Rockefeller buys Fifth Avenue land for 100 million
A New York piece once part of botanical gardens, four thousand eight hundred seven dollars and thirty six cents, is sold to John D. Rockefeller Jr. for 100 million dollars. The land on Fifth Avenue will host a new opera house benefiting Columbia College. The sale funds education while Rockefeller inherits his father's generosity to universities. A Globe readers’ note frames Arthur Brisbane’s opinion as his own.
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The
Star Company
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Botanical Gardens
New York
Fifth Avenue
Columbia College
Mr. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
West Texas land owners demand protection from land sharks
More than 200 large West Texas landowners gathered in Midland to press the state for laws to safeguard titles amid oil and gas development. They blame the attorney general and state suits for chaotic title disputes and call for legal reforms to prevent dry creek areas from becoming navigable to aid permit-seekers. Officials from Amarillo and Pampa attended, including Mayors and chamber leaders, as the meeting sought firm legislative action.
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T. E. Johnson
Midland
Tex
West Texas
Amarillo
Pampa
Panhandle
State of
Texas
Attorney General's Department
Attorney General’s Department
W. B. Hamilton
Wichita Falls
Hamilton
Oil and Gas Bureau
West Texas Chamber of Commercce
Panhandle Snow Blanket Covers Region
Residents woke to one to three inches of wet snow across the Panhandle with a .10 inch precip. The thermometer rose from 30 degrees as the day warmed, then forecast colder tonight and fair weather tomorrow. Rail lines report snow reaching Tulsa and Wynoka to Hereford, with lighter totals in New Mexico and several South Plains points.
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Panhandle
United States Weather Bureau
Tulsa
Santa Fe
Wynoka
Hereford
New Mexico
South Plains
Plainview
Pastors reject plan of revised religion in science era
New York pastors from several denominations mostly oppose Prof. Harry Emerson Barnes's call for a new religious foundation aligned with modern science. Cardinal Hayes defends harmony, while other clergy criticize the approach and urge cooperation between science and faith.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry Emerson Barnes
Smith College
God
Afin Barnes
John Hayes Hales
Community Church
Barnes
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Cardinal Hayes
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Christian F. Ressner
Professor Barnes
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Baptist
Henry Darlington
Episcopal
Premier Poincare Ready to Quit
Paris December 31 Associated Press reports Premier Poincare told his cabinet he had accomplished his main tasks and was ready to resign due to unrest. The cabinet urged him to stay, citing ongoing work on reparations and a reorganization of the Armistice Day ministry to ensure prompt budget adoption.
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Associated Press
Paris
Poincare
M. Poincare
Son Mistakes Mother for Burglar And Fires Fatal Shot
In Sulphur Springs Texas on December 31 Waymond Wofford mistook his mother for a burglar when she entered the back door. He fired a fatal shot after borrowing a gun with his wife and friends nearby. The elderly woman died saying she had been shot. Mrs. Wofford leaves four children.
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Associated Press
Sulphur Springs
Tex
Waymond Wofford
Nein
Wofford
Officials 10 Take Office Tomorrow
New district and county officials will take office at 10 o'clock this morning as four courthouse posts change hands. Sheriff Wiley Pollard is succeeded by Amarillo businessman W H Thompson, Ted Blackburn becomes county clerk, Edward W Thomerson steps in as district attorney, and Allen Johnson is named constable of precinct No 1. Deputies and other staff changes were not announced.
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W. H
Bill) Thompson
Amarillo
Wiley Pollard
Pollard
W. E
Ted) Blackburn
Ed M. Pittman
Edward W. Thomerson
Underwood, Strickland and
Blackburn
Negro convict surrenders after death charge charges
A Black prisoner named Charley Shepherd surrendered to a woman planter near Perthshire Mississippi for the murder of J D Duvall, an employee at the Parchman prison farm, and the kidnapping of his 18 year old daughter Ruth. Separately Lord Beaverbrook, a newspaper magnate, will distribute 26000 pounds to worthy causes after a car crash injury.
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Associated Press
Perthsshie
Miss
Dee
Charley” Shepherd
Here
J. D. Duvall
Parchman State
Ruth
London
Lord Beaverbrook
Chicagoan hip pocket safe from raid on New Year’s Eve
Chicago, Dec 31. Government agents will not search individuals but will focus on hotels, cafes and cabarets for dry law infractions. KE C Yellowley, federal prohibition administrator for the area, says proprietors will be held accountable.
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Chicago
KE. C. Yellowley
Jardine Presses Need for Farm Organization in New Year
Secretary Jardine urged rapid, intelligent farmer unity to gain parity with business. He argued agriculture must mirror business solidarity to benefit from laws and executive actions, noting farming’s six and a half million units. He reviewed 1928 as a year of varied fortunes with potato and wheat growers facing hardship and hay and tobacco returns expected lower.
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United Press
Washington
Organization of Agriculture
Jardine
Chadd Faces Murder Intent Charges in Potte r County
Charley Chadd faces two indictments for assault with intent to kill after a December 20 shooting at his home 318 Bryan Street. He allegedly fired at E. P. Sullivan and narrowly missed Detective O H Denton amid a raid. Sullivan treated for a non serious facial wound. Four additional indictments were handed up including liquor violations. court adjourned due to flu and new district attorney administration.
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Grand Jury
District Criminal
Charley Chadd
Potter County
Bryan Street
Chadd
E. P
Red” Sullivan
Sullivan
O. H. Denton
Four men to be taken to pen Tuesday
Four men from Gray and Potter counties were brought to Potter County jail yesterday and will be transferred to the state penitentiary in Huntsville today. The group includes C. F. Walker Jim White J L Wood and Ed Mack. They will depart Amarillo under guard for the Fort Worth Denver line.
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Gray County
Potter County
Huntsville
C. FF. Walker
Jim White
J. L. Wood
Ed Mack
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Denver
Bolivia Accepts Protocol in Chaco Arbitration
The Bolivian government, with slight modifications, accepted the Pan American arbitration protocol resolving the Chaco clashes with Paraguay. Bolivian and Paraguayan leaders had earlier accepted the conference’s good offices in Washington. Forts Vanguardia and Boqueron changed hands in December battles amid mutual charges.
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United Areas
Buenos Aires
Chaco
Paraguay
Bolivia
Argentina
Pinto Escalier
Washington
Vanguardia
Boqueron
Legation
Fort Vanguardian
Watchman Killed in Hedley Robbery Battle
Richey HH, Hedley high watchman, shot dead early this morning during a clash with robbers at the M System store. He fired five shots before dying. Two suspects fled west in a Nash car. Police and investigators, including Ed Halloway, arrived from Panhandle cities to aid the hunt. Richey leaves a widow, two daughters, and a son. he formerly served as Hedley postmaster and lived in Hall County twenty years.
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Richey
Hedley Hight
M System
Clarendon
Amarillo
O. Denton
W. RK
McDowell
Ed. Halloway
Hedley
Halloway
Cabh
Panhandle
Bill’ Brinning
Amarilla Police Recover Two Stolen Cars
Amarilla police found a 1928 Buick coupe stolen from W. J. O'Brien on December 10 abandoned on Pierce Street and a vehicle stolen from Panhandle Glass and Paint on Has Eighth Street.
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Amarilla
W. J. O'Brien
Pierce Street
Panhandle Glass and Paint Company
Has Eighth Street
Texas U Regents Seek Suits to Halt Oil Lease Sales
The University of Texas board of regents passed a resolution asking the attorney general to file suits preventing Land Commissioner J T Robison from issuing mineral leases advertised for sale on January 2. The move follows concerns raised about the sale process and seeks to halt or challenge the bidding on oil leases.
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Texas U Regents
Associated Press
Austin
University of Texas Board of Regents
Claude Pollard
J. T. Robison
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Leopold Stieglitz
Equator
Herbert Hoover
George Washington
United States
Woodrow Wilson
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Leav
Eddie Kane
Milwaukee
Kane
Jesse Livermore
James A. Monaghan
Boston
Billy
Sing Sing
Snow Blanket
Griggs
O. R. Weaver
D. B. White
Bill McClellan
District Criminal Court
Bishop
Martin Ray Kilgore
Frank A. Hartley
el Centro
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Hartley
Young Kilgore
Stanford University
J. Oh.” Richey
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