Investigator probes anew in Lindy case
Trenton New Jersey December 6 Governor Harold G Hoffman said Ellis Parker the Burlington County detective was under the definite impression that Bruno Hauptmann was not the Lindbergh kidnapper Parker who has solved many crimes was called into the case by former governor A Harry Moore He had been quietly investigating since Hoffmans nocturnal visit to Hauptmann in his death house cell at state prison Official sources say investigators doubt Hauptmanns guilt while lawyers discuss the courts denial of a new trial Parker faced blocks from state police and said private groups were conducting inquiries He noted courts pardons interviews may occur but NJ law is silent on in person appearances by condemned men before the governor
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Ellis Parker
Burlington County
Hauptmann
Hoffman
Parker
A. Harry Moore
State Prison
Court of Errors and Appeals
Bronx
Hopewell
Lindbergh
Haupman
Court of Pardons
Supreme Court of the United States
New Jersey
Perkins Says Roosevelt Will Be Reelected In 1956
Fort Worth dispatch reports Miss Frances Perkins secretary of labor predicted President Roosevelt would win re election in 1956 though not by a landslide. She praised Texans as friendly and old fashioned and spoke on social and economic security in the twentieth century. A car crash near Hondo killed 62 year old K Reager deputy sheriff in rainy conditions.
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Fort Worth
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Labor
Miss Perkins
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Sloan
Texas
Texans
America
Hondo
Tex
K. Reager
Stockman
Uvalde
Italy Strikes Ethiopian Heart in Deasye Palace Bombing
AP dispatch reports Italy direct attack on Haile Selassie in Deasye destroying the palace and damaging the Seventh Day Adventists Hospital. A Belgian major and a Norwegian nurse wounded as Ethiopian front actions and Franco-British peace moves unfold amid intensified hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cassidy
Associated Press
Italy
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Deasye
Red Cross
Seventh Day Adventists
Bandit Slain and Captured in Oklahoma Jail Break
Desperate gang led by Dan T Heady from Muskogee jail break ends as Heady and Dewey Gilmore are killed after a farmhouse standoff. Leonard Short and John Blackburn were captured or killed in the pursuit. Deputy U S Marshal Allen Stanfield and Sheriff Tom Jordan led the posse. Mrs Heady pleaded innocent in Muskogee federal court. Detective Chief Ben Bolton died from wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weathers
Okla
Dan T. Heady
O'Malley
Muskogee
Heady
Dewey Gilmore
Dallas
Tex
Leonard Short
Galena
Russell Land Cooper
Clayton
Garrett
Don Garrett
Gilmore
Allen Stanfield
U. S
Ada
Tom Jordan
Kansas City
Santa Claus Film To Show Here Five Times
The Amarillo News presents five free Santa Claus film showings at the Paramount Theater for children under 12 tomorrow morning. Captain Kleinschmidt, explorer and head of The Amarillo News expedition, sent a reel of talking pictures from the search for Santa Claus. Showtimes begin at 9:00 and run at 9:45, 10:10, 10:50, and 11:50. Admission free for under 12. 19 cents for ages 12–15. 25 cents for 16 and older. Two short subjects accompany the Santa pictures.
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Amarillo News
Santa Claus
Paramount Theater
Kleinschmidt
Amarillo
Radio Heat Rays To Treat Aging Glands
New medical advance uses radio heating with ultra short waves to treat aged glands as part of rejuvenation efforts. The report notes gland interrelations including pituitary thyroid and adrenal involvement and positions this as a development in a medical field long met with disapproval.
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New York
One-Time Rich Man Found After Absence in New Mexico
Joseph W. Ady once a millionaire and mining engineer linked to the Colorado Springs wealth set was found living in an abandoned copper mine near Alamogordo New Mexico after three months of amnesia and financial reverses. Relatives and authorities seek to piece together his past and what happened to him.
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Alamogordo
N. M
Joseph W. Ady
Colorado Springs
Ady
Refuse Work To Breakers In Gulf Ports
Houston December 6 United Press longshore unions refuse to allow strikebreakers to continue work in Texas ports and Lake Charles Louisiana amid a two month dispute with steamship operators. Independent unions replaced ILA members after the Gulf Coast dock strike last October 11. First formal talks since October 9 began yesterday with ILA district president Mike J. Dwyer leading the contract committee. The Federal Mediation Board appointed by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins will attend.
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Houston
U.P
Texas
Lake Charles
International Longshoremen’s Association
Gulf Coast Dock
ILA
Holt Ross
American Federation of Labor
Mike J. Dwyer
Gulf
Dwyer
Federal Mediation Board
Frances Perkins
Rains Cause Flood Danger in Texas City
Flood danger grows as northeast Texas endures heavy rains. Gainesville reports a three and a half inch downpour with water a foot deep in Leonard Park. Elm Creek dam area sees water up to hubcaps on Highway 77 while traffic continues.
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Associated Press
Gainesville
Texas
Leonard Park
Elm Branch
Trinity River
Denton
Elm Creek Dam
G. R. McKissack
Elm Creek
St. Jo
Sherman
Corsicana
Austin
Berger
Abilene
Amarillo
Brownsville
Tyler
Rains Leave Here for Down State Bright Sunshine Returns
Amarillo and the Panhandle dried out as rains moved down state. Weatherman H T Geilman predicted another shower spell of about a quarter inch in a week, lasting around 36 hours. Tonight and Saturday should be fair, with a chilly low near 38 degrees. noon reading reached 53 after an overnight low of 38.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
H. T. Geilman
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Snapshot
Forecast for Amarillo and vicin ity shows fair conditions tonight and Saturday with a slight cool down tonight to about 32 degrees. West Texas and New Mexico regions also fair, minor temperature changes, with temperatures ranging from 38 to 53 as of today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
The Queen's King Mr Teagle Says No New Baby Named
A 1925 column by Arthur Brisbane notes that King features and society figures discuss royal naming and a statement by Mr Teagle denying plans for a new baby name. The piece reflects public interest in royal affairs and press commentary on naming choices.
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Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicate, Inc. International
Mr. Teagle
Italo-Ethiopian War Territory Talks Reported
Paris dispatches note England and France plan to settle the Italo-Ethiopian war with territorial concessions to Mussolini. The Globe presents Arthur Brisbane’s opinions separate from the paper’s editorial stance. Continued on Page 13.
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Paris
England
France
Musso
Change in Well Spacing Rule Proposed by Commissioner
Austin Dec 6 AP Lon A Smith railroad commissioner will present a proposed change to Rule 37 at the December 16 proration hearing. The plan sets exceptions to the 660 by 330 foot spacing in East Texas to boost recovery while preventing drainage, with protest deadlines and a tie to a state supreme court ruling. The controversy over acreage as a factor in oil withdrawal stems from a prior CC H Brown Humble case and a denied hearing prompted by mineral board opposition.
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Austin
U.P
Lon A. Smith
Smith
Supreme Court
Texas
Commission
State Supreme Court
CC. H., Brown
Humble Oil & Refining Company
East Texas
State Mineral Board
James V. Allred
Railroad Commission
Traffic counts report arrests and fines in city
A local traffic count lists arrests and fines including reckless driving and overtime violations. Mentions Good citizen observance of traffic rules, FHA Loans, and Long Bell Lumber Company within the city context.
Laundrymen plan session in Amarillo convention
Laundry owners from four states will attend the Texas Laundrymen Association annual gathering in Amarillo February 6 to 8. President Arthur Fittger of Houston said the meeting could be the largest in the association’s history and may include a joint session with New Mexico Oklahoma and Louisiana associations. R. H. Bob Ames was named general chairman of arrangements with other committee heads announced for the reception and program.
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Amarillo
Texas Laundrymen’s Association
Texas Association
Arthur Fittger
Houston
Fittger
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
Fitzger
Louisiana Association
R. H
Bob” Ames
Charles Etheridge
Clay Thornton
Leo Peterson
Orville Campbell
Ole Man low mood Packs Up as Amarillo's Main Stem Perks Up
George May reports Amarillo's Polk Street business district is revitalizing with a modern service station replacing a 15 year old building at Tenth Avenue, a new Harry Holland Store front on Polk, and renovations at Fifth Avenue. Cafes shift and expand, Fox Drug and Sandwich Shop extends space, Silver Grill moves, and Lamar Cafe occupies its former site. The area sees improvements at Sixteenth Avenue, while T. Duncan Stewart builds a colonial home on the south end. Kerr Paper Company adds an $8,900 warehouse adjoining its Tyler site.
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George May
Amarillo
Harry Holland
Polk Street
National Bank of Commerce
Amarillo Hardware Company
Fourth Avenue
Polk
Silver Grill
Lamar Cafe
Sixteenth Avenue
Foxy Drug and
Fox Drug Company
Linchon Service
Charles A. Green
32Nd Avenue
T. Duncan Stewart
Fiddler Man
Kerr Paper Company
Tyler
West warns Japan over North China autocracy moves
Washington dispatch reports Cordell Hull and Sir Samuel Hoare signaling stern cautions to Japan regarding North China autonomy efforts. Chinese officials, while grateful for the U.S. and British stance, warn that talks may collapse as Tokyo presses military actions.
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Hobart C. Montee
Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
Samuel Hoare
Great Britain
Japan
Hull
North
China
Sir Samuel
House of Commons
Atten
North China
London
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Blackland
Anteau
Makale
Laval
Mussolini
Haly
East Africa
Rome
League of Nations
Europe
Dom
John Blackburn
Conover
Wis
Ben Bolton
Stanfield
Hardy
By Howard W. Blakeslee
Texas City
Weatherstrip & Caulking
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Sth
Globe
Brisbane
FHA
Lbr, Co
Lee Laundry Men
Lee Boom
Tion
A. T. Steele Luopyenght
Associated Pree
Shanghai
Nanking
Hull and Hoare
Foreign Office
Central Executive Committee
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