Jurors Dismissed As No Trials Ready In District Court
Judge Henry S. Bishop discharged jurors after no cases were ready for trial in district criminal court. The sole case of M. S. Boyer on liquor charges was passed to December 1 due to illness. Indictments were reported by the grand jury, and 11 half gallon jars of corn whiskey seized in a vacant house were ordered destroyed with exhibits held by the sheriff's department.
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District Criminal Court
Henry S. Bishop
Bishop
M. S. Boyer
Boyer
Grand Jury
H. L. Gaither
C. M. Davis
Checks Held by County Treasurer For Amarillo Citizens
Over four hundred dollars in checks are held by county treasurer Jim Shea for Amarillo residents. The list includes varied amounts from 50 cents to 150 dollars, with names such as Mary C. Thorne, Lillie Crouch, and Forrest Newberry among others. Shea urges holders to claim their checks, noting some may be used for Christmas.
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Jim Shea
Amarillo
Shea
Mr. Shea
Chas. H. Biegel
John Thulen
W. E. Johnson
Sue Cameron
Wendell Hicks
RF. G. McNallen
Canadian War Vets Rush for Homesteads
Canadian war veterans flocked to provincial offices as 100 quarter sections of land were opened for homesteading in Regina Saskatchewan. The move aims to provide settlement opportunities for returning servicemen amid postwar shortages and rising housing demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Regina, Sask
Broken Love Death Pact Ends In Recovery For Trio
United Press report from Los Angeles describes Ouida Hill 21, her fiancé William Kelly Jr tubercular, and Lucille Meyers 22 who entered a gas filled apartment after despair over love and health. They were revived at a hospital, with Meyers reunited to her husband upon arrival.
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Los Angeles
Ouida Hill
William Kelly, Jr
Lucille Meyers
Myers
Officers Recover Stolen Oklahoma Chevrolet Coupe
Captain W. R. McDowell and Detective H. Denton of the police department recovered a 1925 Chevrolet coupe reported stolen at Shawnee Oklahoma on August 5 1928. Police hold two persons for questioning in connection with the car. They say it was purchased in good faith from a motor car dealer in another Panhandle city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. McDowell
H. Denton
Police Department
Shawnee
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Col Ernest Thompson Hosts Christmas Dinner for Newsies
Amarillo newsboys numbering fifty will dine on chicken at the Amarillo Hotel tonight as Col. Ernest Thompson hosts his annual Christmas dinner for all boys in Amarillo who sell papers. For ten years the Colonel has treated the newsboys to this holiday gathering.
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Amarillo
Col
Ernest Thompson
Colonel Thompson
Karl May Blockhouse Opens as Museum in Dresden
The Wild West blockhouse beside the Shatterhand villa, where Karl May lived and wrote, has been enlarged and opened as a Karl May Museum. It houses valuable exhibits on North American Indians and reflects May's popularity among German youth, comparable to James Fenimore Cooper.
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International News Service
Dresden
Karl May
James Fenimore Cooper
Moose Jaw War Veterans Camp Out For Homestead Filing
More than sixty Canadian veterans camped outside Moose Jaw land office seeking homestead entries in southern Saskatchewan. Some veterans arrived three days early and stayed in the cold, maintaining vigil until the office opened.
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Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
Girl Flier Aims To Set Record At Roosevelt Field
Misa Viola Gentry of Oklahoma attempts a sustained women’s flight from Roosevelt Field filmed by United Press. She lifts off around 4:23 a.m. in a Travelair biplane and hopes to stay aloft for fifteen hours, chasing the unofficial record of seven and a half hours held by Lady Heath in the United States.
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United Press
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Misa Viola Gentry
Oklahomae
Lady Heath
United States
Mellon Defends Treasury Estimates Amid House Clash
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon rejected claims by Representative Garner of Texas that the treasury’s estimates were wrong. Mellon said Garner’s statements were based on wrong figures that do not fit the facts and asserted the treasury is responsible for its statements while Garner bears none. Garner had accused Mellon of an incorrect estimate and urged his resignation.
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United Press
Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Garner
Texas
Radio debate to air from Colorado college students
Fort Collins student Earl Balls and Fort Morgan student Chester Leonard will broadcast a live radio debate from Station KOA Denver. The topic is the resolution that the federal government should enact legislation embodying the principles of the McNary Haugen farm relief plan.
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United Press
Fort Collins
Colo
Colorado Agricultural College
Earl Balls
Chester Leonard
Fort Morgan
KOA
Denver
McNary-Haugen
Pow Wow Doctor Fails To Save Baby In India Incantations
In Lebanon Pennsylvania December 20 a 4 month old baby dies after a self styled pow wow doctor treats a cold and returns only after the child is dead. The doctor refused to sign the death certificate and alerted the coroner. Grandparents described repeated rites intended to cure apnem a a illness. A local family and Emma Miller of Waco are noted in the report.
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Baby
My United Press
Lebanon
John Davis
Rankin
Verna Davis
Gingrich
Fredericksburg
Cyrus Smith
Manbeck
Becks County
York County Farmer Slain Over Hair Charm Incident
The death occurred within weeks of Nelson A. Rehmyer, a York County farmer, who was killed by three youths after he refused to surrender a lock of his hair to break a hex or charm they believed afflicted them.
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Nelson A. Rehmyer
York County
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L. N. Pittman
Polk St
Geo. S. Parker
Parker Duofold
Parker Pen Company
Janesville
Wisconsin
Linz Building
Dallas
PTE
Dusfold
SEC. Mellon
Bill
Emma Miller
Waco
R. L. Roberts
Fillmore Street
London
South
Buchanan
Elgin
J.T. Russell Jewelry Co
Pneumonis
NEW Brunswick Record
Sally
Mia Bella Rosa
Tolzien
Wards
Gamin
Ward’s
Montgomery Ward & CO
Brunswick
Z Orchestra
College Inn
Chicago
Mia
Bella Rosa
My Beautiful
Ros
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Gilbert & Sullivan
Tolanthe
Brunswick Light Opera Company
Brunswick Opera Company
Schubert
Cleveland Orchestra
Nikolai Sokoloff
Beethoven
Handel
Mozart
Rheinberjger
Strauss
New
Elm St
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