Work Advises Salt Creek Lease Renewal In Senate Hearing
Hubert Work testified before the Senate land committee that he renewed the Salt Creek Royalty oil contract while secretary of the interior on the advice of presidentially appointed officials and government experts. Roy C. West said the contract was routine and referred it to the Justice Department. Work presented a seven page statement noting legal opinions conflicted between departments over the renewals.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hubert Work
Senate Land Committee
Sinclair
Salt Creek Royalty Oil
Interior
Senate
Work
Republican National Committee
Salt Creek
Department of Justice
Roy C. West
Chicago
West
Herbert Hoover
Department
Amarillo Football Booster Defends Gridiron Spirit
A local columnist answers a harsh Christmas season critic defending high school football and its values. He argues football builds men, cites life insurance statistics, and touts the sport as a wholesome, character-raising pursuit amid general flu cases and regional humor.
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Amarillo
Poultry Show Opens as Fort Worth Delegation Enters
Jillo's trade territory entered the show at noon with Mr Reeves and C P Holden of Fort Worth. Holden owns Reds. Currey said judging cannot begin before tomorrow. Officials face a heavy workload cooping and classifying birds before visitors. No admission charge. Attendance deemed key to success. A banquet will honor poultry raisers Saturday at the Amarillo hotel.
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Jillo
Mr. Reeves
C. P. Holden
Fort Worth
Holden
Currey
Amarillo Hotel
Provocative musings on instincts from lions to microbes
The passage contrasts ancient predator instincts with modern threats. It suggests early humans killed big animals to survive and defend humanity, while today small microbes pose the greater peril. It frames the impulse as providential and historical.
Bank robber given life in Oklahoma court
Curtis Black was sentenced to life imprisonment for robbing the First National Bank of Allen Oklahoma. The district judge Orel Busby imposed the sentence after Black’s arrest in Tyler Texas following the August 1 robbery.
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Associated Press
Ada
Okla
First National Bank of
Allen
Curtis Black
Orel Busby
Black
Tyler
Tex
Debate limits set for Boulder Dam bill passage
United Press reports Senate debate on the Swing-Johnson Boulder Dam bill will be confined to 15 minutes per speaker for the bill and amendments. A unanimous consent agreement secured by Senator Kendrick limits debate and removes the threat of a filibuster. Final passage is expected Friday or Saturday with broad support from proponents and some opposition.
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United Press
Washington
Hayden
Arizona
Kendrick
California
Mexico
Colorado
Boulder Dam
Pittman
Operetta to Be Presented at Armory Here
In Santa Claus Land an operetta will be presented at the T. N. G. armory 500 Adams Street Saturday night by the children of the McKinley school. The story follows children who visit Santa on Christmas Eve and help prepare toys for distribution with Christmas songs by primary grades and enrols by older children.
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T. N. G. Armory
Adams Street
McKinley School
Santa Claus
West Palm Beach Woman Named Amarillo Girl Scout Director
Mrs W T Kefting of West Palm Beach Florida is named the new director of the Amarillo Girl Scout council succeeding Mrs Mildred Austill who resigned to work in East Chicago. Kefting will supervise the unit until permanent arrangements are made.
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W. T. Kefting
West Palm Beach
Florida
Amarillo
Secretary of War Taft’s Secretary Near Death
Jacob M. Dick inson 78, secretary of war under Taft, was reported near death at St Luke's hospital in Chicago. Physicians said he was very much weaker after gall bladder surgery and little hope remained for his recovery.
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United Press
Chicago
Jacob M. Dickinson
President Taft
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sphinx Society Initiation Liquor Claim Sparks Suspicion
Reports claim neophytes were required to furnish liquor at Sphinx initiation as University of Michigan suspended the junior honorary society after a December 5 initiation left three students burned and one hospitalized. Dean J A Bursley withholds testimony details and would not confirm the whisky supply rumor.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Sphinx
University of Michigan
J. A. Bursley
Detroit
Barbecue Stand Fire Claims Youth's Life
Cincinnati report details the discovery of a burned youth's body in a barbecue stand ruin. Coroner Fred C. Swing indicated the victim was likely killed before the arson to conceal the crime.
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Cincinnati
Fred C. Swing
Influenza Epidemic Recedes in West and Midwest
Health officials report waning influenza across the West and Midwest. Los Angeles shows a drop with 350 new cases and 14 deaths. Kansas City notes fewer daily cases and milder illness. John Tarleton Agricultural College in Stephenville closes early, sending most students home for precautionary Christmas vacation.
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United Press
Chicago
West
Middle West
Health Department
Los Angeles
Kansas City
the Associated Press
Stephenville, Tex
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Tornadoes Leave Homes Destroyed and Injuries Reported
A tornado tore through Concord area wrecking the Pugh and Platt homes and damaging Julius Taul and D H Sebastian properties. Mr and Mrs Platt blown 25 feet. Platt unconscious. Negro residences near Concord Benson Noble damaged. injured taken to Mansfield sanitarium after first aid. No major damage in Shreveport beyond uprooted trees.
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Platt
D. H. Sebastian
Benson
Shreveport
Converse
Benson and Noble
Mansfield Sanitarium
Anti Noise Drive Formed To End City Disturbances
Mrs Annie F E Gray secretary of the Woman s Peace society plans an anti noise group to curb ashcan slamming sidewalk radio loudspeakers rumbling elevated trains backrising cars and screeching brakes in city life Frances Elizabeth Agnes Munro once a hospital dietitian is now wed to Rev Thomas Harvey Whelpley after a six month taxi drive to gather sermon material
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Associated Press
New York
Annie FE. Gray
Woman's Peace Society
Frances Elizabeth Agnes Munro
Thomas Harvey Whelpley
Passengers From Disabled Steamer Starr Arrive in Alaska
Eleven passengers and the Starr crew were landed at Cordova Alaska after the steamer ran aground near Dark Island in a gale. Alameda and three fishing vessels moved to assist as the Starr sent SOS calls all day before the radio room was wrecked.
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United Press
Cordova
Alaska
Starr
Dark Island
Kodiac
Starr's
First Commercial Tung Oil Produced in United States
Gainesville Florida December 13 first commercial production of tung oil was announced here. This U S produced oil marks a shift from Chinese monopoly and results from trees cultivated at the University of Florida experiment station in cooperation with the U S Department of Agriculture.
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Associated Press
Gainesville
Fla
China
United States
University of Florida
United States Department of Agriculture
Two Negroes Held In Death Of Alice Mourning
In Abbeville Alabama two men were arrested and a third sought by Henry County officers in the slaying of Miss Alice Mourning 28 while returning from Fort Gaines Georgia. Her body was found in a ditch after a brutal beating with a tree limb.
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Abbeville
Ala
Dee
Henry County
Alice Mourning
Fort Gaines
Midwest and Gulf Livestock Markets Report Sluggish Trade
Kansas City and Chicago dogged by mixed volumes as hogs rise to top bids around 86.40 for 180-800 lb pigs while cattle trade shows varied prices across weight classes. Oklahoma City and Fort Worth receipts reflect slow sales and modest gains with packing sows and fat cows holding steady or dipping slightly.
East St. Louis Livestock Prices Tumble and Rise Across Markets
Hogs at East St. Louis show gains with 90 to 130 pound pigs at 7.00 to 8.00 dollars and packing sow prices up to 7.60. cattle and calves record mixed shifts with steers near 10.25 to 11.50 and cows around 7.25 to 8.50. sheep and lambs steady, fat ewes around 4.50 to 6.50. Cotton markets in New York and New Orleans hint at volatility with early gains fading amid liquidation and varied daily shifts. Liverpool spot remains quiet with American grades mixed.
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Joe Re
Kansas City
Chicago
the Associated Press
Port Worth
Associated Press
Fort Worth
East ST. Louis
Associated Prews
New York
Associated Pres
Liverpool
Southern
Associated P'ress
New Orleans
Jantar
Christmas Shopping Battle Over a Doll
A mother and child dispute in a crowded store over buying a costly doll for Janet. The narrator resists parental pressure, noting the doll would spoil the child, while the mother argues a cheaper option would not meet the desire, revealing family tensions during Christmas shopping.
Wheat and market notes from Chicago and New York
Wheat futures show mixed gains as Liverpool prices firm and rains delay North Argentina movement. Corn strengthens on belt-wide wet weather. oats and provisions trend upward. In New York, mixed stock moves note declines in several majors after Packard misprint, with gains in radio and various industrials offset by drops in others.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Liverpool
Argentina
Dala
New York
Packard Motors
Peoples Gas
May Department Stores
Atchison
Houston Oil
Westinghouse Electric
Sears Roebuck
Willys Overland
Hudson Motors
General Motors
Packard
Chrysler
Wright Aeronautical
General Electric
International Harvester
Union Pacific
Warner Bros
Singleterry Child Dies at Home Here
Evelyn Maurine Singleterry seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs L E Singleterry died at the family home 404 Cleveland street at 11 o clock yesterday. She is survived by her parents and two sisters. Body held at N S Griggs and Sons pending funeral arrangements.
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Evelyn Maurine Singleterry
N. S. Griggs and Sons Pery
Building Permits Hit $65 000 for Week
Building permits for the week total near sixty five thousand dollars with a $19 000 two story brick home for 2422 Hughes Street to Dr W B Stephenson a $15 000 home for 2209 Hughes by Clyde N McFarland and a $6 000 battery station at 1201 Jackson Street issued to D W Caldwell.
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Hughes Street
W. B. Stephenson
Hughes
Clyde N. McFarland
D. W. Caldwell
Jackson Street
Coins Too Heavy For Bandits Force Them To Abandon Loot
Two men robbed the Mackie Ex bank in Green Bay Wisconsin last night taking 39991 in currency and injuring the assistant cashier by forcing him to reveal vault keys and combination numbers. They left 10564 in gold and silver coins behind because the haul was too heavy to carry.
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Bay, Wis
Mackioes Exchange Bank
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