Amarillo Christmas News Roundup Raises Oil Prospects and Jackrabbit Trade
Harold English and Thornton Oxnard drill for a booming oil well southeast of Amarillo as geologists gauge a new depth after earlier trouble. Amarillo football fans eye a seven point spread for next Saturday with Corpus Christi favored, while San Diegans are tipped to win. The Baker Hotel in Dallas will host Amarillo visitors with Baker management assisting. Lou Stogner, a major local investor, denies publicity while owning 1,200 acres with a wildcat oil project. Canadian agents buy thousands of live jackrabbits in Kansas to ship to Bagot County under game laws, a curious cross border exchange. Drug stores report a record Christmas trade with perfume candy and luxury items selling well. Happy New Year to all.
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Amarillo
Harold English
Thornton Oxnard
Canada
Kansas
Bagot County
Expansion of CCC to include older men and married workers
Washington reports a proposal to broaden the civilian conservation corps to include older and married men. Advocates say the move would shift focus from grants to work relief and relieve unemployment by expanding CCC duties beyond unattached youths. Senator Pope and relief officials, including Harry Hopkins, have discussed the idea and pledged study.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Administration
Congress
Ccc
Pope Democrat
Idaho
Harry L. Hopkins
Christmas News From Around The World In 1940s Headlines
Widespread Christmas traditions and wartime exchanges noted from La Paz to Belgrade. Bolivia reports Bolivian forces dominating a Par guayan attack in the Chaco War. In Germany heavy snow falls. in Yugoslavia a young king ascends after assassination. Paris distributes gifts to the unemployed while Rome shows religious observances.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
War Ministry
Chaco
purse with 830 lost
Dear Tack asks for help locating a small brown purse described as about 6 by 5 inches. The note references a lost item and directs readers to see Tack Letter on page 26 for more details.
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Tack
One Great Family Is King’s Message
King George V calls on British Empire to unite as one great family during Christmas Address to subjects worldwide. He cites the marriage of the royal couple as an example of shared spirit and hopes the unity will grow stronger across all regions including Australia Canada and Tasmania.
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London
Mec
George V
Australia
Canada
Tasmania
Russian envoy sees end to debt rift in Pacific visit
In Yokohama on December 2, Alexander Troyanovsky, Russia's ambassador to the United States, voiced confidence that the Russo American debt dispute would soon be settled. He predicted a large expansion of trade once settled and noted discussions with Moscow officials before sailing to San Francisco.
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Yokohama
Japan
Alexander Troyanovsky
United States
San Francisco
Troyanovsky
Moscow
Cleveland
Gana
Honolulu
Texan Hopes Bonus Will Be Paid Soon
Maury Maverick one of Texas four new representatives arrives in Washington with hopes a soldiers bonus will be paid this session. He says issuing over 2 billion dollars in new currency would not greatly affect monetary policy. He plans to visit the post office procurement division to advocate a new San Antonio post office.
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Washington
Maury Maverick
Texas
Congress
Maverick
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
San
Fergusons To Have Simple Christmas
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson planned a simple Christmas at the Texas Governor’s Mansion. A Christmas Eve gathering of the Ferguson family and close friends decorated the drawing room and placed gifts around the tree. Tomorrow she will host a family dinner including former Governor James Ferguson and her daughters Mrs George Nalle and Mrs Stuart Walt.
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Austin
Der
Miriam A. Perguson
Governors Mansion
Texan
Ferguson
Texas
James F. Perguson
George Nalle
Stuart Walt
Gooch to face kidnap charge in Texas job
Arthur Gooch captured near Okemah after Ambrose Nix was slain will face federal kidnaping charges filed in Muskogee connected to abducting two Paris Texas policemen and transporting them into Oklahoma. Officers questioned five men and two women in Oklahoma City as Sheriff Pierce probes the $17 000 Okemah bank robbery with no strong ties to Gooch and Nix.
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Oklahoma City
Arthur Gooch
Okemah
Ambrose Nix
Muskogee
Dwight Brantley
Federal Department of Justice
Gooch
Paris
Texas
Oklahoma
Antlers
Ross Pierce
Gooch and Nix
Court to Air Boat Sinking
The United States and Canada prepare final hearings over the sinking of the rum runner I'm Alone off the Gulf Coast. Canada seeks 346803 in damages, arguing Canadian registry and outside U S jurisdiction. The United States claims the Dexter caused the sinking within reach of shore and that the craft was owned by a New York man. Justice Van Devanter and Sir Lyman Duff lead the commission.
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Coast Guard
United States
Canada
Supreme Courts
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Dexter
New York
Boc
van Devanter
Lyman Pacre Duff
Canadian Supreme Court
Youths jailed in Canyon severs assault with intent to murder
Randall County authorities detained Edward Keel and Hamel Johnson, Amarillo youths, on charges of assault with intent to murder after they allegedly overpowered disarmed and beat Highway Patrolman Boyce Long near Canyon. A third suspect remained at large as officers continued the search.
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Edward Keel
Hamel Johnson
Amarillo
Canyon
Randall
Potter County
Keel
Johnson
Boyce Long
Long
Roy Bruner
Fritch
Sanford
Hal Bruner
Bruners
Fairfax Apartments
Monroe Street
North
Polk Street
Burgalry
French aviation ace sets new land plane speed record
Raymond Delmotte of France broke Jimmy Wedell's speed record by flying four laps of a prescribed course at 502.456 kilometres per hour, 312 mph, timed by the Aero Club of France after morning failures. He completed four laps in 21 seconds in a Caudron Rafale.
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Istres
France
U.P
Raymond Delmotte
Jimmy
Blame Mines for Failure to Buy Silver
Treasury officials blame low domestic mine output for not meeting the silver purchase target under the London agreement. United States holdings of silver fall short of the 25 75 reserve ratio goal, with official estimates around one billion ounces short. Purchases under the pact for the year total about 20.76 million ounces, though a White House proclamation set a floor of 24.42 million ounces.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
White House
Guerilla Warfare Seen on Border
Nogales Herald reports unconfirmed rumors of border raids starting at Navojoa Sonora Mexico with three killed. Plans allegedly aim to loot more police stations until arms and ammo enable larger operations amid rumored Indian unrest in southern Sonora.
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Nogales. Ariz
Nogales Herald
Navojoa
Sonore
Mexico
Nogales
Francisco Cononado
Bonora
More Bonuses Paid By Houston Firms
Houston firms boosted year end bonuses with many banks offering two weeks to a month of pay for employees. Several banks announced raises from 10 to 25 percent of annual salary and one issued an extra dividend to stockholders. Duncan Coffee Company paid about 10,000 in bonuses to 200 workers. Interstate Theaters distributed five to ten percent of yearly pay as bonuses. Pre holiday business was the best in four years.
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Houston
Duncan Coffee Company
Practical Joke Blamed in Fatal Tex. Shooting
Corsicana Texas December 25 AuP Aude Washburn aged 40 is dead and Jim Garrison aged 60 is jailed on murder charges after a shooting at the Garrison home near Wildcat Ferry. Sheriff Rufus Pevebouse says Washburn entered masked causing Garrison to fire. One shotgun blast struck Washburn in the right breast. Garrison was arrested by ranger A E McCarter and turned over to county officers.
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Tex
Aude Washburn
Jim Garrison
Garrison
Wildcat Ferry
A. E. McCarter
Rufus Pevebouse
Washburn
Pevehouse
Nome Observes Christmas Amid Fire’s Aftermath
Nome Alaska celebrates Christmas at the Community Church after a September fire. An evergreen tree, flown 200 miles by plane, stands indoors as snow falls on the bleak Seward Peninsula with ice floes along the shore.
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Nome
Alaska
Seward
First Lady of Texas Relinquishes Office January
The passage notes Mrs Pergison marking her fourth Christmas as governor's wife and plans to leave office January 15 when James V. Allred becomes governor. It mentions Allred spending Christmas in Wichita Falls, his former home, with reference to their grandson George Nalle Jr. and the governor’s family.
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George Nalle, Jr
Mr. Allred
Wichita Falls
Robber Victim Dies Of Gunshot Wound
August Reiter, a 53 year old Stafford county farmer, died in GREAT BEND Kansas hospital from a gunshot wound received when three robbers attacked him and his brother outside their farm home. The men seized $24,000 in registered bonds from a safe in a scale house on the farm. His brother Olt, 55, was beaten during the robbery.
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Great Bend
Kas
Reiter
Stafford
Olt
Charles Reese Trowbridge Dies After Snow Walk Fall
Crawfordsville Indiana December 2 Charles Reese Trowbridge 60 longtime newspaper and publicity worker in Indiana and nearby states died after injuring his head when he fell while sweeping snow from a walk in front of his home He was survived by his widow and a daughter.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Charles Reese
Trowbridge
Indiana
Railroader Recalls First Train To Run Into Texas Capital
J W Mathews fireman on the first passenger train into Austin in 1872 recalls early railroading days. He worked 48 years before retiring in 1919, holding roles from fireman to passenger conductor. He describes wood fuel, new engine tricks, a 1873 sheep accident, and the 1872 capital milestone. Mathews, a Mississippi native, moved to Texas in 1882 and now visits his daughter in Channing.
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Hale and Hearty
Southern Pacific
Hearne
Austin
Mathews
Scott County
Mississippi
Madison County
Robertson County
J. W. Baughman
Channing
Jubilant Christmas Celebrations At Church Of The Nativity
Bethlehem reports jubilant bells and hallelujahs as worshippers mark Christmas at the Church of the Nativity and nearby Jerusalem rites. Rain dampened spirits but deep devotion persisted with midnight apparitions, the manger scene, and a shepherds field service at Tel Boaz.
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Babe
Christendom
Christ
Tel Boaz
Judea
Heavenly Visitation
Jerusalem
Motor Busses Supplant Interurban Between Dallas and Fort Worth
Dallas on December 25 reports the North Texas Traction Company ends 30 years of electric interurban service. Motor buses replace the line with final runs completed early this morning. Plans exist to convert the right of way into a high speed road as Dallas and Tarrant counties pursue road development.
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Dallas
Fort Worth
North Texas Traction Company
J. L. Gant
Handley
Tarrant
Christmas warmth, cold wave sweep across North America
A cold wave brought 54 degrees at Dawson Canada while the United States woke to mild Christmas temperatures. Snow spread from Washington to Maine, delighting children with sleds as some southern cities stayed near 75 degrees. Forecasters warned of sharp drops in the South and Midwest before the holiday ended. A dog and cat cemetery at Columbus Ohio counts 700 to 800 graves, founded ten years ago.
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Canada
United States
Washington
Maine
Miami
Fla
Brownsville
Columbia, O
Albanian Officials Deny Greek Uprising Reports
TIARANA Albania December 25 Albanian foreign office statement denies Greek newspaper reports of an uprising in Albania to mark King Zog's tenth anniversary. Official cables from Tirana London and Rome also deny revolution claims and accuse Greek press of stirring false alarms. Bromine is noted as present in sea water at 60 to 70 parts per million.
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Albania
Zogg
Foreign Office
Dibra
Athens
Kathimerina
Tirana
London
Rome
Fear and pursuit after Ellaville police chief slain
In Ellaville Georgia Chief W B Souter is killed and a 17 year old suspect Charlie Dodson is hunted by Sheriff F C Rigsby and a large posse. Night Chief Charles Pilcher says tensions run high as officers fear lynching and vow to capture the armed youth.
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Ellaville
W. B. Souter
F. C. Rigsby
Schley County
Charles Pilcher
Pilcher
Charlie Dodson
Souter
Prospective Groom Killed in Hot Springs Wreck
Temple Marigold a 26 year old ranch hand and would be bridegroom to Miss Lee Bruton was found dead near Hot Springs New Mexico after an automobile wreck. He had been shot in the head and a pistol lay beside him. He was said to have been summoned as a witness in an Oklahoma murder trial but officials had no definite information.
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Hot Springs
N. M
Dee
Oklahoma
Temple Marigold
Marigold
Marcial
Lee Bruton
Oklahoma City
Townsend plan gains signatures in Ohio petition drive
Thousands of Ohioans have signed congressional petitions backing Dr. Townsend's old age pension proposal. Six Townsend clubs have formed in Cleveland as the plan would pension all citizens over age 60 at 200 dollars a month.
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Cleveland
A.P
Peaches Browning Weds Denver Theater Manager
Actress Peaches Browning married Bernard J. Hynes a Denver theater manager in Eastchester New York by a justice of the peace. The pair reportedly planned a honeymoon trip and did not reveal their destination. Browning, 24, former wife of Edward W. Browning, had a previous legal separation.
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New York
Frances “Peaches” Browning
Bernard J. Hynes
Denver
East Chester
Westchester County
Edward W
Browning
Justice of the Peace
Charles Wilson
Tuckahoe
Eastchester
Hynes
Gas Station in East Liverpool Looted Over Fifty Times
George T. Farrel owner of the Midway Oil gas station in East Liverpool says the station has been robbed at least fifty times. He notes the station is ten years old and believes there have been at least ten more uncounted thefts.
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East Liverpool, O
U.P
Midway Oil Company
George T. Farrel
Farrel
Killed by Auto Victoria Dec 25
Marco Garcia a 52 year old railroad laborer was fatally injured when struck by an automobile while walking along the Cuero highway near here ten days ago police said the victim died of injuries sustained in the accident on the Cuero road.
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Auto Victoria
Marco Garcia
Cuero Highway
Here
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