Rickard Lays In State as Arts of War and Sport
Arthur Brisbane notes danger of artificial rays and recalls Tex Rickard lying in state at Madison Square Garden. An air mail flight NY to Boston in 80 minutes and expansion of US air mail to Cuba and beyond are discussed. National City bank stockholders share $87.5 million as prudent investment advice follows.
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New York
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
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National City Bank
C. E. Mitchell
Wall Street
United States
Oklahoma Weather: Fair Skies With Colder Tonight
The forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Saturday with a cold wave affecting eastern and central areas. Temperatures range from the mid teens to the mid twenties in the north and low twenties elsewhere with winds and rising daytime highs in parts of the state.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Livestors
Air Line Men Sue City for Flood Damages Plan Amarillo talks
Officials of Texas Air Transport Inc of Fort Worth will confer with Amarillo officials about airline operations. VP Tom Hardin and executive Silliman Evans will fly in from Lubbock to discuss possible new lines from Amarillo. The firm already runs multiple Southwest routes.
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Fort Worth
Amarillo
Tom Hardin
Silliman Evans
Lubbock
Airport Commission
Evans
Southwest
Day in Congress Reports Reapportionment and Kellogg Treaty
The Associated Press summarizes congressional action with House debate on reapportionment and the Kellogg treaty. Senate commerce considers nominations to the Mississippi River Commission. House judiciary weighs changes to judicial code while Ways and Means grills tariff issues. House merchant marine mulls extending the radio commission. Conferees failed to agree on Kellogg interpretations. Senate paused on Jackson Graves Mississippi River Commission nominations and fraud inquiries continue. Jackson Barnett case discussed in Senate Indian affairs with Work and Sargent testimony.
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Associated Press
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Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House Merchant Marine Committee
Radio Commission
Thomas H. Jackson
Ernest Graves
Mississippi River Commission
Cooper-Hawes
Hubert Work
Sargent
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Jackson Barnett
Bargain Day Delights Fill Want Ads With Good Buys
Classified pages showcase used radios sewing machines dining room sets clothing and more at bargain prices. Buyers can follow the daily Want Ads to find townsworthy deals and save money.
Smith to declare himself Democratic leader in radio address
New York Times reports Alfred E. Smith may reveal himself as both head and figurehead of the Democratic party in a nationwide WEAF radio speech next Wednesday at 8 30 p m EST. The move follows calls to reject Smith policies and unease over party leadership. Epstein remanded on criminal assault charge of a 7 year old girl. He allegedly confessed to improper acts and led officers to the crime scene. Police and county jail officials handled the case.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Times Today
Alfred E. Smith
Representative Box
Texas
Smith
South
John J. Raskob
WEAF
Associated
National Broadcasting Company
Democratic National Committee
Dow
Epstein
Potter County
Palo Duro Street
Roberts Place
Dollar liner President Adams grounds near Panama
The Dollar liner President Adams grounded on the reef outside the west breakwaters at Balboa Panama Canal Zone. Captain W C Morris reportedly fell overboard, swam ashore, and was picked up by a tender returning to the ship.
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United Press
Balboa
Panama Canal Zone
Dollar
President Adams
W. C. Morris
Root Confers With Hoover On Latin America Plans
Washington January 11 Eiihu Root secretary of state in the Roosevelt cabinet held more than an hour's conference with President elect Hoover. It was understood Latin American affairs entered into the conversation. Root had previously traveled to South America and delivered speeches there.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eiihu Root
New York
Roosevelt
Hoover
Root
South America
River Road Residents File Suits in Court Over Sewer Flood Damages
About thirty Pleasant Valley landowners along River Road north of Amarillo filed three petitions in district civil court seeking damages over $90,000 for flood effects from the city sewer system. They claim Amarillo Creek overflow, augmented by sewers, converted private land to public use without compensation. Cases target Judge W. E. Gee at the February term.
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Amarillo
Pleasant Valley
River Road
Amarillo Creek
City Commission
W. E. Gee
Doctor Guilty in Girl Case
A Chicago jury found Dr. Amante Rongetti guilty of manslaughter in the case of Loretta Enders following an alleged illegal operation. The verdict carries a sentence of one to fourteen years. the doctor had previously faced a death sentence at a prior trial but was granted a retrial by the supreme court.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jan
Amante Rongetti
Loretta Enders
Rongetti
Supreme Court
Love and Miller clash over election laws committee
Dallas figures Tom Love and Barry Miller spar over senate committees in Austin. Love says Dallas County pays one fifteenth of state taxes and he deserves a seat on finance. Miller says committee assignments require a majority vote to add members. Additional debate questions two thirds vote after initial addition. A further note on an investigation amendment to include the land office board and highway commission was tabled after sharp exchanges in the Senate.
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Senate
Love
Dallas County
Miller
Associated I Res
Austin
Land Office
Board of Control
State Highway Commission
Julien C. Hyer
Fort Worth
Hyer
Ment
Joe M. Moore
Greenville
A. J. Wirtz
Seguin
Moore
Thomas B. Love
Dallas
T. J. Holbrook
Galveston
Actress Lip Damages Awarded in Auto Crash Case
Thelma Gorman, a motion picture actress, was awarded 7112 dollars in damages by Judge James H. Pope in Los Angeles. The ruling held Kenneth Sanderson responsible for an automobile accident that marred the actress’s upper lip, described as her stock in trade.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Thelma Gorman
Kenneth Sanderson
Sanderson
James H. Pope
Rickard Will Filed Today In New York
The will of Tex Rickard to be filed today by the New York Trust company as executor omits exact estate valuation though Jack Dempsey said it would exceed a million. Bequests go to widow Mrs Maxine Eliott Rickard daughter mother in law sisters nieces and nephews with income from 25000 to Edith May Schultz. Dated March 12 1928 the will grants the widow $50000 real Florida property personal effects and a division of Paraguay stock holdings into near equal parts.
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Associated Press
New York
Tex Rickard
New York Trust Company
Jack Dempsey
Rickard
Edith May Schultz
Maxine Eliott Rickard
Florida
South American Land and Cattle Company
Paraguay
Tucumcari Kiwanis Group to Visit Amarillo Saturday
About one hundred Kiwanis members and business leaders from Tucumcari New Mexico will travel to Amarillo for a Saturday night program. Participants include Mayor A S Devor club president A Hurley district trustee J L Briscoe lieutenant governor Roy H Smith and secretary of the chamber of commerce B Frank Bennett. Also on the program are the high school quartet Pinkey Pendleton and Robert Sandusky noted entertainers. Griggs ambulance phone 4311.
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N. M
Kiwanis
Amarillo
A. 8. Devor
Kiwanis Club
A. Hurley
J. L. Briscoe
Roy H. Smith
B. Frank Bennett
Chamber of Commerce
Pinkey Pendleton
Robert Sandusky
Pyle's Second Bunion Derby Set for March Start
promoter announces Pyle's second transcontinental bunion derby will start late in March in New York. The itinerary runs through Philadelphia Baltimore Wheeling Columbus Indianapolis St. Louis Springfield Vinita Oklahoma City Muskogee Dallas El Paso and Los Angeles.
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Springfield
Pyle
New York
John T. Woodruff
United States 64 Highway Association
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Baltimore
Wheeling
Columbus
Ohio
Indianapolis
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Vinita
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Muskogee
Dallas
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Los Angeles
Hoover urged to call early special session lawmakers say
Washington January 11 a stream of congressional callers urged President elect Hoover to convene a special session soon after March 4 to handle farm relief tariff revision and other agenda items. House Ways and Means leaders Hawley and Treadway pressed for action and for cabinet continuity including Secretary Whiting.
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Congress
Hoover
South America
House
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Hawley
Orexon
Ways and Means
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Treadway
Secretary Whiting
Commerce Department
Two Killed in Collision Near McLean Texas
In Harlingen Texas a car was struck by a Missouri Pacific train at a crossing near McLean. Trinidad Luna 21 and Rodrigo Luna 10 were killed instantly. George Harris 25 a farmer from Ham lived only an hour after the crash.
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Harlingen
Tex.ian
Missouri Pacific
Arossing
McLean
Trinidad Luna
Rodrigo Luna
George Harris
Ham
Senate panel boosts prohibition enforcement fund
The senate appropriations committee approved a $25,000,000 increase in the fund for prohibition enforcement. The decision was announced from Washington on January 11.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Grain dealers accused of forgery in Amarillo graft case
Frank G. Barefield and James D. Rayford are jailed in Potter county on forgery and swindling charges tied to a grain graft involving $25,000 to $30,000. A third man remains at large as a preliminary hearing was set for this afternoon before Justice J. W. Minter. Rayford posted bond but was rearrested on a second warrant. Barefield and Rayford await the hearing with officers pursuing the third suspect.
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Frank G. Barefield
Barefield Grain Company
Amarillo
James D. Rayford
Potter County
Barefield
Rayford
J. W. Minter
Los Angeles Ties Up to Patoka in St Joseph Bay
The Navy dirigible Los Angeles tied up at the mooring mast of the tender Patoka in St Joseph Bay near Port St. Joe Florida at 7 05 am after abandoning a Florida cruise due to bad weather.
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Navy
Los Angeles
St. Joseph Bay
Here
Florida
Legislature Hears Repeal Move On University Land Law
House to repeal University land oil lease law and set committee action. Senate passed final repeal and sent to house where committee reported favorably. Lieutenant Governor urged quick appropriation action as Speaker signals gubernatorial influence. Highway commission bill and land office investigation resolution introduced.
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University
Barry Miller
Barron
Elective Highway Commission
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