Santa Claus Visits Amarillo Amid Big Holiday Welcome
A festive Amarillo crowd estimates about 50 000 people lined the sidewalks and streets to greet Santa Claus arriving with camels and travelers from distant lands. The scene featured Santa in a red sleigh drawn by 12 reindeer and a tale of Bethlehem recounted by hopeful locals.
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League Peace Plan Adopted By Council In Manchuria
The League of Nations approved a plan to halt the Manchuria conflict with Chinese and Japanese approval. Japan to withdraw troops quickly, both sides to stop fighting, and a neutral five member commission to investigate the situation. In Shanghai, about 5,000 students rioted, barricades and disruptions across streets, and the mayor was briefly imprisoned.
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Paris
League of Nations
Manchuria
Council
China
Japan
Shanghai
Shanghai-Nanking
The Witches Pot to Curb Reds Hire Them
Arthur Brisbane surveys 1932 politics in Washington and the Northwest. He notes Democratic slogans and potential candidates like Roosevelt and Smith while discussing bread vs beer as a central issue. A Civic group plans curbing Reds by addressing work, relief, and taxation, contrasted with Nordic fascist fears and propaganda. Griggs ambulance. Phone 4311.
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Army and Navy Club
New York City
Verdun
Four Perfect Hands In Bridge Party In Cohoes
Four players faced astonishing one-suit hands at a contract bridge party in Cohoes New York as Mrs Fred White held 18 spades Mrs Winnifred Kendrick 18 clubs Mrs Christian Beck all hearts and Mrs William Page all diamonds The event centered on Mrs L Kendrick and Mrs White bid and made seven spades with the unusual deal drawing surprise from the host and guests.
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N. Y
Fred
White
Winnifred Kendrick
Christian ©. Beck
William B. Page
L. Kendrick
Hoover seeks adjustment in payment plan
President Hoover asked Congress to allow temporary adjustments in European war debts as many governments face inability to meet payments. He urged revival of the foreign debt commission to study the debt question amid the economic emergency and guide recommendations. The scope covered from Manchuria to Mexico and the St. Lawrence waterway to Paraguay. Treasury officials expect an improving business climate and higher revenue in 1930, with a 15 percent rise forecast for the year.
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Hoover
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Foreign Debt Commission
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Mexico
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Paraguay
Dec
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West Texas Teachers College Band Wins Parade Money
Seventy five dollars went to the West Texas State Teachers College band for taking first money from the competing bands. Other winners included Canadian second for fifty dollars and Dalhart third for twenty five dollars. Panhandle fourth earned fifteen dollars and Clovis New Mexico fifth ten dollars. Groom received honorable mention. Floats prizes followed with Security Benefit first twenty five dollars and Rotary second fifteen. The next five ten dollar awards went to Kiwanis Lions Girl Scouts Red Cross and Buchanan School. Prioranis mention went to Amarillo School of Music Shield of Faith and O W Club. All nonplacing floats received five dollars. Judges were Willard Smith Irving Tolzien Ellis Fall with float judges C E Palmer J M Thomas and W F Stark.
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Dalhart
Panhandle
Clovis
N. M
Groom
Security Benefit Association
Rotary Club
Kiwanis
Lions
Girl Scouts
Red Cross
Buchanan ‘Ool
Anarillo School of Music
Shield of Faith
O. W. Club
Willard Smith
Irving Tolzien
Ellis Fall
C. E. Palmer
J. M. Thomas
W. F. Stark
Santa Claus parade delights crowd on Polk Street
From his appearance onward a constant chorus of Hello Santa Claus! greeted the famed visitor. Bands, floats, and civic club entries moved along Polk Street as spectators filled windows and rooftops. Children and adults shared in the festive scene with joyful cheers and collective celebration.
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Santa Claus
Polk Street
Fairy Land
Amarillo's taxi kidnaping ends after garage lock
Amarillo reports its first taxi cab kidnapping ended today after the cab was locked in a resident's garage yesterday afternoon. The cab owner plans to charge $3 for the time it was detained. The incident began at 3 pm on South Van Buren Street when the rider forcibly took control and drove the taxi into his own garage. The would-be collector allegedly pursued a long unpaid check tied to a 12 year old dispute. A writ sequestration issue arose across Randall County but private deliberation resolved the matter.
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Amarillo
van Buren Street
Randall County
Just Imagine Saturday Matinee at News-Globe-Fair Theater
The News-Globe-Fair Theater presents the 1931 story Just Imagine as the Saturday matinee feature at 9 30. Cast includes El Brundel John Garrick Maureen O'Sullivan with three short subjects Beautiful Sea Sing You Dancers and Red Green and Yellow plus Evelyn Nation Will Dancing Academy acts. Admission is 10 cents for children and adults.
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John Garrick
Maureen O'Sullivan
Evelyn Nation Will Dancing Academy
Union Leader Convicted of Murder in Kentucky
William B. Jones, secretary of the Harlan County mine union, was found guilty of murder and conspiracy in a circuit court in Mount Sterling. He received a life sentence after a two week trial with testimony from 158 witnesses about conditions in southeastern Kentucky coal fields and the May Evarts killing of deputy Jim Daniels. Jones may seek a new trial by December 28. The next trial, for William H. Hightower, another union official, is set for December 28, with further defendants to face charges at the April Winchester term.
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William B. Jones
Harlan County Mine Union
Southeastern Kentucky
Evarts
Jones
Jim Daniels
Kentucky
William H. Hightower
Winchester
Farmer kills himself as wife ill in Texas home
Crosbyton Texas December 10 U P reports T K McDaniel about 50 years old shot himself in his home on Wednesday afternoon while his gravely ill wife lay in an adjoining room. County Judge Edgar Hutchins returned a verdict of death by own action. A son Cecil McDaniel heard the shot and found his father dead. Mrs McDaniel had not been told.
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T. K. McDaniel
Edgar Hutchins
Cecil McDaniel
Sterling Cuts East Texas Oil to 100 Per Well
Gov. Ross Sterling announced a limit of 100 barrels per well per day in the East Texas oil field effective tomorrow at 7 am. The order reduces output by 25 barrels per well and follows a conference with Brig. Gen. Wolters and state officials.
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East Texas
Austin
U.P
Ross Sterling
Wolters
State Railroad Commission
Dan Moody
E. P. Smith
Lon A. Smith
Pat M. Neff
Smith
Oil Embargo Bill Introduced in House
Rep Crail of California introduced a bill proposing a 30 day after passage embargo on crude and refined mineral oils. The embargo would last until Congress places a tariff on mineral oils, with the President allowed to suspend it after one year.
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Washington
Crail
California
Congress
Tom Mix to Leave Hospital This Week
Los Angeles reports cowboy film star Tom Mix, sick with appendicitis and complications, has doctors hopeful he can leave the hospital by week’s end after being cheered by the announcement.
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Tom Mix
Los Angeles
Nikolas May Escape King Carol's Wrath
Paris reports say Magda Lupescu may seek queenship in Romania as talks of royal dispute intensify. Prince Nikolas reportedly renounced royal membership, while Premier Jorge denies the move. Observers in Bucharest think Carol may spare Nikolas and avoid expulsion.
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Carol
Associated Press
Magda Lupescu
Romania
Bucharest
Prince Nikolas
Paris
Mme. Lupescu
Mob Lynches Two Negroes in Lewisburg Jail
In Lewisburg West Virginia early today an organized mob of about 60 men seized the county jail, hanged Tom Jackson and George Banks from a telephone pole, and fired into their bodies. The men, arrested November 22 at Leslie in connection with the deaths of Constable Myles and Jack Brown, were taken from the jail after removing jailer Wallace Flint’s keys. In Clarksburg, the Powers trial concluded as Judge Southern instructed the jury on murder and manslaughter options and the possible verdicts including not guilty.
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Lewisburg
Tom Jackson
George Banks
Leslie
W. Va
Joseph Myles
Jack Brown
Clarksburg
Harry F. Powers
Dorothy Pressler Lemke
Northboro
Mass
John ©. Southern
Testimony Ends in Murder Trial Over Sheriff Shooting
In Texarkana Arkansas on December 10 defense lawyer Pratt Bacon challenged Judge Dexter Bush after rulings that Sheriff Harris was justified in shooting Joe Watson during a Miller County liquor raid last July. The defense contends the sheriff’s life was not endangered, arguing the shooting was unwarranted.
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Texarkana
Ark
Sam Day
Walter Harris
Pratt Bacon
Dexter Bush
Harris
Joe Watson
Miller County
Shippers Discuss Oil Rate Revision in Dallas
In Dallas on December 7, oil shippers and railway officials met to consider a proposed revision of intrastate rates for New Mexico and interstate rates among southwestern points and that state. New Mexico was not part of the ICC decision on southwestern rates. R G Merrick of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe presided. the session aimed to publish conclusions on Saturday.
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Dallas
New Mexico
Interstate Commerce Commission
R. G. Merrick
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Robbery on Highway Near Livingston Reported
N Futch of Donna said he was held up by two men in a car near Livingston while traveling to Houston last night. He reported the assailants forced his car off the road and robbed him of 180 dollars.
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Amarillo Weather Forecast Unsettled and Cooler Tonight
The forecast covers Amarillo and nearby areas with chances of rain or snow tonight. West Texas mainly cloudy with rain north and east and cooler conditions. New Mexico unsettled tonight with snow in the north central area. Friday remains cloudy and cooler with little temperature change. Extremes for the 24 hour period ending today at 1 PM were 49 and 45.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Resume Bridge Clash Tonight
After a night watchman’s holiday the pro and con teams of contract bridge resume their marathon match tonight at the Knickerbocker Whist Club. Sidney Long leads the official system with Oswald Jacoby. Culbertson plans lectures while Mrs Culbertson tends to Joyce and Jump Bid Culbertson as Lenz and Jacoby hold a 2078 point lead.
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New York
Sidney
Long
Jose Capablanca
Knickerbocker
Oswald Jacoby
Columbia
Foxy
Lens
Jacoby
Culbertson
West Texas Buffaloes to meet TCU in Fort Worth game
January 30 will see the West Texas Buffaloes, defending TI A A champions, face the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs, Southwest Conference leaders, in Fort Worth. The announcement comes from Buffalo coach D. Burton, highlighting arguments about the strength of the TI A A compared to major conferences.
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Frogs
Buffs
Backward Walker I's Divorce Case Filed in Abilene
Prennie L. Wingo of Abilene was named defendant in a divorce action filed by his wife Mrs. Wingo on incompatibility. The couple, married in 1914, have a 16 year old daughter. Wingo was reportedly traveling the world by backward walking, having reached Bridgeport, Connecticut this week.
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Abilene
Tex
Prennie L. Wingo
Abilenian
Wingo
Bridgeport
Conn
Zamora Elected First President of Spanish Republic
Niceto Al cala Zamora, a farmer’s son, was elected as the first constitutional president by the national assembly in Madrid on December 10, amid the ongoing formation of a Spanish republic. Berry's rug cleaning advertises services at 905 W. 10th.
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Madrid
Niceto Alcala Zamora
Spanish Republic
National Assembly
Berry
Mission Theater Daily Ticket Draw For J. W. Graves Feature
Shop early and watch this space as one ticket will be given daily to the Mission Theater. Our guest today is J. W. Graves who will see The Cheat.
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Mission Theater
J. W. Graves
President urges world court adherence and debt moratorium action
The President pressed for world court adherence and swift action to curb armaments. He asked Congress to authorize a moratorium within five days, noting December 15 payments from abroad due. He proposed ten years for withheld installments starting July 1, 1933, and reiterated opposition to canceling debts. The message emphasized China, Latin America, and hopes for St Lawrence waterway talks with Canada. House delay on the moratorium extends past December 15, with hearings anticipated by the Ways and Means Committee.
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America
China
World Court
Senate
United States
House
Canada
St. Lawrence Waterway
Garner
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Hoover
Representative Snell
Democrats to move tax plan shifting burden to rich
Washington reports that Democrats in Congress are preparing a substitute tax program aimed at making the rich bear the major burden while sparing the small taxpayer. The plan, to be crafted by a joint Senate House policy committee, will resemble the Mellon proposal but avoid raising taxes on the low income earner. House Democrats with a majority will take responsibility for tax legislation and seek bipartisan support once the plan is presented.
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Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Senate
House
Moses Faces Opposition as Independents Challenge Pro Tempore
Washington December 10 independents within the party oppose Senator Moses in his bid to retain the post of president pro tempore. The contest focuses on party unity and procedural support, with key votes expected in the coming days as leadership maneuvers unfold.
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Washington
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