Flu epidemic may ease in west decline seen east still rising
influenza is believed to be decreasing in most western states while rising in the east of the Mississippi. The Public Health Service warns against optimism citing a potential second, more severe wave later in winter. Reports from 24 states and New York City show 90,000 new cases versus 168,000 the prior week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Public Health Service
New York City
Cold snap grips Texas cities with freezing temps
Across Texas the mercury fell to single digits and near freezing in several towns. Breckenridge reported 19 degrees, Fort Worth 24, San Antonio 28, Corsicana 20, Wichita Falls 22, Amarillo 24, and Port Arthur 29 as records show the coldest weather of the season in many places.
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the Associated Press
Port
Arthur
Jan
Associated Press
Fort Worth
San "Antonio
San Antonio
Corsicana
Wichita Falls
Texas
Panhandle
Texline
Amarillo
Childress
Satsuma orange claims and land limits
The piece notes that the state yields many excellent Satsuma oranges ideal for marmalade and child health. It adds that orange growing land is limited, contrasting unlimited national wealth and population with finite land and urging landowners to hold onto land.
Governor Bilbo refuses probe into mob lynching
Jackson Mississippi January 2 Governor T G Bilbo declines to order an inquiry into the lynching of Charley Shepherd, a convict killer and kidnapper, saying he has neither the time nor money to investigate two thousand protests.
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Associated Press
Jackson, Miss
T. G. Bilbo
Charley Shepherd
Baby on road to recovery after throat operation plan
In Cincinnati on January 2, it was believed Frank Brooks of Asco West Virginia would recover in a few days. The baby, hospitalized nearly three weeks, has a toy motor cycle lodged in his throat. Doctors expect his strength to permit removal surgery later this week.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Frank Brooks
Asco
W. Va
Girl 14 Ends Life After Party. Foster Mother Testifies
Houston report: Florence Thurow, 14, died yesterday from a self inflicted gunshot after a New Year’s Eve party. An inquest returned verdict of death by own action. The foster mother testified she reprimanded the girl for staying out late and, during a rebuke, the girl rushed to another room, seized a pistol, and shot herself.
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Associated Press
Houston
Florence Thurow
Quail-a-Day Challenge Ends as Birds Run Out
In a memoir style note, Old Tack details stopping a quail eating experiment after his icebox spoiled and birds spoiled. He laments the lack of quails and hints he could have continued the test with more supply, while reflecting on Georgia Tech beating California and local civic notes.
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0. W
Georgia Tech
California
Sandies
Divorces Rise Despite Fewer Marriages in Potter County
Potter county records show 1928 divorces and annullments at 155, up from 161 in 1927 and 105 in 1926, while 1928 marriages appear unofficially at 661, down from 816 in 1927 and 782 in 1926. June led marriages with 75 certificates. December saw only ten divorces.
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Potter County
Ted Blackburn
J. C. Skillman
E. M. Pittman
John Poe
Marjorie Davis
Edna Pace
W. M. Pace
Lillie E. Brown
la Finis Brown
Luddie Rhodes
A. P. Rhodes
Edna McAuley
H. G. Auley
Annie Rooney Craft
E. R. Craft
Mabel Morefield
Maurice Morefield
John H. Odom
Elnora Odom
W. Forrest Dutton
Helen
Mrs Bennett Dies At Home In Panhandle Community
Mrs Mary Jane Bennett 69 wife of J L Bennett died at 2204 Garfield street at 645 this morning Survived by husband and eleven children The Bennetts are among the oldest families in the Panhandle area Funeral services set for 1030 Thursday at Glenwood Baptist Church Rev H C Goodwin officiating Body to lie in state at Griggs before the funeral Burial at Llano Cemetery
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Mary Jane Bennett
J. L. Bennett
Garfield Street
Griggs
Llano
Aged Amarillo Citizen John A Medley Dies at 74
John A. Medley, 74, of Amarillo, died at his home on North Buchanan at 8 25 last night. He is survived by one son A P Medley and three daughters Mrs Oscar Griffin Mrs W O Priest and Mrs T W Fair. Funeral services will be from Griggs chapel tomorrow at 10 o clock with Rev Nichols of Buchanan Street Methodist Church officiating. Pallbearers are J M Davis J A Harris C A Lucas W E Taylor Ben Ratcliff and H A Lawler. Burial will follow in Llano Cemetery.
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John A. Medley
North Buchanan
A. P. Medley
Amarillo
Oscar Griffin
W. O. Priest
Dalhart
T. W. Fair
Dallas
Griggs Chapel
Five Rescued From Fire In Fort Worth Home
Fort Worth, Jan 2 Five persons were rescued and four others escaped danger when a frame dwelling burned early today. Mrs Roy Jackson was overcome by smoke in her room and she and her children were carried to safety by C F Ford her brother.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Jan
Roy Jackson
Moke
C. F. Ford
Texas to Build Guadalupe River Bridge Near Tivoli
The War Department approved the Texas Highway Commission plan to construct a bridge across the Guadalupe River two miles east of Tivoli. The project aims to improve regional transportation and flood clearance.
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the Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Texas Highway Commission
Guadalupe River
Tivoli
Mrs. R. Hale Dies at Home at 56
Mrs. R. Hale, 56, wife of Calvin Hale of 906 North Pierce street, died at her home this morning at 9 o'clock. She leaves her husband and seven children. A member of the Full Gospel church, the body lies in state at N. 8. Griggs and Sons pending funeral arrangements.
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R. Hale
Calvin Hale
North Pierce Street
Full Gospel Church
N. 8
Griggs and Sons
Houston Man Dies in Auto Collision
Malcolm Graham, 35, died from injuries after an automobile collision in Houston. He succumbed a day after the crash, which occurred Monday. No further details are provided about others involved.
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Houston
Malcolm Graham
Rail extension in Colorado recommended
The Denver and Salt Lake Western railroad should build a 41 mile extension between Crested and Dotsero in Eagle county Colorado at a cost of at least 3 million dollars. The line should be operated by Denver and Rio Grande Western on terms approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission to ensure fast fair service over the cut off and the Moffat line between Dotsero and Utah Junction.
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United Press
Washington
Denver and Salt Lake Western Railroad
Crested
Dotsero
Eagle County
Colo
Interstate Commerce Commission
M. S. Jameson
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Rio Grande
Fasr
Moffat
Utah Junction
Full Skirts Are Decree of Dame Fashion
Dame Fashion has overcome skimpy dress as 1929 begins. E P Junkin of Junkin Dry Goods predicts fuller skirts will boost business and market expansion. He notes a year’s growth over last Christmas trade and mentions upcoming Excella patterns to aid housewives.
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E. P. Junkin
Junkin Dry Goods Company
Taylor Street
Panhandle
Ford Office of Employment Is Swamped
Detroit January 2 crowd at Fordson employment office swelled to about 32 000 as Ford announces 30 000 more workers will be hired. The building opened late as guards formed a line. many men waited in the snow overnight outside the office.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Fordson
Wilborne Death Sentence Affirmed for Slaying Wife Rosa
Austin Jan 2 Wade Wilbourne of Titus county had his death sentence upheld by the court of criminal appeals for the murder of his wife Rosa last February. The ruling also affirmed two Dallas county robbery convictions. Thomas Garrett received 99 years for robbery of Reece Miller and Frank OLeary 25 years for assault on Miller.
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Associated Press
Austin
Wade Wilbourne
Titus County
Rosa
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dallas County
Thomas Garrett
Reece Miller
Frank O'Leary
Miller
Edwards to Attend Special Photo Course in Hollywood
Mr and Mrs Jack Edwards depart for Hollywood by Santa Fe for a four week stay. Edwards will join a two week advanced lighting and negative making course at Beatties Hollywood Garden Studio with leading photographers. Mrs Edwards will conduct special work in Beatties studio.
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Jack Edwards
Hollywood
Santa Fe
Mr. Edwards
Beattie
Hollywood Garden
Edwards
Violet Dean Cordell Claims Birth Prize in Amarillo
Violet Dean Cordell daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cordell 616 North Pierce street born at 4 o clock Wednesday morning earns the first baby birth prize offered by Amarillo merchants for the new year She invites earlier born 1929 citizens to file their claims with The Globe.
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Violet Dean Cordell
C. M. Cordell
North Pierce Street
Amarillo
Globe
Proceedings in Court of Civil Appeals Amarillo
Proceedings in the Court of Civil Appeals seventh district at Amarillo today affirmed Naomi Cannon et al versus W A Hathaway from Dalham. Agreed judgement entered Travelers Insurance Company et al from Wichita. Set for submission January 23 Mutual Life Insurance Assn of Texas versus M Reynolds from Wheeler Dunlop Tire Rubber Co versus Clarence Teel et al from Wilbarger. Len Irvin versus O J Drake from Deaf Smith.
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Court of Civil Appeals For the Seventh District
Amarillo
Naomi Cannon
Et A
W. A. Hathaway
Dallam
Travelers Insurance Company
S. N. Douglas
Wichita
R. A. Scott
H. L. Ingram
Swisher
J.J. Richards
T. C. Calley
Lubbock
J.D. Hudson
F. C. Hudson
Collingsworth
George Riley
Commissioners Court of
Hutchinson County
Hutchinson
Mutual Life. Insurance Ass'n. of Texas
M. Reynolds
Wheeler
Dunlop Tire & Rubber Co
Clarence Teel
Wilbarger
Len Irvin
O. J. Drake
Deaf Smith
Blackburn Sees 1928 as One of Amarillo's Best
H W Blackburn of Blackburn Bros clothiers says 1928 was a top year for Amarillo and the Panhandle. He links clothing and furnishing trade to general prosperity and predicts 1929 will be the most successful business year yet as moisture boosts wheat prospects and oil looks up.
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H. W. Blackburn
Blackburn Bros. Clothiers
Amarillo
Panhandle
Blackburn
Panhandie
Claude Man Appreciates Thrift Prize
A Claude resident G. I. Caldwell acknowledges a $250 first prize in The News-Globe Christmas Cheer check contest. In his letter he thanks the publication and staff for the prize and extends New Year wishes.
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Claude Man
News-Globe
G. I. Caldwell
Claude
Caldwell
Hearst offers prize to repeal Eighteenth Amendment
W R Hearst through his newspapers announced a $25,000 prize for the best plan to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment and substitute a more liberal and more American measure.
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Hearst
Associated Press
New York
W. R. Hearst
Today
Scout Troop Seven to Be Reorganized
Amacillo Boy scouts Troop 7 to be reorganized by Bill M. Benton. All boys interested in joining report at the First Christian church Ninth and Taylor streets Friday evening at 7 30.
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Amacillo Boy Scouts
Bill M. Benton
First Christian Church
Ninth and
Taylor Streets
Unified Mission Plan Seen By Methodist Conference
Mrs Rollins of Abilene Texas told the International Missionary conference that closer cooperation among church agencies can cut overhead and duplication in missions. She urged balancing new methods with respect for tradition and emphasized missionary education as essential to Christian outreach.
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United Press
Memphis
Tenn
Mia
Nat G. Rollins
Abilene
Texas
International Missionary Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Rollins
Women's Missionary Society
Northwest Texas
No Business Transacted At Council Meet
City Commission held a social meeting with no important business as City Manager Jeff D. Bartlett stated. The group wished each other a Happy New Year and adjourned. An upcoming meeting next week will address bids for airport construction and other items.
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Jeff D. Bartlett
Bartlett
Afghan Quiet as Peace Plan Is Negotiated
London dated dispatches report peace talks opened by rebels defeated in Afghanistan. King Amanullah and the royal family are said to be at Kabul as the country nears a return to normalcy.
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Associated Press
London
Afghanistan
Amanullah
Kabhi
Interior Cities of Texas File Brief in Interstate Rates Case
A joint brief by interior Texas cities led by Amarillo asks the Interstate Commerce Commission for lower water route base rates from Atlantic seaboard territory to Texas. The filing follows a Galveston hearing in September with S J Coe, D B Foy, and Panhande Lumber Company witnesses presenting rate exhibits.
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Interior Cities of
Texas
Amarillo
Interstate Commerce Commission
S. J. Coe
Board of City Development
Commission
Galveston
Atlantic Seaboard Territory
Mr. Cole
D. B. Foy
Panhande Lumber Company
Mrs. Lewis To Be Buried at Woodward
Mrs. Sarah S. Lewis 73 died Monday night at her daughter's home and her body was sent to Woodward Oklahoma for burial by Blackburn Boxwell Funeral Home. She had lived with her daughter for a year and is survived by Mrs. George Herrell, Mrs. W E Farrell, and three sons J B Lewis Gunter Texas J O Lewis Dallas and L C Lewis Mangum Okla plus 11 grandchildren.
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Sarah S. Lewis
George Herrell
South Front Street
Woodward
Okla
Blackburn-Boxwell Funeral Home
Lewis
Herrel
W. E. Farrell
J. B. Lewis
Gunter
Texas
J. O. Lewis
Dallas
L. C. Lewis
Mangum
Firestone Dealer Sees 1929 Boom After 1928 Gains
Louis Smith of Firestone Tire & Rubber says 1928 profits rose over 1927 and predicts a brighter 1929, citing Hoover's election as a key factor for prosperity in the region. A. L. Brint of White & Kirk's is reportedly seriously ill in a Temple sanitarium, with Mrs. Brint at his side. The Brints live at 1809 Harrison.
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Louis Smith
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Hoover
A. L. Brint
White & Kirk’s
A Golfer’s New Year Resolution Keeps Eye on Ball
This verse by Edgar A. Guest vows self control in golf and life for the new year. The speaker pledges to avoid excuses, keep the eye on the ball, and tackle difficult self discipline, promising lasting effort beyond easy resolutions.
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Edgar A. Guest
Markets Report from Chicago Fort Worth and More
Chicago hogs and cattle prices moved lower on Jan 2 with packing sows and fat cattle listed. Fort Worth and Oklahoma City reports show steady cattle and calf trading plus hogs and sows at regional markets. Cotton futures opened higher in New York and New Orleans with mixed intraday moves and Liverpool notes. Grain in Chicago fell briefly on wheat but rebounded with firm corn and oats. Poultry and dairy prices held steady while foreign exchange eased. New York stock market opened with broad gains led by Pan American, Packard, GE and several others.
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Fort Worth
Associated Press
Jan
New York
Liverpool
New Orleans
Liverpool Cables
Continental
Bombay
Manchester
Chicago
Pan-American B
Packard Motors
General Electric
Central Alloy Steel
Willys- Overland Common
Briggs Manufacturing
Anaconda Copper
Atlantic Refining
Columbia Carbon
Gold Dust
Old and New Stock
Commonwealth Power
Hartman Corporation B
Miami Copper
Nevasda Copper
Mohawk Carpet
Prairie Oil & Gas
Standard Oil of
Union Carbide
Montgomery Ward
U. S. Rubber
General Motors
Nash
Radio
International Telephone
Conroe School Head Dies in Conroe Texas
D 2 Williamson age 79, president of the Montgomery County board of education, died at his home near Conroe in Williamson’s long service to the district noted in the obituary. The stock section lists active prices from New York exchanges with numerous corporations including American Sugar, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, and U S Steel.
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Associated Press
Conkoe
Texas
Williamson
Montgomery County Board of Education
Here
New York
James E. Bennett & Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Can
American Locomotive
American Smelling
American Sugar Refining
American Steel & Foundry
American Tele
American Woolen Anaconda
Atchison, Topeka & S&s
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Whip
Barnsdall Corporation
Bethlehem Steel
Burroughs
Cere de Pasco
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. P
Rock Island & P
Chile Copper
Coca Cola
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Eee
Corn Products
Crucible Steel
Dodge Motors
A . Dupont de Nemours
Famous Players Fish Rubber
Flesichmann Yeast
Freeport-Texas
General Asphalt
Marland Oil
Mexican Seaboard Oil
Mid-Continent Petroleum
Middle States Oil
Missouri, Kansas & Texasa
Missouri Pacific
Montgomery Ward & Co
Moon Motors
Nash Motors
National Biscuit
Peeksrd Moatot
Ccvset
Pan-American Pet
Trane
Pennsylvania
Pere-Marquette
Phillips Petroleum
Pare OH
of America
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Shell Union Oil
Sinclair Cons
Shelly
Southern Pacific Southern Railway
Stewart Warner Srs Secereresenessesladia Studebaker
Texas Gulf
Texas Corporation
Pacifia
Texas Pacific Coal & Oil
Timken
Union Pacific
U. S. Rubber
United States
Step Victor
White Eagle O. & R. Willys-Overland
Woolworth
Levy Joins National Retail Buying Group
J Levy of 507 Polk Street announces membership in the Retail Association of America a buying group of independent merchants nationwide. The group includes stores with annual sales from 100000 to 1000000 dollars and wields several million dollars in buying power led by O J Miller Ben Levine Morris Levine and Benjamin J Lawrence in leadership roles. The association focuses on improving volume buying for its members.
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J. Levy
Polk Street
Retail Association of America
Retail Associations of America
O. J. Miller
Gately Stores, Inc
St. Louis
Missouri
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Breckenedge
West Texas
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F. J. Hurlburt
Plainview
Palo Duro
Bull, Texas
Big Bull Ranch
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Cow City
Colorado
Baca County
Congress
Wink
Globe News
News- Globe
O. W
William Dickson
Cupid
Guadalupe
Dickson
Deandi
Lillian Murry
Elmer Wright
Deandi Theater
Ford Office OF Employment
Wilborne
Mrs. Rollins
Firestone
Dust Lokbyes
Oklahoma City
iBy
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East
Great Britain
France
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Belgium
Germany
Tokyo
Montreal
Ally
Conroe
Chay
BIG Buying Group
Majestic Radio
Panhandle Music Co
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