Fall loses clemency bid in bribery case
Former interior secretary Albert Bacon Fall, jailed in New Mexico for bribery, has his clemency plea denied as prosecutors and judges decline to submit the case to President Hoover. Attorney General Mitchell says papers will be filed away automatically, barring further action for parole after at least four months more confinement.
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Washington
Albert Bacon Fall
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Hoover
Mitchell
Fall
White House
Edward L. Doheny
Lindberghs Plan Early Hop Ahead of Siberia Flight
Col Charles A Lindbergh and his wife expect to depart Nome for Siberia at first favorable weather after delays caused by rains across Western Alaska. They aim to cross the Bering Sea via Saint Lawrence Island, a first for such a westward route toward the Siberian coast, with a gasoline cache stored on Karagin Island.
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Nome
Alaska
Charles A. Lindbergh
Kamchatka Peninsula
Bering Sea
St. Lawrence Island
Siberian
Weather Outlook Clear Across Texas and New Mexico
Friday status calls for fair weather in Amarillo and Scin ity with west Texas remaining mostly sunny. Generally fair conditions expected across New Mexico with little temperature change, while hours show modest daytime highs and cooler nights across the region.
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Amarillo
Scinity
West Texas
New Mexico
Farm Board Cotton Plan Receives Cold Dallas Reception
Cotton brokers deride the Farm Board proposal to destroy one third of the 1931 crop as unsound and counterproductive. Dallas traders warn such action would hurt farmers and fail to stabilize prices, calling the plan an admission of failure by the Board.
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Dallas
Farm Board
Dallas Cotton Exchange
al Grayson
Exchange
Farm Board backs destroying cotton to lift prices
Bankers and cotton dealers in Fort Worth viewed with skepticism the Farm Board plan to withhold 3,000,000 bales for a year in exchange for farmers destroying one third of the crop. Governors in the South voiced doubts about practical execution and lasting effect. The trade remained doubtful about the scheme's efficacy.
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Chicago
U.P
Board of Trade
New York
Liverpool
Fort Worth
Farm Board
Oil stock up with new plan for Texas cut
Oil stocks rose after Texas Legislature passed a new conservation law aimed at curbing overproduction in East Texas. Magnolia Petroleum raised its well price from 20 to 25 cents a barrel, while talks of a field shutdown and a cooperative marketing plan dominated a meeting set for Austin on August 24 to issue new East Texas orders. Governor Sterling warned troops could be sent if behavior worsened.
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Austin
Mid-Continent
Texas
New
East Texas
New York Exchange
Magnolia Petroleum Company
East
New Orders Co
Murray
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma
Dallas
Sterling
Kansas Public Service Commission
Mexicans Arrive in El Paso on repatriation train from Oakland
More than 1,000 Mexicans reached El Paso on a special OaklandtoEl Paso repatriation train en route to interior Mexico. An estimated 1,600 more are due from Oakland later this week as plans continue for large scale repatriation.
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EL Paso
Oakland
Calif
Mexico
Horses Parade at Mid-Summer Show Tonight
The Mid-Summer Horse Show opens at 8 15 tonight at the Tri State Fair Grounds with forty top horses parading for judges. Tickets in the reserve are 1 dollar, grandstand 50 cents, children under 12 pay 25 cents, box seats 150 dollars, with sales at City Drug Store No 1 before the event.
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Tri-State Fair Grounds
Jimmy Hamilton
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
Junior Welfare League
City Drug Store
House probes Bastrop judge as first witness testifies
In Austin on Aug 13 the House prosecutors called H Grady Chandler, former first assistant attorney general, as the first witness in the investigation of J B Price of Bastrop, 21st district court judge, accused of negligent approval of exorbitant fee charges. The move came after a dispute over drafting impeachment articles and trial procedures. Price has filed an amended answer admitting substantial truth to the charges. The House, still in session as a committee of the whole, adjourned last night pending further steps.
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Austin
House
J. B. Price of
Bastrop
21St District Court
Price
Harry Graves
Georgetown
Chandler
Senate
Judge Price
Batts
Hawks Set New Chicago to New York Speed Record
Capt. Frank Hawks returned at 6 05 P M Eastern time to set a new speed record from Chicago to New York while en route to West Coast duties.
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Hawks
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Frank M. Hawks
Chetan Kinyan
Chicago
New York
Oklahoma Governor Proposes Proration Reforms in Oil Fields
Governor W H Murray proposes four drastic changes to Oklahoma oil proration rules after martial law ends. Plan includes unitizing sands in the Oklahoma City field, metering prorated wells, appointing trusted price and production umpires with governor approval, and a one tenth of one percent levy to cover enforcement costs.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
W. H. Murray
Corporation Commission
Paul Walker
Commission
Murray
Denver's Line Contract Awarded for Fort Worth and Denver Link
Hamilton and Gleason of Denver and Roberts Brothers Construction Company of Chicago won the grade and bridge contract for the Childress to Pampa extension of the Fort Worth and Denver Northern Railway. The bid, from 25 nationwide offers, is around 700000 dollars. Completion is set in 10 months for the 102 mile Red River to Pampa span. Orr and Speer of Alvord secured the Red River to Childress grading, about 11 miles, with equipment to move next week.
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Fort Worth
Childress
Pampa
Denver Northern Railway
Hamilton and Gleason
Denver
Roberts Brothers Construction Company
Chicago
R. C. Gowdy
Red River
Orr and Speer of
Alvord
Self-Defense Claim Tied to Clark Confession in Double Slaying
David H. Clark testified he killed Charles Crawford and Herbert Spencer, asserting he fired in self defense as Crawford allegedly tried to kill him. The Los Angeles proceedings unfold with Clark's admission and defense claim.
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David H. Clark
Los Angeles
Charles Crawford
Herbert Spencer
Clark
Crawford
Border Bridges Jammed as U S Curfew Nearing
Crowds thronged the Rio Grande bridges to Mexican border towns as Acting Secretary Seymour Lowman ordered closures from 9 P M to 8 A M. The move follows Mexican state Tamaulipas revoking gambling permits, with Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros casinos affected and American tourists targeted.
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U.S
Laredo
Rio Grande
United States
Seymour Lowman
United States Treasury
Tamaulipas
Texas
Francisco Castellanos, Jr
Matamoros
Nuevo Laredo
Lowman
Customs Bureau
Tex
Pollard Funeral Today for Texas Peace Officer Wiley Pollard
Funeral services for Wiley Pollard veteran Texas peace officer who died in Northwest Texas Hospital at midnight Wednesday night will be held at 10 this morning at the family home 1200 Travis Street. Pollard served as Potter County sheriff 1924 to 1926 and had been in poor health since retirement. He was 62.
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Wiley Pollard
Texas
Northwest
Travis Street
Pollard
Potter County
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
G. S Yates
First Baptist Church
Llano Cemetery
Eva Pollard
Frank M
J. Alfred Pollard
Amarillo
Wyman Purvines
Panhandle
Porter Malone
Pampa
Eunice Phillips
Austin
Roy Brewer
N. P
Murray County
Tenn
Cleburne
Santa Fe Railway Company
Johnson County
W. A. Stewart
Oklahoma
Baroness Krafft Von Crailsheim Buried in San Jose Cemetery
The Baroness Krafft Von Crailsheim aged 79, an opera star of half a century ago, was buried in San Jose Cemetery. She debuted in Berlin as Angelica Hofercorn and was a classmate of Ernestine Schumann Heinke, who later sang with the chorus when the Baroness rose to prima donna status.
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San Antonio
Krafft von Crailsheim
San Jose
Berlin
Angelica Hofercorn
Ernestine Schumann- Heinke
Musical
Madame Schumann-Heinke
Panhandle Caravan Receives Special First American Matinee Honor
The Panhandle Caravan members will be guests of First American at a special matinee next Friday in Albuquerque. Tickets through the Chamber of Commerce cost 2 dollars per person per performance and permit early attendees access to regular caravan privileges. Reservations urged as hotel holds fill quickly with travel from Amarillo and the South Plains.
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Panhandle's
Arthur Prager
First American
Wilbur Hawk
News-Globe
Chamber of Commerce
Prager
Amarillo
Albuquerque
Panhandle
New Mexico
Mason King
Albuquerque Country Club
Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce
King
South Plains
Canyon
Hereford
Clovis
Santa Fe
South vet dies in Nacogdoches at 83
Jos Stribling a Confederate Army veteran aged 83 died in Nacogdoches Aug 13 Funeral services are planned for Fairview Church tomorrow afternoon.
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Nacogdoches
Jos Stribling
Fairview
Four readied for prison after torch murder near Ann Arbor
In Ann Arbor Mich on August 13 two white youths and a large Black man were sentenced to four terms each for a brutal torch murder on a lonely road. Their confessions described transporting bodies by car and setting the car and victims aflame. Police later arrested Blackstone and Smith in Ypsilanti, sparking mob violence outside the city hall and jail.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Michigan
George W. Rample
Fred Smith
Frank Oliver
David Thome Blackstone
Althoug Smith
Blackstone
Anna Ma Harrison
Harry Lore
Thomas Wheatle
Smith
Harrison
Vivian Gold
Miss Harrison
Cleveland
Slayers arrive guarded for transfer to Michigan prison
Heavily guarded Slayers reach Michigan state prison in Jackson and plan later transfer to Marquette prison as officials prepare for continued coverage.
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Michigan Prison
Jackson
Mich
Michiga State
Michigan Bran Prison
Marquette
Start a Business With A Shoestring Budget Today
A short note urges readers to consider the Business Opportunity ads in The Globe News. It promises a way to become one’s own boss with little initial cost and describes the fun of growing a small concern into a larger enterprise.
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Globe- News
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Lindberghs
Tokyo
H. Grady Chandler
R. L. Batts
Julian Harrison
Pampa Road
Trio
Blackston
Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti Cit Hall
Oliver
Elt
Negro
American Legion Post
Jf Tice
Jay Payne
Court House
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