Chicago Never Stops Beating a Rap And Assorted News
Chicago gleams with new towers the Insull opera house Palmolive building and the big Marshall Field merchandise mart rise along the riverfront. A killer is on trial for Alfred Lingle as Leo Brothers proclaims innocence. A Hungarian wife is executed for poisoning her husband while a New York speakeasy operator faces raids and Mussolini accelerates Italian politics.
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Chicago
Tll
Samuel Insull
Merchandise Mart
James Simpson
Marshall Field
Alfred J. Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Leo V. Brothers
Hungary
New York
Testimony in Davis Seat Battle to Continue
The Senate approved $50,000 for Nye campaign funds committee expenses as Pennsylvania witnesses testify on behalf of Senator Davis. The panel delayed Davis witnesses until reimbursements are available, while Nye seeks his unseating over $1.2 million spent for his 1930 ticket.
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Washington
Senate
Nye
Pennsylvania
Senator Davis
Davis
Judge orders thorough probe in Corsicana kidnapping case
Judge Hawkins Scarborough announced a Navarro county grand jury will meet in extraordinary session to investigate the December kidnapping of Robert Cerf, 24, son of Corsicana banker I N Cerf. Prosecutor Cleo G Miller said the inquiry would be pursued. ransom of 15000 dollars was paid near Dallas.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Tex
Robert Cerf
I. N. Cerf
Hawkins Scarborough
District Court
Navarro County Grand Jury
Cleo G. Miller
Young Cerf
Cerf
Dallas
Birthday of Prohibition Observed in Senate Speech
Senator Sheppard of Texas opened the new session with a strong defense of the Eighteenth Amendment on its eleventh anniversary. He denied Prohibition caused crime or youth drinking and warned repeal would unleash evils undermining the nation’s progress and prestige.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Sheppard
Texas
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday for Amarillo. West Texas mostly cloudy with occasional rain in the east tonight and Saturday, and warmer southeast portion tonight. New Mexico fair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Amarillo records a high of 30 and a low of 25 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Senate votes for bread price investigation after wheat drop
The Senate adopted without debate a resolution to probe why bread prices do not fall with wheat and flour. inquiry to assess possible restraint of trade. The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee was allotted $15,000 for the investigation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Boot burglars strike Ed Morley grocery in east side break-in
Burglars hit the Ed Morley grocery at 1408 East Third Avenue with a buckshot barrage. They escaped, leaving foodstuffs in sacks, as owner Morley fired from a window after being awakened by the alarm. Police report one shot may have struck a burglar.
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Ed Morley
East Third Avenue
Morley’s
Morley
Clark Cain
W. R. McDowell
More Men to Work as Job Drive Progresses
The Amarillo loyalty campaign shows 50 unemployed put to work by 11 am, nearing yesterday’s record of 68 as Federated Women's Clubs conduct a telephone canvass and volunteers urge employers to hire. A painting and repair contest next week is expected to boost momentum while businesses like McKnight Transfer Co and Amarillo Welding & Machine Works add workers. The drive runs January 17 to April 25 with prize funds funded by material dealers and manufacturers to cover labor costs.
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Ernest C. Thompson
Amarillo
Federated
Adkisson Hatchery
Amarillo Tire Supply
Jenkins Mantle & Tile Co
Oliver Eakle
FE. FE
Finklea
John P. Matthews
A. P. McSwain
Judge J. W. Crudgington
Jordan-Lord Grocery Co
McKnight Transfer Co
Amarillo Welding & Machine Works
Panhandle Trading Co
Acme Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co
Fanda
Ranger Sterling to be Texas adjutant general
Governor-Elect Ross Sterling announced that Ranger Bill Sterling will be named adjutant general of Texas next week. The long time Ranger, linked to border campaigns and noted for his role in quelling border banditry, will lead the state force. He will also reappoint Jane Y. McCallum as secretary of state and appoint aides Pat Dougherty Mark Wigington and Paul Wakefield.
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United Press
Austin
Bill” Sterling
Sterling
Ross Sterling
Texas
Bill
Fort Ringgold
U. S. Cavalry
Frank McCoy
Gutzon Borglum
Texas A. & M
Stars to Be Heard on CBS Coast-to-Coast Broadcast
The CBS network plans a two hour weekly coast-to-coast broadcast from the National Board of Review luncheon with many moviedom stars including Maurice Chevalier Claudette Colbert Tallulah Bankhead Frederick March and Charles Ruggles. Addresses by William Doak aviator Bernt Balchen and others will be aired. Griggs ambulance will handle the transmission.
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C. E. Butterfield
Associated Press
New York
CBS Network
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
William N. Doak
Labor
Bernt Balchen
Change of Date For Flying High
Notice of date change for the appearance of Flying High in Amarillo from January 26 to January 29 due to railroad connections. Advance seat sale starts January 27 at City Drug Store. Seats can be reserved by mailing a check to Wilbur C. Hawk care of The News Globe. Prices range from 50 cents to 3 dollars.
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Amarillo
Wilbur C. Hawk
News-Globe
Army plane found with decapitated body near Francitas Texas
A report that an army plane and the decapitated body of a man in uniform were found in a mud flat near Francitas Texas prompted an Army Air Corps Officers investigation for Lieutenant J F Grasty and Corporal Philip Schuchman, missing fliers. In Chicago, fifteen men challenged Mayor William Hale Thompson in the race for the mayor's office with nine Republicans among his opponents.
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Associated Press
Fort Crockett
Francitas
Texas
Army Air Corps
J. F. Grasty
Philip Schuchman
United Press
Chicago
William Hale
Big Bill
Thompson
Wandering Floydada Man Returns From Florida Ordeal
T P Guimarin 71 former Floyd County district clerk arrived home in Floydada Texas after a month of wandering with two unknown companions who had seized his money and belongings. He reported being struck on the head in Fort Worth December 5 during a failed store trade scheme. He regained his senses at a Miami hotel and telegraphed family. J C Wood son in law traveled to Florida and located him in Jacksonville Florida showcasing continued nervousness and shock.
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Associated Press
Floydada
Texas
T. P. Guimarin
Floyd County
Jacksonville
Fla
Fort Worth
Miami
J. C. Wood
Florida
Guimarin
Stab Woman Court Witness Attacked. Portland Anchor in Danger
In Portland yesterday an attempt to kill Mrs H W Howard, a key witness against Nelson Bowles and Irma Loucks, ended with her being stabbed twice above the heart and beaten. Neighbors heard screams. the assailant fled and authorities planned interviews today. Earlier, a December attack on Mrs Howard followed a separate testimony. Separately, a Tuscola fire from an explosion destroyed Dickerson Motor Co building, causing about 25000 in damage and burning nine cars.
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Portland
Ore
Mrs. Howard
Armour Head Dies in Seven Story Plunge
Armour & Company faces a leadership crisis as F Edson White dies after a seventh floor fall at 70 East Scott Street in Chicago. Philip L Reed, Armour treasurer, was the last to see White alive as relatives and police deem the death accidental.
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United Press
Chicago
Has
Philip D. Armour III
Philip L. Reed
F. Edson White
Armour & Company
White
East Scott Street
Reed
Pennies recovered not part of Canyon bank loot
More than 2 000 pennies found in Amarillo were not part of last Saturday's First National bank robbery at Canyon. Officers investigating the case say two men have already been arrested. Texas Rangers and a private investigator join peace officers across three counties in the probe described as a major Southwest bank robbery seith. New warrants reportedly await sheriff Lon Blanscet of Pampa. Jack Burgess is held in Canyon related to the case.
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Amarillo
First National Bank
Canyon
Texas Rangers
Best Bank Robbery Sieuth
Lon Blanscet
Pampa
Jack Burgess
Toe the Mark Or Pay Off: Taxi Fares and Penalties
In Amarillo at Santa Fe and other railroad stations drivers violated marked lines for taxi stands, rushing onto platforms to solicit fares. A corporate court trial sentenced each guilty driver to 25 dollars in fines for the violations and arrests.
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Amarillo
Santa Fe
Corporation Court
Acreage Cut Bill Ready for Texas House Introduction
A Texas House intro is prepared for the McDonald cotton acreage reduction and soil conservation bill. Signed by legislators led by Coke R Stevenson, the measure is backed by Rep J J Olsen and state agriculture chief J E McDonald who calls it the era’s most important proposed law. Delay on publishing delinquent taxpayer names noted, with reference to Wheat Page 2.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Junction
MacDonald
Texas House of Representatives
J. J. Olsen
Yoakum
J. E. McDonald
State Department of Agriculture
McDonald
Texas
San Angelo to Decide on Barring Clara Bow Films
San Angelo theater censor board to meet this afternoon to decide if Clara Bow films will be barred amid private life disclosures from Daisy De Boe's Los Angeles trial. Board chairman Sam Crowther indicated action may be taken. The case focuses on embezzlement allegations involving De Boe and Bow.
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San Angelo
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Daisy de Boe
Clara Bow
George Armstrong
Mellon attacked as Gulf guiding spirit at oil producers’ meet
Tom E. Cranfill of Dallas accused Secretary Mellon of being the guiding spirit of Gulf Oil at the Independent Oil Producers conference in Washington. He charged Gulf with imports harming the industry and attempting to force Texas independents out by building a distributing system. He blamed the industry’s woes partly on itself for letting big companies gain control of the oil world. See MELLON Page 2
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Associated Press
Washington
Mellon
Tom E. Cranfill
Dallas
Gulf Oil Co
Gulf Company
Andy Mellon
Texas
Amarillo Builder E C Lamb Dies in Marlin Texas
E C Lamb 62 Amarillo builder and financier died after a long illness at Marlin Texas He was stricken with paralysis on September 1 and moved to Marlin a month ago Mrs E C Lamb and her son Seth S Lamb of Houston were with him Funeral plans await word Lamb survived by his wife five children and six grandchildren He was born March 22 1869 in Wauwatosa Wisconsin and came to Texas in 1890 later living in Galveston Houston Plainview and Amarillo He was active in the Methodist Church and chaired the building committee of Polk Street Methodist Church in Amarillo
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E. C. Lamb
Amarillo
Marlin
Texas
Mr. Lamb
Seth S. Lamb
Houston
Wauwatosa
Wisconsin
Galveston
Florence Louise Davis
Lamb
Plainview
West Texas C of C Discusses Farm Station Drive
The Panhandle of Texas and West Texas Chamber debate support for an experimental station in the wheat belt. Maury Hopkins of Plainview outlines funding ideas to aid the project and present to directors for 1951. Delegates from Amarillo to Pampa plan to push a legislative brief.
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West Texas
Panhandle
Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Wheat Belt
Chamber of Commerce
Maury Hopkins
Plainview
Amarillo
George W. Briggs
Pampa
the Panhandle of Texas Asso
Ciation
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
William Wrigley
Jeremiah
M. W. Gresap
United States
Herman Black
Chicago American
Italy
Mussolini
Solons
The
Navarro County
Denies Law
Wets
Senator Nye
Griggs Ambulance
L. E. Jarrett
J. H. Thompson
Abilene
Dickerson Motor Company
Tuscola
Here
Armour Head
Angelo May
Associated
Preas
San Angelo, Tex
John
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Melion
Gulf
Amarilloan
Mr. Hopkins
John E. Hill
P. C. Bennett
O. M. Henderson
Panhandle A. & M. Club
W. H. Upchurch
T. F. Seigler
Hereford
R. L. McClelland
Spearman
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