Praying and Dancing Spare Convicted Murderer 20 Days
Russell Scott, convicted of murder, wins a stay allowing 20 days and $700 raised by prayers and a dance to fund his appeal. A judge delays sentencing until February 20 as supporters raise funds and seek relief through the supreme court.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Lionaire Welfare
Supreme Court of
Linera
Mary White
HC Scott
Tre Mich
Liu Nang
Santer
Scott
Port Huron
Ays
Detroit
Richard Loeb
Franks
Remov
Windsor
Nathan Leopold
Bobby
Toaay
Government to experiment with Alaska winter flying
Government plans an Alaska winter flying program to map terrain and photograph remote areas using army and navy aircraft. Lieutenant Bon Biel-Sates, now at Langley Field, Virginia, reports the effort and says the letter from here outlines the orders and bases involved.
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Alaska
Fairbanks
Local Rotarians to Hear Fort Worth Radio Program
The Bert Worth Rotary club will broadcast a program from station WBAP tonight, announced by Dr. J. P. Parcells. George F Lindsay invited members without radios to Pierce Street to hear the program, urging Amarillo residents to attend.
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Bert Worth
WBAP
J. P. Parcells
George F Lindsay
Pierce Street
Pareells
Amarillo
Congress resumes work with banking bill and postal pay dispute
The Senate opens with the postal pay veto and ongoing rate rise discussion as Congress plans two months left in session. The House pauses on urgent deficiency funds over 100 million and prepares to take up the McFadden banking bill focused on branch banking, while the Senate sets a timetable for final votes on the army and Muscle Shoals items.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
House
McFadden
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Osage Seek Higher Quarterly Payments From Lands
An Osage tribal council with several full blood members travels to Washington in a special car to press Secretary Work and Indian Commissioner Burke for legislation. They seek to raise quarterly payments to incompetent members from tribal land receipts, challenging a Supreme Court decision that limited payments to $1000 per person, after guardians had previously received about $3,000 per head.
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Washington
The
Osage Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma
Work
Burke
Supreme Court
Terry Pi
Republican State Committee Elects New Officers
The Republican state executive committee discussed campaign plans and leadership changes. Col W E Talbot was mentioned as successor to Charles Boynton who resigned for a federal judgeship. Clarence Ling had previously resigned as treasurer.
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Dallas
Dan
Yser
Trasurer
Wis
Neon
Col
W E. Talbot
Public Records Reveal Property Transfers and Releases
County office lists numerous property transfers and releases including Florence Hardin to J. O. Guicke for 3359.17, Jere Currie to B. Land for 2h block 16, and various deeds, tracts, and blocks with amounts ranging from 48 to 14 for multiple plots.(Note: OCR fragmentary)
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Florence Hardin
G. C. Ferguson
J. O. Guicke
McKibben
Plock
Harry Howard
Aston
Hee
Quinney Ford
D. A. Lee
Ford
I. B. Yarbrough
Frank Winkier
Currie
B. Land
Eukle
Co Heaton
U. Perguaon
Plorence Hardin
Buby Wells
Delia Fennington
Vioel Lee Co
M. Humphreys
Bo Jy
Lenton Baby Inc
F. Mattila Tye
A. S. Bullard
Kle
Willmering
Randal Reality Trust
Crouch
Tr UV
Far Plem
Ord
Et al Jere
John Copp
M. Stall
Lot
Wilimeriks
Mes
Siira Johnsen
Black SF Mirror
Lon i. Marrs
No Farm & Flame
M. Jones
Former Amarillo gas owners visit local oil field
Perry A. Pittie and T. J. Driscoll of Indianapolis arrived in Amarillo to review interests in the Panhandle oil field. They were principal owners of the Amarillo Gas and Panhandle Pipeline firms, recently sold to Prairie Oil. They express lingering affection for Amarillo despite the sale.
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Amiario
Amarillo
Perry A. Pittle
Buffalo
Nouys
T. J Driscoll
Indianapolis
Panhandie
Little
Mr. Priscoll
Editor and preacher clash over liquor question in church debate
Milwaukee January 5 editor C A Windle of the Iconoclast argued that founders of modern denominations opposed prohibition and supported wine. Pastor Rev Kenneth Macinnis countered that 90 million communicants endorse the amend ment while saloon interests cry against the law. Macinnis likened liquor to a plague and Windle cited Luther’s brewer wife to challenge Protestant prohibition.
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Milwaukee
Lquor
C. A. Windle
the Iconoclast
Trinity Episcopal Church
Kenneth Mactnall
Mr. Macinnis
Windle
Costlin
Martin Luther
Luther
Italian ministers quit and are replaced in a shock move
London dispatch notes Signor Casati and Gino Sarrocchi resign as ministers of education and public works in Italy. Vrontier Mussolini is said to have immediately replaced them with two liberal deputies. No official confirmation yet.
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London
Turin
Daily Mail
Signor Casati
Gino Sarrocchi
Vrontier Mussolini
Wireless licenses pass seven million in Britain
London reports a steady rise in wireless receiving licenses with more than 7,100,000 people now licensed and an estimated 4,000,000 listeners actively tuning in across Great Britain.
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London
Great Britain
England Gares For Babies Death Rate Fall Is Result
The Registrar General reports the 1984 third quarter death rate in England and Wales fell to the lowest on record at 11.0 per 1000. The birth rate was 19.8 per 1000, also near wartime lows. Improved child care and summer epidemic control are cited as factors. Natural population increase slowed, with 115,710 births versus 104,791 deaths in prior periods.
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London
Nvsa
England
Wales
Edene
Han
Bishop Takes Prospective Settlers to Moore County
Bishop of the Bishop Land company returned from a holiday tour of Central and South Texas with six prospective Panhandle settlers. After registering at Hotel Palo Duro they traveled with Mr Wishop and land office officials to Moore county to inspect several land sections.
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Bishop
Bishop Land Company
Central
South Texas
Panhandle
Palo Duro
Wishop
Moore County
Parole Possible for America’s Oldest Woman Prisoner Aggie Myers
Aggie Myers aged forty two, held since 1907 in Missouri’s penitentiary after a prior jail term, may receive clemency from Governor Arthur M. Hyde. Convicted in Kansas City for a brutal murder tied to her husband’s death, she and Frank Hattman faced death before commutation to life in prison.
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Tottman
Ageia
Triggitieville
Aggie
Kansaity
Initsband
Myers
Hottman
Kansas City
Varius Puro
Transatlantic postal links eyed for year end via daily service
A 1925 report notes plans to link Hamburg London Amsterdam Hamburg and Malmo Sweden with a daily email and courier service using English and German passenger trains and modern machinery.
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Hamburg
London
Amsterdam
Malmor
Sweden
Eit
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