Japan's Air Power Compared With U S In Rush To War
A wartime column notes Japan builds 500 planes monthly across 17 factories while the United States owns about 700 airplanes, with only 20 serviceable for fighting. It argues for a strengthened American air force and criticizes post office privatization of air mail, urging public pressure on Congress to back Coolidge. The piece also cites British airship plans and calls for readiness against potential conflict.
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Japan
William Mitchell
Air Service
America
England
France
Lenin
President Coolidge
Weather moderates as deep freeze eases across regions
A broad swath of the United States edges toward milder conditions with rising temperatures forecast east of the Mississippi while the Rocky Mountain region remains cold. Dozens die as winter toll grows. Niagara River ice jam reaches sixteen feet. New York and New England stay frigid with interest in river ice and transport disruptions.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Pacific
Portland
Tacoma
Wash
Reno
Navy
Indianapolis
Humboldt
Mich
United States
St. Louis
Kansas City
Niagara River
Horse Shore Falls
Lake Ontario
New York
New York City
Horseshoe Falls
Ontario
St. Lawrence
Boston
New England
Lewiston
Zero
St. Mark’s
Coney Island Threatened By Major Boardwalk Fire
Fire starting on the boardwalk engulfed an entire block at Coney Island this afternoon before full fire-fighting units from Brooklyn and part of Queens arrived. The famous amusement resort faced potential destruction as crews battled flames that swept through the area.
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Coney Island
New York
Brooklyn
Queens
Frenchman Breaks Air Speed Record
A French aviator today set a new world speed record for 1,000 kilometers soaring over a 50 kilometer course in four hours thirty minutes, thirty-two and three fifths seconds. The average speed reached about 2217 kilometers per hour.
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Associated Press
Trance
Doret
Russian Tells Of Odd Forgery Trial Defense
The Russian defendant Nicholas L. Cogan testified in Amarillo district court that he forged a bank letterhead and signed a vice president’s name to a $5 check to obtain funds. He claimed desperation and referenced past imprisonments and alleged family sightings in Russia. His defense argued insanity, citing hallucinations and an asylum visit in Pittsburgh in 1917.
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Nicholas L. Cogan
Russia
Cogan
Tucumcari
N. M
Portland
Ore
Washington, D. C
Amarillo
America
C. C. Clayton
C. B. Pash
Pittsburgh
Violent riot at Rehon revolutionary meeting
Paris dispatch reports a Meurtheet-Moselle gathering near the Belgian border triggered violent rioting. Police struggled to quell the disturbance after communists spoke in French and Italian, despite recent expulsions of agitators.
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Paris
Rehon
Meurtheet- Moselle
le Matin
Brussels
Past Grand Master Elks Dies in San Diego Home
Robert Weed Brown former grand exalted ruler of the Elks dies at his San Diego home from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was linked to the Panhandle’s “Famous For Food” Amarillo hotel campaign and was a notable figure in Elks circles.
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ELKS
San Diego, Nee
Robert Weed Brown
of the Elks
Amarillo Hotel
the Panhandle
Pottsboro Fire and Robbery Ruin Town’s East Business Section
At Pottsboro eight miles west of Denison, nine buildings were destroyed in a blaze that investigators suspect followed robberies of safes in the eastern business district. Fire marshal R. M. Gray estimated losses at 175000 with many safes opened and rear doors forced. Police noted tampered doors at two mercantile establishments. post office safe remained untouched. Local authorities link the blaze to recent Valley View and Paradise robberies, while robbers appeared to target the east side and vanished.
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Denison
Pottsboro
R. M. Gray
Danisha
Valley View
Paradise
Busines
Viscount Cecil Receives Wilson Peace Prize at Astor Ball
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood received the 25 000 award and medal plaque from Norman H. Davis of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation at the Astor Hotel honoring his world peace service. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson attended as guests overflowed the grand ballroom during the anniversary dinner. The ceremony followed a British anthem and a Star Spangled Banner salute.
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New York
Viscount Cecil
Chelwood
Norman H. Davis
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Woodrow Wilson
Hotel Astor
Fire destroys half block in Haskell. $75,000 loss
Authorities investigate a last night blaze in Haskell that leveled a half block including a meat market apartment above and a department and grocery store. The fire starting under a stairway caused $75,000 damage as Muskogee units arrived shortly after 9 pm. Austen Delayen, 17, was burned by a falling electric wire.
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Muskogee
Okla
Haskell
Austen Delayen
Weather Outlook Shows Mild Turn Tonight and Tomorrow
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a warmer night. Daytime highs reached 38 degrees and the low dipped to 14, compared with 61 and 40 a year ago.
Tragedy at Babb Switch School Claims Many Lives
Hobart Oklahoma December 29 eleven children lie in graves after a Christmas eve fire at the Babb Switch school. Twenty four others perished or injured, leaving only fifteen of thirty two students able to return when classes resume. Mrs Stella Alexander county superintendent says a improvised classroom will be set up in a farmhouse or store building. Mrs Glenn Terry Hill also died in the blaze. No immediate rebuilding planned.
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Hobart
Okla
Babb
Stella Alexander
Babb Switch
Roomm
Glenn Terry Hill
Fire Traffic Rules To Be Rigidly Enforced
Fire chief Earl Curry and city officials plan concerted action to curb dangerous conduct near fires. A trio of calls tested crews as trucks from the central station rushed to San Jacinto heights. A driver narrowly avoided a crash after an officer and bystanders crowded the scene. Mathis was arrested for driving over a fire hose and later released after Curry spoke in his defense, though the court reaffirmed zero tolerance for hindering firefighting. The city seeks an ordinance banning followers within 200 feet of a fire and fines running over hoses.
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Earl Curry
Fire Department
Alabama Avenue
Buchanan Street
Jackson Street
Central Fire Station
San Jacinto Heights
Curry
Sixth Street
Mr. Curry
Alabama Street
Father Held Over Child Chaining Case at Niagara Falls
Joseph Zienski is under arrest charged with having kept his daughter, 12, chained for several days. Police say a five foot chain was fastened around her neck with a padlock, the key carried by the father.
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Niagra Falls
Joseph Zienski
Intensive drive for chest fund drives to finish drive
Plans for launching a few attack toward completing the Community Chest drive began December 8. A meeting of chest directors and team captains will be at the Board of City Development rooms at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Christmas mail has brought total subscriptions to 14 dollars and several days of intensive work are expected to finish the drive. O V Vernon, secretary of the Board of City Development and the drive, returned from Childress reporting enthusiasm about finishing the drive.
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Board of City Development
O. V. Vernon
Childress
Father in Sick Bed Saves Children as House Burns
From a sick bed in Caddo Oklahoma a father tried to rescue his four children from a upstairs room as a fire trapped them. He died trying while neighbor Hatsell Powell was burned and injured. The fire likely started from a kerosene lamp. The mother and two other children were away in Texas.
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Caddo
Okla
Here
Howe Alten
Aline
Fred
George Taylor
M. B. Taylor
Hatsell V Powell
Texas
Souvenir Hunters Strip Recent Holocaust Scene
Babb switch Oklahoma December 29 souvenir hunters have looted the Babb school house scene where thirty five died last Wednesday night when a Christmas tree candle started a fire. Crowds carried away charred furniture nails and window screen fragments. Sailors from distant points gathered for the spectacle. Only the basketball goals and a barren playground remain as reminders.
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Babb
Okla
Body of Pneumonia Victim To Lie Beside Wife
Funeral services were held today for W. J. Blackwell who died Saturday night of pneumonia at his son’s home. The body will be shipped tomorrow to Clarendon to lie beside his wife, with Reverend F. W. O’Malley officiating.
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W. J. Blackwell
Harrison Street
F. W. O'Malley
Clarendon
City Development Board Sets Meeting for Tomorrow Night
All members and sub committees of the Board of City Development are urged to meet at 7:30 tomorrow evening in the Board's rooms. O V Vernon secretary says matters concerning 1925 activities will be discussed, urging attendance and support for the fair.
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Board of City Development
O. V. Vernon
Hereford arrest ends string of swindle suspicions
J J Faubion of Dallas was arrested in Hereford after a forgery charge tied to a $12 500 deposit as part of a land loan scheme. He allegedly posed as T O Mahoney to obtain a $20 000 loan from Hamon Whittington Mortgage Co and transferred funds back to the lender before leaving for Dallas.
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J. J. Faubion
Dallas
Hereford
Hamon-Whittington Mortgage Company
Justice Court
Faubton
First State Bank and Trust Company of
Amarillo
T. O. Mahoney
Deaf Smith County
Faubiou
H. Mahoney
Faubion
Mahoney
Hereford Bank
Solon Uyrd
Hamon Whittington
Less Whitaker
Potter County
Grand Jury
Fascisti Press Holds Meet with Premier Mussolini
Rome, Dec. 29. Premier Mussolini opened the first meeting of the Fascist press in the presence of about 100 fascist editors and officials. He stated the electoral reform bill aims at a new decisive victory advancing fascist revolution. He received an ovation as Missoni alleged opponents overplayed their hand and failed in maneuvers against fascism.
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Rome
Mussolini
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Missoni
Man Hurt Alighting From Moving Car on Panhandle Highway
W. W. Chummer of 706 Harrison street was badly injured Saturday night when he tried to jump from a moving car on the Panhandle highway east of the city. His head was lacerated and his right arm cut and bruised.
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W. W. Chummer
Harrison Street
Panhandle Highway
Certainly Should Be Big Invention
In Basel Switzerland on December 29 Professor Kurt Wiesinger of Zurich Technological University demonstrated a high pressure condensing steam locomotive invention. The 37 letter name indicates a device that promises to save about 50 percent of coal by condensing steam under high pressure.
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Bassle
Switzerland
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