14 Jan 1929
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1929
Page
1
Governments expressed satisfaction after talks with pause on revising the Dawes Plan. Much speculation surrounds the outcome of the parley as delegates weigh financial relief and future reparations.
Reports say J. P. Morgan and Owen D. Young are eyed as top American representatives to the Paris reparations conference. Officials neither confirm nor deny the picks though the choice is deemed eminently satisfactory and helpful to Dawes plan revisions.
Captain Ira M. Baker, chief pilot of the army endurance plane Question Mark, landed at Midland at dusk while en route from San Diego to Eden to visit his ill mother Mrs. Y Baker, near death from pneumonia.
Gordon Northcott, charged with abuse and murder of three boys at his Wineville ranch, will have his Riverside superior court trial resumed tomorrow after an earlier illness described as nerves requiring a physician's services.
Fort Worth January 13 Pauline Russell 21 committed suicide by placing her head in a waste basket connected to gas, nearly airtight with a pillow wedged at her neck. The act was reported by The Associated Press.
West Texas: generally fair and colder in the Panhandle Monday and Tuesday. Oklahoma: increasing cloudiness and warmer Monday and Tuesday, then unsettled and colder. East Texas: partly cloudy and warmer or in extreme east portions Monday and Tuesday, with clouds and colder air in the north and west.
A vigilante expedition moves from the Mexican border into Sonora to hunt down an Apache group. Francisco Fimbres, cattleman, leads eleven scouts to avenge his wife’s 1926 ambush death and rescue his son amid fears the tribe plans further crimes. Dozens of cowboys rally on the Arizona side to join volunteers in Mexico.
In East Dallas police used machine guns to eject a suspected robber who fired from an attic. The bandit, who wounded Captain Will Fretz, surrendered after reinforcements stormed the residence. The arrest occurred amid a crackdown tied to a string of robberies and shootings that also claimed a high school youth’s death and a taxi driver’s serious wounding.
King George passed a quiet Sunday and made additional improvement. Queen Mary was reported better but ill with a cold will remain in her rooms for a few days. Sunday services in the palace chapel were not held due to the queen’s illness and she will stay in her suite while the cold weather continues.
The Los Angeles airship sails across Florida en route to refuel at Patoka near Port St. Joe before a possible noon departure for Lakehurst New Jersey. Thousands watch as it passes St. Petersburg Tampa and Miami on a clear day with favorable weather. Jessie Charles files an appeal in the Court of Criminal Appeals challenging the murder verdict in Liberty County.
Daisy Hi Leake, Temple businesswoman and Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs president, urged Panhandle afternoon group to guide high school girls toward suitable, rewarding careers. She stressed honest self assessment, choosing work with heart, and supporting women professionals, including trusted female doctors.
Albert R. Gooch the city marshal of Nocona Texas was shot and killed in the afternoon gunfire at Nocona no arrests had been made Gooch had previously served as deputy sheriff in Gainesville Texas and came to Nocona from Gainesville
Emil Fuchs, renowned painter and sculptor, shot himself in the heart on his apartment balcony after years of cancer and surgeries. Meanwhile New York authorities pursue a wide inquiry into a large bankruptcy ring with suspected $70 million shortages connected to receivers and a fugitive lawyer Steinhardt.
Fire destroyed the Watertown residence of Dr. Edward H. Kinder. Mrs. George Herman Ruth wife known as Mrs Helen Kinder died from burns and smoke in the second floor bedroom. Babe Ruth arrived in Boston and said he and Mrs. Ruth had no permanent home.
A girl from Kilnatone Bagkett writes Santa Claus to express gratitude for presents. The note thanks Santa for the gifts and hopes to see him soon, signing as BDNA TONA BASSETT and sending friendly regards through the News Globe.
Austin reports calm preparations for Governor Moody's second term and Barry Miller's third term inauguration in a joint session at noon Tuesday. Music from North Texas Agricultural College Arlington and John Tarleton College Stephenville expected. ceremony seen as simple affair despite full senate actions.
President elect Hoover plans a prolonged stay in Washington to work on cabinet appointments and to call an extra session for farm relief and tariff revision. He will meet Republican leaders, consider interior secretary options, and faces pressure over including women in the cabinet.
In Moscow on January 13 General Jacol Alexandrovitch Slanchoff a former ayarist and high ranking Soviet army commissariat figure was murdered in his home authorities reported. The apparent assassination marks a sharp violent act within the Soviet military leadership as security teams investigate the case.
An intense earthquake with its epicenter about 5,600 miles away was recorded at the Helwan observatory starting at 2:15 a.m. today in Cairo Egypt. The shallow tremor was felt across the city causing alarm among residents and officials.
Chicago reports three deaths from exposure as temperatures drop to ten below zero. An unidentified woman and two men, Alphonso Owimet of Detroit and Cuno Schiziatillo of Cicero, were found frozen or dead from exposure. Several others hospitalized. In Denver, warmth prevails with temps above 60 degrees as two children die after breaking through ice in the Platte River.
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