Question Mark Army plane attempts endurance flight over California
The Question Mark, a giant tri motor plane, began its record bid from Van Nuys at 7 20 this morning. Observers called conditions ideal as the craft climbed to 3000 feet and began mid air refueling en route northward against a 30 mile wind.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Army
Mark
California
van Nuys
Rockwell Field
San Diego
San Wiewo
Army Air Service
War Department
Death of Charley Shepherd Unknown Causes
A coroner's jury at Parchman Miss finds Charley Shepherd convict No 1581 of the Mississippi state penitentiary died from causes unknown after being burned near Rome last night. He had confessed to murder and abduction. Judge R B Smith reported the verdict.
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Associated Press
Parchman
Miss
Charley Shepherd
Rome
R. B. Smith
Drew
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Bolivian and Paraguayan Delegates Fail to Sign Protocol
Washington January 1 The Bolivian and Paraguayan delegates to the Pan American arbitration conference could not sign the protocol of conciliation due to lack of instructions from Bolivia's Minister Diez De Medina.
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Associated Press
Washington
Diez de Medina
Bolivia
Borger Enforces Street Work for Unpaid Fines
Borger Texas mayor announces that misdemeanor fines un paid must be worked off on the streets. Prisoners released to pay later must appear with cash, or the city will seek bond cash from a paying party. Officials require cash on bonds and warn repeat offenders to settle back fines or face street labor.
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Borger
Texas
Corporation Court of
Glenn A. Pace
W. ©. Witcher
Amarillo
Sanford
Amarillo Weather Forecast Amid Fair Warmer Conditions
Weather note for Amarillo and vicinity reports Wednesday will be fair and slightly warmer with sunrise at 7 55 and sunset at 5 47. Temperature readings for today include a 7 am observation and some garbled past data. likely high and low figures from yesterday are incomplete due to OCR issues.
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Amarillo
Denver Masonic Trust Fund In Court
In Denver Colorado attorney E B Park representing Ernest Newsom grand wiaster of the State Masonic lodge has filed suit in district court to insure legality of expenditure of a 45099 Masonic trust created in 1927 for the relief and comfort of ex service Masons and their dependents. The transfer of the fund to Grand Lodge control was voted by Master Masons lodge Royal Arch chapters and Commanderies of the Knights Templar in convention last year but the grand master seeks court legal custody of the fund.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
E. B. Park
Ernest Newsom
Grand Wiaster
State
Masonic Lodge
Grand Lodge
Masons’ Lodge
Royal Arch
Knights’ Templar
In-Flight Refueling Tests Pursue World Flight Hope
Army air corps Question Mark conducts in-flight refueling tests in Los Angeles aiming to stay aloft 800 hours and cover over 27 000 miles. Success could redefine global air travel with nonstop globe girdling potential and new military logistics via airborne fuel transfers.
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California
James E. Fechet
General Fechet
Carl Spatz
Harry A. Halverson
Ira C. Walter
Elwood R. Quesada
Roy Hope
William E. Berchtold
Associated Press
Washington
Jan
Army Air Corps
Army
Los Angeles
Globe
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Belgium
Louis Crooy
Victor Groenen
Ira Eaker
Hoover cabinet conjectures denied by party chief
The Republican chairman denied any plan to advise President elect Hoover on cabinet picks. He stressed Hoover will appoint independently, with no party officials expressing wishes. The piece then shifts to a military topic on in-flight refueling tests and crewed bomber operations.
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Associated Prear
Washington
Soover
Chairman Work
Republican National Committees
Hoover
Work
New Year Storm Bales Chicago as Crowds Pour In
Snowy blizzard conditions chilled Chicago New Year celebrations yet thousands filled downtown streets and night venues. Traffic snarls formed on Michigan Avenue as revelers crowded the city, with police noting a shift to private home celebrations and speakeasies seeing heavy traffic and liquor sales. In New York, Times Square rang with bells as crowds celebrated the arrival of 1020, raids by federal agents targeted bars and clubs but did not disrupt patrons in most districts.
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United Tress
Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Tack
Associated Press
New York
Trinity
Times Square
Maida
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Long Island
Hearing Set Over Texas University Land Leasing
The state seeks an injunction to stop leasing about 50,000 acres of university land, filed to District Judge George Calhoun after a government-ordered hearing with Gov. Moody. Regents fear financial loss due to current law and oil market conditions. land remains part of 109,000 acres offered, not withdrawable under the law. Breckenridge Cold Morning Hits 22 Degrees Above Zero as Ponds Freeze and Pipes Suffer.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Texas University
Gov. Moody
Do. W. Trueheart
George Calhoun
Claude Pollard
Robison
Breckenridge
Breckenridge, Tex
Leap Year Not Unusual For Dallas Women In 1928
Dallas marriage license data show leap year did not boost weddings. Chief Clerk W B Patrick reported 4452 licenses in 1927, six more than in 1928. A Fort Worth couple, John H. Lansmen and Miss Virginia F E Wright, obtained licenses at 2:00 am and married shortly after by a justice of the peace.
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Dallas
Dallas County
W. B. Patrick
John H. Lansmen
Virginia FE. Wright
Fort Worth
Walf
County Lists Deputies With New Officials
A new county administration reshuffles deputies across offices while keeping many from the prior term. Sheriff Bill Thompson names five deputies, with one new appointee, alongside retained staff in the clerk and auditor offices. New officials take oath as jail inventory proceeds and marriage licenses issue.
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Bill Thompson
Chas. Bebout
HH. Eliott
W. A. Stewart
J. W. Milligan
Jaller
Chas. Martin
Ed Blackburn
J. A. Stalcup
Mra
Olive Kelly
Mae Hardin
Pauline Bell
Ramsey
Johnson
Allen Johnson
Sam Ranney
Wiley Pollard
John Dinsmore
Pete Kinkead
H. G
Frosty) Hamrick
Sheriff’s Department
Blackburn
Wm. N. Thompson
H. F
Pete) Kinkead
M. L. Parker
J. ©. Skillman
Sam B. Motlow
Leo Sparks
Ws Collins
Two Members from Amarillo Join West Texas Oil and Gas Bureau
The West Texas Oil and Gas Bureau gains two Amarillo appointees, Sneed and Will O'Brien, to lead landowner battles against title-pujguitions by the attorney general's office. The bureau will keep an Austin office during the upcoming legislative session, with Sneed announced as appointed from Midland by Homer De Wade on Monday.
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Amarillo
Oil and Gas Bureau
Weat Texano Chamber of Commerce
Sneed
Will O'Brien
Weat Texas
Puite
Austin
Midland
Homer de Wade
Two Held in Hedley Arm Injury Robbery Case
Borger officers, Donley county sheriff, and deputies detained Chic J W Dunwoody and Oscar Brown after a watchman was killed during a Hedley safe robbery. Brown suffered a badly shattered right arm from a revolver shot and faced possible amputation as investigations tied the pair to oil field crime in Borger and Tecumseh Oklahoma. Authorities sought to link them to the Sunday night incident and the Hedley robbery with local and state police assisting.
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Worger
Dan
Hedley
Richey
Oaear J.chaates Brown
Texan
Oklahoma
Cirelery
Dunwicds
Panhandle
Borger
Danley County
W. M. Mosley
Donley County
W. M. Peabody
Mosley
Clarendon
Brown
M System
Amarillo
Welp
St. Gaither
Wd Holloway
Dunwoody
Lat Borger
Seminole
Tecumseh
J. W. Crabtree
Cold Records Set In Nation In Chilly Here
New Year opened with snow and freezing temperatures across the middlewest and Texas. Chicago faced a high snowstorm and traffic jams with three deaths. St Paul logged nine below, Omaha four above zero. Iowa north and west hit sub zero. Huron 4 below. Dallas recorded 27, Amarius and Abilene 22, Browns Ville 48. Forecast fair and warmer elsewhere.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Omaha
Iowa
Huron
S. D
Nebraska
Dallas
Weather Bureau
Amarius
Abilene
Brownsville
Tunnel official dies in Denver at 71
William P. Robinson, president of the Moffat tunnel commission, died at St. Luke's hospital in Denver early today. Hospital attaches cited a complication of diseases as the cause. He was 71 years old.
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Denver
Col
William P. Robinson
Moffat Tunnel Commission
St. Luke's Hospital
Ship's Crew Believed Lost After Distress Call
Tokyo January 1 dispatch confirms a distress signal from the Toyotomi Maru. A Sasebo naval destroyer searched the area but found no trace of the vessel. four crew members were rescued while officials fear the remaining sailors may have drowned.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Sasebo
Moron Attacks Kill Girl in Salt Lake City
United Press reports a brutal killing in Salt Lake City. 6 year old June Nelson was slain. body found in a water-filled ditch on the city outskirts. Suspect George Perry, 57, with prior parole for similar crimes, detained for questioning. alibi claims are under investigation. younger sister Betty, 5, aided in identification efforts.
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United Pres
Salt Lake Gity
Utah
June Nelson
Salt Lake
June
Betty
Perrys
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