Amarillo Golden Sandies meet Lubbock Westerners in Texas classic
Twenty two boys and four coaches prepared for a Thanksgiving gridiron clash at Butler Field pitting the Amarillo Golden Sandies against the Lubbock Westerners for the District 1 football title. Fans poured in from Panhandle towns including a Santa Fe train of 500 fans from Lubbock as the two teams readied with a 2 15 kickoff after a morning under cover. The Westerners, defending district champions, showed smoother offense and better form than the Sandies.
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Amarillo Golden Sandies
Lubbock
T. Golden Sandies
Topock trip mixes modern and wild business and scenery
Arthur Brisbane notes Barstow California and Topock Arizona where rail and auto cross the Colorado River. He describes gas stations wildfowl hunts and looming Hoover Dam with Grand Canyon nearby and easy cross country travel options by rail or road. He urges seeing America to lift low moods before copper production talks.
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Barstow
California
Topock
Arizona
Colorado River
Grand Canyon
Chicago
New York
Pacific
Panama Canal
Beer and Cuts as Budget Aid
Democratic leaders outline a brief December program to balance the budget with legalized beer and farm relief. Roosevelt aims to avoid an extra session and balance revenues through beer and reduced expenditures, while prepared to raise taxes if deficits persist.
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Cecil B. Dickson
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Treasury
Children march planned to protest hunger around White House
Between 50 and 100 ragged children aged 8 to 15 recruited by Communist leaders planned a Washington hunger demonstration on Thanksgiving. They would arrive from Baltimore and Philadelphia to march on the White House at 2 pm with a petition for relief of child misery and $50 per unemployed worker. Police prepared to isolate the White House and 75 officers stood ready to prevent parading or picketing. Four adults were arrested for soliciting funds without a permit for the December hunger march.
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Washington
U.P
White House
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Hoover
Senora Calles Near Death From Brain Tumor
Mexico City reports Senora Leonor Llorente De Calles wife of former President Calles was near death from a brain tumor. She had been unconscious for hours and death was expected momentarily after a recurrence of the tumor following an operation in Boston several months ago.
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Mexico City
Senora Leonor Llorente de Calles
Calles
Senora Calles
Boston
Weather: temperature swing from 29 to 55 by noon
A sharp temperature swing is reported with a low of 29 degrees and a high of 55 by noon. The forecast notes no official holiday outlook.
Baby Paul Tanner Found Safe In Stolen Car
Police recovered baby Paul Tanner unharmed a few blocks from the theft site after a 12 hour search. The two year old, wrapped in a blanket, was cold but healthy when T. L. Florence found him on Holly Street and alerted authorities.
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Dallas
U.P
Paul Tanner
T. L. Florence
Holly Street
Florence
Must Pay or Default.
European powers face a December 15 debt payment of 124 million to the United States or risk default. The United States rejected postponement while Hoover and Roosevelt oppose debt talks, favoring normal diplomacy and possibly accepting payments in foreign currencies to stabilize exchange rates.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
U.P
United States
Great Britain
France
Bel‘ui
Roosevelt
Hoovler
Floyds Chief Fla in Bank Raid at Boley
Tulsa reports say the wife of Pretty Boy Floyd was moved from a hospital perhaps to mislead investigators about his presence in town. In Boley Oklahoma George Birdwell Floyds lieutenant was killed in a bank raid gun battle that also left several others wounded and dead. The event sparked a statewide search and officials identified Birdwell by both lawmen and a local witness.
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Tulsa
Okla
Charles
Pretty Boy
Boley
George Birdwell
Charles “Pretty Boy
Floyd
Birdwell
Okemah
Farmers and Merchants Bank
H. C. McCormick
D. J. Turner
C. C. Patterson
Pete” Glass
Glass
Turner
McCormick
Air Squadron of Women Ready for Next War
In the United States a squadron of women fliers is planned to arise at dawn to face the next war. Dorothy Lyon heads the Betsy Ross aviation corps now based in Kansas City after moving from New York. The group, 200 plus licensed pilots nationwide, aims for government recognition to cover training and equipment, while remaining ready for peace time emergencies and wartime service.
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Kansas City
United States
Betsy Ross Aviation Corps
Dorothy Lyon
Miss Lyon
New York
France
We Give Our Thanks Poem Highlighting Gratitude
A reflective verse celebrates simple pleasures and sharing bounty with hungry neighbors. It recalls harvest memories and night skies, urging resilient hearts and hopeful steps along tall roads without need for celebration or drums.
Russia Japan Rift Deepens in Manchuria Crisis
A diplomatic rift emerged as Russia and Japan clash over Manchuria. Japanese envoy Eiji Amoh reported Moscow asked the Machovskaya mission to depart Siberia. Su Ping-Wen’s forces hold a large Manchurian corridor while negotiations fail and Japanese airfield use is contested.
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Tokyo
Russia
Japan
Manchuria
Eiji Amoh
Moscow
Foreign Office
Machevskaya
Siberia
Su Ping-Wen
Amoh
L. M. Karakhan
Dauria
Hitler's Latest Efforts Rejected by Hindenburg
Berlin November 24. Adolph Hitler's latest move to form a cabinet has been rejected by President Paul von Hindenburg, according to an official announcement tonight.
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Hitler
Berlin
U.P
Adolph Hitler
Paul von Hindenbourg
Thanksgiving Day Events Spread Across Amarillo
Thanksgiving Day in Amarillo featured a 10:30 a m worship at Central Presbyterian Church a 2 30 p m football game and an evening Junior Welfare League Benefit Ball along with dinners dances and other shows. The town was quiet aside from crowds converging for holiday activities and the Lubbock South Plains football crowd arriving by special train. The church program was interrupted by the illness of Dr J T McClure as Rev Gaston Foote filled the pulpit Readings prayers and proclamations followed with Hoover’s proclamation read by Rev Ferrell Fox.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Central Presbyterian Church
Junior Welfare League
Athletic Club
Lubbock
South Plains
J. T. McClure
Polk Street Methodist Church
Gaston Foote
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Huckabee
Buchanan B Street Methodist Church
America
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Men’s Chorus
Ferrell Fox
West Amarillo
Nation Offers Up Its Thanks on Thanksgiving Day
The nation paused from routine as Thanksgiving was observed across the country. President and Mrs Hoover joined others for turkey dinners while officials appealed for aid to the less fortunate and churches filled for services. Football crowds celebrated the season’s end as the holiday's spirit of gratitude was echoed by presidents through history.
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Associated Press
Hoover
Washington
Newton Baker
Welfare and Relief Mobilization
Escaped Pair Recaptured After Duncan Hold Up
Two gunmen who hijacked Sheriff E B Young of Duncan and robbed him and his son eight days ago were recaptured. They were arrested in Amarillo and later held in Vernon Texas. The suspects C E Elliott alias E Elliott and Fay Bonner alias Ray Dodson escaped near Indianola while being transported from Amarillo for car theft charges. Police found six shooters dynamite caps drills and chisels in their Amarillo hotel rooms. Both men were identified by Amarillo police as former convicts with two Texas penitentiary terms each.
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Duncan
Okla
EB. L. Young
Vernon
Texas
Wichita Falls
C. E. Elliott
Ray Dodson
Indiahoma
Lawton
Amarillo
Charles FE. Eubanks
E. Elliott
Fay Bonner
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