Fort Worth and Denver line to start building from Childress
The Burlington Lines plan to begin 1138 mile Fort Worth and Denver construction from Childress to Pampa within three weeks. Groundwork will start as Rock Island negotiates joint track arrangements Wellington to Shamrock. The $4 million project aims to finish early next fall with surveys done and materials shipped.
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Lubbock
Fort Worth
Denver
Childress
Pampa
F. E. Williamson
Chicago
Burlington Lines
Globe News
Williamson
Texas & Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Wellington
Shamrock
Burlington
Quanah
Shamrock- Wellington
A New, Strange Death and Fog From Europe
Arthur Brisbane reports alarming European events describing a deadly fog in Belgium causing numerous deaths and hospitalizations. Theories range from poison gas residues to foreign invention, while BBC scientist J B Saldane comments on the ominous parallels to historic plagues.
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Europe
Belgium
Chinese servant held for Mrs. Baker death in San Francisco
Lew Fook a 50 year old Chinese servant was held on a murder charge in the death of his employer Mrs Rosetta Baker a 60 year old widow in San Francisco Investigators cited a fresh hand wound a torn skin fragment a button and a shoe heel as evidence linking Fook to the killing Amid reports of missing rings robbbery motives and Fooks recent discharge from the household police pursued lines of inquiry including possible robbery or motive related to his firing and re employment of the servant by Mrs Baker
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Lew Fook
Rosetta Baker
Mrs. Baker
University of Texas Lambda Chi Alpha disbanded
The faculty committee ordered the UT Lambda Chi Alpha chapter to disband immediately after an investigation into the death of Mildred Woodruff, 24, of San Antonio, from acute alcoholic poisoning at the fraternity house on Thanksgiving. The group may not resume activity until September 1, 1982. Two students had been expelled for party involvement.
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Associated Press
Austin
University of Texas
Lambda Chi Alpha
Mildred Woodruff
San Antonio
W. I. Moore
Woodruff
Dean Moore
London Fog Halts Traffic Across Region
A thick London fog blankets the metropolitan area, blocking landmarks and disrupting transport. Two people die in accidents as rail, road, river, and coastal traffic halt across Southern England. Four outward steamers at Southampton cannot depart, while two inward vessels anchor all night in Southampton Roads.
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Associated Press
London
England
Southampton
Channel
Shop Early Dollar Visits 13 Places
The Shop Early dollar, launched by Will Winch of Paramount Pub lix theater, travels and reports its progress to the Globe. By noon it had changed hands 13 times, with stops at Pool Drug Store Bill Adams Public Market Amarillo Hardware Company White Kirk Whitcomb Jewelry Dixon Drug Company Killough Davies Keck Satterfield Garage McDavid Brothers Drug Goods Store Fox Drug M System No 1 and R A Schooling.
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Will Winch
Paramount Publix
Globe
Winch
Pool Drug Store
Bill Adams
Public Market
Amarillo Hardware Company
White & Kirk
Whitcomb Jewelry Company
Dixon Drug Company
Killough & Davies
Keck-Satterfield
Train Service Plan Outlined in Testimony
W. T. Long of Fort Worth testifies at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing that the Texas & Pacific plans a West Texas line from Big Spring to Amarillo with daily overnight passenger trains between Amarillo and Fort Worth and fast freight between Amarillo and Dallas. The schedule aims for a 7 p.m. Amarillo departure reaching Fort Worth at 7 a.m. and a 5:45 p.m. Fort Worth departure reaching Amarillo at 10:20 a.m. The plan mirrors current Banta Fe timings and seeks to penetrate remote territory in West Texas.
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Lubbock
Texas & Pacific
West Texas
Big Spring
Amarillo
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. T. Long
Fort Worth
Dallas
Tryins
Vena
Dimmitt
Long
Port Worth
Banta Fe
Sweetwater
J. Lancaster
Validity Test Of School Pay Ruling In Austin
The Austin school board rejects a state ruling requiring city boards to fund county schools. State Superintendent S Mo Marra gave until January 1 to pay the 1998 portion, threatening to withhold state apportionment if the city does not comply.
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United Prensa
Austin
Patro lman in Conversation With McCarver
Grunson McCarver of New York, a federal investigator with the Department of Justice, was killed in a gun battle with officers four miles north of Canyon while they attempted to remove him from an overland bus. The death was confirmed through a brother, P. McCarver, also of New York, who said McCarver had been doing narcotic investigations.
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Grunson McCarver
New York
Canyon
Department of Justice
P. McCarver
McCarver
Kris Kringle Pageant Parade Set With Colorful Floats
The Panhandle Santa Claus parade lines up Thursday with Mason King of the Chamber of Commerce in charge. Floats and bands from multiple towns will participate in four divisions, featuring entries from Amarillo Hereford Wellington Canyon Portales Dalhart and other communities.
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Kris Kringle
Mason King
Chamber of Commerce
the Panhandle
Oklahoma prosecutor denies role in whiskey ring case
P. V. Ruch Tillman county prosecutor testified in federal court that fellow officers and witnesses falsely implicated him as a principal in a large whiskey distributing ring. The 49 year old veteran wept when mentioning his military record and denied receiving any money from moonshiners or bootleggers for protection.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
P. V. Ruch
Tillman County
Buch
Bud Walls
Charles Rogers
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Unsettled conditions continue tonight and Wednesday with cloudy skies. Occasional rains likely in the southern portion. temperatures range from 57 to 42 today with little change in New Mexico. Sunrise 7 44, sunset 5 36.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Lelia Lake Gin Man Faces Bank Embezzlement Trial
Bert Smith a Lelia Lake gin man goes to trial in Potter County for being an accomplice in a bank embezzlement linked to the Stinnett bank robbery last January. Court overruled defense motion for continuance as evidence presentation begins this afternoon with regional DA teams. About $6,000 of $6,600 taken was recovered from behind a bathtub in Smith’s house.
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Lelia Lake
Bert Smith
Potter County Criminal District Court
Stinnett
Henry S. Bishop
Clem Calhoun
Hutchinson County
Edw. W. Thomerson
Potter County
Henry Myers
McConnell
Borger
Smith
Stinnett Bank
Urge Santa Parade Route Clear of Traffic
Police urged keeping Polk Street from Third to Tenth Avenues clear from 10 am for Santa Claus parade crowds in Amarillo. Citizens were asked to walk or park away from the business district as officers direct traffic along the parade route.
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Santa Claus
Polk Street
Tenth
W. R. McDowell
Amarillo
The Little Tycoon Musical Comedy Scheduled Tonight
The Municipal Auditorium will host the musical comedy The Little Tycoon at 8:15 with a cast of 60 from Amarillo’s best talent. The plot follows General Knickerbocker and a tour party including Violet and Alvin as comic misadventures unfold. The show features local choruses and choirs in supporting performances.
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Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Little Tycoon
Harmony Club Chorus
Khiva Shrine Chanters
Junior College Glee Club
High School Glee Club
Willard Spencer
Wayne, Penn
General Knickerbocker
Europe
Violet
Lord Dolphin
Knickerbocker
Alvin Barry
Miss Hurricase
Alvin
Dolly
Death verdict in Texan veteran’s self-inflicted shooting
Big Spring, Dec 9. W E Gillian, 80, Confederate veteran, was found dead from a gunshot at his daughter’s home where he lived. The coroner returned a verdict of death by own action.
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Associated Press
Big Spring
W. E. Gillican
Conover
Last Chance at Little Tycoon Seats Today
Ticket sales for The Little Tycoon, a musical comedy, ongoing Tuesday at Municipal Auditorium. Tickets 50c 75c and 1.00, no extra charge for reserved seats. Performance begins at 8 15 PM and is a Tri-State Fair presentation.
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Municipal Auditorium
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Bomb Blast Hits American Furniture Mart in Chicago
A time bomb exploded at the American Furniture Mart on the Gold Coast near Lake Michigan injuring Tony May, his son Eugene 16, and causing $15,000 to $20,000 in damages. The blast, heard blocks away, followed another sensational bombing in the city within two days. The mart’s president V Lee Alward arrived at the scene and could offer no motive. The building, recently completed, boasted immense floor space.
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United Press
Chicago
American Furniture Mart
Tony May
Eugene
May
Furniture Mart
V. Lee Alward
the Mart
Loop
Lake Michigan
Gold Coast District
AMARILLO WILL DISCUSS NEUTRAL-SITE SEMI FINAL
Amarillo and Corsicana officials debate hosting the high school football state semi final on neutral ground. Amarillo lost the toss to Corsicana and Fort Worth negotiations were dropped. A Corsicana decision is expected this afternoon as Amarillo school board plans a special train to the game.
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Corsicana
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Mother and Three Children Burn in Oklahoma Explosion
In Seminole outskirts Oklahoma a gas explosion destroyed a small home killing Mrs Oliva Kirby and her three children Virginia Grace Kirby Corlan Kirby and George Kirby. One other child Corlan Kirby was badly burned and A J Kirby the father was at work nearby. The blast followed lighting a match after renewed gas pressure. Hope is held for George Kirby's recovery.
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Okla
Dee
Seminole
Tha
Oliva Kirby
Virginia Grace Kirby
Corlan Kirby
Arthur Hicks
George Kirby
Mea. Kirby
Kirby
Hicks
Hope
Prison Note Raising Probe Focuses on State Penitentiary
Federal operative Williams announces a grand jury probe into raised note activity at the Tennessee state penitentiary. Henry Ford and Everett Hill, both of Franklin, are charged with passing a $2 bill altered to resemble a $20 note. Suspect Stoward Barr, once from Indianapolis, is tied to multiple note-ringing schemes and has prior prison sentences.
Chinese airmail plane crashes near Shanghai
A Chinese air mail plane crashed on the Whangpo River near Shanghai injuring five Chinese passengers including General Hsiang Shi Hui. The dead include Paul Baer of Fort Wayne Indiana a former World War I ace and the Chinese pilot and a woman passenger. The craft carried mail and passengers from Nanking to Shanghai.
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Associated Press
Shanghat
Paul Baer
Fort Wayne
Ind
Whangpo
Hsiang Shi Hui
Shanghai
China
Nanking
Baer
Lafayette Exscadrille
Former Narcotics Agent Aronson McCarver Recalled
Federal narcotic staff in New York recall Aronson McCarver believed killed in Texas. Former agent served here for several years before transfers to Cleveland and Detroit in 1925 and there is no information on current service connection.
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New York
Dee. O
Aronson McCarver
Texas
Cleveland
Detroit
Amarillo Undertaker Arranges Funeral for McCarver Son
Reported long distance call to N. 8. Griggs Amarillo undertaker directed the body to Nashville Tenn family home of the McCarvers. It was learned today McCarver admitted being under the influence of whatcolice at the union bus terminal in Amarillo between 1 80 and 2 o clock Monday afternoon. Patrolman Pat Mullis said he spoke with McCarver at a lunch counter in the terminal shortly before the bus to Rowwell N M left and the man said he was taking dope for a pain in his side. He said he sat beside me at the lunch counter I knew he was doped.
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Griggs
Amarillo
Nashville
Tenn
McCarvers
McCarver
Whatcolice
Union
Pat Mullis
Rowwell
N. M
Bul- Hin
Mining operator William L. Wilson dies on gold trail
William L. Wilson 16-year old mining operator dies on a life that led from Denver to Goldfield Hermosillo and Fort Worth. Born in Harrisburg and educated in Philadelphia he was once a New York broker. He divorced in Denver last July from Mrs Burnette Wilson, a former actress.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
William L. Wilson
Denver
Colo
Goldfield
Nevada
Hermosillo
Sonora
Mexico
Fort Worth
Texas
Harrisburg
Wilson
Philadelphia
New York
Burnette Wilson
Soviet Delegation Rejects League of Nations Disarmament Draft
The Soviet delegation in Geneva refused to accept the draft disarmament convention of the League of Nations preparatory Disarmament Commission, calling the instrument entirely futile to achieve any reduction of armaments.
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L’rena
Geneva
League of Nations Preparatory Disarmament Commission
War Vets Sell Many Pretty Trees for Christmas
Veterans of Foreign Wars offer a thousand Christmas trees for sale at 805 Polk Street and the Frazier Fruit Market. Laurel and wreaths are offered at the same locations. Public is urged to choose early to get preferred shapes and sizes.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Polk Street
Frazier Fruit Market
Veterana Organization
Demand New Dry Federation Calls to Protect Prohibition in 1932 Campaigns
A National Temperance Council session hears a call for a united dry federation divorced from church ties to back prohibition in 1932. Oliver Stewart faults weak militant leadership and urges mobilization ahead of the presidential election. Dr. Clarence True Wilson cites referendum concerns while the council votes against revisiting repeal.
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John F. Chester
Associated Press
Washington
National Temperance Council
Oliver Stewart
Vising Squadron Foundation
Clarence True Wilson
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Pompeii
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
America
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Russia
Krone
J. B.S. Naldane
Griggs Ambulance
Fair Theater
J. Ray
Dawn Patrol
M'Carver
U. S
Nat Perrine
Amarillo High School
Children's Home
Hereford
Lions Club
Red Cross
Little Queen
Will Benton
Canyon Band
Orphan's Birthday Club
Girl Scouts
Santa Claus and Reindeer
Thatcher's
Mary Christmas
Groom Band
Federated Women’s
Holland Dutch Family
DeMolay Drum Corp
Peacock
Rotary Club
Clarendon Band
Santa
House
Hoover
Congress
Pete B. Dickson
The
Appropriations Committee
Mississippi
Tycoon
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Gold Coast
Methodist Board of Temperance
Temperance Council
Dr. Wilson
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Republican Party
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