Travel Still Dangerous On Dirt Highways
Panhandle roads remain hazardous as heavy snow and bitter cold gridlock travel. Isolation persists in Vega and Gulkey while multiple routes to Borger and Pampa are impaired. Rail and air service stumbles but some lines and planes resume. Amarillo schools reopen cautiously with reduced attendance.
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Vega
Gulkey
Borger
Pampa
Canadian
Claude
White Deer
Dumas
Wellington
Hereford
Grover
McLean
Memphis
Quanah
Shamrock
Spearman
Clovis
Roswell
N. M
Elk City
Tulsa
Oklo
Liberal
Kas
G. N. Hailey
Amarillo
Rock Island
Amarillo-Liberal
Flooded Glendora braces as Tallahatchie rises
Guards patrol the levee banks as floodwaters from the Tallahatchie River breach breaks near Glendora and Philipp. Residents flee to higher ground while workmen reinforce Tippo levees and rail cars bring refuge for towns facing rising waters for days. Forecaster Lindley warns the Tallahatchie will rise for at least two more days.
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Glendora, Miss
Glendora
Tallahatchie
Albin
Marce
Charleston
Philipp
Panolas
Quitman
Matthew Bayou
Grassy Lake
Yazoo
Mrs. Georgia Gecht's key role in kidnapping gang capture
Mrs. Georgia Gecht of Chicago and her husband Dr Max Gecht helped thwart a ransom gang. After release she feigned friendship with a gang member and lured him to authorities, aiding Cook County in rounding up the captors.
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Georgia Gecht
Chicago
Max Gecht
Judges Scout Riot Claims In East Texas Oil Fields
In Houston on January 6 a three judge federal court heard arguments in a suit over Governor Sterling martial law in East Texas oil country. The court signaled the governor acted to curb oil production rather than quell riot, while defense contends production limits were incidental to keeping peace. Public figures and oil leaders attended as the case unfolds with critics labeling martial law a pretext to limit output.
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Houston
Ross Sterling
East Texas
Benet
Bteling
Jacob Wolters
W. Sterling
BE. Constantine J.D. Wrather
Randolph Fryant
Texas
J. C. Hatehead
Eitize
City Reduces Tax Penalty in City Delinquencies
The city commission announced a scaled delinquent tax penalty starting at one percent for one month or less and rising by one percent monthly until November when the full 10 percent is levied. Taxes become delinquent after January 31, with a $1 charge and 6 percent interest added after that date. Mayor Ernest O. Thompson cited a desire to encourage prompt payment and noted no other changes. Time to pay was not extended this year, unlike 1930 and 1931 when June deadlines were allowed without penalty.
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Ernest O. Thompson
Thompson
Gas Hearing Dates Fixed in Panhandle Case
The Texas Railroad Commission set a hearing for January 26 in Austin on the application of Hagg Harrington and Marsh of Amarillo to use natural gas for casing head gasoline and carbon black to keep rivals from draining their lands. The session will include a general review of common purchaser gas laws observance in the Panhandle.
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Globe
Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Hagg, Harrington and Marsh
Amarillo
Panhandle
Buffalo Ranch Sold for Debt at Goodnight Texas
The famed Goodnight ranch founded by Col. Charles C. Goodnight has been sold to mortgage holders. The buffalo herd, begun in 1878 and tied to the Staked Plains legacy, faces uncertain future as manager Cleo Hubbard awaits details. The sale reportedly secures a $50,000 mortgage with Great Life Insurance Co. as major holder and spurred a failed local bid to purchase the 11,000 acre range for preservation by the Texas Game Commission.
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Goodnight
Texas
Goodnight Ranch
Charles C. Goodnight
Panhandle
Cleo Hubbard
Joseph I. Staley
Wichita Falls
Texas Game Commission
Game Commission
Staley
The
John A. Hulen
Fort Worth
Today by Arthur Brisbane on world leaders and Congress
Arthur Brisbane discuses named leaders Hoover Mussolini Laval Hindenburg Gandhi MacDonald Stalin and Pasha Kemal, noting Congress with nine thousand bills and a proposed tariff world parley. He critiques Democratic and Republican stances and calls for a U.S. only tariff protecting workers and industry.
Seek Others in Outlaw Case Near Springfield
Springfield Missouri January six. Prosecutor Dan Nee says only two Young brothers Harry and Jennings died by their own guns in Houston while six peace officers were slain in a barricaded farm house near Springfield. Charges prepared against eight Young family members include murder for Harry and Jennings and accessory and receiving stolen property.
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U.P
Dan Nee
Harry
Jennings Young
Houston
Texas
Here
Marcel Hendrix
Tex
Young
Charles Chalender
Chalender
Jennings
J. P. Young
Oscar Young
Oscar
New Hampshire Elects Wet Democrat Rogers in Special Race
In Manchester on January 6 William H. Rogers of Wakefield a wet Democrat won the first New Hampshire congressional district seat marking the first Democrat in the state’s House delegation in ten years and defeating Republican John H. Bartlett who trailed 27 453 to 24 505 after Fletcher Hale’s death left the seat vacant.
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Manchester
N. H
William H. Rogers
Wakefield
New Hampshire
National House
John H. Bartlett
Rogers
Fletcher Hale
Small To Prosecute In Antelope Cases
State Senator Clint Small will prosecute five young men charged with killing three antelope. Appointed as a special prosecutor by the Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission in Austin, he will serve without compensation due to state salary rules. New Mexico may seek extradition as the suspects crossed the border into Texas.
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Clint Small
Senator Small
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Game Department
New Mexico
Texas
Texas Game Commission
Austin
Allred weighs delaying Standard Oil suit
Attorney General James V. Allred said he may dismiss the anti trust suit against the Standard Oil Companies for now due to failure to serve them with process. He could refile later against them separately while proceeding against the remaining defendants in the $17,850,600 case.
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Austin
U.P
James V. Allred
Standard Oil Companies
Standard Oil
Allred
Shell Union Oil Corporation of
New York
C. A. Wheeler
Standard Oil Company of
Socony Vacuum Corporation
France Lets Tokyo Chiefs Read Treaty Clauses
Paris says the foreign office instructed the French ambassador in Tokyo to politely outline certain clauses of the 1905 Franco Japanese treaty. Simultaneously France Britain and the United States will seek information on Japan’s plans. In Manchuria Japanese troops occupy Hulatao near the Pekping Mukden railway south of Chinchow.
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Paris
U.P
Foreign Office
Tokyo
Japan
Manchuria
Hulatao
Pekping- Mukden
Chinchow
McKee Clemency Request Reported by Pardon Board
An adverse report was filed in Governor Sterling s office by the state pardon board in the Ira McKee case. McKee is sentenced to be electrocuted early Friday morning at Huntsville prison. Oil was 35 and 50 cents a gallon. 219 Taylor Griggs ambulance, phone 4311.
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McKee
Austin
Ross Sterling
State Pardon Board
Ira McKee
Huntsville
Aviatrix Lost Near Sterretts Gap Search Begins
Five private planes left Harrisburg airport to find Mrs. Ruth Stewart of St Louis and Mrs. Debbie Stanford of Toronto who vanished in a plane over Sterretts Gap Pa in fog. Gentry Shelton, who spotted the women, asked Captain Frank Hawks fleet to assist. If not found by mid afternoon, he would ask the government to deploy army planes.
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Ruth Stewart
St. Louis
Debbie Stanford
Toronto
Sterrett’s Gap
Gentry Shelton
Shelton
Prices Soar On Stock Market In Early New Year
New York January 6 4 There was enthusiastic buying in the stock market today lifting many industrial and railroad leaders. United States Steel rose over 2 to about 30, Allied Chemical jumped 6 to 69, American Telephone gained 3 to above 112, American Tobacco up more than 4, and railroad issues led by Union Pacific Santa Fe New York Central New Haven and Baltimore & Ohio all advancing.
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United States Steel
Allied Chemical
American Telephone
American Tobacco
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
New York Central
New Haven
Baltimore & Ohio
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Report
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair and slightly warmer conditions tonight and Thursday with continued cold. West Texas expected partly cloudy and warmer, Panhandle partly cloudy but cooler eastern portion. New Mexico unsettled tonight then fair and warmer in the far east. Temperature extremes over the 24 hour period ending 1 PM today range from 14 to 26 degrees.
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Weather Bureau
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Delay in Senate finance plan blocks recon bill action
Senate consideration of the 2 billion Reconstruction Finance Corporation bill was halted when Senator Blaine Wisconsin objected. unanimous consent was required. Leaders hoped to act today but the delay leaves administration officials optimistic the bill could reach Presidential signature before the weekend.
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Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Blaine
Wisconsin
Banking Committee
The Apple Car at Municipal Auditorium Opens Ticket Sale
Tickets for The Apple Car a Shaw comedy arriving Saturday at the Municipal Auditorium go on sale announced by Wilbur C Hawk. Reservations may be made by phone at 6262 in person at the News-Globe Amarillo office or by mail to Hawk News-Globe. Prices range from 50 cents to 2 dollars for matinee and night performances.
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George Bernard Shaw
Municipal Auditorium
Wilbur C. Hawk
Sp’ Sor
Eva Lewis
Ne Globe
Hawk
News-Globe
Amarillo
Belief of Relative's Death Tied to Dizzy Spell
McCarty Moore, brother-in-law of H. B. Spencer, died after falling from a 21st floor Dallas fire building. Spencer claimed the death was self-inflicted due to a dizzy spell and reported Moore's basin and outlook for the year were favorable. Spencer left for with Moore's wife at Christmas.
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McCarty Moore
Dallas
Spencer
Moore
Warehouse Fire Destroys Ralls Station Warehouse
A wholesale oil and gasoline station warehouse in Ralls Texas burned early today. The fire caused an estimated loss of 8,000 dollars. several large storage tanks were saved. Minor explosions occurred but no injuries were reported. Telephone lines to Lubbock were knocked out.
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Ralls
Tex
Whro Sale
Lubb
Stolen Lincoln Bank Bonds Recovered on Night of Return
A Chicago suitcase containing 575000 in bonds from the Lincoln Nebraska National Bank robbery was found on a street corner ending an 86000 mile pursuit by Chicago investigators. The goods were traced after threats from the gang and a secret six detective group.
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Lincoln
Neb., National Bank
Roy Steffans
Steffans
Lincoln Bank
Jamie
Towle
Winkler
Capone
Fred Burke
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