Chopping masterclass at Allaire camp impresses Scouts
Arthur Brisbane reports on a Boy Scout camp at Allaire New Jersey where Peter McLaren of Melbourne Australia demonstrates expert axe work. He chops a chestnut and shows precise axe throwing and cutting techniques, urging interest in good axes for healthier life. American scientists in Cleveland to discuss yearly achievements See TODAY Page 2.
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Allaire
New Jersey
Thomas McCarter
Warren W. Barbour
McLaren
Plumb
Philadelphia
Co-Ed Sues After Slaying of Griffith Sisters
Jessie and Jexia Griffith, slain in a Tonkawa area highway attack, are described by Kay county officials as targets of robbery and attack. Earl K Quinn, an ex convict, is being hunted as a principal suspect with a comrade meanwhile sought in multiple cities. The county attorney says the crime was not premeditated and notes Mrs Quinn bought a gun for an unrelated man. The sisters were buried in Blackwell.
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Associated Press
Blackwell
Okla
Jessie
Jexia Griffith
Kay County
Earl K Quinn
Quinn
Kansas City
Chicago
Potter
Missouri
Norman
Oklo
Jeasie
Tonkawa
W. T. Capehart
Oklahoma City
Capehart
State Hospital For the Insane
Amarillo City Grants Tax Time Extensions and Cuts in 1930
The Amarillo city commission voted to extend final payment of city taxes for 1930 by five months to June 30, hoping the school board would match with an April 1 deadline. The 1930 city tax rate was cut to $1 per $100 valuation from $1.95 in 1920, aided by annexation of property including a new $125,000 power plant. Taxable valuation rose to $61,620,620, with additional increases from seven tracts added after a recent election. The school board faces difficulties in securing a tax extension and remains at the starting point.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Southwestern Public Service Company
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Shows Fair, Cold Elsewhere
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas calls for generally fair skies tonight and Thursday with possible freezing in the southeast. New Mexico also remains fair but colder in the extreme southeast. Daytime high and nighttime low reached 81 and 26. Sunrise 7 55 and sunset 5 45.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Nitroglycerin Explosion Kills Three at Electra Plant
An explosion at a U. S. Torpedo shop near Electra kills three workers after a 10 quart can of nitroglycerin struck the side of a truck. Names Bill Kennsworthy Jim Russell and Jimmy Snyder identified as victims. Undertaker J. B. Totten works to recover remains as over 500 pounds of dynamite stored inside.
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Electra
United States Torpedo Shop
Bill Kennsworthy
Jim Russell
Jimmy Snyder
A. E. Rapp
Southwestern
J. B. Totten
Yes We Have No Bananas Song Proposed for Farm Aid
Kansas professor Charles B. Skilton of the University of Kansas predicts a new wave of popular songs modeled after Yes We Have No Bananas could boost farm and industrial demand. He argues optimistic business songs can lift public mood and aid recovery, citing effective sales songs and a shift from sentiment to encouragement.
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Kansas
United Press
ST. Louis
Charles 8. Skilton
University of Kansas
Skilton
Music Teachers National Association
Limit On Car License Payment February 1
State highway patrolman Lee Miller warned car owners they must attach new 1931 license plates by February 1. The law allows December and January to obtain plates, with enforcement starting after February 1 and fines from ten to two hundred dollars for driving without current plates.
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Lee Miller
Highway Department
Miller
Oklahoma Oil Proration Ordered with Sharp Cutbacks
Oklahoma City December 31 The Corporation Commission orders drastic oil production cuts for 1951 with January at 465000 barrels daily February 469000 and March 470000. Wells must exceed ten barrels daily to be prorated and dissenting Chairman C C Childers questions the fairness and potential estimates while lawmakers plan challenges.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Corporation Commission
C. C. Childers
Childers
Knox L
White Way Extensions Approved Along East Third Avenue
City commission approved work orders for extending the white way system on East Third Avenue from the new underpass to Harrison Street and for flood lights in North Amarillo Park. The plan envisions a route from the business section to the Tri-State fair grounds with further extensions referred to the planning commission. Country Club district owners funded about $2000 for single light standards before curb and gutter work proceeds.
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East Third Avenue
Harrison Street
City Commission
W. 5. Rule
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Southwestern Public Service Company
Amarillo Park
West Sixth Avenue
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Country Club District
Bomb Thrown at Suburban Police Lieutenant Home
A dynamite bomb was thrown at the suburban home of Lieut. Samuel G. Otto of the River Grove police near Chicago on December 31, according to Associated Press dispatches. The incident marks a violent attack on a local law officer with no immediate report of injuries.
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Poe
Associated Press
Chicago
Surburban
Samuel G. Otto
River Grove
Fatal Robbery and Bank Heist in New Orleans
One man was killed and two others seriously wounded when bandits robbed the Whitney Trust and Savings Bank branch in the third district of New Orleans. The incident occurred on December 31 as investigators cordon the area and search for suspects.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Third District
Whitney Trust and Savings Bank
Dallas Police Uncover Large Hidden Liquor Plant
An investigation into a minor burglary leads Dallas officers to a large illicit liquor operation. A servant's house yard reveals a truck with vats and a copper boiler, a still, two boilers, an electric pump, and ten 500 gallon mash-filled vats. A Black driver is arrested.
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Dallas
Strickland
Euclid Avenue
Complete Plans for Loyalty Drive Friday
Last of the preliminary arrangements for Amarillo's Loyalty Campaign will be made in the club room at the Amarillo Hotel Friday night. Delegates from 250 organizations including the Women's Federated Clubs will attend. A mass meeting at Municipal Auditorium on Wednesday January 7 will finalize plans for a city wide relief effort providing work for the unemployed. Jessie N. Ross opened a welfare office at the Chamber of Commerce to link the unemployed with local job providers.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Municipal Auditorium
Chamber of Commerce and Vol
Jessie N. Ross
Thore
Joffre Battles On As Year Ends In Paris
Marshal Joseph Joffre’s health remained stationary in a Paris hospital as 1914 neared its close. Doctors reported a brief lapse of consciousness and a weak pulse, though he rested calmly and continued his desperate struggle amid mounting illness.
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United Press
Paris
Marshal Joseph Joffre
Marshal Joffre
Radio Day by Day builds New Year broadcast lineup
The Associated Press reports a New Year’s Day radio plan including Mussolini’s first live American address from Rome, the Tournament of Roses game from Pasadena, greetings from Canada’s Prime Minister Bennett, Holland programming, Roosevelt inauguration in Albany, and a 50 language Wish. Two four hour dance parties lead off New Year’s Eve with global chimes and a Canterbury Archibishop talk.
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E. Butterfield
Associated Press
New York
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
America
Pasadena
Calif
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Holland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Albany
N. Y
Buenos Aires
London
Archibishop
Canterbury
Mussolini
Moody Reappoints Guleke to State Board of Education
Gov Dan Moody names Guleke of Amarillo to six year term on the State Board of Education. Mrs J E Watkins also reappointed for six years. Guleke had served on state colleges board and moved to the education board over a year ago.
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Associated
Prems
Austin
Dee
Bled. O. Guleke
Amarillo
State Board of Education
Dan Moody
Mre
J. E. Watkins
Guleke
Board of State Colleges
Board of Education
Irish Free State ratifies London naval treaty in London
The Irish Free State commissioner in London filed his government's ratification of the London naval treaty, bringing the instrument into full force for the British empire.
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London
Hoover plan opposed as unethical by Couzens
Senator Couzens of the Interstate Commerce Committee denounced President Hoover's four system railroad consolidation plan as unethical. He followed talks with Baltimore & Ohio President Daniel Willard who said swift ICC approval is needed for any workable scheme. Willard outlined a four system base including Pennsyl vania, Baltimore & Ohio, New York Central, and Nickel Plate Lines with a dispute over a Lake Erie trackage rights issue to be settled by arbitration.
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Washington
Hoover
Couzens
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Michigan Republican
Daniel Willard
Willard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
New York Central
Nickel
Wabash
Seaboard Airlines
Couzens Saia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lake Erie
Maryland
Theger
Amarillo to Greet New Year With Zest
Amarillo plans a lively New Year celebration with church services dances and midnight shows to welcome 1931. Banks and offices close for the holiday while post office hours include a morning window open and mail delivery.
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Amarillo
Greeting Cards Fray Over Franked Christmas Letters
Washington dispatch reports a contentious exchange over Christmas cards sent postage free under franking. Senator Caraway accuses Secretary Hyde of improper use of government funds to aid starving babies, while Hyde defends the official nature of the cards.
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Associated Press
Washington
Caraway
Arkansas
Hyde
Frank
Department
Ths
Senate
House Agriculture
Post Office
Partment
Drouth Ridden
Senator Caraway
Post Office Department
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Globe
Brisbane
Peter McLaren
Melborne
Australia
Gladstone
Cleveland
Sues
Bruce Potter
Ohio
Rosemary Johnson
University of Ilinois
William F. Lodge III
Lodge
School Board 18
School Board
New White Way
Danville
Riverside
Dan River
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Harrison G. Fitzgerald
Griggs Ambulance
Elizabeth Johnson
Port Arthur
South Methodist
Robert L. Williams
Texas University
Glen Flinn
Joffre
Mia
Juanita Barns
Los Angeles
Aviatrix
Mee
Burne
Anysabe
Ruth Alexander
GOV. Moody
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France
Amarillo Country Club
Solon
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