Storms, pope notes, and Europe ties in Brisbane column
Arthur Brisbane reports a fierce storm off the British coast with heavy losses and many ships in distress while England seeks options to tunnel to France. The pope celebrates beatification of English martyrs and contrasts Catholic triumph with Protestant exhaustion. US delegate Moffat signals need for European guidance on world affairs as Senate weighs independence.
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England
France
Channel
Shook Receives Five Year Sentence In Robbery Case
Tom Shook former Electra police chief was jailed for five years as an accomplice to robbery with firearms by a Wichita County jury. He plans an appeal as new-trial motions are set for Wichita Falls. Prosecutors say he faces murder charges in two cases and additional felonies. the 1928 Jefferson House robbery triggered the trial.
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United Press
Graiam
Tex
Tom Shook
Electra
20Th District Court
Shook
Wichita Falls
Wichita County
Oscar Daugherty
Tennessee
Jefferson Hope
Hidalgo County Election Case To Be Put To Jury
The Department of Justice announced that the United States attorney at Houston will present to the Federal Grand Jury in Washington evidence from an Hidalgo County Texas election probe. The disclosure marks formal forwarding of the Hidalgo County case to federal jurors for consideration of possible violations.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Justice
United States
Houston
Tex
Federal Grand Jury
Hidalgo County
Wisconsin Senator Favors Haiti Probe
Senator Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota arrived in Balboa and said he heartily favored an investigation of conditions in Haiti by a commission appointed by President Hoover. He stopped at Port au Prince but declined to comment on conditions until the official inquiry begins.
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United Press
Balboa
C. Z
Henrik Shipstead
Minnesota
Haiti
Hoover
Port- Au-Prince
Shipstead
Examiner urges Texas railroad expansion plan
Examiner Sullivan recommends Interstate Commerce Commission approval of extensive railroad construction in North Central and Panhandle Texas. The plan would allow St Louis San Francisco and Texas Railway to build lines in Wilbarger Baylor and Hardeman counties and operate with track rights over Chicago Rock Island Gulf tracks in Jack Wise and Tarrant counties. It also allows Gulf Texas and Western stock acquisition by St Louis San Francisco, with caveats on price reasonableness. Total approved construction about 6.3 million dollars for roughly 159 miles, while denied lines would cost about 5.28 million. Texas subsidiaries and lease arrangements are noted.
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Associated Press
Washington
North Central
Panhandle
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thomas F. Sullivan
Examiner
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway
Hardeman
Wilbarger
Wheeler, Collingsworth
Childress
Foard
Examiner Sullivan
Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad
Gray County
Fort Worth
Chicago, Rock
New York Attorney Questioned in Sugar Tariff Lobby Probe
Edwin P. Shattuck, a New York lawyer described as a Hoover friend, faced Senate Lobby Committee questioning over work for H. C. Lukin and the Cuba Company advocating a low sugar duty. Lukin testified Shattuck was employed to draft briefs and plans beneficial to sugar producers, while Shattuck stressed presenting facts to the public as legal work.
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Washington
Edwin P. Shattuck
New York
Hoover
Senate Lobby Committee
toMiss
H. C. Lukin
Cuba Company
Cuba
Shattuck
Senator Walsh
Montana
Walsh
Lakin
Congress
Central States Grip Worst Snow Storm in Ten Years
A massive blizzard paralyzed the central United States with heavy snow and cold, causing multiple deaths and widespread disruption. Chicago logged 13 inches of snow and 10 deaths, with a broader toll feared as crews dig out and power lines fail. Temperatures slipped to six degrees, then rose as a warm front moved in, with rain or snow possible tomorrow.
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Central States
United Press
United States
Mississippi River
Seaboard
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Fort Worth railroad permit denied in Childress to Pampa plan
Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad vice president F E Clarity reacted with disbelief after Examiner Sullivan recommended denying a permit for the Fort Worth & Denver Northern to build a line from Childress to Pampa. The decision impacts regional rail expansion and services.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
F. E. Clarity
Frisco Plan for 42 Mile Through Route to Seymour
The Frisco and Rock Island plan a joint through route from Vernon to Seymour to connect with Gulf, Texas and Western, offering a shorter line from northern Texas and southwestern Oklahoma to Fort Worth and Dallas. Estimated cost about 1.71 million dollars, with construction to begin within Griggs ambulance.
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Vernon
Frisco
Gulf, Texas and Western
Seymour
Torch Murder Jury Hung Six to Six Continues
In Mountain View Arkansas the Connie Franklin ghost trial jury of farmers reported a hung verdict six to six after 13 hours of deliberation. Judge S M Bone ordered continued deliberations while the case cost the county about 3000. The defendant claimed to be Franklin and testified he was not killed nine months ago as alleged.
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View
Ark
Connie Franklin
Franklin
S. M. Bone
Hillaman
Tiller Rumier
Tom Moore
Bone
Tiller Ruminer
Connie
Boy, 4, Travels Alone to Coast By Air
A four year old, John Longyear, traveled unaccompanied from St Louis to California by air, passing through here on a Western Air Express flight en route to his grandfather John Longyear president of the Civic Trust and Saving Bank of Los Angeles. He was in the care of pilots and a steward, and is believed to be the youngest solo air traveler on record.
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Boy
John Longyear
Western Air Express
Civic Trust and Saving Bank of
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Kansas City
California
Fort Victoria Lies at Sea Bottom After Collision
The Furness Bermuda liner Fort Victoria sits ten fathoms down off Ambrose lightship after colliding with the Algonquin in heavy fog. All 206 passengers and 165 crew aboard are safe ashore. Investigations are started as salvage operations warn others in the Ambrose Channel.
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Associated Press
New York
Furness
Fort Victoria
Atlantic Ocean
Ambrose
Atill
Anchorage
Algonquin
U. S
Ambrose Channel
Clyde Line
Flights End in Disaster and Heroism
A mountain storm in southern Tunis claimed the lives of two British fliers, Squadron Leader A. G. Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant N. H. Jenkins, in a 6,000 mile non stop attempt from Cranwell to Capetown. A French trio was missing on a Tunis to Saigon flight. A commercial pilot landed a burning flying boat at Paramaribo, saving ten aboard. Diamond setting, Walter Fuermann, Jeweler, Amarillo Bldg.
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United Press
Tunis
Africa
A. G. Jones-Williams
N. H. Jenkins
Cranwell Aerodrome
London
Capetown
South Africa
Lebourget Field
Paris
Saigon
Indo-China
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Walls frees man held in murder tied to Calles immunity
In Laredo Texas on December 19 Duke Carver a San Antonio constable was freed of the murder charge in the 1922 slaying of Mexican army officer Lucio Blanco and Col Aurelio Martinez. The charge was dismissed for insufficiency of evidence though District Attorney John A Walls cited U S government diplomacy shielding General Plutarco Elias Calles as the real reason. Walls said he would not resign and noted Mexican actions have hindered exports and tourist traffic through Laredo.
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Walls
Calles
Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
Duke Carver
San Antonio
Lucio Blanco
John A. Walls
Carver
Allen Walker
United States
Blanco
Col
Aurelio Martinez
Rio Grande
Walker
Mexico
Plutarco Elias Calles
Mexico City
New York
Duren Found Dead at Home in Amarillo
Richard W. Dick Duren 61 longtime Panhandle abstractor died in bed at his home 18 Prospect Avenue Amarillo He had lived in the city about 25 years coming from Corsicana Duren led Amarillo Abstract Company and earlier McKnight Williams firm He is survived by his wife and siblings with funeral arrangements pending at N S Griggs and Sons This summary notes his role in local abstract work and his communities ties
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Richard W
Dick) Duren
Panhandle
Prospect Avenue
Eula M. Duren
Northwest Texas
Claude Duke
Belleview
Mr. Duren
Duren
Amarillo
Corsicana
McKnight-Williams Company
Charles L. Green
McKnight,Williams Agency
Amarillo Abstract Company
McKnight-Williams Organization
King George to Open Parley in London Meeting
Prime Minister MacDonald said in the House of Commons that King George will preside at the opening of the five power naval conference on January 21 and will deliver the opening address. Secretary Stimson summoned Rear Admiral Hilary Jones for expert naval guidance at the London arms conference as talks resume with Japanese representatives.
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Associated Press
London
MacDonald
House of Commons
George
Jones
Navy Ae Oai Nited
Washington
Stimson
Hilary Jones
Ambassador Morrow
Wakatsuki
Takarabe
Ambassador Castle
Hoover
Japan
Ambassador Dabuchi
Stimson Says Jap and U.S. Agreed on Objectives
Secretary of State Stimson said after his final talks with Japanese naval delegates that American and Japanese objectives are agreed. The press conference followed the bilateral discussions in Washington.
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United Press
Washington
Stimson
Boy Scout Killed in blizzard while aiding motorist
A 11 year old Boy Scout named Alafred Van Steenberg died in Chicago during a blizzard while trying to help a stalled motorist. He was struck by Stanley Anderson a chauffeur blinded by the snow.
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United Press
Chicago
Alafred van Steenberg
Steenberg
Stanley Anderson
Hopkins Confirmed as Kansas Federal Judge by Senate
United States Senate confirmed Richard J. Hopkins as a Kansas Federal judge after a two day debate. A furor over Hoover administration promotion and previous charges against Hopkins arose as farm bloc Republicans resisted further investigation. Senator Black accused Hopkins of prosecuting striking miners years ago.
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United Proms
Washington
Richard J. Hopkins
Kansas
Senate
Hoover
State Supreme Court of
Hopkins
Senator Black
Alabama
Peveral
Vagahonde
Arrest Fifty Vasconcelos Followers in Tampico Raid
Mexico City Dec 19 Fifty followers of Jane Vasconcelos defeated candidate for president were arrested at Tampico today. The headquarters of Vasconcelos anti selectionist party was closed. General Jane Benigno said four dynamite bombs were found in a Tampico house raid.
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Tyree
Mexico Cty
Jane Vasconcelos
Tampico
Presna
Vasconcelos
Jane Benignoli
Husband shoots wife in hospital bed in Birmingham
W R Keith killed his wife in a hospital room twelve hours after she was brought in with knife wounds. He then shot himself in the arm, dying after the wife. The incident occurred in Birmingham, Alabama, as authorities investigated the fatal in hospital patricide and attempted suicide.
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United Press
Birmingham
Ala
W. R. Keith
Keith
Moody Intercedes In Wisconsin Real Estate Ruling
Cov. Dan Moody of Texas urged Wisconsin Governor Kohler to suspend a ruling denying licenses to Texas land brokers selling land to Wisconsin residents. Moody asks for a delegation of Texas citizens to testify on Rio Grande Valley developments. Governor Kohler's illness leaves action uncertain.
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United Prose
Madison
Wis
Dan Moody
Texas
Wisconsin
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin Real Estate Brokers Board
Rio Grande Valley
Kohler
Highway routing to Stinnett not yet decided says King
State Highway Commission plans to draw routes and seek bids for a Amarillo to Stinnett highway via Four Corners. Borger leaders say they will not oppose the project unless the route bypasses Borger, and plan coop eration to build the road through Sanford, Borger, and Stinnett.
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Stinnett
King
State Highway Commission
Amarillo
Four Corners
Borger
Mason King
Trade Extension Department
State Department
Sanford
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Italy
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Dad
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Guy Carlander
Santafe
R. J
Denver
N.Y
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Mississippi
Old South
Griggs Ambulance
Walter Fuermann
Amarillo Bldg
Richard W. Duren
Panhandle Abstractors
Dick Duren
King George
Indiana
Bowton
Mra
Fred Anderson
Baldwin
Anderson
Mra. Anderson
Blackburn’s Ambulance
U.S
Boxwell Bros. Ambulance
BOY Scout
Moody
Berry
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