Amarillo Tops 1925 Building Gains in Texas Survey
Amarillo led U S cities in percentage gain in new building in 1925 with 879 percent over 1924. Fort Worth rose 7 percent and San Antonio 53 percent. Dallas and Houston fell. Total permits for 1925 reached 28.5 million in Houston, 17.0 million in Fort Worth, and 16.4 million in Amarillo, with Amarillo edging Fort Worth by about 500000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Amarillo
Texas
S. W. Straus and Company
Houston
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Amacker Chosen Fair Board Official
Delegates to the Texas Association of Fairs convened in Dallas elected officers and heard a paper by A L Burge on newspaper advertising as key to fair promotion. Officers include President Jelks F Castellan Ennis and Director C H Amacker Amarillo among others.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas Association of Fairs
A. L. Burge
Port Arthur
C. H. Amacker
Amarillo
Jelks F. Castellan
Ennis
W. E. Donovan
Gongales
Bryan Blalock
Marshall
L. L. Etchison
Sherman
8. M. Mayfield
Waco
L. B. Herring
Beaumont
A. B. Davis
Lubbock
J. D. Motley
Ballinger
Belgium closes five prisons over falling crime rates
Brussels reports five Belgian prisons with a total of eight prisoners have been closed due to a decrease in criminality. The eight inmates will complete their terms at other facilities.
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Belgium
Associated Press
Brussels
Jan
Labor to Wage Fight on Soviet Activities
The American Federation of Labor will wage a final fight to expel communistic elements from its ranks and will not stop until the last communist is expelled, President William Green declared in a Tampa address at the municipal auditorium.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Pla
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Municipal Auditorium
Texas university trounces Southwestern 83 to 27 in rough game
After a 19 to 17 halftime deficit, Texas University surged in the second half to defeat Southwestern University in a rough contest by 83 to 27. Panhandle Building & Loan Ass'n.
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Texam Bacay Southwestern
Aean
Austin
Texas University
Southwestern
University
Panhandle Building & Loan Ass'n
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas Saturday
Amarillo area and West Texas expect fair weather on Saturday with rising temperatures. New Mexico also stays fair with little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Big News Globe Expansion Demands 37 Tons Of Paper
The News-Globe plans a large Expansion and Development Edition to be issued tomorrow. It will require about 75 000 pounds of newsprint or 37 tons, with wholesale paper costs exceeding $4 500.
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Big News-Globe
News-Globe
Cold Weather Grips Nation From Coast To Midwest
A winter storm blankets the southwest and midwest with snow up to 18 inches, driving temperatures near zero in the central region. Another storm heads east, with subfreezing temps from New England to Florida as relief is forecast tomorrow. In Chicago nine inches fell and six lives were lost to accidents. Kankakee reports 18 inches. Jacksonville sits at 58 but expected to dip below freezing tonight.
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Preas
Chicago
Middlewest
Great Central Area
New England
Florida
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Mississippi
Jacksonville
Kankakee
Illinois
Bourgeois Cabinet Fails in Germany
Berlin Jan 14 The Associated Press reports Dr Julius Curtius minister of commerce in the Marx cabinet failed to form a bourgeois cabinet to succeed the Marx ministry as centrists declined to join a right coalition.
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Associated
Presa
Berlin
Julius Curtius
Marx
Right
National Irrigation Congress to Meet in Amarillo in March
The National Irrigation and Drainage Congress will hold its 1927 annual four day session in Amarillo late in March. Arthur W. Large of the Rock Island lines urged Amarillo’s claims in Chicago. The gathering will bring 400 to 500 engineers and officials from across the United States to study irrigation and drainage and advise on a Canadian river project irrigating up to 500000 acres in New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle.
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Southwest
Amarillo
National Irrigation and Drainage Congress
Congress
Chicago
Arthur W. Large
Rock Island Lines
Union
War Department
Washington
National Congress
New Mexico
Panhandles
Texas
Four Potter County convicts receive pardons from governor
Gov Ferguson granted four pardons to Potter County inmates. George H. Standard, murder, five years to life with over six years served, claimed innocence. D. H. Schleuter, liquor, one year. P. F. Robinson, liquor, one year. Sam Baker, murder, two years. all were recommended by juries, officials, or sheriffs. Sheriff Pollard said he knew nothing of Standard’s case.
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Potter County
Ferguson
Austin
George H. Standard
D. H. Schleuter
P. F. Robinson
Sam Baker
Wiley Pollard
Standard
Pardon Mill Closed For Rest of Term
Governor Miriam A Ferguson announced 42 full pardons one parole one furlough two remissions of fines and jail sentences and commutation of a 25 year murder sentence to three years. She said no more pardons would be granted after Friday and noted the strain from hundreds of pleas. At least fifty additional pardons were issued that day but not announced.
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Associated Press
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
R. E. Franklin
Secretary of State
Morales Trial Under Way In Canyon Court
Special to The News Canyon Jan 14 The trial of Real Morales 36 a Mexican charged by indictment with slaying J E Newberry 40 Fort Worth and Denver foreman at the latter s home near Goodnight on January 11 began in district court after a jury verdict the day before found Morales sane Mrs Mary Newberry wife of the slain foreman testified first court adjourned until 8 am Saturday Morales venue was changed from Claude Arm strong County fear a jury could not be selected Morales was captured near Claude by a posse after a three day search
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Canyon
Real Morales
J. E. Newberry
Fort Worth & Denver
Goodnight
Marry Newberry
Claude
Armstrong County
Morales
Texas convict slain by Louisiana posse near Shreveport
Fred Vaughan a 40 year old escapee from a Texas penitentiary was shot and killed by Bosier parish deputies at Red Chute near Shreveport after failing to halt during a three day manhunt. The Associated Press reports Vaughan was tracked across the area before the deputy involved fired.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Fred Vaughan
Texas Penitentiary
Bosier Parish
Red Chute
Here
Vaughan
Chaplin Denies Fortune Claim in Custody Fight
Charles Chaplin faces reporters in New York as his custody dispute with wife Lita Gray goes to court. He dismisses claims of a $16 million fortune, calls the case a joke, and says he will fight for the children while preparing to handle a $500000 civil suit with the Picorial Review.
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Chaplin
New York
Piecorial Review
Congress Debate Turns On Mexican Nicaraguan Policy
In Washington on January 14, members of Congress clashed over Mexico oil and land laws and Nicaragua policy. Senators and Democrats criticized the administration for its stance while G O P leaders pressed for a tougher line amid concern over communistic influence in Latin America and a proposed immediate Nicaraguan presidential election being deemed impossible by the Nicaraguan minister.
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Associated Presa! VY
Ashington
Congress
Mexico
Nicaragua
Latin America
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sacasa vows to stay in Nicaragua to the last extreme
Dr. Juan B. Sacasa head of the liberal regime in Nicaragua declares to the Associated Press that he will remain at his post despite rumors of his flight and increasing American naval blockades around the neutral zone. He stresses his determination to endure to the last extreme.
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Associated Press
New York
Juan B. Sacasa
Managua
Nicaragua
Senate Protest Joins Bipartisan Nicaraguan Policy Talk
The article notes Senate protests against American policy in Nicaragua with voices from Democrats including Borah Dill Heflin and LaFollette. It highlights caustic remarks and brief speeches as debate continues over intervention and constitutional provisions.
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Senate
Borah
Nicaragua
Dill
Washington
Heflin
Alabama
LaFollette
South ern Ponce De Leon Wreck Reported in Lindale Georgia
Rome Ga Jan 14 The crack Southern railway passenger train Ponce De Leon northbound from Florida to Chicago was wrecked at Lindale near here when it split a switch. The engine and several coaches overturned with no early casualty reports. Lindale is not a scheduled stop for the train which usually passes at 30 to 36 miles an hour. The Ponce De Leon recently figured in a Rockmart Georgia wreck that killed 20 persons in a head on collision with the Royal Palm southbound.
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Associated Press
Rome
Crack Southern Railway
Ponce de Leon
Florida
Chicago
Lindale
Rockmart
Georgia
Widow testifies Chipps shot in Norris office tragedy
In Fort Worth court, Roxie Parker widow of Judge Parker relives the July fatal shooting at Dr J Frank Norris office. She describes stepping to the door as Chipps emerged with one hand on a door knob and the other raised, shouting I’ll come back, a moment captured on a courtroom model.
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Associated Preas
Austin
J. Frank Norris
Fort Worth
Roxie Parker
W. R. Parker
Tarrant County
Texas
Ben
Parker
Parker Had Called At Dr. Norris
H. C. Meacham
Norris
First Baptist Church
Chipps
Death suspect held in jail after hearing
A. B. Whitson was remanded to county jail at Stinnett without bond on a murder charge after a preliminary hearing in Borger. The shooting of Paul Evans, a Chicago construction foreman, occurred at a house near Borger Wednesday night, with Evans reportedly killed by a 30-30 Winchester. Whitson had earlier been released on $2,500 bond before the hearing.
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New
Borger
Whitson
Stinnett
Paul Evans
Chicago
Renee
Evans
Refusal to Sell Pullman Tickets Ruling Doubts Race Policy
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that the Pullman company may refuse to sell tickets to Negro customers while selling to whites, upholding the legality of such practice. In Marlin a car accident near town killed Emmett Reagan, 30, and injured Harry Hill Cooper and George Ward Jr. The trio resided in Rosebud.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan
Pullman Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Marlin
Emmett Reagan
Harry Hill Cooper
George Ward Jr
Here
Rosebud
New Hippodrome Theater Planned for Amarillo
Col Will A Miller and Mike Hollander announce plans for a 1508 seating, 140 by 0 foot Hippodrome theater and office building at Fourth and Fillmore Amarillo to cost about 200000. Tom Mitchell will own. project by Kerr & Walsh. start by February 1. completion planned June 1. Mr Hollander to manage. long term lease assigned.
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Amarillo
Fourth and Fillmore Streets
Col
Will A. Miller
Mike Hollander
Cooper- Irvin Motor Company
Tom 8. Mitchell
el Paso
T. B. Jones
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Kellogg
Amacker
Fair Board
Germany
Tristate
Goodnight Man
Louisiana
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Grand Central Station
Mia
Coolidge
Globe-News
Circulation Department
Fourth and
Fillmore
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