Railroad rounds and rumblings in the Panhandle area
Railroad pages detail expansion plans from Felt to Colmar, new lines from Big Spring to Vega and El Paso travel specials. Notes cover turkeys from Plainview, wheat donations in Happy, a Juarez tour with bullfights, and the Santa Fe route changes while highlighting industry figures and a 52 year Rock Island veteran ending his career.
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Santa Fe
Felt
Oklahoma
Colmar
N. M
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lubbock
Texas and Pacific Northern Railroad
Big Spring
Vega
Amarillo
Burlington and Rock Island
van Sweringen
Texas
Panhandle
Rock Island
el Paso
Children vow to defend Santa as racketeers threaten Amarillo
Police uncover a wild plot in Amarillo to ambush Santa Claus during his December 25 visit. Local leaders and families fear a single suspect calling himself a De pression aims to frighten residents and disrupt Christmas cheer. School children promise to form a guard if needed while authorities pursue the alleged blackmailer.
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St. Nicholas
Merry Christmas
al Capone
Chicago
Santa Claus
O. V. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
Santa
Amarillo
Court records show Pearl Burns in Dalhart city case
In Dalhart District Court the name of Mrs Pearl Burns appears among docket entries with reference to proceedings at the Dalham County courthouse.
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San Francisco
Redwood City
San Francisco Bay
Western Pacific
Niles
Calif
Pearl Burns
Dallam County Court House
Dalhart Texan
Guard Church After Threat of Bombing
Police guards were stationed at Cliff Temple Baptist Church and its parsonage in Dallas after Rev. Wallace Bassett received a letter signed hungry men demanding 2,500 dollars at services. The church board took no action and the evening services passed without incident. The letter blamed Bassett for Hoover's election and linked unemployment and starvation to national policies.
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Dallas
Cliff Temple Baptist Church
Wallace Bassett
Rev. Bansett
Hoover
Little Mexican labor in Texas says Moody
Governor Moody of Texas reports there is little transient Mexican labor in Texas. He cites Kansas Governor Reed's request for railways to hire home labor and notes that most Mexican workers are residents rather than transients.
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United Press
Austin
Tex
Texas
Dan Moody
Reed
Kansas
Moody
Texas Governor Sees No Action on Unemployment Crisis
Governor Moody says Texas unemployment is less severe than elsewhere and conditions do not warrant executive action. He notes the state's economy has generally recovered and that current jobless figures do not justify new measures.
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Mexico
Texas
Moody
Couple Shot at Home Leaves Man Critical in Houston
The Associated Press reports Malcol Owens, 50, believed mortally wounded, and his wife seriously injured after a double shooting at the woman's Houston home early today. The couple had been separated for some time. Owens told officers he was involved.
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Associated Press
Houston
Malcol Owens
Owens
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John Moore
E. D. O’bryant
Denver
R. L. Wooten
Iona Crowe
Tom L. Tillman
Bellville Avenue
Plainview
Salvation Army
Happy Milling Company
Juarez
Gaonita
Tablajento
Morenito
H. W. Clutter
The
United States
Frank Norris
Post Office Department
Mentha Latum
Western Pacific Railroad
Pampa
Texas University
Texas A. and M
Dave Robison
Robison
Texhoma
Dave
Golden State Limited
Liberal
Dalhart
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Grove
RCA
Sinanhca Radiotrons
Polk
KC Rppner
Laird-Schober
Garside
Ipda
Milady
Polk St
Laramount Pictures
Rialto Verona
Broadway Fever
Sally O
Neil Gay
Robert Montgomery
Dorothy Jordan
Cartoon Paramount News
Louis H
Firestone
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