Favor Sanborn Block Coliseum Site Urged by City Leaders
Leading Amarillo citizens press immediate work on a coliseum at the Sanborn Block between Fifth and Sixth streets and Buchanan and Lincoln, with a $10,000 escrow and a $50,000 purchase price. The plan ties to a $300,000 bond issue and envisions a 300 by 300 foot site near the county courthouse and Santa Fe line.
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Sanborn
Fifth and Sixth Streets
Buchanan
Lincoln Streets
City By
Auditorium Committee
T. E. Durham
Board of City Development
City Commission
Santa Fe Railway
Coliseum
Rotary, Lions, and Kiwanis Clubs
H. M. Russell
J. W. Crudgington
A. 8. Stinnett
Jackson
Amarillo
Irish President Not Evading Law
London report states Shammonn DeValera stayed in Manchester for several days en route from the United States and met leaders of the Manchester Lin Feinners. A London statement suggests De Valera could be offered safe conduct if he proposed peace excluding separation issues and met the prime minister’s conditions.
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London
Shamonn DeValers
Manchester
Ireland
United States
London Times
Lin Feinners
Eamonn P de Valera
De Valera Travels Urgently Amid Irish Crisis
Informants in Dublin report Professor DeValera traveled for an urgent situation. They doubt he will avoid arrest and say he is on the run with other leaders. They insist any overtures must come from Britain and that negotiations require independence and a treaty between the two governments.
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Dublin
DeValera
Cork Lord Mayor O Callaghan Returns to U S as Stowaway
Daniel O Callaghan lord mayor of Cork arrives in Newport News on the West Cannon seeking to testify before the committee of one hundred on Ireland. U S immigration officials rule on passport and admissibility while he remains under guard awaiting final decision.
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Panhandle
Washington
Daniel J. Ycanaghan
Cork
America
Committee of One Hundred
Ireland
Newport News
State Department
O'Callaghan
West Canon
Daniel O'Callaghan
Trish
United States
Peter J. MacSwiney
Terence MacSwiney
MacSwiney
cvCalleghan
Jane
Society of Friends of Irish Freedom and Auxiliary
L. TR. Parker
Schumaker
Norfolk
Parker
Department of Labor
Wilson
Peter MacSwiney
Amarillo Officials Face Threats From Kill Em And Brat Em Gang
In Amarillo Black hand rhetoric spreads as Sheriff Burton Reach dodges assassination threats while Chief James W Keeton resists resignation. They crackdown on vagrants and suspicious characters after a single New Year’s crime, Fred G Gordon being assaulted and robbed of ninety dollars.
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Amarillo
Burton Reach
James W. Keeton
Fred G. Gordon
Immigration 10 U S Be Reduced
Senate immigration committee weighs Johnson bill to halt immigration for a year after Ellis Island testimony by Commissioner Wallis. He cites overland and overseas inspections needed to curb a projected flood of aliens and warns eastern Europe battles typhus typhoid dysentery and tuberculosis, threatening U S public health.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wallis
Ellis Island
Europe
United States
Senate Immigration Committee
Johnson
Congress
Willis
Public Health Service
Densford Couple Wed in Louisville Ceremony
John Densford aged 44 of Jeffersonville and his sister-in-law Mrs. Catherine Densford were married in Louisville. Ernest Densford, brother of the groom, is married to the bride’s daughter.
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Louisville
John Densford
Jeffersonville
Catherine Densford
Ernest Densford
Harding Becomes Thirty Second Degree Mason in Ohio
President-Elect Harding completed a twelve hour initiation to reach the thirty second degree in Columbus. The ceremony drew officials from across the country and followed his prior rise through the Masonic ranks. He received a ring from Marion Masons and may attend the shrine on Friday.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Harding
United States
Scioto Valley
James A. Garfield
Wm. McKinley
League leaders debate keeping the League of Nations alive
Paris reports informal discussions by League of Nations members on sending an envoy to President-elect Harding to explain Europe’s difficulties in abandoning the League. Allies favor preserving some form of the League with possible covenant revisions to avoid undermining the peace treaty and existing mandates.
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League
Paris
Council of the League of Nations
Harding
United States
League of Nations
Association of Nations
Saare
Danzig
League Council
Mr. Harding
Brindell Trial Delayed as Venue Appeal Looms
The Brindell trial, president of the building trades council, is postponed to Monday as Special Deputy Attorney General Spence cites an impending appeal on venue denial. A 100-strong jail panel is to report Monday to begin jury selection.
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New York
Robert P. Brindell
Building Trades Council
Spence
Convict Pardoned By Governor Brough
Clyde Campbell, convict tied to an auto theft case, was pardoned by Governor Brough Campbell. After ten months of a one year sentence he had been granted leave to visit ill relatives, fled to Texas, was captured, escaped, and released when immunity was promised on his return to aid in unsettled theft inquiries.
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Little Rock
Ark
Clyde Campbell
Midland
Texas
Brough Campbell
Campbell
Brough
Twelve Bills Introduced in Oklahoma Legislature
Oklahoma City jan 1 twelve bills were introduced in both houses today with only brief sessions. Senate focus centered on seven bills while the house debated five. A party clash between W A Drake and T A Parkinson was defused by sending a petition about Parkinson to the elections committee. The key measures propose barring moving pictures showing criminals or degenerate acts and violence and creating a nine member board of advisers to the supreme court divided into three divisions.
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Oklahoma City
Jan
Oklahoma
Senate
House
W. A. Drake
T. A. Parkinson
Wagoner County
Parkinson
Committee On Elections
Moving
Supreme Court
Paris to resume prewar lighting on boulevards
Paris officials announce reversion to prewar lighting due to a surplus of more than 500 000 tons of coal. The plan restores old brightness on boulevards and principal streets and allows all restaurants and cafes to stay open until 1 a m.
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Paris
Resolutions Seek Expulsion of Three Socialist NY Assembly Members
At the Albany session on January 5 Assemblyman George H. Rowe of Erie and J. T. Carroll of Kings introduced resolutions calling for the expulsion of three socialist members of the New York Assembly. The measures were referred to the judiciary committee without debate.
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Albany
N. Y
New
Officials plan through Pullman service to Tampico
Horace Booth traffic manager and A G Whittington general manager of the International and Great Northern announce in San Antonio they will travel to Mexico City to confer with Mexican National lines about a through Pullman operation from San Antonio to Tampico via Laredo and Monterey.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Horace Booth
A. G. Whittington
International
Great Northern
Mexico City
G. N
Tampico
Laredo
Monterey
Record Warm December Day in San Antonio
With the exception of one day, December 12, the temperature in San Antonio today reached 81 degrees at 4 10 p m making it the warmest so far this winter. December 12 saw a high of 83 degrees.
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San Antonio
Texas
Canal traffic hits new high in 1920 records
The Panama Canal volume for 1920 set a fresh high, about 50 percent above 1919. December tolls reached 10.295 million dollars, the largest month in canal history aside from September. Commercial ships totaled 2,814, 16.578 million net tons, and cargo 11.236 million tons.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Chicago union men jailed for rail yard engine release
Federal Judge K M Landis sentenced Daniel Abogast and Thomas McDermott of the Chicago yardmen's union to six months in jail for turning loose an engine in railway yards last August during the outlaw strike. It marks the first conviction under the wartime law regulating railroad traffic.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Dan
K. M. Landis
Daniel Abogast
Thomas McDermott
Chicago Yardmen's Union
United States
Congress seeks to cut regular army to 174000
A congressional resolution by Representative Kahn of California proposes stopping enlistments until the regular army is reduced to 174000. The plan would allow reenlistment for two-year veterans. In Douglas Arizona the Mexican consul A Peuuetra is transferred to El Paso with Ives Lelevier to replace him in Douglas.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dan
Representative Kahn
California
House Military Committee
Preea
Douglas
Arizona
A. Peeuuetra
Nonglas
el Paso
Texas
Coneul
Ives Lelevier
San Diego
Rangers to be withdrawn from Galveston noon Jan 19
In Galveston Texas Governor Hobby announced that Terras rangers acting in a supervisory capacity will be withdrawn at noon January 19. The decision was made public here this afternoon in a letter from the governor.
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Rv Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
Terras Rangers
Hobby
Admiral McCully to Adopt Seven Russian Children
Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully obtained temporary US admission for seven Russian children he tentatively adopted. He will post 5000 bonds per child and house them in Washington until hearings decide their permanent status. He plans possible formal adoption if no legal barriers arise.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan
Labor Department
United States
Newton A. McCully
Sebastopol
New York
Ellis Island
Admiral McCully
Anderson
D. C
Russia
Metully
Weather Update and Forecast Summary
Morning temperature 52 rising to noon 56 dry conditions. Wet reading 43 at morning, 46 to 47 by noon with humidity around 40s. Forecast Thursday generally fair with light winds and periods of relief.
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Orer
Amarillo
Fordney Tariff Hearings Set in Dual Sessions
The Fordney emergency tariff bill faces hearings in the Senate Finance Committee while the House Ways and Means Committee begins revision hearings on the permanent tariff. Testimony will cover chemicals paints oils and wool interests with many associations, farmers, exporters and manufacturers expected to testify as the extra session nears.
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Harding
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Fordney
House
Ways and Means
Penrose
United States Tariff Commission
Lumber Prices Reduced by National Campaign
Chicago on January 5 saw a national campaign launched by lumber manufacturers from across the country to lower building costs. R B Woodman of Marinette Wisconsin chaired the session noting lumber prices have dropped about 30 percent and that lumber costs are a fraction of total building costs. The meeting called for representation from brick cement tile roofing and plumbing trades and proposed a national advertising effort.
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Chicago
R. B.oodman
Marinette
Wisconsin
Harding Asked to Be Guest at Southern Editors Congress
President elect Harding received a joint telegram from fifty southern newspaper editors inviting him to address the Southern Tariff Congress in Atlanta on January 27 28 29 and to attend a luncheon as a guest of the southern press.
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Atlanta
Harding
Southern Tariff Congress
Bennah's Bouquet After Dempsey Punches Brennan
Benny Leonard watched Jack Dempsey punch Bill Brennan and told the champion he would not take one of his punches for all the money in the world. The remark underscored the bravado and rivalry surrounding the bout.
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Bennah's
New York
Benny Leonard
Jack Dempsey
Bill Nrennan
Miner Sherman Martin Sets Local Pay Record
Sherman Martin, a miner for Highland Coal Co., earned a $468 paycheck last month, a record wage for the region in this section of Kentucky.
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Princeton
Sherman Martin
Highland Coal Co
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Federal Trade Commission
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