Repeal Drive in Texas Near Culmination
In Austin on August 23 2 Texas counties prepare to vote next Saturday on repealing the 18th Amendment. Public interest is light due to few qualified voters and economic concerns. poll taxes hinder turnout. Senator Morris Sheppard campaigns statewide while Texas contemplates 2.2 beer sales and whether its constitution will be revised.
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Austin
Texas
National Recovery Administration
United States
Morris Sheppard
Cmt
Sheppard
Indictments Grow From Urschel Kidnapping Case
Fourteen people are indicted in the Urschel kidnapping probe as Panhandle weather brings heavy rain and minor railroad washouts. The Atlantic coast storm spans the region with two lines impaired by flooding and phone service briefly disrupted. Dalhart and Dalhart area endure the hardest downpours with tracks near water levels.
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Urschel
Atlantic
Panhandle
North Plains
Santa Fe
Fort Worth
Denver
Rock Island
Tucumcari
Jericho
Dalhart
Texline
Goodnight
Lubbock
Plainview
South Plains
Amarillo
Texico
St. Francis
Reverend Morris Promises Fierce Radio Vindication Fight
Hearings on federal charges against 19 accused radio code violators continued in Lubbock. Stamford minister Sam Morris said he would fight to the last ditch against the charge. Defendants faced unlicensed station operation and programs heard across state lines in violation of federal law. Listed defendants include C A Paulger Joe Stanton E J Turner Mr and Mrs F H Meier Ed Pierce Curry Jackson Willis Brooks F W Burson Ed F Howser E W Brown A F McClellan Cleve Langford Bill Adams and Morris.
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Lubbock
U.P
Sam Morris
Stamford
W. S. Abbott
Dallas
Federal Radio Commission
C. A. Paulger
Joe Stanton
E. J. Turner
F. H. Meier
van Antwerp
Ed Pierce
Curry H. Jackson
Willis Brooks
F. W. Burson
Plainview
F. Howser
E. W. Brown
Big Spring
A. F. McClellan
Cleve Langford
Bill Adams
Morris
Lamson Murder Trial Opens as Jury Is Chosen
In San Jose on August 23, the trial of David A. Lamson for the Memorial Day death of his wife Allene Thrope Lamson began with 12 jurors tentatively selected at noon. Officials search for a Lamson nursemaid who helped run the couple’s Stanford campus romance, aiming to uncover details of their troubled home life.
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San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamson
Allene Thrope Lamson
Lamsons
Fred Thomas
Stanford University
Stanford
Worst gale in years claims lives along Atlantic coast
The coast from New England to Hatteras faces a deadly storm with millions in damage and many missing. Six fatalities are reported as the gale pounds Virginia Beach Ocean View and Norfolk, wrecks ships and floods waterfronts. Annapolis is isolated by wind and rain as efforts to contact the city fail and residents are evacuated by boat.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
New England
Hatteras
Virginia
Virginia Beach
Ocean View
Norfolk
Government hog buy program begins to aid hog raisers
Chicago reports the start of a government hog buying plan to lift prices for hogs. About 30,000 hogs today join 5,000,000 plus in 40 days of purchases aimed at reducing supply. The target is 4,000,000 pigs and 1,000,000 sows plus unborn piglets, totaling 11,000,000 from next year’s crop. Purchase pace set at 100,000 pigs and 25,000 sows daily.
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Chicago
Priest Coughlin Attacks Hoover at Detroit Bank Probe
The Rev Fr Charles E Coughlin on his first day before a one man grand jury denounced Herbert Hoover and the banking system. He condemned local methods and said two closed Detroit banks were wrecked by a moneyed insider philosophy. He cited a 1912 London mining article he attributed to Hoover.
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Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
Herbert Hoover
First National Bank
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Hoover
London
Coughlin
Severe hurricane force winds threaten East Coast shores
Weather reports from the New York Coast Guard indicate 80 mph winds along Maryland and Chesapeake Bay activities. A Diligence cutter wireless said three small craft with no people aboard were found on Long Island Sound. A barge sank in Chesapeake Bay but 27 crew were saved. rescues were common. The schooner G. A. Kohler was beached near Gull Shore, Cape Hatteras.
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New York Coast Guard
Cutter Diligence
Long Island Sound
Chesapeake Bay
G. A. Kohler
Gull Shore
Pap the lifer enjoys prison life and refuses pardons
A. J. Tabor, 90, serving a life term for murder at Parchman prison, declined two governors pardons. He hosts a birthday banquet, spends days fishing with Ed the prison trusty, and says prison life brings more comfort than rich people worry about the stock market.
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Tabor
Pap
Biloxo
Jackson
County Relief Board Stripped of Authority Under New State Plan
Potter County relieft policy changes place executive power with a state appointed county administrator while the local welfare board becomes advisory. Julius Dozenfield Jr. named chair. five member committee approved by the county court. August 1 1933 marks shift under Federal Relief Administration and Texas commission.
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County Relief Board
Potter County
State Relief Commission
Austin
James O. Guleke
Guleke
W. H. Puqua
Wilbur C. Hawk
State Commission
Potter County Commissioners’ Court
Julius Dorenfield, Jr
Amarillo
Federal Relief Administration
Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission
Commissioners Court of
Julius Dozenfield, Jr
Walter C. Irvin
W. J. Kelly
H. E. Fuqua
J. O. Gulekie
Johnson Shifts on Open and Closed Shops under NRA
Washington reports Hughe S Johnson and Donald R Richberg issued a joint NRA interpretation forbidding the terms open shop and closed shop in law. The ruling allows workers to choose their union and offers impartial NRA aid including secret ballots to resolve representation disputes. It permits a local company union but bars employer coercion or required participation in any union.
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Washington
Hughes Johnson
NRA
Aged Woman Struck by Car on Third Avenue
Mrs. W. A. Eaton, 60, in critical condition at St. Anthony's Hospital after being hit by a car driven by Mrs. Ruby Tull at Third Avenue and Tyler Street at 3 15 yesterday afternoon. Eaton suffered a broken right upper arm and was knocked unconscious. She lives at 315 North Fillmore Street. daughter named Mrs. M. Guild of Susan, Arizona.
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W. A. Eaton
St. Anthony's Hospital
Third Avenue
Tyler Street
Banks report NRA boosts cross border shopping at Nuevo Laredo
Bankers in Nuevo Laredo say the NRA has doubled commodity purchases by Americans crossing from the United States. Cross border shoppers buy cheaper items in Mexican stores while liquor purchases have fallen by about half.
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Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
U.P
NRA
Rio Grande
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy conditions expected Thursday across Amarillo and West Texas with showers in the far western portions. New Mexico outlook shows unsettled weather with little temperature change. Temperature readings from yesterday indicate highs around 65 to 73 degrees and lows near 69 degrees, with records noted for specific dates.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Wiens
Lindberghs Alight on Faroe Islands
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife landed at Tveraa in the Faroe Islands tonight completing a flight from Iceland.
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Faroe Islands
Copenhagen
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Tveraa
Iceland
Speedy grand jury indicts 14 in Urschel kidnapping case
Federal grand jury indicts 14 in the Charles Urschel kidnapping, naming Bailey Bates and Shannon among principal suspects with ransom set at 200000. Prosecution moves to speedy trials while threats to witnesses surface, and a dramatic warning to underworld figures is issued.
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Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Harvey Bailey
Dallas
Alfred Bates
Denver
George
Kelly
L. L. Drill
St. Paul
Twin City
Sam Kozberg
Sam J. Knonick
Minneapolis
Pete Hackett
Charles Wolk
Barney Berman
R. G. Shannon
Armon Shannon
Paradise
Texas
Bailey
Urscher
Shannon Farm
Joseph B. Keenan
United States Attorney General
Unidentified Body Found Near Borger on riverbank
The body of an unidentified man, aged about 50, was found today near Electric City on the south side of the Canadian River. Ranger W. A. Gillantine located the body while hunting cows after a man visited his house two weeks earlier, asked for water and rest, and disappeared. No sign of struggle was found.
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Borger
Electric City
W. A. Gillantine
Gillantine
Grooms Fatally Wounded After Barricade in Hotel Room
Jesse Grooms a 34 year old salesman was fatally wounded today after barricading himself in a hotel room and resisting service of an arrest warrant by officers in Austin authorities reported.
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Austin
Jesse Grooms
Expert Home Services Ad Prompt
Local Want Ad urges readers to call an expert for quick eco friendly repairs. It highlights roof repairs weather stripping caulking auto tops rugs draperies window washing and floor waxing. The notice directs inquiries to the Business Service column on the Want Ad Page.
Assault Charges Dropped in Polo Case
Miss Fugenia Rose, 23, the Evanston nurse, filed to drop criminal assault charges against Cecil Smith, famed polo player, citing upcoming marriage and desire to avoid publicity. Bond of 5 000 dollars canceled. Smith headed to Long Island for polo practice ahead of next month’s tournament.
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Chicago
Fugenia Rose
Evanston
Cecil Smith
America
Smith
Long Island
N. Y
Miss Rose
R. T. Rose
Cooperstown
N. D
Willis R. Brightmire
Jones probes Texas wheat production figures for higher grain pay
Congressman Marvin Jones, Amarillo, chairman of the House agricultural committee, presented Texas carload data to the agricultural administration. He seeks an upward revision of Texas wheat figures, arguing the five year and three year averages support more aid. The data show Texas five year production about 56.46 million bushels and three year about 59.64 million, potentially adding three million dollars to Texas farmers.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Agricultural Administration
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Agricultural Committee
House of Representatives
Texas
Congressman Jones
Mr. Jones
Jones
Pioneer Panhandle Cattleman Ill After Heart Attack
J. M. Sanford, prominent Panhandle cattleman, lies seriously ill at his home on Van Buren Street after a heart attack. Relatives include Mrs. Sanford, Elliott Sanford, Mrs. Dick Coon of Dalhart, and Sam Sanford of Bertram. The town of Sanford, northeast of Amarillo, is named for him.
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J. M. Sanford
Pioneer
First Section of Road Chiseled Into Palo Duro Canyon
600 CCC workers completed the initial half mile section of the Palo Duro Canyon road, carved entirely by hand in about three weeks. The segment reaches a mesa below the rim and opens access for trucks to continue work down to the canyon floor. Maj. James A. Watson granted a half holiday and the crew enjoyed a special dinner. Citizens are invited to inspect the road Sunday at the state park site.
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Palo Duro Canyon
James A. Watson
State Park
Ed Owen
Palo Duro
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