Ashland Fire Ravages Hotel and Stores
A December blaze in Ashland New Hampshire leveled the Lake Hotel a hotel annex drug store the hotel garage and two residences with damage estimated at 100000 Fire Chief Carl Crowley said the fire began in the hotel garage at 4 and was under control by 9 Twenty hotel guests lost most belongings and were sheltered outside in subfreezing temperatures none injured Fire crews from six towns and 106 factory workers aided the Ashland Fire Department as winds drove the flames and threatened the business district.
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Ashland
N. H
Quam Lake
Carl Crowley
Ashland Fire Department
Gooch Faces U S Charge in Kidnaping Case
Arthur Gooch is jailed in Muskogee facing federal charges of kidnapping and related offenses linked to the Chapman Lindbergh case laws. He pleaded innocence as his preliminary hearing was set for January 16 before U S Commissioner R M Mountcastle.
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Muskogee
Okla
Arthur Gooch
Gooch
Okemah
Ambrose Nix
U.S
R. M. Mountcastle
R. N. Baker
H R. Marks
Amarillo Woman Attends Father W C Hart Funeral
Funeral services for W C Hart father of Mrs Price Hook 820 Prospect Street were held yesterday at Choctaw Oklahoma Mr Hart died Christmas morning His daughter who was at his bedside when he passed away had visited Amarillo several times
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W. C. Hart
Price Hook
Prospect Street
Choctaw
Oklo
W. T. Hollis
Austin
William Tipton Hollis
State Comptrollers Department
Hollis
Public Enemies Rubbed Out In Drive On Crime
Federal agents led a sweeping 1934 campaign against gangland and kidnapping rings. Major arrests included Bruno Hauptmann for the Lindbergh murder, Diaz main suspects, and a crackdown that sent dozens to prison or the death penalty. The year saw new laws, enhanced federal powers, and improved interagency cooperation.
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Washington
Department of Justice
John Dillinger
Charles “Pretty Boy
Floyd
George
Baby Face
Nelson
New York
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Haupine
Alice Speed Stoll
Louisville
Thomas J. Robinson, Jr
Nashville
Hauptmann
W. Carter Baum
Samuel P. Cowley
Herman E. Hollis
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Machine Gun" Kelly
Justice Department
Roosevelt
Cummings
Anne Gould Weds Texas Rancher In Surprise Elopement
Anne Gould daughter of Jay Gould married Frank Spencer Meador a 24 year old actor in Harrison New York after a midtown holiday outing. The couple dated about a year and will live on a Texas ranch while keeping a New York residence.
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Anne Gould
Texas Ranch
New York
Jay Gould
Texas
Frank Spencer Meador
San Saba
Harrison
N. Y
Green Wich
Conn
Justice of the Peace
Leo Mintzer
William A. Wilding
Wilding
Irving Birkin
Paris
Meador
Michael Spencer
University of Texas
Thomas van Meador
Fort Worth
Canada
San Baba
Tack Letters Continues Reflections On Local Football Traditions
A Borger reader defends local football and challenges Amarillo’s record, hoping to break a three year conference drought. The note champions school spirit and predicts a basketball win over several towns. A second letter seeks help locating a lost 17 jewel Bulova watch from Nat Dance Palace.
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Amarillo
Borger
Tack
Pampa
Lubbock
Plainview
Thurman Murdock
Texas
Nat Dance Palace
Hand-Loading Ship To Aid Unemployed
Beaumont officials announce experiments in hand loading 10 000 to 12 000 tons of scrap iron for two shipments to employ stevedores. The first 6 000 tons will go aboard the Hartlepool as a test of cost effectiveness versus magnet handling.
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Beaumont
U.P
Hartlepool
Panhandle Weather Faces Mostly Dry Forecast
The Panhandle is expected to see only cloudy skies tomorrow as most of Texas may receive rains. Weatherman H T Collman reports rain downstate with more tonight and tomorrow, but Amarillo and surrounding plains should stay dry and see higher temperatures. Amarillo's low reached 30 degrees, 11 above yesterday.
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Texas
Panhandle
H. T. Collman
Amarillo
Wildcat Kill Near Beaumont Prompts Bounty Talk
A hunter near Beaumont killed a five foot wildcat four miles from town. He told County Clerk Fred Hill there was no bounty on wildcats and joked he was equally vicious in his time. Hill did not record the hunter’s name.
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Beaumont
Fred G. Hill
Hill
Four Buildings To Occupy Fair Site
The Consolidated Parks Board announced that four buildings will remain on the World’s Fair site in Chicago. The administration building will become the parks board headquarters after February 1, with Fort Dearborn the Desaible Cabin and the Lagoon Theater also spared. In Milwaukee eight year old Donald Manchester, a Byrd expedition fan, fell through ice while exploring a zoo pool and was rescued after sliding into frigid water up to his chin.
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Chicago
Consolidated Parks Board
Parks Board
Fort Dearborn
Milwaukee
Donald Manchester
Byrd Expedition
Donald
Antarctica
Wheeling High organizes boys domestic science class
Wheeling West Virginia December 27 194? Wheeling High School boys form a domestic science class in competition with the girls The item mentions a new student activity and school life detail from the evening paper.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling High School
Broadway seeks Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission chairmanship
Madisonville Texas December 21 County Judge T Luther Broadway announced his candidacy for chairman of the Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission following requests from dissatisfied Texas cattlemen and bankers.
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Madisonville
Tex
Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission
T. Luther Broadway
Texas
Army engineer Grants Channel Projects Linking Harlingen Port
U S Army engineer FE H Marks informed the Arroyo Colorado Navigation District of federal permission to direct two shallow draft channels in the Laguna Madre to connect Harlingen with Port Isabel and Redfish Bay. Everett ERA officer debut expands police force with 18 new traffic officers.
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Harlingen
Tex
FE. H. Marks
United States Army
Arroyo Colorado Navigation District
Laguna Madre
Port Isabel
Redfish Bay
Eka Cope
Everett
Mass
Petting Not New It Was Called Spooning
Dr Valeria H Parker notes at a Houston social workers meeting that petting was once called spooning. She recalls mothers warned nice girls against undulating and says popularity came from technique rather than the boy. She adds that even a feeble minded girl could be popular if she was pretty.
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Houston
Valeria H. Parker
Dr. Parker
Helpless Man Dies After Two Days Alone at Home
In San Francisco Abe Crossman aged 73 died of pneumonia after two days of calling for help while paralyzed and unclothed on his floor during Christmas. Neighbors summoned an ambulance after hearing his cries.
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San Francisco
Abe Crossman
Ordasman
Woman Smoking Car Introduced On Western Train
Chicago dispatch reports a western railroad began operating a women's smoking car on a morning train yesterday. The service aims to attract women business travelers from the suburbs, with officials noting many ladies resisted using the men’s smoker and preferred a separate car for smoking.
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Chicago
Western Railroad
Suburbs
Butcher Foiled by Robber in Frigid Store Hold-Up
In St Paul a robber locked A L Divine into his shop refrigerator after taking $200 from the cash drawer. Divine faced 18 degrees below zero outside and 40 degrees above inside the ice box as he endured the theft yesterday morning.
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ST. Paul
Dec
A. L. Divine
Divine
Peene mint promotes gentle correction without upset
The notice touts Peene mint as a natural aid for digestive comfort and habit avoidance. It claims to help adults and children with a pleasant sensation, discouraging laxative use and promising safe, gradual effects without harming appetite or diet.
Libby’s Child Would Accept Tobacco Fortune Settlement
Counsel for Christopher Reynolds, posthumous son of Smith Reynolds, filed notice of acceptance of a settlement of the tobacco fortune estate. The heirs would receive $7,000,000 for the son and Libby Holman would get $7,000,000 plus Libby herself $750,000.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Christopher Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
Tobacco Fortune Heirs
Libby Holman
Libby
Ancient gun added to museum in Texas
A double barreled shotgun once sold for 100 dollars in 1870 was brought to Texas four years later and added to the Prontier Museum relics. Also on display are a foot scraper made by a Seguin slave and several mounted South American birds.
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Randera
Tex
Springfield
Texas
Prontier Museum
Seguin
Imports exceed exports at El Paso port by 116 carloads
Customs officials reported that last month imports from Mexico through this port totaled 914 car loads while exports reached 798 car loads. Import goods included farm products lumber and other Exe ports, while exports covered construction materials machinery and chemicals.
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PASO
Mexico
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