Four men held after Elk City burglary case
Four men and a boy, one linked to Joe Wilton, are held in Potter County on burglary charges tied to a Dec 1 Elk City store theft. About $1,750 worth of goods were reported stolen and loaded into a company truck. authorities later recovered none. Warrants are out for the men, per Sheriff Miano of HK City.
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Joe Wilton
Geath
Wildorado
Potter County
Elk City
Oba
Iast
Rere
Amari
Basaa
Mlonan
HK City
Auto Plunges Into Ditch North of Amarillo Injuring Three
Three men injured when a car veered from the Amarillo to Bolne City road and plunged into a ditch near the River Head house. Victims include Alton Atchley and two others. one suffered face and head injuries, another a broken arm, all were taken to hospital in shock. The workers were employed on Santa Fe construction and the crash occurred around seven miles north of the city.
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Alton Atchley
Smith
Arthur Sree
Witla Street
Antony's ‘Hospital
Walich
Athooihouse
Highay
Bremer
New Lo
Santa Fe
Amarile
Bolne City
Cere
Cam
Slain Burglar Identified After Wildorado Cedar Shotgun Blaze
A burglar slain near Wildorado Sunday night by H H Elam, a parolee from the Texas penitentiary, was identified as Wilson. Investigators traced a registration card and Ford car numbers to J F Carnie, but Minneapolis and Omaha police found no such resident. The fleeing companion escaped as Elam fired buckshot at the car, pursued by officers. full details continued on page 18.
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Wildorado
H. H. Elam
Wildorado Gi Mercantile Company
Joe
Tew State’ Penitentiary
Port
Madison
LE. B. Campbell
Campbell
Wilson
Offcere
JF. Cami
Nam
Minneapolis
J. F. Carnie
Omaha
Carnie
Ela
Public works boom tops peacetime scale in 1931 plan
Washington reports 724 million dollars for public works in 1931 to aid jobless Americans. Roads and public buildings receive large shares, with rivers harbors and ship construction also funded. The plan includes 170 million for building, 90 million for alternates, and 170 million for agriculture relief with fertilizer loans.
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Robert S. Pickens
Washington
Ile
Waver
Ing Altern
Congress
Air Explorer De Goddard At Rockwell Mission
Air explorer De Goddard works at Rockwell on automatic devices intended to aid rocket travel and upper atmosphere research. He hopes these mechanisms will simplify ascent and improve safety as humans ride toward space.
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RM. Goddard
Rockwell Nu
Mie
Beck
Earth
Plainview Cotton Oil plant damaged by fire
Fire at the Plainview Cotton Oil Company caused extensive loss including a silo and mixed feed stock. The damage is estimated between 90,000 and 140,000 dollars. Plant manager Tay Grisham said the origin of the blaze is unknown and the crushing plant building sustained severe damage to doors and windows.
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Save Machinery
Plainview
Plainview Cotton Oil Company
Tay Grisham
Davis Trial Set for January Two in Ardmore Case
Colquit Davis a Texas Panhandle youth charged with murder in the Bath of Don Reinses in Carter County was ordered to stand trial January 2. A 50 member jury pool will be summoned. Ardmore attorney Stephen A. George was appointed to defend the youth who is held without bond. The youth’s uncle was killed days earlier in Wichita, Kansas, in the Kinsey slaying.
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Ardmore
Okla
Colquit Davis
Texas
Panhandlewouth
Don Reinses
Carter County
Sananty 2
Stephen A. George
Asa E. Walden
Davis Iseld
Wichita
Kar Slice
Davis Bethe Kinsey
Attack on Hooverism Sparks GOP Tensions
Washington December 23 Senator Norris of Nebraska challenged Republican control amid calls for ouster after Indiana Representative Wood left a conference. Norris accused party leaders and the White House of demagoguery and questioned Republican fidelity. Continued on Page 13.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Nereis
Republican Party
Motor Cop badly injured in Amarillo crash chase
Rc Moore Amarillo police motorcycle officer in serious condition from a collision on North Taylor Street Tuesday night He and Lee Yielding pursued a car believed to hold two drunken occupants They maneuvered alongside the car fired at it and both bikes crashed Uselding assisted Moore and carried him to St Anthon’s Hospital The damaged machines were recovered later
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Rc. Moore
Amarillo
St Anthons's
Taylor Street
Moore
Lee
Uselding
Laters
St Anthons Hospital
Netding
Hearts of Thousands of Needy Children To Be Happy Tonight
About 46800 Amarillo children without luxuries will be helped tonight through a Christmas relief effort. The program, spanning dawn to midnight, aims to ease hunger and bring joy to little ones and their parents who struggle to provide even scraps. Seven hundred families and 9600 persons, including 6000 children aged under 16, are targeted by local charities across the city.
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Amarillo
Free Trees For Poor During Christmas Drive
Announcement by W. Ly Dttinger and Luck Trigg states the Veterans of Foreign Wars offers free Christmas trees to those unable to fund one. The program, part of a charity sale, aims to cover necessities and food tonight and tomorrow as part of Midwinter activities in Amarillo. Continued on Page 18, Col. 8.
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W. Ly Dttinger
Luck Trigg
Amarilo
the Nation i
Adventurer Richard Halliburton Plans World Flight Start
Richard Halliburton and aviation partner Moye Stephens prepare a Stearman open-cockpit flight from Memphis to begin their Easter Hemisphere world trip. They expect to visit many parts of the East, aiming for a notable voyage despite prior pilot work with the TALT line and a careful maintenance phase.
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Telsuelness
Richard Halliburton
Moye Stephens
Stearman
Ridlvs
Boc
Halliburton
Tithe Serring
Foreign Legion
Halllorton
Stephens
Tobe Druin
Santa Fe Outlines 1931 Budget For Amarillo District
Santa Fe railway plans about 17 million dollars in 1931 for Amarillo district construction and improvements. Vice President J. R. Hitchcock says budgets mirror 1930 levels with major items including heavy track work, new bridges on the Orient system, line additions in Amarillo territory, and new line construction north of Amarillo totaling several million dollars.
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Santa Fe
Santa Fe Railway System
Amarillo
J. R. Hitchcock
Einher Way
Amarillo Santa Fe
Southwest
Texas
Orient
Crash kills Happy girl in auto crash near Happy
Marie Jeanette McClister eighteen of Happy dies from injuries after a December 18 motor accident north of Happy. Corinne Hollabough and Cecil Forbus are slightly injured. Funeral at Happy Methodist Church with burial to follow in Happy. pallbearers listed. Father operates a gasoline business in Hope. Santa Fe will transport remains to Krum for burial.
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Marie Jeanette McClister
Mra
Fan Land Gatoline
Happy
Rotlack
Bevik Smith
Bisckbure
Krum
Lloyd Whitman
Glenn Whitson
Marvin Barnard
Floyd Morgat
Vernie Bowe
KR. F. Vernon
Illegal Claim Promoter Defies Police Seizure Order at Dance
Police issue temporary injunction to halt a large dance contest as a promoter asserts the right to keep girls and boys on the floor. Judge Motlow grants the order after Leo Sparks files for county action at the request of King Wrady. Dance continues outside the railing while officers are recalled to enforce the court directive.
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Col Renest
Therland W. Ke McDuimell
Sam. Motlow
County ‘Court
Leo. Sparks
Formes
King Wrady
Thompson
Ton
Midwest Refining Declares 9 Million Dollar Dividend
In Denver on December 23, Midwest Refining directors voted a 2 million dollar dividend with an extraordinary 104 per share payout. It applies to 694,081 outstanding shares, payable December 22 and stock of record December 10. Standard Oil of Israel holds about 99 per cent of the stock, with most dividends going to the parent company.
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Ad Prem Denver
Midwest Refining Company
Etro
Standard Oil Company of
Israea
Owa
Standard
Om Ies
Weather fragment with unreadable OCR heading
Fragmentary weather note shows garbled text and unclear region and timing details. Readable elements are insufficient to determine forecast region, conditions, or temperatures.
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Sebraskan
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Morrie
Santa Clas
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