Court action delays PWA power project ruling
Supreme Court returns Duke Power Company case to Western South Carolina federal court for anew action delaying final ruling on PWA loans and grants for public hydro plants. Separate case: AP suit to enjoin KVOS broadcast dismissed for lacking $3,000 damages proof. AP may renew.
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Washington
PWA
Supreme Court
Ickes
Public Works
High Tribunal
South Carolina
Federal District Court
Duke Power Company
Greenwood County
S. C
Buzzard Roost
District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Charlotte
N. C
Associated Press
KVOS
Bellingham
Wash
the Press Association
Rumors swirl as Chiang Kai Shek and Chang Haoueh Liang in civil war
Reports from Shanghai and Peiping claim both leaders shift between captor and captive as Chang Haoueh Liang’s mutinous 105th division reportedly defects to Communists and Chiang allegedly stages a counter coup. Officials deny confirmation. Railway lines disperse forces across Shensi, Henan, Kansu.
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Peiping
Domei
Shanghai
Chiang
Lianfu
Nanking
Marshal Chang
Shensi
Tungkwan
Henan
Lunghai
Kansu
Central China
Powers Behind Tokyo Revolt Questioned
The war office announced a special court martial released Fusanosuke Kuhara former minister of communications and industrialist after ten months in prison citing insufficient evidence. Civil courts will review the case with further probes into shielding suspects and accessory before the fact. The February uprising in Tokyo involved about 1500 officers and men seizing government buildings, killing three statesmen and paralyzing the empire for four days.
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Fusanosuke Kuhara
War Office
Kuhara
Tokyo
Edith Maxwell Trial Opens in Wise Virginia
Edith Maxwell's 13 year old sister testified at the second trial for her father's murder, recounting a threat by Trigg Maxwell to finish Edith before he collapsed dying at his Pound country home. Mary Kathryne Maxwell said their father had brandished a butcher knife and vowed to kill Edith, though no blows were seen.
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Wise
Edith Maxwell
Poppy
Mary Kathryne
Trigg Maxwell
Anne
Texas electors cast 23 votes for Roosevelt and Garner
Twenty one Texas presidential electors met in Austin to cast the state's 23 electoral votes for Franklin D Roosevelt and Henry A Garner. Absentees were replaced by proxies and the full tally reflected votes for Roosevelt and Garner from many regions including Dallas El Paso Amarillo Waco Laredo and San Antonio. The session lasted about an hour with signings on twelve sheets and distribution to state and federal officials.
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Austin
Texas
Roosevelt
Garner
Electoral College
United States Secretary of State
United States Senate
E. H. Longley
Laredo
R. A. Tullis
San Antonio
J. P. Crowder
Dallas
S. Raymond Brooks
Henry T. Moore
Fl Paso
R. E. Underwood
Amarillo
J. D. Williamson
Waco
Soviet French Aid in Spain Charged
Virginio Gayda editor of Il Giornale d Italia claimed in Rome that his paper has reliable information of 35,000 armed Soviet troops and 25,000 Frenchmen fighting with the Reds in Spain. He spoke as spokesman for the government amid Anglo French mediation efforts in the Spanish Civil War.
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Rome
U.P
Virginio Gayda
Giornale D
Italia
Spain
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook and Temps
Amarillo area forecast shows mainly fair skies with increasing warmth through the week. Temperatures reach about 64 to 66 by afternoon with morning lows near 32 to 45. A southeasterly breeze develops as highs touch the mid sixties.
Loyalty to Townsend Plan Reaffirmed at Convention
Representatives from 40 Townsend Clubs in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth districts reaffirmed loyalty to the Townsend National Recovery Plan and Dr. F. E. Townsend at a Municipal Auditorium meeting. Delegates re elected district club boards and adopted resolutions including support for abolishing the poll tax law.
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Townsend National Recovery Plan
F. E. Townsend
Townsend
Municipal Auditorium
Townsend Clubs
J. N. Johnson
Dalhart
A. L. Loftin
First Baptist Church
Spearman
R. V. Converse
E. B. Speck
Lubbock
Payments in Texas citrus trade reach growers
The Agriculture Adjustment Administration said it paid 18 340 to Texas grapefruit growers under its citrus purchase program. Up to last Friday, 159 cars had been bought averaging 29 cents per box for 63 242 boxes. The Surplus Commodities Corporation buys the fruit and distributes it to relief clients between the Mississippi and the Rockies.
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Washington
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Texas
AAA
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Mississippi River
Rockies
Ex Movie Star Elinor Fair Detained In Hollywood
Former actress Elinor Fair was picked up by police at 5 A M in Hollywood and taken to a hospital. She left hours later without permission, cited as terribly nervous by Dr E K Carroll amid past illness and financial trouble.
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Hollywood
Calif
Elinor Fair
E. KE. Carroll
Thomas Daniels
Miss Fair
William Boyd
New York Bans Film Ecstacy In State
A special statutory court upheld Governor Herbert H. Lehman and state officials power to ban the foreign film Ecstacy in New York State.
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New York
Herbert H. Lehman
New York State
American League of Nations Plans Falter at Conference
At the Inter-American Peace Conference in Buenos Aires a sub-committee signaled shelving proposals for an American League of Nations and an American court of justice. The U.S. delegation showed disapproval of both plans but backed a neutrality framework with broad support from at least ten groups.
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Buenos Aires
Peru
United States
American League
Confederate Veteran John Noble Dies in Corsicana
John Robert Noble 93, Confederate veteran, died in Corsicana. Funeral services set for tomorrow afternoon. Survived by two sons, three daughters, 13 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Noble enlisted in 1861 in Mississippi and moved to Navarro County in 1895.
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Corsicana
John Robert Noble
Noble
Mississippi
Navarro County
Fonville Leads Houston Mayor Race Early Vote Split
U P R H Fonville, Democratic mayoral candidate, held a 12 to 1 lead over independent Howard Kelso in early Houston general elections results.
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Houston
U.P
King George VI pursues business role amid royal milestone
London dispatch notes George VI, dubbed the business man king, spending 150 minutes on State business as his family marks his 41st anniversary. He pledged to uphold the realm with God’s help and his wife’s support, while Edward, Duke of Windsor, enjoys exile life and golf and bowling at the Chateau de Rothschild.
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London
George VI
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Enzefeld
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Eugene de Rothschild
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Abdication Affects Royal Chauffeur in Cannes
In Cannes on December 14 Edward VIII's abdication prompts George Ladbrook the royal chauffeur to return to England to face an uncertain status under the new king after serving eighteen years with the royal household. He had been assigned to transport Mrs Wallis Simpson to her Riviera refuge and spoke of his long record and hoped for a high place at Buckingham Palace. his future remains unresolved.
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Cannes
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Riviera
George Ladbrook
Beret
England
Edward VIII
Edward
Ladbrook
Wallis Simpson
Buckingham Palace
G Men Probe Vote In New Jersey
Justice agents investigate charges of violation of the corrupt practices act in New Jersey's general election. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said federal arrests would follow and indictments would be sought on bribery section violations. Cape May and Trenton are named in the probe.
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Washington
Department of Justice
New Jersey
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Cape May
N. J
U. S
John J. Quinn
Trenton
Hoover
Wheat supply estimate for 1936 37 season released
Wheat experts in the Bureau of Agricultural Economics announced the world wheat supply for the 1936 37 season at 4 233 000 000 bushels.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Rock Island Service Station Damaged by Fire in Dalhart
Special to The News reports the Rock Island Service Station in Dalhart damaged by fire tonight. Reuben Loewen, an employee, believes the cause was a short circuit in the wiring. Loss estimated at several hundred dollars.
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Dalhart
Rock Island
Reuben Loewen
Attempt to incite lions ends in trainer Gladys Cote’s death
In Baltimore on December 14, coroners ruled that Gladys Cote intended to inflame murderous ferocity in seven lions during a theater act. Lion tamer Nobile Hamiter testified she sewn a bolt into a veil and tossed it toward a 306 pound lion, provoking an attack that killed her hours after the incident.
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Baltimore
Gladys Cote
F. L. C. Helm
Nobile Hamiter
Gladys
Leviathan Purchase Sought by U S for War Use
The U S Maritime Commission asked the War and Navy Departments if they wished to purchase the Leviathan as a national defense auxiliary. The ship, once the world’s biggest passenger liner, had been operated by United States Lines as its flagship before rising operating costs ended its service.
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Washington
U. S. Maritime Commission
War and Navy Departments
National Defense Auxiliary
United States Lines
Complications in Pius XII Case Reported at Bedside
Vatican officials say Pope Pius XII, 79, remains confined to bed on the tenth day of confinement. A serious varicose condition in his left leg is complicating circulatory stagnation, with no fever but increasing restlessness due to recent chilly humidity. Dr Amanti Milani attended to him last night.
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Vatican City
Pius
Holy Father
Amanti Milani
Knapp Speaks at Founders Day Banquet in Stillwater
President Bradford Knapp of Texas Technological College spoke at Oklahoma A. & M. Founders Day banquet in Stillwater, tracing forty five years of the college's history.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A. & M
Bradford Knapp
Texas ‘Technological College
Sine Conflict At a Glance
Reports from Nanking failed to confirm Chiang Kai shek’s release by a counter coup in Sianfu Shensi and Chang Hsueh Liang’s status. Central government moves troops into Shensi as civil war looms. Japan blames Communists. Soviet press denies Russian involvement.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Sianfu
Shensi
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chiang
Germany
Lianfu
Marshal Chang
Japan
Yu Yu-Jen
Control Yuan
Loyang
Henan
China
Death claims Silas E. Ross in Amarillo
Silas Edward Ross, 49, partner in the Draper-Ross Produce Company and noted Panhandle businessman, died at his home 2406 Hughes Street at 12:30 yesterday after an eight week illness. Born in Illinois and raised in Kentucky, he lived in New Mexico, moved to Amarillo in 1918, later partnered with Draper in Memphis, returned in 1925 to form Draper-Ross with Draper and Rogers, and had managed the Connell-Ross Company of San Benito for six years. He contracted pneumonia during a Valley trip, and was brought home by plane and ambulance two weeks before his death. Funeral services will be conducted.
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Silas Edward Ross
Draper-Ross Produce Company
Panhandle
Hughes Street
Ross
Illinois
Kentucky
New Mexico
Bessie Curry
Amarillo
Williams Produce Company
Memphis
Draper-Roys
Floss
BE. Draper
W. Rogers
Connell-Ross Company
San Benito
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Tamaulipas Teachers Strike Again Across State
About 5,000 teachers in Tamaulipas quit classrooms today over back pay arrears, marking the third strike in 10 months. They had returned in November after an earlier promise of payment, and accuse Governor Enrique Canseco of failing to honor a prior agreement. The action affects about 30,000 students.
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Laredo
Tamaulipas
Enrique Canseco
Pantages Leaves Estate of Five Thousand Twenty Six
Los Angeles report shows theater magnate Alexander Pantages left an estate of 5026 to his widow Lois Pantages executrix. She told Judge Clarence L. Kincaid that claims totaling about 1500000 were filed but she disallowed them.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Lois Pantages
Rider Dies After Horse Collides With Car
Dallas today reported Ernest Coleman 26 died from injuries after a horse he rode ran into an automobile last night. This follows a cavalry style incident noted in the city dispatches.
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Dallas
Ernest Coleman
Imperialistic Policy Basis of Assertion Echoed in Pravda
Dispatch from Moscow and Nanking report intensified tension over General Chiang Kai-Shek's capture by Chang Hsueh-Liang. Pravda denies Soviet involvement, while Nanking seeks a compromise to release Chiang and avert broader bloodshed as loyal forces tighten around Shensi.
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Moscow
Russia
Japan
Chaing Kai-Shek
Pravda
Marshal Chang
Nanking
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chang Kai-Shek
Chang
Shensi
Chiang
Pendergast Area Vote Quiz Asked
Kansas City Missouri December 1 Judge Albert L Reeves told a federal grand jury to probe western Missouri election conduct. He condemned threats by gunmen and said the court will not tolerate violations of election laws in the Pendergast stronghold.
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Kansas City
U.P
Albert L. Reeves
Missouri
Pendergast Democratic Organization
Reeves
Jewish killer of Nazi leader sentenced in Switzerland
David Frankfurter a 27 year old Yugoslavian Jew was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the February 4 murder of Wilhelm Gustloff the Nazi leader in Davos Switzerland The German press called him a cowardly Jewish murderer and urged annihilation Frankfurter testified that he killed Gustloff for love of race and pleaded for mercy.
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Coire
Switzerland
David Frankfurter
Wilhelm Gustloff
Frankfurter
Gustloff
No evidence of price fixing in Texas Christmas turkey markets
Assistant Attorney General Leonard King announced in Austin that no evidence of price fixing was found in Texas Christmas turkey markets during his briefing today. He cautioned that data remains limited and urged ongoing monitoring by authorities.
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Austin
Texas
Leonard King
Death Investigators Scramble for Clues in Buried Woman Case
In Wildwood New Jersey on December 14 state and county police, hampered by few clues, prepared to seek all scientific aid to identify a woman whose badly burned body was found in two seed potato sacks.
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Wildwood
Water Conservators Meet in Amarillo Saturday Morning
John McCarty announced a 9 am gathering in the Red Room of the Amarillo Hotel for 32 county delegates from the Texas Panhandle Plains and Eastern New Mexico to outline a regional water conservation and flood control program. The meeting aims to draft proposals, seek federal aid, and set plans toward a major Great Plains project.
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Texas Panhandle Plains
New Mexico
John McCarty
McCarty
Red Room
Amarillo
Amarillo- Ft. Worth
Parley
Great Plains
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