Stolen Cars Reported In City Last Night
Two cars were reported stolen here last night. A 1929 Chevrolet coach owned by Rogers of 1908 Tyler Street vanished with license 836681 and motor 4908898. A 1928 Chevrolet coupe owned by W. W. Holden of the Bivins building also disappeared, license 833748. A Buick owned by county commissioner C. E. Weymouth was stolen Tuesday night and found abandoned in a ditch near Chillicothe Hardeman county. police suspect it tied to a hold up at McFarland Grocery on Virginia Street.
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Rogers
Tyler Street
Texas
W. W. Holden
Bivins
C. E. Weymouth
Chillicothe
Hardeman County
McFarland Grocery
Virginia Street
Peace Pact faces Senate rough road before session end
The measure may pass before session close but is threatened by a militant opposition led by the Little Navy group. About 25 of 86 senators oppose, with protests over higher expenditures funded by farmers and business taxes. Midwest opponents prefer a rivers and harbors bill for waterway improvements. The House ready to push independent offices appropriation bill tonight.
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Little Navy
Midwest
Midwestern
House
Senate
Independent Offices
Rayford Held on Forgery Charges in Potter County Jail
Grain man Rayford remains jailed in Potter County on forged bills of lading charges. This is his third charge since arrest, alongside Frank G. Barefield who was released on $5,000 bond. Rayford’s bonds total $5,000 per two counts and $7,500 on the third. lawyers seek release on bond this morning.
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Potter County
Rayford
Frank G. Barefield
Barefield
Saints Leave Austin for Abilene Matchup with Cowboys
Opening the Texas Conference season, St. Edward's coach Thorny O'Conner drives the Saints from Austin to Abilene to face Simmons University Cowboys Saturday. Rose with Abilene trip, Abilene opponent Simmons University.
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Saints
Abilene
Cowboys
United Press
Austin
Fixes
Texas
Thorny O'Conner
St. Edward's University
Simmons
English and French Flyweights Matched for 15-Round Bout
Johnny Hill of England will meet Emile Spider Pladner of France at Velodrome D Hiver on February 7 in a 15 round title bout. The match aims to clarify the muddled European flyweight scene with Jeff Dickson promoting.
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Associated Press
Paris
Johnny Hill
Jeff Dickson
Emile “Spider” Pladner
France
D'Hiver
Students recover $5 000 radium lost in hospital waste
Radium valued at $5 000 discarded with hospital waste in the Fort Worth incinerator was recovered by two Southern Methodist University students with the aid of electroscopes. The capsule was barely larger than a pin head and remained unharmed.
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United Press
Dallas, Tex
Fort Worth
Southern Methodist University
St Benedict's Knocks Off Phillips Five in Atchison
St Benedict's defeated Phillips University 20 to 16 in Atchison after trailing 6 18 at halftime. Phillips failed to score a field goal in the first fifteen minutes of play.
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United Press
Atchison, Kan
Phillips University
Enid
Okla
St. Benedict
Garden Corp Leases Ball Parks for Outdoor Shows
Madison Square Garden corporation reached agreements to use Yankee Stadium in the Bronx and the Polo Grounds for outdoor shows next summer. The deals beat earlier boxing combinations formed after Tex Rickard's death, signaling a major sports and entertainment licensing push in New York.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Madison Square Garden Corporation
Yankee Stadium
Polo Grounds
K C Hockey Stars Defeat St Louis In 3 1 Victory
The Kansas City Players defeated the St. Louis Flyers 3-1 in a Tuesday night game, sending St Louis to the bottom of the American Association standings.
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K. C. Hockey Stars
St. Louis
Associated Press
Louis, Mo
St. Louis Flyers
American Association
Kansas City
Rich future seen for Boulder Dam power in Las Vegas
Las Vegas eyes a boom from Boulder Dam hydro power with a 70 million dollar project expected to draw industries, refine copper locally, and fuel regional growth. The plan includes a 700 foot high dam, a 90 mile upstream reservoir, and a new Union Pacific railroad branch to support seven to ten years of construction and a 1.7 million dollar diversion tunnel system.
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Spring Mountain
Las Vegas
Nevada
United States
Arthur P. Davis
United States Reclamation Services
East Bay Municipal Utility District
Oakland
Calif
Boulder Dam
Boulder
Black Canyon
Colorado River
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
District of Columbia
St. Thomas
Union Pacific
Meaps
Babe Ruth bids farewell at Ruth funeral parlor scene
Babe Ruth enters the parlor for the funeral of his wife Helen. He kneels before the bier, sobs and whispers her name while clinging to rosary beads, then, overwhelmed, is helped to his feet and escorted from the room by friends.
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Babe
Ruth
Joanna McCarthy
Helen
Crowley
Arthur
Man Fined on Drunkenness Charge and Vagrancy Case
Barney Smith was fined £109 and costs in county court yesterday on a drunkenness charge after police testified to three arrests in under a week. G. B. Johns faced a vagrancy trial that went to a jury this afternoon.
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Barney Smith
G. B. Johns
Methodists Meet for Amarillo District Missionary Institute
A large crowd gathers at San Jacinto Methodist church for the Amarillo district annual all day Missionary Institute. Prominent speakers include Flora Freeman, active in Africa, visiting her parents Dr. J. W. Hunt and Abilene also slated to speak today.
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San Jacinto Methodist Church
Methodist Missionary Institute
Amarillo
Flora Freeman
Africa
J. W. Hunt
Abilene
Six powers approve Morgan and Young for reparations panel
Paris January 17 The six powers Britain France Belgium Italy Germany and Japan approved J P Morgan and Owen D Young as U S representatives on the reparations commission of experts The Japanese note completing the six arrived at noon completing the group to settle the reparations issue
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United Press
Paris
J. P. Morgan
Owen D. Young
United States
Commission of Experts
Japan
Reparations Commission
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Italy
Germany
Boy Dies After Train Severes Both His Legs
Eight year old A. Murray Jr. died in Pampa Texas after a freight train severed both legs and cut off his right arm while he played near a switch. He had told his sister she could push him in a wheelchair earlier. Blood transfusions failed to save him. The father works at Big Spring.
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Pampa
Tex
A. & Murray, Jr
Big Spring
Liquor Charges Filed Against Two Men Here
Police charged H. Stanley and R. L. Babb with transportation of liquor after stopping their car during a delivery in the city’s Negro section. A half gallon jar of whiskey smashed on the pavement as officers halted the men.
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H. Stanley
R. £. Babb
Stanley
Babb
State Entomologist Resigns His Office
R. E. McDonald, entomologist in the Texas department of agriculture, resigns effective today to join the Federal agricultural department as senior administrative officer, the former post of the late Dr. W. D. Hunter. J. My Del Curto, plant pathologist, is named to fill the vacancy by Commissioner George B. Terrell.
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United Press
Austin
Tex
R. E. McDonald
Texas Department of Agriculture
Federal Agricultural Department
W. D. Hunter
J. My del Curto
George B. Terrell
England Surrenders to the Flash Age of Gambling in London
England faces a gambling surge in the flash age of the 1920s with rich and poor alike flocking to games from roulette and faro to bridge and betting on races. London authorities led by Home Secretary Joynson-Hicks crackdown with raids and surveillance amid alleged protection payments to police.
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London
England
William Joynson-Hicks
Mayfair
Canfield
Haut Monde
New York
Texas Senate confirms governor nominations in Austin
The Texas Senate approved several governor selections including W. R. Ely of the highway commission, Mrs. Jane Y. McCallum as secretary of state, Robert L. Robertson as adjutant general, W. S. Pope as casualty insurance commissioner, J. W. Deweese as fire insurance commissioner, and F. C. Weinert as tax commissioner. Reappointments for three Texas A. M. College directors were not submitted for confirmation. The session also passed three deficiency appropriations and adopted a bill to reallocate 1.6 million dollars from the available school fund for emergency needs.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Senate
Texas A. & M. College
W. R. Ely
State Highway Commission
Jane Y. McCallum
Robert L. Robertson
W. S. Pope
J. W. Deweese
F. C. Weinert
Photographer Sues Movie Star Over Prize Money
Gertrude Olmstead of La Salle is named as defendant in a $6,000 suit by photographer John E Seebold alleging he supplied photographs that helped her win a Chicago contest offering 10 000 and a film opportunity She allegedly failed to pay him half the prize The actress is now married to director Robert Z Leonard.
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Ecu Press
LA Salle
Ill
Gertrude Olmstead
John E. Seebold
Miss Olmstead
Chicago
Robert Z. Leonard
Willis gang suspects linked to 1927 Stock Yards Bank raid
The report ties Whitey in Borger on April 1, 1927 and three others arrested October 28 1927 for the Stock Yards National Bank attempt. C T Black Pendleton and Walker named. Black already in Oklahoma prison for a bank robbery. Walker freed on bond after November 3 1927 arrest. Fred Nave remains at large in Buffalo with AmEx reward over 1928 Washington Oklahoma travelers checks robbery. Walker previously served two years for burglary and auto theft in Texas.
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Borger
Stock Yards National Pank
C. T. Black
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Walker
Asa C. Pendleton
Black
Fort Worth
Fred Nave
Buffalo
Nave
First National Bank
Washington, Okla
American Express Company
Texan State Penitentiary
Texas
Police Warn Against Street Trash in Business District
Amarillo police announce stricter enforcement of the city ordinance banning sweeping or dumping trash in street and alley areas of the business district. The rule allows littering only between 6 p.m. and midnight to enable street sweepers to collect refuse.
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Amarillo
Burglary Hits Amarillo Homes on North Johnson Street
The Amarillo burglary wave continues with the theft of a woman’s coat suit seven dresses and a girl’s dress from Mrs J W Weaver’s home at 300 North Johnson street last night. The rash of robberies spans dwellings and businesses in the area.
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Amarillo
J. W. Weaver
North Johnson Street
Marshal Foch Continues To Show Strength In Paris
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Ferdinand Foch, aged war hero, improved after heart attack complications and uraemia. Six physicians did not stay at his bedside overnight. Early today he was said to be resting quietly.
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Marshal Foch
U Press
Paris
Jan
Ferdinand Foch
Public Health Scientist Joseph Goldberger Dies at 54
Washington January 17 The Associated Press reports Dr Joseph Goldberger a United States public health service scientist died today at the Naval Hospital after months of illness He was 54 years old and was studying diets linked to pel laga disease at the time of his death.
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Associated Press
Washington
Joseph Goldberger
United States Public Health Service
Naval Hospital
Woman Dies of Burns at Skellytown
PAMPA Tex Jan 17 Mrs Delah Laveque 19 died last night at Skellytown of burns from a dress she had cleaned with gasoline. Her mother Mrs James Summers was burned and their two room house destroyed. Mrs Bummers is expected to recover.
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Associated Press
Pampa
Tex
Delah Laveque
Skellytown
James Summers
Bummers
Amarillo Woman Held on Threat to Kill Charge
Mary Moore of Amarillo was transferred to county officials on a threat to kill charge and a concealed weapon count. Police say she carried a gun and threatened the life of another person in the city.
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Mary Moore
Amarillo
Schwab shifts control of holdings to trustees
New York reports Charles M. Schwab plans to place stock holdings in trustees’ hands and delegate direction of various ventures to associates. Boston notes Alvan T. Fuller keeps uncashed state checks totaling 56 000 as governor souvenirs. Miami reports ten bands and two drum corps to greet Mr Hoover on his visit.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles M. Schwab
the Times
Boston
Alvan T. Fuller
The
Herald
Miami
Fla
Mr. Hoover
Oklahoma Aggies Favored In Washington U. Game
St Louis January 17 Oklahoma Aggies were slight favorites in the betting on tonight's Washington University game here.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Oklahoma Aggies
Washington University
I Don’t Wanter Then and Now
Poem reflecting a father’s memory of saying I don’t wanter as a child and as a parent. It contrasts resisting chores with life’s duties and ends with hope that God may recognize worth in toil after completion. The author Edgar A. Guest, 1929.
Markets Report from ANBAS CITY and Chicago Livestock
Hogs and cattle prices vary across markets with ANBAS CITY reporting steady to strong hog values up to 9.15 for top 210-225 lb grade and cattle mostly firm with calves and steers showing mixed gains. Chicago Livestock echoed higher hogs top 9.85 for 180-210 lb, cattle wavered with various weight classes, and sheep and vealers also noted with mixed moves.
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Anbas City
Associated Press
Kansas City
Chicago
The
Fort Worth
ST. Louis
East ST. Louis
Cheley Speaks to Parents in City Assembly Tonight
The Parent's Institute continues with a 7:30 PM address at Fellowship Hall, Central Presbyterian Church. Frank H. Cheley of Denver, a bay worker, spoke last night to about 200 adults on home problems in raising boys and likened the home to a garden with parents as gardeners. The series ends tomorrow night. complimentary tickets are at the church door.
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Parent's Institute
Central Presbyterian Church
Frank H. Cheley
Denver
Colorado
Bay Worker
Amarillo
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Sscccen
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Victor Talking Machine
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