Man's Concept of God and the New Year Reflections
Arthur Brisbane writes on time as a measure for progress and asks readers to use the year for science, industry, and public good. He discusses concepts of God across cultures, Henry Ford’s expanding workforce, large philanthropy by Rockefeller and Whitney, and hints at New York development. The column ends with an ad for John Maynard Lumber Co. telephone 5235.
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John D. Rockefeller
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Mr. Rockefeller
James Simpson
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
Marshall Fields
Army Fund Bill Up For Debate Amid Speakership Fight
In Texas the legislature girds for action on the army fund bill as candidates trade last minute pleas. Montgomery and Barron claim a pledged majority for the speakership, while money and open offices spark spirited campaigning across the chamber.
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Texas
Montgomery
Barron
Widespread Insanity Plea in LeBouef Dreher Case
Ada Honner LeBouef and Dr Thomas E Dreher face a defense bid for present insanity as a hearing is set for Friday at 10 a m following their murder trial. The proceedings were led by James D Simon in New Orleans.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
James D. Simon
Ada Honner LeBouef
Thomas E. Dreher
Amarillo Delegation Heads to Portales Banquet
A group of Amarillo business leaders left at 2:30 this afternoon for Portales to attend the Portales Chamber of Commerce annual banquet. The party includes Neal Ainsworth of Ainsworth Drug and Amarillo Jobbers and Manufacturers Association, Jimmy Quicksail of Westmoreland, E E Hardin of Amarillo Hardware, J E Biggs of the Board of City Development, and Henry Ansley of Globe News. They will stay overnight in Portales and visit merchants in Clovis and Hereford on Friday.
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Amarillo
Portales
Clovis
Hereford
Confession Ties Four Men to Hedley Night Watchman Murder
Oscar J. Brown confessed to Borger and Donley county officers that he helped plan a robbery and implicated Joe Dunwoody Burt Hall and a fourth man in the killing of Hedley night watchman J H Richey. Brown said the group left Borger Sunday night and that Dunwoody and the fourth man entered the Hedley store while Hall and Brown waited at the back. Brown was wounded by the watchman in the arm during the exchange. Brown and the others are held in Potter county jail ahead of March Donley court. a fourth suspect is being sought.
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Mie” Brown
J. H. Richey
Hedley
Borger
Donley County
Brown
Ove E. Overson
Donley
Joe Dunwoody
Burt Hall
Clarendon
Pourwoody
Wall
Potter County
Lieutenant Governor accuses Long of double crossing over Lebouef Draher case
New Orleans January 3 Lieutenant-Governor Paul N Cyr member of the state pardon board says Governor Long sacrificed Lebouef and Dreher in a rare public clash. Cyr damns the plan to hang them as judicial murder. He contrasts it with the pardon of John Pleasant Harris, an ex convict and gambler, whom he says should not be hanged.
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New Orleans
Paul N. Cyr
State Pardon Board
Long
Lebouef-Dreher
John Pleasant Harris
Harris
Insanity Plea Still Than Death For Louisiana Couple
Ada Lebouef and Dr. Thomas Dreher face death after being convicted of murdering Ada’s husband James Lebouef. Governor Long refused to commute the sentence to life. Counsel plan to seek sanity commission inquiry before Judge Simon and possibly the State Supreme Court to halt the case.
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State Supreme Court
Ada Lebouef
Thomas F. Dreher
James Lebouef
Stacy V. Long
James Dpd. Simon
Lebouef
Dreher
Question Mark Begins Third Day Of Refueling Endurance Flight
The army monoplane Question Mark enters its third day aloft from METROPOLITAN AIRPORT Los Angeles after taking on 150 gallons of fuel from refueling plane No. 2 piloted by Lieutenant Odas Moon. The craft nears the end of its second day, aiming to beat the 60 hour 7 minute world endurance record.
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Associated Press
Metropolitan Airport
Los Angeles
Army
Odas Moon
San Diego
San Fernando Valley
Ing
Pair Held in Vine Covered Building
Franklin La Jan 3 a small town physician Dr Thomas E Dreher of Morgan City and Ada Bonner LeBoeuf widow of a power plant superintendent face execution Jan 6 unless Governor Huey P Long intervenes They planned to copy the Snyder Gray murder case with LeBoeuf's husband threatening the doctor The double hanging would mark the first white woman execution in Louisiana history and stirs state reaction
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Hig
Light of Love
Snyder- Gray
Huey P. Long
Thomas E. Dreher
Morgan City
Ada Bonner LeBoeuf
Louisiana
Molly Glass
Jackson Square
New Orleans
State Pardons Board
Long
Snyder-Gray
Dreher
Lee Boeuf
James le Boeuf
LeBoeuf
Lake Palourde
Amarillo Police Arrest Totals for 1928 Reach 4740
Amarillo police report 4 740 persons arrested in 1928 with fines totaling 34 156 dollars. Of those arrested 464 were transferred to other jurisdictions and 49 went to Federal courts. Felony cases numbered 196 and 119 were misdemeanors. Property recovered valued at 49 746 dollars from incomplete records. Monthly breakdown shows arrests and fines across each month.
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Amarillo
Herrick Improves as Ambassador Herrick Receives Treatment
United Press reports Myron T. Herrick ambassador to France is improving at his Cleveland home from influenza and bronchitis. Dr. John Philips stated Herrick made a definite improvement after oxygen therapy delivered early yesterday.
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United Preas
Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick
U. S
France
John Philips
Herrick
West Texas chamber convention set for El Paso dates
The 1929 West Texas chamber of commerce convention will be held in El Paso on May 13 14 and 16. The gathering includes El Paso leaders Homer Wade A M Bourland R L Penick B M Whitaker J Adair L B Campbell J E Biggs H Whitehead A H Wheeler Clara Lively Sadie Moore Inert Lively Lucille Clendenin. Fort Bliss will host army maneuvers drawing thousands of visitors.
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Associated Rero
Stamford
Tex
West Tense Chamber of Commerce
el Paso
el Paso Chamber of Ecommerce
West Texas Chamber
Homer D. Wade
A.M. Bourland
R. L. Penick
B. M. Whitaker
J. Adair
Oil and Gow Bureau
L. B. Campbell
J. E. Biggs
H. Whitehead
A H. Wheeler
Clara Lively
Sadie Moore
Fort Worth
Inert Lively
Lucille Clendenin
Fort Bliss
Attempted Robbery at Haynes Drug Store Falls Short
Police report a failed robbery at Haynes Drug on Mi Bur Channan Street after a window was smashed but nothing was stolen. No injuries were reported and officers are reviewing security footage.
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Haynes Drug
Mi Burchannan Street
Tragedy as Denver Couple Suffer Fatal Family Clash
Thomas K. Mays, 71, died by suicide after shooting his wife Lavira M. May, 57, during a quarrel in Denver. Lavira was critically injured in the back as the couple’s long troubled marriage reached a breaking point amid her plans to leave the home. A 16-year-old daughter witnessed the incident. a 22-year-old son found his mother wounded and the father dead by his own hand.
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Lavira M. May
May
Ruth May
Thomas May
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