Eskimos Get Yule Present
A Christmas gift of 3,000 reindeer reaches Eskimo communities near the Mackenzie delta after a six year trek across Arctic seas. Carl Lomen, the reindeer king, learns of the final stage via wireless from Aklavik as Andrew Bahr drives the herd from Kotzebue.
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Seattle
Northwest Territory
Andrew Bahr
Mackenzie Delta
Arctic Circle
Carl Lomen
Alaska
Aklavik
Kotzebue
Chicagoan Surprised By Big Bank Deposit
Chicagoan Jake Ellegant, at his paper box factory, learns from Liberty Bank of a $1 015 17 deposit he forgot. He recalls earlier unrecorded deposits in 1923 and 1926 and plans an ocean trip with his wife.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
Jake Ellegant
Liberty Bank
Ellegant
Jake
Australian Aviator Kingsford Smith Returns to Los Angeles
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith landed in Los Angeles late yesterday after a cross country flight from Cincinnati where he had flown H. E. Walker to his ill brother. Accompanying him was Miss Mary Walker daughter of the rancher.
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Los Angeles
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
Cincinnati
H. E. Walker
California
Charles
Mary Walker
GOP Senator Says Demos Give Burden
Bertrand Snell of Potsdam New York a cheese maker and future Republican minority leader said Roosevelt era aid amounts to a Christmas burden claiming 26 000 000 Americans depend on the government for livelihoods He argued Democrats should not feel cocky about unemployment while noting Republican efforts to re elect him as leader failed
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Washington
Bertrand Snell
Potsdam
N. Y
House
Roosevelt
Snell
Leadder
1934 Year Sees Speed and Comfort Drive Transport Forward
In 1934 American transport expanded space time mastery with faster airliners trains buses and cars. Streamlined vehicles and air conditioning boosted comfort and safety while labs pursued new devices and rear engine drive. Notable feats include the Burlington Zephyr 77.5 mph average and Union Pacific 56 hours 55 minutes coast to coast.
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Alexander R
George Washington
Iron Horse
Burlington
Denver
Chicago
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
New York
Bureau of Air Commerce
Man Fights Deer On Houston Lawn Christmas Eve 1934
Frank Ward recalls a 1 hour 40 minute struggle with a four point buck on his Houston lawn. The deer approached him, Ward captured its horns, then dragged the animal to a poultry house before J. Stuart Boyles arranged to send the buck to the zoo.
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Houston
U.P
Frank Ward
Ward
J. Stuart Boyles
Zoo
Cupid Steals Show From Santa Claus in Dallas
Cupid imprudently attempted to steal the show from Santa Claus in Dallas on Christmas Day. The county clerk issued 78 licenses for Christmas Day marriages and the buck was placed in a truck to be hauled away.
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Cupid
Santa Claus
Dallas
Police Still Seek Liquor Truck Loot
Police today still sought trace of a truck load of tax paid liquor valued between 1700 and 82000 dollars stolen early yesterday from the DeLuxe Co. 509 North Fillmore Street. F A Crouse who displayed a federal liquor license said the loot belonged to him. Fighty cases of liquors were taken.
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DeLuxe Co
North Fillmore Street
F. A. Crouse
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Northern Wilderness Strain
Commissioner Cortlandt Starnes notes RCMP work in Canada’s far north is the most arduous. Five officers and 72 ranks guard 28 detachments across vast hinterland from Alaska to Labrador’s Atlantic coast, often hundreds of miles from any white neighbors.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Nole Pole
Cortlandt Starnes
Civilization
Alaska
Atlantic
Labrador
Canada
Europe
Police stationed in Arctic for extended period
Some police have been stationed in the Arctic for half the year, continuing patrols and maintaining operations despite harsh conditions and isolation.
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Arctic
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Eskimos
GOP
DEMOS
Washington, D. C
Eddie Rickenbacker
John Q. Citizen
New York City
Buck
Man
ZOC
Coca-Cola
Bottling Company
Amarillo, Texas
Cunistans
Morrison’s
Top & Glass Shop
Stormy) Morrison
Fast 7Th St
Arctic Police
Russell Middleton
Certified Public Accountant
Oliver Eakle
Eloven
The
Ordway Saunders Company
Amapilelo Building
Mee
Amarillo
Panhandle Area
Amarillo City Commission
Ross D. Rogers
H. Ernest Smith
M. N. Twaddell
Horace R. Smith
Seasons Greetings
Harris Little ES Storesome Institut
North Fillmore
Odelle Harris
J. H. Harris
Willard Harris
Aie Anito
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