Amarillo Finds Christmas Joy Amid Quiet Celebration
Amarillo enjoyed its merriest Christmas in years with calm observances and strong shopping, as Santa spread cheer and the city celebrated the Badgers win at Marshall. About 100 football fans watched a scoreboard in Municipal Auditorium while CWA work continued and most business paused for the holiday.
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Badgers
Amarillo College
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Tragic railroad crashes claim CWA workers and French victims
Erwin A. Hare 38 dies in hospital after crash at Panhandle Highway crossing. Este ban Hidalgo, filipino, among first victims. V L Boen 26 dies in head on collision near Slaude. Paris disaster toll rises as 23 unidentified bodies await identification amid Strasbourg Nancy express crash aftermath.
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Panqaandle
Hare
Esteban Hidalgo
CWAW
V. L. Boen
Washburn
Slaude
CWA
St. Anthony's Hospital
J. D. Donley
James Padgitt
C. M. Landers
H. H. Miller
M. E. Campbell
J. W. Oakley
Oakley
Canyon Hill
F. L. Blair
Paris
France
Strasbourg
Nancy
Officers lay for Underhill on tip
Acting on a tip that Wilbur Underhill an escaped convict was heading for Kansas City from Oklahoma for a Christmas visit to his mother local officers and state highway police watched roads in the vicinity last night but saw nothing of the desperado State police notified local officers of the report and two state patrol men watched the highway north of here into Kansas City all night while officers patrolled Lawrence streets and nearby highways.
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Kas
Wilbur Underhill
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Here
Hi Jacker Slain in Detroit Identified
Detroit police identify the fatally wounded would be gas station robber as Ted Patterson alias Ted J Pollock, wanted for a Des Moines bank robbery on June 12. The attempt failed when attendant Floyd Smith wrestled the pistol from the assailant and shot him. the robber died in hospital today.
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M. E. Taves
Police
Ted Patterson
Ted J. Pollock
Des Moines
Floyd Smith
Smith
Wont Appear in Person for Talk Delivery
A notice states that the involved party will not appear in person for a talk delivery. The message emphasizes the absence and references the delivery event and related proceedings or scheduling.
Roosevelt to deliver annual message January 3 in Congress
President Roosevelt will have his first annual message read by a House clerk on January 3, with debate on whether he should appear in person. House leaders discuss the budget needs for 1934, including ordinary and extraordinary appropriations exceeding six billion dollars plus relief and public works funds. Volstead repeal for DC and territories tops the calendar, followed by liquor revenue legislation proposing duties to fund federal treasury.
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Eight Die as Volcano Erupts on Kanegtake Island
Eruption on Kanegtake Island, in the Kuchinoerabu district south of Kagoshima, kills eight people and injures 20 others. The island, remote with about 500 residents, was reported by Nippon Dempo News Agency.
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U.P
Kanegtake
Nippon Dempo
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Kagoshima
Train fatally strikes William Marshall in Bremond
William Marshall aged 26 was killed when he was run over by a Southern Pacific freight train in Bremond Texas. Survivors include his parents and several brothers and sisters who reside in Bremond.
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Bremond
Tex
William Marshall
Southern Pacific
Ain t No Santa Claus Endurance Flight Continues
Endurance fliers Helen Richey and Frances Marsalis mark Christmas in the sky as they circle the plane on a sixth day aloft. A turkey dinner and tiny tree arrive from ground support while a Moscow greeting banner is flown beside them. They aim to beat last year’s eight days four hours record set by Marsalis and Louise Thaden.
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Mendelssohn
Miami
Fla
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Marsalis
Louise Thaden
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Death in Waxahachie stairway shocks town
Joe Edmondson about 35, a Waxahachie pioneer, was found beaten to death in a downtown stairway last night. Bill Easterwood, a close friend and bricklayer, is jailed with murder charges expected after a grand jury review. Easterwood said attackers seized him during the struggle and he used a gun as a bludgeon before police found a pistol and brass knuckles at the scene.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Joe Edmondson
Bill Easterwood
Archie D. Gray
Easterwood
Edmondson
Sleeping Beauty's Long Nap Costs Oak Park Woman
Patricia Maguire of Oak Park has required more than 5000 in food and medical supplies over 12 months since she fell asleep on February 24, 1932 due to sleeping sickness. Relatives report 160 dozen eggs, 91 gallons and a quart of cream, 106 gallons and a quart of milk, 164 1/2 dozen oranges, five pounds of powdered yeast, plus cod liver oil and mineral oil. Prior to solid food she received a thousand nasal feedings.
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Oak. Park
Ill
Patricia Maguire
Oak Park
Patricia
Miss Maguire
Accidental Shot Halts Christmas Celebration
In San Antonio a 13 year old girl Earline Hartman was struck by a bullet fired accidentally from a pistol during a Christmas celebration. The bullet hit her right eye and penetrated the brain as she played beneath a tree. doctors feared for her life.
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San Antonio
Fred
Earline Hartman
Kelly Fails To Keep Boast To Quit Prison Walls
Leavenworth case recounts George Kelly the kidnapper who boasted of an early release by Christmas. He remains jailed at Fort Leavenworth along with Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates Kelly in isolated cells. The warden notes there is no holiday relief for the inmates reflected in the ongoing confinement.
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France
Meaux
Albert Lebrun
Paris
Kelly
Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Penitentiary Inclosure
George Kelly
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Fred G. Zerbst
Harvey Bailey
Albert Bates Kelly
Jane
Fort Leavenworth
Philadelphia Ends Brief City Transportation Strike
Harassed Philadelphia merchants received a Christmas surprise as the three day general strike of transportation and delivery workers was terminated. Union leaders halted the action after a telegram from the international Teamsters union expressed strong opposition to the movement.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
International
Teamsters’ Union
Alert watch kept for Clyde Barrow
Authorities in Dallas kept an alert watch for Clyde Barrow the elusive Southwest desperado. Barrow, wanted for robberies holdups and murders, had said he would see his mother in West Dallas for Christmas and reportedly missed that visit only when in prison.
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Clyde Barrow
Barrow
West
Penitentiary
Train kills Bremond man in Texas
William Marshall age 26 was killed today in Bremond Texas when run over by a Southern Pacific freight train. He left surviving parents and several brothers and sisters in Bremond.
Foreign trade gains shown by 29 nations in 1933
The United States Chamber of Commerce reports in nine months of 1933 twenty nine countries increased purchases from the U S. Italy led with 20 1 percent gains followed by several others including Poland and Danzig 113 9 Egypt 23 6 Palestine 51 6 and Kwantung 97 3. Despite a 2 percent import rise earlier in the year analysts cite depleted stocks and rising industrial activity driving purchase gains abroad.
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Belgium
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Poland
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Rumania
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Panama
Colombia
Venezuela
Dutch West Indies
Dominican Republic
Honduras
Chile
Guatemala
Calvador
Nicaragua
Bolivia
Trinidad and Tobago
Palestine
Kwantung
Iraq
South Africa
Ypt
Egypt
Mozabique
Canary Islands
Four Taken By Fury Of Flood In Oregon Coast Town
Four people die as flood waters unleashed by a natural dam surge, burying a residence in mud, rocks, and logs near Clatskanie Oregon. Milo Allen 45 and his son George 20 are among the victims, with two younger children also killed. Neighbors helped defensive roads and rail lines remain blocked but expected clearance by night.
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Bettle
Pacific Northwest
Clatskanie
Ore
Milo Allen
George
Medal Awarded to Mrs Lindbergh for Flight Courage
The United States Flag Association sent its cross of honor to Mrs. Charles A Lindbergh as a Christmas gift acknowledging the skill and courage shown during the 30,000 mile flight completed with Col Lindbergh. The honor was first given to Col Lindbergh for his 1927 Paris flight.
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Washington
U.P
United States Flag Association
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Association
Paris
Catalonia President Dies After Army Leader Operation
Col. Francisco Macia aged 74 who led Catalonia in Barcelona died after an operation to relieve intestinal disorders. The death was reported today as mournful news from the regional government.
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Catalonia
Barcelona
Spain
Francisco Macia
Amarillo College Badgers Win Texas Junior College Title
The Amarillo College Badgers defeated the College of Marshall Tigers 13 to 6 to claim the Texas Junior College Conference championship. After trailing at halftime, Amarillo engineered two decisive drives in the final period, with Boyd's 50 yard run and a key pass play leading to the decisive score.
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Marshall
Badgers
College of Marshall Tigers
Texas Junior College
College Pep Squad Plans Welcome for New Champions
Amarillo College pep squad leaders Dorothy Neuhardt and Martha Davis announced a monster greeting party tonight to meet the Texas Junior College football champions the Badgers arriving at 71.45 o clock. The squad invites students and fans to meet the train at the Fort Worth and Denver depot to join the celebration.
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Dorothy Neuhardt
Martha Davis
Amarillo College
Texas
Badgers
Amarillo
Fort, Worth & Denver
Panhandle clinches first state title on foggy plains
Undeniable determination drives West Texans as 2000 East Texans witness the Panhandle win the first state gridiron title on the plains. Cold day, fading sun, a late Tigers rally with passing attack unsettles the Badgers before nightfall. Continued on Page 7 Col 5.
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Plains
Fortune
West Texans
Texas
26 Die As Japs Bomb Foochow
A Hong Kong telegram reports 26 persons killed when eight ships of the Nanking government bombed Foochow this afternoon. The attack is tied to a power struggle in China as an independent government forms in Fukien with Foochow as its capital defying Nanking.
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Exchange
Hong Kong
Nanking
Foochow
China
Pukien
Aged Man's Body Found Near Cliff in Rockford
Searching parties recovered the body of Jasper Gullotta, 73, who disappeared from his Rockford home last night. He wandered near a cliff in darkness and fell into a creek, resulting in fatal injuries.
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Rockford
Ill
Jasper Gullotta
Gullotta
Guards Patrol Streets To End Arkansas Feud
National Guardsmen patrolled Marshall Arkansas to quell a fresh feud after a Christmas Eve gun battle on Main Street left City Marshall J H Barnett wounded and Leland Henley tied to a past murder case. Henley, on furlough, and Barnett exchanged fire with Henley’s relatives and Barnett’s kin at a restaurant, with multiple shots fired and two families involved.
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Ark
Main Street
Marshall J. H. Barnett
Leland Henley
W. W. Findley
Barnett
Rupert
Oscar
Henley
Ralph
Leland
Jack
Bennie Matthews
Barnetts
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