyohiko Kagawa, noted Japanese pacifist and Christian socialist, is barred from entering the United States after doctors diagnosed chronic trachoma. He was detained at the Angeles Island immigration hospital following a medical exam, with the entry decision pending Labor Secretary Frances Perkins.
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Tokyohiko Kagawa
United States
Kagawa
Angeles Island
Dr. Kagawa
Secretary
Labor
Washington
P. B Jones
C. C. Cunningham
Kansas City
Stanley A. Hunter
Berkeley
Frances
Snow blankets North as winter nears arrival
A broad snow cover stretched across the north from the Rockies to the Alleghenies with more on the way. Temperatures were mainly mild except in the Dakotas and northern Minnesota where drifts impeded travel. Fargo reported 14 inches of snow and 14 below zero while Brookings measured a low of 4 above.
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Chicago
Rockies
Alleghenies
Dakotas
Minnesota
North Dakota
Fargo
South Dakota
Brookings
Federal funds to match Texas old age pensions
Orville S. Carpenter said the Federal Social Security Board promised to match state dollars for Texas old age pension funds dollar for dollar. Carpenter, now state auditor, said the assurance came from the Social Security Board.
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Austin
Orville S. Carpenter
Old Age Assistance Commission
Federal Social Commission
Carpenter
Social Security Board
Merrill Nears Tip of South America in Antarctic Quest
Paris Rand notes Air France report from Bahía Blanca that American aviator Dick Merrill flights south toward the Antarctic route for Sir Hubert Wilkins. Merrill claims 26 hours from Kansas City to Bahia Blanca and mentions the mission seeks Lincoln Ellsworth.
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Buenos Aires
Air France
Bahai Blanca
Dick Merrill
United States
South America
Merrill
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Lincoln Ellsworth
Kansas City
Bahia Blanca
Want Ad Xmas Party Offer From The Globe News
The Globe News Want Ad department packages deals for today through Tuesday offering one free guest ticket with every three ads and two free guest tickets with every seven ads. The promotion covers about 70 classifications. Tickets grant admission to Frisco Kid starring James Cagney at the Fair Theater starting Christmas day for four days. Dial 6262 to place ads.
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Globe News
James Cagney
James Cagney, and Beenning Christmas Day At the Fair Theater
DIAL
Baldwin Wins in Parliament Censure Move Amid War News
The British government won a decisive Commons vote against a labor motion to censure amid ongoing Africa fighting. Sir Samuel Hoare resigned as foreign secretary, while Prime Minister Baldwin admitted error and defended the peace plan with Laval. Italy reports battlefield gains on the Takkaze front despite Ethiopian claims.
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House of Lords
Samuel Hoare
Commons
Fran Sir
Samuel
Laval
League of Nations
Sanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Hoare
Paris
London
Geneva
Council
League Committee of 18
League
Chamber of Deputies
Mussolini
Italy
Ethiopia
Dedjazmatch Ayale
Haile Selassie
Mass Slayer Convicted. Death Penalty Sought in Erland's Point Case
Leo Hall, 33, convicted of first degree murder in the Erland's Point mass slayings. Jury recommends death. co-defendant Peggy Peterson Paulos acquitted. Victims include Eugene Chenevert. eight others beaten and shot during March 28, 1934 raid at Frank Fielder home near Bremerton. Motive robbery. Hall denied sole role, smirked at verdict.
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Port Orchard
Wash
Leo Hall
Erland’s Point
Peggy Peterson Paulos
Hall
Paulos
Dealings of Stanley Firm Subject of New State Senate Probe
Hopkins says New Deal goal reached with 3.5 million employed. W P A jobs at 2,678,629 for week of December 9 and 825,000 in other federal agencies. He dismisses Hoover criticisms as political debate and cites relief efforts 1929 to 1933.
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Stanley Firm
New State Senate
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Hoover
Hopkins
Canyon Post Office Sells Many Government Bonds
Canyon Texas December 19 postmaster Guy Harp says the local post office has sold about seventy thousand dollars worth of government bonds setting a record.
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Canyon Post Office
Canyon
Guy Harp
Senators Question Oil Firm Payments in Texas Inquiry
Absent witnesses slowed hearings as Sen. Joe Hill led a subcommittee probing Fast Texas oil affairs. Neal Powers of Kilgore refused to answer about payments to an oil firm linked to R. N. Stanley, chief engineer at the railroad commission. The hearing recessed until tomorrow with additional committee members to attend.
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Kilgore
Joe Hill
Henderson
Senate
Fast Texas
R. N. Stanley
Railroad Commission
Senator Hill
Philadelphia Offers Big Bribes for 1926 Democratic Convention
Senator Joseph Guffey reports Philadelphia will pay at least 150 000 dollars and offer extra inducements to lure the 1926 Democratic National Convention to the city. He cited efforts by officials and business interests in Philadelphia to secure the event.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Joseph Guffey
Pennsylvania
Thelman Todd Death Probe Sees Grand Jury Subpoena
Los Angeles investigators push a widening probe into Thelman Todd death with grand jury subpoenas to Pasquale Di Cicco, former husband and art agent, amid claims of possible homicide by monoxide. Police interview plans target Colin West and cafe staff as public attention remains high.
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Los Angeles
George W. Rochester
Thelman Todd
Rochester
Pasquale di Cicco
Miss Todd
di Cicco
New York
di Cocco
Grand Jury
Botang
Joseph Taylor
Roland West
Charles Smith
Todd-West Cafe
Robert J. Anderson
Dope Hideout Found at Pennsylvania Farm Near Doylestown
A hideout house linked to drug activity was discovered on a Pennsylvania farm near Doylestown. A boy suffering from exposure and shots of drugs was found and treated. Police are investigating nearby property for further evidence.
Abduction Case Leads to Bucks County Hideout
Caleb J Milne fourth from a Philadelphia family gave federal agents a description of four men who abducted him in New York and led to a farm hideout near Wrightstown Bucks County. Milne, dumped on a Doylestown highway, said no ransom was paid and agents found a hypodermic syringe and two needles near the site. He recovered after exposure and narcotics during four days of captivity.
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Federal
New York
Milne
Philadelphia
Doylestown
Wrightstown
Bucks County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Duel rejection marks Louisiana gubernatorial race
In New Orleans on December 19 Judge Richard W. Leche proposed a pistol duel with his opponent Congressman Cleveland Dear to settle the race. Dear rejected the idea as a smoke screen and pledged to continue the effort to ensure fair votes amid alleged riots led by Leche supporters.
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New Orleans
Richard W. Leche
Cleveland Dear
Dear
Winnsboro
Leche
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Completes Friday Outlook
Fair Friday in Amarillo and West Texas with cooler southeast sections and New Mexico. Temperature by hour yesterday shows mixed readings with a range from early morning lows to highs around the mid 40s to 70s in the day, indicating a mild dia.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Pfair
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