Pilot Ralph Montee Dies After Air Crash
Ralph Montee veteran air mail pilot died at St. Anthony's hospital at 9 20 Friday morning after being unconscious 36 hours since a crash of a big tri motor near English Field. Co pilot J E Bowen died Thursday morning and burial set for Tulsa Oklahoma. Department of Commerce Inspector R W Delaney leads official inquiry into the death.
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Ralph Montee
Air Mail
St. Anthony's Hospital
English Field
J. E. Bowen
Montee
Tulsa
Oklo
Blackburn Funeral
Bowen
Kansas City
M. O. Bowen
Western Air
Kansas City-Albuquerque
Amarillo
Lucille
Los Angeles
Blackburn
Department of Commerce
R. W. Delaney
Dallas
Groom
Here
Chicago kids brave near zero to coast on snowy hills
Near zero weather did not stop Chicago youngsters from enjoying the snow as they piled on and coasted down the nearest hill. Associated Press photo.
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Chicago
Associated Press
France waits U S word in cabinet row
In Paris Camille Chautemps could form a cabinet with Edouard Herriot as foreign minister pledging to condition December debt payments to the United States. In Washington a delay on a war debts speech followed by efforts to ease obligations before June installments.
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France
U.S
Paris
U.P
Washington
Camille Chautemps
Edouard Herriot
United States
Herriot
Chautemps
Stimson
Paul Claudel
Congress
Harrison
Senate
Hoover
East Texas Weather Halts Oil Field Work
Snow in East Texas oil fields slows activity as proration enforcement gains ground. Col. L S Davidson reports few crews willing to operate amid storms and suggests enforcement advantage. Texas Railroad Commission member Ernest Thompson proposes a ten day shutdown of East Texas off fields to accurately gauge bottom hole pressure.
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Longview
Tex
Col. L. 8. Davidson
Kilgore
East Texas
Davidson
Austin
Ernest ©. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Humble, Texas and
Shell
Magnolia Company
Dallas
Tidal
Atlantic
Toronto
California Oil and Refining Company
East
Texas
Houston
Tyler
Railroad Commission
The
Central OU Corporation
Pittman Oil Corporation
J. N. Oskenholt
Oil Com
Imaginative heroes and a Rockefeller fund drive
Arthur Brisbane discusses myths of famous legends and praises imagination over factual accuracy. He notes William Tell Pocahontas and Washington myths and highlights John D. Rockefeller Jr. urging gifts for the unemployed, including a practical fundraising method and personal generosity.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Mr. Rockefeller
11 Inches of Snow Ideal for Wheat Crop
Amarillo and the Panhandle Plains face heavy snowfall totaling 11 inches with .55 inch moisture. The snow boosts wheat moisture with minimal livestock or property damage due to calm winds and warm temperatures. Concrete reports include Paris and Corsicana registering four inches, Dallas 1.6 inches, Fort Worth 2 inches, and Houston near freezing as storms move south.
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Amarillo
Panhandle Plains
Texas
Panhandle
Paris
Longview
Jack Grace
Corsicana
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas
Forecast calls for light snow tonight and Saturday partly cloudy in Amarillo and nearby. West Texas remains cloudy with snow in the north and west tonight. New Mexico sees fair conditions tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions in the north central area. Temperatures reach 17 to 22 degrees by 1 PM.
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Panhandle Auto Club
Tucumcari
Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Canadian
Shattuck
Spearman
South Plains
North Plains
New Mexico-Texas
West Texas
New Mexico
Fasts To Protest Poland Jew Plight
Dr. Arthur Kraus philosophy instructor at City College starves to protest Poland Jews plight. He aims to prolong agony to wake world intellectuals as police monitor his furnished room and college officials seek ways to stop the fast.
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New York
U.P
Arthur Kraus
Poland
Kraus
City College
Fire Traps Children Beasts on Tokio Roof
Fourteen killed as fire hits the eight story Shirokiya Department Store in Tokyo trapping 500 on the roof with a lions, bears, and a menagerie. At least 60 seriously injured and 50 hospitalized. Damage estimated at 5 million dollars insured. Fire started when an electric wire broke during Christmas tree lighting.
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Miles W. Vaughn
Tokyo
U.P
Shirokiya
Kwan
Miles to Trial in Auto Death
Horace Dude Miles faced a Potter County trial on negligent homicide for the March 13 death of Amarillo fiddler Pat Hooker and Ruby Lawrence after they were struck along North East Eighth Street. Miles also faces two indictments in 47th District Court for failure to stop and render aid.
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Horace
Dude
Miles
Potter County
Pat Hooker
Hooker
Ruby Lawrence
North East Eighth Street
47Th
Edw. W. Thomerson
Claude Persefield
Persefield
Hines to Seek Out in Pay of Disabled Vets
Veterans Administration head Frank T. Hines urged Congress to drop all veterans not permanently 50 percent disabled from disability allowance rolls. The move would save $51.3 million the first year and remove 356,555 veterans from the rolls, with further savings of $15 million annually from limiting retroactive awards.
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Hines
Washington
Veterans
Frank T. Hines
Congress
Congressional
Veterans Bureau
Urge School Cost Cut Sandies Face Icy Contest
Fort Worth cold and snowy conditions ease as forecasts promise warmer weather for the Am arillo Masonic Home game. Tickets are selling fast with good weather expected. Amarillo Sandies travel to meet the Masonic Home in a crucial contest.
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Jerry Malin
Globe Sports
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Golden Sandies
Amarillo-Masonic Home game to be broadcast live
Radio coverage from the field will carry Saturday's Amarillo Masonic Home game with Cal Farley on the mic. WBAP Fort Worth will also air the contest with Cy Leland describing. Motion pictures of the battle will be rushed to Amarillo by plane for Paramount Theater showings Sunday.
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Amarillo - Masonic
Cal Farley
WBAP
Fort Worth
Cy Leland
Amarillo
Paramount Theater
Weathered Fans Ready for Masons and Sandies Clash
Texas Christian University fans brace for a snowbound game with the Masons as favorites. The Sandies arrive for a semi final in the state high school race and will practice at the Masonic gym. Temperatures hover around 19 degrees as ticket sales stay brisk despite sleet and fog.
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Texas Christian University
Masons
Sandies
Masonic
Blackstone Hotel
Fans plan rail trip to Fort Worth for Sandies game
A large group of fans will ride to Fort Worth Friday night to back the Sandies, with special round trip rate of 4.50 offered by Santa Fe and Denver roads. The Santa Fe drops the special, adding cars to the regular 1 35 train, while the Denver train leaves at 9 30 tonight arriving Saturday at 7 30.
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Sandies
Fort Worth
Santa Fe
Denver
Party Postponed By Junior League
The Junior League postponed its Monday December 19 party due to bad weather and illness. The announcement was made Friday as the event faces a reschedule.
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Junior League
Dog Inherits Estate of Chicago Owner
Red the Chicago Irish setter inherits about 27000 dollars from Mrs. Alice Hunter. Upon Red death the money will go to an anti cruelty society, per Associated Press photo caption.
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Dog
Red
Alice Hunter
Associated Presa
Pair Escapes Claude Jail After Prison Break
Roy Duckworth and John Dorsey escaped Claude Armstrong County Jail by sawing cell bars and leaping from a second story window. Dorsey, from White Deer, faced two to four years for cattle theft. Duckworth, awaiting trial on criminal assault, was arrested in November in Clarendon on an Amarillo case involving an area woman.
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Globe
Claude
Roy J. Duckworth
John Dorsey
Armstrong County
Dorsey
White Deer
Duckworth
Tom Brunson
Amarillo
Clarendon
Donley County
Amy Johnson Reaches Oran During Cape Town to London Flight
Amy Johnson arrives in Oran Algeria while en route from Cape Town to London. She plans to resume the flight at dawn tomorrow signaling continuation of the long distance journey.
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Amy Johnson
Oran
Algeria
Cape Town
London
Tax League pushes economy to save Amarillo schools
The Amarillo Taxpayers' League warns the school system may run cash short by next December without further cuts. It cites a $535,000 needed for December through next year, with $150,000 in tax receipts and similar state aid, risking a $225,000 deficit.
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Amarillo
Taxpayers’ League
League
A. N. Olver
Wilbur C. Hawk
J. Ray
Jim Bush
W. E B. Herring
Fred Bone
Bob Ames
L. A. Wells
D. Bynum
Wine Bill Dies in House Committee Vote
The House Ways and Means Committee refused to sponsor a wine bill as a companion to the 3.2 per cent beer bill, signaling the end of hopes for winter congressional action on wine modifications. Voting 14 to 9, the panel rejected the Lea bill to modify the Volstead Act to permit naturally fermented wines.
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Washington
U.P
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Judiciary
Senate
Collier
Garner
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George Washington
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University of Kansas
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