Omnibus thoughts on crime news and education in early reporting
The text defends crime coverage as essential news and argues moving pictures should teach history and science. It critiques sensationalism, praises photographs and film for schooling, and urges classrooms to focus on history, astronomy, and broader knowledge while noting public notices and cultural references from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eastman
Rochester
Lincoln
Alexander
Socrates
Archimedes
Napoleon
Peropwu Petur the Great
Beethoven
Ralilge
Choir singer says nothing wrong in act in Hall Mills trial
In Somerville New Jersey on November 16 1918 Mrs Marie M Lee testified she saw Mrs Eleanor Mills kiss Rev Edward W Hall while living with her sister in New Brunswick She said Mrs Mills later insisted there was nothing improper and that she planned to run away with Hall in 1919 The scene followed Jim Mills wife’s assurances to stay discreet and the court session started late with Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson present and the defendants in attendance The Hall Mills trio appeared in good spirits despite the delay.
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Associated Press
Somerville
N. J
Eleanor R. Mills
Edward W. Hall
Mills
Marie M. Lee
Patterson
New Jersey
Hall-Mills
James Mills
Hall
Jim Mills
Hail
Alexander Simpson
Frances Stevens Hall
Henry
Willie Stevens
Chile Moves to Check Advance of Communism
SANTIAGO Chile Nov 16 War Minister Carlos Ybanez seen as power behind the government recommends forming a new cabinet to counter communistic influence in the armed forces. He says troops have been exposed to communist propaganda and that a stronger cabinet is needed rather than accepting communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Santiago
Chile
Communisima
Carlos Ybanez
Men
HUCE STILLIS SEIZED IN U. S. OIL FIELD RAID
A damaged OCR fragment reports a claim about a person named Huce Stillis being seized in a U. S. oil field raid. The readable text is sparse and garbled with unlikely proper names and locations, providing little verifiable detail.
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Huce Stillis
U. S
Man with Bible and gun fatally wounds rival in McPherson story dispute
In Los Angeles a man armed with a Bible and a pistol shot James Mansfield a 59 year old ex Boston policeman after an argument in a park over the Aimee Semple McPherson case. Mansfield was fatally wounded as the assailant and another man discussed the story.
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Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles
Hall-Mills
Douth
Jones
Smith
Associated Press
James Mansfield
Boston
Panhandles first super-power plant to open with parade
Amarillo hosts the opening tomorrow at noon of Panhandle Power and Light's first plant unit. Over 150 realtors and business leaders will depart Globe News at 9 am for the oil field as Sixth street is closed 8:30 to 9:00 am for the caravan. Delegations from Hereford Plainview Canyon Tulsa and other Panhandle cities join the event.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Globe News
Panhandle Power and Light Company
Blackwell
Sixth Street
Taylor
Tyler
Hereford
Plainview
Canyon
Tulsa
The
Power Company
Kelly-Springfield Tire Company
Filipino Chiefs Refuse Gov Gen Wood Order
Manuel Quezon and Roxas announced they would ignore Gov General Wood's abolition of the insular board of control. They said they would stay on the board until the creation law is repealed or voided by authorities. A test of the controversy may arise at a Saturday meeting of the National Coal company.
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Manila
Manuel Quezon
Senate
Roxas
House of Representative
Insular Board of Control
General Wood
Congress
National Coal Company
Board of Control
East Indies clash reports and vague communist attacks
Unclear OCR text mentions communists in the East Indies and attacks on posts. Names and specifics are garbled, but it references violence or conflict during a period of unrest with unidentified locations and parties. The fragmentary source lacks verifiable details.
U S Favoritism Charged As South and Mid West Talk Over Farm Problems
In St Louis on November 16 a two day session gathered farmer representatives from fourteen states to press congressional relief for agriculture. Thaddeus Caraway and others charged government favoritism caused agricultural hardship as cotton prices fell in the South while grain prices suffered in the Midwest. The speakers urged a joint, permanent agrarian policy and closer South-Middle West cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St, Louis
Middle West
Thaddeus Caraway
United States
Arkansas
Frank L. Lowden
Illinois
B. W. Kilgore
Raleigh
N. C
American Cotton Growers’ Exchange
A. D. Waldauer
Memphis, Tenn
Tennessee Cotton Growers’ Co-operative Association
Senator Caraway
Waldauer
Coolidge
Eugene Mayer
South
Stroy
Magnola Sets New Spindletop Oil Prices In Texas
Magnesia Petroleum company announces new crude oil prices for Spindletop tiers in Texas. Prices shown include tier A at 71.40 per barrel and other tiers listed with varying figures.
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Magnola
Dallas
Texas
Magnesia Petroleum
Todey
Civade
Women Welcomed at Amarillo Chamber Banquet
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce hosts a banquet at the Amarillo hotel to hear Joe Leopold, manager of the U S Chamber’s southwestern division. About 150 seats available, tickets at the door. WDAG’s Casey Adams will broadcast. Music by Ruth Payne, Hallie Hill, Caley Adams, and others. Toastmaster W W Vienniken. Leopold arrives from Dallas, travels to El Paso afterward.
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Amarillo
Martin Jarett
Chamber
Ruth Payne
Hallie Hill
Caley Adams
Russianoffski
Vancepano
J. T. Culpepper
Betty Potter
W. W. Vienniken
Leopold
Dallas
el Paso
Camber
Ed Overhol
Oklahoma City Club
Lenia Pattison well yields 1625 barrels in 12 hours
Lennix Pattison reports another log producer at its 20 acre site in Hutchinson county. No. 2 Smith well produced 1625 barrels in a twelve hour test after nitro glycerin blasting, with depth undisclosed. The well sits in Section 11 and becomes the company’s second producer.
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Lennix-Pattison
Hutchinson County
Amarillo School Bonds Sold to Chicago and Dallas Firms
Amarillo sold 250000 dollars in five percent school bonds to Dallas and Chicago firms at a premium of 86.50, with 200000 authorized last September 4 and 9000 retained from the sinking fund. Deeds were held by Jarate & Co Republic Trust Service and Vidicar & Co of Chicago.
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Amarillo
Dallas
Chicago
Jarete & Co
Republic Trust
Beviege Ce
Elles
Vidicar & Ce
Chivage
Smoking by Girls Officially Frowned On In Club Session
Fort Worth dispatch reports Mrs. Ella Carruthers Porter of Dallas, founder of the Texas Congress of Mothers and Parents Teachers, at a four day convention urging officials to combat high school girls smoking cigarettes. She cites a Texas law against selling tobacco to minors and calls for public sentiment against cigaret use among students, noting many Dallas girls smoke and assuming a statewide pattern.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas Congress of Mothers
Parent-Teachers Associations
Ella Carruthers Porter
Dallas
Texas
Porter
Shooting Case Opens as Elzie Simmons Goes on Trial
Elzie Simmons faces trial this morning on assault with intent to murder John Pythian after a spring quarrel near the Tenth street viaduct. Pythian testified he was introduced to Simmons’ wife as “Mrs. Simmons, a widow” and later accused Simmons of deceit before the shooting involving the Moons.
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Elzie Simmons
John Pythian
Tenth Street
Simmons
Pythian
Guy Moon
Bishop
Hill
J. H. Simmons
Hansford
E. A. Greever
W. A. Simmons
Preparations Map to Open Methodist Meet
Delegates arrive in Orange for the Texas Methodist conference in session tomorrow. Hay D D of Houston will preside and meet his cabinet this afternoon to finalize program arrangements. Presiding elders from Texas districts gathered, outlining policies and anticipated keynote events for the meeting.
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Texas Methodist Conferee
Wichop Som KH. Hay
D. D
Houston
Wight
Machine Gun Fight Kills One in New Orleans Bayou Clash
In Gentily Bayou near de la Croix Island one man died and seven were injured as deputies guards and trappers clashed with machine guns shotguns and pistols. The fight followed a dispute over trapping leases with claims of firing both ways and a sunken boat after sustained gunfire.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Gentily Bayou
de la Croix Island
Sam Gowland
Justice of Peace
St. Bernard Parish
Dé la Croix Island
Mereaux
J. H. Asher
Dallas
Texas
Corps of Guards
Asher
Albert Gonzales
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California
Association of Editors
Naval Oil
Shelton
Joe Vannen
Florida
Gulf Coast
Chauncey Depew
Uncle Joe Connor
Japan
Yoshihito
Mary
Hayama
Mikedo
Venton
Orman
Amarilla
Mare Orso
Form A. & M
Aimee
J. F. Porter
Kansas City
St. Louis
Wood
East Indies
Romer
Mid-West
Joe Leopold
TO &E
Program Tonight
LENIA
Pattison
Sen
Louisiana
Amerte
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