Slayer of Cop Proves to Be Boy in Spokane Case
Police identified the slayer of Spokane detective Roy Fordyce as 16 year old Robert M Landis of Minneapolis. Landis admitted a reform school term and was sought as a parole violator. He was shot in the right arm by Detective Reg Bradley during a weapon search after buying a pistol with companion Charles Dawes 18.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
Roy Fordyce
Robert M. Landis
Minneapolis
Landis
Fordyce
Reg Bradley
Charles Dawes
From Courage to Romance and Financial Cares Across Years
A column recalls a polar ordeal where a mother shields her baby in 27 below zero, a cadet turned journalist, Nelson’s marriage gamble and Trafalgar glory, and a seven decade note on savings deposits dropping by 195 million with 624 thousand depositors leaving.
Weathered news and booster notes from Panhandle life
Old Tack predicts a rough winter with two snows weekly and hopes the trade winds slow, while a letter urges Billy Sunday to visit Borger and Amarillo. The piece mingles weather prognostication with regional anecdotes, civic appeals, and light personal vignettes from Amarillo area reporters.
Screen Colony Tax Expert Is Arrested
Mise J. Marjorie Berger, a screen colony income tax expert, was granted temporary liberty after being sentenced to two years and six months in the Federal penitentiary for women at Alderson West Virginia and fined $5000 for preparing a false tax return for film actress Dorothy Mackaill.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Mise J
Marjorie Berger
Screen Colony
Liberty Today
Federal Penitentiary For
Alderson
W. Va
Dorothy Mackaill
Cotton Consumption for October Reported by Census Bureau
The Census Bureau reports October cotton consumption at 640,798 bales of lint, versus 645,649 lint and 82,022 linters in September, and 616,238 lint and 78,827 linters in October last year, per The Associa. Washington.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Tyler Morning Telegraph First Issue Debuts in Tyler
The Tyler Morning Telegraph begins publication in Tyler Texas with a 14 page first issue delivered to 3 000 subscribers Carl Estes serves as editor and Wal Holbrook is night editor The Tyler Courtnes Publishing Company launches the new daily newspaper in the local market
England will slow down on naval base at Singapore
London reports the Labor government will curb work on the Singapore naval base ahead of the five power conference. A. V. Alexander said in the Commons that suspended contracts, halted new work, and a pause on routine progress reflect the need for the conference outcome. He noted past decisions and Dominion inquiries, preferring to wait for clearer direction.
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Associated Press
London
Singapore
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
House of Commons
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Dominions
Alexander
Mexicans To Be Disarmed At Election In Mexico City
General depistolization announced before presidential elections. Civilians will not carry pistols. troops and police only may retain weapons. The measure aims to curb disturbances but past incidents show arms sometimes appear despite orders. Troops held in barracks nationwide, ready to intervene if needed.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Kindling gift offers and missing dogs headline Amarillo note
A local resident offers a free load of kindling to needy families, contacting S P Pelton at 910 Carolina Street or 21 735. Dog man C N VanCleve seeks two female Irish setters lost north of Amarillo near Beverly Kennels, reward offered. A man who gave a ride on 87th and Polk Streets is asked to return a pocketbook left in his car with the owner’s name and address on a mirror.
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Boston Evening American
Newbury
Mass
Stephen P. Hale
High Road
Old Town
Hale
S. P. Pelton
Carolina Street
Pelton
C. N. VanCleve
Amarillo
E. W. Gray
87Th
Polk Streets
Refined couple sought to manage twelve room home
An advertisement asks for a childless couple to live in and care for a twelve room house with living quarters for the woman. The couple would cover groceries while the man works outside. The author seeks capable, reliable help to rent rooms and manage the house at 829 Bonlam Street, calling 5608.
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Tack
Tuck
Bonlam Street
Courthouse Records and Transfers Highlight Local Deeds and Tags
Ledger lists multiple warranty deeds transferring property among Rittenberry Fisher Carteretux Thompson Moore and others with sums between 2,500 and 22,000 plus a batch of vehicle registrations including Am arillo Olds and Chev models. Names include E F Rittenberry Stella Patterson Joplin N P Henderson and D Comer D Thompson among several properties and tr acts.
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G. J. Nunn
C. W. East
Nelson Moore
Roberts
H. R. Fisher
E. F. Rittenhberry
N. P. Henderson
Farm & Home S&l
Plem
D. Comer
D. Thompson
H. Carter
G&s
Stella Patterson
S. W. Joplin
C. B. Kinkead
Vivian Bradbury
Mary EF. Bigins
J. L. Riley
C. Stewart
R. E. Skaggs
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Amarillo
Olds
W. B. Thompson
Dalhart
Tex
Olde
J. L. Bivins
Madison
Walter Irvin
Ford
Sam Harle
Wellington
L. W. Sealy
Ama
Plains
van Buren
Massey-Harris Co
W. 10Th
Kansas
Gen'l Mills Inc
Great West Mill
Less Parker
Yeggs Take $300 From Fort Worth Candy Store
United Press reports a $300 theft from the Martha Washington Candy Company in Fort Worth, the first "soup" job here in four years. Manager W. H. Selby found the safe open on Thursday morning.
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United Press
Fort Worth
Navy
Yeggs
Martha Washington Candy Company
W. H. Selby
Highway Plans Stressed by Federal State Officials Meeting
SAN ANTONIO Nov 14 Members of the American Association of state Highway Officials hear talks on funding roads by bonds instead of pay as you go Governor Moody endorses MacDonald policy and outlines bond financing tied to gasoline tax and registration fees Texas lawmakers last winter rejected a constitutional amendment for state bond issuance for highways The convention ends tomorrow then tours Monterrey Mexico to observe current highway construction there.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
American Association of State Highway Officials
Moody
Thomas H. MacDonald
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Public Roads
Texas
Monterrey
Mexico
Mrs Hardinges Custody Win For Two Children
United Press reports Mrs Frank lin Hardinge wife of a Chicago manufacturer won custody of two children from a previous marriage. Domestic Relations Court Judge H B Webster granted custody of Troy Weems aged eight and Norman Weems aged six for nine months each year. The remaining three months the boys will live with paternal grandparents near Knoxville Tennessee.
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United Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Franklin Hardinge
Chicago
H. B. Webster
Hardinge
Troy Weems
Norman Weems
Here
MANTIS DYING AFTER SHOOTING AT DRINK STAND
Claude C. Baird, 33, was near death from a bullet wound below the heart after an argument and shooting at a Houston cold drink stand. D. H. Burden, 48, owner of the stand, was charged with assault to murder after witnesses said Baird was shot following Burden being struck with an automobile crank and knocked down.
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United Press
Houston
Tex
Claude C. Baird
D. H. Burden
Baird
Burden
Heflin cotton probe report favored by committee
A motion by Senator Heflin to investigate speculative activities on the New York Chicago and New Orleans cotton exchanges was favorably reported to the Senate today by the audit committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Heflin
Alabama
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Senate
Kansas City Mexico and Orient Noteholders Sue Former Receiver
New York November 14 James C Ayer and other former holders of more than 1 000 000 in collateral gold notes of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railroad have filed suit in federal court against William T Kemper of Kansas City the Orient receiver prior to its sale to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe. The action seeks leave to propound 97 additional questions to Kemper after 166 interrogatories were answered.
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Associated Press
New York
James C. Ayer
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad Company
William T. Kemper
Kansas City
Orient
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad
Bogus copper coins spark Nuremberg streetcar feud
In Nuremberg, riders protest the refusal to accept copper 50pfennig coins as fare while management argues they cannot afford to change policy. Officials note over 80 percent of recently received 50pfennig pieces are counterfeit, tied to a stolen government coin die and a nationwide retirement of the coin.
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United Press
Berlin
Nuremberg
Germany
Police curb dancing girls near Chosen exposition inns
Seoul police, aiming to safeguard visitors morals at the Chosen exposition, order monasteries around the city to keep premises clear of dancing girls. Monasteries are used as inns by traditional travelers.
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Seoul
Tax slash on 1929 incomes approved for next year
Congressional leaders announced tentative approval of a one year tax cut to apply March 15 next year. Senate Democrats Simmons and Harrison signaled caution pending wider talks. Finance Chairman Smoot backed the plan with conditions and suggested a possible broader downward revision after 1929 estimates. The proposal lowers individual tax rates and reduces the corporate rate from 12 to 11 percent.
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Mellon
Senate Democrats
Simmons
North Carolina
Harrison
Mississippi
Smoot
Finance Committee
Weather Plies Lake Michigan as Storm Moves East
Gale tossed Lake Michigan with ships wary of repeats of late shipwrecks while Weather Bureau cautioned this disturbance would not match prior storms. Readings rose from Rockies to Midwest as subzero conditions eased. highways cleared, air travel resumed, one fatality reported, Missouri Valley remained snowbound.
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Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Missouri Valley
Pioneer Refueling Flier Is Decorated
The War Department announced Captain Lowell H. Smith of the Army Air Corps received the Distinguished Flying Cross for pioneering in flight refueling. The decoration was presented recently at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio by Brigadier General Benjamin D. Foulois, chief of the material division.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lowell H. Smith
Army Air Corps
War Department
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Benjamin D. Foulois
Three Irish Ports Rival for American Ship Trade
United Press reports fierce competition among Galway Blacksod Bay and Fenit to become the main port of call for American liners. Galway seeks government spending to upgrade harbor while a recent aeroplane mail relay boosted hopes. Blacksod Bay touts easy rail reach to Dublin and Belfast aiding service to London and northern ports. Fenit rises as a strong rival at the head of Tralee Bay.
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United Press
Dublin
Galway
Blacksod Bay
Ad Fenit
Irish Free State
Charles Russell
London
Belfast
England
Scotland
Fenit
Tralee Bay
Floating flats on the Thames offer no fixed address living
In London between Westminster and Chelsea residents afloat on the river are labeled as having no fixed abode and pay only mooring fees. One river flat has stood for over 650 years, reflecting historic housing on the river.
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London
Thames
Westminster
Chelsea
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Markets Report
Markets report from Kansas City and Chicago with cattle hog and sheep prices. Hogs at Kansas City 210-250 lb packers 7.25 to 8.50 for sows. cattle 1500 lb class at 10.50 to 15.50 with various ranges. calves and yearlings also listed. Chicago figures show steady to weak hogs around 8.00 to 9.00, cattle and calves with multiple banded price ranges, lambs at about 12.00. Markets cover slaughter steers, fed yearlings, cows, bulls, vealers, and stocker grades.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Navy
Chicago
The Friend in Need
A fragment from a 19th century piece recounts a boastful man who scorns common workers yet claims rare wisdom. A neighbor offers help after the narrator’s car breaks down, highlighting class tension and unexpected generosity amid pride and social distance.
Fort Worth and St Louis Livestock and New York Cotton Prices
Fort Worth market reports show hogs cattle and calves bidding varied with rail top hogs around 9.60 for 215-468 lb, cattle calves steady to slow, yearlings up to 11.60, stock calves 8.75 to 10.00, and sheep yearlings 38.50, wethers 6.00 to 6.50. St Louis market data lists hogs 180-220 lb at 9.60, 120-160 lb at 5.75, cattle 2,000 head and calves 1,000, with cows 6.75 to 7.75 and sheep around 12.25 for lambs. New York cotton opened steady then rose to 17.27 for January with gains to 17.53 May before retreating. New Orleans futures climbed to 17.55 after a strong start. Poultry in Chicago stable to weak, eggs mixed, butter steady. Stock market opened sharply higher on easing tax expectations and short-covering with large blocks in many blue chip names. market breadth broad and volatile.
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St.louis
Associated Press
East St, Louis
Ventera
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Thia
New Orleans
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Washington Administration
Standard Oil of
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American Can
Columbia Gas
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Johns Manville
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Union Carbide
Simmons American Tobacco
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Crucible Steel
Liggett and Myers
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