House pushes revenue bill toward final passage in 1933 tax plan
The House boosts the new revenue bill to about 999 million dollars and eyes a final vote on sales tax and levies. The Ways and Means Committee substitutes yield 255.5 million dollars, including 75 million from stock transfers and 100 million from market loss credits. Savings in appropriations and post office changes push total potential revenue to 1.2715 billion with a 30.5 million dollar surplus. A bid to revive a 600 million dollar manufacturers tax faced opposition as headlines warn of a new fight on page 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil B. Dickson
Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Ways and Means
Mills
Post Office
Johnson
S.D
Crisp
Amarillo Building Permits Rise in March Totals
March building activity in Amarillo rose with permits exceeding February by about $10,000. A total of 25 permits were issued for 445,170, part of a first quarter surpassing 100,000. Most March permits were for new buildings, with a single repair at 5046 Polk Street for 4,000 underway. The largest new project is a brick warehouse on West Tenth Avenue for Fleischmann Company.
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Amarillo
Cit v
City Hall
Polk Street
Mattie Anderson
Los Angeles
West Tenth Avenue
Fleischmann Company
Lost, don’t be failed call classified for results
An OCR fragment reads a classified style line urging readers to use the classifieds to find or place notices. The exact wording is incomplete but conveys a call to action and a phone-like number 6262 appears, suggesting contact or ad submission details. The tone matches period newspaper classifieds.
New Fluorine Taming Method Revealed at Cape Chemistry Meet
A new method to tame fluorine was announced to the American Chemical Society in New Orleans. The process dissolves the organic compound in carbon tetrachloride and cools it, allowing fluorine to react without explosion. A product of fluorine and naphthalene forms as a gray, decomposed solid around 352 F, and fluorine can displace chlorine from tetrachloride at freezing temperatures.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New Orleans
Nature
American Chemical Society
Lucious A. Bigelo
J. Herbert Pearson
Louis B. Cook
George J. Haus
Duke
Amarillo Debaters Split With Lubbock
Special to The News from Lubbock March 31 Amarillo and Lubbock High School debate teams split honors with the girls losing to Lubbock and the boys winning the decision. The topic from the Interscholastic League was resolved that lobbying as practiced in the country is detrimental to the best in the country. Amarillo boys were Hugh Fincher and Joe Fender with the girls Cecile Parsons and Elizabeth Owen, both teams supporting the affirmative.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
Hugh Fincher
Joe Fender
Cecile Parsons
Elizabeth Owen
Grahams Set Sales Record Across Eight Cylinder Cars
Graham-Paige Motors announced a weekly production record ending March 26 with 6,080 Graham eights built, pushing the year to date total to 7,200 and surpassing the prior annual eight record. General sales manager C W Matheson notes strong public reception to the new streamlined eight and a 30 percent February gain in Graham registrations in several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham-Paige Motors Corporation
Toney Chisum
C. W. Matheson
Matheson
Graham
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
Fair and warmer Friday in Amarillo and surrounding areas. West Texas sees fair, warmer conditions in the northern portion. New Mexico reports fair weather on Friday. Temperature readings are unclear due to damaged text in the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Yestads
Ruffians Set Upon Japan To Stir Anger In Shanghai
In Shanghai on March 31 Chinese civilians attacked a Japanese man in the international settlement, threatening peace talks as delegates noted progress. Japan agreed to withdraw to four districts while China refused the Woosung district and objected to Kiangwan. talks adjourned for home government review.
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Japan
Shanghai
Edward VII Street
Woosung
Kiangwan
Por
plot charged to rob bank in Abilene
Four men face conspiracy to burglarize Citizens National Bank in Abilene after a 48 foot tunnel was found from a vacant building east of the bank. Suspects Rupert Black, Edwin Rice, Malcolm Foster, and Oliver Black were arrested yesterday. Black was a 1929 Abilene High graduate and USC football letterman.
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Abilene
Citizens National Bank
University of Southern California
Rupert
Butcher) Black
Abilene High
Eagle
Edwin A. Rice
Malcolm W. Foster
E. Oliver Black
U K Shows Surplus of 364000 Pounds for Fiscal 1931-32
London financial reports reveal a surplus on the books totaling 364000 pounds for the close of the 1931-32 fiscal year. The amount equates to about 1830000 dollars at par.
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London
United Kingdom
Lindbergh Baby Kidnap Case Hopes Fade in Night
After a month of searching nationwide for Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. no solid lead has emerged. Tips and car stops, house searches, and questions to suspects continue as state police maintain no single clue or plan has arisen from the Virginia intermediaries or Colonel Lindbergh.
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Kropewell
N. J
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Norfolk
Lindbergh
Gas station robbers captured near Tucumcari
Three youths Jack Waver 20 Jack Muryen 24 Wayne Vernon 19 were arrested east of Tucumcari after a gas station hold up and robbery of Mr Jenkins Amarillo operator. They fled after forcing him into their car and taking $9. Sheriff Thompson stated extradition may be waived.
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Tucumcari
Quay County
Mr. Jenkins
Amarillo
Jack Waver
Jack Mur
Bill Thompson
Jenkins
Mr. Logan
Thompson
Boy Killed After Fall From School Bus
James Marion Lewis seven died when he fell from a Conaway Colorado school bus carrying students home from classes. The vehicle ran over him. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J W Lewis. Funeral services were held today.
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Colorado
James Marion Lewis
Conaway Community
J. W. Lewis
Coal Strike Ends in Wilkesbarre Community Action
The insurgent anthracite miners strike closed when Staunton colliery workers, including Thomas Maloney the strike leader, voted unanimously to return to work on April 2, ending the dispute in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania.
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Wilkesbarre
Staunton
Thomas Maloney
Communists in Russia May Get Higher Salaries
Moscow reports indicate the political bureau may triple party member pay from 300 to 900 rubles monthly, aligning with Stalin's end of the equal wages policy. The move targets officials and factory workers, driven by lost time, extra work, and reluctance of capable officials to accept posts at equal pay.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Lenin
Additional Money Out Of Hoarding Says U S Economic Upswing
Washington March 31 The Federal Reserve Board reports a weekly review showing money in circulation rose by 44 million to 5.436 billion as hoarding declines cut circulation by 195 million since Hoover's campaign began. The rise reflects funds returning to banks and reentry into the Treasury.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Hoover
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Two Weeks Till Amarillo Show by Fred Stone
Fred Stone brings Smiling Faces to Amarillo in two weeks with a traveling South and Southwest tour. The company travels by train with two baggage cars of scenery for eight scenes in two acts and a large orchestra. Tickets available at The News-Globe or by mail to Wilbur C. Hawk. Matinee prices range from 50 cents to 2.50 dollars and evening prices from 1 to 3 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stone
Amarillo
News-Globe
Wilbur C. Hawk
March Weather Sets Mixed Winter Records in Amarillo
March brought record low and high temperatures, a six day cold spell from March 7 to 12, and a 41 year cold spell record. The month averaged 43.7 degrees, below normal. precipitation fell 0.29 inch below the 0.71 inch normal, with a high of 63 degrees and a low of 34.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Mercury
School board candidates split on cutting school costs and salaries
Nine candidates respond to Taxpayers League questions on reducing operating expenses and teacher salaries. Seven favor cutting costs, with varied stances on salaries. some would cut high pay or consolidate positions, others urge caution or rely on past records.
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Taxpayers’ League
R. P. Parcells
W. L. Speer, Jr
M. L. Fleming
W. M. Curl
W. A. Askew
W. H. van Shaw
Fred Gallo
Roach
G. A. L. Morgan
Askew
Grounded three year old rescued from Oklahoma mine drill hole
Gerald Collins 3 was trapped nearly 12 hours in a 22 foot shaft beside a drill hole at the Mary Ann mine near Picher Oklahoma. Miners and two doctors worked to free him as spectators watched. He was delivered to his mother at 8 40 pm and taken to Baptist Hospital Miami for care.
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Miami
Okla
The
Baptist Hospital
Gerald Collins
Mary Ann
Picher
Paul Collins
Ohla
Estate tax abated for John N. James of Amarillo
The Internal Revenue Bureau ordered a $25,362.27 abatement of estate taxes assessed on the estate of the late John N. James of Amarillo. The overcharge resulted from a credit under the 1926 revenue act for state inheritance taxes paid after filing the Federal return.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
John N. James
Amarillo
School Salaries In Board Election Context
Salaries for 306 teachers including principals range from 120 to over 300 dollars monthly. The board records itemize salaries by brackets and note traveling allowances. Business Manager Gedill and Superintendent W. Asem Tosh receive specified salaries and allowances.
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Gedill
W. Asem
Tosh
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