Giant Moving Task Faced by Uncle Sam in Washington
The new Commerce Department home near the Washington Monument will centralize bureaus including Census and Navy, occupying 3,311 rooms across seven stories. President Hoover helped initiate the structure, whose cornerstone was laid in 1929 using the same trowel as the Capitol’s.
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Washington
Sam
Department of Commerce
Washington Monument
Department
Bureau of Standards
Temple of Business
Congress
Secretary's Office
Aeronautics Branch
Bureau of Census
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau of Lighthouses, Coast and Geodetic Survey
Bureau of Navigation
Steamboat Inspection Service
Patent Office
Bureau of Mines
Commerce
Capitol
Hoover
George Washington
Bible Class Plans Musical Program at Fair Theater
A special musical program will be held by the T. Newton Hil Bible Class at the Fair Theater Sunday morning. Performers include Evelyn Wiley John Wiley and Raymond OBrien from Dave Durden's School of Music with song service led by H A Shew and Doris. The class begins at 9 45 and all city men are invited to attend with teachers Judge W E Gee and Dr R C Snodgrass urging enrollment for the coming year.
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T. Newton Hil
Fair Theater
Evelyn Wiley
John Wiley
Raymond O'Brien
Dave Durden
School of Music
H. A. Shew
Doris
W. E. Gee
R. C. Snodgrass
Missouri town seeks to buy good used jail
Excelsior Springs, Missouri, December 5. The city seeks a second hand jail to handle prisoner overflow, with cells to be erected in the city hall. City Manager Bernard Allnut nearly bought a suitable jail last week but found discarded cells from Leavenworth at a Kansas City junkyard.
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Missouri
Excelsior Springs
Bernard
Allnut
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Carpenter's Fall Reveals Paget's Disease Shrinking Body
Norwood Roe, a 43 year old Wilmington carpenter, reportedly shortened by one and a half inches since a fall 13 years ago. Doctors say his vertebrae show Paget's disease signs and may cause further height loss.
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Wilmington
Del
Paget
Norwood Roe
Roe
Robbery Suspects Nabbed After Oil Company Break-In
County authorities hold two men linked to a claim by W. D. Beasley of Merchants Detectives Association that they robbed Continental Oil Company at Tenth Avenue and Johnson Street of two gallons of oil last night. One suspect has a badly cut hand from broken glass.
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W. D. Beasley
Merchants Detectives Association
Continental Oil Company
Tenth Avenue
Johnson Street
Borah calls for 10 percent cut on federal salaries
Senator Borah urges cutting all U S salaries above 2000 by ten percent to reduce government costs and address public opinion in Idaho and distant states. He argues the nation can solve problems without wage cuts while holding large wheat stocks and ample cattle.
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Borah
United States
Senator Borah
Idaho
Washington
Santa Visits and Pre Christmas Observances In Amarillo
Amarillo theaters show new pictures and Holiday events continue with Tree For Needy Children, municipal programs, and community efforts by Hanson Post American Legion, Boy and Girl Scouts. Hundreds assist in mercy mission. Good Fellows distribute gifts to families and join Christmas workers in shared charity and Tiny Tim’s benediction.
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Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Hanson Post
American Legion
Boy and
Girl Scouts
Good
Tiny Tim
Hitching Posts In Use In Wet Midwest
Wet weather rolls across the nation with snow looming. In Fairmont Minnesota Ned Gould takes to plowing while roads stay muddy and automobiles strike off. Old Dob bin returns in Southwestern Iowa as horse hitching remains common due to soggy conditions.
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Fairmont
Minn
Ned Gould
Iowa
Old Dobbin
Origin of "O. K." debated in Saturday Evening Post
In the December 19 issue of the Saturday Evening Post, page 82, column 1, an article by Bill Murray, the Oklahoma governor, discusses the origin of the term O K. The piece examines usages and historical notes from the era.
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Saturday Evening Post
Bill Murray
Oklahoma
Matinee at Fair Saturday at Globe Publix Theater
Tomorrow morning at 9 30 a News Globe Publix Theater matinee will be shown at the Fair Theater. Admission is 10 cents. The feature is Mr Lemon of Orange with El Brendel plus Fifi Dersay and several short subjects. Weather news from Texas reports warm Christmas Day with clear points and a forecast of unsettled conditions in extreme West Texas tonight and tomorrow.
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Fifi Dersay
Brendel
Texas
Dallas
U.P
United States Weather Bureau
el Paso
Amarillo
Abilene
Suspect Held After Christmas Visit to Walters Family
A suspect confined at a jail spent an hour at Greenwood township farm of Mr and Mrs George Walters before returning for a Christmas dinner. She learned of her husband Martin de Pew alleged to lead a gang in the Nell Donnelly kidnapping case and then surrendered to the sheriff after consulting a lawyer in Buffalo.
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Greenwood Township
George Walters
Martin de Pew
Nell Donnelly
Kansas City
Buffalo
N. Y
Bloomsburg
Fireman Charged With Drunken Driving in San Jacinto
Roscoe M. Anstead, city fireman, posted a 500 dollar bond after being charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He appeared before Justice J. W. Minter following arrest on West Sixth Avenue in San Jacinto by Sheriff W. N. Thompson and Deputy C. T. Van derpool amid a scuffle leaving bruised officers.
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Roscoe M. Anstead
J. W. Minter
Potter County
Anstead
West Sixth Avenue
San Jacinto
W. N. Thompson
C. T. Vanderpool
Wellsville Firemen Get Chimney Cleaning Jobs
In Wellsville New York unemployed volunteer firemen received temporary Christmas work cleaning chimneys. The workers joked Santa might be in a prankish mood as they take on the unusual duties today.
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Wellsville
N. Y
Still Serving Lists Donors and Local Groups
A long listing of community groups and families connected to the Still Serving effort includes churches, clubs, companies, and neighborhoods across Amarillo. The piece names units from the Central Presbyterian Church to the Panhandle Fruit and Vegetable Company, with many family entries and addresses, plus a segment naming contributing individuals and local businesses such as Woolworth, Polk Street Grocery, and Amarillo Grain.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Panhandle Fruit and Vegetable Company
Tom Cook
The
the Telephone Company
First Baptist Church
Ruth's
Khiva Shrine
M. J. Taggert
Alabama
Seventeenth Avenue
Bowach
J. H. Florey
Harrison Street
E. N. B. Armstrong
East Twenty-First Avenue
Curtis Cobl
Washington Street
W. D. Fly
East Twenty-third Avenue
M. R. Lindsey
Ong Street
Seventh Day Adventist Missionary Society
R. R. Pickney
Sunset Terrace
UN Voulez Club
H. W. Allison
West Ninth Avenue
Rock Island Association
Ww. E. White
Bowie
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Julius Rollins
Fillmore Street
Rainbow Girls
Hal Bruner
West
Sixteenth Avenue
Annie A. Jones
River Road
Fairview Cafe
J. W. Longstern
Amarillo Bank and Trust Company
Bess Rorex
F. W. Cox
West Eighteenth Avenue
George Carns
Taylor Street
E. R. Carver
Nineteenth Avenue
H. L. Gaither
C. B. Jackson
Ninth Avenue
A. P. York
West Twelfth Avenue
H. D. Porter
Eighth Avenue
James W. Dossey
la Salle
B. F. Riggs
C. E. Fritchie
East
Fifth
Jacob Blinderman
I. D. Pearce
Oma P. Heaton
G. H. Wilkinson
B. G. Mathias
J. W. Goff
Sandy
Mary Lou Rogers
Bob Ames
J. Roy Hutto
L. M. Fischer
Fred de Vork
Amarillo Grocery
H. L. Alford
Central Grocery
Nelson Children
Amarillo Feed Company
Roy Jones
T. J
Christmas Quiet for Former Bank Robbers in New York
Cecilia Cooney once known as the bobbed haired bandit spends her first Christmas out of jail since 1924 with her husband who was freed after seven years. He won a $12 000 court award for a hand injury from prison machinery. They plan a country cottage and chickens and avoid publicity per parole.
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New York
Cecilia Cooney
Brooklyn
Cooney
Court of Claims
Community donations listed for local relief fund drive
A long list of individuals and organizations contributed to a local relief effort with amounts ranging from 1 to 66 dollars. Notable contributors include Mr. and Mrs. G. C. McDaniel and Phillips 66 employees. Donations support the community fund through business and civic groups in Amarillo.
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G. C. McDaniel
H. M. O'Connor
Ford Brandenburg
News-Globe
Avery Turner
Lewis F. Ormond
Amarillo Hardware
Annabelle Kritzer
Terry Thompson
R. E. Crudgington
O. J. Daniel
Ned O. Miller
R. A Grimes
Phillips 66
Q. G. Daniel
L. F. Kirk
Priscilla Club
Stratford
Texas
G. C. Odom
Amarillo
Gertrude Leeds
E. A. Beagle Company
Bessie Lane
Mrs. W. @. Boyce
H. H. Cooper
J. M. Love
John Copp
Southwestern Public Service Company
Continental Oil Company
Christmas at Bethlehem in a humble manger scene
A 1931 poem recounts Mary and Joseph in a cold stable when shepherds arrive bearing news of a newborn king. The questioning Joseph wonders at the star guided visit while Mary keeps faith in divine messages. The verse contrasts earthly poverty with spiritual royalty.
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Bethlehem
Mary
Joseph
Early Hearing for Beer Bill in Washington
Hearings on the four per cent beer bill by Senator Hiram Bingham begin early January. A special sub-committee led by Senator Metcalf, with members including Sheppard and Cutting, will study the proposal to legalize four per cent alcohol beer. First witness Yandell Henderson of Yale argues four per cent beer is not intoxicating.
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Washington
Hiram Bingham
Conneticut
Senate Manufacturers Committee
LaFollette
Metcalf
Rhode Island
Sheppard
Texas
Ardent Cry
Cutting
New Mexico
Bingham
Yandell Henderson
Yale
Henderson
Orphans Visit Mission Theater For Local Boy Makes Good
Children from the Presbyterian Home were guests of Victor B. Lowery at the Mission Theater to see Local Boy Makes Good. They arrived by home bus and enjoyed the farce comedy starring Joe E. Brown, described as highly entertaining and about college life.
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Presbyterian Home
Victor B. Lowery
Mission Theater
Mission
Joe E. Brown
Emaciated chicken found alive after 102 days buried
Orangeville farmer Errett Dickson discovered a chicken buried under a straw stack during threshing last September 13. The fowl reportedly survived 102 days by feeding on scant nourishment from the straw.
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Orangeville
Ont
Errett Dickson
Christmas Day Fire Alarm Run Keeps Fire Dept Busy
Three men spent a busy Christmas morning answering four false alarms. Within less than two hours the department began at 12 55 o clock and responded to two calls from Tenth Avenue and Harrison Street and two from Eighth Avenue and Harrison Street. Fire Chief George B Cooper commented that it violated the law.
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Tenth Avenue
Harrison Street
Eighth Avenue
George B. Cooper
Bonds Set for Bodkins and Jackson in Extradition Case
Bonds of 10000 each were set for M. E. Bodkins and Clyde H. Jackson by Judge J. W. Minter after a Wednesday night pursuit by sheriff's deputies. Arrest followed an Oldham County automobile chase. both men wanted by New Mexico authorities refused extradition waivers and were jailed in Potter County.
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J. W. Minter
Justice Court
M. E. Bodkins
Clyde H. Jackson
Sheriff's Department
New Mexico
Oldham County
J. B. Gordon
San Jon
Gordon
Vega
Amarillo
John Graves
Bodkins
Jackson
Potter County
Inventor's Auto Carries All Comforts of Home
Providence December 25 UP H L Orndoff inventor combines motor with home comforts. His 32000 Rolls Royce features a piano keyboard that slides above the dash an imitation spare tire with chimes a built in radio with loud speaker on the rear roof and window shutters.
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Providence
R. I
Negro Wounded in Arm by Gun Shot
A Black man named Jack Sawyer was shot in the left forearm early today and taken to a local hospital. He told police the revolver fired accidentally while he was placing it under his pillow in the servants’ quarters at 2212 Harrison Street.
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Jack Sawyer
Sawyer
Jones
Harrison Street
Chemist Aids Kidnapper Hunt In Cincinnati
Police continued the man hunt for Marian McLean's kidnapper and killer as a chemist analyze blood stains from clothing and room stains. Four suspects, including a grocer, were questioned. the search for the room where the girl was hidden persisted as authorities held Marian never strayed far from home.
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Cincinnati
Marian McLean
Gro~ Cer
Marian
Miss Fisk Returns Home For Holidays From Dallas School
Miss Marjorie Fisk daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles A Fisk 2200 Harrison Street has come home from Hockaday School for Girls Dallas to spend the holidays Relatives Mr and Mrs Clyde Leach and daughter Miss Phillis Jeanne Leach left Tuesday for El Reno Oklahoma to visit Mr and Mrs W L Leach and other relatives
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Marjorie Fisk
Charles A. Fisk
Harrison Street
Hockaday School For Girls
Dallas
Clyde Leach
Phillis Jeanne Leach
el Reno
Okla
W. L. Leach
Mr and Mrs Mc Reynolds Welcome Holiday Guests
Mr and Mrs Boone K McReynolds of 1319 Bellaire Street entertain guests for the holidays, Mr and Mrs C Irvine of Waco visiting their home.
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Mrs. McReynolds
Boone K. McReynolds
Bellaire Street
Mrs. C
Irvine
Waco
One-Legged Soldier Completes 80 Mile Crutch Walk
A Frost, a Royal Naval Reserve veteran who lost a leg in France, completed over 80 miles on crutches in a week from Swindon to London. He aims to prove he can work and is the sole survivor among 10 brothers who served in World War I.
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A. Frost
Swindon
London
Frost
France
Royal Naval
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