Hauptmann defense eyes Curtis testimony in Lindbergh case
Associates for Bruno Hauptmann consider Norfolk boat builder John Hughes Curtis as a possible witness as trial opens in Flemington. Officials say Curtis was not in New York and reports of his offer to identify Hauptmann are denied. The state previews its case as Hauptmann sits in his cell awaiting verdict.
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New York
C. Lloyd Fisher
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk
Hauptman
Fisher
Flemington
N. J
Denis Curtis
Curtis
Hauptmann
Trenton
Mrs Nash testifies in death for justice plot in Kansas City trial
Frances Nash widow of Frank Nash testified in federal court about her links to men accused of the 1933 Union Station killings. Her statements align with two other women witnesses as prosecutors build the conspiracy case against six defendants linked to gangland violence and the Nash case.
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Kansas City
Frances Nash
Vivian Mathis
Vern C. Miller
South Dakota
Detroit
Maurice Milligan
Milligan
Herbert Farmer
Esther Farmer
Joplin
Richard T. Galatas
Elizabeth Galatas
Hot Springs
Ark
Louis
Doc.) Stacci
Chicago
Frank B
Fritz) Mulloy
Nash
Leavenworth
Kans
Miller
Charles
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Adam Richetti
Stevens Point
Wis
Wayne Luce
Melrose Park
Stacci
Vern Mason
Verne Moore
Optimism Defines Start of New Year in Amarillo
Amarillo ringed in the new year with optimism as most businesses closed for the holiday. Celebrations included four major dances and various watch parties despite cold weather and a sandstorm. Highlights of 1934 noted, including retail gains, weather records, Mother-in-Law Day, police victories, and local football titles.
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Sandies
Amarillo College
New Year Reflections On Past Wrongs And Hope For The March
The verse laments unfinished justice and lost opportunities of past years. It questions writing another year’s page unless it inspires action and a bright beacon for future marchers advancing through time.
Federal Reserve Dallas Bank Sees Hopeful Signs in Nov
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reports cheerful, broadly hopeful conditions in its eleventh district. It notes sustained activity in business and industry, widespread rainfall aiding moisture, and department store sales remaining at solid levels despite unusual warm spell and weather-related impacts in November.
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Dallas
U.P
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Eleventh Reserve District
Pola Negri Voyage Postponed After Fog En Route
Pole Negri actress scheduled to sail from Los Angeles but delayed by fog near Amarillo Texas while traveling to England for a new film. She left for New York aboard a transport via West Texas route and planned to continue to England.
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Kansas City
T York
Los Angeles
Amarillo
Texas
Ford Sees Modest 1935 Prosperity From Detail Focus
DETROIT Jan 1 Henry Ford in Dearborn laboratories said 1935 will be better for business and the country. He predicted a substantial gain, not spectacular, and urged greater attention to details as essential to progress and mass production success. He noted people are hopeful and that details often trip up progress.
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Detroit
Dearborn
Henry Ford
Forq
Ford
Potter County Officials Sworn In In Brief Ceremony
Potter County officials took oaths in the county judge's chambers with Judge J. N. Riggs administering. District Judge E. C. Nelson, Hubert Cole, Carl C. Clifft, James C. Buckingham, G. B. Reed, Ben Smith, Grady Hazlewood, Ted Blackburn, Bill Adams, Bob Clark, Mark Parker, Percy Gibbs, and Jewell Davidson were sworn. Associate Justice M. J. R. Jackson had been sworn earlier. Frank Buckingham and Joe Gray were absent. One vacancy remained for justice of the peace in precinct 1.
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Potter County
Commissioners’ Court
J. N. Riggs
E. C. Nelson
Riggs
W. E. Gee
108Th District Court
Nelson
Hubert Cole
Carl C. Clifft
James C. Buckingham
G. B. Reed
San Jacinto
Ben Smith
Grady Hazlewood
Ted Blackburn
Bill Adams
Pea
Bob Clark
Mark Parker
Percy Gibbs
Miss Jewell Davidson
M. J. R. Jackson
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
J. M. Oakes
Appeals Court
Jackson
Austin
Frank Buckingham
Joe Gray
Auto Accident Fatal To Youthful Kansan
Merrill Whitney 26 of Clearwater Kansas was killed and five others injured in a three car crash three miles south of Wichita early today. Injured were Mrs. Ella Whitney Mrs. W W Hearns H E Wollard Clarence Armstrong Roy Wood all named as passengers or relatives involved.
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Wichita
Jan
Merrill Whitney
Clearwater
Kas
Here
Ella Whitney
Merrill
W. W. Hearns
Tulsa
Okla
H. E. Wollard
Abilene
Texas
Clarence Armstrong
Roy Wood
Whitneys
Sheriff Bill Adams Starts Second Term and Birthday Observed
Sheriff Bill Adams began his second term today and also celebrated his birthday. He observed the day by working as usual, though he did not reveal his birthday number.
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Bill Adams
Plans to Drown Equality? Brisbane Says Indians Cured
Arthur Brisbane comments on New Year celebrations and resolutions, noting urban revelry and social contrasts. He recalls Senator George Hearst on fools and cleverness in a reflective, era-tinged column from 1934.
Youth Admits Slaying Shot to Aid Mother
Elmer Hyer a 15 year old high school athlete fatally shot his step father Bernard Wietheger in Baltimore claiming defense of his mother against abuse. He told patrolmen he could not say how many shots he fired during an argument in his mother's bedroom. Hyer is held on a technical charge of shooting and causing death.
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Baltimore
Elmer Hyer
Bernard Wietheger
Young Hyer
Charles Klein
Edward Kelly
Wietheger
Hyer
Five Aged Inmates Die In Cherokee County Home Fire
Five elderly men perished as a blaze consumed the main building of the Cherokee County Home in Gaffney South Carolina at freezing temperatures. About 50 residents were housed there and 15 were injured with convicts from a nearby prison camp aiding in rescues and transporting survivors to hospitals. Authorities investigated the cause while noting no water was available to fight the fire and the roof origin was suspected.
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Gaffney
S. C
Cherokee County
Tom Young
Pink Young
Frank Franklin
Wash Gregory
Alf Emory
L. F. Allison
New Year Celebrations Across Cities Spark Optimism
The new year arrived amid exuberant demonstrations and optimism. New York crowds packed Times Square despite higher entertainment costs, San Francisco welcomed confetti rain on Market Street, Atlanta faced rain yet voiced Horns and whistles, Chicago counted celebration funds up to 300000 dollars, and the South's winter resorts Palm Beach and Miami hosted elaborate receptions as 1935 began.
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Associated Press
Times Square
San Francisco
Market Street
Atlanta
Chicago
South
Palm Beach
Miami
Railway Wage Hike Adds Money to Amarillo Workforce
A national railroad wage increase goes into effect boosting Amarillo circulation by about $3,887 monthly. Santa Fe Railroad adds roughly $7,437 to 650 local workers, Fort Worth and Denver about $750 to 200, and Rock Island around $700 to 190 employees.
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Amarillo
Santa Fe Railroad
Fort Worth
Denver
Rock Island
Nineteen Thirty-Five Named Proxy at Universe
J M Nineteen Thirty-five was elected president of Universe Inc at the annual directors meeting. He succeeds Aster B Thirty-four, Father Time, veteran secretary, who presided. Secretaries Time chair was noted as the 12 directors arrived as reporters flooded the room. The scene mixed humor with a chaotic start and a stray diary tone.
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Garford Wilkinson J. M
Rogers and Mead Elected New School Men
The Amarillo public school system and Amarillo College will appoint new leaders effective July 1 1935 Judge S A L Morgan announced Charles M Rogers as superintendent of schools and John F Mead as president of Amarillo College Rogers replaces W A McIntosh and Mead succeeds B F Masters Mead has served as dean and head of the English department at the college for five years Masters founded the college six years ago Rogers is the former high school supervisor and is now assistant superintendent McIntosh has led the schools since 1922
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Charles M. Rogers
John F. Mead
Amarillo College
S. A. L Morgan
Rogers
W. A. McIntosh
Mead
B. F E. Masters
McIntosh
Amarillo
Masters
Judge Morgan
Ama
Five Die In New Year’s Eve Tragedies Across Texas
A wave of New Year’s Eve incidents in Texas left five dead and two near death. Marian Ladd, wife of Vernon agent, slain in her room. her husband shot and dying. Charles Flummer, 36, a seaman, crushed by a freight train near Galveston union depot. body found nude with limbs severed. Sterling Waldron, 60, Bowie County farmer, killed by auto on a Texarkana highway. driver sought. Mrs Day, 58, Damascus Maryland, struck on Fort Worth Dallas highway near Dallas. her daughter and son in law unharmed. Gaylen Wilson, 17, a Lockney High School student, critically injured when car hit by a Fort Worth and Denver train near Lockney.
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Associated Press
Texas
Marian Ladd
Vernon
Ladd
Charles Flummer
Galveston Union Depot
Sterling Waldron
Bowie County
Texarkana
D. W. Day
Damascus
Fort Worth
Lockney High School
Denver
Lockney
Weather turns grim as cold snap grips Panhandle
A harsh start to 1935 ushers in a cold north wind and dust in the Panhandle. The day saw a 25 degree low with no official reports, while Weatherman H. T. Collman predicted fair skies tonight and tomorrow.
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Panhandle
H. T. Collman
Two Students Die As Car Hits Bridge
In Mineral Wells on January 1 a car returning from a New Year dance struck a bridge on Perrin Graham Street. The occupants included 20 year old Graham Street of Southern Methodist University who died at the scene and 19 year old Malcolm Graham of the University of Texas who died later at a hospital. another man was severely injured.
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Mineral Wells
Graham
Perrin
Wirephoto Service Inaugurated In United States
Frank B. Noyes of The Associated Press announced the launch of a national wirephoto network described as a major journalism milestone. The system links 25 cities across a 10,000 mile span from Boston to San Francisco, with 38 leading newspapers backing the service. News pictures will be transmitted today via wire for the first time.
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Washington
Frank B. Noyes
Associated Press
United States
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Miami
Atlantic
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Pacific
Minneapolis
Atlanta
Dallas
Moyes
Noyes
National Broadcasting System
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Frank N. Belgrano, Jr
American Legion
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Belgrano
Garland R. Farmer
Henderson
U.S
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FHA
By Bruce Catton
Reserve Bank
Polan RI
De‘lane
Justice of the Peace
James V. Pottinger
Kansan
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicate, Inc
America
Globe
Brisbane
George Hearst
Willie
R.m
Cigey
Chambers
Amarillo Public School System
Lee School
U. S
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