Brisbanes Look at Gold, Gambling and a Mast
Arthur Brisbane discusses Wall Street gold outflows, a shift of monetary influence to Europe, and Japan’s export ban as context. He notes American reserves remain abundant and reassures readers about the economy while warning against speculative gambling and its consequences. A Howard College professor’s refusal of Jonah’s tale triggers student protests, and plans by Frederick H. Ecker and Governor Smith to build a Waldorf tower with a dirigible mooring mast are discussed as a visionary yet contested venture.
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Mr. Ecker
Governor Smith
Ecker
Smith
Europe
Pacific Ocean
Thirty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Fair Theater Ticket Draw Names Guy C Saunders
One ticket awarded daily for the Fair Theater. Today's winner is Guy C Saunders who will view the air picture Flight, the great air attraction, as the theater continues its daily prize.
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Fair Theater
Guy C. Saunders
Calles Train Arrives Quietly Near Laredo and Returns
The Mexican consulate in Laredo closed on orders from Mexico City as Gen. Plutarco Calles arrived in Nuevo Laredo. A special train sped through Laredo ahead of schedule, then moved to Mexico City. A telegram canceled tourist entry permits issued by Laredo Chamber of Commerce, blamed on local district attorney Walls. See Laredo Page 2.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Texas
Mexico City
Plutarco Elias Calles
Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
Rio Grande
Calles
John A. Walls
Chamber
Borges and Challe Crash Land on Brazilian Coast
Uruguayan Lt Col Tadeo Larre Borges and French Capt Leon Challe forced to land after a 3600 mile South Atlantic flight from Seville. Injured in a forest crash near Santo Antonio 50 miles from Natal Brazil. Mechanic unharmed. authorities rush aid and assess distance flown.
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Associated Press
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Tadeo Larre-Borges
Leon Challe
Seville
Spain
South Atlantic
Rio Grande Do Norte
Maracula
Natal
United Prear
Tadeo Larre Borges
Brasilian
Santo Antonio
Marajuca
Toureos
Arturo Ferrarin
Carl Delprete
Atlantic
Rome
Larre Borges
Cape Verde Islands
Torch Death Trial May Offer Tense Situation
In Mountain View Arkansas twelve farmers sit in a quirky courtroom to decide if Connie Franklin is dead or alive and whether four men charged with murder are guilty. The process proceeds amid mounting tensions as witness Tiller Rumier, a country girl, may testify in the afternoon. The all Native American named jury includes Edward Martin Som Moore Cornelius Farris A M Stevens C B B Zinn J M Lee Thomas Fox Tom Copeland Floyd Ramsey H W Branscum L C Stewart Rex Barnes. one defendant, T E Ward, was excused earlier today.
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United Press
Mountain View
Ark
Connie Franklin
Tiller Rumier
Edward Martin
Som Moore
Cornelius Farris
A. M. Stevens
Zinn
J. M. Lee
Thomas Fox
Tom Copeland
Floyd Ramsey
H. W. Branscum
L. C. Stewart
Rex Barnes
T. E. Ward
Severe earthquakes recorded across multiple cities
Seismographs at Yale University Peabody Museum, the University of Chicago, and St Louis University logged severe quakes today. Readings showed distant events around 1,750 to 4,440 miles away, directions Northwest, with the Aleutian region implicated.
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Associated Press
New Haven, Conn
Peabody Museum
Yale University
United Press
Chicago
ST. ‘Tours
St.Louis University
James B. Macelwane
St. Louis
Macelwane
Aleutian Islands
U S Jury Into Borger Case
A federal grand jury reconvened this morning to hear charges of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act against sixteen Borger and Hutchinson county men. The trial of John McCoy Burton of Tulsa is ongoing in federal court with war risk suits noted.
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Borger and
Hutchinson County
Alex Mood
John McCoy Burton
Tulsa
Burton
Woman Hurt As Car Skids Into Ditch
Mrs Opal Hal Wagner technician in Dr R D Gist s office was unconscious in Northwest Texas hospital after a sedan overturned twice on West Tenth Avenue near Western Avenue. Dr Neal Hall found only bruises and cuts. police say misty slick pavement and possible blowout caused skid. Neighbors who helped did not leave names.
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Opal Hal Wagner
Taylor Street
R. D. Gist
Northwest Texas Hospital
West Tenth Avenue
Western Avenue
Neal Hall
Hal Wagner
J. JD. Beckner
Wichita
Kan
Dr. Gist
Tenth Avenue
Dick Graham
Coste Lands at Istris Airdrome
Dieudonne Coste, noted French aviator, landed at Istres airdrome after a record sustained distance flight. He and a companion remained aloft 52 hours 34 minutes covering 7,870 kilometers.
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United Press
Marseilles
France
Dieudonne Coste
Istres
Coste
Second Flood Water Suit Is Postponed
The $10,000 damage suit against the City of Amarillo by Jim Ware of Pleasant Valley for flood overflow from Amarillo Creek was postponed until January 6. Judge Gee rendered judgment in the related McDaniel case and freed the city from damages while ordering McDaniel to pay costs. the Ware trial is slated for January 6 as the second of 27 suits totaling $94,000.
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Amarillo
Jim Ware
Pleasant Valley
Amarillo Creek
J. M. McDaniel
Gee
J. M
Governor to hear Aldridge relatives before pardons report
Gov Dan Moody received the pardon board report on clemency for Aldridge of Dallas. He set it aside to hear Aldridge's relatives, saying he would not read it until they conferred. In Dallas, a sanity hearing could delay stays but not required to stop execution. Aldridge and Merriman were convicted in separate attacks on a Dallas girl.
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United Press
Austin
Dan Moody
State Pardon Board
Aldridge
Dallas
Moody
Aldredge
Grover Adams
Lee Roy Merriman
Merriman
Hurt by horse man dies here near Spearman
Olen Woolverton, 24, of Spearman, was fatally injured when a horse he was riding fell on him after running into a cow. He died at Northwest Texas Hospital late last night. Survived by his wife and two stepchildren. Funeral planned at Spearman Church of Christ with Rev. J. Richards officiating. Body shipped by Boxwell Brothers. Pallbearers named Floyd Hayes Lewis Karr Hall Jones Hicks Wilbanks Dan Archer Charles Chambers.
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Olen Woolveron
Spearman
Northwest Texas
Sam Archer
Lewis Carr
Woolverton
Hoe
Waniea
H. L. Woolverton
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Floyd Hayes
Lewis Karr
Hall Jones
Hicks Wilbanks
Dan Archer
Charles Chambers
Furniture Christmas. Practical gifts for the whole family
Make it a Furniture Christmas. No gift is more practical or sensible than furniture. Let the entire family share in a Merry Christmas. Furniture, stoves, a nice new radio, photograph, piano, or vacuum cleaner. The Want Ad columns offer money saving items. Turn there now.
Son of Billy Sunday files divorce plea
George M. Sunday son of the evangelist is named in a divorce complaint by his wife Harriet Sunday for misconduct with other women Mauryne La Salle a Hollywood model is listed as co respondent The wife recently obtained a warrant for the arrest of her husband who left the city and was later reported seen with La Salle along the coast Police have been unable to locate the couple.
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United Prone
Los Angeles
Dec. i
George M. Sunday
Billy Sunday
Harriet Sunday
Mauryne la Salle
Hollywood
Hellene Costello to Wed Lowell Sherman in March
Miss Hellene Costello daughter of Maurice Costello and sister of Mrs. John Barrymore will marry actor Lowell Sherman in late March. They plan a honeymoon abroad and the engagement and tentative date were announced yesterday by Costello the screen player in Los Angeles.
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Associated Pren
Los Angeles
Helene Costello
Maurice Costello
John Barrymore
Lowell Sherman
Miss Costello
House Approves Plan To Investigate Haiti
The House Foreign Affairs Committee today approved the revised Porter resolution to authorize the President to appoint a seven member commission to investigate conditions in Haiti and report within six months.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Haiti
Blast Wrecks Shaft Near McAlester
In McAlester Oklahoma December 17 a coal mine explosion trapped about 65 miners a mile underground at Old Town mine near here. Rescue teams of about 100 battled gas and debris as relatives waited anxiously and the community braced for possible loss in one of the region’s worst mine disasters.
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Dy United
Irene
Mcalester
Okla
Old Town
Here
Brnef
Denton Man and Woman Face Mann Act Hearing in Sherman
Vernon Ramsey and Evelyn Miller of Waukegan Illinois were arrested in Denton Texas and brought to Sherman for a federal hearing before Commissioner Paul Kern on charges of violating the Mann Act. The report notes Berry’s Rug Cleaning at 905 West 10th.
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Associated Press
Sherman
Vernon Ramesey
Evelyn Miller
Waukegan, Til
Denton
Tex
Paul Kern
Norther Fog Brings Cold Spell Across Texas and Panhandle
A dense fog from the Midwest moved into the Panhandle, with temperatures dipping to 20 degrees tonight and a forecast of 14 degrees in West Texas. The United States Weather Bureau warned of frigid air and livestock advisories for East and West Texas, though a brief norther is expected to pass and warmer weather may return soon.
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Middle West
Kansas City
Panhandle
United Press
Dallas
Canada
Texas
United States Weather Bureau
Barnes Views on Legislation Before Lobby Committee
Julius H. Barnes chairman of the United States Chamber of Commerce testifies on influence in the feud between the federal farm board and western grain merchants over public grain marketing facilities. He aligns with Hoover era conferences as the Senate lobby committee widens pressure on Alexander Legge amid rush order legislation and pre Christmas recess.
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Grammer
Congress
Senate
Barnes
Caraway
Alexander Legge
Farm Board
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