Wealthy Bride Margaret Hall Frucauff French Receives Large Inheritance
Cleveland columnist Winsor French’s bride Mrs. Margaret Hall Frucauff French is granted a monthly allowance of 2225 dollars until she turns 21 and a lump sum estate of 675279.93 dollars. She is daughter of stage star playwright Antoinette Perry and granddaughter of F. W. Frucauff, a Denver utility magnate.
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Margaret Hall Frucauff French
Winsor French
Cleveland
French
Antoinette Perry
Margaret Perry
F. W. Frucauff
Denver
Farm Federation Puts Approval on Roosevelt Agricultural Policies
The American Farm Bureau Federation endorsed President Roosevelt’s farm program, urging broader enforcement and scope. It backed the Agricultural Adjustment Act, called for honest dollars, price parity, and debt relief, and urged credit to the Soviet Union and Philippines independence.
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Farm Federation
Roosevelt
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Soviet Union
Philippines
Congress
Federation
AAA
United States
Washington
Roosevelt seeks large emergency funding for 1934
The Roosevelt administration plans to ask Congress for at least 5.575 billion dollars in emergency appropriations for the next session, with the final total possibly six billion or more. The plan includes continuing the Civil Works Administration into spring and tapering off between March and May to absorb current workers.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Corporation
Budget Bureau
Civil Works Administration
Morgenthau
Potter County Wheat Checks Held Up by Protest
Potter County wheat farmers in the federal reduction program will not receive allotment checks while a protest by Fred Bone R E Hanson and Jack Swann is investigated. The trio allege reductions were made without explanation and cite county committee actions and hearings over two weeks.
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Potter County
George F. Farrell
Wheat Administration
John R. Edmonds
Carl Robinson
State Review Board
Hijacker admits firing in Fay killings. two at Fay and a passerby die
Fred Streetman a young escaped convict confesses to firing at Henry Weiser and triggering the Fayette county killings that claimed Mrs Weiser and a man named Turnise. County officials, aided by Sheriff C C Jones, captured Streetman and Cleo Owens near Fay and obtained statements after the slayings. Streetman initially used another name and later recanted parts of his statement.
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Taloga
Okla
Henry Weiser
Fay
Weiser
Fred Streetman
Ralph Gilchrist
Streetman
Cleo Owens
Weisers
Tom Turnise
Fairview
C. C. Jones
Dewey County
Overstreet
Wynekoop Brother-In-Law Declared Insane in Murder Case
Chicago December 13 Dr Gil bert Wynekoop brother in law of Dr Alice Lindsay Wynekoop was adjudged insane by a jury in the Rheta Wynekoop murder case He had been arrested many times for molesting women
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Chicago
Gilbert Wynekoop
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Inlaw
Committee Considers $2,000,000 Rail Road Bridge at Sanford
A Wednesday meeting discussed A. Stinnett's proposal for a $2 million combined rail and road bridge over the Canadian River at Sanford. Rock Island Railway now studies and may share half the cost, with an estimated $1 million total. The Texas Highway Department showed no current plan but would review a definite railroad proposal. A three-person committee will draft a concrete plan for further study.
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Stinnett
Sanford
Rock Island
L. C. Fritch
Chicago
Loot Deposits Bank Robbery Foiled in Oklahoma Hills
Three machine gun bandits escaped with more than $3 000 from the First National Bank at Coalgate Oklahoma shortly before noon. The car linked to a woman tied to Wilbur Underhill was sought as authorities press a search in the Eastern Oklahoma hills. Five hostages were released unharmed as the car fled toward Ada, with authorities watching roads near Seminole County. Police linked possible Barrow underworld ties as the hunt continued and a separate Dec 13 bank raid in Chicago was reported.
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Coalgate
Okla
Dee
First National Bank
Here
Okemah
Wilbur Underhill
First National Bank of
Lillian O'Connel
Ada
Konawa
Seminole County
Clyde Barrow
Southwest
Texas
Barrow
Taylor Named Fair Manager
Ted Taylor returns to Amarillo to serve as secretary manager of the Tri State Fair. Wilbur Hawk announces Taylor will assume duties January 1 and devote full time to the association. Offices move from Herring Hotel to the old chamber of commerce headquarters in City Hall sharing space with county agent P C Bennett.
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Ted" Taylor
Amarillo
Taylor
Wilbur
Hawk
The
Fair Association
Ted Taylor
Fort Worth
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Today
Weastex
Ted” Taylor
Association
Herring Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
P. C. Bennett
Mrs Hal Peck First Woman Texas Game Commissioner
Amarillo woman is Texas first and possibly nation’s only woman to hold a game commissioner post. She earns praise for wildlife conservation work and has drawn national spotlight via Associated Press feature used by thousands of papers.
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Hal C. Peck
Amarillo
Texas
United States
Peck
Pecky
Associated Press
Tex
Acquittal Sealed After Spectacular Dallas Trial
Toy Woolley, 28, auditor, is acquitted of a mauld charge in Dallas after a ten day trial. Prosecution alleged the shooting of his wife Dorothy in their ice room was intentional. defense claimed accidental cleaning of a gun. Jury reached verdict on a third ballot as defense tactics included dramatic re-creations.
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Dallas
Toy Woolley
Dorothy
Woolley
Mae Cantr
Austin
Tex
Comanche County
Currie McCutcheon
Wool
Althe McCutcheon
Robert JL. Hart
Mi Mina Woolley
McCutcheon
Atorney
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