Britain and France Offer Peace Plan Amid Criticism
The Associated Press reports France and Great Britain sent a revised peace proposal to Rome and Addis Ababa, while smaller powers in Geneva protested, saying the plan favors aggression and Ethiopia’s interests. Ethiopia would gain a port in Eritrea, Italy would receive Tigre except Aksum, with an Italian colonization scheme and League aid planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Addis Ababa
League
League of Nations
Mussolini
Stanley Baldwin
Paris
Laval
Anthony Eden
Britain
League Affairs
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Italy
Tigre
Aksum
Haile Selassie
Attorneys Doubtful of Next Move to Save Hauptmann
Trenton New Jersey December 10 1934 Hauptmann lawyers and his wife visited the condemned man in the death house after the US Supreme Court refused to review the Flemington trial. Reports claimed Governor Hoffman pledged to fight to save his life but Hoffman called the report false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hauptmann
New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
U. S. Supreme Court
Flemington
Harold G. Hoffman
New York Evening Journal
Hoffman
Widow Faces Death Charge In Seguin Slaying
In Seguin the widow Reenbold Curth and an elderly neighbor were charged in the shooting death of cafe operator Reenbold Curth. Mrs Curth, 42, injured in a prior fight with her husband, underwent surgery. Narcis Washington, 70, denied bond after being bound over for grand jury. he allegedly accepted 150 dollars to kill Curth and to look after him for life. The shooting occurred as Curth returned home last Saturday night. He and his estranged wife were Seguin natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Reenbold Curth
Narcis Washington
Justice of the Peace
George R. Dix
Uncle Cese
Saegert
Curti
Curth
McCraw Arguing Texas vs. Railroad Title Case
Attorney General William McCraw of Texas traveled to Washington to complete arguments in a Supreme Court dispute over land along the Texas and Pacific Railroad in West Texas. The case centers a six mile long right of way in Ector County, 280 feet wide and about 755 acres, with Texas contending the 1871 act granted only an easement while the railroad claims full federal title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William McCraw
Texas
Supreme Court
Texas and Pacific
West
Ector County
Labor chief says millions still jobless in U S
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor said a business rise toward normal has rehired only one quarter of the unemployed. He cited revised federation figures showing 11,647,000 still jobless in October, with about 3,000,000 employed under the works progress administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Burns Fatal to New Mexico Man in El Paso
M M Fleming a Hill New Mexico storekeeper died in a El Paso hospital from severe burns after a kerosene can exploded in his home. His wife was showered with burning liquid and was reported improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
N. M
M. M. Fleming
Jury Chosen in Watchtendorf Murder Trial
Testimony in the murder case against Herman Watchtendorf 32 former deputy constable will open before Judge E C Nelson in 47th District Court. The jury includes a farmer laborer butcher paper company official carpenter filling station operator mattress factory official three gas company employees an oil company employee and a mechanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Watchtendorf
Pat Graves
E. C. Nelson
47Th District Court
Paper Company
Oil Company
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for Wednesday to be partly cloudy and warmer. West Texas west of 190th meridian sees a warmer day, Panhandle and New Mexico fair with little temperature change. Historic hourly readings show daytime highs around 82 degrees and varying early morning values with night lows near 0.5.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
First Of Year Halts Aid For Employables
Relief officials salvage cash for indigents through winter as the new year halts aid for employables, forcing local agencies to adjust assistance plans and seek alternative funding to cover basic needs.
End of State Relief Era Shrinks Jobs and Funds
Texas relief funds near end as aid to unemployables ends April 1 and 50 000 drop from rolls January 1. WPA grant and administrative cuts trim monthly costs from 375 000 to 150 000, with district offices closed by January 15 and checks mailed to recipients. City and county burden to take over welfare after relief budget finalizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Adam R. Johnson
Works Progress Administration
Texas grower earns patent for Black Knight rose
Dec 10 patent awarded in Washington to W. S. Hillock of Arlington Texas for a hybrid tea rose named Black Knight. The velvety garnet maroon bloom turns crimson at night and may show a crimson and garnet blend under certain conditions. Hillock is the second Texas grower to receive a rose patent, following a greenhouse type awarded in Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
W. S. Hillock
Arlington
Hillock
Waco
Philippine Clipper Lands in Honolulu
The Philippine Clipper arrived at Pearl Harbor at 9 07 A M local time carrying the second load of air mail across the Pacific 8008 miles to Manila. The flight's schedule aligned with Amarillo time at 1 31 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Pacific
Manila
Pearl Harbor
Amarillo
Hearst Praises Landon as GOP Nomination Favorite
William Randolph Hearst declared Alf M. Landon could rout Roosevelt in 1936 and be nominated and elected. He praised Landon and Landon’s wife Mrs. Landon, calling her “typically American,” as Paul Block agreed Landon would win the nomination if held tomorrow. Hearst and Block spoke to party members after a Kansas meeting en route to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Eas
William Randolph Hearst
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Landon
Hearst
Mrs. Landon
Kan
Kansas
Paul Block
Block
Fourteen Die In Airplane Crashes Across Atlantic and England
In CRISTOBAL C Z dec 107 a bombing plane crashed off an island after a night at sea leaving three Americans missing while two others were rescued. Separately near TATSFIELD Kent eleven people died when a Belgian airliner crashed in rain causing a high loss of life including Captain Sir John Valentine Carden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bissinger
San Francisco
San Bernardino Island
Philippines
U. S. Peary
Silverhazel
United States Navy
John A. Samford
Roland F. Dufor
Orange Key Island
Samford
Porto Bello
Tatsfield
Kent
Eng
Sabena Company
London
Brussels
English
Sir John Valentine Carden, Baronet
Banker quits post with foods firm
FE. F. Hutton, a New York Wall Street banker and industrialist, resigns as chairman of General Foods Corp. M. Chester becomes chairman and Clarence Francis is named president. The position of executive vice president is eliminated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
F. Hutton
Wall Street
General Foods Corp
Co. M. Chester
Hutton
Clarence Francis
Chester
Texas Commission issues new natural gas proration order
The Railroad Commission issued a long new order regulating Texas gas production effective at 7 A M. It preserves 160 acre drilling units in the East Panhandle and 640 acres in the West Panhandle with 50 50 weighting of acreage and potential. Panhandle zones retained with set allowables and spur gas figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Panhandle
West
Railroad Commission
Texas
Panhandle
West Panhandle
Commission
Attorney General's Department
Fraternity Banned After House Party at Arkansas
University of Arkansas trustees barred Sigma Nu Fraternity indefinitely after a November 15 mixed party inquiry. Eight students were expelled, a ninth was suspended for the semester, and all fraternity and sorority house mothers were replaced as the inquiry concluded before homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Ark
University of Arkansas
Sigma Nu Fraternity
J. C. Futrall
Sigma Nu
Pension urged for Villa's widow in Mexico
The widow of Francisco Villa and their two sons would receive 10 pesos a day from the Mexican government if President Lazaro Cardenas signs the bill passed by the chamber yesterday, with the Senate already approving it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
U.P
Francisco Villa
Lazaro Cardenas
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Kentucky inaugurates Chandler with horse drawn cab
In Frankfort on December 18 Albert Benjamin Chandler was sworn in as Kentucky governor in a horse drawn four horse carriage. The retiring governor Ruby Laffoon accompanied Chandler in the ceremony and wished him well. Laffoon plans to become a lawyer in Madisonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Albert Benjamin
Happy
Madisonville
World silver market drops after widespread selling in London
New York reports dec 104 with offers flooding markets as buyers dry up. The Treasury reportedly refused to bid amid Far Eastern selling orders totaling 20 million ounces in London. London brokers recall no price posted for silver while Monte real deliveries fell about 5 cents. Imported bar silver price set at 60 cents by Handy & Harman, down 1 cent. London imposition linked to nationalist policy in China.
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New York
Treasury
London
Handy & Harman
Nanking
Hongkong
China
Jury Selected in Port Orchard Mass Murder Trial
A jury of eight men and four women was tentatively seated in Port Orchard to try Leo Hall and Mrs. Peggy Peterson Paulos for the Erland's Point mass murder. Prosecutor R Warren Miller said he has a letter from Hall asking money to flee after the March 28, 1934, slaying of four men and two women. the woman is en route to testify for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Orchard
Wash
Leo Hall
Peggy Peterson Paulos
Erland’s Point
R. Warren Miller
Hall
Carrie E. Stickles
Memphis
Tenn
Frank Flieder
Two Boys Admit Attack on Hazel Park Girl
Deputy Sheriff Walter Alschbach said two brothers aged six and seven confessed to beating six year old Ardena Wilson yesterday. The child was left unconscious in a water filled ditch in Hazel Park suburb. A physician said she will recover.
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Detroit
Walter Alschbach
Ardena Wilson
Hazel Park
Validity of AAA Put In Hands of Jurists
The Supreme Court heard closing pleas in the Hoosac Mills case on farm aid and debated the constitutionality of the Bankhead cotton control act. Solicitor General Reed, stressing AAA issues, faltered while arguing Bankhead as a friend of the court amid intense questioning from the justices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AAA
Supreme Court
Hoosac Mills
Stanley Reed
Lee Moor
Reed
Federal probe opened into Tulsa revenue agent slaying
Oklahoma City December 10 Federal investigators led by Dwight F Davis chief enforcement officer of the federal alcohol tax unit launched a probe into the slaying of Louis Pappan revenue agent shot dead at the Sheridan Night Club near Tulsa Last Wednesday Avis who arrived from Washington aids the inquiry with Ralph E Herrick Kansas City assistant district supervisor overseeing alcohol tax enforcement in Oklahoma Missouri Kansas and Arkansas also involved George Stewart former Tulsa detective captain was killed in the same shooting
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Oklahoma City
Louis Pappan
Tulsa
Dwight F. Davis
Federal
Alcohol Tax Unit
Avis
Washington
Ralph E. Herrick
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Pappan
George Stewart
Sheridan
Early Mailing Of Return Cards For API Panhandle Banquet
The API Panhandle chapter urges members with banquet tickets to mail their return cards to confirm attendance. Those without tickets should contact Bob Kay at the Amarillo Hotel or Claude Hildebrand at the Phillips Company. The event is December 12 at the Herring Hotel and is free for members with a large turnout anticipated.
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API Panhandle
Herring Hotel
Bob Kay
Amarillo
Claude Hildebrand
Phillips Company
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G.O.P
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The
Washington Herald
Arthur Brisbane
Hearst Newspapers
Canal Zone
Austin, Tex
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Kentucky
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