National guard aids probe into Kansas bond forgery scandal
In Topeka Gov. Landon orders guards to assist state auditors as officials probe forged bonds tied to the Kansas School Fund. Officials say up to 658000 dollars in bogus securities may be uncovered with a broker Ronald Finney held on 25,000 dollar bond for offering 20000 in forged bonds to the National Bank of Topeka.
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Peka
Kans
National
Kansas Treasury
Landon
Chicago
Kansas School Fund Commission
Ronald Finney
National Bank of Topeka
Fidelity State and Savings Bank
Emporia
W. W. Finney
New Alignment of U S Agencies For Economy Is Placed in Effect
Federal reorganization under Roosevelt cuts duplicative agencies including the prohibition bureau and shipping board. Immediate savings of about 5 million annually, with up to 2 thousand layoffs expected though uncertain. Key consolidations include the immigration bureau and national parks office into new structures.
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U.S
Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Shipping Board
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Merchant Fleet’ Corporation
Commerce Department
Justice Department
Department
Treasury
Office of
National Capitol
National Memorial Commission
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway
Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission
Bureaus of Immigration and Naturalization
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Office of Education of
Interior Department
Mm . SE
Internal Revenue
Industrial Alcohol
Woodin
Division of Investigation
Observatory Site Inspected for Texas University Mount Locke
Fort Davis August 9 The proposed astronomical observatory site on Mount Locke was inspected by the Texas University board of regents and President N Y Benedict. The party included H J W Luther Stak Orange Charles It Frances Wichita Falls Dr Tiers Aynesworth Waco and Beauford Jester Corsicana they ascended the mount on foot and were highly pleased with the selection. They then departed for Midland.
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Fort Davis
Texas University
Mount Locke
Board of
Regents
N. Y. Benedict
H. J. W. Luther Stak
Orange
Charles It
Frances
Wichita Falls
Tiers Aynesworth
Waco
Beauford Jester
Corsicana
Midland
SFEKS Accord On Milk Price
Amarillo milk producers face a severe price crisis as W A Canon director of markets for the state department of agriculture arrives to aid distributors and retailers in reaching a price agreement. He plans a survey of the local milk field to gather facts on the price situation and notes producers face a choice between feeding their cows or their families because current prices are inadequate.
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Amarillo
W. A. Canon
State Department of Agriculture
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton Reconciles With Husband
Los Angeles Aug 9 The famous evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton and her husband David L Hutton agreed to reconcile. Attorneys announce Hutton will withdraw the divorce complaint filed while she was abroad.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Hutton
David L
Jon Man) Hutton
Baby Girl Killed by Wrestlers Car in Oklahoma
An automobile driven by Hugh Nichols light heavyweight wrestling claimant struck and killed 5 year old Katherine Allen daughter of Bob Allen on a highway near Parcell Oklahoma. Nichols and three other professional grapplers were allowed to continue to Oklahoma City for a wrestling show and promised to appear tomorrow for questioning. County Attorney Purman Wilson said he did not know whether any charges would be filed.
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Purman Wilson
Fullingim and Ricks Named HO L C Appointees in Potter County
Announcement made at the Texas headquarters in Dallas names John R. Fullingim as attorney and Robert Ricks as appraiser for Potter County. Both Amarillo citizens. Fullingim an attorney since 1926 and Ricks leader of the Robert Ricks Realty Co since 1927. Leaders backed by Democratic factions in Potter County.
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Texas
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Dallas
John R. Fullingim
Robert Ricks
Potter County
Amarillo
Fullingim
Dozenfield, Simpson, Foster & Fullingim
Ricks
Brewer, Ricks and Atwood Realty Company
James A. Shaw
Mr. Ricks
Mr. Fullingim
Texas HOLOC lists West Texas attorneys and appraisers
The Texas division of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation issued a roster of attorneys and appraisers for West Texas. The list is ordered by county, then attorney, then appraiser, with Armstrong and J. S. Stallings, Claude among the names.
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West Texas
Dallas
Texas
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Armstrong
Stallings
Claude
Last Laugh At Clovis Court Rattle Trial Room
In Clovis New Mexico Judge Harry L Patton warned spectators during a trial about outbursts of laughter. He called a time out and invited any unruly audience members to leave. District Attorney J C Compton his assistant and a bailiff stood and left as the court recessed.
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Clovis
N. M
Harry L. Patton
J. C. Compton
Everett M. Grantham
Balbo Plane Collision Kills One as Seaplanes Reach Lisbon
Twenty three seaplanes of the Italian transatlantic squadron arrived in Lisbon from the Azores after a ship overturned at dawn killing General Italo Balbo. Three crew members were injured and one drowned when the craft capsized at Ponta Delgada. Balbo’s flagship landed at 2:30 PM amid enthusiastic crowds as fog prompted radio guidance.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Azores
Italo Balbo
Atlantic
Tagus
Ponta Delgada
Enrico Squaglia
Celso Ranieri
Aldo Ravier
Luigi Cremaschi
Amsterdam
Chicago
NRA Chief Warns Retailers to Keep Labor Hours Up
Roosevelt administration officials press industry to hire more workers under the Recovery Act. Hugh S Johnson warned retailers and grocers that shortening hours ruins employment gains, as modified wage rules expand coverage in petroleum and jewelry sectors and a Pennsylvania coal strike nears settlement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
Pennsylvania
Gerard Swope
National Labor Board
Swope
George L. Berry
Louis E. Kirstein
Leo Wolman
National Board
Salesman dies from shooting injury in Waco
R C Matthews a 29 year old Dallas traveling salesman died in a Waco hospital from a abdomen wound after a shooting at a South Waco residence Mrs J E Haning was jailed pending a complaint Bauerle assistant district attorney said the shooting followed a drinking party also attended by another traveling man and a woman Matthews survived by his wife and two daughters in Alexandria La a letter from Mrs Matthews was found in his pocket
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Waco
R. C. Matthews
Dallas
South Waco
J. E. Haning
Francis Baurele
Bauerle
Matthews
Alexandria
Search for missing boy widens in two cities
Police and Boy Scouts hunted for 14 year old Richard Billender of Pampa Texas who vanished after attending a show in Joplin last Monday morning. He was last seen in Pam pa and search efforts spread to Webb City Missouri today.
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Pampa
Webb City
Boy Scouts
Richard Billender
Tex
Joplin
Guard Against Mob in Officer's Death
Ada officers rushed to Coalgate Oklahoma to guard the county jail where five suspects held in the slaying of veteran U S deputy marshal Robert O Sumpter. Sumpter was killed during a raid on a mountain whisky still near Lehigh. Two carloads from Ada aided in maintaining order. Names of the arrestees and a sixth suspect were not released.
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Coalgate
Okla
Ada
Robert O. Sumpter
United States
Sumpter
Lehigh
Bally Rand fined for nude fan dance at world fair
Chicago August 9. Bally Rand, a daily feature at the world’s fair loop theater, was fined 25 dollars after a policeman testified he was shocked by her nude performance. Judge Erwin W. Hasten quipped about nudity and noted the only human allowed to appear nude is a baby. Dennis H. Parkerson testified he viewed Rand’s entire front during the act.
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Chicago
Bally Rand
Erwin W. Hasten
Selly
Dennis H. Parkerson
Miss Rand
Hopkins pushes billion for unemployment relief this winter
Washington report says Harry Hopkins, federal relief administrator, seeks one billion dollars for unemployment aid and urges states and cities to match the government's 500 million appropriation or the jobless will "take a beating." He warns federal help will not come if local aid remains stingy and expects states to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Uncle Sam
Hopkins
Texas Oil Proration Hearing Set for August 21
The Texas Railroad Commission announced a state wide oil proration hearing in Austin for August 21. R D Parker, chief supervisor of the oil and gas division, said the call aims to align state orders with any Federal programs under the National Recovery Administration code and to allow prompt compliance once regulations are issued.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
R. D. Parker
Commission
Oil and Gas Division
Texas
National Recovery Administration
Washington
Parker
Federal Court Upholds I C C Power Over Rates and Routes
Federal Judge James C. Wilson ruled that the emergency railroad transportation act did not repeal or amend I C C authority. Quanah Acme and Pacific vs Santa Fe sought to block a tariff filed June 1. The court dissolved a temporary restraining order and directed action before the I C C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
James C. Wilson
Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway
Santa Fe
Q. A. and P
Wilson
L C. C
Cuba Declares State of War as Machado Stand Dives
President Gerardo Machado proclaims a republic wide state of war while U S ambassador Sumner Welles and rival leaders press for Machado to resign. The decree, enacted after a week of strikes and deadly protests, orders Havana troops to return and uphold public peace amid disputed leadership.
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Associated Press
Havana
Gerrardo Machado
Cuba
Republic
Sumner Welles
United States
Decr
Tri-State Area Tours World Fair With News-Globe
Reservations fill the Tri-State area for the News-Globe third tour to the world fair on Texas Day at A Cent of Progress. Mason King and Miss Lois Black handle bookings with $1 to hold, balance due by August 15. Tour from August 20 to 27 costs $67.50 and covers all but meals. Wilbur C. Hawk oversees train and checks aboard the Santa special.
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Tri-State
News-Globe
Texas
Mason King
Lois Black
Wilbur C. Hawk
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Alf M. Landon
National Guard
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White House
Hyde Dent
Honolulu
Charles P. Hill
Ted C. Marshall
C. C. Stewart
W. Hovey
L. B. Pitt
H. A. Taft
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Marshall
West Xas
New Mexico
Ftéerday
SFEKS
Aimee
Italy
Seven Hills
Balbo
Hugh Johnson
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Machado
Welles
Congress
Orestes Ferrara
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Mac
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Designa
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