Laredo mystery hunt for missing journalist Harry Williams
Laredo Texas January 26 a massive search unfurls for Harry Williams a 24 year old Laredo newspaper man who vanished last night. About 50 border patrol officers from Arizona to Texas join local peace officers under Assistant Secretary of Labor Robe Carl White to locate him. A single clue came from J B Dacantara who reported a youth matching the description was seen after being doped or thrown from a car 30 miles north. Kidnap theories involve mistaken identity with Indiana magnate A L Kitselman. Sheriff Condren notes Williams may have been dumped or released after trick.
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Immigration and Border Patrol
Harry Williams
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J. B. Dacantara
Here
William
A. L. Kitselman
Indiana
Milionaire
Williams
Condren
Former owners sue to recover Stone Mountain site
S H Venable and two other original owners sue in Decatur Ga to recover the Stone Mountain site deeded for a Confederacy memorial. They allege the Stone Mountain Monumental Association violated a contract to finish the main carving within 12 years, claim insolvency and wasteful use of funds, and seek to reclaim the property to re-dedicate it to its original purpose.
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Associated Press
Decatur
S. H. Venable
Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain Monumental Association
Weather forecast for Amarillo and New Mexico region
Unsettled conditions with rain or snow possible in the north, fair to warm in the south. North portions Sunday colder with much colder extremes in northeast New Mexico. central Rocky Mountain region warmer this morning. Sun rises at 7 50 a m sets at 6 10 p m yesterday’s high 1998 48 low and no precipitation in the last 24 hours.
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Nity
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New Mexico
Montana
Florida
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Rock Island Plans New Rail Line to East Panhandle
Rock Island officials announced a major building program to extend from Paducah to Amarillo creating a direct Amarillo Fort Worth route. The plan includes Gulf, Texas & Western assets, Frisco involvement, and trackage rights from Paducah to Jacksboro with Rock Island control to Fort Worth. The article also covers Hale life sentence in the Roan Osage murder case and trial history.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Paducah
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
el Reno
Gulf, Texas & Western
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Frisco
Groom
Seymour
Vernon
South Plains
Rairoad
Convict Escapes By Tricking Guard In Texas
Harvey Blassingame serving a bank robbery sentence tricked his guard who had escorted him from state prison. Granted leave for a mother’s illness, the guard relaxed vigilance near Bettie, Texas, allowing Blassingame to lunge through a wire fence and leave the guard unconscious.
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Associated, Press
Gilmer
Texas
Harvey Blassingame
Blassingame
State Prison
Bettie
Blizzard Victims Safe At Lone Ranch
Two Boeing Air Transport planes moved from Evo Nevada toward Clover Valley to reach Frank Barber and two passengers stranded after a Thursday crash. Heavy snow aided the rescue, eight ranchers battled a four hour blizzard to reach the wreck and bring the trio to a distant ranch house.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Boeing Air Transport
Evo
Nev
Clover Valley
Frank Barber
Boeing
Barber
E. A. Ames
Camden, Me
T. J. Pflueger
San Francisco
Utah
Secret
Wass
Ruby Mountains
Nevada
Camden
Maine
Ekis
Boeing Air Transport, Inc
Salt Lake
Elko
New
Secret Pass
Harry Huking
Hoe
Coast Guard Sent To Aid Silver Maple Steamer
The coast guard cutter Tampa was ordered to leave Boston navy yard at 7 tonight and proceed to assist the British steamer Silver Maple, which was disabled about 780 miles east of Boston.
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Associated Press
Boston
Coast Guard
Tampa
Boston Navy Yard
Crippled Steamer Dannedaike Arrives At Bermuda Harbor
The tanker Dannedaike, after signaling for aid during an Atlantic storm, reached St George Bermuda harbor battered and worn but afloat. The ship had previously sent distress calls earlier in the week and was towed or guided into port for safety and assessment.
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Unitel Press
ST. George
Bermuda
Dannedaike
Belton Blaze Destroys Luther Hall at Baylor College
A fire at Luther Hall on the Baylor College for Women campus in Belton destroys the dormitory housing 250 girls. Many flee in pajamas as firemen rush from Temple and Georgetown. loss estimated at 285000 with 100000 insured. One girl, Dorothy Williams of Dallas, bruised after jumping from a window. College officials call for clothing donations to clothe displaced students.
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Belton
Tex
Baylor College
Temple
Luther Hall
Georgetown
Hooper
J. C. Hardy
Dorothy Williams
Dallas
Two May Die After Taos Wedding Fight
Jésus Medina, 55, and his son Daniel are dead after a gun battle at a wedding dance in Dixon near Taos New Mexico. Alberto Medina, 24, is believed dying. Feud with the Lovato brothers sparked the shooting. the two Lovato men were jailed in Santa Fe.
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N. M
Jésus Medina
Daniel
Alberto
Dixon
Here
Medina
Juan
Antonio Lovato
Serape
Lovato
Santa Fe
Former Kaiser Wilhelm II Calls for Peace Policy in Exile Statement
Exclusive United Press publication from Doorn Holland on Kaiser Wilhelm II marking his seventieth birthday. The former ruler defends a long standing foreign policy aimed at peace, asserts Germany did not seek conquest, and argues war was not his aim unless attacked.
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Germany
London Daily Telegraph
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United Press
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Holland
Wilhelm
Kuiner
United Prées
Doorn
Twelve Miners Die in Kingston Coal Mine Blast
Kingston West Virginia January 26 Twelve miners are confirmed dead after a mine explosion at Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company. Sixty nine men worked the mine. fifty three escaped. Two additional workers remain unaccounted for as rescuers search with oxy helmets and burn injuries noted among the found bodies.
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Kingston
W. Va
Kingston Pochontas Coal Company
Tribesmen Kill Missionary Near Hasra Ambush
The Rev. Henry Bilkert, a Reformed church missionary, was killed when the automobile he rode in was ambushed by Wahabi tribesmen at Hasra, Trak. Also in the vehicle were Charles Crane, former American ambassador to China, his wife, J. Crane, and Charles Johnson, the valet. Bilkert had been sent to Arabia as a missionary in 1917.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Hasra
Trak
Charles Crane
China
J. ©. Crane
Charles Johnson
Bilkert Wos
Arable
Pilot Survives Fiery 22,000-Foot Plunge At Wright Field
Lieutenant Julian Haddon, test pilot at Wright Field, parachuted from a burning aircraft after a 22,000 foot fall. He escaped unhurt aside from a sprained back and walked to a farm house to report the wreck to his commander. The plane crashed five miles away, fully alight, as onlookers watched the fiery descent.
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Dayton
Ohio
Julian Haddon
Haddon
Lieuteant Haddon
Wright Field
Colder Weather With Snow Possible Today
After a mild day with a brisk wind the weather bureau forecasts unsettled conditions today with possible snow and colder temperatures. Yesterday ranged from 28 to 56 degrees, with fair and warmer weather in the Panhandle before a brief cold snap to two degrees above zero earlier in the week.
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Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Moody Requisition Sought for Oklahoma Forgery Suspect
Governor Moody issued a requisition on Oklahoma to extradite Cecil G. Hendrick wanted in Grayson County on forgery charges and held in Cleveland County Oklahoma.
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Moody
Associated Press
Austin
Moody Today
Oklahoma
Cecil G. Hendrick
Grayson County
Cleveland County
LOOP DESPITE DERAILED TRAIN KILLS TWO IN TEXAS AREA
Conductor Kh L Perry of Houston and brake man G Eitel of Springs Texas die when a nine car Mit sour Pacific freight derails between College Station and Nava nota. The flat car they rode and eight others leave the track as wreckage concentrates around a center pile up. Wrecking crew rushes to Nava nota with line expected clear by 6 am Sunday.
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Kh. L. Perry
Houston
G. Eitel
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Pacific
College Station
Navanota
Perry
Kitel
Valley Junction
Spring
Navasota
Hourton
Fort Worth
Chicago
Unitel Press
Northwest Railroad
Elmhurst
Northwestern
M. W. Henderson
American Banking Institution
St. Luke's Hospital
Loop
Madison Street
Northwestern Railroad
Adolph Ohlin
Villa Park
United Press
Ohlin
Reports of 22 Below Zero Snow in New Mexico
Santa Fe New Mexico reports 22 degrees below zero and three feet of snow from Chama as per state highway department dispatches. The harsh weather alerts transport disruptions and rescue needs amid heavy snowfall.
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Unitel Press
Santa Fe,n. M
Chama, N. M
State Highway Department
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