Amarillo Seeks Texas State Teachers Meeting Move
Amarillo leaders backed by Panhandle and West Texas chambers plan to host the 1928 Texas State Teachers Association meeting. J E Biggs notes broad support, with Dr J A Hill and Dr Paul W Horn aiding efforts. Amarillo representatives seek permission to present to the association’s Fort Worth executive committee. Col Harve Haines expected to appear. letters sent to committee members. Laura V Hamner of Potter County Schools serves on the group.
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Panhandle
West Texas
Amarillo
Texas State Teachers’ Association
J. E. Biggs
Board of
City Development
Chamber of Commerce
Patihandie
Biggs
J. A. Hill
West Texas Teachers’ College
Paul W. Horn
Texas Tech
Fort Worth
Harve H. Haines
Chambers of Commerce
Laura V. Hamner
Potter County
Boyles Case Continues Amid Disqualification Motion
District Attorney Flesher faces a public press accusation of bias in the Boyles bigamy case. The defense seeks Flesher’s disqualification over alleged bias and marital claims made to reporters. Flesher denies prejudice and says most publicity came from statements by Boyles himself. The state requests a continuation for missing witnesses, pushing the case to the next term.
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Texas
Flesher
Affiant
Boyles
Court House
Mr. Flesher
Snowfall Dampens Texas Snowfall Report
Morning reading shows varied snowfall across Texas with temperatures near freezing. Dallas and Fort Worth low 28 with light snow widespread. Fort Worth recorded over two inches, Dallas about eight tenths. West and South Plains saw heavy snow in Lubbock and 1–4 inches in San Angelo, bringing needed moisture. Northeast Texas eyed a white Christmas as Texarkana reported heavy snow at 10 o clock.
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San Antonio
Austin
Corsicana
Waco
Dallas
Fort Worth
Sherman
Denison
Lubbock
West Texas
Wes
South Plains
San Angelo
Mercury
Texas
Texarkana
Court of Criminal Appeals rulings list affirmations and reversals
A AP report from Austin notes today proceedings affirming several defendants including J. L. Dailey E Z Martin M M Lockhart Elbert Hill alias Doc Hill C W Mcoy K Co Bergman alias George Burgess Knox James Watson Knox Robert Walthall alias Jessie Wicks Nu eces Bill Lawler Hill Reversed and remanded for others including Bill Dodd Upshur Glenn Oakley Harris Cles ter Howard Upshur C R Red Wilson Hood J B Sparks Hall Hob Waldrup Childress Dismissed: J W Merwin Hartley Jess Butler Naina 8 D Gibson Collin The report also mentions Hawaii moving to establish aviation landing fields on all principal islands.
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Associated Press
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
J. L. Dailey
Dallas
E. Z. Martin
Parker
M. M. Lockhart
Elbert Hill
Doc Hill
Vetoria
C. W. Mc Oy
Potter
K. Co. Bergman
George Burgess Knox
James Watson
Knox
Robert ©. Walthall
Jessie Wicks
Nueces
Bill Lawler
Hill
Bill Dodd
Upshur
Glenn Oakley
Harris
Clester Howard
C. R
Red” Wilson
Hood
J. B. Sparks
Hall
Hob Waldrup
Childress
Ed Avpael
W. Merwin
Hartley
Jess Butler
Naina
D. Gibson
Collin
Tactless Texan recounts charity push and local book sale
The Globe notes a printer absence and a bold charity drive for the book Them Texans. Amarillo oil man and jealous wife play into a humorous tale while publisher Horace Russell explains sales near 600 copies with fewer than 100 left. Proceeds, about 8700, go to the Children’s Home as $3 is allotted per child this Christmas.
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Hick
Horace Russell
Walter Barlow
Clyde Smith
Globe
Russell
Grain Marketing School Here Soon
The annual Grain Marketing School of the Texas Wheat Growers Association will be held January 2 to 7 in the Round Up room at the Amarillo hotel. Judge L. Gough announced the event and invited the public to attend.
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The
Texas Wheat Growers Association
Amarillo
L. Gough
Prize bulls to be received by Dairy Circle
Four registered Holstein bulls, among the breed’s best, are to be received today or tomorrow. The Potter Randell county bull circle recently organized will own them, with H. B. Hales G. Bilgin Paul Fleugel and Mrs. Eliza Mobley taking part. They will meet to arrange distribution and discuss a clause that bulls be shown at the Tri State fair annually. The bulls were selected from Mt Rega Farms at Sig Cabin Oklahoma by Prof George P. Grout and W. H. Upchurch, Randall county agent. This is Texas’s first Holstein bull circle.
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Potter-Randall County
Bull Circle
H. B. Hales
G. Bilgin
Paul Fleugel
Eliza Mobley
Tri-State
Mt. Rega
Sig Cabin
Oklahoma
George P. Grout
Panhandle
W. H. Upchurch
Randall County
Texas
Hickman linked to kidnapping and murder case near Parker home
Police traced every lead in the Marion Hickman case while Milton Jackowski was released. Investigators say Marion was likely killed Friday before a ransom attempt. Evidence includes oil cloth mittens matching stitching and a brazil nut shell found with the victim. Hickman’s prior holdups and drug records suggest a long planned crime. Parker’s assistant cashier opposed parole.
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Jackowsky
Milton Jackowski
Parker
Marion
Bellevue
Evans
Hickman
Bellevue Apartments
Mother of Accused Man Breaks Down in Missouri
Mrs Eva Hickman, mother of an 18 year old identified as the suspected Marian Parker kidnapper, broke down under strain in Kansas City. She voiced doubt about his guilt, defended his character, and recalled California search efforts as she clung to faith and questioned public punishment. The report notes her son’s chemistry studies and alleged interest in poisons, with her denial of any surgical instrument purchases.
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United Seas
Kansas City
Eva Hickman
Marian Parker
Mr. Parker
Edward
Shriners to Enjoy Dance Friday Night at Masonic Temple
Khiva Temple planners announce the Christmas dance at the Masonic Temple Friday evening. Shriners from across the United States will attend with the Chanters drum and bugle corps and band providing music. A. Wellington Ball leads entertainment with elaborate decor and refreshments. A larger event is planned for December 30 with even greater arrangements.
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Khiva Temple
Masonic Temple
United States
A. Wellington Ball
Shrine
Shriners
P. E. O. Hosts Christmas Party at Crudgington Home
The P. E. O. met at Mrs. J. W. Crudgington’s 1710 Tyler Street for its annual Christmas party with 40 members and guests present. A gift exchange, donations for Christmas baskets, and a vocal solo by Mrs. Clifford Thompson highlighted the afternoon chaired by Mrs. Clifford Thompson, with special guests from Ardmore, Kansas City, and St. Louis.
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J. W. Crudgington
Tyler Street
Clifford Thompson
Lot
Berry
Oklahoma P. E. O
Ardmore
Bozelle
D. B
Kansas City
Alfred H. White
St. Louis
Alaska Trappers Embrace Airplane Transportation Change
Along the Susitna river trappers use passenger planes to reach interior traplines carrying 500 pounds of supplies. In open season planes land on rivers and lakes on pontoons, then skis in winter, with outboard motors fueling a new network of service stations. Plastic air travel expands across Alaska as pilots plan bases from Anchorage to support routine transport and general travel.
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International News Service
Anchorage
Alaska
Susitna
Ford Motor
Navy faces push for safety gear on submarines
Washington December 21 United Press reports Representative Griffin Democrat New York harshly criticized the Navy for failing to provide submarine safety devices used abroad. He will urge three measures before the House Naval Affairs committee after the holidays including telephone signal buoys grappling rings and salvage vessels, citing German Italian and French practices and the S 4 disaster investigation.
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United Press
Washington
Navy Department
Griffin
Democrat
New York
House Naval Affairs Committee
U. S
Germany
Italy
France
Senator Jones Dies After Long Public Service
Senator Jones born May 16 1862 near Union City Tennessee held multiple roles including mayor U S attorney and assistant secretary of interior. He served in the Senate from 1916 to 1922 with work on appropriations education labor finance and public lands committees. A second son Vincent K Jones of New Mexico Construction Company is in Denver Colorado.
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New Mexico
Senator Jones
Union City
Tennessee
Bethel College
McKenzie
Valparaiso University
Indiana
U.S
Las Vegas
Senate
Appropriations
Public Lands
Joint
Congressional Committee
Internal Revenue Taxation
Vincent K. Jones
New Mexico Construction Company
Denver
Colorado
Discovery of Breeches Bible Found in Marion New York
A breeches Bible has been found in Marion New York prompting reflections on Eden and modern life. The note ponders how Eve’s choice might have altered humanity including clothing, travel, and progress.
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Marion
N.Y
Eden
Appeals Court Affirms Five Felony Cases
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed five men for felony charges including burglary, robbery, and murder with lenient terms such as life and decades in prison. One 35 year sentence was reversed due to improper testimony, while another case involved multiple prior convictions across counties.
Dog's Head Examined for Rabies in Terrell Lab
Airedale pup that bit its owner C N Reasonover at 211 East Fifth Street is under rabies testing at Terrell Laboratories. The dog had shown illness for some time and may have had distemper. test aims to confirm rabies.
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Terrell Laboratories
C. N. Reasonover
East Fifth Street
Pigeons Starve as Woman Feeds Birds in Chicago Heart
In Chicago near the Art Institute each noon an elderly woman feeds hundreds of pigeons with a brown bag. Pigeons gather daily, recognizing her, while grain elevators once near the city center have moved, leaving the birds hungry. Thousands are said to starve as feeding grounds vanish.
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Gencaoese News Service
Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Art Institute
Ctty
Amarillo Man to Be Sent on London Work
Charley Ferguson, editor of the religious department at George H. Doran Book Co, will continue in that role with the new firm Doubleday Doran and Co after the consolidation of two major printers. He departs for London to oversee printing of religious books from the London office. A graduate of Amarillo High, he is well known locally as the son of the late Rev. C N N Ferguson and Mrs Ferguson and brother of Howard Yerguson.
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Charley Ferguson
George H. Doran Book Company
Doubleday, Doran and Company
Ferguson
London
England
Amarillo High School
C. N. N. Ferguson
Howard Yerguson
SEEK MAN WHO DISAPPEARED HERE TUESDAY
Police seek H. H. Brown who vanished Tuesday morning after directing his wife and four children to a local hotel. The Welfare Society cares for the wife and children, and authorities broadcast for information on the family. The wife fears foul play. the family was traveling from Tennessee to California.
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H. H. Brown
Welfare Society
California
Tennessee
City schools dismiss Thursday for Christmas break
All city schools will be dismissed Thursday evening for Christmas holidays, announced Supt. W. A. McIntosh. Classes resume January 2, with the extra day not needing make up unless an extra day is required to finish the semester’s work.
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W. A. McIntosh
McIntosh
Citizenship Training Club Entertains With Christmas Party
The Citizenship Training club held a Christmas party at Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McClure’s home on Pierce street Monday evening. The spacious parlors were decorated for the occasion and a fully-fruited Christmas tree stood in the reception room. After a two hour event a two-course luncheon was served and Miss Ida May McClure appeared as Santa Claus with her sister delivering gifts. Prizewinners were Mrs. M. L. Fuller and Mrs. J. A. Stiratt. attendees included Dr. M. L. Fuller and Mrs. Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. John Moore, and others.
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Citizenship Training Club
E. L. McClure
Pierce Street
Ida May McClure
Louise
M. L. Fuller
J. A. Stiratt
Allen
W. F. Grant
B. F. Harper
A. F. Sadderis
J. A. Stirratt
J. G. Short
William Stenger
N. A. Finklea
Otto Peitz
Powell
Ellen Lucy Short
Senate Group To Extend Hearst Probe
Washington officials andMexico City sources will be called by the senate investigation committee with new witnesses to trace allegedly forged international documents. George T. Summerlin, James R. Sheffield, Joseph Decourcy and possibly Secretary Kellogg are to be summoned linked to the Robert H. Murray bank of Mexico case.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico City
Senate Investigation Committee
George T. Summerlin
James R. Sheffield
Joseph Decourcy
Kellogg
Robert H. Murray
New York
Bank of Mexico
Bus Company Is Chartered in City
United Press reports in Austin that Safety First Bus Company chartered to Amarillo with capital stock of 6000 dollars. Incorporators listed as D. E. Brown, A. Hakiek, and W. E. Rowe.
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Austin
Safety First Bus Company
Amarillo
Capital Stock
D. E. Brown
A. Hakiek
W. E. Rowe
Checker-Boy Band Added to Nat’s Night Attractions
Husky Gardner and his six member Checker-Boy band from St Paul Minnesota will join Virgil Procter at the Nat for tonight tomorrow and Friday. The group has built a national reputation as music makers and will entertain alongside the regular act at the venue.
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Husky Gardner
St. Paul
Minnesota
Eli Hoover
Virgil Procter
Nat
Gardner
Nationwide Livestock Markets Report Trade Steady Across Regions
Markets show hogs steady with top around 8.45 at Kansas City and Fort Worth, cattle mixed with feeding calves and veal firm, Oklahoma City and East St Louis recording steady to higher trends for fat cows and steers, sheep remaining steady with lambs and ewes trading in narrow ranges. Top prices cited include hogs 8.45, veal 13.75, lambs about 12.75 to 12.78, cows 5.75 to 7.00.
Chicago Livestock Prices Report From December 21
Hogs 21 000 with uneven demand. top hogs 4 85. pigs 7 15 to 7 50. packing sows 7 40 to 7 85. Cattle about 6 000, generally 26 cents higher. weighty steers 18 00, mediums 16 00, short feds down to 13 50. bulls to 7 75. dealers 11 00 to 11 30. Sheep 11 000 steady. lambs 12 75 to 19 00. fat ewes 6 00 to 6 75.
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Kansas City
Associated
Rene
Fort Worth
Associated Press
Chicago
New York and New Orleans cotton markets fall then steady
The Associated Press reports cotton in New York and New Orleans opened with declines of five to nine points due to pre holiday selling and weaker Liverpool prices. Prices then firmed on renewed covering and trade buying as spot demand in the south improved. January moved from 19.09 to 19.19 before easing back to around 19.00. In New Orleans, early losses broadened to 5–6 points with January slipping to 19.00 and later rebounding to around 19.19, while March and May prices fluctuated before easing again. Wheat and other commodities also weakened on slower demand from Liverpool, and cattle and poultry markets showed varied prices. Stock market opened firm with some gain among independents.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
New Orleans
Associated Presa
Pricer
Ighs
Chicago
The
New York Stocks Rise Amid Broad Market Advances
At 1 p.m gains spread across many issues as Dunhill International leads with an early point rise. Copper shares surge with Calumet and Arizona up over four points to fresh highs. Continental Insurance and International Nickel also hit new records as Timken, Crucible Steel and others gain. Foreign exchange steady with sterling near 4.877% and francs around 8.934. More than 2,000,000 tons of supply anticipated in the Netherlands East Indies season.
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Dunhill International
Calumet
Arizona
Anaconda
Kennecott
Magma
Continental Insurance
New
California Packing
American Republics
International Nickel
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Old Tack's Amarillo program for a bigger better city
A 1920s style platform pledging lower advertising costs and water, gas, and electric rate cuts. It calls for a municipal pool golf course and parks, elimination of railroad crossings, updated transit routes, stricter traffic enforcement, and more industries. The plan envisions fair treatment for all residents and a cleaner, more livable Amarillo.
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Amarillo
San Jacinto
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