Aged Cypress Tree Witness in Texas Land Ownership Case
In Austin, Major Stiles cut a 199 year old cypress to prove the San Marcos river bed location for a state claim worth millions in oil lands. The cross section will be used as the sole evidence to establish the river bank's historic position for 75 years.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
San Marcos
Luing
Arthur A. Stiles
Reclamation Department
Major Stiles
Family tragedy after teen rejects arranged marriage
In Buffalo New York on November 28 Mary Giglia aged 14 refused her father's choice of husband. Salvatore Giglia shot her then killed himself at Gun Repaira on West 7th Street.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Mary Giglia
Salvatore Giglia
Crude Oil Production Up For Week Across Regions
US weekly crude output rose by 22 450 barrels to 1 963 600 for the week ended November 22. East of California averaged 1 375 690 barrels daily, Oklahoma 529 250, Gulf coast and Southwest Texas 131 959, Wyoming Montana and Colorado 91 150, with several regions posting gains and declines. Imports averaged 279 129 barrels daily, while major districts held firm on prices from 1 to 2 85 dollars per barrel.
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New York
United States
American Petroleum Institute
California
Oklahoma
Kansas
North Texas
Central
Texas
North Louisiana
Arkansas
Gulf Coast
Eastern
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
Mid Continent
Pennsylvania
Bradford
Mysterious Death of Fee Divides Official Opinion
In San Bernardino officials split over whether William R. Fee, president of two Southern California banks, was slain or committed suicide. A coroner's jury ruled murder after Fee’s body was found near a cabin tied to Miss Mary Watkins, with police citing a head fracture and possible self inflicted poison. Rubber gloves found near the cabin fueled interest, but Watkins said they were buried with rubbish.
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San Bernardino
Cal
William R. Fee
California
Tee
Chief of Police
Miss Watkins
Springer wins Illinois Junior Golf class B title
In Chicago on November 28 the Class B championship of the Illinois Junior Golf Association ended with Frank Springer taking the title. He posted scores of 44 42 85 while winds and snow altered play as fore-caddies tracked ball landings on a snowy course.
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Chicago
Illinois Junior Golf Association
Frank Springer
Associ ated Charities Report Delivered At Union Services
The annual Associ ated Charities report by Dr. G. J. Nunn at Union Thanksgiving services highlights no debts for two years due to fundraising efforts led by C. M. McCullough. The group notes higher expenditures this year to meet increasing cases, stresses thorough case evaluation, and details donations to Pilot Point and Arlington rest homes. It thanks city newspapers and supporters and pledges continued help with a lean budget.
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Associated Charities
G. J. Nunn
Union
C. M. McCullough
Pilot Point
Paracah
Arlington
Arbitrary Balkans Frontiers Cause Tax Confusion
In Belgrade dated Nov 28 AP reports Balkan and Central European boundary lines redrawn after the war. Towns villages farms crossed with new borders leaving peasants unsure which state to pay taxes to. Experts estimate it may take ten years or more to straighten borders and settle conditions for thousands.
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Dr. Caldwell
Associated Press
Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Balkans
Europe
Milk case postponed to tomorrow in Amarillo
The R. C. Pool versus city of Amarillo mandatory injunction trial on permit to sell milk is rescheduled for tomorrow. Several key witnesses arrived from Fort Worth but were absent today, while state inspector R. Pearson testified for the defense.
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R. C. Pool
Amarillo
Pool
Fort Worth
R. Pearson
British newspapers dislike baseball in London exhibition
London reporters, mostly cricket writers, cover the Giants and White Sox game. They laud fielding speed but mock batting rules and foul calls as unfamiliar, calling the game slow and monotonous compared with cricket, with little belief in baseball taking hold in Britain.
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Associated Press
London
Noves
Giants
White Sox
Manchester Guardiary
Golf Chronicler
Morning Post
Crichket
Hughey Jennings
Great Britain
Bootleggers Named for California Who’s Who
San Francisco November 28 a federal directory will list every known bootlegger in California with names aliases and addresses under Prohibition Director Samuel Rutter. The compilation aims to document bootleg activity though the book will not be publicly circulated.
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San Francisco
Caliifornia
Prohibition Forces
Samuel Rutter
Prohibition
Nine Miners Trapped by Roof Falls in Dunvant Pit
In Cardiff on November 28, nine miners remained trapped after roof collapses in the Penlan pit at Dunvant following a night of water and black damp. One miner was dead, rescue workers recovered a body, and many others escaped through waist and neck deep waters as hundreds of relatives kept vigil at the pit head.
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Cardiff
Wales
Penlan
Dunvant
Irish Free State Senate Amends Liquor Bill Dry for St Patrick's Day
Belfast dispatch reports the Irish Free State senate amended the liquor bill to make St Patrick's Day fully dry, aligning it with the Good Friday prohibition.
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Belfast
Irish Free State Senate
St. Patrick’s Day
Dublin
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Harvard
Francis H. Burr
Union Services
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Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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Harold Lloyd
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