Golden blood rumors prompt Amarillo man to seek doctor help
C W Jones of 2511 North West First Avenue says his blood may carry a rare malady called golden blood or related staphylococcal infection. He seeks Dr Brunell Faris of Oklahoma City for guidance and offers to donate if his blood proves compatible. Amarillo police radio will attempt contact with Oklahoma City for medical advice.
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C. W. Jones
North West
First Avenue
Jones
Brunell D. Faris
Oklahoma City
Hazel Farmer
American Hospital
Mr. Jones
Faris
Amarillo
Super U-Boats Indicated By German Claims
United Press reports Berlin claims 161000 tons of British shipping sunk in one day including 110000 tons from a single convoy. British skepticism and neutral curiosity follow. German high command suggests new, larger submarines may be involved with rapid reports and questions about how such data emerged.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Germany
Bristol
Greece
Italy
Royal Air Force
Naples
Augusta
Sicily
High Command
Berlin
London
French
Ireland
SOS
New York
America
Britain
Ronald H. Cross
House of Commons
Surcouf
United States
Cross
House
Polite Letter From New London Aids Amarillo After Disaster
Mayor Ross Rogers cited a letter of goodwill from New London Connecticut as a standout amid disaster relief. A cashier's check for five dollars accompanied the note praising Amarillo's courtesy. Officials will request tracing of the sender to return the gift while saluting clerks and residents for their help.
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Savings Bank of
New London, Conn
Rogers
Bristol in ruins after brutal night raid and fires
Dr J S Spink, London University lecturer and Bristol observer, recalls a heavy German raid on Bristol turning the 18th century city into a ruin. Incendiaries lit streets, fires swept shops, halls, and offices, including King's College halls housing 7,500 books, as fire crews and hoses fought through the night.
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London
Bristol
J. S. Spink
London University
Bistol
Bristol University
Spink
King’s College
King's Offices
New Species of Duck Reported by Game Wardens
Game wardens announced a new duck species at City Lake, 20 miles southwest, with over 1,000 large white breasted ducks roaming wild like geese. I L Haynie said four ducks were captured and found to have swallowed crappie and bass, five to six inches long, within their bodies. City officials advised residents to use a .22 rifle to scare the ducks away.
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City Lake
I. L. Haynie
Blind Man Wins Prize At Turkey Shoot
In Evansville Indiana on December 3 a blind man named John Grassman won a 12 pound turkey at a turkey shoot after a friend guided his aim and instructed him to hit the bull's eye. The event provided a Christmas prize.
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Turkey Shoot
Evansville
Ind
John Grassman
Baritone Luigi Rossi Morelli Dies in Imola
Renowned Italian baritone Luigi Rossi Morelli, age 52, died in Imola on December 3. His career spanned several decades with performances across major venues in Italy.
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Imola
Italy
U.R
Luigi Rossi Morelli
History echoes 1915 US action against German envoys
December 3 1915 saw a surge of US concern over munitions and German undercover activity, leading Secretary Lansing to demand the withdrawal of Captain Carl Boy- Ed and Captain Franz von Papen. The pair faced public accusations of espionage and intrigue, ending with Germany recalling them. Boy- Ed died in 1930. von Papen reemerged in politics and diplomacy after World War I.
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New York
Britain
Atlantic
United States
Robert Lansing
Carl Boy-Ed
Franz van Papen
Washington
Boy-Ed
von Papen
Franz von Richtelen
Ida Boy-Ed
Virginia Mackay-Smith
Pennsylvania
Mexico
Welland Canal
U. S
Wilson
Boy- Ed
Hongkong
von Hindenburg
Hitler
Franz von Papen
Karl Boy-Ed
Townsend
Kutel-Amara
City Fights Tree Butchers To Protect Ice Damaged Trees
The city commission will consider an ordinance tonight requiring tree surgeons to obtain a license to operate within the city. No fee, but proof of ability is required. Mayor Rogers warns residents not to hire unskilled workers under the guise of pruning. The meeting starts at 6 to allow attendance at a linemen banquet.
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Ross’ Rogers
Roosevelt Rolls Down to Miami
President Roosevelt sails toward Miami aboard the Roosevelt train to rest and gather information on defenses for the Panama Canal coastlines. The Tuscaloosa cruiser and two escort destroyers accompany, with live ammunition and depth charges ready, spotlights on flags at night.
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Roosevelt
Miami
Atlantic Seaboard
Caribbean
Panama Canal
South American
Tuscaloosa
United States
Dormitory adopts baby as 43 Penn students await
A three week old girl found abandoned in a University of Pennsylvania dorm hallway is to be adopted by housemother Mrs. Bessie Bitting who says she wants a child. The baby is named Louise in a pink knit outfit and blanket with a note promising support and future return. Students are excited and plan Christmas gifts.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Bessie Bitting
Louise
Fire alarm scare ends with hospital visit and loot robbery
Anderson Ind December 3. A false alarm at St John s Hospital drew firefighters from the station only to discover burglars had robbed their lockers of 300 dollars. The incident turned costly in terms of manpower and the missing funds.
Discarded Items Sell For Cash In Globe News Ad
An appeal highlights cash potential from everyday discarded or outmoded items. The Globe-News Want Ads claim readers can quickly earn $100 or more by selling such goods, with a call to dial 6262 for Newby's Sell Tontine Shades.
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Globe-News
DIAL
News Tip Prize Is Won By Gene Chapman
A cat and two kittens win first prize in the weekly news tip contest as Gene Chapman of Amarillo Garage and Storage is honored for reporting a cat and two kittens found under a car hood during a service stop. Second and third prizes go to Mrs. Mary Westerfield and L. L. Sechrist for tips about a falling pole near Westerfield’s truck and poles hitting North McMasters Street houses. Additional tipsters are listed, with Christmas money prizes of 5, 3, and 2 dollars.
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Gene Chapman
Amarillo Garage and Storage
California
Amarillo
Mary Westerfield
Fillmore Street
L. L. Sechrist
North Bryan
McMasters Street
Storm News
Earl Nolan
Madison Street
Henry Bramblett
North Mirror Street
Tommy Gilbert
Pierce Street
Donald Fields
Billy Diggs
Polk Street
E. L. Witt
South
Tyler Street
Doss Thompson
Brooks Street
Bobby James
Johnnie Robinson
Buchanan Street
Lois Wallen
North
Harrison Street
Bill Jenkins
Prospect Street
O. S. Langseth
Lipscomb Street
T. M. Castle
Johnson Street
George Cox
Johnson
Billy Snodgrass
East 21St Avenue
Myrtle Banks
Virgil Smith
City Cab Company
Therence Godenauer
West 20Th Avenue
Weather Forecast Anticipates Clear Cool Skies Tonight
Mr Collman predicts fair weather with little temperature change for tonight and tomorrow. The mercury may drop to around freezing tonight as fog reduced visibility to about a block. Amarillo residents were relieved as temperatures rose and fog lifted today after last week’s storm began with fog.
Weather forecast for Amarillo area and West Texas
The Weather Bureau forecast fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. West of 100th meridian expect increasing high cloudiness and slightly cooler north portion tonight. New Mexico also fair with increasing high cloudiness northeast portion Wednesday. Temperature extremes 24 hours ending 6:30 AM were a minimum 31 and maximum 54. Noon reading 48 with rainfall of .01 inches.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Oil Aces U S Best Explosives
NEW ORLEANS December 3 An international authority on explosives chemistry Dr Ernst Berl says vast U S crude oil production gives a strong national defense position beyond machinery use since 80 per cent of modern wartime explosives derive from crude oil He notes petroleum products and materials like glycol glycerine toluene picric acid and ammonium picrate are plentiful in the United States and that cotton linters yield gun cotton the base for smokeless powder He discusses deflagration and bomber timing with a homespun example contrasting a fizzler with a true explosion
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New Orleans
Ernst Berl
Austro-Hungarian War Ministry
Carnegie Institute of Technology
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Berl
United States
Dr. Berl
Europe
Forty U S Pilots Ferry Planes to England
Baltimore dispatch reports forty American pilots delivering bombers to England without German interference since early November. The Flying Hutchinsons group completed initial flights with seven Lockheed Hudson bombers and claimed fastest North Atlantic crossing in eight hours fifty minutes pilot to landing. About sixty pilots and thirty radio operators from the US, Canada, and Britain participate.
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Baltimore
England
North Atlantic
George R. Hutchinson
North America
Britain
British North America
Hutchinson
FBI Man Has Fastest Draw
Walter Walsh of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was timed at three tenths of a second to draw his pistol and start shooting. An average marksman requires about one second, making Walsh the fastest draw in the United States according to a new timing device.
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Washington
U.P
Walter Walsh
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Walsh
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Panying
Ross Rogers
New London
Conn
New Londoner
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Newby's
Gene Chapman Call
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Frnden
Russell Stationery Company
U. S Weather Bureau
Oil Aces
FBI
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