Lost Submarine and Self-Approving Hours in The Globe
Arthur Brisbane surveys the 1917 S-4 submarine disaster, comments on peace risks of periscope use, and riffs on a self approving hour. He cites D Annunzio and Lindbergh, notes Mexico Christmas visit, plans for aircraft shipments, and praises a 70 inch telescope lens while urging maternal virtue to curb crime.
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Arthur Brisbane
The
Star Company
America
Globe
Brisbane
D’annunzio
Italy
Tate
Weather unsettled with slight temperature change
The forecast notes unsettled conditions tonight and Thursday with a small rise and fall in temperatures. Maximum today near 40 and minimum around 25, compared with 47 and 26 a year ago, hourly readings list values from 26 at 7 am to 40 at 1 pm.
White Christmas Hopes Dented by Heavy Snowfall
Mrs. Della Hughes Kinkead, 38, wife of Deputy County Tax Assessor H E Kinkead, died at St Joseph's hospital in Kansas City after an operation. She will be buried in Amarillo with funeral plans pending. The Plains region, including Amarillo, faces a muted Christmas as weather reports show no significant warmup and snow threatens the Panhandle.
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Della Hughes Kinkead
H. E. Kinkead
St. Joseph's Hospital
Kansas City
Amarillo
Kinkead
Methodist Church
Panhandle
Plains
Weather Bureau
Plainview
Continuance in Swindling Case Ordered
A motion by Col. J C Boyles to quash the swindling indictment and disqualify District Attorney W J Flesher was overruled while the state's motion for a continuance was granted after a sharp court exchange. The affidavit accuses Flesher of unfair methods and reliance on hearsay to obtain the indictment and notes bond actions tied to rumors of a Europe trip.
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Col
J. C. Boyles
W. J. Flesher
Mr. Flesher
Boyle
Grand Jury
Flesher
Boyles
Europe
Kane
Doty Home From Foreign Legion Desertion
Bennet J Doty of Biloxi Mississippi returned to his parents in New York after deserting France s Foreign Legion His escape from execution and eight year penal fortress sentence followed American intervention and brought him home today
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Associated Press
New York
Bennet J. Doty
Biloxi
Miss
France
Foreign Legion
America
Mrs Lindbergh Stops at Love Field on Flight
Mrs Evangeline L Lindbergh landed at Love Field Dallas at 10 07 this morning on her way to see her son Colonel Lindbergh in Mexico City The plane left Love Field for San Antonio at 10 35 after refueling The pilot estimated two and a half hours to San Antonio During refueling Mrs Lindbergh waved and shook hands with about eighty Love Field schoolchildren who were dismissed for the visit
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Associated Press
Dallas
Evangeline L. Lindbergh
Colonel Lindbergh
Mexico City
Love Field
San Antonio
Woman Shot as Caf owner's Wife Near Tell
Dec. 21 report: Mrs. George Barnes wife of a Tell cafe owner was shot through the wrists and body during a scuffle between her husband and another man. The shooting occurred while she sat nearby with hands in her lap. The other man is jailed locally but no charges filed yet awaiting further investigation.
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Associated Press
Childress
George Barnes
Tell
Barnes
Bateman Is Sentenced Two Years For Bigamy
A jury found William G Bateman guilty of bigamy and sentenced him to two years in the penitentiary. The defense offered no testimony and challenged the validity of the South Carolina marriage ceremony. The jury deliberated for about an hour.
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William G. Bateman
South Carolina
Mrs Coolidge’s Mother In Law Worse in Illness
Mrs Lemira Goodhue, 78, mother in law to President Coolidge, deteriorated after influenza. Physicians at Dickinson Hospital reported her condition was less favorable than yesterday. She had been ill since December 11.
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United Press
Northampton
Mass
Lemira Goodhue
President Coolidge
Dickinson Hospital
Seven Mine Victims Die In Sterlitz Coal Mine Blast
Johnston City Illinois December 21 The bodies of seven miners William Jones David Anderson Charles Wyatt Fred Cagle George Crubba G Cerrotta and Gus Alexander were recovered after an all night search at the Sterlitz coal mine near Johnston City Rescue teams from Herrin Benton and Saline county led by Arthur Plumlee worked through the night using an airshaft since the main shaft was wrecked by gas explosion The mine employs about five hundred men and only twenty were hurt in the blast with the rest escaping by elevator
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Associated Press
Johnston City
Ill
Sterlitz
Here
William Jones
David Anderson
Charles Wyatt
Fred Cagle
George Crubba
G. Cerrotta
Gus Alexander
Herrin
Benton
Saline County
Arthur Plumlee
Williamson County
Six Drown as Skiff Overturns on Alabama River
Six persons drowned when a skiff carrying Jim Nichols a sawmill operator and five Black passengers including two children overturned in a swift current at a ferry crossing on the Alabama river. The bodies were recovered.
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Associated Press
Benton, Ala
Alabama River
Jim Nichols
Plans for Eagle Court of Honor in Amarillo
Preparations are under way for the annual Court of Honor for Eagle Boy Scouts to be held here on February 22 according to scout executive Thomas H. Nelson. Many Amarillo boys will take the Eagle tests and applications have come from over the Panhandle. J. M. O'Brien chairs the Court of Honor committee.
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Thomas H. Nelson
Amarillo
Panhandle
J. M. O’brien
Girl in Coffin Hears Funeral Sermon Preached
LURAY Virginia December 21 Miss Fannie Broyles survived a deathbed ordeal after a tree limb struck her head and knocked her unconscious. Funeral observers including her brother James noted eyelid fluttering that halted the service and prompted resuscitation efforts. She recovered fully under medical care and described awareness of events around the coffin.
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Associated Press
Luray
Virginia
Fannie Broyles
James Broyles
New Mexico Senator Jones Dies in Washington
Washington dispatch reports Senator Andrieus Jones of New Mexico died in his Meridian mansion dwelling at age 65 from angina pectoris. The Democrat’s death shifts Senate balance toward a Republican majority. the governor will appoint a replacement, likely another Republican. Jones had been ill, with his last heart episode on the Senate floor. visitors were at his bedside including his wife, son Andrieus A. Jones Jr., Charles S. Thomas, and Dr. Cary Grayson. Burial arrangements were pending.
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United Press
Washington
Andrieus Jones
New Mexico
Meridian Mansion
Senate
Jones
Cary T. Grayson
Andrieus A. Jones, Jr
Princeton
Charles 8. Thomas
Colorado
Grayson
Six Divorce Cases Dismissed as Couples Reconcile
Six divorce suits were dismissed in civil district court after the couples reconciled since filing. Judge Gee was informed that the attorneys intend to dismiss these six pending cases, reducing the docket. The report notes the Christmas spirit may have influenced the outcomes.
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Civil District Court
Gee
Grand Jury Acts in Child Burial Affair
A Borger undertaker, C. T. Dobbins, faces an indictment for windling following exhumation of a child’s body. The Borger case stems from a Borger Elston family burial dispute and claims about improper preparation and burial fittings. Nine other indictments were returned as the grand jury adjourned.
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Stinnett
Tex
C. T. Dobbins
Borger Anddertaker
Dobbins
Liberty
Dobbing
Mra
B.D. Elston
Borger
Michigan
Grand Jury
Oklahoma writ upheld in impeachment efforts ruling
District Judge T G Chambers made permanent an injunction against further impeachment attempts by insurgent legislators against Governor Henry Johnston and any state official. The terse notice ends with unrelated advertising for Christmas ecards and a local printer.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Henry 8. Johnston
T. G. Chambers
Congress adjourns for Christmas after 15 days
The Senate, in Washington, adjourned for the Christmas recess after 16 days of session. A tax reduction bill sits halfway through as House flood relief proposals proceed. Hearst papers inquiry and tariff reform debates linger. Senator Jones of New Mexico died the previous night and funeral arrangements were noted.
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Fty
United Press
Washington
Senate
Jones
New Mexico
Dawes
Congress
House
Smith
Ilinois
Ware
Pennsylvania
W. R. Hearst
Power Combine
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
MacMaster
Hearst
Dee
Remus aims to repeal Volstead Act after release
George Remus said in an interview he will devote his life to removing the Volstead act from U S statutes if freed. He was found not guilty of murdering his wife on insanity grounds and faces a sanity hearing December 28 in Cincinnati probate court.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
George Remus
The
United Press
Remus
William H. Lenders
United States
Associated Press
William H. Luederus
Probate Court
Imogene
Murder Count Filed as Police Widen Search
William Elward Hickman is formally charged with kidnapping and murder of 12 year old Marion Parker. The search spans California and extends to the west and midwest as authorities monitor for the fugitive. A man resembling Hickman was chased through downtown Los Angeles ending near a hotel lobby.
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Dan Campbell
United Press
Los Angeles
Little Marion Parker
William Elward Hickman
West
Middle West
Hickman
California
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Kansas City
United Pres
Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
House
Rosslyn
J. Krister
Krister
Hickman fingerprint codes reported in Parker case
Los Angeles police report the classification of William Edward Hickman as the suspect in Marian Parker's kidnapping and murder. The system shows a code breakdown with multiple numeric and alphanumeric elements.
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Los Angeles
Calif
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Man accused in Marion Hickman kidnapping identified by father
Parker, Marion Hickman's father, identified Hickman as the man who met him, took $1500 ransom, and hurled Marion's mutilated body from a car. Hickman fled from a hotel, prompting police pursuit through parks and into the Imperial Valley. Sidney Sarkas was cleared. roads to the valley remained guarded after a Redlands car wreck.
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Munster
Hickman
Redlands
Rivere
Imperial Valley
Sidney Sarkas
Beverly Hills
Sarkas
Parker
Marion
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Floydada
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Doty Home
Mrs. Lindbergh
Bateman
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