White Shriners file answer in appeal over insignia use
The Associated Press reports that White Shriners in Washington filed in the supreme court their reply to the Negro Shriners appeal challenging an injunction from Texas courts. The case centers on whether delayed action affects rights to use names emblems and insignia of white Shriners. Arabia Temple Houston sought to restrain Doric Temple Negro Shriners in Houston within a year and a half of their founding. The national White Shriners organization argues prompt action allows injunctions in same communities regardless of founding dates.
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Associated Press
Washington
Aboard the dirigible Los Angeles during a long voyage
The crew details a calm transit with smooth motion at about 50 miles per hour. The cook Peak is the ship’s popular figure as he serves soup and sausage from a tiny galley while Commander Rosendahl and others oversee watchkeeping and engine operation aboard the five powered cabins.
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Los Angeles
Cook
Peak
Rosendahl
M. R. Pierce
Lakehurst
Thurman
Mexican oil law revision ready for senate
Mexico City December 28 The Chamber of Deputies passed unanimously the bill reforming disputed articles of the Mexican oil law and sent it to the senate for debate tomorrow. The measure amends articles 14 and 15 long opposed by foreign oil interests, aligning with a Supreme Court decision in favor of the Mexican Petroleum company.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
United States
Mexico
Supreme Court
Mexican Petroleum Company
Embraces his children then kills wife and self in Columbus
John Terramo embraced each of his six children before firing a revolver at his wife in a Columbus home. The wife died and Terramo then killed himself as the terrified children fled the scene.
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Columbus
John Terramo
Tactful Texan calls for harsh kidnapping law in wake of Parker case
The writer defends Marion Parker's teacher, urges public support for bold crime laws, and proposes capital punishment for kidnapping. He argues ignorance excuses false blame, laments leniency, and cites China as a model where bank crimes met swift execution. He questions the meaning of justice.
Blizzard Strands England As Christmas Holiday Delays Travel
In London a rare extra national holiday kept workers at home while snowbound roads trapped vehicles and isolated villages. Ashe frost and heavy snow halted mobility. by tomorrow towns and cities hope to resume normal travel with fewer hardships. Also notes births and a family travel plan in Fort Worth.
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Associated Press
London
George
Ashe Frost
Annulment Suit Filed In District Court
Nettie May June Corp sues William G Bateman for annulment of marriage citing alleged lack of legal objections. Bateman was recently convicted of bigamy with a two year sentence. Evidence from earlier trial showed he had a wife and child in South Carolina.
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Nettie May June Corp Va
William G. Bateman
Bateman
South Carolina
Farm program meeting to discuss Panhandle development
The Ways and Means committee for the Panhandle Farm Development program plans an early meeting. E B Black of Hereford and T E Seigler of Deaf Smith will travel here for a planning conference. Eighteen counties have named committee members with several acceptances confirmed and others awaited.
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E. B. Black
Hereford
Black
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Deaf Smith County
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Dumas
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Wheeler County
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Sherman County
Autoist Who Struck Youth Stopped, Claim
R L Jones of 1018 South Carolina street was seriously injured when a Chevrolet coupe struck him on West Sixth street as he worked on a tire. Jones says the driver helped him to a hospital wheelchair and to the hospital door. His father posted a $500 reward for the arrest and conviction of the driver.
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R. L. Jones
South Carolina
West Sixth Street
Jones
Births and travels fill Amarillo society notebook
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Parker announce a baby boy born December 26. Mr. and Mrs. Atis Glover report a baby girl born December 26. Various residents travel for Christmas visits, illnesses, and hospital procedures including Mrs. C. G. Duke to Albany Texas, Mrs. A. E. Ryan visiting Dr. Vaughan, and Dr. S. W. Ball returning from Fort Worth.
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B. G. Odell
Louisiana Avenue
S. D. Vaughan
Fort Worth
Clarence C. Parker
Kentucky Avenue
Atis Glover
North West Fourteenth Street
C. G. Duke
Albany
Texas
A. E. Ryan
Oklahoma City
Dr. Vaughan
Taylor Street
C. E
Clarendon
Tucumcari
City
Hannah
H. A. Pearson
Lubbock
T. J. Fletcher
Baby Case Dropped After Facts Known
An inquest by Justice of the Peace C. G. Landia into the premature baby found partly buried in ashes on North Polk Street is expected to conclude this afternoon. Police say no illegal operation was involved and have dropped the case. the twin burial has not been pursued.
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Hickman
Marion
Amarillo
Marion Parker
Justice of the Peace
C. G. Landia
North Polk Street
Census estimates foretell New York reach six million by 1930
Census Bureau projections based on 1920–1927 growth place New York at about 6,970,800 as of July 1 1927 with boroughs broken out. Chicago trails at 3,102,800 while Detroit rises to 1,324,500. Cleveland leads the half to one million class with 972,500.
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United States
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Critics Weigh Cabell Sinclair Bent On Art And News
The review surveys Cabell's Beyond Life and Sinclair Money Writes with praise for art as escape and critique of greed. It contrasts Hergesheimer's objective stance with Cabell and notes Bent Ballyhoo as a concise look at modern metropolitan newspapers and media trends.
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NFA
Joseph Hergesheimer
American Mercury
James Branch Crabell
Upton Sinclair
Boni
Sinclair
Chicago Packers
Money Powers
Jack
Cabell
Sinclairs
Hergesheimer
Youth says he fired Tracy school house
Wallace Leblanc a 16 year old youth confessed to police that he started the Tracy school fire causing a 290000 loss. He also admitted setting two recent lodging house fires endangering over 100 people delaying months detectives said.
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United Press
Lynn
Mass
Wallace Leblanc
Tracy
Leblanc
The Price of Progress in Hazardous Work
The article argues progress requires sacrifice comparing flying bridges and ocean routes to the Hudson river bridge deaths. It notes workers die in caissons and other dangerous tasks, calling three fallen sand hogs essential to industrial advancement and a necessary cost of progress.
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Hudson River
Funeral for Harris Infant Held Today
Funeral services were held this afternoon at Blackburn's Funeral Home for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Harris of 1205 Garfield. Burial followed in Llano Cemetery.
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Harris
Blackburn
I. N. Harris
Garfield
Llano Cemetery
Be The Red Light Stops Me On The Street
A compact verse by Edgar A. Guest from 1927 reflects on urban life and the clash of selfish behavior. The speaker wishes for courtesy and honesty, yet observes anger and busy self-interest in everyday encounters.
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Edgar A. Guest
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Markets Report Dec 28
Livestock markets across Kansas City Chicago Oklahoma City and Fort Worth show steady to slow demand. Hogs through major markets range to about 8.50 with packed sows and feeder pigs noted. cattle and calves show mixed steady to higher values. sheep and lambs also steady with top lambs around 13.00. Prices are summarized for each city and sector.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Chicago
Oklahoma
The
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
New York Cotton Opens Steady After Initial Advance
The New York cotton market opened steady with a 4 to 7 point gain on buying tied to improving cotton goods signals. May rose to 1989 but faced realizing pressure and southern selling was light, leaving May around 19.75 to 19.87 as the day progressed and the general list up modestly after early losses.
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New York
Cotton Prices Steady After Early Gains In New Orleans
New Orleans opening cotton prices show a slight advance on steady Liverpool cues but pull back as rains in Texas prompt selling. March and May futures fall from intraday highs, while January remains pressured by January notices. overall market sentiment remains bullish but cautious amid weather and demand signals.
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New Orleans
Associated Press
Liverpool
Texas
New York Stock Letters Shows Upward Bias At Open
Irregularities marked the market opening but overall trend favored gains. Brooklyn Edison rose to 210.74 a new high, American Smelting and In ternational and IBM opened higher, Midland Steel preferred jumped 27 percent to 30.00 on a 900 share block then trimmed gains, while Collings and Aikman fell two points.
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New York
Associated Press
Brooklyn Edison
Midland Steel Products Preferred
Collings and Aikman
Davison Chemical
Colorado Fuel
American Agricultural Chemical
Canadian Pacific
Texas and Pacific
No Immediate Action Seen on Baptist Schools
Dallas, Dec. 28 Several weeks and probably months lie ahead of the commission on relocation and consolidation of Southern Baptist educational institutions in Texas before it will make any definite recommendations. An all day executive session adjourned at 7 p.m. subject to the call of Chairman H. L. Kokernot. Presidents of the denomination’s schools appeared to share their experience in education. No definite action was taken.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Commission On
Southern Baptist Educational Institutions
Texas
H. L. Kokernot
San Antonio
Cullen F. Thomas
Hickman Faces Fate After Plea Talk At Hearing
Youth Hickman showed resignation as defense plans stalled awaiting lawyer Jerome Walsh for Eva Hickman. Prosecutor Keyes vowed to push for gallows despite autopsy indicating death by fright. Judge Carlos Hardy will decide death or life imprisonment after Hickman pled guilty.
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Hickman
Jerome P. Walsh
Kansas City
Eva Hickman
Carlos Hardy
Los Angeles County Criminal Court
Old Tack's Program for a Bigger, Better Amarillo
A list of municipal improvements and reforms including lower rates, cleaner city, more parks, public pool, golf course, viaducts, and extended transit. Calls for regulation of police and emergency drivers, elimination of railroad crossings, and development of industries to improve livability and prosperity.
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Amarillo
San Jacinto
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