Shuffle Often For Good Hands In Bridge
CAMBRIDGE MASS JAN 18 A scientist from MIT L F Woodruff contends that a bridge hand has 635 013 559 600 possible deals by permutations yet actual possibilities exceed this. He notes four shuffles improve odds and cites famed suit length results including potential for a 10 card suit and a 7 card suit in a game night. He warns players to avoid weak hands every 20 hands.
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Cambridge
Mass
L. F. Woodruff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Technology Review
Woodruff
Hamilton Escapes Daredevil Prison Break
Dallas officials warned prison leaders Hamilton was an extremely dangerous man and should not be beyond the walls. Despite cautions from Sheriff Smoot Schmid and Dallas police detective J. W. Fritz, the 20 year old gangster slipped out Tuesday from the Eastern Prison Farm after a series of prior jail escapes. In East Texas, authorities pursued leads to Barrow networks as four convicts and their liberators fled under machine gun fire near Huntsville and Nacogdoches as Clyde Barrow’s kin were linked to the escape efforts.
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Dallas
U.P
Raymond Hamilton
Smoot Schmid
Hamilton
J. W. Fritz
Dallas Police Department
Schmid
Barrow
East Texas
Huntsville
Tex
Texas
Fastham
Nacogdoches
Carl Butler
Clyde Barrow
Here
Kidnappers Demand 200000 Ransom in Bremer Abduction
Edward G. Bremer son of Adolph Bremer a St. Paul brewer and Minnesota Democrat was abducted yesterday morning by unidentified captors. The 37 year old president of the Commercial State Bank was taken after returning from Chicago. Police have not received an official notification and Bremer family members refuse to discuss it.
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ST. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
Adolph Bremer
Minnesota
Commercial State Bak
Chicago
Bremer
Three Convicts Killed at Tucker Prison Farm
At Tucker Prison Farm in Arkansas three inmates were killed and two wounded after they assaulted a trusty guard in what officials called an attempted wholesale prison delivery.
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Tucker Prison Farm
Ark
Amarillo Farm Credit Aids Panhandle Farmers
The Amarillo Production Credit Association, supervised by J. C. Snipes, will lend to farmers in eight Panhandle counties. Applications accepted in two weeks. With $200,000 initial capital, it links farmers to the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank and serves Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hutchinson, Oldham, Randall, and Potter counties for general agricultural and livestock production loans.
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Amarillo
Ham
Randall
Potter
Production Credit Corporation of Houston
Woman Delivers 18 1 2 Pound Baby in Chester
In Chester Pennsylvania on January 18 a 18 1 2 pound girl was born to Mrs Thomas Czarnokel 36. Doctors said the infant weighs unusually for a six month gestation and may be among the largest newborns on record. The mother has two other children.
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Chester
Thomas Czarnokel
Czarnokel
Women survivors of Alamyth rescue details emerge
New York January 18 three women survivors of the yacht Alamyth were thrown into a life boat by waves as the craft sank. Eleven men and all crew were rescued by the tanker Gulfland after the ship abandoned 175 miles south of Barnegat. The cruise from Passaic started Tuesday with organizer George E. Conklin and Charles Bradley on watch when a sudden wind veer doomed the voyage.
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New York
Coast Guard
Thetis
Gulfland
Barnegat
N. J
George E. Conklin
Teaneck
South Seas
Passaic
Conklin
Charles Bradley
Dollar Stabilization Bill Favored By U S Leaders
Washington leaders push to pass the 2 billion dollar stabilization fund bill this week as Britain and the United States spar over foreign exchange. The dollar falls below five dollars per pound, sparking administration concerns over depreciation and market moves.
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Washington
U.P
House
Rules Committee
Britain
United States
Burns
Charges Filed Against High Tulsa Officials in Embezzlement Case
In Tulsa on January 18 twenty four officials of Exchange Trust Company including Harry F Sinclair were charged with embezzlement in common pleas court based on a months long audit. The list features key oil and financial figures and cites alleged fund misuses across trust and related accounts. Convictions could bring up to five years imprisonment.
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Tulsa
Okla
Exchange Trust Company
Harry F. Sinclair
Consolidated Oil Corporation
Common Pleas
Exchange National Company
Exchange National Bank
National Bank of Tulsa
Springer
Bartlesville
Indian Territory Tluminating Oil Co. RR
BE. Adams
Trust Company
H. C. Ashby
W. A. Brown~lee
The
J. A. Chapman
Bank
H. C. Barnard
Tulsa Capitalist
J. J. Larkin
R. M. McParklin
Pioneer Tulsa
C. B. Peters
Peters Petroleum Co
J. 8. Pearce
A. Steele
Ira Kelly Executed for Attacking a 13-Year-Old Girl
HUNTSVILLE Texas January 18. Ira Kelly 38 was executed at the state prison for criminally attacking a 13 year old Seabrook girl. He offered only a prayer as he walked to the death chamber. He did not speak about guilt or innocence. Kelly had sought a last minute reprieve from Gov Ferguson who had recently spared Leon Aubrey, another Harris County man, by commuting his death sentence to life imprisonment for a separate murder case.
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Huntsville
Texas
U.P
Ira Kelly
Seabrook
Kelly
Harris County
Miriam A. Ferguson
Leon Aubrey
Ferguson
Clear Sweep Seen As Party Clean-Up
Washington January 18 report says a clean sweep against combining law and high party office in the capitol was forecast after a conference between President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Parley. Further resignations from the Democratic National Committee are likely.
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Washington
Capitol
Roosevelt
Parley
Democratic National Committee
Open Covenants Openly Arrived At in Europe 1934
Paris dispatch notes that secret diplomacy continues across Europe with open covenants mocked by diplomats. Figures including Paul Boncour Francois Poncet and Lord Tyrrell move among Paris Berlin Rome and London while Lord Tyrrell worries Britain and France risk being outmaneuvered by Hitler. Comrade Litvinoff returns from Washington amid the shifting balance.
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Morris Gilbert
Paris
Europe
League of Nations
Paul Boncour
Monsieur Francois Poncet
Berlin
Herr Hitler
Lord Tyrrell
France
President Lebrun
Avenue
Gabriel
Concorde Bridge
London
Hitler
Sir John Simon
Rome
Litvinoff
Russia
Washington
Balkans diplomats cope amid moves by Benes and Dollfuss
In a fragmented report from Rome and beyond, diplomats of the Little Entente meet under Benes and Dollfuss as tensions rise. Titulescu, Romania’s foreign secretary, vacations in Switzerland amid talks.
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Mansolini
Rome
Entente Prance
Balkans
Paria
Dr. Benes
Cech
Dollfuss
Monsieur Titulescu
Switzerland
Doug
Brisbane on intelligence tests and age benchmarks
The column discusses wartime intelligence testing claims, noting the Bureau of Education corrected a myth about 12 year old intelligence. It contrasts Newton's early math insight and Mozart's precocious music ability with general public understanding of money and government policy. See TODAY Page 9.
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Bureau of Education
Newton
Mozart
Japan ready for conflict as Russia threat grows
Japan's new military attache Col. Dan Takahashi warns Tokyo will not tolerate Russia's eastward expansion along Manchoukuo frontiers. He stated Japan is prepared for a fight if Russia chooses conflict, though Japan does not desire war.
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Peiping
China
U.P
Japan
Russia
Dan Takahashi
Manchoukuo
Asia
Father testifies in Richardson killing trial in Texas
In Graham Texas jurors heard ex mayor Charles Richardson recount his account of fatally shooting his son Elga after financial strain and a quarrel. He described a possible accidental discharge amid mounting family tensions and the son’s college expenses.
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Graham
Texas
U.P
Charles
Richardson
Olney
Elga
North Texas State Teachers College
Denton
Mendieta Named Cuba's Fifth President in Months
Havana reports Carlos Mendieta a 60 year old physician statesman and revolutionary was today proclaimed president of Cuba the fifth in as many months.
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Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Cuba
Byrd Arrives at Little America After Blizzard Delay
Admiral Richard E. Byrd and the Antarctic expedition reached Little America via MacKay Radio, signaling through unusual static. The flagship slowed Tuesday night due to a blizzard, then continued as skies cleared and Ross Sea waters turned deep blue. The team planned to inspect the old camp Byrd left four years ago.
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Little America
MacKay
Richard E. Byrd
Ross Sea
Byrd
Governor orders records seizure to quell New Orleans unrest
Governor Oscar K. Allen directs State Adjutant General Ray H. Fleming to seize all state office records in New Orleans to preserve law and order and avoid calling out the National Guard against city thugs. The notice cites urgent security concerns amid civil strife in the city.
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Baton Rouge
Ray H. Fleming
Oscar K. Allen
New Orleans
National Guard
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies tonight with slightly colder temperatures. West Texas should see somewhat colder conditions today with Friday partly cloudy. New Mexico remains fair with little temperature change. Temperature extremes 32 to 50. Roseland Adm reports 40c with no cover charge.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Revue La Vie Paree to proceed after protest
Wilbur C. Hawk, president of the Tri-State Fair, announces that La Vie Paree cannot be canceled due to a binding contract. Legal action would follow if the production is halted. A committee of ministers and lay members oversees protests and discussion in San Francisco.
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Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair
Hawk
San Francisco
Grocers Will Hear Sales Man Tonight
Frederick J. Nichols a national business methods expert arrives in Amarillo for a series of merchant meetings through Friday. He speaks noon today to lumber and paint dealers and 8 pm tonight to grocers at the W O W Hall. A Friday night noting was in error. a Friday luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel will include Amarillo credit grantors.
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Frederick J. Nichols
Amarillo
Nichols
W. O. W. Hall
Eighth Avenue
Fillmore Street
Amarillo Hotel
Halt Material Buying As CWA Faces End
Washington Jan 18 The Civil Works Administration halted purchases of materials and supplies for all projects as funds near exhaustion. Audrey Williams issued the order on Harry Hopkins guidance as a stock taking. States must report spending obligations and needed funds to finish projects. Payrolls can be met until February 10 with current appropriations. new congressional funds will be sought.
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Washington
Civil Works Program
Federal Civil Works Administration
Audrey Williams
Harry L. Hopkins
Mit
Civil Works Office
Congress
Roosevelt
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