New Year Reflections on Happiness and Afterlife From Brisbane
Arthur Brisbane muses on will power happiness and the limits of money. He cites Napoleon Wellington Newton and Disraeli to argue true happiness lies in achievement and purpose, then touches on hellfire teachings and a bishop’s note that the afterlife may hold sports and recreations.
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Napoleon
Alps
Wellington
Waterloo
Newton
Makespeare
Bishop Manning
New York
Weather Report Forecast Tonight and Thursday Warm
Tonight and Thursday will be partly cloudy and warm with temperatures ranging from a high near 47 to a low near 27. A year ago highs and lows were 71 and 38, with hourly readings starting at 89 at 7 a.m. and climbing through the day.
Dallas doctors offer to graft Hickman ears to Texas boy
United Press reports Dr Charles Hatcher of Dallas offered $1000 for the ears of William Edward Hickman, the Los Angeles kidnapper and slayer. The plan aims to graft them to a Texas plow boy who lost an ear in an accident. Mrs Eva Hickman weighs attending the Los Angeles trial as she rejects the idea.
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United Press
Dallas
Tex
Charles Hatcher
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
California
Texas
United Rea
Kansas City
Eva Hickman
Edward Hickman
Jerome Walsh
Walsh
Charles Edwards
Hickman
Edward
Co op School Continues Market Study On Wheat Trade
The Texas Wheat Growers Association held a morning session at Amarillo hotel focusing on marketing problems in wheat. Rev George A Weems conducted devotions and spoke on cooperation. Judge J W Crudgington urged farmers to use every farm resource.
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Texas Wheat Growers Association
Amarillo Hotel
George A. Weems
First Christian Church
J.w. Crudgington
Cold grips East as snow piles up in Buffalo
The ongoing bitter cold and a 12 inch snowfall in Buffalo New York marked a continuing cold wave gripping the East. The New Year arrived with frigid temperatures and heavy snow extending to surrounding areas.
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United Press
New York
Buffalo
N. Y
New Dictionary Offer From News Globe At Low Price
The News Globe announces a new dictionary available to readers for 98 cents after presenting three coupons. It is a new enlarged edition replacing the old printing plates and promises one of the best office and home dictionaries on the market. Details and coupons appear in this issue.
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News-Globe
News and Globe
Walsh Pleads For Time To Save Fox From Gallows
Jerome Walsh Kansas City lawyer asked for 35 days to gather insanity evidence to save William Edward Hickman from the gallows. Hickman 15 pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder charge of Marion Parker 12. Trial set for January 25 in Los Angeles with armed spectators and judge Carlos Hardy.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Calif
William Edward Hickman
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
Hickman
Marion Parker
Carlos Hardy
Ous
Shy. Walsh
Walsh
Ilinois
Wickman
Readi
Hardy
Coolidge asks congress to probe S-4 sinking with five member panel
President Coolidge in a special message asked Congress to authorize a five member commission to inquire into the sinking of the submarine S-4. The panel would include three civilians. Senate and House naval committee chairmen immediately introduced resolutions referencing the probe.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Hale
Senate Naval Committee
Butler
House Naval Committee
Sheriff shot during arrest in Nacogdoches
Sheriff T. G. Vaught was badly wounded and likely fatally shot while trying to arrest a suspect in Nacogdoches. Deputy Sheriff Carl Butler also wounded in the arm during the same incident. An arrest was anticipated as details remained scarce.
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Associated Press
Nacogdoches
T. G. Vaught
Carl Butler
MacNider Resigns Asst Secretary of War
The Associated Press reports Hanford MacNider resigned as assistant secretary of war. The White House announced the move and said a nomination for his successor would be sent to the Senate at once.
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Associated Pres
Washington
Hanford MacNider
White House
Senate
Good Will Plane Sighted in Corpus Christi
Two Ryan monoplanes carrying a Texas good will delegation to Mexico City were sighted over Corpus Christi with a stop planned at Brownsville. The lead plane Port of Houston piloted by Frank Hawks was seen at 8 50 a m and a second monoplane followed at 9 20 a m as officials expected arrival later in the day.
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United Prena
Corpus Christi
Tex
Frank Hawks
Houston
Mexico City
United Brest
Texas
Browneville
Hearst Denies Buying Any Mexican Papers
Former ambassador James R. Sheffield testified to the senate committee that the American embassy in Mexico City did not purchase any Mexican documents, genuine or forged, and Hearst officials asserted the materials published by Hearst papers are spurious to the committee.
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Hearst
Mexico
Vmited
Washington
Willliam Randolph Hearst
Hiearet
Senate Investigating Committee
John Debord
United Plon
New York
William Randolph Hearst
Senate
Devison
United States
Mexico City
James R. Sheffield
Genote Committee
Ilcarat
Smith Would Alter Courts In New York Speech
Alfred E. Smith outlined his political creed in a 40 000 word message to New York lawmakers. He proposed moving sentencing power from judges to an examining commission and urged broader reforms including fewer laws a wage floor and a seven day rest, while defending the 18th amendment and direct primaries. He argued federal authority should define intoxicant law and signaled a national role for reform.
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Percy M. Scott
United Press
Albany
N. Y
Alfred FE. Smith
New York
Smith
New Yorks
Washington
Diver Is Brother of Amarilloan In S S-4 Rescue
News from Provincetown Mass reports the S-4 sunken submarine rescue effort. J R Cunningham chief petty officer in charge of the diving crew is an Amarilloan and brother of Mrs B D Burton of 505 North Grant street. She says he has not dived yet but hopes to soon. The team will place cables to lift the sunken craft to the surface. Griggs ambulance phone 4311.
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Provincetown
Masa
Amarillo
J. R. Cunningham
B. D. Burton
North
Grant Street
Cunningham
Sinking Of Ocean Steamer Ooza Reports Unconfirmed
Berlin dispatches report the Ketan steamer Ooza with 250 aboard going down in the Black Sea near Constanza. An unconfirmed UPI message says all aboard may have drowned including 50 students. confirmation from United Press is lacking.
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iIty United Pree
Berlin
Ooza
Black Sea
Constanza Wald
Appeals Court Reverses Pardons Ruling in Habeas Case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals holds a governor's pardon absolves guilt and penalties. It reversed its prior opinion and dismissed Raymond Sanders of Hunt County's habeas corpus bid to escape a five year suspended sentence and an additional 18 month term after a second conviction.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Raymond Sanders
Hunt County
1927 Auto Plates Reused For Barn Shingles In Texas
County tax collector J W Collins plans to discard leftover 1927 license plates as the year ends. In another county a farmer reused plates to shingle a barn. A Texan filling station offered a free gallon of gas for each 1927 plate, drawing hundreds of autos before 1928 plates reduced the rush.
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J. W. Collins
Year of fires ends with nine deaths and heavy losses
A city report details nine deaths from fires and a total loss near 252705 dollars for the year. The department answered 4760 alarms, with 45 false, laid 6000 feet of hose, and used 1200 gallons of chemicals. Major blazes hit the M and IL Transfer and Storage Co and Amari ll o hotel annex.
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G. 3. Cooper
M. & IL. Transfer and Storage Company
Lowe Vine
Amarillo Hotel
Rowan
North
Polk Street
Mra
D. J. Jackies
Review Avenue
American Refining Company
Kenyon Coal and Grain Company
Jeff J. Bartlett
J. J. Lynn
Oklahoma
Noted Actress Dorothy Donnelly Dies of Pneumonia
Dorothy Donnelly, 48, actress, playwright, and librettist, died of pneumonia at her New York home. She adapted librettos for the comedies Bloxsor Time The Student Prince and My Maryland. During World War I she entertained American troops overseas.
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United Prose
New York
Dorothy Donnelly
Mise Donnelly
Maryland
Marines Must Quit Hefflin Battle Looms
Senator Heflin introduced a Senate resolution demanding immediate withdrawal of U S troops from Nicaragua calling the Marine invasion an act of imperial tyranny and a constitutional violation The Navy department announced two Marine battalions and supplies would move to Nicaragua by seven weasels with Jan sailing.
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United Rrew
Washington
Nicaragua
Senate
Heflin
Alabama
Committee On Foreign Relations
Borah
Committee
United States
Congress
United Meena
Navy Department
Oglala
Hampton Ronda
U. S. &. Sapelone
Trenton
Milwaukee
Raleigh
Nicaragua Situation In Brief
Marine planes bomb Ei Chipote for two days, heavy damage reported. One thousand more marines ordered in. 400 already in Nicaragua. Marines hold Quilali as assault on El Chipote looms. Casualties include dead and 24 wounded. rebel losses unknown. Reinforcements sent to aid a marine patrol surrounded at Telpaneca. Secretary Wilbur tells U S that operations against Sandino will continue to protect American property. Coolidge policy expected to win support in Congress with a Wheeler resolution for investigation. Observers worry about criticism ahead of the Pan American Congress in Havana where Coolidge will speak.
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Ei Chipote
Nicaragua
Quilall
Elchipote
Telpaneca
Wilbur
United Irene
Sandino
Congress
Coolidge
Wheeler
Havana
U S Forces Move Toward Sandino Stronghold in Nicaragua
American troops and ships including Charleston officers and the submarine tender Argonne depart San Diego as U S planes strike Sandino dugouts. The scene shifts to northern Nicaragua where Sandino defies authorities and a major battle nears with anticipated ground assault.
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Charleston, &. O
Argonne
San Diego
Ruth Elder Faces Scandal Charge In Georgia Minister Case
Ruth Elder the transatlantic aviatrix faces a scandal charge linked to Rev. Hubert Jenkins in Clayton Georgia. A year-old warrant led to a hearing set for late February as Elder, under a $590 bail bond, denies misconduct claims.
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Ruth Elder
United
Atlanta
George Caldeman
Atlantic
Georgia
Miss Elder
Claude Moody
Hubert Jenkins
Clayton
United Press
New York
Harry Reichenbach
United Press Today
Hubert Jen
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Ricardo Jimenez
Costa Rica
John South
Blackburn Ambulance
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U. S
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