Sun Spots and Prohibition Echoes Across Newsprint
The column mixes scientific speculation on sun spots and disease with comments on New York liquor policy and Prohibition. It notes Norris denying liquor prohibition, bootleg trends, and a grim view of gambling losses at Monte Carlo. It also covers rail wage gains, church reforms, Roumanian troop movements, and Russian growth, before reporting trial coverage of Miller and Daugherty in New York.
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Oe Norris
New York
Walker
Million Dollar Ford Bid Stuns Wall Street Veteran
John Wing Prentiss, senior partner at Hornblower & Weeks, testifies in the Ford tax case hearing about a $1,000,000,000 bid to buy Ford Motor Company. He explains funding, market interest, and the perception of Wall Street as a game where friendship and risk drive giants.
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New York
Feb
Evan Well Street
Test Ong
Washington
Flivver
John Wing Prentiss
Hornblower & Weeks
New England
the Wing
Cambridge
Sarvard Gate
Ford
Wall Street
Ownershop
Cam
Ford Securities
Liberty
Enall
Ford Motor Company
Boston
Prentiss
Trinity Church
Weather forecast for West Texas and New Mexico
Weather outlook through 7 p.m. Thursday shows tonight partly cloudy and warmer in West Texas with colder conditions except the Panhandle. New Mexico unsettled tonight with southeast and extreme east portions, Thursday generally fair and somewhat warmer east. Amarillo record: high 20 degrees at 1 p.m., low 15 degrees at 8 a.m.
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Lo and Vicinity
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Amarillo
Amnesty repeal measure moved to special order but blocked
Dallas senator Love sought to make the senate bill repealing Ferguson amnesty a special order after the call tomorrow but a point of order overruled the move. The joint rules require action on all house bills before other matters on Wednesday and Thursday. The amnesty bill sits near the top on second reading.
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Associated Press
Austin
Senate
Janes E. Ferguson
Love
Dallas
House
Two New Courts Are Approved by Solons
The Texas legislature approved a new county criminal court for Dallas and an additional district criminal court for Houston. Senate approval of the house bills awaits only the governor’s signature to become law.
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Associated Press
Austin
Dallas
Houston
Senate
House
Kizer Declines State Game Post Appointment
AUSTIN Feb 9 Jonas Kizer of Houston declined the offer to become the state game fish and oyster commissioner to succeed T F Hubby of Waco, saying he cannot accept the appointment.
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Associated Press
Austin
Jonas Kizer
Houston
T. F. Hubby
Waco
Friends
Cabinet of Chile Resigns on Demand
The Chilean cabinet resigned today after war minister Carlos Ibanez demanded a strong government to combat bolshevism in Chile. The move follows heightened political pressure and shifts in leadership amid regional tensions.
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Chile
Preas
Santiago
Carlos Ibanez
Oil field worker killed dragged over bull wheel
Borger in February 9 report states Leon Polk 19 was accidentally killed at a Phillips Petroleum derrick when a cable looped around his neck and dragged him over the bull wheel. Co workers stopped the machinery after spotting the body as the cable caught his arm and neck. Polk had come to Borger from Wataunka Oklahoma about two weeks earlier.
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Associated Press
Borger
Leon Polk
Phillips Petroleum Company
Polk
Wataunka
Oklahoma
Amarillo Awards Storm Sewer Contract to Hawley
Amarillo city commissioners awarded the storm sewer installation contract to John B. Hawley of Fort Worth for about 160000 dollars on a 6 percent over cost basis. Hawley will supervise blueprints and construction with phased payments and plans call for work to begin after plans approval while a Panhandle cold wave brings snow and sleet across the region.
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Fort Snow
Amarillo
John B. Hawley
Fort Worth
Banks Jones
Hawly
City Commission
Hawley
Jones
Commission
Rail shares hit toboggan in N Y today
Speculation in railroad shares caused sharp declines at midday with Wheeling and Lake Erie common slipping from 105 to 66 3 4 Western Maryland common dropping 14 1 2 to 25 and Chicago Great Western common and preferred each falling about seven points amid drops in a dozen other issues.
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Associated Press
New York
Wheeling and Lake Erie Common
Western Maryland Common
Chicago Great Western Common
Burglars Take $10,000 In Gems From Temple Jewelry
Temple police report the J. H. Hempel Jewelry store was burglarized last night with goods valued at $10,000. Thieves lowered into the shop by rope after removing a skylight.
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The
Associated Press
Temple
J. H. Hempel Jewelry
Dillon Sued by Goodyear Stockholders in New York
Ten individuals representing over 50,000 stockholders filed suit in New York Supreme Court to remove Clarence Dillon from Goodyear management and demand accounts of 15 million dollars in profits alleged from acquisition of management stock.
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New York
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Supreme Court
Clarence. Dillon
Dillon, Read and Company
Akron
Ohio
Ponzi Seeks Writ in Federal Court to Delay Extradition
Charles Ponzi, the Boston financial figure, files for a writ of habeas corpus in U S federal court. Judge J Hutcheson will hear the case to prevent Massachusetts authorities from moving Ponzi from Harris County jail to Boston until further writs or warrants can be secured. Houston attorney Henry Kohn represents Ponzi and says a favorable ruling would free Ponzi pending further actions.
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Associated Press
Houston
Charles Ponzi
Boston
J. ©. Hutcheson
Massachusetts
Harris County
Henry Kohn Houston
Ponzi
Hutcheson
Man reports threatened suicide by car dash in Enid
In Enid Oklahoma county court, a man told Judge A A Brall that his wife, jealous and temperamental, threatened to end her life by driving their new car into a passenger train. The judge advised not to do it, noting another car would cost $800 and to keep the car locked.
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Enid
Okla
A. A. Brall
New
Bribe charges move to county grand jury after House expulsion
The House expelled BoA Dale of Bonham and H Moore of Cooper on charges related to bribery. The Travis County grand jury will review the case and report by Saturday. Governor Dan Moody may issue a proclamation calling elections to fill the vacated seats.
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Ansorated
Austin
Boa
Dale
Bonham
Fr. H. Moore
Cooper
House of Representatives
Travin County
Moore
Dan Moody
Property of ex Borger man will be sold
Property of Max Bernstein a former Arkansas City and Borger jeweler charged with concealing assets in bankruptcy will be sold at Arkansas City on February 16 per trustee George R. Bassett. About 4000 dollars in diamonds watches from safety deposit boxes plus 2000 dollars in jewelry found in Kansas City and remaining stock from Arkansas City and Borger are listed.
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Associated Press
Wichita
Kan
Max Bernstein
Arkansas City
Borger
Death sentence for Harry Leahy in Mathis case
Georgetown reports a verdict of death for Harry J. Leahy after a week trial for the murder of Dr. J. A. Ramsey of Mathis. The jury reached the verdict at 10 15 a m today after Leahy’s defense and appeal motions were heard. Roberto Martinez testified he aided in transporting Ramsey and Leahy killed the physician in the hills near Mathis.
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Associated Press
Georgetown
Harry J. Leahy
J. A. Ramsey
Mathis
Leahy
Roberto Martinez
Martinez
Ramsey
Oil Field Loot Ring Crushed in Panhandle Capture
Carson county officers and a Texas Ranger arrested a theft ring in the Borger area after recovering over $3,000 in stolen pipe and oil well equipment. Ranger J W McCormick, Sheriff Thorpe, and Deputy Sheriff Allen Johnson said the gang, with roughly twenty five members, used high speed cars and rope racks to haul stolen pipe to a central yard. The seizure aims to recover up to $50,000 more in missing gear, with part of the pipe claimed by American Refining company.
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Carson County
Texas Rangers
J. W. McCormick
Thorpe
Allen Johnson
Borger
Officata
Wang
Panhandle
American Refining Company
Oporto Rebels Capitulate Amid Lisbon Claim
The insurgents at Oporto have capitulated to government forces after resisting the Carmona dictatorship last week. London reports renewed advices this afternoon with ongoing fighting in Lisbon and casualties in the past three days. Dispatches indicate no American or British casualties. All cable and wireless stations are in the government’s hands in Lisbon.
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Associated Free London
Oporto
Portugal
London
Lighon
Associated Prev
Lisbon
The
Star
Beaumont Charter Provisions Struck Unconstitutional
The Texas Supreme Court of Appeals ruled sections of Beaumont's charter unconstitutional in a tax suit involving H. B. Fall and wife. The opinion answered a certified question from the Court of Civil Appeals in Austin on February 9.
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Austin
Beaumont
Supreme Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Court of Civil Appeals
H. B. Fall
Noted Smithsonian Scientist Charles Walcott Dies
Charles D Walcott 69 secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and world renowned scientist died in Washington after a stroke two weeks earlier. He was famous for work on ancient wood specimens and findings.
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Associated
Prema
Washington
Reb
Charles D. Walcott
The
Smithsonian Institution
Congress Debates Farm Relief Rule and Impeachment Actions
Congress meets at noon as the House weighs a rule on farm relief. The Elections committee revisits the Frank L. Smith case. The House Judiciary Committee opens Judge Cooper impeachment hearings. Tax suit against Ford stockholders continues at the Treasury.
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Associated Press
Congress
House
Elections Committee
Frank L. Smith
House Judiciary Committee
Cooper
Ford
Treasury
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