Today By Arthur Brisbane Deadly stunt flying and sky advertising
Arthur Brisbane discusses dangers of stunt flying including a Dawn crash and public shows. He notes proposed shipboard derricks to raise sunken subs, changes in Methodist ministers beards, and rising night sky advertising by airships. He also covers prohibition enforcement and art market curiosities.
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Kh. B. Kellogg
Indiana E'Entrie Corporation
Moody
Sankey
Bill Sunday
Germany
Britain
Orion's Belt
Orion
Dawn adds four to tragedy list
The year ends with four more aviators missing after trans ocean flights, bringing the total 24. The list includes Captain Nungesser and Captain Coli, French fliers in the White Bird, who vanished after May 8 crossing from Paris.
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New York
Frances Wilson Grayson
Oskar Omdal
Brice Goldsborough
Fred Koehler
Roosevelt Field
Harbor Grace
Europe
Atlantic
Pacific
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Byrd
Brock
Costes
Honolulu
Maitland
Smith
Goebel
Jensen
Charles Nungesser
Francois Coli
Paris
North America
Ireland
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
St. Roman
M. Mouneyres
Senegal
Brazil
Mildred Doran
Augie Pedlar
Vilas R. Knope
Odd Fellows to Install New Officers in January
Amarillo Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will install new officers for the 1928 term on the second meeting night in January. Forest F E Walker, an official of the organization, announced the plan. The group reports a strong 1927 with major meetings of Texas grand lodges and optimistic outlook for the year ahead.
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Amarillo
Two Foot Snow Paralyzes Craig Colorado Area
Craig Colorado reports twenty four inches of snow in fifteen hours with more on the way. Northwest Colorado wide storm blocks roads and endangers sheep on the range as temperatures hover around 25 above before a forecast drop.
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United Press
Craig
Colo
Colorado
Weather Bureau
Mrs Graysons Father Clings to Hope for Life
Andrew J Wilson father of Frances Wilson Grayson travels from Munice Indiana to New York to aid search for the Dawn missing for days. He refuses to surrender hope that his daughter is alive and notes a service would be held if she is confirmed dead.
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The
Star Company
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Grayson
the Dawn
Seamark
Axpears
Reynold
Richard Barne
New York
Samuel Johnson
Old Johnson
Raspelas
Associated Press
Munice
Ind
Andrew J. Wilson
Frances Wilson Grayson
Frances
Lindbergh Honored by Guatemala in Royal Welcome
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was received as a monarch in Guatemala City by President Chacon at the presidential house. A series of receptions followed at the Palace Hotel and American Legation, with a Rotary banquet and Military club party planned. He spoke of appreciation for United Press coverage and noted a tight schedule forcing brief visits across Central America.
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United Press
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Charles A. Lindbergh
Republic of Guatemala
Presidential House
Chacon
Lindbergh
Aurora Airdrome
Mexico City
Chamber of Commerce
Palace Hotel
American Legation
Arthur H. Geissler
Legation
Rotary Club
Military Club
Republic
United States
Col. Lindbergh
The
Salvador
Latin America
Havana
Officials Hope To Catch For Thieves
Officials seek aid from Panhandle county officers to capture two men suspected of stealing hides from trappers along the Canadian River. The suspects, who travel in an old model Ford touring car with no top, may have a known license number. A trapper near Tascosa lost hides valued over a hundred dollars. Arthur M. Yancy north of the city reported recent losses.
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Panhandle
Arthur M. Yancy
Oklahoma Senate Votes To Dismiss Impeachment Charges
Oklahoma City December 29 impeachment charges against Governor Johnston Chief Justice Branson and the state board of agriculture were dismissed by a 22 to 6 senate vote sitting as a court of impeachment. Senator Guy L Andrews of McAlester led the motion ruling the house lacked authority to convene itself. The meeting violated a district court injunction and guards prevented further gatherings.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Henry
Johnston
Oklahoma Senate
Senate
Guy L. Andrews
McAlester
House of Representatives
H. Tom Kight
House
Branson
State Supreme Court
Harry Cordell
State Board of Agriculture
Kight
Andrews
District Court
Mrs Lindberghs Plane Lands In Muskogee
Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh leading her party on a flight back to Detroit from Mexico City landed at Hatbox Field near Muskogee Oklahoma at 1115 p m completing the second leg of the day's journey.
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Muskogee
Okla
Evangeline L. Lindbergh
Detroit
Mexico City
Hatbox Field
Here
Mellon Not Candidate for President
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon said he is not a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and knows nothing about a boom reportedly started for him.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Weather Forecast Sees Unsettled Cold Spell Tonight
Tonight unsettled and colder with the low around 20 degrees. Friday expected partly cloudy and colder with a cold wave. Daytime highs reach 52 and 31 compared with a year ago 55 and 24. Hourly readings listed from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. show varying temps.
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Amarillo
The
Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dam Bursti ng Wall Rises In Green River Valley
A wall of water from a burst irrigation dam near Rock Springs Wyoming sent debris and ice down the upper Green River valley. The flood damaged ranches and threatened large cattle herds. An emergency call urged cowboys to help move cattle to safety as the roar of ice and cattle horns filled the noon air.
Cisco Officer Shot Through Brain Survives After Bank Robbery
Cisco Texas December 20 a veteran police officer Go W Carmichael 60 was shot through the brain during a bank holdup last Friday and remains alive though nonrecoverable according to hospital reports. A posse of 100 men scoured cedar breaks along the Brivo river near Southbend aided by an airplane seeking two remaining bandits Henry Helms and Jack Long while other suspects were captured or jailed.
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Brivo
Southbend
Marshall Ratliff
Graham
L. W. Davin
Brinton
Oklo
Ort Worth
Henry Helms
Jack Long
Long
Dallas County
Miriam A. Ferguson
Helms
Wichita County
Cinco
Breckenridge
Navy Regains Teapot Area
Cheyenne Wy December 29 The United States navy regained possession of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve in Wyoming after Judge T Blake Kennedy ordered a formal decree transferring lands leased by Albert B Fall to Harry Sinclair back to the navy. The ruling followed the court’s denial of Sinclair counsel's motion to include a provision returning quit claims to Sinclair.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
United States Navy
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Wyoming
T. Blake Kennedy
Albert B. Fall
Sinclair
Believe Woman Wanted Here in New York City
New York police hold a woman believed to be Mary Groves after her bond was forfeited in district court for failing to face shoplifting charges. A wire suggested Nan Shuster, a woman with aliases, might refer to Groves. Groves and three companions were arrested last fall with hundreds of dollars in stolen merchandise recovered by police and Sheriff Wiley Pollard.
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New York
Mary Groves
Nan Shuster
Groves
Wiley Pollard
Party Leaders Seek Postponement of Tax Bill Action
Senate finance chairman Smoot said administration leaders want to delay the tax bill until after March 15 to gain clearer information on this year’s tax returns. He questioned Secretary Mellon whether such delay would inconvenience the treasury.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Mellon
Treasury
Jurors Called in Hill Case Challenged in Ottawa
In Ottawa Illinois on December 29 22 year old Harry Hill faces a murder trial for matricide. Defense argues the venire list is illegal claiming a legal panel cannot exceed 24 jurors while 100 were drawn. Lawyers seek delay as four month trial window nears January 3 with court to continue argument today.
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United
Ottawa
Harry Hill
Illinois
Hill
Lee O'eill Browne
Defense Counsel
Italian Vice-Consul Rozzio Murdered in Odessa
In Odessa yesterday Italian Vice-Consul Rozzio aged 75 was killed by bandits. Police found his body in Sulla Granda after attackers beat him then took his gold teeth and stripped his clothes. He left home Tuesday morning and was not seen again.
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United Press
Odessa
Russia
Rozzio
Sulla Granda
Foreign Office
Kozzio
Hickman names accomplice in hold up murder
William Edward Hickman confessed to another killing and crimes naming Welby Hunt of Alhambra as participant in a Christmas Eve drugstore holdup. The report links Hunt to a Kansas City car theft and notes ties to the Los Angeles bank where Hickman once worked.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Fox
Ivy Thomas
Rosehill
California
Thom
Hickman
Welby Hunt
Alhambra
Kansas City
Hunt
Thoms
Kansas City connection to 1926 Ivy Thomas drag case emerges
Welby Hunt named by William Eadward Hickman in the Ivy Thomas drag case involving Rosehill California. Hunt, a Northeast High School graduate in 1926, traveled to California with Hickman last December. Hunt's mother, Mrs. W H Webring of Kansas City, reports they lived with her stepmother in Alhambra until Hickman’s family moved to California after forgery involvement.
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Associated
Kansas City
Welby Hunt
William Eadward Hickman
Ivy Thoma
Rosehill
Calif
Northeast High School
Hickman
Central High
Hunt
California
W. H. Webring
Kansasa City
Alhambra
Youth Confesses Fatal Crime After Jail Interrogation
The report describes Hickman, jailed for forgery, who after long questioning admitted prior killings. He reportedly stated he had killed again when pressed by officers while awaiting punishment. The narrative notes prison kindness and a claim Hunt’s death note might be real or forged as the investigation expands.
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Wan
Hunt
Hickman
Kidnaping Case Ends With Safe Return Of Girl
Evelyn Smith of Oakland was found in Redlands near Riverside County after a dramatic pursuit involving Brnent Arthur McClelland a convicted felon. McClelland abducted the child on Christmas day promising adoption by his wealthy mother. He fled in a borrowed car after denying the crime.
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San
Redlands
Oakland
McClelland
Pasadena
Evelyn
Spence
California
Editor Bronson Cutting Named U S Senator From New Mexico
Santa Fe December 29 Col Bronson Cutting publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican was appointed by Governor Dillon to fill the late U S Senator A A Jones seat Cutting long a Democrat but was Gov Dillons adviser in his last campaign The New Mexican has long been known in the state as the official GOP organ
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United Press
Santa FE
N. M
Col. Bronson Cutting
Santa Fe, New Mexican
Dillon
U. S
A. A. Jones
Cutting
New Mexican
Fort Worth Grocer Ends Life in Barn
Fort Worth, Dec 20. Walter J. Carson, a grocer, hanged himself from a barn rafter. A justice of the peace returned a verdict of death by own action. He had suffered ill health for some time.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Walter J. Carson
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