Christmas tragedy ends life of local farmer Arterburn
Floyd county farmer W H Bud Arterburn 55 was accidentally shot and killed while pulling a shotgun through a fence near his Lockney home on Christmas afternoon. The incident occurred about 50 yards from his house as his family, awaiting dinner, heard the gunfire. Survived by wife five sons and six daughters, funeral plans not yet made. He had moved from Millsap to Lockney six years ago and belonged to the I C O F Lodge.
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Millsap
Parker County
I. C. O. F. Lodge
Lockney
Andrew
Arterburn
Long Beach
Calif
Ed Arterburn
New Mexico
Cleo
Morris
W. H. Arterburn, Jr
Guy Hooper
Post City
Ben Fields
Tulsa
Mary Arterburn
Sallie
Neva
Elnora Arterburn
Legion Mourns Death of Sarah Mascot of Band
Brownwood Texas December 26 The Old Gray Mare known as Sarah mascot of the 142d infantry Brownwood American Legion and the Texas Legion died at age 19. Sarah traveled with the band to San Francisco New Orleans Galveston Waco Dallas Fort Worth and headed parades including Governor Ma Ferguson's inauguration. Oklahoma claimed the song The Old Gray Mare and a membership contest settled the dispute before the national convention. CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
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Brownwood
Tex
Sarah
142D Infantry
Brownwood American Legion
Texas Legion Department
Oklahoma Legion
Lone Star State
Cresent
Mississippi
Brownwood American Legion Band
Stein
American Legion
San Francisco
New Orleans
Galveston
Waco
Dallas
Fort Worth
Ma” Ferguson
Alamo
Rio Grande
Texas
Legion
State Department
National Legion
Philadelphia
Ruling Declares National Agricultural Credit Firms Taxable
A leaked decision by A W Gregg solicitor of internal revenue holds that national agricultural credit corporations are subject to income taxation. The ruling, circulated within the bureau and effective immediately, states exemptions, if any, must be under section 231 of the 1924 revenue act, and declares these corporations are not exempt from income tax under that section.
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Washington
National Agricultural Credit Corporations
A. W. Gregg
Internal Revenue
Gregg
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Miners and Owners to Meet Tuesday
Scranton, Pa. Dec 25 The resumption of negotiations between anthracite miners' representatives and operators in New York City Tuesday at 3 PM is seen as a sign of an early end to the four month strike. Alvan Markle of Hazelton, chair of the anthracite sub committee, announced the call before midnight Christmas Eve. Both sides planned to attend, likely at the Union League Club, with no comment from either side on the call.
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Scranton
New York City
Alvan Markle
Hazelton
Tee Anthracite
Markle
Union League Club
New York
Sheriff Brumley Injured as Prisoners Try Escape
Clarendon Texas December 25 Sheriff Brumley of Donley county narrowly escaped serious injury during an attempted jail delivery. Frank Crutchfield charged with auto theft rushed from the rear and struck the sheriff with a chain. Ed Taylor and a man named Jackson helped subdue Crutchfield as Brumley defended himself, receiving a head gash.
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Clarendon
Brumley
Donley County
Delivey
Frank Crutchfield
Bram
Crutchfield
Ed Taylor
Jackson
Devery
Youth Wounded in Christmas Morning Deputy Arrest
Clarendon reports Jess Dod about 28 was shot through the chest when he resisted arrest by deputy Maxey Grant at Telia Lake near Clarendon. He was taken to a Clarendon hospital and was reported resting fairly well.
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Clarendon
Jess Dod
Maxey Grant
Telia Lake
Dodson
Youth Hops Upon Truck, Is Killed in Waco
Dee Witzel twenty five and Fred Witzel eighteen were riding after Christmas dinner when the hay truck moved. The younger man slipped and fell beneath the rear wheel, the wheel passing over him and breaking his neck. He left a family of a father mother three brothers and four sisters.
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Waco
Dee
Fred Witzel
Sis
San Angelo Garage Man Killed In Car Overturn Near City
Arthur Hazard 22 a garage employee was killed when the car he rode in overturned twice on an embankment seven miles east of San Angelo. Douglas Lennewber driver and Walter Powell survived without serious injuries.
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San Angelo
Arthur Hazard
Here
Douglas Lenneweber
Walter Powell
Two Men Found Dead in Houston Rooming Houses
In Houston on December 25 Joe Randerson aged 70 and Harry Brays aged 41 were found dead in bed in their respective rooming houses from natural causes. Police reported no foul play suspected.
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Houston Houston
Joe Randerson
Harry Brays
Mother Fatally Burned Preparing To Be Santa Claus
Mrs. William P. Beck an 86 year old woman in Cleveland died after cotton trim on her home made Santa suit caught fire while she heated glue near a kitchen fire. Her husband heard screams and rushed her to a hospital where she died several hours later.
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Cleveland
William P. Beck
Santa Claus
Program to Develop Fifty-one State Parks Considered in January
SAN ANTONIO December 25 CP Working out a plan to develop fifty one state park sites from Amarillo to Brownsville and Texarkana to El Paso welcomes Texas as a leading tourist state A regional park conference is set in Texarkana January 15 and 16 with D B E Colp chairing the Texas State Park Board He notes that 51 park sites totaling 30 821 acres valued at 1 3 million were given to the state and the conference aims to beautify equip and open them for public use by self sustaining operation by other states and park officials and governors from six states will attend.
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B E. Colp
Texas State Park Board
Mr. Colp
Colp
San Antonio Pioneer Descendant Dies on Christmas Eve
Maria Antonette Neuendorff, direct descendant of San Antonio’s founding families and granddaughter of Captain Antonio Menchaca, who aided in Texas independence and Santa Anna’s defeat, dies aged in the late 19th/early 20th century. Her German noble father Max Neuendorff fought in the Civil War and held San Antonio political posts. The note appears alongside late December wire briefs from San Antonio Houston and overall Texas reports.
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San Antonio
Maria Antonette Neuendorff
Miss Neuendorff
Antonio Menchaca
Republic of Texas
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
San Jacinto
Max Neuendorff
Proposals to curb Southern cotton output to be debated in Atlanta
In Atlanta on January 5 a regional conference will discuss plans to reduce 1926 cotton production by 318 percent. The gathering includes farmers, business leaders, bankers and merchants from across the South, announced by Americas Cotton Association secretary Donn T. King. In San Antonio, Twenty-Three arrests from prohibition actions were made. twelve wealthy individuals faced federal dry law charges after a hotel suite arrest, later released on bonds.
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Atlanta
South
Donn T. King
The
Americas Cotton Association
San Antonio
Syria Report Says General Situation Improves War News
BeIrut dispatch reports rapid improvement across Syria with rebels cleared from the west slopes of Mount Hermon and Demasenus gone quiet. Two notorious pandit chiefs long hunted have been captured near Aleppo, signaling gains for authorities.
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Beirut
Syria
Mount Hermon
Aleppo
Christmas Day Observed Here Family Style
Christmas in Amarillo featured family style meals with big dinners and visits from relatives. Weather was warm and clear with little snow, police and sheriff departments reporting few arrests. County jail inmates praised Sheriff Pollard and helpers for a Turkey dinner. prisoners thanked various local groups and officials but wished they could be set free.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Johnnie
Mother Collins
Adams
Salvation Army
Christian Science Ladies
Judge Culwell
Hereford Grain Elevator Blown Up by Explosion
Hereford Texas December 25 a grain elevator owned by E W Harrison was wrecked by an explosion caused by spontaneous combustion. Eighty thousand bushels of grain were stored there and two box cars near the building were wrecked. No one was injured and the fire department stopped the blaze as witnesses reported the top of the structure was hurled into the air. Local shoppers abandoned Christmas celebrations to inspect the scene.
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Hereford
E. W. Harrison
Texas
Panhandie
Holiday accidents total near score across United States
Christmas day brought activity and tragedy across the nation with nearly twenty deaths from holiday accidents. In Nebraska a farm couple and two daughters died at a railway crossing near Norfolk. Chicago reported six transport fatalities. A policeman broke his neck after a stairs fall. Visalia and Columbus saw deadly crashes, while El Paso left seven children motherless after a shooting over Christmas provisions. An elderly woman killed herself amid family strain in Des Moines?
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Chicago
Fred von Seggern
Norfolk
Ned
Connor Flynn
Visalia
Calif
Martha Brown
Esther
Columbus
Nellie Curren
el Paso
Texas
Juan Aguilar
Carmen Nojeda
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Miss May Peterson
Amarilo
Ogden H. Hammond
Bernardsvile, N. J
Spain
Heal
Alexander P. Oore
Houston
French F. Oliver
E. Oliver
Oliver
United States
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