Boy Slain by Accident in Extortion Probe
A 13 year old boy identified as David Kaempf was killed in St Louis when Detective Sergeant Clifford Flood fired from a riot gun as the youth fled near Miss Kathryn Walsh after a note threatened death for $50 in a milk bottle. Flood and two officers hid inside Walsh’s home following a dummy package stage.
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ST. Louis
David Kaempf
Philona Kaempf
Clifford Flood
Kathryn Walsh
Miss Walsh
Flood
Walsh
David
Three-Week Revival to Open at Assembly of God Church
A three week revival begins tonight at 7 30 p m at 900 North Pierce Street Assembly of God. District Superintendent A C Bates opens as speaker with guest pastors and evangelists from Hereford Skellytown Borger Pampa and Oklahoma City contributing through the revival period.
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Assembly of God Church
North Pierce Street
A. C. Bates
E. K. Bates
Skellytown
J. A. Thomas
Borger Assembly of God Church
H. EB. Comstock
Pampa
Citizen's Labor League Meeting Set for Eight O'clock
The regular meeting of the Citizens Labor League will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the district courtroom of the Potter County Courthouse. Officers for the coming year will be nominated this evening. election of officers will occur at the next meeting.
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Citizen's Labor League
Potter County
League
Bill Laster Injured In Motorcycle Collision
Bill Laster a motorcycle delivery man for the Comet Delivery Service was seriously hurt when his motorcycle collided with an automobile. He suffered a broken leg a broken finger and an amputated toe. Attendants at St Anthony's Hospital report his condition is as good as could be expected.
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Bill Laster
Comet Delivery Service
St. Anthony's Hospital
More Speed And Control For Drivers
Fort Worth dispatch reports the Texas division of the National Safety Council will push major speed and license reforms in the forthcoming legislature. Plans include a driver’s license period, a five day suspension for major accidents, raising state and local speed limits to 60 mph with zoned restrictions, and increasing city limits to 30 mph.
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Fort Worth
Texas
National Safety Council
Vader voice machine shown at Franklin Institute
Bell Telephone Laboratories unveiled the Vader device a voice generating machine that can mimic human, pig, or any sound. It uses two base sounds to create conversations in multiple voices and languages. Officials call it a stunt from serious research with potential use if voices are lost.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Franklin Institute
O. BE. Buckley
Frank B. Jewell
Red Cross Issues First Air Awards To 23 Persons
Sixteen men and women and six girls received first aid certificates from the Red Cross after completing courses. Participants included workers from Ponca Wholesale Mercantile, Texhoma Oil, Great West Mills, Troy Laundry, Amarillo Public Schools, and the Texas Highway Department. Mrs Arthur Ball taught the girls class and will begin a new first aid course for Girl Scouts at 9 am in the courthouse tomorrow. Harry Brasher of the Amarillo fire department demonstrated an inhalator and resuscitator. women plan to raise funds to buy one for city lake.
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Texhoma Oil Company
Fritch
Great West Mills
Troy Laundry
Texas Highway Department
Amarillo Public Schools
Harry Castle, Jr
Arthur Ball
Harry Brasher
Amarillo
Charge Against Leroy Bratton Is Changed by Officers
Officers altered the charge against Leroy Bratton from assault with intent to murder to murder without malice after learning that Mildred Bobbitt, the Negro woman shot in the December 11 brawl, had died. Bratton reportedly struck at another woman with a pistol during the incident.
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Leroy Bratton
Mildred Bobbitt
Bratton
Congress to Await March Tax Receipts Before Raising Taxes
Washington reports say the House Ways and Means Committee will study March income tax receipts before drafting any general tax legislation to fund farm aid and defense costs. Independent of this, officials acknowledge a confidential report on Germany's air strength by Colonel Charles A Lindbergh has reached government hands.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Germany
Lindbergh
United States Army Air Corps Reserve
Europe
Mooney Pardoned Possibly Tomorrow by Governor
Freedom for Thomas J. Mooney may be granted tomorrow after a 22 year effort by Mooney and labor groups. Gov Culbert Olson silent but expected to pardon following protests in the Sacramento assembly chamber over the 1916 preparedness day bombing conviction.
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San Quentin
Cal
U.P
Thomas J. Mooney
Culbert Olson
Mooney
Assembly Chamber
Sacramento
San Francisco
Turnley handles purchase on Hayden street lot in Amarillo
Amarillo real estate dealer George H Turnley completed the purchase of a 150 by 140 foot lot at the corner of West Seventh and Hayden streets for the Webb Wood Lumber Company, a subsidiary of White House Lumber Company. The parent firm is led by president Ben F Tepe Canadian. Turnley notes rising Amarillo real estate interest and predicts a big year for 1939 sales.
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George H. Turnley
Amarillo
West Seventh and
Hayden Streets
Webb-Wood Lumber Company
White House Lumber Company
North Plains
Ben F. Tepe Canadian
Turnley
Borden Employes Banquet Tonight at Herring Hotel
Borden Company employes will hold their regular dinner dance this evening at 7 30 oclock at the Herring Hotel. All employes will attend with P F Edquist in charge. Guest of honor is Ben Putnam of Houston regional sales director. Special guests include Mr and Mrs F E Crites and Mr and Mrs Ben Jacobs of Lubbock. About 150 employes expected.
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Borden Company
Herring Hotel
P. F. Edquist
Ben Putnam
Houston
Ben Jacobs
Lubbock
Trees Transplanted In Thompson Park
More than 450 trees have been transplanted in Thompson Park to fill a semi circular plot facing North Highway. Chester Pitt, superintendent of parks, said the trees were developed from seed. A circular driveway leads from the highway to the swimming stadium, and the area between the pavements is checker boarded with trees. Trees are being planted now in all city parks.
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Thompson Park
Chester Pitt
Fritz
Holy Communion Service at Sacred Heart Cathedral
The annual Holy Communion will be celebrated Sunday at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Bishop Robert F B Lucey will celebrate Mass for the occasion. All men of the parish will receive Holy Communion during the service.
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Sacred Heart Cathedral
Robert FB. Lucey
Efforts Fail To Identify Transient Crushed Here
Authorities in Amarillo are unable to identify a man found crushed at the railroad terminal. Several transients who spoke to him before his death said he hailed from Trinidad, Colorado. The body lies at Griggs chapel awaiting further investigation.
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Amarillo
Trinidad
Colo
Griges Chapel
Minor Service Station Fire at Harrison Street
Fire via open stove caused gasoline fumes at 400 Harrison Street. Damage described as slight by Fire Chief George B. Cooper after the night incident.
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Harrison Street
George B. Cooper
Kansas City Livestock Market Report January 6
U S D A market data from Kansas City shows hogs at 7.60 top with 150 to 230 pounds fetch 7.45 to 7.60, 240 to 270 pounds 7.40 to 7.50, 280 to 325 pounds 6.85 to 7.15, sows 6.40 to 7.50. Cattle and calves 500 head with small lot butcher cows 5.50 to 6.50, low cutters 4.00 to 5.25, odd dealer bids 9.50 to 10.00. Sheep and lambs active with natives up to 8.65, fed loads 6.15 to 8.60, fed yearlings 7.35.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Seek Gas Tax Expansion to Soothe County Debt
Dallas Jan 6 U P Judge Jake Loy Grayson County leads plan to expand the one cent gasoline tax to cover county and district road debts incurred before 1939. The bill would fund a 25 year repayment using tax revenue and require refunding bonds totaling up to 50 million dollars.
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Dallas
U.P
Jake L. Loy
Grayson County
Loy
County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
Unemployed demonstrators chained to board member fence
In London about a dozen jobless protesters chained themselves to railings outside the home of Ernest Brown, a member of the unemployed assistance board, and were forcibly removed by police today as the scene drew attention to local relief concerns.
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London
Ernest Brown
Unemployed Assistance Board
Germans Have Nothing but Jewish Spots Before Eyes
Rome, Jan 6. The Messagero, in its first long Fascist critique of Roosevelt’s state of the union, accuses the president of being influenced by Jewish super-capitalism. It denies any basis for his program and dismisses the idea of German or Japanese aggression.
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Rome
Messagero
Roosevelt
Congress
Dear Santa Letter Reflects Young Wish for Big Toys
Memphis boy Hulbert Denton writes to Santa in a Press-Scimitar letter thanking him for a truck and asking next Christmas for a train, airplane, and truck. In Rome, fascists speculation grows Mussolini may stay silent on Roosevelt refugee appeal amid critics.
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Memphis
Tenn
Hulbert Denton
Press-Scimitar
Santa
Duce
Rome
U.P
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Congress
Virginia Judge Walter C. Kelly Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Stage actor Walter C. Kelly known as The Virginia Judge died at Women's College Hospital in Philadelphia from injuries after an automobile accident in Hollywood. Influenza killed over one hundred Americans in a single week.
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Philadelphia
Walter C. Kelly
Women's College Hospital
Hollywood
Courthouse Records and Vehicle Registrations
Courthouse records note a warranty deed transferring lot 1 block 96 Eakle from Mrs. O E R Barfield and spouse to W F Woods for 10 dollars. Vehicle registrations list La Salle Coupe Horace Gooch Dodge Sedan Keith Motor Co Pontiac Coupe D S Simmons.
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O. E. R. Barfield
W. F. Woods
Eakle
la Salle
Horace Gooch
Dodge
Keith Motor Co
Pontiac
D. S. Simmons
Chicago Credit Man Ed Moran Talks Wholesaler Meeting
Ed Moran of the National Creditmen's Association Central Division spoke at the Amarillo Hotel luncheon about organizing a credit association. A large turnout of wholesalers, manufacturers, and jobbers attended. R. L. Vance of the New Mexico Wholesale Credit Association highlighted member benefits. More than 50 representatives from producing and wholesaling groups attended.
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Ed Moran
Chicago
National Creditmen’s Association
Amarillo
Amarillo Hotel
R. L. Vance
New Mexico
Leaders To Attend Fondren Funeral
Religious financial and business leaders of Texas traveled to Houston for the funeral of Walter W. Fondren Sr. 61 oil man banker and philanthropist who died in San Antonio. Fondren helped organize Humble Oil and Refining and was a Texas oil industry pioneer. He was found dead in his San Antonio hotel room after attending a Methodist conference, with heart attack cited as the cause.
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Houston
Walter W. Fondren
San Antonio
Fondren
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Texas
Justice of the Peace
Balbo Announces Six New Libyan Settlements Plan
Gen Italo Balbo governor general of Libya said Libya will gain six new villages to house 20 000 additional Italian settlers. The plan aims to boost settlement and development in the region with increased housing and agricultural opportunities for Italian colonists.
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Tripoli
Italy
Italo Balbo
Libya
Dr Warren Moorhead Dies in Boston Hospital
Dr Warren King Moorhead aged 72, nationally known anthropologist, died in a Boston hospital after a short illness. The prominent academic figure had shaped multiple studies on human origins and cultural diversity. He chaired several university programs and published widely. His death comes amid a season of faculty losses at major research institutions.
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Moorhead
Boston
U.P
Warren King Moorhead
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