Flying fleet and global power debates in a midwestern column
A caustic column cites rail travel conditions from San Francisco to Omaha and critiques arms policy. It discusses Coolidge opposing armament races, advocates flying fleets as deterrence, and warns of Asia driven by conquest. The piece ends with a stark contrast between a prosperous grocer and a dangerous criminal.
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Omaha Morning Bee
Coolidge
United Ites
Fle
Rman
Atlantic
Openings at Filling Station on West Sixth Street
Justin opens a filling station at 207 West Sixth Street in the former K Hays building. Services include gasoline, oils, greasing, washing, and auto care. intent to offer best grade gas and related supplies. Christmas in Chicago flagged by federal dry officials as a 60,000 cargo shipment moves through. A. & M. College student Miller expected home tonight to celebrate with parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Miller.
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Justin
West Sixth Street
K Hays
Chicago
Icago
Federal
Louis
Weather forecast and past temperature summary
Weather today shows fair conditions with mild temperatures. Yesterday’s high reached 10 degrees and the low was three degrees below zero. A year ago temperatures were 45 and 30 degrees.
Eight Die As Soo Line Train Plunges Into Icy Chippewa River
Eight people died and seven were injured when the last coach of a Soo Line passenger train derailed from a trestle into the Chippewa River at Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. The crash occurred as passengers prepared for Christmas visits. The car went over sixty feet into freezing water, trapping riders inside until rescue efforts could free them. Investigations found a broken switch bolt caused by extreme cold.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Soo Line
Chippewa River
Wissote
All Defendants Acquitted in Walker Petroleum Case
A federal fraud trial in Birmingham ends with acquittals for A. W. Walker Harold Walker Sidney Menasco and Hudrian Hopson. The five hour verdict follows five days of testimony over the sale of 3 million dollars of Walker Consolidated Petroleum stock. Purchasers included Alabama Texas and Oklahoma buyers.
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Birmingham
Walker Consolidated Petroleum Company
A. W. Walker
Harold Walker
Sidney Menasco
Hudrian Hopson
Alabama
Texas
Oklahoma
Red-Haired Man Describes Attack in Amarillo Hotel
E M Lively, a red-haired Oklahoma City man, says a visitor beat him with a bent gun barrel in a hotel room during a poker game. Lively, recovering at a local hospital, details the assault and a near-blanket stamping attempt as he lay unconscious.
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E. M. Lively
Amarillo
Clark Cain
Lively
Oklahoma City
Andy Adams
Ed. Taylor
Ted Fahen
Chief Cain
Andy
Kid McCoy Murder Trial Sees 10 to 1 Odds on Acquittal
In Los Angeles on December 20, attorneys for both sides wrapped up with jurors likely to deadlock. Spectators expect a mistrial or dismissal as Kid McCoy repeats he did not kill Teresa Mars and hopes for a decision by New Year's Day.
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Los Angeles
Kid McCoy
Teresa Mars
McCoy
Teresa
Jory
Gompers Will Divides Estate Among Sons and Granddaughters
Samuel Gompers, late AFL president, cuts his wife off with the minimum allowed by law in the District of Columbia will filed for probate. The bulk of the estate goes to his three sons Samuel Gompers Jr Henry and Alexander and to two granddaughters Henriette and Ethel Mitchell. He bequeaths $100 to six organizations to buy American flags. Executors named for the estate include Samuel Gompers Jr. and the will supersedes a 1921 document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Samuel Sampers
American Federation of Labor
District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers, Jr
Labor Department
Henry Gompers
Alexander Gompers
Brooklyn
N. Y
Gompers
Oak Cliff State Champions Triumph 51 0
United Press reports Oak Cliff Leopards crushed Waco Tigers 51 to 0 at Fair Park Stadium Dallas in cold windy conditions. Leopards completed eight passes and scored via a early field goal as 5000 fans watched. Plans call for Oak Cliff to meet Scott High of Toledo December 27.
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United Press Fair
Oak Clifto
Scott High
Toledo
Long Hobart Miller Murder Trial Nears Verdict
After a two week trial in Amarillo, the Hobart Miller case nears its end as both sides rest and Judge Bishop plans to charge the jury tomorrow morning. Mrs. Hobart and Mrs. Miller sit with defense, while witnesses and rebuttal fill yesterday’s session with questions about alibis and the night of July 14 near Wilderado and Bivins Stadium.
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Wesley
Gezard
Dicense
Henry 3. Bishop
T. Miller
Amarillo
Ruth Hobart
Bivins Stadium
Miller
Wildcrady
Hobart
Sheriff's Office
Jim Pottinger
Less Whitaker
R. A Starnes
Starnes
Hugh Tolleson
Amarillo Hardware Company
Tolleson
Hears
B. Fisher
C. R Christian
Mitchell House
Bivins
Simpson
Hancock
Major Simpson
United Charities Plans Basket Aid for Needy Families
Representatives of United Charities and allied groups met at the Elk’s club to finalize plans for distributing baskets to all needy families in the city. Mrs. Jessie N. Ross, secretary of United Charities, will be notified of cases and coordinate care across organizations.
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United Charities
The
Elk’s Club
Jessie N. Ross
War Claims Funding Nearing Agreement With Britain
Washington reports progress in resolving a deadlock over 250 million dollars in American war claims from German reparations payments. The United States signals informal acceptance of a deferment plan, potentially easing the immediate drain on the cooperations fund and aligning with the Wadsworth agreement.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
London
Wadsworth
Fight It Out On This Line Chest Slogan Drives Mail Campaign
Community Chest officials vow to fight it out along this line through summer. More than 1,000 letters go to Amarillo residents urging support as A W Meyer, drive chairman, says work continues through holidays until completion.
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Community Chest
Amarillo
Matsis
A. W. Meyer
Agricultural Middle West to Normalcy in One Year
Financial experts in Kansas City predict normalcy for the agricultural middle west within a year, citing bank indebtedness cut by over 50 percent since August and a money flow from farmers to Kansas City, signaling broader prosperity. The Coffee Shop at Amarillo Hotels is noted as famous for food.
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Middle West
United
Kansas City
Amarillo
Federal drag nets target bootleggers across Texas
Dallas and other cities prepare for a grand finale as federal dity units clamp down on bootleg liquor. Mop squads led by city chiefs advance on El Paso Laredo and San Antonio Houston Dallas to curb booze smuggling in a coordinated statewide drive.
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United Press
Dallas
Bec
al el Paso
Laredo
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Houston
Pan Tex Pipeline proves oil flows at six below zero in test
Dorset Carter of Pan Tex Pipeline announces a successful December 18 experiment delivering Panhandle crude through its Amarillo line at six below. The test showed line pressure below 785 pounds with one engine, no heat, and a stated capacity of over 10 000 barrels daily under any climate. Local oil men praise the company’s equipment and conduct.
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United States
Dorset Carter
Pan Tex Pipeline Company
Carter
Hutchinson
Carson Counties
Tex
Amarillo
U. S. Weather Bureau
Conttry
Pan-Tex Pipeline Company
Southern Methodist School Gets Endowment of Million
Dallas, Dec. 20. Mr and Mrs R Harper Kirby of Houston have given property yielding revenue on a $1 900 000 valuation to Southern Methodist University here. Dr Charles C Selecman university president announced tonight. The gift was made through Dr W D Bradfield of the university school of theology who returned to Dallas tonight after a conference with the Kirbys at Houston. Nature of the property its location was not revealed.
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United Press
Dallas
R. Harper Kirby
Houston
Southern Methodist University
Charles C. Selecman
University
W. D. Bradfield
University School of Theology
Kirbys
Congress Quits for Christmas as Muscles Shoals Bill Faces Defeat
Congress adjourned for Christmas with the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill facing defeat in the Senate after three weeks of debate. The House presses ahead with appropriations bills. Both chambers plan to reconvene December 29 to resume business.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Storm Death Toll Rises Across Midwest
The midwestern cold wave and storm killed at least twenty three people across ten states with Michigan leading deaths at six. Oklahoma reported five fatalities, Chicago and Milwaukee four each, Missouri three, Kansas one, and extensive property damage and traffic disruption from Ohio to the Rockies.
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United Press
Chicago
Middle-West
Michigan
Oklahoma
Miwaukee
Missouri
Kansas
Wisconsin
Ohio
Rocky Mountains
Middle West
Central
Southern Illinois
Rockville
Ind
Indiana Pulse Service Commission
Marshal's Office
Strangled Infant Body Found Along Iowa Railroad Tracks
The nude two day old girl was found on the Illinois Central tracks three miles north of Alburnett by a track walker. A handkerchief tied around the neck and paper fragments stuffed in the mouth suggested murder and exposure to sub zero weather. Linn County coroner concluded the infant was fully developed and strangled within hours before discovery.
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Cedar Rapids
Illinois Central Railroad
Alburnett
Iowa
Manchester
Linn County
Mary McCormie Broadcast From Chicago on Radio
Miss Mary McCormie soprano with the Chicago Grand Opera company and Amarillo home was picked up on radio by S E Cook of 1408 Buchanan last night. She broadcast from station JYW Chicago from the Balloon room of the Congress hotel for the Christmas basket fund of the B P O E.
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Mary McCormie
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Amarillo
S. E. Cook
Buchanan Street
Cook
Globe
Jury movie night prompts courtroom scene ban
The Hobart MIller jury was advised by Judge Henry Bishop that they should not attend any theater showing courtroom scenes. The jurors asked for a theater, but one asked why and the judge quipped about choosing a different venue. The exchange included District Attorney Lloyd Fletcher asking for caution.
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Hobart-Miller
Henry Bishop
Lloyd Fletcher
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Wisconsin Town
Walker Petroleum
Will Guts
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Oak Cliff
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the Panhandle
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Henry A. Ansley
GARE
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