Amarillo College Badgers Return Home After Title
Mayor Ross Rogers heads a reception committee to greet Amarillo College Badgers, West and South Texas champions, at 7:45 tonight at Fort Worth and Denver station. The team beat Marshall Tigers 13 to 6 in Marshall to clinch the Panhandle title, with players from across the region. A downtown parade will follow led by motorcycle police as the team returns home.
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Funds Not Forthcoming Till State Meets Federal Aid
Texas faces a food relief cutoff as federal funds lag. Relief Administrator Capt says many will get only one week’s supply on a two week grant while perishables run out. Hopkins warns Texas must match $3 million already spent before more direct relief.
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U.P
Texas
J. C. Capt
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Civil Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Lawrence Westbrook
Austin
Man Confesses Murder of Boy in South Carolina
Columbia South Carolina police said Robert H. Wiles a 49 year old automobile mechanic confessed to luring 15 year old Herbert Harris Jr from his home and beating him to death with an iron bar at a deserted house. Harris body was found Christmas Day in an abandoned house in the Congaree Swamp area nine miles from Columbia.
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Stabbing of Armenian Archbishop shocks New York
Police report the assassination of Archbishop Leon Tournian of the Armenian Church in New York as protest violence by the alleged revolutionary order of Tashnag. Five arrests, a bloodstained shirt, and a suspect Juan Gonzales Tehalikian 28 charged with homicide.
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Government Aid Considered to Refinance Rail Securities
Washington officials said the federal government will explore steps to refinance about 2.21 billion dollars in railroad securities maturing in 1934. RCA head Jesse Jones disclosed the plan as a possible aid measure to the industry.
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Jesse
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Santa Claus Anxiety Death Sparks Coroner Probe
In ScarSda le New York a coroner's report cites a child's excitement over Santa Claus as the indirect cause of Dorothy Long's death. The girl cried out in bed and was found dead hours later from swelling in the neck gland linked to the nighttime excitement.
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Moreman Posts Bond In Stop And Render Aid Charge
W. F. Moreman posted 750 bond in Justice J. W. Pottinger's court on a charge of failure to stop and render aid. The case stems from an early Sunday morning injury to W. H. Roberts of the city street department, struck at Seventh Avenue and Polk Street. Roberts suffered cuts and bruises. Moreman claimed mistaken identity.
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Gangster warns of fight to death for police raid
Edward Shouse, a former Dillinger gang member now in custody, warned Sergeant Dan Healy that arresting the gang would trigger a battle to the death. He described nightly drills, bulletproof vests, and readiness to shoot it out, with plans for $100,000 robberies before fleeing to South America.
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Edward Shouse
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South America
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Dillinger
Harry Pierpont
Charles
Mystery Drapes Wheeler Death In Christmas Tale
In Wheeler Texas Howard Criner, after Christmas visit, found his father J B Criner fatally injured in a driveway collision reports say. Authorities investigate possible dance fight connections and a coroner’s jury is expected to decide death cause.
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Gunman lures lawyer to office and robs him in Houston
In Houston on December 26 a gunman lured attorney C E Heidingsfelder to his downtown office, forced him to drink from a bottle, then robbed him of about 34 500 dollars. He fled after the lawyer opened the safe and handed over the cash.
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Heidingsfelder
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Salvation Army Feeds Fewer at Christmas Dinner
The Salvation Army at 313 Van Buren Street fed 140 people yesterday, down from 27 last year, with 149 baskets sent to the needy. Captain Charles Brennan cited less suffering due to food shortages and noted the smaller turnout, while about 300 attended the post’s Christmas tree Saturday night.
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Wheat Acreage Payment Drawn From Government Funds
Federal allotment checks totaling 468363 are being distributed to Randall County wheat growers who contracted to reduce next year’s wheat acreage. 131 contracts delayed, leaving 226972 unpaid for December. balance to be sent from Washington after approval. Potter County growers also receive receipts. W H Upehureh offices at Canyon Courthouse invite growers to file for 43000 in acreage reduction.
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Empty Shelves Stamp Amarillo Pre Christmas Boom
Amarillo merchants reported empty shelves as a two week shopping surge ended Saturday night. Stores sold out many items prompting shoppers to modify lists and seek substitutes while Rolla V Townsend notes a surprising year end upturn.
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Rolla V. Townsend
Amarillo Retail Credit Association
Hotel Association Meeting Tonight In Amarillo
A strictly business gathering of the Amarillo Hotel Men's Association is set for tonight at 7 30 at the Herring Hotel. All hotel owners and managers in the city are urged to attend. J W Ross serves as president and James Sellars as secretary.
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Howe Magazine Ends Career With November Issue
Atchison Kansas December 26 4 E W Howe's monthly magazine founded in 1911 by E W Howe known as the Sage of Potato Hill will discontinue publication with the November issue. Dedicated to indignation and information the magazine carried Howe's views on national political religious and social problems.
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E. Ww. Howe
E. W. Howe
Kansas
Potato Hill
Death Near, Boy Seeks Clemency
Formerly of Amarillo, a condemned youth on death row in Huntsville seeks clemency as his execution for the killing of Robert Tharp in Lubbock looms shortly after midnight tonight. Authorities report the inmate is due to die within hours.
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Huntsville
Robert Tharp
Lubbock
Mitchell due to die tonight in Huntsville
The first of four Christmas week electrocutions at the Texas penitentiary is set for early tomorrow. Paul Mitchell 24 of Lubbock faces execution after a holdup during which a man was shot dead. Authorities say he is holding up well and may escape the chair as relatives bring visits and sweets. A manhunt followed the grocery store hijacking that led to Mitchell’s death sentence.
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Miriam A Ferguson
Paul Mitchell
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Mitchell
Dewey Hunt
Dallas
Robert Tharp
Church Stampede Fatal to Seven on Philippine Island
Seven people died as worshippers were trampled during a Christmas Eve church service in Tunauan village Leyte island. A sparkler fireworks display lit at the altar during midnight rites prompted a panic mistaken for a fire.
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la Vanguardia Gaid
Tacloban
Leyte
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas shows fair weather and a slight drop in temperature tonight. Wednesday remains generally fair with cooler conditions in the north and east and frost in the southeast, while New Mexico stays fair but much colder tonight in the east and extreme north-central areas. Temperature extremes reached 18 and 2 this afternoon.
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Oregon
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Amarillo
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Christmas Bills and a Room to Rent
A compact ad suggests renting a spare room to cover Christmas bills and taxes. It invites readers to phone an ad today to find a home-like room and help with expenses.
Quiet Mountain Town Seeks Peace After Feud Battle
Marshall Arkansas December report describes National Guard and county officers trying to quell a long standing feud after a Christmas clash. City Marshal J H Barnett 60 wounded slightly. his sons Oscar and Rupert arrested. Leland Henley the convicted killer and cousin Alf Henley run or run cafe involved in the shooting. The incident followed gunfire at the Barnetts as they approached a cafe.
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