President of Concern Stays With Stewart in Indiana Oil Fight
Chicago dispatch reports Ed ward G. Seubert president of Standard Oil Indiana publicly backs Col. Robert W. Stewart in the feud with John D. Rockefeller Jr. over control of the Indiana oil company. Board members concur, urging Stewart's reelection to protect the company’s welfare.
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United Press
Chicago
Edward G. Seubert
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Robert W. Stewart
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Indiana Oil Corporation
Seubert
Rockefeller
Stewart
Indiana Corporation
Colonel Stewart
Rockefeller Sind
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
F. Seubert
Rexumont Parks
Allan Jackson
R. H. McElroy
E. J. Bullock
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Tuesday forecast calls for fair and colder conditions across Amarillo and West Texas with generally fair skies in New Mexico. A Colorado low moves east boosting kept temperatures, while high pressure sits over eastern regions. Sunrise at 7 55 am sunset 5 59 pm with yesterday's max 62 and min 41 from 1928 data.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Lake
Colorado
Plains States
Rocky Mountain
Amarillo Weather Sees Slight Dip After Cold Spell Hint
The Amarillo area reports a slight temperature drop but remains near the edge of a severe cold spell affecting the Midwest. Forecasts promise a low around 26 degrees with fair conditions today as Middle West towns endure icy conditions and heavy snows, with deaths and blocked travel continuing.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Middlewest
Weather Bureau
Foch Gravely Ill at Home After Heart Attack
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, age 77 and World War I hero who led Allied forces against Germany, lies critically ill at his Paris home. Doctors report a heart attack with six top heart specialists at his bedside as hundreds gather outside, prayers offered, and visitors restricted.
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United Press
Paris
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Foch
France
Marshal Foch
Daverniere
Heitzboyer
Babinski
Renault
Laubry
de Gennes
Poincare
Doumergue
Hotel Des Invalides
The
Maine
Compiégne
Hedalde
Hin Bedeide
Lubbock rejects $1.6 million road bond issue
Lubbock county voters reject a 1.6 million dollar bond proposal for state designated highways with 1641 in favor and 1527 against at Lubbock on Saturday.
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Lubbock
Associated Press
Lubbock, Jan
Lubbock County
Amarilloan Joins in Death Hunt on Apache Tribe Across Border
Deming New Mexico January 14 a murderous Apache band pursued through the Sierra Madre by more than thirty men seeking Van Phillips a cowboy missing for a week from the Caretas ranch near the Mexican border Phillips disappearance led to a first posse of 40 and a second formed by his Amarillo brother as authorities link the abductions to a Sonora Mexico cattle rustling case tied to Francisco Fimbres and eleven associates amid no ransom demands detected to date.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
Washington
Carl Spatz
Ross G. Hoyt
Spatz
Tucson
Ariz
Midland
Texas
Shreveport
Montgomery
Ala
Atlantic Seaboard
United Press
Deming
N. M
Sierra Madre Mountains
van Phillips
Caretas Ranch
Here
Phillips
Amarillo
Hachita
Outlawa
Ince
Francisco Fimbres
Sonora
Mexico
Douglas
Bimbres
Phillipa
Vinbres
Caretan
Hig Horse
County Orders $250000 Road Improvements
Potter county commissioners authorized about 250000 for road work. Plans include graveling thirteen miles of the Oil Field highway and three miles on West Tenth Street. A 100000 set aside for extending Highway No 6 from Amarillo Creek to the Moore county line may be matched with state and federal funds.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Commissioners’ Court
J. W. Ryder
Amarillo Creek
Moore County Line
Highway 5
Moore County
Lindbergh Hurled Down by Sleet Storm
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh lands a Jané monoplane near Indianapolis after a hail and sleet storm. He is undecided about continuing the flight to St Louis as weather delays his schedule for the day.
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Lindbergh
Elmo, ML
Indianapolis
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Gun shot fatal when horse shies in Brownwood
Houston W. Rogers, 46, was killed Saturday when his horse shied after he fired a shotgun while mounted. The horse returned riderless to the house. Tracks show the animal jumped as Rogers fired two shots, and it is believed the horse shied at a possible third, causing the weapon to discharge.
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Associated Press
Brownwood
Tex
Houston W. Rogers
Rogers
Toney Chisum's Paige opening today at Graham Paige showroom
Graham Paige cars will debut in Tony Chisum Inc at 1019 Polk starting at 9 this morning. Seventeen types across five chassis will be displayed in spacious rooms attracting many visitors. Chisum, a Panhandle pioneer dealer, has 26 years in the automobile business and is now Graham Paige distributor for the Panhandle and eastern New Mexico.
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Graham Paige
Tony Chisum
Polk Street
Mr. Chisum
Graham Paige Company
Graham
Chisum
Panhandle
Grain man identified as third suspect in canyon swindle
James Rayford, held in Potter county jail on forgery and swindling charges, was named as part of a wholesale grain scheme. O W H Cook and W J Boyd were described as the two other alleged participants. Sheriff Mill Thompson confirmed the claim after Cook met Rayford in Amarillo. Detectives continue their search for the third man, with no decision on accepting the identification. Boyd is involved in Hale county civil petitions seeking $25 000 from Barefield Grain Co.
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James DU. Rayford
Potter County
O. W. H. Cook
Canyon
W. J. Boyd
Caae
Mill Thompson
Amarillo
Mr. Cook
Rayford
Deporttus
Hoyd
Frank
Wakefield
Boyd
Barefield Grain Company
Hale County
Murder trial opens in Childress County
Will Bales stands trial for murder in the death of Alonzo Kengler after a cattle dispute. Nine jurors were sworn when court adjourned, with the case moved from Donley County after a deadlocked jury.
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Childress County
Associated Press
Childress
Tex
Will Bales
Alonzo Kengler
Donley County
Bids for Amarillo airport hangar and office asked tonight
Bids for the construction of the hangar and office at the Amarillo airport will be received at the weekly city commission meeting in the city hall tonight. City manager Jeff Bartlett says nothing special is on the agenda.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Jeff Bartlett
Prince George Stricken by Bad Cold In Buckingham Palace
London, Jan. 14 King George, Queen Mary and their youngest son Prince George were reported in satisfactory condition tonight. The prince, latest royal patient at Buckingham Palace, has a cold like his mother and both are confined to their rooms.
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London
King George
Queen Mary
Prince George
Prince
Buckingham Palace
Murderer of Teacher Given Life Freedom
A deranged killer who murdered a teacher was granted life freedom after a parole hearing. The decision comes as debates over justice and rehabilitation intensify in the public arena. The case has drawn attention from local residents and advocacy groups pushing for tougher parole standards.
Oklahoma Pardon Probe Opens Over 1923 Crosthwaite Clemency
Oklahoma lawmakers launched a wide inquiry into the 1923 pardon granted to Dewey Crosthwaite, a convicted murderer who later escaped. Witnesses, including K G Lovejoy and W A Lovejoy, testified about the pardon process and alleged influence by Governor Johnston and associates.
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Oklahoma City
Okin Dan
Henry &. Johnston
Acure
House of Representatives
Dewey Croathwaite
K. G. Lovejoy
Thelma Lovejoy
Crosthwaite
Croathwaite
Agan
Lovejoy
Johnston
Louis Fiechil
Carter County
Fischal
W. A. Lovejoy
J. W. Mansell
Mansell
Ernestine Hunt
Crossthwaite
Hunt
Bob Sipes
Funeral services for Mack Clark held in Abilene
Funeral services for Missouri Reynolds Mack Clark 85 Confederate veteran ranchman longtime Taylor County resident since 1878 were held today in Abilene.
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Abilene
Missouri Reynolds (Mack) Clark
Taylor County
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Standard Oil Directors’ Board
Concern
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Detroit
Grace Wood
Cecil Holt
Wood
William de Lisle
Taylor Pierce
William Thompson
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U. S
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