Pioneer Train Wreck Near Angleton Texas
Southern Pacific Pioneer passenger train en route from Houston to Brownville wrecked near Angleton after a broken rail. One woman from Lufkin injured, two mail coaches shaken up. three cars left the rails and the locomotive left the roadbed. Relief train and traffic diversions arranged. tracks to be cleared and service resumed soon.
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Associated Press
Southern Pacific
Pioneer
Houston
Brownville
Angleton
James E. Powers
Lufkin
H. and
B. N
Algoa
Lief
Heat at Earth Center Could Power Nations for Years
Column humorously dismisses earthquake fears as Asiatic sabotage and urges tapping inner heat. It cites scientists pegging core temperature at 50,000,000 degrees and proposes a $35,000,000 well to exploit central heat for long term power, poking fun at wealth and imperial history.
Professor Michelson Steps Down at Chicago University
Prof Albert A Michelson aged 77 resigns as head of the physics department in Chicago University. A Navy Annapolis graduate for more than fifty years he chose science to study and teach.
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Albert A. Michelson
Chicago University
Annapolis
Michelson
Michelson Aims to Work Harder After Measuring Light Speed
He demonstrated how to measure light speed to students and then informed scientists that their accepted value was wrong by miles per second. This is one of his many achievements as Michelson plans to continue intense research.
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Michelson
Spain to open Trun airport for all nations
Spain announces an airport at Trun costing 100000 dollars and welcoming fliers from every nation. King Alfonso praises Spain’s roads hotels and hospitality, inviting Americans to enjoy the country. He and the Prince of Wales could join any American boosters club.
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Spain
Trun
Alfonso
Prince of Wales
Industrial output peaks in France and U.S. holiday shopping
France reports industrial output at a record high as Christmas purchasing abroad and in cities like Chicago and New York surpasses last year. Detroit auto plants also call in workers at about 700 daily.
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France
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Uncle Sam and America First Loans Loom Larger
London reports that the world depends on loans from America as the United States weighs aid. The piece notes the Monroe stance of favoring loans while pressing priority for American interests amid a global financial needs moment.
State Departments Closed Tuesday Across United States
United Press reports that state departments were closed Tuesday with limited operations through Thursday and Friday, indicating partial government agency shutdowns and reduced services.
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United Press Oustin
Santa Claus Nears Manchuria On World Trip
United Press reports Santa Claus is en route to America, speeding across the icy steppes of Russia and nearing war torn Manchuria. He will pass India Europe and the British Isles then near Greenland before crossing Canada into New England. Asia celebrates Yuletide 18 to 24 hours earlier due to the international date line, with Fiji and Nassau Island marking Christmas first.
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United Presse
Santa Claus
America
Russia
Kris
Wartorn
Manchuria
India
Europe
England
Santa
Greenland
Canada
New England
Asia
United States
Pacific Ocean
Fiji
Amarillo’s Examiner Ends, New Era for Old Tack
Kerne Tack proclaims ongoing presence on page while Amarillo Examiner shutters at midnight. Mrs. E F Manney notes refunds for over a month and 1,600 to 2,000 Amarillo subscribers. building at Third and Taylor for rent. Tack shares reader praise and quips about Texan lore and local press.
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E. F. Manney
The
Amarillo
Christmas Card Graver Noted For Thumb Callous
A reader observes C. W. has a pronounced callous on her right thumb from handling Christmas cards and determining which are engraved.
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C. W
Christmas Calendar Sales by Amarillo Carrier Boys
The carrier boys sell Christmas calendars for 10 cents to subscribers. Extra donations over 10 cents are welcomed as Christmas remembrance. The writer praises the Amarillo carriers as faithful and hardworking and urges readers to keep money if it is needed. He expresses gratitude to Amarillo and Plains district residents and wishes a proper Christmas.
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Amarillo
Buat
Plains District
Pantages Plea to Be Examined by Five Doctors
Los Angeles December 1 1922 five physicians appointed by the district attorney will examine pantages the millionaire theater man awaiting appeal from a conviction for criminal assault of Eunice Pringle 17 a dancer. They will testify at the hearing on Thursday as pantages seeks freedom on bond claiming danger of death from heart ailments in confinement.
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United Presse
Los Angeles
Mactantig Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Pantages
Sixth Radio Bridge Game On Air Tonight
The sixth Bridge by Radio game airs at 9 30 p m on Station WDAG with four renowned players. Wynne Ferguson and Eugene Buss oppose Mrs Wistar Morris Chubb and Mrs H T Westervelt in a field coached by Milton Work. Advance hands list key cards for each participant and a story summary will run tomorrow.
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WDAG
Wynne Ferguson
New York
Eugene R. Buss
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wistar Morris Chubb
South Orange
N. J
H. T. Westervelt
New Haven
Connecticut
Milton
Globe News
N. J. “West
North
Conn
East
Hearts
Star of East at Midnight Grotto Nativity Mass in Jerusalem
As Christendom gathers, a midnight Mass at the grotto will be led by a titular archbishop from the patriarch’s coast in Jerusalem. Patriarchs and bishops will descend to the grotto where Greek and English gospel will be chanted and the silver star kissed. The star is flanked by 15 lamps and bears a Latin inscription on marble. Jacobites and Copts will mass in another basilica section chanting in Syriac and Egyptian.
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Jerusalem
Marie Jesus Christous
Jesus Christ
McKinley School Bonds Plan for New Junior High Campus
The district plans a school bond to relieve McKinley by moving the junior high to a new building. Students from San Jacinto attend both junior high and elementary there, but space limits prevent expansion. The proposed new junior high would free the McKinley campus for elementary grades.
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McKinley
Wolflin
San Jacinto
Alabama Bolter Law Upheld by Attorney General
Attorney General Charlie C. McCall ruled the State Democratic executive committee acted legally in barring from the 1930 primary any candidates who did not back the Democratic presidential ticket while allowing them to vote. The affected candidates include Senator J Thomas Heflin seeking re election and Hugh A Locke running for governor, both having stumped for Hoover in 1928 and now running as independents.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Charlie C. McCall
State
Democratic Executive Committee
J. Thomas Heflin
Hugh A. Locke
Heflin
Locke
Hoover
Five-dollar fines for snoring and long baths in Chicago
In Chicago on December 24, David Kanen and Walter Linguist were fined five dollars and costs for disturbing the peace due to nightly snoring at the May home. Judge Max Luster ordered both men to act as guardians for each other, with a cue to end snoring and shorten bath time.
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Associated Press
Chicago
David Kanen
Walter Linguist
Costa
Arthur May
Kaaen
Linquist
Max Luster
Mays
Luster
Wait 14 Years Then Are Wed Over Phone in Texas
In Waco Texas Miss Rethel Pharr and Homer Eakin married via long distance telephone after a 14 year courtship. The ceremony used extension lines with witnesses in place and affidavits mailed. Eakin telegraphed a health certificate from Cleveland to meet Texas law. The couple first met at a Christmas dinner in Chilton Texas when she was six and he eight.
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Associated Press
Waco
Tex
Rethel Pharr
Homer Eakin
Miles
Miss Pharr
Eakin
Cleveland
Ohio
Aubrey Morris
Chilton
Santa Claus Visit Planned at Courthouse
Santa Claus was slated to visit county and district officials and courthouse staff at 3 o clock this afternoon. A large cooperative tree stood on the witness stand in the county courtroom with gifts piled high, as committee members sought a Santa. Each person drew a coworker’s name to buy a gift for.
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Santa Claus
Couny
Santa
Snow and Sleet Disrupt City Traffic and Involve Snow Device
Snow and sleet snarled traffic as 7 000 street cleaners tested a Horace Barnes snow removal device at McGill University spraying 10 blocks of Fifth Avenue. Three deaths and many injuries reported from heavy snows in Virginia. Hillsboro Texas records 26 inches. Florida sees cold, Miami and Key West 68 degrees. Pacific coast forecast expects snow and rain in several states.
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Horace Barnes
McGill University
Fifth Avenue
Virginia
Hillsboro
Texas
Florida
Verglades
Miami
Key West
Mercury
Pacific Coast
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
California
Nevada
Nacogdoches Ends Cold Spell With 12 Degree Reading
Nacogdoches Texas reports a 12 degree temperature, placing the city among the coldest spots in the state as the cold snap continues. The reading reflects a 20 degree below freezing level, marking Monday as the coldest day in the area.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
Robberies Leave Man Unconscious Found in Truck
The victim was struck in the head by an assailant during a robbery and found unconscious in the driver’s seat of a truck near the Vernon Apartments at 1218 West Tenth Avenue. Brummal, who cannot recall details, believes he drove the vehicle home that morning.
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Brummal
Vernon Apartments
West
Tenth Avenue
More Grammatical Prayers Are Urged
Dr. Carl S. Patton challenged 200 ministers in Los Angeles to improve prayers by avoiding poor English. He urged stenographers to transcribe prayers for sober review and dignified address to the Lord.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Carl S. Patton
Ministerial Association
Patton
Ice grips town as cold snaps linger
After a brutal cold spell, authorities report 49 years of harsh winter conditions. The thermometer fell to one above zero. One injury is confirmed as H. H. Sharpe, an express agent, slipped on the ice and broke his femur.
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H. H. Sharpe
Down Trend in Oil Production Reported for U S Week
The Associated Press reports a continued downward trend in U S oil production for the week ending December 21, totaling 2,620,580 barrels daily. Minor gains in California light oil offset declines in Oklahoma Seminole fields and northern areas, with West Texas steady and Kansas showing a large drop from the prior week.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Okla
United States
Oklahoma
West Texas
California
Santa Fe Springs
Kansas
Widow Rejects Diamonds After Husband’s Death
Mrs. Jank C. Evans denounces diamonds after her husband Frank Evans, a Denver bond broker, was fatally wounded during a pistol duel with bandits who tried to steal his gems. She says she has disposed of all diamonds.
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Denver
Colo
Jank C. Evans
Frank
Evans
Macao Garrison Seized by Troops Mutiny Ends Authority
Portuguese artillerymen seized the Macao garrison near Canton on Sunday to protest pay and living conditions. All officers were expelled from the fort and noncommissioned officers imprisoned inside the fortress. Macao, a Portuguese dependency, has historic ties to trade and colonial rule.
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Macao
United Press
Hong Kong
Canton
China
Churchill kin not related to American writer of The Crisis
England's Winston Churchill has no familial link to the American author Winston Churchill who penned The Crisis. The two men share a name but come from different countries and contexts, with distinct careers and legacies.
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England
Winston Churchill
Bear at Avondale Zoo Eats Rival After Misadventure
A Birmingham zoo bear sought the black bear that caused trouble by pulling a purse from a cage and finding another bear in the pocketbook. Teddy ate the intruder, who was small and flat, then suffered stomach pain from ground glass in the mirror after treatment with castor oil.
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United Press
Birmingham
Ala
Avondale Zoo
Teddy
Unanswered Prayer in a Father's Wise Denial
Poem explores a father's difficult choices when denying a child's pleas, comparing parental discipline to divine refusals. It reflects on trust, love, and the belief that withholding short term wants serves a greater future good. The piece invokes Edgar A. Guest and a faith-based meditation on prayer and guidance.
Livestock Markets Report From Kansas City and St Louis
Kansas City markets show hogs steady to higher with top around 9.66 as 4 000 head traded. Cattle and calves total about 4 500 and 3 000 with varied prices across slaughter steers heifers cows and vealers. Saint Louis market tallies 8 000 hogs and 2 000 cattle with prices ranging from 8 76 to 10 50 for hogs and 10 00 to 13 25 for cattle and calves.
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Kansas City
Associated
ST. Louis
Associated Press
East ST. Louis
Chicago Livestock Prices Move Across Market Sectors
Chicago market notes show hogs around 20 000 head with sow and packing sow prices 8.15 to 9.00 and piglets 8.75 to 9.75. Cattle sales include 6 000 hogs? 6 000 cattle and 2 000 calves with steer classes 12.75 to 16.25 per cwt and cows 8.25 to 10.75. Sheep totals near 7 000 with feeder lambs 11.75 to 12.65 and prices 4.50 to 6.00 for ewes and fats higher by about 50 cents.
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Chicago
The
Associated Press
Hogs and cattle market update from Fort Worth auction
Fort Worth on December 24 reports hogs at 500 head steady with 206 lb butchers at 4.40, truck stock 9.25, bull truck butchers 9.00 to 9.25, pigs 7.60 to 7.75. Cattle and calves 400 head, calves 60, steady. cows to 7.25, heavy fed calves 10.00. Sheep none.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
U. 8
D. A
New York Cotton Opens Steady After Early Decline
In New York on December 24 cotton opened steady with a 3 point drop and gains up to 7 points. Cables were weaker, southern selling emerged alongside near month liquidation, offerings stayed light, and active months held near unchanged to 8 points higher by midmorning. January rose to 17.15 and May to 17.69 amid some realising as demand tapered and the market quieted later in the forenoon.
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New York
Associated Press
New Orleans Cotton Edges Higher on Short Covering
In New Orleans on Dec 24, cotton opened steady and rose as shorts covered and spot houses bought. January touched 17.05, March 17.38, May 17.59, with active months climbing to near intraday highs before noon. Prices eased slightly after noon. December option expired at 17.01.
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New Orleans
New York Stocks Open Higher on Irregular Gains
At the opening, New York prices edged higher as buyers supported industrial leaders. General Electric up 2%, U S Steel common up 2%, American Can and International Telephone up 1 1 4 points, Anaconda Copper near year low 70 1 4, May Department Stores and Warner Bros. Pictures down 1 3 4 and 1 1 2 respectively. Trading strengthened later with short covering. Sears Roebuck slipped 8 points on merger talks. Public utilities showed strength. foreign exchanges opened easier with sterling at 4.85.
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New York
Associated Press
General Electric
U. S&s. Steel Common
American Can
International Telephone
Anaconda Copper
May Department Stores
Warner Bros. Pictures
Sears Roebuck
J. C. Penney Co
U. S. Steel
Foster Wheeler
A. M. Byers
Johns Manville
Gas and aviation stocks in curb market listing
A cluttered list shows Arkansas Gas, Associated Gas, Curtiss Flying, Cities Service, Electric Bond and Share, Fokker Airplane, Ford of England, Gulf, Mountain Product, Ohio Oil, Vacuum Oil, Trans World and others with varied percentage quotes. The snippet reads as a stock page from CURB STOCKS furnished by Jno. Clark Co.
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Jno
Clark Co
Arkansas Gas
Sseeeseee Aviation Corp. America Vreses
Associated Gas
Aceceneeses
Amer Marasiaibe
Curtiss Flying
Ccesesseers
Seevees
Fokker Airplane
Ford
England
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Sam Braswell
Tex Mellroy
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Iran
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John F. Clark Brokenage Co
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