Canyon News hosts Christmas and going away party
The Canyon News staff held a combined Christmas and going away party for Clyde Warwick at the college cafeteria in Canyon on December 18. Thirty seven attended as West Texas State Teachers College dignitaries praised Warwick’s service and Warwick prepared to join the 41st legislature in Austin.
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Globe
Canyon
Canyon News Force
Clyde Warwick
J. A. Hill
West Texas State Teachers College
C. O. Keiser
Canyon News
Hill
Warwick R. A. Terrill
The
T. V. Reeves
Bureau of Public Service of the College
Dan Usery
Edward Gerald
Warwick
Austin
Happy Herald
San Jacinto
Amarillo
Bert Lytell in On Trial at the Mission
Bert Lytell stars in On Trial a fully talking film shown at the Mission. Lois Wilson portrays the murdered man's wife and a child actor delivers a standout performance as the accused's daughter. The courtroom drama keeps suspense though the culprit is soon recognizable.
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Bert Lytell
Lois Wilson
Fair Bill Is Exceptional Says Critics at the Fair
Critics praise the Interstate bill at the fair noting a refined chorus with appealing beauty, stars James Burke and Eleanor Durkin, and featured players Jarmann and Greens. Burke sings “The Blues” and “That’s My Weakness Now” while Durkin’s jokes land with a neat lack of humor. the tap dancers impress though the revue runs a touch long.
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C. B. Maddock
Jarmann
Greens
James Burke
Eleanor Durkin
Burke
Miss Durkin
Hart in Jail After Hospital Stay
Ted Hart serving a year in Potter county jail was taken to Northwest Texas hospital with flu and risk of pneumonia. He relapsed after first return and was moved again to hospital, then began recovering while illness subsided among inmates.
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Ted Hart
Potter County
Northwest Texas
Hart
Auto Plates Going Slowly Says Collins
1929 auto license plates have been on sale since December 1 with only 400 sold this morning. County tax collector J. W. Collins expects to sell 15,000 or more before January 1 as the rush nears. Citizens urged to secure plates now to avoid last minute delays.
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J. W. Collins
Quail hunting tale includes missing dog and hard winter talk
A writer recounts a Sunday quail hunt with Dwight Newby from Hemphill county. They chase birds at the Alexander ranch, dodge a blizzard, dine with the Alexanders, discuss cattle prices, and note the Alexander ranch’s endurance cattle. The dog Rube is missing with a $5 reward. The piece ends with a teaser of more letters to come.
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Dwight Newby
Alexander's Ranch
Mrs. Newby
George
Hemphill County
Alexander Ranch
Tack
Alexanders
Mr. Alexander
Miami
Pampa
Mr. Newby
Motorcycle Patrol Recovers Three Stolen Cars
Motorcycle patrolmen recovered three cars since Saturday night. Captain Murr of the traffic department recovered a Chevrolet coupe stolen December 10 from Landergin Brothers in Amarillo. Murr and motorcycle Patrolman Amick recovered a Chevrolet coupe stolen in Tulsa Saturday night. Murr and Dunwoody recovered a Chevrolet sedan Sunday reported stolen in Fort Worth December 10.
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Murr
Traffic Department
Landergin Brothers
Amarillo
Amick
Tulsa
Dunwoody
Fort Worth
Beery Leaves El Paso for California Flight
Wallace Beery film star left El Paso after stopping en route to Los Angeles where his mother is seriously ill. He boarded a cabin monoplane at 7 a m with pilot Slim Mares saying the first stop would be at noon at Tucson.
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United Press
EL Paso
Tex
Wallace Beery
Los Angeles
Slim” Mares
Tucson
Bergillium and high finance on a restless market
The article notes a new metal bergillium claimed to triple steel strength and cut glass, with a 400 horsepower engine prototype. It also reports on Wall Street bonuses at Hornblower and Weeks, high call money rates, and a fading era of large profits. It mentions King George, Kellogg’s pact, and Britain’s war debt payments, raising questions of pacific settlement vs. national sovereignty.
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Wall Street
Bomb Thrown at Health Official’s Home in Chicago
A black powder bomb exploded on the porch of Lawrence F. King sanitary board trustee causing $800 damage and endangering him his wife and five children. Police tie the attack to mass layoffs of about 3 000 sanitary district workers after King backed payroll reductions.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lawrence F. King
Sanitary Board
Quail Diet Plan Foiled By Protest Patter
A cheeky note quotes a speaker vowing to eat a quail daily for 30 days as part of a alleged myth busting experiment. The comments reference national tensions and a plan to report progress periodically.
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Wil Teil
Wichita Celebrates Aviation and Oil Discovery
Wichita marks aviation's twenty fifth anniversary and a Sedgwick County oil gusher day with an amateur oil well drilling at a busy city intersection. King Aviation Karl Rowland and Queen Petrolia Arlene Goodrich head a celebration as planes fly overhead and factory whistles sound.
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Wichita
Kas
Sedgwick County
King Aviation
Petrolia
Karl Rowland
Arlene Goodrich
Williard Goodrich
Fire destroys Polk Laffoon stock farm barn in Kentucky
A large wood barn at Polk Laffoon's stock farm in Erlanger Kentucky burned to the foundation destroying seven yearlings and fifteen brood mares. Total loss estimated at 140000 dollars with brood mares by themselves valued at 100000. Andrew Williams a negro caretaker was overcome by smoke but rescued. Laffoon, Union Gas and Electric officer, could not name the horses that died.
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Erlanger
Dee
Polk Laffoon
Foe
Andrew Williams
Williams
Laffoon
Union Gas and Electric Company
Harvard Square Subway melee ends with arrest of Wisner
In Cambridge Massachusetts the Harvard Square Subway incident after a hockey loss drew about a thousand students. Starter Hugh MacDonald subdued a youth and held him for police as Harvard student John H Wisner 17 of New York City was arrested amid brawling near Kendall Square Station.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Boston
Harvard
John H. Wisner
New York City
Harvard Square
Hugh MacDonald
Kendall Square
University Club
MacDonald
Wisner
Brattle Square
Recall of Famous 1924 Nome Serum Run Moves Readers
United Press reports a current dog sled voyage from Anvik to Holy Cross in Alaska recalling the 1924 serum run. Led by Wild Bill Shannon from Nenana to Tolovana then through Tolovana to Nome, the famous dogs and drivers including Jim Kelland Bill Green Leonard Sepalla and Gunnar Kasson carried diphtheria antitoxin to halt an epidemic. Balto led the final leg with a lead team of fifteen Siberian huskies.
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United Press
Seattle
Anvik
Holy Cross
Alaska
Nenana
Nome
Bill” Shannon
Shannon
Tolonana
Jim Kelland
Bill Green
Leonard Sepalla
Northland
Gunnar Kasson
Balto
Bandits Blast Mexico Train in Jalisco
A Guadalajara to Colima train was dynamited near Quemado Jalisco. The locomotive and mail and express cars overturned. one soldier injured. Bandits fled. Earlier, near Maravatio Michoacan, a clash left one soldier and one bandit dead after 70 bandits attacked a train.
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United Press
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Colima
Quemado
State of Jalisco
Prensa
Maravatio
State of Michoacan
Ship Arrives With Cotton Cargo Ablaze
The steamer Gallymore from Houston with 15 000 bales of cotton arrived at Bremerhaven today carrying fire in the cargo between decks. The city fire brigade is working to quench the flames. An unrelated note states heat stored within the earth is estimated at 30 million times the heat from the world’s remaining coal supply.
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The
Associated Press
Bremerhaven
Germany
Gallymore
Houston
City Fire Brigade
Earth
Kidnapping Trial Tense as Scully Murder Shocks Court
Billy Ranieri recounts a near abduction last summer in Bourbonnais Illinois. Two men stopped the car forced him inside and assaulted him. Witnesses describe a tense courtroom scene amid murder charges and protective measures for key Italian witnesses.
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Ranieri
Illinois
Billy
Billy Ranieri
Ole Scully
Frank A. Renieri
Angelo Petitti
Andrew Capellano
Cappellano
Tony
Tlinois
Scully
Petitti
Swedes tallest in Europe says Upsala professor
Professor J. W. Huterantz of Upsala University reports Swedes are Europe’s tallest people. He notes the average grown man today stands 3 centimetres taller than his father and 6 centimetres taller than his grandfather, based on height studies of Swedes aged 20 and 21 from 1840 to 1914.
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Upsala
Sweden
Europe
J. W. Huterantz
University of Upsala
Police use plainclothes unit to curb shoplifting
Amarillo police deploy plainclothes detectives to target shoplifting vagrancy and petty theft during the Christmas holidays. Seven people fined 100 to 200 dollars for vagrancy in three days. another two fined 100 dollars. a jury trial was set for tomorrow. Chief Gaither warns shoppers to guard packages after multiple losses in crowded stores.
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Amarillo
H. L. Gaither
Gaither
Gasser Drilled 1,950 Feet Near Shamrock Texas
An 80,000,000 foot gas well was completed near Shamrock Texas by Hal Vaughan and Walter Pendleton. The well reached total depth of 1,950 feet and is located 14 miles northwest of Shamrock.
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Associated Press
Shamrock
Texas
Hal Vaughan
Walter Pendleton
Panhandle
Cold Weather Grants Texas Cities Freezing Night
Clear skies and rising temperatures followed a bitter night as Childress and Fort Worth reported the coldest weather of the season. Amarillo saw lingering snow melt under a sunny morning with forecasts of warmth by Christmas.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Childress
Fort Worth
Texas
the Associated Press
Tex
Associated Press
Mercury
Lady Northesk Weds Vivian Cornelius in London Registry
Lady Northesk formerly Miss Jessica Brown Follies dancer wed Vivian Cornelius son of Percy Cornelius of Windlesham Surrey at Prince's Row registry. She was divorced from Lord Northesk after a misconduct claim on Oct 26 in Edinburgh. Engagement to Cornelius followed three days post divorce. Cornelius, a diplomat, was based in Brussels.
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Y United Press
London
Dee
Lady Northesk
Prince's Row
Vivian Cornelius
Percy Cornelius
Windlesham
Surrey
Jessica Brown
Follies
Lord Northesk
Edinburgh
Cornelius
Brussels
New York
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Northesk
England
Lighting contract on Amarillo airport eyed by city
The Amarillo city commission plans to decide on monthly bill payments and award the lighting contract for the municipal airport at tonight's meeting. Bids are set from major electric firms General Electric Graybar Electric and Westinghouse as City Manager Jeff D Bartlett returns after four weeks illness.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Jeff D. Bartlett
General Electric
Graybar Electric
Westinghouse
Height gains traced to food hygiene and sport
The article notes 19th century men rarely reached 180 cm while today about one in ten do. Swedish scientists cite better food, hygiene, athletic interest, and saner working conditions as causes. It mentions Greenwich Observatory clocks as highly accurate, with pendulum checks every 80 seconds in a vacuum.
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Aseribes
Greenwich Observatory
A Bachelor’s Christmas Wish for Children
A 1928 verse by Edgar A. Guest laments a bachelor’s lonely life without wife or children and yearns for the joy of Christmas with youngsters. The speaker contrasts solitude with the warmth of children’s laughter and calls for a balance between study and family moments during the season.
Kansas City Livestock and Cotton Markets Mixed
Hogs strong to 10 cents higher at Kansas City with top 4.75 for 225 250 pound barrows. Cattle and calves mostly steady to easier, numbers around 8 000 cattle and 2 000 calves. New York cotton opened steady to firm with gains in some months. New Orleans reports declines on early trades before support from trade buying and weather. Plymouth spot figures show Liverpool and New Orleans activity, while Chicago butter and poultry move mixed. Stock market opened irregularly higher with some gains in bellwether issues and copper groups.
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Kansas City
The
Associated Press
New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Yestersday
National Bellas Hess
National Biscuit
Kennecott
U. S
Warner Bros
Westinghouse Electric
Granby
Greene Cananea
Erie
Kansas City Southern
Hoover off to Rio Janeiro on goodwill mission
President elect Hoover sails from Montevideo aboard the U S Utah at 10 50 am for Rio Janeiro on the Atlantic leg of his Latin American goodwill mission.
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Hoover
Rio Janeiro
Associated
Preas
Montevideo
Uruguay
U. S
Utah
Atlantic
Latin America
Nelson Prison Sentence Is Upheld by Court
The sentence of J. C. Nelson, serving 15 years for swindling on several counts, was affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeals. The mandate was received and filed by District Clerk J. C. Skillman this morning. Nelson's attorney expressed satisfaction with the ruling.
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J. C. Nelson
Court of Criminal Appeals
J. C. Skillman
Nelson
Hedley Youth Dies in Local Hospital
Joseph Glenn Uarlin aged 16, son of Mr and Mrs J S Harlgn of Hedley, died at a local hospital at 1 5 this morning. Survived by his parents three brothers and five sisters. Body stays at N S Griggs & Sons and will be sent to Hedley tonight for burial.
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Joseph Glenn Uarlin
J.S. Harlgn
Hedley
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Hearings Resume on Sinclair Salt Creek Royalty Case Delayed
The Senate Lands committee postponed the renewal and potential cancellation hearings on the Sinclair contract for the Salt Creek Royalty Oil until tomorrow. Several committee members were reportedly unable to attend, delaying discussion of key terms and implications.
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Associated
Washington
Senate Lands Committee
Sinclair
Salt Creek
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