Weather Map Frenzy and Dust Storms Roil Southwest
The AP reports a dramatic weather spread across the world with Europe gripped by a deadly winter storm while the U S Southwest records the hottest December 14 at Kansas City and severe dust storms in western Kansas Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. Shipwrecks claim over 25 lives as storms lash Atlantic and European waters.
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Associated Press
United States
Europe
Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Airport Weather Bureau
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandles
Prairie
Guymon
Okla
Atlantic
Zarofa
Black Sea
Istanbul
Rumania
Finland
England
Suffolk
British Isles
Bar-Le-Duc
France
Southern Pacific Strike Averts After Arbitration Plan
In Houston on December 14, Southern Pacific and the company agreed to submit all dispute questions to unbiased arbitration if talks break down. Judge Walter Stacy proposed a five point plan, accepted by labor Brotherhoods and railroad officials. Three of 108 questions are under fact finding with likely recommendations to be accepted. The issues include disciplinary measures protest of conductors copying train orders and shuttle train operation.
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Houston
Southern Pacific
Texas
Louisiana
Walter Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Brotherhoods
Fred W. Lewis
Nations offer token war debt payments
The State Department says eight point eight nine million dollars will be paid as token payments by five nations on the one hundred fifty two million nine hundred fifty seven thousand six hundred thirty seven dollar instalments due tomorrow. Finland will pay its two hundred twenty nine thousand six hundred twenty three in full. France Poland Belgium Estonia and Hungary offer none. Latvia England Italy Czechoslovakia and Lithuania offered partial payments. Lithuania's offer is under consideration.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Finland
France
Poland
Belgium
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
England
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Lithuania
Ferguson Says Miriam Ferguson Will Not Seek Re election
James E. Ferguson announced that his wife Miriam A. Ferguson will not run again for governor. He cited two terms as sufficient and said relief work will occupy their year. He declined to announce a Senate bid and spoke about a second relief bonds session with Lubbock's R. J. Murray.
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Dallas
James E. Ferguson
Guy
Miriam A. Ferguson
George Washington
Tom Connally
Roosevelt aide rejects near term gold stabilization
Secretary to the President Stephen T. Early said Roosevelt discussed continued gold purchases with Governor Harrison of the New York Fed. He dismissed reports of immediate or near stabilization and denied any talks of new gold purchase amounts or a US France England treaty on gold. The question of returning to the gold standard was not discussed.
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Stephen T. Early
Roosevelt
Harrison
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Early
United States
France
England
Long-Time Cotton Control Urged in Roosevelt Report
Secretary Wallace urged a long-term program to curb cotton surplus, warning the cotton belt remains critical. He said the plan must cover several seasons and align production with demand, not rely on hasty weather-based improvisations of a single season.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Underhill escape leads to two more arrests in bank job
Seminole Oklahoma December 14 two alleged accomplices of fugitive Wilbur Underhill were captured after his escape from the Coalgate First National Bank robbery. Bruce Brady and Houston Nash were arrested. some loot recovered as posse traced the trio through timbered hills gathering five hostages. Underhill remained at large though ill.
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Seminole, Okla
Wilbur Underhill
Desperado
First National Bank of Coalgate
Underhill
Bruce Brady
Bob
Big Boy” Brady
Kansas State
Houston Nash
Pontotoc County
A. B. Cooper
Bill Eads
Oklahoma County
Coalgate
Ada
Oklahoma-Kansas- Missouri
Kansas
First CWA Goal Reached Ahead of Schedule
The Civil Works Administration reaches its target of 4,000,000 workers by December 16, ahead of the goal announced by Hopkins. About $49,000,000 weekly paid in civil works and rapid mobilization mark the effort, with broad economic effects reported nationwide.
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United Press
Washington
Civil Works Administration
Hopkins
CWA
Illinois
Roosevelt
Lindberghs Reach Puerto Rico After 753 Mile Flight
Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh arrive in San Juan from Port of Spain after a 753 mile hop. They flew in a little over five hours and are 1,180 miles from Miami. They are greeted by Acting Governor Norton and family. Next leg may go to Santo Domingo City with Dominican consent pending.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Charles A. Lindbergh
Port-of- Spain
Trinidad
Miami
Fla
Lindbergh
Benjamin J. Norton
Insull Ordered to Leave Greece by January 1
Former Chicago utilities czar Samuel Insull must exit Greece by January 1 after the government refused to renew his residence permit. Athens has denied extradition requests and plans to deport him, while his passport was canceled, complicating his status as a stateless American.
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Insull
Greece
Athens
Samuel Insull
Chicago
United States
Aliens’ Department
Pilot and student die in Oklahoma City plane crash
Flying instructor Fimo Dodson and student Louise Postlewaite died when their plane crashed five miles south of the municipal airport after two spins. Postlewaite had soloed recently and was learning spins. The crash raises questions about a possible student freeze. Dodson had flown since 1926 and was 25, unmarried.
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Oklahoma City
Fimo Dodson
Louise Postlewaite
Norman
Dodson
Postlewaite
University of Oklahoma Correspondence School
Texas
J. C
D. D
A. N. Tandy
Los Angeles
J. D Tandy
Seminole
Dollar dips in foreign markets as gold holds steady
The dollar weakened across exchanges while the domestic gold price stayed at 34.01 an ounce. London closed at 5.08 per pound, New York showed a 6 cent gain to 5.10, Paris left the dollar at 6.07 francs, and the franc moved to 6.11. Some dealers linked the fall to rumors of a resumed gold price increase by the RFC.
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Associated Press
London
New York
Paris
Divorce Granted To Blanche Boisclair In Murrell Assault Case
Blanche Ralls Boisclair, who accused Lieut. John Murrell of assault in a high profile case, was granted a divorce from W. S. Boisclair in Birmingham. Boisclair did not contest the action which charged violence.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.P
Blanche Ralls
Boisclair
John Murrell
W. S. Boisclair
Walton Signals Willingness to Run If Voters Demand It
Oklahoma City message from December 14 reports former governor and current corporation commissioner Jack Walton saying he is willing to run again if Oklahomans want him as candidate. He notes he would follow the people’s bidding.
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Oklahoma City
Jack) Walton
Oklahoma
Three Bandits Rob Safe and Abduct Pair Near Bryan
J. Caldwell, a jeweler, reported three masked men forced him to open his shop safe taking cash and jewelry. The assailants abducted Caldwell and his wife, tying them to trees near Hall's Lake, 15 miles east of Bryan. Caldwell freed himself and returned to town to seek help, while police checked two Maryland-licensed cars seen in Bryan recently.
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Bryan
J. &. Caldwell
Caldwell
Hall's Lake
Maryland
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Friday expects fair and colder conditions with generally fair to partly cloudy skies in West Texas west of the 100th meridian. New Mexico forecast is fair with little temperature change. Amarillo hourly temperatures show a cold morning with a low around 64 and a daytime high near 103, followed by variable readings.
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Panhandle Plains
Colorado
Plains
Amarillo
H. T. Collman
U. S. Weather Bureau
Vtcinity
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Violent Runaway of Negro Youth at Waxahachie
A crowd in Waxahachie surged as authorities removed several Black youths amid angry demonstrations. Reported unrest follows a confrontation involving local residents and police, with no further details available.
Negro in Waxahachie case tied to brutal assault and mob tension
William Rankin Jackson from Ennis, age believed older than 16, admitted attacking Mrs Prestidge and beating her on a farm between Waxahachie and Ennis. He was moved from Waxahachie to Dallas due to angry crowds, as district officials prepared a grand jury investigation. Jackson had prior assault charges and a criminal record.
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William Rankin Jackson
Ennis
Tom Prestidge
Waxahachie
Gray
Mrs. Prestidge
Prestidge
Little Mustang Creek
Filis County
Jackson
Burns and Legg Indicted in Slaying of James Ashford
Leonard Burns and his brother-in-law Eugene Legg, both of Texarkana, were indicted by a Bowie County grand jury in Boston for the killing of 62 year old James E. Ashford who was reading in his Carbondale home Monday night. Both suspects were moved to a jail outside the county for safekeeping as district attorney Elmer L. Lincoln expressed no fear of violence.
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Texarkana
Ark
Leonard Burns
Eugene Legg
Bowie County
Boston
James 8
Ashford
Carbondale
Elmer L. Lincoln
Right To Beautify Roads Disputed
Texas officials clash over highway beautification leadership with Gutz von Borglum named by the Texas Relief Commission and Jac L. Gubbles declared the sole authorized representative by the State Highway Commission. The commission states no other person may officially represent the department in beautification matters.
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Austin
Texas Relief Commission
Gutz von Borglum
Texas
State Highway Commission
Jac L. Gubbles
State Highway Department
John Wood
W. R. Ely
PD. K. Martin
Potter County Wheat Checks Delayed by Protest
No reply yet on a protest stalling $45 000 in Potter County wheat allotment checks. The dispute, filed by Fred Bone, R K F Henson and Jack Swann, claims acreage was arbitrarily reduced. The committee urged the defense be upheld and warned of a 36 day delay if the protest stands.
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Potter County
Bennett
Fred Bone
R. K F. Henson
Jack Swann
Carl Hill
George E. Farrell
Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Bone and Henson
Swann
Wheat allotment checks mailed to Wheeler County farmers
About $10,000 in wheat allotment checks were mailed Tuesday to 52 Wheeler County farmers in Texas. Congressman Marvin Jones was advised yesterday from Washington about the payments. The notice appears in a continuation on page 15.
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Washington
Wheeler County
Texas
Marvin Jones
Dorenfield Promises Jobs for Needy Women
Julius Dorenfield Jr., chairman of the Potter County relief committee, promises to reinstate women formerly at the Red Cross sewing room to work by mid next week. Each will receive a work card by Saturday noon if they apply to the main CWA office at 704 Grant Street. He says the relief administration aims to avoid unfairness and will correct errors, amid protests that some workers were overlooked as plans for the canning plant and other projects proceed.
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Julius Dorenfield, Jr
Potter County Relief Committee
Red Cross
Court House
Potter County Relief Administration
CWA
Grant Street
Dozenfield
Freight Train Crash Kills Ten Tots in Florida
A fogbound freight train struck a bus at a Crescent City crossing, killing ten children and injuring about thirty others. The bus driver survived with serious injuries as mournful parents gathered near Silvey Pond Grove. The scene unfolded near Rupert Te ton’s home and Palatka hospital took the injured. Continued on page 15.
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Crescent City
Fla., Dee
Silvey Pond Grove
Crescent City Elmentary School
Baptist Parsona
Thomas to Die in Chair Today in Huntsville
Huntsville authorities prepared to execute Clarence Thomas, a Greenville Black man, for the murder of Webb Wolfe City night watchman. Convicted in Greenville, the defendant showed no hope for clemency or reprieve as a Texas death sentence is carried out.
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Huntsville
Clarence Thomas
Greenville
Thomas
Texas
Webb
Wolfe City
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