Bridge Fans Hear Fourth Game in Radio Series
The fourth game of Milton C. Work’s Radio Bridge Games featured Miss Annie Blanche Shelby, Mrs. Murray A. Campbell, Ralph J. Leibenderfer, and Charles S. Thurston. Details show Leibenderfer’s clever club play and a key no trump bid, with Work praising the club handling and the 3-2 club break over 4-1.
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Milton C. Work
WDAG
Annie Blanche Shelby
Portland
Oregon
Murray A. Campbell
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Ralph J. Libenderfer
New York City
Charles S. Thurston
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Yale
Harvard
Miss Shelby
South
Mr. Leibenderfer
West
Mr. Thurston
North
Campbell
East
Wife Tells Judge Husband Played He Was Rabbit
Mrs. Charles Flynn swore before Judge Max Luster that her husband fancied himself a rabbit. He cried over not wiggling ears and slept on the floor brushing whiskers while demanding alfalfa bedding and raw carrots. The court considered placement at a psychopathic hospital.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles Flynn
Crime Docket To Be Resumed Here Thursday
The Forty Seventh Judicial District Criminal Court recessed for the day awaiting Judge Henry S. Bishop’s arrival to resume the docket tomorrow. Judge J A Fires, filling in, disposed of several cases including M M Smith’s two year penitentiary sentence for a check charge and two year sentences for Bill Arnold and Joe Kniffen for burglary. Kniffen faces 21 months additional time after an alleged penitentiary escape.
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Forty- Seventh Judicial District
Henry S. Bishop
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J. A. Fires
Childress
Judge Bishop
Fires
M. M. Smith
Bill Arnold
Joe Kniffen
Kniffen
Haiti Crisis, Mayflower Bid Rejected, Card Game Analysis
The piece blends political satire on Haiti and the Kellogg pact with a bridge game discussion. It notes 1500 Haitians against marines, five dead, 20 in hospital, and touches on a rejected bid for the presidential yacht Mayflower. It then explains a complex Contract bidding scenario with Mr Work and Mr Leibenderfer offering analysis of bids, trump suits, and potential outcomes.
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Haiti
New York
Uncle Sam
Black man charged after incident identified by Mexican girl
Dallas dispatch reports Claude White a 24 year old Black man, identified by a 20 year old Mexican girl, as the person who attempted to commit an incident. He was charged today with criminal incident.
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Dallas
Claude White
Pstood
Doctor Kenneth Lynch Honored as Tropical Medicine Leader
Dr. Kenneth M. Lynch, son of W. W. Lynch of Amarillo, has been named president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine at its Miami convention. A professor of pathology at the Medical College of South Carolina, he also leads the American Society of Pathologists and is noted for tropical disease research published in about thirty journals.
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Kenneth M. Lynch
W. W. Lynch
Amarillo
American Society of Tropical Medicine
Lynch
George M. Waddill
Galveston Medical School
South Carolina
Medical College of
Miami
Fla
American Society of Pathologists
Medical College
Hamilton
Texas
University of Texas
University of Pennsylvania
Dallas
Charleston
Roper Hospital
Three States Remain Under Fog Blanket
Dense fog covered Missouri Kansas and Arkansas last night paralyzing air routes and slowing motor traffic to a crawl. Kansas City reported over twenty accidents though none serious as trains faced delays at yards and signals were invisible.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Union Station
Twenty five patients removed in hospital fire
Hillsboro Oregon December 11 Twenty five patients were relocated to private homes after Washington County Hospital, razed by fire last night, sent dense smoke through the basements as seven nurses on duty prevented panic with swift actions and orderly evacuation.
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Hillsboro
Ore
Washington County Hospital
Here
Sheriff To Pursue Man From Fort Worth To Amarillo
Sheriff W N Thompson will depart later this week for Fort Worth to extradite Bascom Brazil to Amarillo for trial in criminal district court on car theft charges. Brazil was tried in Fort Worth and received five years in one case and seven years in another.
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W. N. Thompson
Fort Worth
Bascom Brazil
Amarillo
Brazil
WolfIn elected president of real estate board
Charles Wolflin was elected president of the Real Estate Board for the coming year at a noon meeting in the Amarillo Hotel. K S Loving was named vice president S F Newbold secretary and L A ren W A Askew E L Coggin and T M Bruner were named directors.
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Charles Wolflin
Amarillo Hotel
K. S. Loving
S. F. Newbold
L. A. Ren W. A. Askew
E. L. Coggin
T. M. Bruner
Bank Robbery Strikes Blue Valley Bank Leeds Mo
An unmasked man wielding a sawed off shotgun robbed the Blue Valley Bank of Leeds Missouri, taking about $5,000. He locked five people in the vault and fled in a waiting automobile.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Blue Valley Bank
Leeds
Prison Riot Strikes New York National Guard Called In
A prison riot erupted as New York National Guard were summoned to restore order. Guard David Winney faced a convict who ordered him to surrender. Winney fled and alerted the main office. Inside, convicts cut internal wires, halting office communication. Outside lines remained intact for aid arrival within thirty minutes. Long term prisoners seized control and demanded terms, while the warden and staff were cornered. the warden’s wife, Mrs Jennings, barricaded inside her prison house under armed civilian protection.
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New York National Guard
David Winney
Winney
Jennings
Second Auburn prison keeper killed in mutiny
George A. Durnford principal keeper at Auburn state prison died today in a convicts mutiny. He followed in the footsteps of principal keeper James Durnan murdered November 16, 1927, by convict Alexander Kalinowsky who was electrocuted August 9, 1928. Auburn prison lies on the edge of a 36000 population city, near Syracuse and Lake Ontario, in an agricultural region.
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Associated Press
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James Durnan
Alexander Kalinowsky
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New York
Syracuse
Rochester
Lake Ontario
Riots Rock Four Prisons In Four Months In 1929
The Auburn prison riot on Sunday July 29 saw 1 700 inmates led by fifty long term convicts seize the arsenal and gates, burning shops valued at 500 000. Two convicts died and four guards wounded as staff held line amid reinforcements.
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Criminal Appeals Court Proceedings in Dallas and Elsewhere
Summary of decisions in multiple ex parte appeals from Dallas including Barganier Crawford Williams and Sampson with several reinstated affirmed and reversed remanded rulings. Other items note appellant motions denied and a curfew imposed in Port au Prince Haiti with indoor clearance by 9 p.m. and continued military police presence.
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Industrial site plan debated by Amarillo officials
City leaders and Chamber of Commerce members weighed a proposed tax exempt industrial site east of Amarillo to attract new industries. Debate focused on policy conditions, affecting landowners and city prerogatives as officials consider open meeting and future commission actions.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ernest Thompson
T. W. Cotten
J. W. Crudgington
Amarillo
Charles M. Keffer
Confession details famil y double murder at home
A youth confessed after staying out Friday night to sneak into his parents’ room. He fired at his father and mother, killing them, shot his injured uncle Walter Riley in the face, and hid the bloody clothes before walking miles to his uncle’s house and later being arrested.
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Walter Riley
Waxahachie
Riley
Miss Vernon Takes Bank Job in Bryan Texas
Miss Gladys Vernon who has been assistant in the office of George M. Waddill tax assessor and collector for Amarillo Independent School District has gone to Bryan Texas where she has accepted a position with the First National Bank of that city. Bryan lies on the Houston and Texas Central railroad three miles from College Station and the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. Miss Vernon will be succeeded by Miss Dorothy Ford who formerly worked for the First National and Citizens National banks at Lubbock.
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Amarillo Independent
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College Station
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Miss Ford
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Mexican Held On Threat To Take Life
Assistant County Attorney Daniel E. McGrath sought a peace bond against E. Valdez a Mexican charged with threats to kill C. A. Eddleman a second hand dealer of the city. An interpreter was not yet secured delaying proceedings in Justice J. W. Minter's Court. McGrath planned to proceed with two gaming cases while awaiting the interpreter.
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J. W. Minter
C. A. Eddleman
Eddleman
McGrath
Mens Club To Name Officers At St Andrews Parish House
The Men’s Club of St Andrews Episcopal Church meets tonight at 7:30 at the Parish House to name officers. President Walter B Miser urges full attendance as other matters of importance will be discussed.
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Walter B. Miser
Death by own action pact rocks New York studio
Henry Grew Crosby and Mrs. Josephine Roth Bigelow both died in a West 67th Street artist studio in what police termed a death by own action pact. Crosby, 32, and Bigelow, 22, were found shot while seated on a bed, with Crosby holding a pistol. No motive is known. Crosby, linked to Boston society and J. P. Morgan kin, had been staying at Savoy Plaza with his wife. Bigelow, newly married to Harvard student Albert Bigelow, was visiting New York. The couple’s exact plan remains unclear as authorities review the scene.
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Henry Grew Crosby
Josephine Roth Bigelow
Boston
West 67Th Street
Crosby
Savoy Plaza Hotel
Mary Jacob Peabody
S. V. R. Crosby
Stephen van Rensselaer Crosby
Harvard
Paris
J. P. Morgan
Harry Crosby
Rue de Lille
Mauretania
George
Josephine
Henrietta M. Grew
J. Pierpont Morgan
Attorneys plan pivotal argument enhancing defense in murder trial
Torch death attorneys for acquittal of five men scheduled to go on trial Monday on charges of murdering Franklin will be greatly enhanced. Prosecuting Attorney High Williamson says he believes the man is an imposter and that the claim, whether true or not, could shape jury psychology and weaken the case.
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High Williamson
Williamson
Market summary from Kansas City Fort Worth and Chicago
Kansas City liv e stock reports show hogs 12 000 head down 10c tops 9 28 per cwt cattle 4 500 calves 800 steady to weak slaughter steers 960 1500 stocker and feeder steers 9 50 0 lambs 11 25 12 40. Fort Worth hogs 1 300 lower to 15c. cattle and calves 6 300 with beef top 14. sheep 300 lambs 25c lower wethers up. Chicago hogs 82 000 steady pigs 8 00 9 00. cattle 9 000 calves 2 000 slaughter good 12 25 14 50. sheep 14 000 steady lambs 12 26 13 40.
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Associated Press
The Traveler’s Smile Across the World
A poem noting that travel reveals a universal human connection. It asserts that smiles and frowns communicate beyond language, making fellowship possible across lands. The light in the eye and friendly glance bridge gaps, showing all people are alike in our shared humanity.
New Orleans Cotton Market Steady Amid Moderate Trade
Cotton prices in New Orleans edged lower early on weak cables, then steadied with limited selling. January 17.13, March 17.38, May 17.64, slipping 5–7 points, later recovering slightly before easing again. Spot Liverpool and U.S. futures posted quiet, steady levels as output and demand remained muted.
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Associated Press
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