Ferguson recess appointees face hostile senate report
The Ferguson administration braces as a hostile Senate committee prepares a Friday report on governor nominations. Expected delays may push confirmations until Moody takes office, with possible unfavorable action on several nominees including the state highway commissioners Eugene T. Smith George H. Robertson and Scott Woodward. Two bills were also heard in the afternoon session.
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Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Senate
Hall
Houston
Dan Moody
Moody
Love
Dallas
Ferguson
Wirtz
Seguin
Barry Miller
Eugene T. Smith
San Antonio
George H. Robertson
Meridian
Scott Woodward
Fort Worth
McFarlane
Graham
Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad
Wichita Falls Southern Railway Company
Ranger and
Floyd
Paris
H. H. Harrington
State Board of Control
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President asks Congress for 4.5 million for new airplanes
President Coolidge asked Congress for a supplemental appropriation of 4,495,000 dollars to purchase new airplanes and equipment. He urged spending before July 1, 1929 and sought legislation allowing the air corps chief to contract obligations covering the total amount.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Air Corps
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast and Temperatures
The forecast calls for snow and colder conditions in Amarillo and vicinity on Thursday. West Texas should see mainly cloudy skies with snow north and rain southeast, with colder air. Central Mississippi valley high pressure moves east toward the mid Atlantic coast, bringing continued cold to that region. The Utah low shifts southeast over the Texas Panhandle bringing snow to the northern and central Rocky Mountains and rain to southern California, with warmer conditions on the southern Plains and colder temperatures in the upper Missouri valley and northern Plains. Temperatures in Amarillo today show a high around the mid 80s to 90s and a low near 33 with today’s precipitation totaling about .02 inch.
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Mayor seeks censorship on Chaplin films in Seattle
Seattle Mayor Bertha Landes said she will ask the city censor board to rule on barring Chaplin pictures from exhibition. The move follows sensational charges leveled by Chaplin's estranged wife in a divorce suit, prompting a board investigation.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Bertha K. Landes
Seattle Censor Board
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Chaplin Home Seized by Court Order in Divorce Case
A large share of Charles Chaplin's estimated 16 million dollars was placed under receivers for his divorce battle with Lita Grey Chaplin. Receivers took novel possessions from Chaplin Beverly Hills home and Chaplin Studios in Hollywood. Executors froze funds owed to Chaplin by United Artists and seized his financial records and books.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Lita Grey Chaplin
W. L. Gilbert
Herman Spitzell
Beverly Hills
Gilbert
Aimee Semple McPherson
Hollywood
United Artists Corporation
Frisco Plans Major 1927 Spending on Equipment
St. Louis San Francisco railway will spend more than 21 million dollars for new equipment roadway and structures in 1927. President James Kurn announced the budget aims to carry through Frisco's building program to Tidewater at Pensacola Florida during 1927.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis- San Francisco
James Kurn
Kurn
Frisco
Tidewater
Pensacola
Florida
Oklahoma City Hall Devoured by Flames Fire damages multiple floors
Flames traced to the city engineer's vault on the third floor of Oklahoma City's City Hall spread to the second and fourth floors and remained uncontrolled late tonight. The building sits in the central business district and has burned before. In Washington, the House naval committee proposed 13,150,000 dollars to modernize battleships Oklahoma and Nevada including elevating firing range levels.
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Oklahoma City
Jan
City Hall
Associated Preas
Washington
House Naval Committee Today
Oklahoma
Nevada
Hassell 10 Execution Date Rumor Sparks Confusion
A rumor spread that Hassell 10 may be executed late in February causing local chatter. Officials have not confirmed any scheduled execution and urged caution about unverified claims.
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Hassell
Killer Keeps Silence as Texas Slayer Receives Death Sentence
George J. Hassell was sentenced to death by electric chair for the murders of his wife and eight stepchildren found buried in their Farwell, Texas yard. Judge Reese Tatum overruled a bid for a new trial after a three hour jury deliberation, with Hassell offering no comment before the sentence. An appeal was noted.
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George J. Hassell
Huntsville
Alton Hassell
Reese Tatum
Sixty-ninth District Court
Farwell
Texas
South
Tatum
Hassell
Bizzell's Condition Reported Not Serious
Dr W B Bizzell president of the University of Oklahoma was brought from Norman to a city hospital with hiccoughs. Hospital attendants said he was not in danger and not expected to stay more than a day or two. He had suffered from the condition since Tuesday morning.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
W. B. Bizzell
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Bizzell
125 Cups Is Goal of City Coffee Drinking Champ
Fergus Falls Minnesota reports the world coffee drinking championship returning home. Gus Comstock drank 65 cups in 7 hours 15 minutes to reclaim the title from H A Streety who held 71 bowls. Comstock plans to train rival Tom Wilson to attempt 125 cups in ten hours.
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Associated Press
Fergus Falls
Minn
Minnesota
Gus” Comstock
H. A. Streety
Amarillo
Cold Wave Sweeps Panhandle Area From Montana
A cold wind and snow flurries moved through the Panhandle, driving the temperature below freezing and ending a spell of warm weather since December. Officials predicted possible snow today while reporting no losses to area stockmen last night. At Lamesa Texas rain began midafternoon as temperatures dropped to freezing, with farmers hopeful for spring crops.
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Panhandle
Newa
Lamesa
Texas
Norris murder trial advances with first eight jurors named
In Austin district court the Norris murder trial makes slow progress as jury selection continues. Eight jurors are seated, including a former sheriff and eight others from varied trades, while many veniremen are excused for opinionated views amid ongoing peremptory challenges.
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Austin
Van
Norris
Fort Worth
D. FE
G. W. Potter
Patrolman Killed While Halting Suspect in Pawhuska
In Pawhuska Oklahoma patrolman Mark Switzer was shot to death early today while stopping C F Edens who drove into his yard with two officers Present Dutch Maz er aided Switzer Police say the men acted on a liquor tip and Edens fired when he feared a hold up Edens is jailed on murder charges and Switzer’s death grieves the local force
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Pawhuska
Okla
C. F. Edens
Osageounty
Mark Switzer
Switzer
Mazer
Edens
Ma Ferguson Rebukes Bexar Officials Over Court Delay
Miriam A Ferguson criticized Bexar County court officials for delaying trials until after her term ends on January 15. She said pardons require the endorsement of jurors and many county officials, and urged swift action on criminal cases.
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Bexar County
Associated Press
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Alleged Death Car Driver to be Questioned
Raymond Feeney also known as M A McCarty at Borver on theft charge will be questioned in Amarillo case where 4 year old Gordon Stone was killed after being run over on December 20. William J Blaney of the National Detective agency and County Attorney Leo Sparks coordinate the probe with D W Kenyon deputy sheriff. Rewards exceed 1200 dollars raised by Amarillo citizens.
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Raymond Feeney
M. A. McCarty
Borver
Gordon Stone
Amarillo
William J. Blaney
National Detective Agency
Leo Sparks
D. W. Kenyon
Borger
Feeney
Stone Child
Unfavorable Report on Woods Nomination to IPC
An eight to six senate committee vote foes Cyrus E. Woods of Pennsylvania for the interstate commerce commission post. Virginia West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee oppose while Pennsylvania backs Woods. The panel also directed a subcommittee to draft a report on claims that Senator-elect Brookhart was a paid lobbyist for Woods.
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Inashington
Coolidge
Cyrus E. Woods
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Spain
Japan
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Woods
Steck
Iowa
Brookhart
Arkansas Legislature Hears Anti Evolution Bill
The Arkansas House introduced an anti evolution bill sponsored by Representative Atkins of Prairie County. It would bar teaching in tax supported schools of any theory denying the Bible creation story.
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Associated Press
Little
Rock
Arkansas
Atkins
Prairie County
Kellogg outlines Mexico bolshevist threat to Panama Canal
Secretary Kellogg told the Senate foreign relations committee that evidence shows a Mexican backed bolshevist plan to use Latin America as a base against the United States and the Panama Canal. Senators Borah Shipstead Moses Gillett Johnson weighed the policy after the briefing.
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Washington
United States
Panama Canal
Kellogg
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Russia
Communist Party
Mexico
Communist International
Red International
Latin America
Borah
Johnson
California
Administration
Coolidge
Senate Committee
Former Mexican railroad head dies in St. Louis
Ernest C. Llano 46 of Mexico City, once general manager of the National Railways of Mexico, died in his private car on a Union station siding while being taken to Johns Hopkins hospital Baltimore for treatment. Pleurisy was given as the cause. his body awaits arrangements for return to Mexico.
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ST. Louis
Ernest C. Llano
Mexico City
National Railways of Mexico
Union Station
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Llano
Pedro de Alba
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