Nicaragua Crisis Sparks Senate Foreign Relations Rift
Washington, Jan 7. The Coolidge administration and Senator Borah clash over U S policy in Nicaragua with Borah charging that American armed force supports a non constitutional Diaz regime and not a real threat. Kellogg remains silent as Managua reports say arms shipments and a Galveston movement stir regional tensions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Nicaragua
White House
Kellogg
Economy Home Opening Draws Amarillo Support
The Economy Home in East Amarillo set for a big opening next Saturday January 15 showcased by the Amarillo News and Globe Economy Home coverage. Built by J M Crowson with lumber from J C Woolridge and fittings by Broome Electric, it drew praise from local firms and lenders including Williams Orr Agency and Texas Plains Building and Loan Association. The project featured wide local sponsorship and aims to inspire home design and furnishing ideas for residents. In New York London exchanged the first commercial radiophone calls with 6 000 000 in early business dispatches and news exchanges via the new service managed by AT&T and the British post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo News and Globe Economy
Amarillo
J. M. Crowson
J. C. Woolridge Lumber Company
Broome Electrical Company
Williams Orr Agency
Texas Plains Building and Loan Association
Amarillo Furniture Company
Panhandle Hardware Company
Universal Supply and Machinery Company
Cunningham Flower Shop
Potts Drug Company
Amarillo Woodwork Company
First National Bank
Universal Window Shade Company
Vernon-Williams Company
R. N. Blackwell
Garret-Bush Plumbing Company
Morrison Supply Company
Gray Photo
Amarillo Baking Company
Amarillo Abstract Company
L. N. Pittman
Syndicate Paint Company
Panhandle Steam ‘Laundry
the East Amarillo Company
E. ‘Lee Smith
Amarillo Milk Company
the Hub
Jaretts
Electrified Water Company
Collins Art Company
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo News
Associated Preas
New York
Voice of
London
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
G. Evelyn V. Murray
British General Post Office
High Seas
Atlantic
Houston
Maine
Newspapers
Associated Press
Adolph 8. Ochs
New York Times
Geoffrey Dawson
The
London Times
Gifford
London Express
New York Evening World
News Dispatch
Canada
United States
Prince of Wales
Spryor & Co
J. W. Selig
Bank Robbery at Tarrant City Savings Bank
Birmingham suburb bank vault looted of 10000 by three youths who held ten customers and four employees at gunpoint. They locked all inside the vault and escaped in a waiting car, as another man drove off.
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Birmingham
Ala
Tarrant City Savings Bank
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Brief
The forecast covers Amarillo and West Texas through Saturday evening, calling for fair skies with cooler temperatures. A Nevada high brings occasional rain or snow to the western Rockies, while the southern Plains stay colder as a Dakota high shifts southeastward.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Ohio Valley
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Missouri Valley
Nevada
Rockies
Rioting and evacuations in Chinese port amid foreign fears
Dispatches from Hankow and Shangai report mobs in a Chinese city driving foreigners from the area. British evacuation continued as 268 women and children sailed to Shanghai and sixty American families followed by ships. Foreign men express distrust in Cantonese officials with promises of protection fading.
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The
Associated Press
Shanghai
Kikuang
Associated Preas
Hankow
Coffee Drinking Contest Set by Telegraph In Fergus Falls
Gus Comstock world champion coffee drinker proposes a telegraph contest with H A Streety of Amarillo Texas. The challenge runs from 7 a m to 5 p m on Tuesday with 8 ounce cups and hourly telegrams reporting progress. Comstock holds 62 cups in 10 hours while Streety claims 71 cups in the same period.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Gus Comstock
H. A. Streety
Amarillo
Texas
Telegraph
Comstock
Streety
Geologists See Water Issue in Panhandle Oil Fields As Solvable
About 75 geologists meeting at Amarillo Hotel warn water in Panhandle wells is from bad operations rather than depletion. They predict many wells with high water will rebound to normal production and say water may boost ultimate yield. They note 80 to 90 percent of wells in Carson and Hutchinson counties show 10 to 15 percent water and urge gas conservation amid large waste and rising boiler gas prices.
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Panhandle
Carson
Hutchinson
R. K. DeFord
Midwest
Texan Loses Plea to Escape Gallows
Ned Harvey of Orange, Texas, sentenced to hang for the murders of John Springer and another man at a trapping camp on Johnson bayou in Cameron parish, had his final plea denied by the state board of pardons. His appeal to the U S Supreme Court was rejected.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Ned Harvey
Orange
Texas
Lake Charles
Johnson Bayou
Cameron Parish
State Board of Pardons
Harvey
John Springer
Byrd
United States Supreme Court
Noted Episcopal Ministers To Attend Crusade Meet Here
The Bishop's Crusade launched at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with a devotional service led by Bishop Seaman and Archdeacon Hall Pierce. A 7:20 AM corporate communion precedes six days of daily preaching starting Jan 30, with Episcopalians from Amarillo and surrounding towns joining ministers from Lubbock and Lamesa for rededication to active Christian service. A committee on arrangements was named, with Archdeacon Hall Pierce as chairman and T. J. Wagner as vice chairman.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Seaman
Hall Pierce
Amarillo
Lubbock
Lamesa
T. J. Wagner
C. J. E. Lowndes
P. N. Montgomery
Henry J. Gould
Kenry
Gooch
FE. A. Simpson
J. W. Timmons, Jr
R. L. MeeMeans
J. Seeman
D. P
Five Jurors In Box As Court Takes Recess
Court recess follows jurors seated in the box as the trial resumes with the defendant facing charges. An additional eighty men are ordered subpoenaed for Monday morning proceedings. The accused Slayer shows little interest in courtroom events and refuses a guilty plea.
Hassell murder case jurors named at Farwell
The five jurors selected for the Hassell murder case are E. W. McGuire farmer of Farwell Marvin Whaley farmer of Friona W. S. Schleihagen farmer of Friona and T. E. Loveless farmer of A. L. Landrum lumberman of Friona.
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Hassell
Farwell
E. W. McGuire
Marvin Whaley
Friona
W. S. Schleihagen
T. E. Loveless
A. L. Landrum
Farwell jury selection delays Hassell murder case
In Farwell the first venire of 108 men is exhausted with only five jurors chosen for George J. Hassell charged with murder in the death of his oldest son Alden. A second venire of 80 is ordered as venue concerns and possible change of venue rumors circulate. trial recessed until Monday morning. Hassell expressed fear of a mob and pleaded not guilty.
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Farwell
George J. Hassell
Reese Tatum
Sixty-Ninth District Court
Tatum
Hassell
Alden
Palmer County
B. N. Richards
Muleshoe
Centenarian Hedwig Friebele Dies in San Angelo Home
Hedwig J. Friebele likely Tom Green county’s only centenarian dies at her son George L Friebele’s San Angelo home. Survived by four sons, 27 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren.
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San Angelo
Hedwig J. Friebele
Tom Green County
George L
Noted career of attorney ended by death
Judge 3S. H. Madden died suddenly of heart trouble in San Diego California at age 66 after a silent illness he did not reveal to kin. He left Amarillo after Christmas for Clovis then continued to California where physicians reportedly found his heart strong and blood pressure normal. His death closes a long, influential civil law career in Texas, drawing tributes from lifelong friends and colleagues. The body was expected to be shipped home to Amarillo with Wales Madden to meet it en route.
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Madden
Amarillo
H. Madden
San Diego
California
Judge Madden
Wales Madden
Clovis
J. C. Paul
W. R. Harvey
Long Beach
Texas
Mass Jury Summons In Norris Murder Trial
More than 3800 Travis county residents received summons to appear as veniremen in the murder trial of Rev. Dr. J. Frank Norris in Austin district court. Prosecutors and defense lawyers began examining the venire list, with the final panel of 500 to be completed by tomorrow.
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Associated Prowse
Austin
Travis County
Veniremen
J. Frank Norris
W. BD. Miller
Dr. Norris
Five Slayings Probe Expands Arrest Warrants
Writ of habeas corpus filed for Raymond Teller and others held in Raymondville on charges linked to the September 9 killings of Tomas Nunez and three others including Cinco Gonzales and Matt Haller. Deputy warden Frank Consert and Roy Collins also arrested. hearings set for the next day.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Texas
A. W. Cunningham
Raymond Teller
Willacy County
Raymondville
Tomas Nunez
Jove
Delancio
Cinco Gonzales
Matt Haller
Teller
Leon Gill
N. M. Ragland
Arturo Flores
Prank Consert
Roy Collins
Frank Brandt
Kingsville
Dallas auto club leader elected Texas division head
E. C. Bless of Dallas was chosen president of the Texas division of the American Automobile Association at a Greenville meeting. The group voted to move the annual meeting to December first and elected several vice presidents and officers from Amarillo, Marshall, Abilene, Galveston, and El Paso. Bless was praised for strengthening the organization in 1926.
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Associated Press
Greenville
Texas
E. C. Bless
Dallas
Dallas Auto Club
American Automobile Association
R. ©. Cullum
Amarillo
Panhandle Automobile Club
Joe Herrin
Marshall
Marshall Auto Club
H. D. Jefferies
Abilene
W. W. Frazier
Galveston
Harvey Wilcox
el Paso
W. Hatcher Thomas
Bless
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Hassell Jurors
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J. D. Thomas
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Panhandle Building &Loan Ass'n
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