Epperson Charged With Burglary After Pharmacy Break-In
A. R. Epperson was arrested at Brown Pharmacy on East Fourth Avenue and charged with burglary after breaking a front door and entering the store. He claimed intoxication since Monday and said he did not know his actions. Police also transferred Hugh Copenhaver and J. H. Moore on vagrancy charges.
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Brown
East Fourth Avenue
A. R. Epperson
Epperson
Amarillo
Monray
H. A. Williams
Meet Market
Williams
Ben Stout
Epper
Hugh Copenhaver
J. H. Moore
Gon
Man drives wagon 2000 miles to dine with mother
Archie Whitehouse 63 of Missoula Montana arrives in Big Rapids Michigan by wagon for Thanksgiving with his 84 year old mother Mary Whitehouse after 23 years apart. He declined free rail transport, chose the long road around Lake Michigan to inspect the family farm and plans to stay and farm next spring.
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Associated Press
Big Rapids
Mich
Archie Whitehouse
Missoula Mont
Mary Whitehouse
Whitehouse
Menominee
Lake Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Slayer’s Brother Shot. Dee Foliart Dies in Oklahoma
The article reports Dee Foliart, a youthful wrestling star and assistant coach, shot just below the heart. He died Wednesday night, with funeral services planned in Keota, Oklahoma. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. James Foliart, two sisters, and a younger brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Foliart
Keota
Oklahoma
James Simms
Sabinas
Texas
Ida Nelson
California
David
Prep for all out attack and economic policy notes
The article warns of global threats with England via the channel and a neutral Switzerland building air power and weapons. It discusses preparedness, economic policy on convict labor imports, and potential tax changes while citing New York prison chief Lawes on gangsters and police relations.
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Channel
England
Switzerland
Britain
Lawes
New York
Sing Sing Prison
Polly With Past to Light Little Theater Comedy
Polly With Past a Little Theater production stars John M. Winters as Clay Cullum and Jackson Douglas as Barry Richardson two bachelors sharing an apartment and entertaining guests The show opens December 6 at Municipal Auditorium This is the second season production following Smiling Through directed by Mrs E N Wheeler Polly is played by Mrs Don C Davis Other cast members include Leslie Welch Mary Loftin Major A Grover Mrs M B Boone Mrs L M Hancock Jasper Fowlkes W H McKirahan and Marjorie Red.
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John M. Winters
Clay Cullum
Jackson Douglas
Barry Richardson
New York
Polly
Municipal Auditorium
Little Theater
Sin
E. N. Wheeler
Don C. Davis
Girl Killed in Wreck Near Atlanta Texas
Miss Roberta Robbins 14 of Little Rock died when their car overturned near Atlanta Texas last night. Three men and a young woman from Shreveport Louisiana were injured in the crash. Robins is daughter of Harold B Robbins a prominent lumberman.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Ark
Roberta Robbins
Little Rock
Harold B. Robbins
Shreveport
Atlanta
Texas
Unemployment Debate Noted in Letter Remarks
A letter to the editor discusses the unemployment situation, noting it has been widely discussed and is of continuing concern. The author emphasizes the importance of addressing the issue and sharing thoughts on potential solutions.
Mulrooney seeks transcripts from Seabury probe hearings
Mr Mulrooney said he will obtain transcripts of testimony before Referee Samuel Seabury, study them, and then take action. The commissioner defended Police Inspector Thomas T Ryan against any implication of involvement after a witness named an inspector as someone he dealt with, asserting that there is no honest man in New York.
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Mulrooney
Samuel Seabury
Thomas T. Ryan
Ryan
Je Ryan
New York
Stool Pigeon Denies Naming Detective
The Daily News quotes Chile Acuna, a former stool pigeon, denying he named Inspector Thomas T. Ryan as the detective who hired him to frame women in vice cases. Acuna, shown Ryan’s photo, says he never saw the inspector before and that another man was introduced as Ryan.
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Associated Press
New York
The
Daily News
Chile
Acuna
Police
Thomas T. Ryan
Ryan
Inspector Ryan
Veterans of Foreign Wars Radio Program On Air Tonight
The fifty third weekly VFW radio program will air tonight on station WDAG from 9 30 to 10. Misses Miller Davis and Garrett, piano violin and xylophone players, are public school faculty members and have been extended for extra time after a successful last Thursday showing. W L Ottinger promises a guaranteed treat of the week for listeners.
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WDAG
Miller
Davis
Garrett
Public School
W.L. Ottinger
Mother of Amarillo Woman Passes Away
Mrs Livingston mother of Mrs Francis Cornelius of Amarillo died yesterday at her home in Hamilton Texas. Mrs Cornelius who lives at 2201 Buchanan Street was with her when she died.
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Livingston
Francis Cornelius
Amarillo
Hamilton
Texas
Cornelius
Buchanan Street
Noted Experts to Hold Parley on Crime at Wesleyan
Noted criminologists will gather at Wesleyan University in Middletown on December 5 for a parley on crime. Speakers include Clarence Darrow Dr George W Kirchwey Dr William Healy and E W DuVall with State Senator C H Baumes of New York invited to speak.
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United Press
Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan University
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
George W. Kirchwey
Department of Criminology
School of Social Research
New York
William Healy
Baker Foundation
Boston
E. W. DuVall
Children’s Community Center
New Haven
Roberts Cup Awards Go To Stone and Cabling
The Roberts Cup awards for the best reliability and unusual performance in relaying amateur message traffic were won this year by Bruce Stone of San Jose California and Sergeant Lino Cabling of Fort McKinley Rizal Philippines. Stone operates at W6AMM and Cabling at KAIHR.
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United Press
Hartford
Conn
Bruce Stone
San Jose
Calif
Lino Cabling
Fort McKinley
Rizal
Philippines
American Radio Relay League
Stone
Cabiling
Kaihr
Opera Gems to Be Sung December at Municipal Auditorium
Emil F. Myers of Amarillo College of Music announces An Evening of Opera on December 1 at the Municipal Auditorium. A quartet of stars Marie Tiffany Louise Bernhardt Enzo Alta and Giuseppe Martin-Rossi will perform solos duets and quartets from favorite opera moments. Tickets available at Amarillo College of Music. season tickets remain for five programs including Paderewski and Galli-Cari.
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Emil F. Myers
Amarillo College of Music
Municipal Auditorium
Myers
Marie Tiffany
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Louise Bernhardt
San Carlo
Enzo Alta
Caruso
Gieuseppe Martin-Rossi
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Paderewski
Galli-Cari
Police Seek Two Bandits in Kansas City Slaying
Police hunt two bandits in Kansas City after William Henry Price, a baking company driver, was shot in a suspected holdup. Another driver for the same firm was robbed of 42 dollars minutes earlier. officers believe Price turned away and the gun was drawn as he reached for a weapon.
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United Press
Kansas City
William Henry Price
Price
Kansas
Hutchinson
Kan
American National Bank
Trials in Red Square Show Courtroom Theater and Cameras
In a tense session eight defendants faced a crowded courtroom with bright lights and cameras recording the proceedings. Spectators queued outside as Kuprianov named foreign officials in the alleged plot, but the court ordered closed sessions for such testimony. The witness then repented, claiming exposing the plans could destabilize foreign intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ally
Kuprianov
Russia
Decorations Tied To Santa Visit In Amarillo Parade
Amarillo will finish downtown decorations for Santa Claus arrival on December 11. Veterans of Foreign Wars approved a first prize goal for a parade float. Stanley G. Zimmerman named arrangements chair, Walter Irvin in charge of street decor, Jack Trigg to lead Christmas tree sales. Zane E. Smith presided.
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Amarillo
Santa Claus
Amarilo
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Stanley G. Zimmerman
Walter Irvin
Jack Trigg
Zane E. Smith
Santa Fe Pays Boy for Loss of Finger
For the loss of a finger while wiring the Harvey House in Amarillo on July 3 1929 C M Neely son of Otis Neely Waynoka Okla was paid 250 today by the Santa Fe Railway Neely filed suit for his son Monday and an agreed judgment was entered today The youth was injured when he fell from a step ladder and entangled his finger in the wiring with which he was working.
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Harvey
Amarillo
C. M. Neely
Otis Neely
Waynoka
Okla
Santa Fe Railway
Neely
Hold Man Here for California Forgery Case
R. Richard Curry is held in Potter County jail for forgery after arrest here on information from California officers. Jailer J. W Graves said Curry waived extradition and that California officers were en route to Amarillo.
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California
R. Richard Curry
Potter County
J. W Graves
Curry
Amarillo
Tardieu Government Wins Confidence Vote in Parliament
The Tardieu government was sustained by 68 votes in a confidence tally tied to a bill for expenditure of 17 billion francs on a vast public works program. The report notes the Paris scene as of November 27 with the substantial financial package. A separate item recalls a Los Angeles archaeologic note about Turkeys from La Brea pits.
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Associated Press
Paris
Tardieu
Los Angeles
la Brea
Thanksgiving services mark quiet Amarillo holiday
Amarillo observed a quiet Thanksgiving with sunny skies and a mood of gratitude. Congregations gathered at First Baptist for a joint service at 10 o clock where Rev. Roy Snodgrass spoke, as José presided over organ music and a varied program.
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Josey
Return to Gratitude in Hard Times
A poem urging gratitude despite financial ruin and losses. It questions what to give thanks for in hardship and calls on readers to love God and return to Him with grateful hearts so blessings may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar
Fruit Shed Demolished by Explosion in Modesto
A large fruit shed at Santa Clara Fruit Drying yards was destroyed by a bomb on Tuesday night. A two-foot fuse was found among ruins, suggesting bombing. Samuel Russo of Oakland died from injuries at the scene. police consider he may have been hired to plant the bomb and died in bungling.
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United Press
Modesto
Calif
Santa Clara
Samuel Russo
Oakland
Russo
Prison Riot Ends In Double Convict Fatalities
A prison riot escalated as guards fired on convicts McCully Corona and Shook. Bud Barnes shot Shook and wounded Ross, who then seized Barnes’s pistol and killed McCully and Corona. Shook led the breakout attempt but was recaptured. guards and trusties helped thwart a larger escape.
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McCully
Corona
Osborne
Bud Barnes
Barnes
Shook
Ross
Jim Long
J. W. Morris
Trusty
Jim Mitchell
Houston
Tally
Oscar Daugherty
Electra
Wichita County
Liberty
Decatursville
Lee J. Simmons
Justice of the Peace
R. J. Camp
Huntsville
Arthur Dennis
Matthew King
Texas
Mississippi
Guard at Texas Penitentiary Foils Thanksgiving Escape
At the Texas state penitentiary in Huntsville two convicts were killed during a Thanksgiving escape attempt. Guard P. O. Ross, wounded in the melee, fired two quick shots killing convicts Corona and Mec Cully and preventing further disorder as execution detainee Jesse J. Maples faced the electric chair that night.
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United Press
Huntsville
Texas State Penitentiary
P. O. Ross
Ross
Jesse J. Maples
Houston
Shook
Corona
Final Cotton Crop Estimate Issued by Texas Official
State Agricultural Commissioner George B. Terrell released the final Texas cotton crop estimate totaling 8,995,000 bales, 160,000 below the federal projection. Regional breakdown: Eastern 665,000. Northern 630,000. Western 195,000. Central 1,300,000. Southwestern 705,000. Northwestern 600,000 bales across multiple counties.
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United Press
George B. Terrell
Texas
Eastern
Northern
Western
Central
Southwestern
Northwestern
Negro questioned in Dallas attack on Mrs Mae Smith
A Black man was being interrogated by city detectives in Dallas after the Monday night assault on Mae Smith, 26, who suffered a fractured skull from an iron pipe blow before the assailant fled. Lena B McBride, Miller's Inc manager, spends weekend in Pueblo, Colorado, her former home.
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United Press
Dallas
Mae Smith
Lena B. McBride
Miller’s Inc
Seventh and Polk
Pueblo
Colo
Salvation Army serves noon dinner to city’s needy crowd
Scores of men gathered at the Salvation Army Shelter on Buchanan Street for a mid day meal. More than a dozen families were assisted with baskets by the Amarillo Welfare Association and cooperating churches as winter nears.
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Salvation Army
Buchanan Street
Amarillo
Satisfying Our Years and Turkey Day Football Notes
The piece notes Thanksgiving services at First Baptist Church Lutheran Church and the tabernacle with Dr J Frank Norris, plus football crowds in Amarillo including Butler Field games and Canyon TI A A affair. Hunters and excursions, with many businesses and offices closed for the holiday and welfare baskets distributed by welfare workers and the Salvation Army.
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John Josey
First Baptist Church
Lutheran Church
H. Frerking
Tabernacle
Ninth and van Buren
J. Frank Norris
Norris
Texas
United States
Amarillo
Butler Field
Amarillo Junior College Badgers
Wayland College
Canyon
Oklahoma City
Fl Paso
Salvation Army
Drouth and Business Shape Thanksgiving Feast
Chicago reports a mixed Thanksgiving picture as drouth aided turkey maturity while business conditions trimmed prices. Families faced higher overall costs though fruits and vegetables dropped 30 to 50 percent from 1929 in Chicago. turkey ranged 25 to 40 cents per pound, with the meal for six around five dollars.
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Chicago
Rail Motor Wreck Fatal to Roadmaster
S A Mayfield 40 of Hughes Springs died when the railroad motor car he rode in wrecked 12 miles east of Pittsburg Texas. Mayfield was roadmaster for the Louisiana and Texas railroad. A freight crew found him beside the wreck and suspected a railroad spike left on the track caused the crash.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Tex
S. A. Mayfield
Hughes Springs
Here
Louisiana & Texas Railroad
Mayfield
Seven taken in raid on murder investigation hotel
Seven men were arrested by state investigators in a raid on a Chicago hotel linked to the murder of Alfred Lingle. They were questioned by Patrick Bowie, chief investigator, who did not reveal identities or confirm a link to the reporter's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Board of Strategy
Alfred Lingle
Patrick Bowie
Circus Animals Escape As Fire Sweeps Train
In Guanajuato mountains wild beasts roam after a circus train fire near Irapuato. Beas circus workers burned. at least 12 killed, many injured. Elephants stampeded through towns. some beasts killed as crews pursued escapes. Passengers recount charred bodies and late Guadalajara arrivals. Cranberry tests in Amherst feed guinea pigs to study scurvy prevention.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Guanajuato
Charro
Irapuato
Beas Circus
Mexico
Guadalupe Station
Guadalajara
Excelsoir
Amherst
Mast
Massachusetts Agricultural College
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Miss
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Ruth Nichols
Columbus
Ohio
Rye
N. Y
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Port Columbus
St. Louis
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William H. Atwell
William R. Logsdon
J. Ge Tyson
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Hill
James C. Wilson
Fort Worth
Wilson
Tyson
Berlin
Germany
Upper Silesia
League of Nations Council
William H. Price
Ralph Farnella
Bert Hart
FOX Drug Store
Arnholz
Fox
Arnholz Coffee CO
John Smithee
FOX Drug No
Texas Mercantile & Mfg. Co
East 5Th St
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Texas Plains Bldg. & Loan Ass’n
Amarillo, Texas
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