Hoover Again In Race Says Postal Chief
Postmaster General Brown announced President Hoover’s candidacy for re nomination on the Republican ticket. He outlined state by state methods to enter Hoover’s name at the national convention and noted no decision yet on a North Dakota primary entry. He predicted prompt action when time comes.
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Washington
Brown
Hoover
Senator Fess
Republican National Committee
Mr. Hoover
North Dakota
Dems Launch 33-State Victory Dinners For Fund Drive
The Democratic party plans more than fifty victory dinners in 33 states to launch a $1.5 million fund drive led by National Chairman John J. Raskob. Speakers include governors, senators, congressmen, and party leaders as John W. Davis delivers the New York address via national hookup. Texas Democrats meet in Fort Worth with state leaders forecast a White House return. North Dakota weighs Roosevelt support ahead of the March 15 primary. Janet Shouse urges a $1.5 million war chest to sustain gains since 1926 and stabilize party finances for 1928.
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New York
Congress
John J. Raskob
John W. Davis
Davis
Texas Demos
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas Democrats
White House
Fred Minor
Denton
Texas House of Representatives
James V. Allred
Texas
Maury Hughes
Dallas
R. H. Buck
Second Court of Civil Appeals
North Dakota
Demos Valley City
N. D
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Shouse
Chicago
Janet Shouse
John Raskob
Hawaii chief criticized over Honolulu murder case handling
The House naval committee urged the attorney general to ensure a fair trial for four American defendants in the Honolulu murder case. It faulted Governor Judd for clemency to a native athlete who admitted assaulting a woman and said he would report to Secretary Wilbur.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Honolulu
Judd
Hawaii
Wilbur
Judge Advocate General
Attorney General
House Terches Committee
Evidence Lacking Confessed Slayer May Escape Trial
A slayer who confessed to killing an Indian youth near Henryetta Oklahoma twenty years ago faces possible release due to missing evidence. He surrendered to Pampa officers claiming the crime and has lived in LeFors since. Oklahoma officers declined custody as direct proof is unavailable and nothing in the record supports trial.
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Pampa
Texas
George Walters
Henryetta
Okla
LeFors
Lon Blanscot
Oklahoma
Time Says Come Air Travel Soon
The column notes Justice Holmes at age 92 resigning from the Supreme Court and being celebrated for his service. It highlights airship Akron and its potential to carry passengers across oceans at high speed, along with comments by Litchfield Knudsen and Kettering. It also mentions President Hoover's praise and the Ohio gubernatorial bid for David Ingalls, nephew of Taft, who favors air travel.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court
Justice Holmes
Hoover
Supreme Bench
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Holmes
Litchfield
Akron
Atlantic
Pacific
Mr. Kettering
General Motors
Knudsen
Chevrolet Company
Ohio
Mr. Ingalls
William Howard Taft
Flood Waters Halt East Texas Traffic
Flood waters disrupted highway traffic in East Texas and threatened oil field operations with over 50 wells in Sabine River bottoms forced to suspend activity. The Longview Kilgore highway bridge over the Sabine River was washed out, halting the route.
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Longview
Texas
U.P
Sabine River
Longview-Kilgore
Delinquent School Taxes Offer Penalty Waiver Window
George Waddill announces only 15 days remain to pay delinquent school taxes without penalty or interest. A recent state act covers all delinquent taxes including the 1930 levy with savings of 15 percent for 1930 taxes, 22 percent for 1929 taxes, 28 percent for 1928 taxes, and 34 percent for 1927 taxes. In February the school board via its attorney will campaign to collect all delinquent taxes.
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George Waddill
School Board Urges Stability in Teacher Salaries
The board defends not reducing teachers' pay amid budget funds and tax payments, invites outside criticism, and emphasizes the PTA's vital role. It stresses that morale and classroom quality hinge on effective teachers, while noting some practitioners are influenced by political pull.
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W. M. Curl
Curl
Parent-Teacher Association
San Jacinto School
Old Tack
T. E. Johnson
Labor leader found guilty in Kentucky court
William Hightower, 77, Harlan County labor leader and president of the Miners' Union at Everts, was found guilty by a circuit court jury in Mount Sterling El today and sentenced to life imprisonment. The verdict matched that for William B. Jones, secretary of the union, as part of a case charging plotted deaths of deputy sheriffs and mine guards to aid unionization efforts in southeastern Kentucky coal fields.
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Mount Sterling
William Hightower
Harlan County
William B. Jones
Miners’ Union
Everts
Hightower
Jones
Kentucky
Jail Breaker Caught In Victoria Texas
Fred Coulter, who escaped from the county jail last August with two other prisoners, will be returned today by Sheriff Weisiger. He is charged with automobile theft and was arrested at Anson by Sheriff Hudson.
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Victoria
Texas
Fred Coulter
R. 8. Weisiger
Coulter
Anson
T. P. Hudson
Ruth Refuses 70 000 A Year Contract With Yankees
Babe Ruth rejected a one year Yankees contract for 70000, preferring a two year deal at that total. He called the cut too far and left the unsigned offer at Riverside Drive after Ruppert announced terms for 1932. Ruth said 70000 for two years would be fair.
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New York
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Babe
Riverside Drive
Col
Jacob Ruppert
Yankees
Ruth
Morning Mail
Oxygen Plane Flies From Fort Worth to Aid Tucson Patient
The airlift carrying a special oxygen chamber from New York to Tucson for Miss Alice Hilliard, ill with pneumonia, departed Fort Worth Municipal Airport just before 8 am. Poor flying conditions persisted, but Tucson doctors reported patient improvement and believed neither the en route chamber nor a second Tucson chamber would be required.
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Fort Worth
New York
Tucson
Ariz
Alice Hilliard
Youth Hit by Auto Resting Easily at Hospital
Albert F. Holik, 21, of 1808 North Arthur Street, was struck by a motor car at North Eight Avenue and Pierce Street Wednesday night. He suffered a scalp wound and minor bruises and was reported resting easily at St. Anthony's hospital. The driver was W. C. Branam of 724 North Arthur Street.
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Albert F. Holik
North Arthur Street
North Eight Avenue
Pierce Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
W. C. Branam
Pretty Boy Floyd Sought in Oklahoma Bank Robbery
Castle State Bank was looted of 2600 by three machine gun robbers. Bank officials and two customers were forced to stand on the running board as a shield. Authorities sought Charles Pretty Boy Floyd as the leader after bank officials identified a photograph.
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Castle
Okla
Castle State Bank
Charles
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Plane crashes near Mobeetie. pilot Ted Hereford escapes
A Transcontinental and Western Air mail plane crashed into a railroad embankment and burned near Mobeetie at 1 30 this morning. Pilot Ted Hereford escaped uninjured after attempting to land on a farm two miles west. The craft carried 32 bags of mail, 17 missing and 11 saved. passengers none.
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Mobeetie
Transcontinental and Western Air Mail
Ted Hereford
Hereford
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Panhandle
Clinton
Oklahoma
M. E. Dilday
Amarillo
Dilday
Arizona
Winners Named In West Texas Beef Slogan Contest
Amarillo residents capture top prizes in the Potter Randall inter county class state contest for slogans to advertise West Texas beef products. First prize goes to Mrs C V Bradford second to G K Salmon and third to J C Heyser. Slogans and award amounts were not released.
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Potter- Randall
West ‘Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
C. V. Bradford
Louisiana Street
G. K. Salmon
West Sixth Avenue
J. C. Heyser
West Thirteenth Avenue
Fred H. Galle
John Gilvin
The
Wilbur ©. Hawk
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
The forecast calls for light snow and colder tonight with Friday partly cloudy and continuing cold. West Texas expected to see cloudy skies with rain in the southeast and rain or snow in the north, followed by cooler southeast portions. New Mexico remains unsettled tonight with snow in the north and much colder conditions in the south, and Friday generally fair. Temperature extremes noted are 26 to 36 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
H. T. Collman
U.S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Decision in Bridge Suit Due This Week
District Judge W F Robertson said he will rule in the $165 000 suit of the Red River Bridge Company against Texas before the current term ends Saturday Attorneys asked for a delay but were told to file briefs before Saturday The case is being heard in Austin Texas and the decision is anticipated this week
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Austin
Texas
W. F. Robertson
Red River Bridge Company
Bridge Company
Robertson
Winter Says It's Time To Get Tough
The article reports a shift in weather as winter loosens its grip across regions. Temperatures rise in Washington and Maryland while the Panhandle faces light snow and continued cold. Extreme weather causes floods and deadly tornadoes in the South, with a rising death toll.
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Winter
Washington, D. C
Hagerstown
New Mexico
Elsie Janis Marries Gilbert Wilson After 42 Years
After a 42 year single period, Elsie Janis the famed performer from 1918 France married Los Angeles businessman Gilbert Wilson on New Year’s Eve. The wedding became public knowledge yesterday.
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Elsie Janis
France
Gilbert Wilson
Los Angeles
Laval Forms Young Cabinet in Paris
Pierre Laval, among France's youngest premiers, forms a youthful cabinet approved by President Doumer. Laval takes foreign affairs and premiership, with Andre Tardieu as war minister, Pierre Cathula interior minister, and Achille Fould agriculture minister, as the rest of the cabinet stays.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Paul Doumer
Aristide Briand
M. Laval
Andre Maginot
Andre Tardieu
Senator seeks to bare deal with Colombia
California Senator Johnson demands public release of secret State Department instructions as Gulf Oil gains 500000 acres in Colombia. Mellon is linked to the loan and a petroleum concession, with Patman charging the treasury secretary influenced credit during Colombia crisis.
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Washington
State Department
Colombia
Benator Johnson
California
Department
Senate Finance Committee
Gulf Oil Company
Johnson
Mellon
White
Documenta
Patman
Texas
Olaya Herrera
Deferred rail wage talks delay union conference
Labor leaders prepared to tackle unemployment and wage issues with railroad executives in Chicago but the session was pushed to afternoon due to late arrival of C. A. Wickersham and a washout delaying him. Daniel Willard asked the postponement as joint talks loom.
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Chicago
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
C. A. Wickersham
Atlanta
West Point
David B. Robertson
Cleveland
Inmate Kills Woman Over Jealous Rival at Rockview
Inquest at Rockview penitentiary found Fred Collins 37 a psychopathic patient killed Betty Hickok 22 daughter of prison doctor A L Hickok over jealousy. Collins said he resented attentions Betty gave to another convict Henry Malone. Both men served as trusted servants in the Hickok home.
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Bellefonte
Rockview Penitentiary
Fred Collins
Betty Hickok
Collins
A. L. Hickok
Henry Malone
Hickok
Stock and bond markets rise on bullish defense
In New York on January 14, bullish investors pushed stocks and bonds higher. By noon prices were up 1 to 3 points as a calculation showed seven of the most active stocks had gained about 1 billion dollars in market value from recent lows.
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New York
Sailor Dies in Hospital After Dying Wish Pending
In Mare Island naval hospital Herbert M. Noel seaman first class died on January 14 as his sweetheart flew in to fulfill his dying request to marry him.
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Vallejo
Cal
Herbert M. Noel
Mare Island Navy Hospital
Retrenchment urged as Ways and Means opens tax talks
Washington officials report M F Clark of Detroit urges a 10 percent cut in government spending and objects to retroactive tax increases proposed by Secretary Mellon. He says higher rates should take effect next year. The reconstruction corporation bill moves into final debate with a possible vote tonight. Two Texans are named in see SENATOR SEEKS Page 2.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
M. F. Clark
Detroit
National Retail Drygoods Association
Jan
Reconstruction Corporation
Convict's Lock Skills Help Officer in Oklahoma
In M A Lester Oklahoma, Ray Terrill a bank robber demonstrated a rare talent by picking his own handcuffs when a deputy could not unlock them. The prisoner freed himself in ten minutes and had even designed a lock he cannot open without a key.
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M’alester
Okla
Ray Terrill
Oklahoma
Theo Starr
Okmulgee County
Terrill
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