Amarillo Aims to Land 1928 Teachers' Meeting
Col Harvey Haines vice president and general manager of the Board of City Development travels to Fort Worth with educators to push Amarillo as host for the 1928 Texas State Teachers Association meeting. Delegation includes Dr J A Hill Canyon Dr Paul W Horn Lubbock Supt W A McIntosh and Miss Laura V Hamner. A 4 000 attendance is hoped.
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Col. Harvey. Haines
Board of City Development
Fort Worth
Texas State Teachers
Amarillo
Texas State Teachers’ Association
Colonel Haines
J. A. Hill
Canyon
Paul W. Horn
Lubbock
W. A. McIntosh
Laura V. Hamner
Houston
Chambers of Commerce
West Texas
Strickland Fate To Be Decided Early Today
The fate of John W Strickland charged with murdering Irene Simmons will be announced today. A sealed verdict was read to Judge Lu cier Babcock after four and a half hours of deliberation. Testimony included Miss Callie Glenn’s account of a gunshot and Mrs Mary Brosseau’s statement about a struggle for a gun at the rooming house.
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United Presa
Oklahoma City
John W. Strickland
Irene Simmons
Lucien Babcock
Callie Glenn
Strickland
Mary Brosseau
Alvd
Miss Simmons
Moody Declines Democratic Jackson Day Dinner Attendance
Governor Moody said he probably will not attend the Democratic national Jackson day dinner in Washington on January 12 due to limited time and cost. Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York has also refused, prompting speculation among political observers in Austin.
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Associated Press
Austin
Moody
Washington
Alfred Smith
New York
Two Youths Take Police Car and Gun
Two 12 year old youths stole a police automobile a flashlight and an officer s pistol after holding up a 13 year old and taking 8 from him The youths are held for appearance before a probation officer today The incident occurred in Chester on January 6 and the car was reportedly parked at the time
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Associated Press
Astin
Jan
Chester On
World's Oldest Miner Faces Unwanted Vacation
In Phoenix Arizona Dennis O Carroll reputedly the oldest miner in the world prepares for a forced break after fifty years of mountain prospecting. Known as Old Dennis he recalls a rugged past in Arizona and Canyon O Carroll named for him. He now sits by his cabin watching aging memories and phantom figures on his forgotten trails.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Dennis O'Carroll
Arizona
Dennis
Lonely O'Carroll
U. S. Geological Survey
O'Carroll
Staked
Plains
O’carroll
Bootleg Admiral Willie Haar’s Luxury Career of Smuggling
International News Service reports on Willie Haar of Savannah Georgia tag as bootleg admiral. Haar recalls ten years of crime without firing a shot, bribery instead of gunplay, and leading a sea based rum fleet while Remus faces trial for murder.
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International News Service
New York
Jan
Willie Haar
Savannah
Atlantic Seaboard
Hart
Haar
Cincinnati
George Remus
Imogene
Prohibition Bootlegger Willie Haar Tells All
Willie Haar describes a vast Savannah bootlegging operation with eleven speed boats, inland depots near Columbus, and Packard fleet for overland liquor delivery. He admits bribing officials, avoiding Nassau, and sending shipments to New York via disguised barrels of oil and coded messages. The tale ends with his arrest by a former police chief he had bribed.
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Eleanor Glynn
Botleggers
Remus
Georgia
Alabama
North
South Carolina
Willie
Savannah
Bahama Islands
United States
Haar
New York
Washington
Bahamas
Columbus
Packard Roadsters
Emmanuel (Mannie) Kessler
Morris Sweetwood
Nassau
Natusau
New Stories Told Of Hans Anderson
London report details a new biography Hans Anderson the Man reveals unpublished aspects of the Danish storyteller. It covers his lifelong unrequited love for Jenny Lind and notes he never married, remaining an unhappy bachelor despite many affections.
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International
London
Hans Christian Anderson
Hans Anderson
Jenny Lind
Anderson
Prohibition Figure Haar Paroled Early for Good Behavior
Haar, who faced a three year sentence in 1924 for bootlegging, was released after 18 months on Sept 24 1925. He credited Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt head of the federal dry enforcement bureau with a promise never to bootleg again and urged stricter enforcement of the prohibition act.
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Haar
Atlanta
Mra
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Goverment
Dty
Mra. Willebrandt
Ten Years On Toy Paris and a French Mine Locomotive
A fragment outlines a writer seeking marriage, speculating that Anderson's appearance hindered his quest for a wife and home. It notes his tall awkward stature and a youth poem likening himself to a scarecrow. It then mentions M Melcher, a French mechanic, building an exact scale nature locomotive after work each evening.
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Anderson
Paris
M. Melcher
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Dems O' Carron
Peters
Williams Hardware CO
Taylor ST
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Mark
Metzger
Netzsersnilk
Hatta
H. V. Robertson & Company Certified Public Accountants
Federal Tax Service—Industrial and Petroleum Engineers
DIAL
the Globe-News
Firestone
Will
Louis H.smith
Firestone Service
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