Chicago politics and plans and a note on morality
Arthur Brisbane comments on patriotism in schoolbooks and Chicago’s bold urban planning. He praises Mayor Thompson, critiques school policy, and foresees a vast boulevard linking central districts to airports. Morgan succeeds Gary as US Steel chair, projecting strong corporate growth. Dewey argues morality evolves with education and self respect.
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The
Star Company
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Dewey
Columbia University
Chicago
Katy Shop Employees Association Head Dead
W. J. O Hara 89 president of the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad shop employees association with headquarters here died Thursday in Council Bluffs Iowa according to word received here.
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Katy Shop
Parsons
Kans
W. J. O'Hara
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Splufts
Iowa
Weather News Report Cites Cold Night and Weekend
Tonight will be partly cloudy and cold with a low around seven degrees. Saturday also partly cloudy with mild temperature changes. today’s high near 23 and 20 for the prior day 54 and 22. Hourly readings list 7 am 22, 8 am 23, 9 am 22, 10 am 21, 11 am 20, noon 20, 1 pm 20, with moon phase noted.
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Nes
Cities Service 20 Inch Gas Line Expands Kansas City Area
The Cities Service company completed a 20 inch natural gas pipeline from Pampa Texas to Wichita Kansas at a cost of 15 million dollars. The line serves 135 cities in Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma with a peak capacity of 39 million cubic feet daily.
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Cities Service Company
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Associated Press
Wichita
Kan
Texas Panhandle
Pampa
Texas
Amarillo
Mooreland
Burk Burnett
Carson County
Panhandle
Santa Fe
Wellington
Kansas City
Cities Service
Empire Company
Charley Warren
Burnett Ranch
West Texas Gas Company
South Plains
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Denver
Lindbergh Lands in Belize on Central American Tour
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh completed the Belize leg of his Central American tour landing at 9:45 a.m. local time making history as the first person to bring a land plane to Belize while seaplanes had previously visited the harbor.
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Associated Press
Belize
British Honduras
Charles A. Lindbergh
Annulment Decree Granted in Bateman Case
In civil district court yesterday a decree of annulment of marriage contract was granted in the suit of Nattie May June Corp. vs. W G Bateman. The plaintiff's maiden name was restored. Bateman was recently convicted of bigamy, given a two year sentence, and the annulment suit rested on this conviction.
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Nettie May June Corp
W. G. Bateman
Bateman
Navy awards 1.5 million plane contract to Douglas
The Navy Department awards the contract for 25 PN-10 planes at a total cost of 1,553,506 dollars to the Douglas Aircraft Company of Santa Monica California. The action was announced in Washington on December 30.
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Navy Department
Washington
Douglas Company
Santa Monica
Cal
Kidnaping Scare Prompts Amarillo Police Vigilance
Amarillo police tighten alert after a kidnapping scare linked to Parker case in Los Angeles. Chief H L Gaither says parents fear for children, detectives guard homes, loiterers watched, and some residents depart the city seeking safety. Bus line probe in Austin addresses rights for operators on January 11 amid chaotic schedules.
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United Press
Austin
Tex
Amarillo
Railroad Commission
Panhandle
Borger
Parker
Los Angeles
H. L. Gaither
Frank Gamblin
DC grand jury charges SinClair in conspiracy to obstruct justice
The District of Columbia grand jury returned a presentment charging Harry F. Sinclair and six others with conspiracy to obstruct justice in the Fall-Sinclair mistrial. The case centers on Sinclair, a multimillionaire defendant in the trial, and related alleged actions by the group.
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Associated Presa
Washington
District of Columbia
Sinclair
Harry F. Sinclair
District Court Term To Close Here Saturday
The November term of district court will end tomorrow and the grand jury is expected to submit its final report this afternoon or tomorrow morning. Monday morning the court opens at Canyon for two weeks and the next term will convene here January 16.
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Canyon
Amarillo merchants honor first Amarillo baby of 1928
Leading Amarillo merchants offer twelve prizes for the first white child born in the city in 1928. Doctors must record exact arrival times. L. N. Pittman jeweler gives a white gold infant ring, Panhandle Hardware a white enamel bath heater, plus handmade wool toque and embroidered cap for newborns.
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Amarillo
L. N. Pittman
Panhandle Hardware Company
Light Snow Boosts Potter County Crop Prospects
Light snowfall covered most of Potter county this morning boosting crop prospects though not everywhere. Amarillo saw under half an inch, a beneficial though light fall. northward sleet appeared and the snow line extended only a short distance south. Snow ended by 10 30 with sun and then more clouds threatened further flakes though the weather bureau said heavy snowfall was unlikely. Temperatures dipped to 22 degrees, nine degrees below yesterday.
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Potter County
Amarillo
Here
U.S. Weather Bureau
Blizzard Strikes Kansas and Missouri With Zero Thermometer
The second severe blizzard of the season hit Kansas and Missouri as a cold front swept southward from the northwest. Temperatures plunged toward zero while a light snowfall accompanied the storm, disrupting travel and daily activities.
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United Press
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Mercury
Col Boyles Freed From Jail On Bond
Col C H Boyles, under indictment for swindling and facing a bigamy complaint, posted bond and was released from jail. Hutchinson county men M Weitsman C C Dillard and R A Murray acted as bondsmen. The swindling bond is 5000 dollars and the bigamy bond 1000 dollars. return date January 94.
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Col. Boyles
Col. C. H. Boyles
M. Weitsman
C. C. Dillard
R. A. Murray
Hutchinson County
Anderson Victim of Holdup Pair
F T Anderson of 410 Alabama Street was hijacked near his home last night by two young men. One about five eight wearing a lumberjack and the other around six feet tall. The robbers took 5 75 dollars from him.
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F. T. Anderson
Alabama Street
Anderson
Blackburn ambulance service update
A terse notice lists contact phone 6211 for Blackburn ambulance services and mentions Potter County Lumber Company selling glass cloth.
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Blackburn Ambulance
Bootleg king George Remus declared insane after murder verdict
In Cincinnati on December 30, former bootleg king George Remus was found insane by probate judge William H. Lueders and committed to Lima Ohio hospital for the criminally insane despite being freed by a jury on grounds of insanity. Alienists’ reports influenced the ruling, labeling Remus a dangerous psychopath unfit to be at large.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
Imogene
Lima
Ohio
William H. Lueders
Lueders
Remus
Raige
e _n
Grief Stricken Youth Wanders After Chum's Death
Duane Thompson a 13 year old boy, reportedly wandered the hills near St Johns Arizona after accidentally shooting and killing Frank Cropas sixteen while they hunted ducks. Thompson told his parents then fled toward the mountains and has not been heard from.
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United Press
St. Johns
Ariz
Duane Thompson
Frannk Cropas
Thompson
Cropaxs
Cropax
Amarillo man aids in capture of two bank robbers
Walter Sikes of Amarillo helped track and arrest two Cisco bank robbers in Graham after a multi county chase. He traveled from Cisco with his wife to visit Mayor Williams and joined Deputy Sheriff Little City Marshal Davie and Deputy Williams in the capture at the Recesta area. The fugitives surrendered without resistance and reportedly had not eaten for two days.
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Associated Press
Graham
Cisco
Recesta
Walter Sikes
Amarillo
Allied
Sikes
Williams
Young County
Cipco
Kh. H. Little
Comanche
J. W. Davie
Possible ties link Wildorado bank robbers to Cisco heist
Chief H L Gaither reports evidence suggesting three of four men in the Cisco bank robbery may be the same trio that killed a night watchman at Wildorado last month and later died or were jailed. The dead man in Cisco and two others are believed connected to Roy Harmon and Gua Johnson, with ties to former Terrell Rimes affiliates.
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Claco
H. L. Gaither
Davis
Cisco
Bristow
Oklahoma
Roy Harmon
Gua Johowen
Potter County
Gaither
Ciaco
Gua Johnson
Harmon
Terrell Rimes
Two Suspects Halted After Pistol Littered Flight
Six pistols found on two men wounded and traveling toward Graham. At a filling station they drew scrutiny, police alerted, and officers pursued toward the public square. The larger man, believed Henry Helms of Wichita Falls, surrendered while the smaller, Bobby Catcher of Houston, lagged nearby.
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Graham
Public Square
Henry Helms
Wichita Falls
Bobby Catcher
Houston
Former Texas Doctor Held in Los Angeles Murder Case
Los Angeles police arrested Dr. C. McMillan a former Texas physician for the murder of Amelia Appleby a Chicago apartment house owner. Appleby’s body was found sewn in a sack near the city last Monday. McMillan who had lived with Appleby obtained her power of attorney and traveled east with her last summer. Police say motive was to claim the woman’s property including a Chicago apartment. A penciled will was found.
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Southern
California
C. McMillan
Texas
Amelia Appleby
Chicago
McMillan
Colorado
Appleby
Accomplice questioned in Hickman kidnap case
Los Angeles police reversed earlier belief in a one man crime to probe possible accomplice in the Hickman murder and missing girl case. They focus on Welby Hunt and others amid unclear links to the ransom plot and recent death at Vanadena bridge.
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United Rene
Los Angeles
Cal
William Edward Hickman
A. BR. Driskell
Driskell
Welby Hunt
Hickman
Vanadena Bridge
May
Tucumcari Radio Tonight Promotes County Benefits
Tuccumcari and Quay county, New Mexico, ascend through a WDAG broadcast at 3 PM featuring Judge Stonewall Pritchett as the main speaker. A mix of vocal and instrumental numbers is scheduled, arranged by a Tucumcari Kiwanis club committee and The Globe News to urge residents to learn about Amarillo's neighboring city.
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Tuccumcari
Quay County
New Mexico
WDAG
Cta
Stonewall Pritchett
Tucumeari
Amarillo
Tucumeari Ki
Edge Endorses Hoover for New Jersey Delegation
Senator Edge of New Jersey endorsed Secretary Hoover for the Republican presidential nomination as he announced his candidacy for delegate at large from New Jersey to the next Republican convention.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Senator Edge
New Jersey
May Bring Federal Prisoners to City
District Attorney Flesher says his department will send to Leavenworth to interview two men indicted there in the killing of Leo J. Lou a Amarillo druggist. Prison authorities may turn the prisoners over to Texas officers, making it possible they will be brought back here.
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James Simpson
Chicago
Plan Commission
New York City
Commission
Europe
Mr. Simpson
New York
Flesher
Livenworth
Leo J. Lou Amarillo
Texas
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