When They See Coolidge and We See Mars
Arthur Brisbane surveys President Coolidge in Havana and future radio era visions. He notes U S aims to protect Western Hemisphere borders under the Monroe doctrine and foresees radio enabling Martian first contact and cross planet language learning. Miss Estelle Plotkin of Flatbush offers a bridge hand that yields a big score. He contrasts high salaries with average workers and laments inequity.
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Arthur Brisbane
Coolidge
Mars Miss Plotkin
Estelle Plotkin
Flatbush
Miss Plotkin
Weather Keeps Shifting as Temperatures Rise Across Regions
Murky damp weather yielded to sunshine and warmer temperatures with a noon reading of 63. Amarillo saw 28 to 74 over the week as cattle shrinkage remained minimal. East Texas expects clouds and scattered rain nights with cooler Western portions. West Texas forecasts fair skies and colder conditions Thursday.
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Weather Bureau
Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
East Texas
Northeast
West
West Texas
Eastland mother testifies over fair-trial concerns in Ratliff case
Mrs. Rilla Carter, mother of Carroll Ratliff, testifies in Ninety-first district court that villagers across Eastland county have spoken harshly about her son’s robbery case against the First National Bank of Cisco. She urges a venue change, noting widespread unfavorable comment and lack of fair trial prospects. The defense and state had rested prior to her testimony as a decision in mid afternoon loomed.
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Associated Press
Eastland
Rilla Carter
Marshall Ratliff
First National Bank of
Cisco
Eastland County
G. L. Davenport
Ninety-first District
Ratliff
Quick Justice for Hotelling
United Press reports in Flint Michigan on January 18 that judges of the Genesee circuit bench ordered an immediate secret trial for Adolph Hotelling the 49 year old church elder and confessed killer of 6 year old Dorothy Schneider. The state seeks a life sentence and a sanity hearing may be permitted by agreement. Authorities aim to prevent riots and are considering a change of venue as Hotelling was arraigned in an automobile en route from Ionia to Genesee County.
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United Press
Flint, Mich
Adolph Hotelling
Dorothy Schneider
Genesee Circuit
Sonia
Mich
Michigan
Fred W. Green
Flint
Hotelling
Genessee County
Ionia
Bicycle Theft Ring Broken by Cave Discovery
A youthful bicycle theft ring involving four boys, averaging 16, was uncovered by police. Five bicycles were recovered from a cave near Metropolitan park in East Amarillo, the hangout with rooms, secret passages and a workshop. Suspects Raymond Hardy Cecil Goodson Woodrow Ratliff and Lee Ray Fuller were transferred to county officials for juvenile court handling.
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Metropolitan Park
Amarillo
Raymond Hardy
Noble Street
Cecil Goodson
East Ninth Street
Woodrow Ratliff
Lee Ray Fuller
Johnson Street
Police Fail To Find Definite Clue In Hit And Run Probe
Police officials led by Chief H. L. Gaither and Traffic Captain Lee Miller said no definite clue emerged in the hit and run death of J. R. Blanton of 402 North Polk. Blanton was unconscious on North Taylor Street December 30 and died in Claude January 11. authorities appealed for eyewitness information.
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H. L. Gaither
Lee Miller
J. R. Blanton
North Polk Street
North
Taylor Street
Claude
War scenes barred in French films by censor order
Paris January 18 War scenes can no longer be dragged into French motion pictures to put over imaginary comedy or drama. The government has instructed the censor to refuse to approve such pictures because the tragic events of the war recall so much tragedy and suffering should not be travestied for commercial ends.
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Associated Press
Paris
Gainesville Man Is Hardware Head
Gainesville today saw a Gainesville man elected president of the Texas Hardware and Implement Dealers association at its convention in Dallas. Other officers named include T. C. Thompson of Canyon.
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Gainesville
Ascocintes
Dallas
School of Gainesville
Texas Hardware & Implement Dealers’ Association
T. C. Thompson
Canyon
Wrong Man and Wrong Car Brick Thrower Apologizes
Oklahoma City police heard a telephone report of a brick thrown at a driver on Broadway. A second man claimed he was driving a stolen car and threw a brick at the other man. Fifteen minutes later they met, the car was found not to be the stolen auto, and the brick thrower apologized profusely.
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Jy United Press
Oklahoma City
Jan
Broadway
Disappeared collegians prompt Eastwide search
Authorities from Maine to Pennsylvania search for two freshmen students seen last in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Francis St John Smith of Smith College in Northampton and Hugo Bezdek, son of a Penn State coach, failed to return after Christmas. Reports place Miss Smith in various East Coast locations while Bezdek is last seen near Dartmouth.
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United Press
New York
Maine
Pennsylvania
Francis St. John Smith
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Hugo Bezdek
Penn State
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Miss Smith
Bezdek
East
Maatchusetts
New England
Gauman
Misa Smith
Brooklyn
Young Bezdek
Blanton Announces Senate Candidacy in Texas
Washington January 14 Rep Thomas L Blanton of Texas jumps into the race for the Democratic senatorial nomination in Texas confirming his bid and signaling a statewide campaign.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thomas L. Blanton
Texas Today
Kimes Trial Pushed to After July First
Oklahoma City January 18 United Press trial of Matthew Kimes alleged Oklahoma robber band leader delayed until after July first due to Okmulgee county funds shortage. Kimes faces murder charges in the Beggs double bank raid and has a previous electric chair sentence. change of venue granted after a new trial ruling.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Matthew Kimes
Oklahoma
J. N. Boatman
Okmulgee County
Capitol
Kimes
Beggs
Boatman
Okmulgee
Mrs Thompson Announces Run for Texas Legislature
Mrs R B Thompson 1701 Polk street announces candidacy for representative from the 123rd district. The district includes Potter Armstrong Carson Deaf Smith Oldham and Randall counties. Clyde W Warwick has been mentioned as a possible candidate while A Payne, Amarillo lawyer, previously in the race, may enter again.
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R. 8. Thompson
Polk Street
Texas
Lee Satterwhite
Thompson
Satterwhite
A. D. Payne
Amarillo
American Library Association
Texas Women's Voting League
State Capitol
Potter County
Warwick
Payne
Former police confesses to capital fires
John J Fisher a 20 year old former policeman and recent psychopathic patient confessed to setting fire to two buildings in yesterday morning's fires in Washington. He was held without bond for grand jury action after a police court hearing. His attorney pleaded not guilty and Judge Robert E Mattingly ordered mental observation.
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Associated Presse
Washington
John J. Fisher
Robert E., Mattingly
Fisher
Dallas and Galveston Win Lower Cotton Rates
Examiner Harris Fleming told the Interstate Commerce Commission that Dallas and Galveston qualify for reduced rates on cotton shipments into southeastern states. The ruling follows a Texas port complaint and was reported today.
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Associated Prensy
Washington
Dallas
Galveston
Harris Fleming
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas Porte
Cuba Honored in Pan America Conference Opening
Havana hosts the sixth Pan American Conference as Nestor Carbonell leads the meeting. Antonio De Bustamante is elected permanent president, honoring Cuba and advancing the cause of international law among twenty one republics. A week of ceremony precedes serious deliberations on regional law.
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Harry W. Frantz
United Press
Havana
University Hill
Coolidge
University of Havana
Nestor Carbonnel
Martinez Ortiz
Cuba
Alejandro Pira
Antonio de Bustamente
Gunned men kill three youths drifted away in ride theory
Bodies of three young men found along a road between Chicago Heights and Steger south of Chicago. Police say victims likely killed when they tried to cut in on liquor racket. Identified as Joseph Sasso 20 a teamster Joseph Caziando 17 a restaurant worker and Fuller 28 of South Bend with multiple gunshot wounds.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Heights
Steger
Joseph Sasso
Joseph Caziando
Fuller
South Bend
Carson May Ask Road Bids For 22 Mile Panhandle Road
State highway department authorizes Carson county to invite bids for a hard surfaced road from Panhandle to Borger covering 22 miles. Initial eight and a half miles along state highway No 117 to be paved with concrete, with work then continuing on the remainder. Panhandle citizens greet the state aid approval with enthusiasm.
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Panhandle
State Highway Department
Carson County
Borger
Austin
Hide
Commission
Three Bandits Captured Soon After HoldUp
In Auburn Kansas on January 18, three bandits robbed the Security State bank of 1100 dollars and were apprehended two hours later by police. They confessed within an hour after being identified by a bank employee.
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United Press
Auburn
Kan
Pokcr
Dollar Day Promises Banner Shopping Event in Amarillo
Tomorrow brings Dollar Day as many merchants join with Globe News to offer historic city wide values. The nest holiday clearance sales aim to draw shoppers from Amarillo and nearby towns, with advertising running in The Globe and The News.
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Amarillo
Globe News
Globe and the News
Red Leaders Ordered From Moscow
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet authorities banished opposition leaders to distant regions. Leaders split into incorrigibles penitents and non penitents with Rakovsky Radek sent to Ust Sylosk and Trotzky health concerns delaying a fate. Kameneff Zinovieff assigned to Penza and Vologda respectively. Sapronoff led group exiled to remote Siberian locales.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Leon Trotzky
Red Army
Russia
Christian Rakovsky
France
Karl Radek
Rakovsky
Radek
Ust-Sylosk
Komi
Archangel
Trotzky
Astrakhan
Sacchum
Caucasia
Leon B. Kameneff
Italy
Gregory Zinovieff
Communist International
Penitents
Kameneff
Penza
Zinovieff
Vologda
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Spain
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Schenectady
Mars
Earth
Euripides
Ridge
O. O. McIntyre
R. 8S. Thompson
Sandino
Managua
Nicaragua
Marine Corps
San Albino
Marine
Quilali
el Chipote
Matagalpa
Griggs Ambulance
Brick Thrower
Bezder
Blanton
Finklea
Will
T. (. Parlin
Mountaineer
Ozarks
Mountain Home
Arkansas
Farlin
Varlin
Edna Mae Floyd
Pan-America
DR. DE Bustamense
General Electric
Finklea Electric Co
Blackburn Ambulance
Carson
Ie Electrical
Red
Mittee
M. Sapronoff
Central Executive Committee
Sopronoff
Siberia
Lenine
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