Mose Can Cluck Free Young Women and Champions
A Globe column reports on Mose Coffin’s expert turkey imitations on Sapeloe Island Georgia praising his skill while also noting a cross fire of topics from a Cambridge Harvard astronomic instrument to Hollywood stars and a Briton American student debate. It covers a poultry show’s boy and girl champions Thelma Svarstad and William Tobias, milk habits, and a bleak Bolivia Paraguay conflict with air power and a Bolivian patriotism speech by President Siles amid warnings of war instability.
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Sapeloe Island
Georgia
Harvard
Hollywood
Wall Street
Weather forecast with mixed sun and warm night
Tonight partly cloudy and warmer with Friday forecast for fair conditions. Temperatures range from 40 to 20 today, with hourly readings from 7 a m to 1 p m and anomalous noon 98 and 1 p m 40. sunrise tomorrow at 7 51 and sunset at 6 39.
West Texas and Oklahoma Fair Weather Forecast
West Texas tonight and Friday expect fair skies with little temperature change. Oklahoma tonight and Friday also fair with a slowly rising temperature trend.
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West Texas
Oklahoma
Senate Battles Over Kellogg-Briand and Cruiser Bill
In Washington both the Kellogg-Briand treaty and the Naval Cruiser Bill block each other as senators clash over which to take up first. The House meanwhile passed a 143 million agriculture appropriation and debated tax refunds. West nominated for interior secretary moved forward despite opposition. Public health officials forecast 3 million influenza cases by Christmas amid ongoing epidemic.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Hale
Naval Committee
King
Utah
Public Health Service
The
Health Service
West
Middle West
House
Agriculture Department
Garner
Texas
Mellon
Roy O. West
Interior
Senate Public Lands Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
Southeastern
Day in Congress Highlights Debates and Approvals
The House debated state, justice, commerce and labor appropriation bills and considered the cruiser bill and Kellogg pact. Foreign affairs panel eyed calendar changes while Senate action included campaign finance review and a drought hurricane relief loan fund authorization for southeastern states.
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House
Justice
Commerce
Senate
Foreign Affairs Committee
Thorne
Senate Campaign Funds
Vate
Pennsylvania
Tom Morrison Dies at Home in 26th Year
Thomas Clarence Morrison 26 died at home 4239 West Fifteenth Avenue at 6 40 this morning. Survived by widow, one son Thomas, parents C V Morrison, two sisters Mrs Carl Hamilton and Mrs J E Park, three brothers R E, R R, and Jas W. He worked in Moore Poston shoe department and belonged to Methodist church and Knights of Pythias. Body to Griggs Sons for state then sent to Clovis for burial.
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Thomas Clarence Morrison
West
Fifteenth Avenue
Thomas
C. V. Morrison
Carl Hamilton
City
J. E. Park
Pawhuska
Okla
R. E
Washington, D. C
R. R
Amarillo
Jas. W
Clovis
N. M
Morrison
Moore-Poston
Methodist Church
Knights of Pythias
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Census reports record cotton ginned by Dec 13 totals
The census bureau announced that this year's cotton crop ginned before December 13 totaled 13,148,411 bales, including 559,741 round bales counted as half bales, according to The Associated Press from Washington on December 20.
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Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau
Youth hurt when truck turns turtle near Del Rio
G. W. Schrier, 16, was freed after spending ten hours beneath an overturned truck near Del Rio Texas. Gasoline from a broken feed line dripped on him throughout the day as a passing motorist finally extricated him from the wreckage.
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Associated
del Rio
Tex
G. W. Schrier
Schrier
Trade Head Resigns From Federal Trade Commission
Washington report that Abram F. Myers chairman of the Federal Trade Commission has forwarded his resignation to President Coolidge. In Denver, Flo Ra Sargent Wilson, an esteemed Denver educator aged 83, died yesterday, with funeral services set for Saturday by the Order of Eastern Star, the Woman's Relief corps, and St Mark's church, of which she was a member.
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Associated Press
Washington
Abram F. Myers
Federal Trade Commission
Coolidge
United Press
Denver
Colo
Flora Sargent Wilson
Order of Eastern Star
Woman’s Relief Corps
St. Mark’s Church
United States
W. W. Dean
Pecos
P. C
Blackie
Burcham
Death threat to Chicago judge in kidnapping trial
A letter threatening Judge Robert E. Gentzel was received as the trial of three defendants in the ten year old Bill Ramieri kidnapping continued. The unsigned note on brown paper with blue crayon followed a day of violent threats tied to the case and amid heavy guard as Mike Devito prepared to testify. The warning came as state witnesses and Ranieri family members faced danger in a case centered on the boy’s abduction.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Robert E. Gentzel
Bill Rameri
Plane refuels in flight above Dallas during early test
Army Fokker Question Mark transfers two hundred gallons of gasoline from C-2 at 1500 feet over West Alabama to midair refuel, then continues toward Shreveport and Midland. Major Carl Spatz commands, Captain Ira Baker pilots as the flight plans an endurance leg to the Pacific coast starting New Year's Day.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Midland
Texas
Shreveport
Lowell Mr. Smith
West Alabama
Carl Spatz
Ira ©. Baker
Montgomery
Ala
Pacific Coast
Youth Given 20 Year Term for Murder
Vincent Rice a 17 year old Staten Island student was sentenced to twenty years to life for the murder of his 15 year old sweetheart Alice Joost in her Port Richmond home on November 2. He pleaded guilty to second degree murder after being indicted for first degree murder. He said she tried to kiss him and he struck and strangled her with an electric cord.
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The
Associated Press
New York
Vincent Rice
Staten Island
Alice Joost
Port Richmond
Rice
Modern Tell Suffered Knife Wound in Practice
Fredericksburg December news reports Walter Schaefer hospitalized with a serious leg knife wound during a William Tell style stunt rehearsal with Bill Meurer, 21, who sought to be the thrower. Schaefer, 21, aimed to be the target until the knife struck his calf.
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Associated Press
Fredericksburg
Walter Schaefer
Bill Meurer
Meurer
Schaefer
Fort Worth Demand That Central Play on Coast Dashes Sandies Hopes
The Golden Sandstorm squad prepared for a coast trip but a scheduling mixup ended the Hollywood Los Angeles All-Star high school game. Fort Worth Elks blocked Amarillo replacing Central High, delaying the charity game arranged through W. E. Boswell. Central High had losses in its district and postseason, affecting the plan.
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Sandies
Golden Sandstorm
Grid Warriors
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Amarillo
Central High Eleven
Elks
Los Angeles
Elke Lodge Charity Fund
Central High of
W. E. Boswell
Central High
Cisco
of Texas
King George Leaning Toward Recovery from Illness
London dispatch reports King George showing firmer progress in his grave illness after five royal physicians examined him. The joint statement by Daw son of Penn Hewett and colleagues notes improvement in chest and respiration. If no relapse occurs, recovery is expected to be gradual and lengthy.
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United Press
London
George
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Stanley Hewett
E. Farquhard Buzzard
Humphrey Rolleston
Hugh Rig
City warms as south shivers in cold snap before green Christmas
Amarillo and Dallas wake to record lows as a cold wave grips North Texas. Dallas reports 25 degrees at 7 am, the season's coldest yet, with a forecast for continued cold. Corsicana records 25 degrees as the coldest of the year, while warming trend begins later in the day in some areas.
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Texas
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Corsicana
Tex
Miece
Dallas
Dope Probe Moves Fast as Three Held in Jersey Drug Case
United Press reports rapid action on two large narcotics shipments seized in New York. Three truckmen August Schafer Joseph L Singleton and Frank Janek were held as material witnesses in a $4 million drug seizure on a Jersey City pier. Joseph Unger went to trial in federal court in Chicago linked to a $2 million shipment. Judge Winslow repeatedly referenced Arnold Rothstein in connection to the drug ring.
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United Press
New York
August Schafer
Joseph L. Singleton
Frank Janek
Jersey City
French Line
Philadelphia
Joseph Unger
Chicago
Arnold Rothstein
Winslow
Rolhstein
Park Central
Coast Line Official Survey Visits Amarillo For Air Development
Western Air Express officials arrive in Amarillo to inspect municipal field and assess flying conditions as the airline eyes expansion from Los Angeles to Denver and a trans continental NY to LA route. Maj Moseley leads the survey and hints at forthcoming developments to spur air growth while city officials confer.
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Western Air Express
Pacific Coast
America
Amarillo
Los Angeles
Denver
New York
Eft
Maj. C. C. Movecley
Municipal Field
Kansan City
Wentern Air Express
Moseley
479 Murders in Chicago This Year Record Set
Chicago records 479 homicides this year with 11 shooting days left as 1928 approaches. Breakdown shows 245 first degree murders including 12 police, 76 manslaughter, 136 justifiable self defense, and 36 accidental deaths from gun incidents.
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Chicago
United Press
Wink Texas Quiet After U S Agents Sweep Raid
Wink Texas awoke to calm after a Tuesday night federal raid in the oil boom area. Rangers and agents served warrants, dozens were arrested or questioned, and many fled to nearby districts. Officials seek source of liquor supply and vehicle ownership while preserving local order.
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Associated Press
Wink
Texas
Mann, Harrison, Dyer and
Volstead Ad
Wright
John Northcutt
Oid Pool
Hendrick
Leck
Sid Richardson-Frank Kel
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