Twenty Six Full Pardons Granted in Ferguson Clemency
AUSTIN Jan 4 Gov Miriam A Ferguson granted twenty six full pardons as clemency acts mounted to 3005 total. Notable cases include E B Moy murder five to ninety nine years and Weldon Pleasant murder five to twenty five years both in Harris and Bexar counties. Also pardoned are J H Ratliff forgery two years and Jewell Redwine murder eighteen years with broad official support.
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Associated Press
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
E. B. Moy
Harris County
Weldon Pleasant
Bexar County
Moy
May
Ferguson
Sidney Oliver
Hardin County
J. H. Ratliff
Taylor County
Richard Pitts
Lamar County
Jewell Redwine
Eastland County
Jose Perez
Webb County
Bryan O'Neal
McLennan County
Delmar
Buddie) O'Neal
Walter McGinnty
Limestone County
Albert Avis
Tom Green County
City Commissioner backs bond vote on water, sewers and viaduct
Amarillo officials weigh a bond issue to fund water system completion, storm sewers, a North Amarillo viaduct, and other public works. City Commissioner Charlie Fisk urges submitting the proposal to voters at the April city election, citing urgent need from recent growth. He cautions the amount is undetermined and stresses it reflects individual view, not the commission. Captain OC BE Luce pleads public help to curb speeding and to locate the driver who killed Gordon Stone on Tenth Street before Christmas.
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Amarillo
Charlie Fisk
Lions Club
Fisk
Commission
Nonville
North Fillmore
1827 Calendar Highlights From City Drug Store
Amarillo hotel The Panhandle's Meeting Place is noted alongside Slackburn Ambulance and Phare 21. The calendar reveals a local list of events and businesses labeled Famous For Food at the City Drug Store.
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City Drug Store
Slackburn Ambulance
Phare 21
Amarillo Hotel
the Panhandle
Telephone link to London granted AT&T license
The first license for telephone service across the ocean is issued to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company for the New York to London radio system, set to begin operations soon.
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The
Assoca Press
Washington
Ocean
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Counsel Challenges Senate Authority in Probe Claim
Counsel for Senator Gould of Maine challenged the Senate’s right to investigate charges tied to a payment to a Canadian official related to a railroad contract from fourteen years ago. The dispute centers on the scope and authority of the inquiry.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gould
Republican
Maine
Senate
Weather outlook for Amarillo area this week
The forecast calls for tonight and Wednesday to be fair and warm in Amarillo and vicinity with West Texas also fair. Temperature extremes today ranged from 8 to 64 degrees, compared with 1 to 53 degrees a year ago. A 1927 calendar note references Save and Move and a local Building & Loan Association, plus garbage service phone 2034.
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Amarillo
Vicinity
West Texas
Hearing for Parks Scheduled Late Today
Preliminary hearing for Russell Parks on a murder and assault with intent to murder charge was postponed to tomorrow pending important testimony expected from W. J. Flesher. The case stems from the shooting of Mrs. Fred Calvert at the St Charles apartment annex and wounds to Calvert, who remains at St. Anthony's Hospital. The victim, 26, is named Bonnie May McGuffin after her parents signed the death certificate.
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W. J. Flesher
Canyon
C. G. Landis
Leo Sparks
Flesher
Sam Ramsey
Landis
Plesher
Parks
Fred Calvert
St. Charles
Calvert
St. Anthony’s Hompital
Oklahoma
Texas to re open gas waste survey in Panhandle fields
Officials of the Texas oil and gas division will survey Panhandle gas waste in Amarillo. H W Bell says a survey found about 246 million cubic feet of easing head gas wasted daily in addition to gas lost from drilling. J C Clardy and E F Humes will lead the survey and meet operators afterward.
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Associated Press
Austin
Panhandle
Texas Oil and Gas Division
Amagillo Hepin
H.W. Bell
J. C. Clardy
Oil and Gas
E. F. Humes
Gas Utilities Division
Bell
B.C. Clardy
FE. J. Humes
Amarillo
R.G. Barnum
West Texas Oil and Gas Association
Mr. Barnum
Whisky Ship Sinks With Seven Dead
Special dispatches from Puerto Mexico say the British schooner Caiman from Havana to Belize with whisky aboard was wrecked in a gale at Punta Gorda. The captain and six crew members were drowned.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Puerto Mexico
Havana
Belize
British Honduras
Punta Gorda
Santa Fe Declares An Extra Dividend
New York Jan 4 Directors of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway declared an extra cash dividend of 75 cents on common stock in addition to the regular quarterly payment of 1 75.
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Associated Press
New York
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Auto Accessory Loot Recovered in Theft Probe
Three youths were arrested in a case involving a gang of auto strippers. Police recovered numerous items including Motometers horns cushions wipers and miscellaneous car parts from the youths’ homes. Names given: James Henderson 16 Sam Walker 19 and Frank Jordan 17. Walker recently married a local high school girl.
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Keen
Taylor Street
Moore
James Henderson
Sam Walker
Frank Jordan
Walker
Viaduct plans to be talked tonight in North Amarillo
The North Amarillo Civic club meets at 7 pm in the assembly room of the North Amarillo public school building to discuss securing a viaduct for North Amarillo. Officers urge every resident interested in the town’s welfare to attend.
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North Amavillo
North Amarillo
Prohibition Debate Grips Congress After Holiday Break
Senate adopts Edwards resolution seeking Treasury correspondence with the anti saloon league on poisoning of industrial alcohol. House listens to Underhill deny Celler claim that Congressmen drink to excess as Heflin criticizes Edwards over Alabama hunting party incident.
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Senate
House
Edwards
New Jersey
Mellon
Treasury
anti-Saloon League
Underhill
Massachusetts
Celler
Sheppard
Texas
Ciry
Dispute Over Seating Smith Reignites in Senate Debate
Senator McKellar renewed the Smith seating dispute in the Senate, saying Frank L. Smith should be excluded when credentials show unclean hands. He cited testimony reviewed from the Senate campaign funds committee as proof.
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Washington
Smith
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Frank L. Smith
Senator McKellar
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Many Washington Divorcees Are Bigamists
KR L Bartling and Abe N Olson claim hundreds in Seattle and Washington state are bigamists under a 1921 law requiring a six month wait after an interlocutory decree before final decree. They say half of King county’s last 2,500 divorcees failed to comply, most remarrying without a final decree, risking bigamy prosecutions for their children.
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International News Service
Seattle
Washington
KR. L. Bartling
Abe N. Olson
King County
Bartling
American Girls Are Likened To Cedar Mops
New York January report describes beauty industry leaders debunking bobbed hair as undesirable. Salon owners at a Waldorf gathering pledge to abolish short styles, with Huth Maurer condemning bobbed hair as unflattering and chaotic.
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Jan
the Waldorf
Mea Huth J. Maurer
National School of Cosmeticians
Houston killer mystery shocks town
The Associated Press reports a man shot N. R. Townsend in his car on Scott Street near the city pumping plant. The killer fled after firing twice, with the passengers Miss Kim Lee Nell Peyton and Townsend’s acquaintance for thirteen years. No motive or evidence found.
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Associated Press
Houston
N. RR
Townsend
Miso Kimma Lee Nell Peyton
Scott Street
Seastt Street
Negro
Justice Overstreet
Miss Peyton
Toreveral
Pioneer stage director Walter Baldwin dies at 70
Walter Baldwin, veteran stage director and pioneer in the field, died in St. Paul at age 70 after a brief illness from a heart attack. The report notes his long career and influence in theater. The coffee shop at the Amarillo Hotel is mentioned in connection with the source text.
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Associated Pees
St. Paul
Minn
Walter Baldwin
Hair Strands and Button Trap Slayer
Harold E. Webster 26 confessed to the murder of his mother in law Mrs. Catherine Gallaway 45 at the Hempstead home of Dr. Deil C. Bassett after being questioned six hours. A lock of hair and a coat button tied his arrest to the crime.
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Associated Press
Mineola
N. Y
Harold E. Webster
Catherine Gallaway
Deil C. Bassett
Hempstead
Webster
Oil Firms in Tampico Zone Continue Operations
Dispatches report that 11 companies across the Tampico oil zone are operating as usual. Several small outfits have filed to revalidate concessions under new laws, while larger firms await government action.
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Merrico City
Tampico Oil Zone
Ottawa
Norris' Attorney Calls Witnesses Propaganda
Marvin Simpson, attorney for Rev. Dr. J. Frank Norris, decried the special prosecution plan as poorly veiled propaganda. He noted grand jurors who indicted Norris five times in fourteen years will be called as murder trial witnesses on January 10 in Austin.
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Associated
Prev
Fort Worth
Marvin Simpson
J. Frank Norris
Austin
Norria
El Paso Bridge to Stay Open Later, Official Says
Washington dispatch reports Assistant Secretary Andrews in charge of customs and prohibition decided the international bridge at El Paso will stay open daily until 9 p m Customs officers had urged a 6 p m closing time, reversing earlier recommendations.
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Associated Press
Washington
el Paso
Andrews
Kerwin arraigned on swindling charge in Landis court
T. J. Kerwin appeared before Judge C. G. Landis this morning on a swindling charge involving 576.50. The complaint was filed by Upton Jones.
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T. J. Kerwin
C. G. Landis
Upton Jones
Congress Meets At Noon Over Agriculture and Navy Bills
Congress convenes at noon to debate the agriculture bill in the Senate and the Navy bill in the House. The House naval committee also weighs the ships and defense measures as part of early action.
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Senate
House
Navy
Naval Committee
Bate Dleshin
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