Small Texas district reports zero absences and one pupil
In the Texas Panhandle near Clarendon the smallest independent school district reported no absences and the only student failed to pass. One teacher taught for 80 days in a private residence earning 120 dollars while six other school age children from the district attended schools elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Dc. M. Elwell
State Department of Education
Upper
Texas Panhandle
Clarendon
Pedestrians Injured by Hit-and-Run Cars in Amarillo
Two pedestrians were struck by a fast moving car on Tenth Avenue near Houston Street. Mrs. Lillian Morrow, 57, suffered both legs broken and is hospitalized in Northwest Texas. Fred Nolan Nunley, 12, has an injured right ear and is recovering at home after earlier treatment. Witnesses saw a hit-and-run vehicle but could not identify it.
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Amarillo
Lillian Morrow
Adams Street
Northwest Texas Hospital
Fred Nolan Nunley
East Thirteenth Avenue
Rita Jo
Mary Privett
Houston Street
Mary Nunley
Thirteenth Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Fred
Quake Toll Over 300 Dead in Colombia Landslides
Officials said more than 300 people were dead and about 3,000 homeless in Narino department after earthquakes and landslides. A government relief party reached Pasto then had to trek by mule to the affected area due to impassable roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
Narino
Pasto
D. E. Colp in very serious condition in Temple
Physicians reported former Texas Parks Board chairman D. E. Colp was in very serious condition in Temple. The San Antonio man had been unconscious for over three days with double pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
D. E. Colp
Texas Parks Board
San Antonio
Texan aims to curb Supreme Court power with new bill
A small bloc of House members plans a hearing next week on Rep Cross of Texas bill to bar the Supreme Court from ruling on constitutionality in appeals and to stop inferior courts from passing on congressional acts. Supporters say Congress may have constitutional power to strike the balance between legislature and judiciary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
House
Rep. Cross
Texas
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Cross
Lewis
Maryland
Sisson
Wyoming
Koppleman
Connecticut
Withrow
Wisconsin
Luckey
Nebraska
Goldsborough
Ramsay
West Virginia
Detroit patrolman shot chasing robbery suspect
Patrolman James E. Harrelson 35 was fatally shot early today while pursuing a robbery suspect with Officer Crit Howard. Inspector John I. Navarre said Harrelson was likely shot in the back accidentally by Howard. Suspect Charles York was detained after detectives found him in his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
James E. Harrelson
Crit Howard
John I. Navarre
Harrelson
Howard
Charles York
Gypsies Sought Over Chickasha Confidence Scheme
Chickasha officers sought a band of gypsies in connection with a confidence game. Mrs. George Caldwell, widow of a laundryman, reported a loss of 5000 dollars in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
Okla
George Caldwell
Jackson Day Banquet Set for Saturday in Amarillo
The Jackson Day dinner in Amarillo, postponed from Wednesday due to weather, will be held next Saturday night January 18. It aims to be a Panhandle wide rally of Democratic men and women with Judge R E Underwood as toastmaster and Amarilians including Mayor Ross Rogers, Riley Strickland, Maj KE A Simpson, and W H Fuqua on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Riley Strickland
R. E. Underwood
Ross Rogers
Mr. Strickland
Maj
KE. A. Simpson
W. H. Fuqua
Amarillo Bank Deposits Rise Across Three Banks
Deposits at Amarillo's three banks climbed about $900,000 in the last two months of 1935 and $1,101,000 since June. December 31 totals reached $14,905,073.35, up from $13,804,046.19 six months earlier, with November 1 figures at $14,006,432.12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Hereford Woman Named Sheriff to Succeed Husband
Mrs. John B. Miller widow of the Deaf Smith County sheriff killed in a highway crash on January 6 was appointed to fill the unexpired term. Deputies J. M. Murcerson and J. O. Newell will continue as deputies. The oath date was not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday News Globe
Hereford
John B. Miller
Miller
Deaf Smith County
J. M. Murcerson
J. O. Newell
Brandon Smith awarded damages in alienation suit
In Charlotte on January 11 a superior court jury awarded F Brandon Smith Jr 12600 in a heart balm suit against his former father in law Concord capitalist Joseph F Cannon for alienation of his wife's affections The awards include 12000 actual and 600 punitive damages The plaintiff originally sought 250000 and had received 125000 in a prior trial later set aside as excessive Also note Col Gordon N Kintball US Army retired died at Letterman Hospital in San Francisco January 11.
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W. F. Harding
ARMY
San Francisco
Gordon N. Kintball
86Th
France
Letterman Hospital
Roosevelt hints at export subsidies as national agricultural policy
Bascom N. Timmons reports from Washington that President Roosevelt, asked about export subsidies to aid agriculture, emphasizes agriculture as a national issue and notes implications of subsidizing exports. He warns about expanding subsidies to all crops and concerns over increased production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Panhandle
Texas
AAA
Supreme Court
Coolidge
Suspect Teal pleads self defense in 18 year old slaying
John Teal, indicted for the slaying of Evelyn Monts in Bailey County nearly 18 years ago, says he will plead self defense. He cried upon greeting by his brother in Lubbock jail after being returned from Pendleton Oregon where deputies arrested him. He says his wife will stand by him and denies saying Monts was killed over marriage refusal. Dispatches quoted officials saying Teal admitted the slaying.
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Lubbock
John Teal
Evelyn Monts
Bailey County
Avalanche Journal
Teal
Pendleton
Ore
Tom Abel
Jim Cook
Muleshoe
T. Teal
Chas. H. Dean
Plainview
Poison deaths of two investigated in Washington
Police investigated the joint deaths of Mrs. Capitola Koltes and her son Robert H. Ashworth, a George Washington University student, found in a hotel room. Notes showed a mutual plan to die together with a fear of war cited as a motive. one letter asked a National Council for the Prevention of War representative speak at the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Capitola Koltes
Robert H. Ashworth
George Washington University
National Council For the Prevention of War
Farmers Back Soil Plan With Seven Point Program
A unanimous farm group endorsed a seven point plan for soil conservation and price adjustment, urging Congress to fund the program and retain key AAA provisions. They seek permanent AAA changes, expanded foreign markets, and new taxes on livestock and dairy processors, while questions on funding remain unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AAA
Supreme Court
Fort Worth Chosen for 1936 Teachers Association Meet
The Texas State Teachers Association executive committee selects Fort Worth as the 1936 convention city. Sessions are planned for the Thanksgiving holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas State Teachers Association
Big Spring liquor dealer back home after missing
Truman Cannon, Big Spring liquor salesman who had been missing since December 18, returned to his parents home in Sweetwater and was questioned by officers today after arriving last night.
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Sweetwater
Truman Cannon
Big Spring
Amarillo Bank Receives National Charter Change
Amarillo's American State Bank becomes The American National Bank of Amarillo under a new national charter effective tomorrow. The bank will continue all policies and services, with the same leadership and a longer future of safe, courteous banking. The institution began as Guaranty State Bank of Amarillo in June 1916 and has operated at 407 Polk Street since 1918.
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American State Bank of
Amarillo
American National Bank of
Texas
American State Bank
Guaranty State Bank of
Amario
Polk Street
Clubman Admits Threats
Austin Phelps Palmer a wealthy Park Avenue clubman was arrested by secret service agents in his apartment on a charge of threatening the life of President Roosevelt. He admitted authorship of a series of threatening letters investigators had pursued for months and was taken to the customs house for arraign ment with his servant Karl Nilssen.
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New York
U.P
Austin Phelps Palmer
Secret Service
Park Avenue
Roosevelt
Palmer
Long Island
Karl Nilssen
Customs House
U. S
Garrett W. Cotter
Baby bonds for veterans seen as Senate compromise
Washington reports that a secret coalition compromise measure on veteran bonus bonds is nearly drafted for introduction Monday. The bill, backed by Senate leaders Harrison Byrnes Steiner and Clark, aims to secure House passage with cash payment questions unsettled and progress expected before the finance committee meets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
Finance Committee
Byrnes
South Carolina
Steiner
Oregon
Clark
Missouri
Borah
Idaho
White House
Seven Negro Prisoners Guarded in Texas
Seven black prisoners were closely guarded in Carthage jail as officers questioned them about the killing of G. W. Harris a 37 year old plantation owner from Bethany Louisiana Harris was killed last night when he ordered three negro tenants to vacate a farm near the Texas Louisiana border one prisoner bore a bullet wound believed fired by Harris as he tried to defend himself four men and three women were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Tex
G. W. Harris
Bethany
Harris
Texas-Louisiana
Richard Rehm Sentenced to 30 Years for Policeman’s Killing
Richard Rehm is convicted of murder and given a 30 year term for shooting Dallas police officer Luke J. Bell during an escape attempt in Dallas on May 18, 1934.
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Sherman
Richard Rehm
Dallas
Luke J. Bell
Governor Silent on Hauptmann Clemency Fate in Lindbergh Case
The New Jersey Court of Pardons denied Hauptmann clemency for the Lindbergh baby murder, sealing the fate of the Bronx carpenter with an imminent execution scheduled next Friday night. Hauptmann remained under hope of reprieve by Governor Hoffman or further court action, though prospects appeared slim.
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Associated Press
Statehouse
Trenton
N. J
State Court of Pardons
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Bronx
Harold G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Thomas W. Trenchard
Plemington
United States Supreme Court
Zack McDaniel Pleads Guilty To Robbery With Firearms
Zack McDaniel, 25, Amarillo, pleaded guilty in Tucumcari to robbery with firearms connected to the December 26 attempted hold up that wounded Harry Gruggs, a service station owner and civic leader. Judge Harry Patton sentenced him to 15 to 20 years in the state penitentiary. McDaniel was moved to a hospital en route to the prison. A companion in the robbery is still sought.
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Sunday News Globe
Gruggs
McDaniel
State Penitentiary
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MR. President
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Garner
Bruce Kremer
Montana
F. Brandon Smith
By Bascom N. Timmons
Wallace
Chester C. Davis
Secretary of Agriculture
Clubman
Panhandle-Plaing
Lindbergh Baby
Cecily Hauptmann
Zack M'Daniel
West Texas
West 100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Amerillo
Vest. Va
Southern Plains
West Gulf States
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