Plane tragedy claims third victim near Los Angeles
A. L. Loomis of Omaha dies in Glendale hospital after the Tehachapi crash, becoming the third fatality from the Tuesday transport plane wreck near Newhall. Victims include Martin Johnson explorer and James A. Braden of Cleveland. Loomis died in an oxygen tent after the ship pancaked on a Tehachapi foothill about 20 miles from Los Angeles.
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Newhall
Martin Johnson
James A. Braden
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Ohio
Loomis
Tehachapi Mountains
Braden
Panhandle Trucking Emerges as Major Regional Force
A Globe News survey shows Texas motor freighting, centered in Amarillo, growing over 100 percent in five years and employing thousands in the Panhandle. The industry now tax contributes millions in state and local taxes with an assessed Texas valuation of 13.35 million and over 13.5 million in special taxes.
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Texas
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Globe News
Roosevelt 10 Start Again
President Roosevelt will take the oath for a second term before Chief Justice Hughes at noon on Wednesday in Washington. He plans an inaugural address that signals the new administration’s objectives while facing a court battle and Congressional action on his legislative program.
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Supreme Court
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Washington
Auto workers refuse evacuation at Fisher plants amid breach claim
Strikers occupying Fisher Body Plant No. 1 vote to stay put as GM and the Flint Alliance are accused of breaking faith. The vote mirrors at Fisher No. 2 plant and follows telegram exchanges between the Flint Alliance and GM executive William Knudsen.
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Flint Alliance
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Fisher
William. Knudsen
General Motors
Nazi Return to League Seen
Rome reports indicate close Italo German relations could spur a Locarno Accord and possibly reinstate Germany in the League of Nations. Sources note Goering’s Naples visit and Mussolini talks, with Italy mending ties to Britain and potential reform efforts if Spain’s non intervention issue clears.
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Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Mussolini
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Britain
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Hiccup victim in South Hadley fails to improve
Miss Edna Plante a 25 year old South Hadley resident hiccoughs for seven days despite hundreds offering cures. Dr Michael Karnichuck treats her with two anti spasmodic drugs while noting no clear prospect of a cure. A fired cracker under her chair caused shock but did not stop the hiccups.
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Convention Ends Wharton South Texas Judges Condemn Bids
At the closing session in Wharton on Saturday the South Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association condemned the practice of submitting identical bids and secret agreements to split bits. New Braunfels was chosen as the site of the next semi annual session.
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South Texas
Commissioners’ Association
New Braunsfels
Ann Harding and Warner Janssen Marry in Caxton Hall
Movie actress Ann Harding and Warner Janssen, a symphony orchestra conductor, wed today at the Caxton Hall registrar's office in London. The ceremony at 4 P M lasted under sixteen minutes with Harding's young daughter from her first marriage as a witness. Clive Brook attended among the few onlookers.
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Ann Harding
Warner Janssen
Caxton Hall
Harry Bannister
Hollywood
Clive Brook
Seven Injured in Car Crash in Amarillo
Seven people were injured in a collision at Wolflin Avenue and Western Street around 6 20 Sunday afternoon. Five Amarilloans were hurt including 4 year old Crawford Gooch with severe facial cuts and a serious condition. Others include Mrs Gooch, Robert Gooch 7 Marianne Peters 6 Elizabeth Nunn 1617 Tyler Street, and Mrs C W Bramslett with her six year old daughter Jesslyn of Canyon. Both light sedans damaged. victims rushed to Northwest Texas Hospital. police investigated.
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Canyon
Northwest Texas Hospital
Jack Mellon
Two Die and Six Hurt in Oklahoma Road Mishap
In Guthrie Oklahoma a truck ploughed into a group after an automobile overturned in a prior crash. William Scott aged 38 of Guthrie died instantly and Charles Reams aged 41 from seven miles northeast of Guthrie died in hospital two hours later. No injuries were reported from the initial car overturn.
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Okla
Jan
Here
William Scott
Charles Reams
Trapped in Blazing Canton Train Coaches
At least 100 people died when a Canton Hongkong train coaches were consumed by fire. More than 50 were injured as authorities recovered 85 bodies burned beyond recognition and feared additional remains lay in the wreckage.
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Hongkong
Weather outlook for West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy and colder in West Texas Monday with even colder conditions in the extreme west. Tuesday remains partly cloudy. New Mexico sees fair conditions Monday and Tuesday with a slight chill in the southeast Monday.
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New Mexico
Perfecter of Helium Process Is Honored
The Washington award commission chose Dr. Frederick Gardner Cottrell for the 1937 engineering award for a helium production process that cut cost from 1700 to 10 cents per cubic foot. He is noted for social vision and dedication to ongoing research. He leads Research Associates, Inc. and is known for nitrogen fixation and gas purification work.
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Chicago
Washington Award Commission
Frederick Gardner Cottrell
Washington, D. C
Research Associates, Inc
John Watson Alvord
Prison Riot Sparks Mass Escape at Ontario Reformatory
Hundreds of prisoners stormed the Ontario reformatory turning the building into a shambles. Officials, police, and fire crews battled flames, injuries, and a mass escape as inmates smashed windows and furniture while guards remained unarmed. By evening inmates controlled the rec. reformatory amid smoke and overturned lights.
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Dian Press
Ontario Reformatory
Fer Wilh
Rec
Kitchener
WPA Reduces Relief Jobs Despite Push for Expansion
The Works Progress Administration reports a drop of 96,000 relief cases to 2,187,044 in the two weeks to December 26. Administrator Harry L. Hopkins notes the load nears 2,000,000 while Congress weighs a $650 million request for WPA and related programs plus a $140 million reserve for next year, totaling $790 million. Continued on Page 9, Col. 8
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Jan
Works Progress Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Congress
Three Escape Injury In Grapeland Train Crash
Three occupants of a light truck escaped injury when their vehicle was demolished at a grade crossing by a passenger train on Saturday in Grapeland.
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Grapeland
Hog-Caller Gains Praise From Gotham Visitor Crowd
Tom Bevington of Chardon Ohio, famed hog caller at Elsa Maxwell's farm party, wins cosmopolitan praise in New York. The visit included sightings of Kay Francis Ray Bolger and others. He expresses a wish to see the ocean and mentions the George Washington Bridge and Bronx Zoo before returning home.
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Gotham
Tom Bevington
Chardon
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Kay Francis
Ray Bolger
Neysa McMein
Ina Claire
Clara Booth
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