Texas Solons Return to Work After Weekend Frolic
Texas legislators resume sessions after a Houston junket as they plan highway finance, prison centralization, and water conservation bills. Governor Moody joined the gridiron dinner. hearings and a Land Office probe call loom. Chiropractors seek a Texas licensing board and stricter enforcement may rise.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas Legislature
Houston
Salesmanship Club of
Moody
R. &. Sterling
State Highway Commission
Land Office
House
Senate
Gan Public Land
Tan
Petsch
Chiropractic Examiners
Texas
Impeachment Charges Against Oklahoma Governor Expected To Be Presented
Oklahoma's legislature prepared to transmit five impeachment charges against Gov. Henry S. Johnston to the senate, which would suspend him. Lt. Gov. Holloway would succeed pending trial as five remaining charges faced house action over misappropriation, unlawful certificates, pardons, militia actions, and alleged incompetence. Senate investigations also to begin, with hearings on a rumored slush fund.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Henry S. Johnston
House
Senate
Wr. Holloway
Johnston
J. W. (Buck) Eldridge
State Banking Department
State Issues Commission
R. D. Crossthwaite
Kirby Fitzpatrick
Banking Department
State Senate
King George’s Condition Still Improving Report
London January 20. No medical bulletin issued today at Buckingham Palace on King George’s condition. Physicians made their usual visits both morning and evening and tonight’s report says his majesty’s improvement is continuing.
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Associated Press
London
King George
Buckingham Palace
Weather forecast for West Oklahoma and East Texas
West Texas sees partly cloudy to unsettled conditions Monday and Tuesday with warmer north. Oklahoma expects partly cloudy skies and warmer Monday, followed by partly cloudy Tuesday. East Texas shows cloud cover with local rains near the coast, cooler southeast, warmer northwest Monday, then cloudy Tuesday with likely local rains in the south.
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West Texas
Oklahoma
East Texas
Panhandle Hardware Meet Plans April Convention
Directors of the Panhandle Hardware and Implement association met at the Amarillo hotel yesterday afternoon to set dates for the annual convention in Amarillo April 8 9 and 10. Clarence Williams Williams Hardware Amarillo said more than four hundred attendees are expected. Delegates will be asked to contribute a constructive segment to the program. Present were Clarence Williams Amarillo C L Thompson Canyon B Sherrod Lubbock Sid Nolen Canadian R H Royal Wellington and H C Stoakes Paducah.
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Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association
Amarillo Hotel
Clarence Williams
The
Williams Hardware Company
Ee Clarence Williams
Amarillo
C. L. Thompson
Canyon
B. Sherrod
Lubbock
Sid Nolen
Canadian
R. H. Royal
Wellington
H. C. Stoakes
Paducah
Portes Gil Says Priests Must Surrender Like Others
Mexico City January 20 President Emilio Portes Gil announced that priests who joined insurgents will receive no special privileges upon surrender and must accept the same terms as others. Insurgents are guaranteed safe conduct home if they surrender conditionally.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Emilio Portes Gil
Youth Killed and One Hurt in Mason Crash
In Mason Texas on January 20 Lester Nix 20 was killed and Byron Hazel tine 19 severely injured when their car collided with a culvert. Driver Fritz Surber 20 was badly bruised and cut while attempting to adjust the light switch.
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Associated Press
Mason, Tex
Lester Nix
Byron Hazeltine
Here
Mason
Fritz Surber
Surber
AL Smith Plans Six Week Winter Break in Florida
New York January 20 Former Governor Alfred E Smith left for a six week winter vacation in Florida with Mrs Smith and Mr and Mrs William F Kenny. John J Raskob Democratic national chairman was to join the party at Wilmington Delaware. Smith said he was getting away from politics and would stay with Carl Espy in Sarasota Florida.
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Associated Press
New York
Alfred KE. Smith
Florida
Five Drown in Ship Collision Off Canal Zone
Five sailors including one naval officer and a petty officer died when a navy gig collided with a barge off the Ba'boa Canal zone. The incident was reported to the Navy Department in Washington.
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Canal Zone
Washington
Ba'boa Canal Zone
Navy Department
Charles H Oles Dies in Independence Oil Firm Auditor
Charles H. Oles 60 general auditor for Prairie Oil and Gas died in a local hospital after a week with pneumonia. He lived in Independence Kansas and had worked 19 years with Prairie Oil and Gas. Survived by wife and two sons Paul and Lawrence. Funeral at Independence Presbyterian Church, burial in Independence Cemetery.
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Charles H. Oles
Independence
Kan
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Paul
Lawrence
Wichita Falls
Oles
East Ohio Gas Company
Cleveland
Ohio
National Transit Company
Oil City
Penn
Amarillo
Hayden Street
Land Owners Hope Relief Laws From Legislature
Amarillo and Panhandle land owners returning from Austin this weekend express optimism that relief bills will pass. Delegates from Pampa Lefors Amarillo and other Panhandle towns joined Ray Johnson in supporting measures to validate titles move suits to the county of the land and grant current owners first rights on future vacant strips.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Austin
Pampa
Lefors
Ray ©. Johnson
Gray
Wheeler
Johnson
Hoover to Leave for Florida After Talks With Republicans
President-Elect Hoover plans a 10:30 a.m. departure on a special train to Miami for inaugural preparations arriving at 2 p.m. Tuesday. He will visit J. C. Penney estate on Belle Island and be greeted by the governor. Discussions included an extra session for farm relief and tariff revision, a prohibition investigation commission, and party realignment in New York. Names discussed for cabinet posts include Mellon to stay as treasury secretary, Jardine possibly at agriculture, Donovan as attorney general, and Kellogg succession rumors for secretary of state with Borah Morrow or Fletcher named as possible successors. In Savannah, Ga. Mrs. Edward C. Alumbaugh was fined or jailed for circulating a spurious Knights of Columbus oath.
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Associated Prose
Washington
Hoover
Florida
Miami
J. C. Penney
Belle Island
Friends Church
Congress
New York State
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
Wm. M. Jardine
William J. Donovan
John G. Sargent
Frank B. Kellogg
Ned C Miller Dies After Short Illness in Amarillo
Ned Orvis Miller 35 of 1213 West Tenth street Amarillo died in a hospital at 5 am after a brief illness. He authored drilling methods through gaps and was a partner in Miller and Fisher. Survived by wife, father R E B Miller of Amarillo, sisters Mrs E H McCollock of St Louis and Eva Miller of Los Angeles. Funeral service at Central Presbyterian Church then burial in Mexico Missouri.
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Ned Orvis Miller
West Tenth Street
Amarillo
Miller
Miller and Fisher
R. E B. Miller
St. Louis
Eva Miller
Los Angeles
Cal
Presbyterian Church, American Legion
Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Elke
Masonic
Grges
Central Presbyterian Church
R. Thomsen
Mexico
Missouri
Negro Identified in Slaying of Patrolman
Paris Texas January 20 Willie Woods a negro arrested here for theft has been identified as the man wanted for the 1926 shooting of Patrolman Luther Whitten in this city Whit ten recovered
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Associated Press
Paris
Texas
Willie Woods
Luther Whitten
Whitten
Thousands Pay Last Tribute To Beloved Citizen Lee Bivins
Amarillo crowds filled the municipal auditorium to bid farewell to Lee Bivins Amarillo mayor and leader, with pastors labeling him generous and religious. The service drew residents from Northwest Texas and beyond, with officials, bankers, cattlemen, and out-of-state guests attending. The crowd filled aisles and overflowed the venue as floral tributes and a large procession marked the tribute to a man described as devoted to community service.
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Lee Bivins
Amarillo
Panhandle
Auditori
Clark Buckner
First Christian Church
Bivins
Blyina
Fort Worth
Texas
Mra
Sam B. Vaughn
Mre
WB Merring
Ted Houghton
KOS Towing
Daevis
Ray Wheatley
Cranberry
Mise Jewell Davidson
Dick Ware
Dean Kirk
Ford Brandenburg
Mer. Wen Jt. Manning
Lavin
Max Morry
M. BK. Mugg
Geo
Leatherberry
W. K. Browne
Bill Benton
B. Login
C. Fountain
Petty
Zack Hooten
Kay Wagoner
Art Wagoner
W. ©. Hawkine, Bryan Ware, Jack Johnson, Herbert Dodgen
Vincent Avery
Damon Avery
Itichard Gibbon
Keith Martin
Hal Gilbreath
Herman Wright
Willis Avery
Ray Goa
Joe Taylor
Jack Venter
Frederick Dodson
Duck Rogers
Gomer Jones
Bill Moore
Jack Kreetainger
Raymond Summers
Leon Klin
Lawrence Shea
Joe Llewron
Herbert Crantian
Charles Ware
Harve Avery
K. 8
Loving
Presbyterian Children’s Home
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Port Worth
Dallas
Kanwarity
Wichita
Chicago
Independence
Midland
Lubbock
Divine
Mother of Pilot Ira Eaker Dies in Eden Texas
Mrs. Y Eaker mother of Captain Ira Eaker who piloted the Question Mark in its endurance flight died at her Eden Texas home just hours before the aviator began the San Diego to Washington mission. The flyer was to stop at Midland on Monday. Captain Baker might pause the journey for her funeral. Her husband was hospitalized with mastoid trouble.
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Ira S. Baker
Christener
Captain Baker
Washington
Associated
Prove
San Angelo
Jan
Mra. Y
Eaker
Ira Eaker
Eden
Texas
Here
San Diego
Washington, D. C
Midland
Injured When Limited Strikes Auto Yards Away
Two workers were injured when a limited strike occurred at an auto yard located yards away from the facility. Officials investigated the cause and conditions of the injuries as responders treated the workers on site.
Train Hits Car Killing Family From Big Spring
El Paso dispatch reports seven members of a Big Spring family dead and two injured when an eastbound Southern Pacific train struck their touring car about 75 miles east of El Paso. Simon Hernandez, driving, tried to stop but could not. remains found scattered along the tracks. License shows trip from Big Springs, Texas.
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Associated Pres
EL Paso
Jan
Southern Pacific
Finlay
Alejandro Hernandez
Juliana Hernandez
Maria Hernandez
Raiquel Hernandes
Franccisco
Ale
Simon Hernandez
Simon Hernandes
Big Springs
Texae
Wild Bill Melhorn wins El Paso Open with record score
Wild Bill Melhorn of Fenimore Country Club New York City won the $2,000 El Paso Open Golf Tournament with a 271 for 72 holes a 17 under par score setting a new world record for tournament play on a 6000 yard course Robby Cruickshank Progress New York finished second at 277 Al Espinosa Chicago third at 278 with other final scores including Al Watrous Detroit 282 and Horton Smith Joplin 203.
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Itty United Press
EL Paso
Texas
Wild Wil" Melhorn
Fenimore Country Club
New York City
Melhorn
Johnny Farrell
Miami
Robby Cruickshank
Progress
N. Y
al Espinosa
Chicago
Harry Cooper
Lon Angelow
al Watrous
Detroit
Willard Hutchinon
Pasadena
John Rogers
Denver
Horton Smith
Joplin
Harry Nabholts
Houston
Charles Thompson
Cloudcroft
Train Hits Car Killing Eight Mexicans Near Sierra
Sierra Texas January 20 Eight Mexicans were killed and one seriously wounded when Southern Pacific passenger train 192 struck a touring car at Finlay Crossing twenty miles west of Sierra The car carried a Big Spring license all occupants were Mexicans most of them children Names of the dead not learned at this time
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Associated Press
Sierra
Blanca
Texas
Southern Pacific
Finlay Crossing
Here
Dry Appeal Complicates Senate Work
Public appeals by three prominent dirty leaders for a $25,000,000 increase for prohibition enforcement complicate Senate debate. The chamber will vote at 2:30 p.m. on Roy O. West’s nomination as interior secretary while naval and cruiser bills loom. A $250,000 presidential prohibition study is expected to pass, with Hoover promising an investigation.
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Associated Tress
Washington
Senate
Roy 0. Weat
Chicago
Interior
Coolidge
Sheppard
Texas
Mellon
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Directors OF Association
Gil
AL Smith
Guyman
Independence Cemetery
Thorg
Senator Borah
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dwight W. Morrow
Henry P. Fletcher
Rome
Savannah
Edward C. Alumbaugh
Macon
Knights of Columbus
Ned C. Miller
City
Baie
Buckner
W. C. Dalvis
West
Mobile
Big Spring
Wild Bill
James Cannon
Eugene L. Crawford
Board of Temperance and Social Service
Methodist Church South
Thomas Nicholson
Anti-Saloon League
Harris
Georgia
Glass
Democrat
Virginia
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