Yoakum’s Era of Rail Growth and Farm Outreach Enduring Leader Dies
Railroad magnate Yoakum began at Cleco in 1896 rising to president in 1900. Under his expansion the system grew from 1,120 to 17,000 miles, spanning from St Paul to New Orleans and Brownsville. He opened the Gulf Coast, promoted the Yoakum Plan for farm marketing, and founded Nenex Hills Golf Club later memorialized by a caddy house. He died with his two daughters by his side.
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Cleco Railroad
Rock Island
St. Paul
Minn
Watertown
N. C
Denver
New Orleans
el Paso
Brownsville
Texas
Oklahoma
Farmer's
Herbert Hoover
Nenex Hills
Long Island
Elizabeth Bennett
San Antonio
Paulding Fosdick
Francis R. Larkin
The Best People Everywhere
A poetic musing on moral character by Edgar A. Guest. It notes that true excellence transcends birth or fortune, showing that the best people keep to a high standard of conduct, avoiding actions for profit or pleasure, regardless of rank or place.
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Edgar A. Guest
Shrine Chief Heads to El Paso for Peace Effort
Imperial Potentate Leo V. Youngworth of the Shrine left Amarillo by air and train for El Paso to promote the International Peace Movement. He will address the public and Masons in El Paso and attend the August Imperial Council meeting in Toronto next June.
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Leo V. Youngworth
Shrine Organization
el Paso
Amarillo
Khiva Shrine
Imperial Council
Toronto
Canada
Breedlove Smith
J. N. Riggs
Khiva Temple
Thanksgiving Sermon Highlights Gratitude and National Blessings
In a remarks on the national day of Thanksgiving Bishop Pearce calls for gratitude and civic duty. He praises America's blessings rooted in Christianity, notes Amarillo's mark of prosperity, and argues public officeholders must acknowledge God. He contrasts the American observance with beliefs in other lands.
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Pearce
Amarillo
Coyotes to play amid pageantry and souvenir program sales
A large crowd is treated to pre game entertainment by the local band and pep squad while officials from multiple colleges supervise the Coyotes game. Elaborate 82 page souvenir programs are sold at the game by the Amarillo pep squad.
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Austin College
Fullingin
Baylor
Minton
Indiana
Parcella
Northwestern
Amarillo
Emphatic Denial in Slander Suit Over 17 Year Old Servant
Rev. John A Logan Warren testifies in a $50,000 slander suit against seven former parishioners in Rockford Illinois. He denies impropriety with Hazel Lamb or being alone with her at the parsonage and asserts the public and a jury will vindicate him.
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Rockford
John A. Logan Warren
Durand
Hazel Lamb
Miss Lamb
Snakes See Tack Letter Questions Rattle Interest
Reader asks Tack whether a snakes See topic in Tack letters page 19 clarifies concerns about rattlesnakes and related behavior. The note suggests ongoing interest and seeks a definitive answer from the columnist.
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Tack
Thanksgiving Day pause in American business signals big expansion plans
United Press reports American business halted for Thanksgiving as pledges exceed 9 billion dollars for construction and expansion. Hoover-era leaders pledge wage stability and cheaper credit while promising continued production and buying through winter.
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United Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Advisory Council
White House
Hoover
Texas and Pacific denies Abilene and Southern opposition
G O Bateman of the Texas and Pacific legal department said Abilene and Southern was not opposing Gulf and West Texas railroad’s request to build Fredericksburg to Brady in Interstate hearings. He noted T and P also has a petition to extend from Ballinger to San Angelo and that both petitions include intervening pleas. The statement corrects earlier dispatches about opposition.
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The
Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
G. O. Bateman
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Abilene and Southern T. and P
Gulf and West Texas Railroad
Fredericksburg
Brady
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Gulf and West Texas
T. and P
Abilene
Southern
WILL SETTLE DEMPSEY AND PANTAGES SUIT
The Associated Press reports a $2,365 suit by Jack Dempsey and Jack Kearns against Alexander Pantages over theater robbery receipts from Kansas City in 1922, likely to be settled out of court as trial was postponed for a settlement. A cross claim by Kearns asks $312 from Dempsey for an unpaid loan.
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Los Angeles
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns Motion Picture Enterprises
Alexander Pantages
Kansas City
Pantages
Dempsey and Kearns
Kearns
Dempsey
Forty Negro Children Rescued From Dormitory Fire
Fire broke out at the State School of the Deaf dormitory in Little Rock Arkansas injuring no one. Four fire companies fought the blaze which damaged the second floor and soaked the building as water flooding ruined the interior. Forty black children were rescued with considerable difficulty by firefighters.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
State School of the Deaf
Texas Teachers Meet Sets Goals At Fort Worth Convention
The Texas State Teachers Association 61st annual convention opened in Fort Worth with amendments to fund a new headquarters, higher life membership costs, and simplified officer elections. Resolutions address high school fraternities and four and a half day school weeks for rural districts. Dallas hosts expect over 10,600 attendees through Thanksgiving holidays at Fair Park.
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Fort Worth
Texas State Teachers’ Association
Fair Park Auditorium
Dallas
Youths Held for Robbery in Fort Worth Store
Three youths aged 18 to 20 were arrested at 3 a.m. in the H. P. Lowe drug store. Fireman R. G. Conner, on duty at a nearby fire hall, helped foil the burglary by alarming police and restraining a suspect with a shotgun. loot from two prior burglaries was recovered.
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Associated Press
Fort. Worth
H. P. Lowe
R. G. Conner
Conner
Wolf Nabs Trap Then Dies After Long Pursuit
In Algonquin Park Ontario a large gray wolf terrorizing deer herds is found dead with a trap still on its foreleg after gnawing the pole through and fleeing 27 miles. Ranger Jim Shields and assistants tracked the animal to its end, earning praise from foresters.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Ont
Alconquin Park
Jim Shields
Shields
Five Solons Contested for House Seats in Washington
Five U S representatives face contests over their seats as three election committees prepare hearings next week. Disputes center on returns in Florida Texas Maryland Missouri and Indiana with issues including citizenship, alleged irregularities, and disputed election results.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
William Tyler Page
Page
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
W. C. Lawson
Owen
Augustus McClosky
Texas
Texas County
John Phillip Hill
Vincent L. Palmisano
Maryland
Jacob L. Milligan
Missouri
H. F. Lawrence
Ralph E. Updike
Indiana
Thanksgiving services span coast to coast in radio network
California keeps balmy holiday mood despite drought as prayers for rain begin. Old South braces for fair, cold weather while the Midwest faces a night of driving snow and cold. New York reports frost blackened dahlias but Thanksgiving blooms appear after 12 years. Dr. Ralph W. Stockman delivers a national Thanksgiving message with a global radio hook up featuring music from several nations.
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California
Midwest
New York
Ralph W. Stockman
England
Ireland
Scotland
France
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Italy
Switzerland
United States
Columbia
War ends sought through diplomacy with Russia
A continuation notes a push to end the war with Russia with a formal appeal to Geneva planned for today or tomorrow. Tokyo reports say the United States proposed joint action toward a peaceful settlement of the Sino Russian situation and Neville is to brief Japan’s foreign minister tomorrow.
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Russia
Geneva
Tokyo
Neville
Foreign Office
Kijuro Shidehara
Contesting Seating of Louis Ludlow in Draft Reports
After committees finish investigations they will draft reports for the House. It will be decided whether the five holding the seats shall keep them. If a contestant unseats a contestee both receive salaries up to final action. if he fails he receives no compensation beyond the House provided cost of contests.
Clemenceau’s Enduring Fame and a Arkansas Tragedy
A tribute to Georges Clemenceau citing his wartime leadership and the label Father of Victory, plus a brutal Arkansas murder story where a 20 year old man and a 16 year old girl were tortured and burned by five youths amid allegations involving members of prominent American families.
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Arkansas
Prosperity Hinges on People’s Courage and Work
The piece argues that national prosperity rests on ordinary people and their mindset. It urges citizens to spend wisely, stay cheerful, and sustain courage so demand and employment follow, despite the actions of millionaires, industrialists, and lawmakers.
Women’s Patriotic Publishing Critiques Entry to U S
The organization accuses Cout Karolyn distinguished Hunaghan of harboring revolutionary ideas. It argues revolutionary sentiment was essential in 1776 and is needed in Hungary and Europe now, contrasting with how Washington and others started a revolution.
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Women’s Patriotic Publising Company
State Department
Cout Karolyn
Hunaghan
United States
Washington
Jefferson
Franklin
Hungary
Europe
Flying machines in modern war and Manchuria
The expert opinion that aircraft are auxiliary weapons is challenged by Russian use in Manchuria. Russian planes bomb Chinese HQ at Khajlar with signs of panic and fire as refugees flee, signaling a new era of aerial warfare.
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Manchuria
Russia
Khajlar
Union Riot Trial Recessed for Thanksgiving
In Marion North Georgia on November 28 the trial of Alfred Hoffman, a union organizer, and three union members on rioting charges paused as judge, lawyers, court staff, defendants, and reporters observed Thanksgiving dinners.
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United Press
Marion
N. G
Alfred Hoffman
Suspended Sentence in Moore Trial
A five year suspended sentence was given Ray Moore by a district court jury after finding him guilty of violating liquor laws. Bo Stanley, indicted with Moore, received two years in prison. Evidence showed Moore rented the apartment where whiskey was found. Stanley testified he lived at a local hotel.
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Ray Moore
Bo Stanley
Moor
Allen Johnson
Moore
Stanley
Clifford Miller
Gas Inhalation Sicks Basement Workers In 22 Story Build
Houston workers in the basement of a 22 story building under construction were gassed last night and hospitalized. Foreman Joe Gonzales noticed symptoms and opened a tunnel to create a draft while O O Scott blamed fumes from naphtha coal tar and carbon monoxide from a concrete mixer for the incident.
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Associated Press
Houston
Eatin. Rera
John Rodriguez
Gilberto Iro
Jesus Mancayus
Joe Gonzales
Thanksgiving Winter Hits Chicago and Midwest Weather
Thanksgiving day brought a blast of winter to the Middle West with sub zero temperatures across the upper Mississippi valley. Duluth Minnesota registered 14 degrees below zero while White River Ontario fell to 24 below. strong northwest winds sharpened the chill and lake warnings were eased. Forecasters predicted colder nights across the region with clear skies along the Canadian border and snow in Illinois Indiana Iowa Missouri South Dakota Nebraska and Kansas.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Duluth
Minn
White River
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Mississippi-Missouri Valley
Canadian
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
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Robert M. Hallowell
Katherine Heim
Wheim
Yoakum
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Rio Grande
Wisit
Pierre 8. Dupont
Matthew S. Sloan
General Motors
Henry Ford
Ford Enterprises
Ford
Leo Youngworth
Coyotes
Qi Pt Tesy Nee
Ps4ck
Platter
Deny A. &S
Smith W. Brookhart
Leo A. Rover
Brookhart
Legion
Louis Ludlow
Donald Koppel
Donald
Poincare
Clemenceau
Panhandle Music Co
Polk
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