Bullets Whistle As Boys Get Big Kick Out of It
Lloyd Duncan and Garland Johnson, both teens, hijacked two couples in Amarillo with a pistol and a revolver. They fired a shot into the ground during the first robbery and later fled as police pursued them through downtown. Duncan confessed with Johnson’s implicating statement.
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My Gordon
C. C. Gordon
Talmadge Apartments
Isabelle Boxwell
FE. E. Boxwell
Taylor Street
Gordon
Duncan
Miss Boxwell
Lloyd Duncan
Houston Street
Garland Johnson
East Twenty-fourth Avenue
Johnson
Wolflin Golf Course
Amarillo
Herman Wright
S. H. Wright
Madison Street
Alice Arnold
H. A. Arnold
Hughes Street
Wright
Tom
Ivan and
Alton Boxwell
Ninth
Taylor
Boxwell
Ivan
Thirteenth
Buchanan
Retail sales rise in Texas Oklahoma New Mexico
Commerce department reports November retail sales in 788 independent stores across Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico about 21 percent above November 1934 and 12 percent above October. Motor vehicle dealers show the largest gain 53 percent with lumber and building materials up 25 percent and meat and grocery stores up 13 percent.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Youth Nabbed for Attempts at Extortion in Buffalo Case
Roland E. Markell a 21 year old Rochester messenger confessed to authorship of extortion letters demanding 250000 from Frank E. Gannett publisher and Louis A. Wehle brewer both of Rochester. Six letters to Wehle and four to Gannett were sent with threats of death kidnapping and money. Police traced calls leading to his arrest after handwriting comparisons and prior suspended sentence.
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N. Y
Roland E. Markell
Rochester
Frank E. Gannett
Louis A. Wehle
Brewer
Markell
George A. Grobe
Gannett
Wehle
Genesee Brewing Company
Althogether
George W. Doherty
Federal Bureau of Investigation
G-men
Doherty
Grobe
Leopold
Loeb
Henry T. Copenhagen
Gannett and Wehle
Seek Betty Gow As Jon's Nurse
Betty Gow is sought as a nurse for Jon, per Associated Press copy. The appeal notes her qualifications and availability.
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Betty Gow
Jon
Hitler seeks and gains new socialist senator demand
Arthur Brisbane notes Hitler’s push for a stronger regime as he cites Germany’s latest moves after the Versailles Treaty. Reports from Glasgow and London cover Lindbergh baby trial ties, Hauptmann’s fate, and expected court action in New Jersey.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey Court of Pardons
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr
Child Artist Finklea Leaves Amarillo for Hollywood Ballet Training
Amarillo’s Tula Fllice Sid Finklea departs for Hollywood to resume dance studies under top masters after four years of acclaim as a young ballet talent. Her mother follows for two weeks as Finklea meets Nico Charisse who praises her potential and notes her time with Fanchon Marco.
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Amarillo
Tula Fllice
Sid” Finklea
Hollywood
Miss Finklea
E. E. Finklea
Death Robs Man of Chance To Be Rich
James Gadwood, age 75, died of pneumonia in Boston after a $50,000 mining deal in Montana collapsed. Officials intended to negotiate for the purchase of an abandoned mining interest Gadwood had valued as worthless for 16 years, a windfall that would have elevated him from a $5 weekly welfare recipient to a country gentleman.
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Boston
U.P
James Gadwood
Montana
Gadwood
Spanish Republican Cabinet Resigns After Session In Madrid
The fifteenth government of the second Spanish Republic collapsed today after 16 days in office due to cabinet differences and election preparations. Premier Manuel Portela Valladares resigned after a cabinet meeting with President Alcala Zamora which approved a decree to dissolve Congress. the dissolution date was not fixed.
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Madrid
Manuel Portes Valladares
Alcala Zamora
Congress
Portela Valladares
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions in the southeast. West Texas shows partly cloudy weather tonight and Tuesday. New Mexico expects generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with colder readings tonight. Temperature extremes: 30 to 36 today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Weather Bureau
Free Guest Tickets For Shipmates For Ever Offer
Want Ad Free Guest Tickets Continue Now it is to see Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler in Shipmates Forever starting New Year’s Day at the Fair Theater. Offer includes 2 free guest tickets with each 7 day Want Ad and 1 free ticket with each 3 day Want Ad. Limited to 4 days. Dial 6262 to place ads.
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Dick Powell
Ruby Keeler
Fair Theater
Amarillo
DIAL
Al Smith Denies White House Invitation Claim
Alfred E. Smith called a White House spokesman claim that he had been invited to overnight stays false. He said he received one invitation through Secretary McIntyre to attend a Catholic University trustees meeting in Washington, marking his 62nd birthday.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
White House
American Liberty League
Washington
Smith
Roosevelt
McIntyre
Catholic University At
Shots Fell Solon Former Pal of Capone
Albert J. Prignano, a Illinois state legislator from the Bloody 20th ward, was killed last night when returning home with his wife and son. Two men in a car shot him as his wife and family sought safety, police say. Prignano had earlier been jailed with Al Capone in 1930 for vagrancy.
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Chicago
U.P
Albert J. Prignano
20Th
Prignano
al Capone
Florida
Victor Gallanti
Gallanti
Texas begins war against big gamblers
AUSTIN December 30 L G Phares acting director of the Texas Department of Public Safety says Texas has declared a relentless war on big time gamblers. He vows to close every big shot’s place and, if needed, assign Rangers permanently to gambling establishments to prevent resumption.
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Austin
L. G. Phares
Texas Department of Public Safety
Phares
Texas
U.S. Takes Charge of Uruguayan Legation Records
Secretary of State Cordell Hull announced that at Uruguay's request the American embassy in Moscow has assumed control of the archives and records of Uruguay's legation in the Soviet capital.
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Washington
U.P
Moscow
Cordell Hull
Italy Loses 52 in Battle in Northern Front
Premier Mussolini's Blackshirt troops suffered 52 Italian and native deaths with 14 wounded in a Sunday clash at Uarieu on the northern front. Ethiopian forces reportedly inflicted heavy losses and moved to counter the Italian advance as Haile Selassie strengthens northern defenses. Badoglio said Italian planes aided Ethiopian troops who defected to Italy in the Webbe Shibeli Valley.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
Mussolini
Uarieu
Rome
Ethiopia
Pietro Badoglio
Webbe Shibeli
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Liggett the war hero dead in San Francisco hospital
Lieut. Gen. Hunter Liggett, a famed World War I commander and Indian fighter, died at Letterman hospital on the San Francisco press side of the bay at age 78. He had been in hospital since January 1935 and was survived by his ailing wife Harriet Lane Liggett.
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San Francisco
Hunter Liggett
Marne
Letterman Hospital
Presssidio
General Liggett
Harriet Lane Liggett
Congress
West Point
Montana
Chief Gall
Poplar Creek
Former Viceroy of India Lord Reading Dies at 75
Lord Reading former viceroy of India died today from complications of a chill. He was 75 years old. He served as viceroy during the early 1920s and played a key role in British rule in India. The death was announced in London.
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India
London
Lord Reading
Potter County Grand Jury Reopens Two Day Session
The Potter County grand jury opened a two day session this morning resuming deliberations after a two week holiday recess. Assistant District Attorney Bob Underwood is working with the jurymen.
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Potter County
Grand Jury
Bob Underwood
Blizzard Hits East Coast With Snow and Death Toll
A severe blizzard swept the East from the Middle Atlantic to New England dropping heavy snow, knocking out power and communications, halting transit, and causing at least 16 deaths. New York deployed 45,000 workers with 1,300 plows to clear streets as coastal shipping and rail service suffered widespread disruption.
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New York
Middle Atlantic
New England
Atlanta
Oklahoma
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