Sandies Supporter Heads to Dallas for Big Texas Game
A local devotee of the Amarillo Sandies announces an early trip to Greenville and Dallas to help the team. He praises Blair Cherry and Howard Lynch, predicts Amarillo will win, and notes Corpus Christi’s pride and potential let-down. He salutes local towns and asks for a missing cat reward.
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Greenville
Sandies
Brain Trust
Dallas
Blair Cherry
Southwest
Texas
Howard Lynch
Masonite
Corpus Christi
Corpus
Tyler
Amarillo
Haas
Baker
Office-Holders Plagued by Plum Hunters
County officials face waves of job requests as applicants seek deputies and department positions. County Clerk Ted Blackburn hears numerous tales and fields constant requests while Commissioners court members cope with persistent applicants. Sheriff Bill Adams also endures constant pressure from constituents seeking favors and postings during and after meetings.
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Vance Johnson
Potter County
Ted Blackburn
Blackburn
Commissioners’ Court
Commissioners’ Court Room
Bill Adams
Sheriff Adams
Weather and community notes from Amarillo and Dallas football scene
Forecast predicts mixed weather for Saturdays game with possible rain and cold in Dallas and snow in the Panhandle. Local chatter includes high school football crowds, travel mood between Fort Worth and Dallas, and hopes for a big Wheat crop amid a cold spell. Also details missing hats, dog Dolly Boots in need of return with rewards offered.
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Amarillo
Dallas
Panhandle
Old Tack
State park deal lands Laguna Madre site near Port Isabel
D E Colp chairman of the state park board accepted the Laguna Vista Club offer of 050 acres on the Laguna Madre six miles north of Port Isabel to be a state park. Colp said a CCC camp would be sought for the site. Development of the area would cost about $180000.
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New State Park
Browneville
Tex
D. E. Colp
State Park Board
Laguna Vista Club
Laguna Madre
Port Isabel
Colp
CCC
Gloria Vanderbilt Denied Guardianship Over Daughter
New York December 27 1934 Surrogate James A Foley formally denied Mrs Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt's application to be guardian of her ten year old daughter Gloria Hearing on a separate bid for co guardian of the child's property was scheduled for January 3 at 10 30 A M
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New York
James A. Foley
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Gloria
Shade party at Porto home draws guests from Paris to Cannes
In the Riviera, a shade party hosted by William Porto near Cannes attracted many from Paris and across France. Guests wore Roman era disguises with invitations on Roman parchment. Nero starred as the host while the Aga Khan appeared in a jewel covered black red costume. other attendees included a Venetian doge and Donna. Supper was served in a garden cave.
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Riviera
France
Paris
William Porto
Cannes
Nero
Aga Khan
Donna
Pat Russell
Patched habits of courthouse freeloaders exposed
The piece describes courthouse hangers on who beg for coins from the county tax collector and linger in courtrooms from morning till night. It notes elderly men often retired or unemployed who sit as ready jurors for small fees, and how public office may seem pleasant but costs the public far more.
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Jewell Davidson
Justice of the Peace
County
Blood purge rumors and anti Nazi tensions case notes
Reported Berlin purge plans fueled by arrests of sexually abnormal individuals accused of plotting Hitler’s overthrow. Anti Nazi circles circulate a counterfeit Landeszeitung with supposed uprisings and June killings. Other items recount Lady Bailey’s Africa circumnavigation encounter with a village chief and a Cincinnati trucker given probation for stealing sweaters to aid a peer.
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Berlin
Hitler
Landes-Zeitung
Landeszeitung
Schutz Staffel
League of Nations
Butler Field tradition echoed in Panhandle letters
In the Panhandle region readers discuss the Butler Field tradition with recurring mentions across streets, newspapers, and radio. A letter titled TACK appears amid a page of Letters, inviting further reader response.
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Lack
Panhandle
Butler Field
Mystery of cosmic rays nears solution with charged particle proof
At the American Association for the Advancement of Science session, Dr. F. G. W. Swann and colleagues announced records from balloon flights and studies by T. H. Johnson. They reported positive proof that secondary rays are electrified particles and that primary rays are largely electrified particles, with remaining questions about composition. The work suggests rays are guided by Earth's magnetic field and may involve hydrogen and helium nuclei.
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Pittsburgh
American Association For the Advancement of Science
F. G. W. Swann
Bartol Research Foundation
The
Franklin Institute
Dr. Swann
Piccard
Keppner
Stevens and Anderson
T. H. Johnson
Mexico
Pikes Peak
Earth
Swann
Johnson
Johnsons
Galaxy
Milky Way
Space
Weather and casualties amid Cascades storm toll rises
A southern moving storm with fog disrupts Los Angeles shipping while zero temperatures grip the Midwest and Appalachia. Deaths mount from crashes and cold across Minnesota Iowa Chicago and western Canada with fires and property losses reported in Mayo B C and Milwaukee.
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Cascades
Los Angeles
Middlewest
Appalachian
Middle
North Atlantic
Minnesota
Eveleth
Iowa
Chicago
Canada
Mayo
B. C
Milwaukee
Rainy Weather Suppants Low Texas Temperatures Ahead
Rainy unsettled conditions spread across Texas as an eastward cold wave moved through. Temperatures rose from sub‑freezing in north Texas while rain persisted in several areas including Austin where 15 inches of rain had fallen and continued. Light rains extended toward Laredo.
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Texas
Associated Press
Tiler Austin
Laredo
Weather notes across Texas and Europe winter warmth
Weather updates report varied Texas conditions with Laredo and Corsicana rainfall, Amarillo and San Angelo temperatures, and overcast skies in Paris and Northeast Texas. Europe experiences a winter heat wave with blooming fruit trees in Hungary and unseasonal snow absence for 6000 Christmas visitors in the French Alps.
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Paris
Budapest
Hungary
Norway
French Alps
Trotzky Held in France as Exile Safe, Officials Say
Paris officials report Leon Trotzky is quietly sheltered in France and not to be surrendered even if Soviet authorities request extradition. France cites tradition of harboring political refugees and notes Trotzky is kept under watch to prevent activity, with no Soviet request for extradition.
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Paris
Leon Trotzky
France
Secret Service
Trotzky
Perryton Man Makes Bond on Whisky Charge
Elmer Tennison of Perryton was released on $2,000 bond after arrest by Deputy Sheriffs Roy Brewer and Ivy Wilkinson on an indictment charging violation of state liquor laws. He was tied to a November 27 accident on U S Highway 66 near Perryton in which his brother Claude Tennison and Stanley Pridemore were injured. Authorities said tax-paid liquor was found in Tennison’s car after the crash.
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Perryton
Roy Brewer
Ivy Wilkinson
Tennison
U. S. Highway 66
Claude
Stanley Pridemore
Amarillo
Pridemore
Capper Backs Roosevelt Program If It Aims to Help Nation
Senator Arthur Capper Republican Kansas said in Chicago that he will support President Roosevelt 1935 legislative program as long as it could help the country. He urged unity and warned against petty partisanship during a brief stop en route to Washington.
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Chicago
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Roosevelt
Washington
Daylight fireball seen over Southwest with ringing reports
Reports from the Southwest describe a daylight meteor fireball of unusual size. Observers note a bright flare and smoke trail while comments from Dr. H. H. Nininger and others confirm speeds of 20 to 40 miles per second and potential ground impact on rare occasions. A Nebraska sighting in 1933 was mistaken for an airplane.
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Okmulgee
Howard W. Blakeslee
Pittsburgh
Southwest
Midwest
Nebraska
H. H. Nininger
Denver
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Nininger
Coal Mine Explosion Killing 13 Near Charleston W V
In the heart of West Virginia coal regions an explosion 11 miles south of the state capital killed 13 workers. The mine operates as the third largest of 25 owned by the Loppers Coal and Transportation Company subsidiary. The line hauls workers to and from shifts and moves coal to Montgomery. The company employs about 900 men.
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Charleston
The
Coal Company
Loppers Coal and Transportation Company of
Pittsburgh
Montgomery
Worker wage terms outline eight hour day and overtime
The agreement sets an eight hour basic day with eight hours pay in each 12 hour spread and overtime at one and a half for work beyond nine hours or beyond 12 hours if the run exceeds 12 hours, with increases phased in January and July.
Markets Kansas City Livestock Summary
Kansas City market notes from December 27 show cattle and calf lots trading with strength. Prices listed for various weights and grades include 140 to 460 pound feeders and 4000 cattle 800 calves plus 1000 range stockers. government buying supported demand and high quality feeders sold higher.
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Kansas City
Freler
Stowker
Agricultural market quotes and New Orleans cotton futures
The report lists live cattle prices for medium to good and choice heifers. It shows vealers at 4.50 to 7.00, sheep around 2.50, and lamb bids steadier for fed lambs. Cotton futures in New Orleans open quiet but steady with May at 12.70, October 12.59, and nearby months drifting lower on limited buying. Also notes various stock listings and market indicators.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
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