Today By Arthur Brisbane No Two Legged Machine
A digest of Arthur Brisbane's column discusses mechanical men and flying machines with magnetic power, notes on farmers’ cakes and eggs, Hardy’s will, and cultural musings. It references Lester J. Hendershot and upcoming wireless power ideas, plus a quip about Alaska song and beauty standards.
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Arthur Brisbane
Linderbergh
Lester J. Hendershot
Tasla
Niagara
Colorado River
Weather Forecast for East Texas and Oklahoma
Tonight and Thursday partly cloudy and colder with local showers in places. Highs around 83 and lows near 31 to 49 in various hours. Southeast Texas fair Thursday while western portions remain cooler with lingering showers.
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East Texas
Texas
Oklahoma
Four Marines Killed in Sandino Ambush Near Condega
Four United States Marines died and nine were injured when Sandino Rebels ambushed a pack train returning to Condega. The train, commanded by Lt. Edward F. O'Day, carried 36 Marines and 85 animals. names of the dead and wounded were not released. The attack underscores U S efforts to stabilize Nicaragua during the Sandino revolt.
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United Press
Managua
Nicaragua
United States
Sandino
Edward F. O’day
Condega
Yale
Potter County Farm Manager Quits After Thirteen Years
J. W. Cantrell resigns as Potter County farm superintendent effective April 1 after thirteen years. County court to appoint a successor in March. Cantrell plans to move to Clayton New Mexico to manage a large ranch. Judge Sam B. Motlow noted the resignation is accepted with regret.
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J. W. Cantrell
Potter County
Cantrell
Clayton
N. M
Sam B. Motlow
Mr. Cantrell
Bainbridge Colby Denied Divorce by French Court
United Press reports Versailles France February 20 the divorce court refused to grant former US secretary of state Bainbridge Colby a divorce from Nathalie Sedwick Colby citing lack of jurisdiction after months of residence in France. Colby cited her pr caustic temperament as making life with her insupportable. Former President Millerand acted as lawyer.
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United Press
Versailles
France
Bainbridge Colby
United States
Colby
Nathalie Sedwick Colby
Mayor Counts Census Chance Misread Names
The census taker recorded six people living at the Bivins home after Mrs. Bivins supplied the list while leaving for California. Mayor Lee Bivins checked with staff and assumed he had been missed until the clerk verified the names and called him to correct the record.
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Naughton
Police Department
Post Office
F. N. Davis
Mollie Reddy
Grand Trunk
Cleaver
Lee Bivins
Tenth
Polk Streets
Pampa Faces Railroad Threat With Timed Pledge
Frank Kell presses Pampa to approve a north Panhandle railroad with a $5,000 cash bonus and right of way by next Tuesday or he will route the line via Wheeler and Salt Fork Creek to join the Santa Fe. Kell may begin work May 1 under ICC permit. Mass meeting set for tomorrow night to decide city’s fate. Approximately $18,000 of the SAC.
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Pampa
Frank Kell
Oklahoma
North Panhandle
Pampa Daily News
Kell
Pampa Committee
SAC
City Commissioners Create Two New Offices
City Hall meeting approves a city forester and a landscape gardener to aid tree health and beautification. The pair will work with the park and beautification committees on city projects. Also approved Ray Wheatley deed sale and filled Board vacancy, while water meters bids were rejected. Dispute over Canyon highway disposition to be settled by committees before next meeting.
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City Park Commission
City Beautification Committee
Ray Wheatley
West Eighth Street
Tenet Af
George Maggard
Board of
City Development
Lawrence Nobiew
Lindsey
Palo Duro
Bivian
Presidential primary campaigns shape regional party lines
The report details Republican and Democratic maneuvering across states. Hoover and Dawes appear as power brokers for Missouri and Nebraska while Lowden seeks ballot access in North Dakota and other states. Reed campaigns against Washington corruption.
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Adam McMullen
Nebraska
Dawes
Washington
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
William Hirts
Missouri Farmers’ Association
Hoover
Howard
Missouri Farmers
Lowden
Prince Dances With Two Dressmakers at Dartford Club
The Prince of Wales danced with two dressmakers at a Working men's club in Dartford England on February 29. The blonde Ivy and brunette Ivy described the moment as thrilling yet embarrassing with blushes and smiles as he joined in the dance and joked about age and dance steps.
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Dartford
England
Prince of Wales
Nesbit
Ivy Bentley
Ivy
Vale
Leap Year Day Changes In Money World Estimates
New York World estimates leap day on February 29 causes millions to be gained or lost. In New York City a tenant gains 1 200 annual rent or 3 20 daily for 445 days, while a 360 day worker loses a day’s pay. National payrolls, debt interest, bank deposits, and bondholders face multi million dollar shifts as economists call the figures illusory.
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New York
New York World Today
New York City
United States
Lindbergh Arrives in New York After Flight to Albany
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Schenectady’s Curtins field airport after a takeoff mishap damages a cabin monoplane. He traveled by automobile toward Albany with four business associates shortly before noon today.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Curtins Field
L. 1
Lindbergh
Albany
Famous Lincoln Drama Planned At Municipal Auditorium
Abrahian Lincoln, John Drinkwater's famous drama, will be presented at the Municipal auditorium on Friday April 13 under Tri-State fair association auspices. The play comes from New York with a top Broadway cast and is managed by Charles F. Horner of Redpath Horner bureau. It will be priced to attract all including school children.
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Abrahian Lincoln
John Drinkwater
Munticipal Auditorium
Tri-State Fair Association
Amarillo
New York
Broadwil
Charles F. Horner
Redpath- Horner Bureau
Higher Court Affirms 750 Libel Fine in Texas Case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld a $750 libel fine against C. F. Richardson, agreeing the judiciary fee system is constitutional. Judge A. B. Martin noted contrasts with Ohio law and defended the long-standing Texas rule as not unconstitutional, rejecting claims of judge disqualification. The case involved alleged insults toward Houston school official W. L. Davis.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
C. F. Richardson
Harris County
Richardson
United States Supreme Court
Ohio
A. B. Martin
Secret Service
Ltch
Martin
Houston
W. L. Davis
Banker Seeks Airport in All Cities on Route 66
Harte M. Bixby the St. Louis banker and Lindbergh backer aims to place a municipal airport in every city along Route 66 the Main Street of America He envisions daytime markers painted on concrete slabs and night beacons to guide transcontinental fliers along the Chicago to Los Angeles corridor.
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Oklahoma City
Harte Old M. Bixby
St. Louie
St. Louis
Chicago
Los Angeles
Bixby
Atheists Plan Debate With Kingdom Group
Tulsa telegram from Freeman Hopwood of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism offers to match Charles Smith, president of the atheist group, with Edward Young Clark, national president of the Supreme Kingdom, for a debate in Tulsa on March 17.
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Tulsa
Oklo
American Association For the Advancement of
Searchers fail to find body of Harry Brooks
United Press reports searchers along the Melbourne beach failed to locate the body of Harry Brooks, Ford pilot whose plane went into the ocean near here on Saturday. A portion of a propeller from the Brooks plane washed ashore yesterday.
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Melbourne
Fina
Harry Brooks
Ford
Here
Sarure
Brooks “Flivver
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