Protests Over Egypt Sudan Standoff and League Debate
The piece argues against U S involvement in Egyptian affairs and criticizes the League of Nations as dominated by powerful nations. It cites Egypt's protest over English demands in Sudan and warns Americans to avoid entanglement, favoring Monroe Doctrine principles and national security under President Coolidge.
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League of Nations
England
Sudan
Egypt
League
Bernard Shaw
Bigger Army Urged by War Chief in Years End Report
Secretary of War Weeks urged a larger better equipped army in his annual report to the President. He proposed expanding enlisted strength from 118000 to 160000 and increasing munitions and equipment, aligning with General Pershing’s final recommendations. The plan outlines gradual expansion for air service, regulars, National Guard, organized reserves, reserve officers training, and updated defense facilities.
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United Press
Washington
Weeks
J. J. Pershing
Pershing
National Guard
Mawali
Canal Zone
Regular Army
Secretary of War
Don't Try to Escape Warning From Convict
Houston report says 24 year old prisoner fh McDonald at Pat Nell honor prison farm told manager not to help him escape after a gunfight with Deputy Sheriff W J Alderson near Katy Texas. McDonald was shot in the abdomen and near death in a hospital. Daniel Webster, 20, walked away with him after dinner.
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United Press
Houston
Amiv
Holland Farm
Fh. McDonald
Pat Nell Honor
J. P. Flannigan
Flannigan
United Press Today
W. J. Alderson
Katy
Tex
McDonald
Daniel Webster
Se Wouldn't Marry Him Ends In Double Tragedy
In Shreveport on November 29 authorities investigated the deaths of Myrtle Oden and J. J. Bass both found shot in a car. Bass killed Oden with two bullets then reportedly shot himself after she refused marriage, authorities say.
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Shreveport
Myrtle Oden
J. J. Bass
Bethany
Miss Oden
Bass
Weather Outlook For Today And Yesterday's Temperatures
The forecast calls for fair skies and an ideal day for churchgoing. Yesterday reached a high of 65 and a low of 34, while the same date last year saw a high of 47 and a low of 14. The Amarillo Hotel Coffee Shop is noted as famous for food.
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Amarillo Hotel
Fire at Warwick No 1 Well Halts Drilling in Potter County
After a blast spread a gas cloud to the Amarillo Oil company Warwick No 1 well in Potter County, two men were seriously burned. The fire burned for more than 32 hours and was extinguished at 10 yesterday morning. Crews will lay groundwork and erect a new derrick with drilling expected to resume in about ten days. The well sits at 2360 feet. tools dropped when the cable line burned are expected to be recoverable.
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Amarillo Oil Company
Warwick No. 1
Potter County
R. A. Ford
Oliver-Kahle addition in Amarillo undergoes rapid improvements
Amarillo improves the Oliver-Kahle residential addition bounded by Twenty-fourth to Thirty-fourth streets and Pierce to Washington. About 150000 dollars is spent on paving gas and water mains, with 7500 dollar residence starting next week as part of a 250000 dollar 1925 program.
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Amarillo
Oliver-Kahle
Twenty-fourth Street
Thirty-fourth Street
Pierce Street
Washington Street
Harrison Street
Thirty-fourth
Tenth
Polk
Tyler
van Buren
Jackson
Twenty-ninth Street
Jackson Street
Plains Paving Company
Willite
William Oliver Realty Company
Polk Street
Alleged embezzler located in Italy after 1922 disappearance
Oklahoma City reports former Bank of McAlester cashier O M Anderson who vanished Christmas Eve 1922 with 20 000 dollars missing has been found in Italy. Governor Trapp says Washington CIA cables Rome to arrest him and return him to Oklahoma to face embezzlement charges.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Anderson
Bank of McAlester
Okla
Italy
Two Boys Drowned in Smiths Creek Near Porthamboy
Bodies of four year old James Antal and one year old Joseph Antal were found in Smiths Creek near Porthamboy New Jersey. Police suspect their mother Elizabeth Antal 24 drowned them before committing suicide by railway. The tragedy follows taunts from the husband’s relatives.
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Porthamboy
N. J
Smith's Creek
James Antal
Joseph
Elizabeth Antal
Adjutant Foiny Sets World Speed Record for Airplanes
Paris reports Adjutant Foiny established a world speed record by averaging over 196 kilometers per hour on a 15 kilometer flight. The French claim the mark surpasses American records.
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Paris
Adjutant Foiny
Whispering Smith Last Book Taken From Library Here
Mrs Meeks faces murder trial in the shooting death of Mrs Bessie Sommers. Library records show she borrowed Whispering Smith from the Potter County library a week before the incident, and she has not returned it. Lloyd Fletcher, district attorney, seeks a librarian witness and the case opens tomorrow with up to ninety jurors summoned. A M Mood will defend, Fletcher prosecutes.
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Whispering Smith
Frank H. Spearman
Billie Meeks
Bessie Sommers
Potter County
Lloyd Fletcher
A. M. Msod
Fletcher
Recommendations Made for Tenth Street Improvements
A meeting at Hotel Palo Duro yesterday set plans for Tenth Street to connect with the Country club district via Cheyenne street near the Rock Island tracks. A committee on advertising publicity and finance will report in January on a year long campaign and a $2,800 fundraising target.
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Tenth Street
Palo Duro
Country Club District
Cheyenne Street
Rock Island Tracks
Rock Island Railroad
West Tenth Street
Santa Fe
City Commission
Police Seek Woman Who Kidnapped Three Year Old
Philadelphia dispatch reports police in all precincts were warned to find a strange woman who abducted Charles Stevenson from his Gloucester New Jersey home across the river. The kidnapper lured Mrs Stevenson from the house with a fake message then offered to watch the child while she checked a nearby shop.
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Py United Press
Philadelphia
Charles Stevenson
Gloucester
N. J
Mrs. Stevenson
Police hold man for reward offered in Colorado case
Police detain George Peter son, known by about a dozen aliases, after a $250 reward was offered by Colorado authorities. He was first arrested on the recommendation of R. O. Walkup of the Amarillo Business Men's Association and held here at his request. A card with his description and the reward led to his arrest yesterday.
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George Peterson
Colorado
Peterson
R. O. Walkup
Amarillo Business Men's Association, Inc
Santa Claus Arrested Over Advertising Costume
Los Angeles reports Santa Claus impersonator Charles T. Walker arrested for violating a city advertising ordinance after parading in a Santa suit with a local clothing store ad on his back. In Regensburg, Germany, a munitions explosion at Reichwehr barracks caused extensive damage and is being investigated as arson.
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Los Angeles
Santa Claus
Charles T. Walker
Santa
Regensburg
Germany
Reichwehr
Police Seek Tong War Renewal Across Chinatown
New York police hunted for a renewal of the tong war as detectives patrolled Dover Pell and Mott streets in Manhattan. The crackdown aimed to curb a feud that has already claimed nine lives and involved a reported seventy five gun and hatchet men said to be imported from the Pacific coast by the Hip Sings to attack On Leongs.
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New York
Secant
Chinatown
Dover
Pell and Mott
Pacific Coast
Milk case continued as dairyman seeks city permit
Hearing on R C Pool dairy petition for a mandatory injunction to compel a milk distribution permit was adjourned to tomorrow night. Judge Henry Bishop presided as city inspector C G Spencer testified of permit denial for unpermitted dairies while state food and drug official M Pierson vouched for the Pool dairy’s sanitary status. Witnesses included M Merriman of McIlroy’s and Frank Papadeus of the Texas Candy Shop amid claims of adulterated cream.
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R C,. Pool
Henry Bishop
C. G. Spencer
Mr. Pool
M. Pierson
Food and Drug Department
Health Department
W. C. Pool
Fort Worth
R. €. Pool
Armbrm Immature Shop Relocates to West Sixth Street
The Amarillo Armature shop moves from 495 East Third Street to 308 West Sixth Street to gain space and better facilities. Key figures connected to the company are L. G. Symmonds, Tom Harrah and S. J. M. Chum.
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Amarillo Armature
East Third Street
West Sixth Street
L. G. Symmonds
Tom Harrah
S. J. M Chum
Antelope Hunters Fined for Killing on Landergin Farm
Kyle Childers and J A Potter were fined 87 50 including costs by Justice Landis for killing three antelope on the Landergin farm. The judge warned violators will face the limit. The antelope will be given to the Presbyterian Home children. Let’s go to the Fair.
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Kyle Childers
J. A. Potter
Justice Landis
Landergin
Presbyterian Home
Engineers' Pay Raised by U S Railroad Board
The United States Railroad Labor Board granted wage increases about five percent for engineers and firemen on 46 western railroads, affecting over 17 000 workers. The action follows a petition filed last May and includes modified working conditions and a new method of calculating pay, which the employers oppose.
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United Press
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Ben Hooper
Incrcase
Panhandle Oil and Gas Developments Carried in Barnum Study
R G Barnum writes for a Rock Island Bulletin special edition on Panhandle oil and gas. The piece notes potential long life for Amarillo fields, gas as fuel for power and irrigation, helium extraction, and plans for new wells amid rising industrial interest.
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Barnum
Rock Island Bulletin
Panhandle
Rock Island Lines
R. G. Barnum
Oif Tian
Two Boys Die Trapped in Katy Jail Fire
Unidentified youths perished in a blaze that destroyed Katy Texas jail late Friday. Investigators found the cell stove and shavings caused the fire. Deputy Alderson had jailed them for warmth and locked the door. verdict: accidental death.
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United Press
Houston
Katy
Tex
Port Arthur
Taylor
Tyx
W. J. Alderson
Alderson
Campbell Overstreet
Charities Group to Elect at Tomorrow Meeting
The Associated Charities board will meet at 10 o clock tomorrow morning in the Potter County Library building for officer elections and to discuss the Community Chest drive. Fraternal orders judges religious organizations civic clubs federations labor groups and similar bodies are urged to send representatives. Every city minister is an ex officio board member.
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Associated Charities
Potter County
Rhinelander Wife Claims Husband Is Prisoner
New Rochelle New York November 29 Alice Jones Rhinelander wife of Leonard Rhinelander says her husband is being held prisoner by his family while she fights the annulment suit. Judge Swinburne reported she received a note from him saying to hire the best lawyer. Rhinelander had sued claiming she fraudulently presented herself as white at marriage October 14.
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Rhinelander
New York
Ku Klux Klan
New Rochelle
N. Y
Alice Jones-Rhinelander
Leonard K. Rhinelander
New York State
Samuel Swinburne
Honey Bunch
Leonard Rhinelander
Christmas Cheer Gone Wrong at Houston Bootlegging Plant
Houston officers with a search warrant seized a bootlegging operation on the city outskirts. They confiscated 125 gallons of wine 28 gallons of white whiskey 1600 gallons of apricot mash and a 40 gallon copper still with a steady run. Also taken were 600 pounds of sugar 250 pounds of corn meal 100 pounds of rye and apricots.
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United Press
Houston
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