Lindbergh and the era of flying progress
Arthur Brisbane comments on Lindbergh’s Havana to St Louis flight and the push for safer, multi engine planes. He compares wartime propulsion to peacetime aviation, notes the value of reliable long flights, and envisions rapid air travel aided by government and private enterprise. He also critiques utopian hopes for universal home ownership and urges practical infrastructure like coast to coast highways and faster ships.
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Atlantic
Lindbergh
Havana
St. Louis
Congress Sets Agenda for Half-Year Legislative Push
Congress nears mid-session and outlines a Republican program to move key bills. Alien property settlement Muscle Shoals farm relief flood control and tax reduction top the order with quick action expected on war claims resolution. Muscle Shoals debated next week. Senate timing favors smooth passage.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Germany
United States
Muscle Shoals
Morris
Nebraska
Norris Muscle Shoals
Sackett
Wild West style bank robbery at Nara Visa New Mexico
A lone masked bandit in cowboy attire robbed the Nara Visa bank yesterday at noon, clubbed cashier Miss Blanche Watts, tied his horse, and rode northwest. The woman is unconscious, missing funds are insured up to about 3000 dollars, and authorities suspect a stolen car from Dalhart was used.
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Nara Visa
New Mexico
Texas Line
Tucumcari
Dalhart
Rock Island
Blanche Watts
W. H. Fuqua
Amarillo
Nara Visa Bank
Weather update for Oklahoma West Texas and Arkansas
Weather today fair and warmer with extreme temperatures 88 and 16 from a year ago 0 and 20. Precipitation 24 hours 0.15 inch. Hourly readings 7 am 18 8 am 22 9 am 24 10 am 28 11 am 32 noon 85 1 pm 38. Tonight and Saturday mostly fair with colder night Arkansas partly cloudy tonight and fair Saturday.
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Oklahoma
West Texas
Arkansas
Associated Press
Texas
San Antonio
Houston
East Texas
Weather Bureau
Abilene
Amarilla
Austin
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Dallas
del Rio
el Paso
Woman leaps to death from sixth floor at Biltmore
Mrs. Margaret K. Levis wife of New York diamond merchant Harry H. Levis leaped from a sixth floor window of the Biltmore hotel in Los Angeles about 1 a m. She was found alive on the sidewalk and died later at a hospital. Described as despondent over ill health, she was unable to be stopped by her husband.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Margaret K. Levis
Harry H. Levis
New York
Biltmore
Bandits Rob Post Office Safe in LaGrange
Bandits used acetylene torches to break into the LaGrange post office safe early today and escaped with an estimated $20,000 in cash. United Press reports the raid occurred in LaGrange Georgia on February 17.
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United Press
LA Grange
Demo Aspirants Give Counsel On Harmony
A weather summary across West Texas notes 3 to 6 inches of snow yesterday with clear, cold Panhandle dawns and a warming trend. forecasts warn of slush and street water for a few days. The piece blends meteorology with political context as Democratic counsel and harmony demonstrations unfold alongside local weather reports and travel delays.
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West Texas
Panhandle
Herman Z. Coilman
Farmera
Fight Card Ticket Sale On With Bang
Ticket sale for the Tri-State fair fight carnival opened at 9 AM at Holman Drug. The program promises a packed auditorium with two main events: Wildcat Monte versus Eddie Murdock and Kid Granite versus Bud Chambers, each ten rounds, plus six and four round preliminaries.
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Holman Drug Store
Amarillo
Wildcat Monte
Eddie Mur
Dock
Tulsa
Kid Granite
Bud Chambers
Defense rests in Sinclair Burnas contempt case
The defense rested in the Sinclair Burnas contempt case as summations began. The defense did not call Harry F. Sinclair to testify, and the contempt citation stems from Sinclair employing Burns detectives to shadow Fall Sinclair jurors.
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Sinclair
Burns
United Press
Washington
Sinclair-Burnas
Harry F. Sinclair
Fall-Sinclair
Girl Shot Down by Irate Wife May Live
Duncan Oklahoma February 17 Physicians believed today that Mary Eggleston 17 shot late Wednesday by Mrs Corbett Litterall irate wife of a farmer had a chance to recover Pending outcome of her condition no charges have been filed again at the girls assailant Griggs ambulance Phone 4311.
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United Press
Duncan
Oklo
Mary Eggleston
Corbett Litterall
Collector Seeks Out Ex-Customer In County Jail
A county jail report notes a bill collector sought out an ex customer during a visit. The collector asked to see the prisoner and suggested mail payment, scribbling Not home at 507 Taylor as he left. Local authorities did not report formal charges or a pursuit beyond the jail encounter.
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Taylor
Woman Opens Smith Fight in Oklahoma City
Former Wyoming Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross will be the principal speaker at a Smith state meeting in Oklahoma City on February 25. Her acceptance, via Judge James Ross, aims to boost attendance and rally support for Governor Alfred E. Smith while she remains seen as a dry prohibitionist.
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Hy United Press
Oklahoma City
Nellie Tayloe Rows
Wyoming
Alfred E. Smith
Oklahoma
Committee On Smith
James 8. Ross
Rosa
Okahoma
Smith
Campbell drives Blue Bird to near-record speed
Capt Malcolm Campbell, the British racing driver, sped the Napier Blue Bird to about 198 miles an hour on the Daytona Ormond sands in a test run. The speed was roughly 10 miles per hour under the world record, as he pursues a new record.
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Ify United Press
Daytona Beach
Fla
Malcolm Campbell
Daytona-Ormond Sands
Eddie Foy's Final Road Trip Home From Death
Eddie Foy dies at 73 in Kansas City after a performance in The Fallen Star His body traveled by train to New Rochelle accompanied by widow Marie Coombs Foy and company Captain known as Edward Fitzgerald, doctors cite heart disease as the cause of death The event marks the end of a long stage career in a fading era
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iBy United Perens
Kansas City
Eddie Foy
Broadway
Foy
Edward Fitzgerald
Orpheum Theater
Marie Coombs Foy
New Rochelle
New York
Gov Ed Jackson Acquitted of Bribe Conspiracy Charge
Indiana Governor Ed Jackson was found not guilty of conspiring to bribe former Governor Warren T. McCray. Judge Charles McCabe granted a directed verdict of acquittal after the state rested its case, upholding the defense motion.
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United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Ed Jackson
Warren T. McCray
Charles McCabe
Trade Body Will Probe Utilities Power Firms
The Federal Trade Commission decided today to proceed to investigate public utility power corporations under the Walsh resolution, directing immediate action. The move comes as policymakers seek to examine rates and practices within the utility sector.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Walsh
Four Deputies Vanish After Prisoner Escape
Deputies John Grove and Wallace McClure left Lafayette Indiana with two prisoners to Pendleton reformatory when all four vanished. Bodies of the two officers were found near Danville Illinois on Thursday. The prisoners John Burns and Samuel Baxter are believed to have overpowered the deputies, killed them and stolen their car. A nationwide manhunt is underway for the escaped men.
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John Grove
Wallace McClure
Lafayette
Ind
Pendleton
Danville
Ilinois
John Burns
Samuel Baxter
Speaking Dates for Jim Reed Announced
United Press reports Senator James A Reed of Missouri will depart on a 1924 presidential campaign tour with dates in Dallas February 20 Tulsa February 21 Topeka February 22 Denver February 24 Albuquerque February 25 Phoenix February 27 and Los Angeles February 30.
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United Prewe
Washington
James A. Reed
Minsouri
Dallas
Texas
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Topeka
Kansas
Denver
Colorado
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Phoenix
Arizona
Los Angeles
Holds 13 Spades And Doesn't Know What To Bid
A. J. Moran, an Erie railroad auditor aboard a Detroit Washington train car, held thirteen spades and faced bidding confusion. Moran eventually bid four spades and won the hand as fellow players urged different bids. Participants included BE. R. Woodson, A. T. Martin, and T. JH. Maxwell.
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Associated Press
Washington
A. J. Moran
Erie Railroad
Detroit
Moran
BE. R. Woodson
Railway Accounting Offices Association
A. T. Martin
Southern Railway
T. JH. Maxwell
Baltimore
Panhandle plans large immigration campaign train
Amarillo hosts a March meeting of the Panhandle Development association to chart an agricultural exhibit train itinerary through Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois. Col. Harve Haines chairs the committee with members Arthur Large M B Oakes James B Tinsley and Matt Cram.
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Panhandle Development Association
Amarillo
Harve H. Haines
Board of
City Development
Colonel Haines
Arthur W. Large
Rock Island Railway
M. B. Oakes
Fort Worth
Denver
James B. Tinsley
Santa Fe
Matt Cram
Plainview
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Panhandle
Many Mexican Rebels Slain by Federals
Dispatches from Guadalajara report more than seventy Catholic rebels killed by federal fire amid clashes in the State of Jalisco. Three chieftains fell, two were captured and executed by municipal authorities, another surrendered, and one leader was seriously wounded.
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Proms
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Davisco
Bene
Manhunt Expands for Slayers of Deputies
A nationwide manhunt spread across the Midwest for two escaped convicts linked to the killings of deputies Wallace McClure and John P. Grove near Covington Indiana. The deputies were found Beside a laprobe from the car used to transfer the prisoners to Pendleton State Reformatory.
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United Press
Lavpayette
Ind
Marty Durkin
Chicago
Middle West
Wallace McClure
John P. Grove
Covington
Grove
McClure
State Reformatory
Pendleton
Peace Terms Exchanged Between Sandino and U S Admiral
In Managua on February 17 communications reported peace terms between rebel leader Augusto Sandino and Rear Admiral David S. Sellers commander of the U S special service squadron. Letters outlining terms were delivered by airplane to Sandino who replied with conditions for laying down arms. terms not released. Sellers travelled from Corinto to Managua for talks with American minister Charles E. Eberhardt and Brig. Gen. Segen Feland of the American marine forces.
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Associated Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Augustino Sandino
David S. Sellers
United States Special Service Squadron
Corinto
Admiral Sellers
Sandino
Sellere
Corinty
Charles BE
Eberhardt
Sogen Feland
Oil Tanker Chuky Crew Killed in Explosion Near Tokyo
The captain and thirteen crewmen died when the American oil tanker Chuky exploded off Tokyo. A trawler brought 21 survivors to port, some with injuries. the disaster occurred Wednesday while the vessel traveled from San Pedro California to Japan.
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Tokyo
San Pedro
Cal
Japan
Poisoned Well Charged With Family Death
In Louisville Georgia a coroner's jury linked a poisoned well and flour bin to the death of Mrs. Rose Kelley and illness of eight relatives. Neighbor women Mrs Liga Ann Davis 25 and her mother Ida May Willie Ford 55 were arrested on murder charges after footprints traced from the Kelley home to the suspects’ residence.
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Associated Prean
Louisville
Georgia
Rose Kelley
Liga Ann Davis
Ida May Willie Ford
Kelly
Mother and Children Hurt in Auto Crash
A family of five was injured when their car was struck by a freight train at a grade crossing near the M. K. & I depot last night. Elizabeth Brown, 9, suffered a broken leg and facial lacerations. the mother, father, and a 6-year-old brother were also bruised.
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Presa
Tern
Elizabeth Brown
Anvera
Loot Taken From Midland Theater in Hutchinson
Two young men, one masked, looted the Midland Theater safe in Hutchinson Kansas early today. They tied two employees to seats and used a hammer to open the safe. Loot estimated between 1500 and 2000 dollars. No arrests announced.
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The
Associated Press
Autchinson
Kas
Midland Theater
Fear for Blast Victim Life After Gasoline Explosion
Leslie Kring, a filling station operator, suffered extensive burns in a gasoline blast at 703 North Buchanan Street. Doctors fear he may die within 24 hours unless complications arise, while noting he has not worsened. J. Bagg, at 705 North Buchanan Street, burned while helping, and the house was destroyed.
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North Buchanan Street
Kring
Lieved
J. ©. Bagg
Buchanan Street
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