Three Robbers Shot Dead in Oklahoma Bank Fight
In Boley Oklahoma a negro bank president J L McCormick and three robbers, two white, were killed in a fierce gun battle after the bandits tried robbing Farmers and Merchants State Bank. Assistant cashier H C McCormick fired from the vault. Park on Side Street Co. J Turner, bank president, died en route to Okemah clinic. Continuous gunfire left the car wrecked and the village in turmoil.
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Boley, Okla
H. C. McCormick
Turner
Riley
Farmers and Merchants State
Okemah
War is Seen By Traveler Back in City
Amarillo master watchmaker John Fuhrbach after his 12th trip to Europe Africa and South America reports Europe preparing for war with gas masks mandatory in Germany and bomb proof cellars in buildings. He notes trade downturn for the US and Europe’s aviation lead while praising Amarillo as his preferred home.
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Europe
John Fuhrbach
Amarillian
Africa
South America
Fuhrbach
Technikum
Zurich
Switzerland
Hugh Whitcomb
Germany
United States
France
Italy
Paris
Roosevelt
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Lubbock Westerners Arrive in Amarillo for District Title Clash
The Lubbock High Westerners reach Amarillo hours before facing the Golden Sandies at Butler Field in the district championship. Coach Weldon Chapman and backfield coach Burl Huffman express cautious optimism, insisting they will give their best and expect a tough battle.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
Weldon Chapman
Capitol Hotel
Sandies
Burl Huffman
Badger Field
Amarillo High School
Golden Sandies
Hoover proposes debt agency to discuss war bonds with world links
President Hoover rejected delaying the 125 million dollar December 15 war debt payments. He urged Congress to form a debt agency involving participants from the world economic and disarmament conferences to examine war debts and their ties to world trade and currency issues. Democratic leaders opposed reviving the debt funding commission and said December 15 payments must be met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Great Britain
World War Debt Funding Commission
Harrison
Massachusetts
Rainey
Debt Funding Commission
Watson
Indiana
White House
Roosevelt
House
Mayflower Hotel
Secretary of Treasury
Mills
Courtesy cars for Lubbock guests for Amarillo game
Tri State Fair and chamber officials organized courtesy cars for Lubbock residents attending the Amarillo Lubbock high school football game at Butler Field. Windshield stickers are distributed at the chamber office in City Hall, and applicants should see Avery Rush or Bill Day before Thursday noon.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
First School Warrants Available for Cash
George M. Waddill business manager notes the first 1932-1933 school warrants are being taken up now. Series A-1 warrants can be exchanged for cash at the bank due to sufficient 1932 tax collections on the split payment plan.
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George M. Waddill
Waddill
Floods Kill 100 in Huila Valley Torrents
Reports from Huila department in the Magdalena River valley recount disastrous floods sweeping 100 people to their deaths as torrents surged through settlements. The item notes a local oil ad at the end.
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Bogota
Colombia
Huila Department
Magdalena River
Two Bus is Mans Wager in Reno Now
Reno Nevada November gambling palaces that once boomed are deserted as Reno’s divorce center. The town’s gaming rooms show little profit. many shut down. dealers earned seven fifty daily on staggered schedules. Big spenders vanished. ten million local dollars tied up. recovery unlikely before next summer.
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Reno
Nevada
Pacific Coast
Burglars Hammer Glass Firm Safe. Truck Stolen in Heist
Burglars late Tuesday night haul away a safe from the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company at 720 East Thirteenth Avenue containing less than 100 dollars. A Star Machine Company truck stolen at 1211 Lincoln Street and found on South Harrison Street is believed used in the burglary. Police also report a burglary at Walker Service Station and a prowler case at A S Dickson home with a stolen trousers key to Dickson Drug Store.
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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
East Thirteenth Avenue
Star Machine Company
Lincoln Street
Glass Company
South Harrison Street
Beasley Protective Service
R F C aid goes for city work in West Texas
Six cities including El Paso San Angelo Abilene Pecos Stephenville and Spur will use relief loans for cleanup and beautification projects. In El Paso 150 workers are employed city parks are being improved and alleys streets and vacant properties cleaned. San Angelo plans beautifying the Concho river through the city core.
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Stamford
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
el Paso
San Angelo
Abilene
Pecos
Stephenville
Spur
E. H. Simons
Relief Committee
Chamber
Concho River
Wilbur C. Hawk
Houston Harte
West Texas
Robbers force safe opening at Dallas store
Three men early today forced R. Cohn owner of a suburban dry goods store to open his safe. They escaped with between 300 and 400 dollars in cash.
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Dallas
R. Cohn
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity fair and colder tonight with Thursday fair and slightly warmer. West Texas fair with colder tonight and warmer Thursday. Panhandle fair then slightly warmer. New Mexico fair tonight and Thursday, colder in the south and extreme east portions tonight. Temperatures today up to 1 PM ranged from 36 to 48.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Brisbane Columns and Chicago Crime Notes
Arthur Brisbane writes on day topics in The Globe noting New York Central rail service and Chicago taxes. A federal crime bureau reports youths under 20 as the most prosecuted group with cases of a 16 year old murdering a grandmother and a 19 year old killing a man after a car confrontation.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Federal
Washington
Chicago
Patrick Malone
Jig Saw Puzzle Contest Delays Awards
The Thanksgiving Jig S aw Puzzle contest in the News Globe delays announcing winners. The puzzle editor has enlisted assistants to sort hundreds of replies and aims to complete judging by Saturday night for Sunday announcements. Prizes, originally set for Thanksgiving Day, cannot be delivered due to overwhelming participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Globe
Japanese in League Plea Reaffirms Peace Stance
Yosuke Matsuoka of Japan asked the League of Nations to hold China responsible for Far East conflict. He denied treaty violations and challenged Dr. Wellington Koo to prove Japan sponsored Chinese disorganization. He claimed charges of expansion are based on forged documents and portrayed Japan as a peaceful nation for 26 centuries.
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Geneva
U.P
Japan
Council of the League of Nations
China
Far East
Yosuke Matsuoka
Wellington Koo
Koo
Matsuoka
United States
World
One More Day for Red Cross Drive
The Red Cross membership drive extends one more day as no noon tally could be made. A Petersen Potter County Roll Call chairman urges joining by calling 2-1506 and filing with secretary Mrs. Floyd Sloan for a $1 fee. Amarillo College girls collected memberships downtown Wednesday.
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Red Cross
A. Petersen
Potter County
Floyd Sloan
Amarillo College
Hitler says he cannot form cabinet under Hindenburg terms
In Berlin on November 23 the Fascist headquarters announced Adolf Hitler’s final letter to President Paul von Hindenburg stating it would be impossible to form a new parliamentary cabinet under the conditions set by the President.
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Berlin
U.P
Adolph Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
Dentist Dr. John R. Scott Dies in Electra
Dr. John R. Scott 69 a Texas dentist for more than 25 years died yesterday of pneumonia at his Electra home. He is survived by his widow two sons and a daughter. Funeral services will be held here today.
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Electra
Tex
John R. Scott
Texas
Tax Rate Depends on Delinquent Amarillo Payments
Amarillo officials say the city tax rate hinges on delinquent collections through December. City manager OC H Winterhaler warns no tentative rate is set and the levy could rise if property taxes are not paid this month or early December. A budget hearing is scheduled for December 13.
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Amarillo
OC. H. Winterhaler
Banks gets pardon for 1930 banking collapse case
A. B. Banks, previously sentenced to one year in prison for the 1930 collapse of his large banking organization, was granted a pardon by Governor Parnell today.
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Little Rock
Ark
A. B. Banks
Parnell
Thanksgiving Proclaimed for Amarillo by Mayor Rogers
Amarillo plans a full Thanksgiving observance on Thursday November 24 proclaimed by Mayor Ross D. Rogers. Highlights include a downtown Union church service at Central Presbyterian Church at 10 30 AM and a forecast of fair slightly chilly weather ideal for football.
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Ross D. Rogers
Amarillo
Union
Central Presbyterian Church
J T. Mc
Baton Rouge woman named Louisiana's Sweetheart at LSU
Jane Conway of Baton Rouge daughter of the state secretary was voted Louisiana's Sweetheart at Louisiana State University in a photo captioned Associated Press.
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Jane Conway
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana State University
Associated Press
Woman who shaped Thanksgiving becomes national holiday founder
The article recalls Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Ladies Magazine, who for two decades urged a national Thanksgiving. President Lincoln ultimately established the holiday, turning the centuries old harvest feast into a fixed national observance.
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Associated Press
America
Sarah Josepha Hale
Ladies Magazine
Lincoln
AFL Urges 30 Hour Week At Convention
In Cincinnati the American Federation of Labor convened to consider a resolution proposing a federal constitutional amendment for a five day week and six hour day as emergency legislation. President Green warned the nation faces either a 30 hour week or a permanent army of unemployed. Delegates submitted many labor reform proposals as committees labored through the night.
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Cincinnati
Navy
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
William Green
Argue Fates of Two In Farmer Slaying
Brownwood Texas November 23 Trial nears for Mrs Willie Meichinger and her daughter Eva Nell on murder charges in the killing of Joe Meichinger husband and father. Eva Nell testified she feared her father after brutalities and fired a pistol shots until empty then fired three shotgun blasts.
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Brownwood
Willie Meichinger
Eva Nell
Joe Meichinger
School Children To Be Examined In Amarillo
Physical examination of Amarillo school children will begin next Monday by health unit physicians under director Dr Benjamin M Primer. First grades in all schools will be examined first at Sanborn School. The unit's school dental clinic started last Monday at McKinley School with Dr C D Ewing. three hours each morning. Free dental attention is provided for children whose parents cannot pay.
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Amarillo
Health Unit
Benjamin M. Primer
Dr. Primer
Sanborn School
McKinley School
C. D. Ewing
Bank Holdups Arrests In Byers Texas Robbery
Two men identified as John Doe and John Doe were jailed in Wichita Falls for questioning after the November Byers Texas First National Bank robbery. About $1,500 was taken and later recovered. suspects were captured shortly after the hold up.
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Wichita Falls
John Doe
First National Bank
Byers
Clay County
Brewers Fear That Gangster Machine To Thwart Aims
Big brewers see anti prohibition sentiment as promising and warn Dr. James M. Doran that a gangster organization could muscle into the business if beer is legalized. Ruppert's New York and Anheuser Busch of St. Louis discussed with Doran the need for strict permit enforcement to curb such influence.
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C. P. Williamson
Washington
James M. Doran
Industrial Alcohol
Ruppert’s
New York
Anheuser- Busch
St. Louis
Doran
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Lubbock’s
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Amarillo Center
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New York Central
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Hindenburg
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