Texas bonds theft arrest links bank president and attorney
U S authorities say Z D Bonner former head of Commercial National Bank San Antonio and John H Cunningham bank attorney were arrested in Texas in a federal conspiracy case tied to the 1932 Chicago mail robbery. Bonds totaling 250000 were tied to the loot with 200000 recovered and 47500 found in San Antonio. Five Chicago figures named in the case face indictments as agents and partners in the bond disposal scheme.
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Chicago
Texas Today O
San Antonio
Z. D. Bonner
Commercial National Bank of San Antonio
First National Bank
Edgar Lebensberger
Lake Shore Drive
Gus Winkler
Lebensberger
Louis
Curly” Fishman
Sol Stern
James de Grassi
Switz Denies Charges He Is Connected to Spy Ring
Robert Switz an American from East Orange New Jersey denied police accusations that he is connected to an international espionage syndicate in Paris He and his wife former Gracie Tilley were arrested with eight others after months of clues. Preliminary hearings set for December 23 in Paris and US officials monitor the case as authorities comb seized documents wireless gear and money to trace the spy network.
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Paris
Robert Switz
Germany
East Orange
N. J
Charles Moyse
Sante Prison
Theodore Marriner
Washington Department
Switt
Switz
Is D. Murphy
United States
Switzi
Three Indiana Bandits Slain in Chicago Shootout
December 21 report says John Dil linger gang members barricaded in a Rogers Park apartment were slain by Police Captain John Stege and a 20-man detective squad after a gun battle. Three dead were found among heavy fire and armaments including machine guns and bulletproof vests.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Indiana
John Stege
Stege
Detective Bureau
Farwell Avenue
Rogers Park District
Judgments Against Lamb County Former Tax Collector
Judgments totaling 7500 were awarded in district court in Lamb County against Gaston Patterson former tax collector and the American Surety Company of New York. The county and state sued to recover tax money Patterson allegedly owed. Patterson resigned in November and was later acquitted of misappropriation charges.
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Onto
Tex
Gaston Patterson
Lamb County
American Surety Company of New York
Patterson
Lindberghs Return to U S Shores After 28000 Mile Flight
The Lindberghs arrive at the Miami seaplane base aboard their Biscayne Bay flight ending an over 28 000 mile journey. Their faces light up as they step onto the dock and anticipate a Christmas reunion with their son Jon, whom they left in July.
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Miami, Fla
Biscayne Bay
Jon
Lindberghs Donate Monoplane To History Museum
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh presented the Lockheed Sirius monoplane used in a 29000 mile aerial survey to the American Museum of Natural History. The craft with Wright Cyclone engine and pontoons will go on exhibit in the new ocean life hall, likely by January 1.
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New York
American Museum of Natural History
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
F. Trubee Davison
Ocean Life
Senator Sheppard objects to move of Coast Guard HQ
Senator Sheppard of Texas protested to the Coast Guard over a reported plan to move the service’s headquarters from Galveston to Mobile Alabama. He said the Galveston boosters club had informed him the move was under consideration.
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Washington
Senator Sheppard
Texas
Coast Guard
Galveston
Mobile
Ala
Sheppard
Galveston Boosters Club
Taxi driver questioned in bakery slaying of Ethel Zuckerman
Boston police arrested John Weldon a taxi driver for questioning in the murder of 18 year old Ethel Zuckerman who was killed in a bakery last night.
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Boston
John Wheldon
Ethel Zuckerman
Gilbert Given Term In Pen
Otis Gilbert was found guilty by a jury in the 47th District Court on a wife and child desertion charge. He was sentenced to 18 months in the penitentiary. The wife testified he maintained an affair and failed to support his family while she lived at the National Guard barns near the Tri-State Fair Buildings. She said she received groceries from Welfare and had help with housing and utilities as caretaker. Defense cited two years of domestic trouble and prolonged unemployment.
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Otis Gilbert
47Th District Court
National Guard
Welfare Association
Sleeping Beauty Shows Signs of Waking Up
Oak Park reports progress in the two year coma of 28 year old Patricia Maguire. Relatives say she can sit up for one to two hours daily and responds more to heat cold and discomfort, though she remains unconscious with incoherent speech.
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Oak Park
Patricia Maguire
Charles W. Hanson
Patricia
Demos Agree on Major Provisions of Liquor Tax Plan
Democratic members of the House ways and means committee have agreed on key parts of the liquor tax bill. A $24 per gallon levy on spirits and a tax plan that omits state sharing are outlined. A double tariff on imports was considered but the current $5 duty remains for now to capture revenue during the export period. Estimated post repeal revenue targets range from 75 to 100 million dollars.
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Associated Preas
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Congress
Racketeer slaying tied to Urschel kidnapping inquiry
Federal agents linked the machine gun death of Conrad Althen a 40 year old racketeer in St Paul to the Urschel kidnapping case involving a gang suspected in the Oklahoma City millionaire Charles F Urschel abduction.
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United Press
ST. Paul
Conrad Althen
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Aged Texan Says Sam Bass Cache May Be Moved
A Brownwood man A Modgling 62 claims Gov Miriam Ferguson can authorize moving a buried Sam Bass gang treasure eight miles west of Georgetown. He says the cache includes mostly gold coins with about 1500 dollars in gold and notes he recently moved 3000 dollars to a new spot after bankers refused deposits. He asserts one surviving gang member consented to the release.
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Austin
U.P
Miriam A. Ferguson
Sam Bass
Georgetown
A. Modgling
Brownwood
Modgling
Williamson County
Bass
Round Rock
Black Hills
Union Pacific
Roosevelt signs treaty to buy silver for coinage
The president formally ratifies the London silver agreement and orders government purchase of silver at 64.44 cents an ounce half the legal price. It allows minting standard silver dollars from newly mined silver, with seigniorage and costs covered, effective through 1938. India already ratified. Australia Canada Mexico and Peru participate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Australia
Canada
Mexico
Peru
India
AAA promises quick delivery of checks
Washington officials assured Representative Marvin Jones that speed will be kept in mailing wheat acreage reduction checks to Panhandle growers. After talks with Agricultural Adjustment Administration leaders, Jones said a few checks may be delayed, but most will be mailed from Washington within the next week.
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The
Washington
Panhandle
Marvin Jones
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Jones
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas Friday
Fair Friday forecast across Amarillo and western Texas with little temperature change. New Mexico also expects fair conditions, while daytime highs and nighttime lows are noted with limited variation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Max
Provisions of Roosevelts Silver Proclamation
The proclamation calls for half of newly mined silver to be coined and half held in the treasury, a rising silver price around 64 46 cents an ounce, and an annual coinage of 12 million ounces for four years. Proponents claim gains in foreign trade, price stability, foreign buying power, commodity prices, and domestic mining support.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Long Plans Secret Battle Ticket In New Orleans Power Play
In New Orleans Huey P. Long holds a private war council at the Roosevelt Hotel as he contemplates a new Long faction strategy for the January mayoralty primary. Long says he will not join either Walmsley or Williams, while aides plan a distinct ticket to challenge the entrenched groups. Mayor Walmsley calls it sour grapes as tensions flare and police arrest Long supporters in the streets.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
War Council
Roosevelt Hotel
al Louisiana
Long
Walmsley
Williams
Moscow
T Semmes Walmsley
Relief funds from U S due to stop soon
Relief funds from the United States are set to cease shortly as authorities indicate funding will end. Officials emphasize careful budgeting to align remaining cash with ongoing needs and programs.
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U. S
Texas relief bonds attract limited Texas bids
Austin reports bids totaling 1 017 500 of 2 750 000 relief bonds with about 75 Texas bidders. No out of state bids were received and officials say funds and supplies are exhausted before any further relief.
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Austin
Texas
Out of Texas
Col Lawre Westbrook
Texa Relief Commission
Bulgarians Seen Freed In Reichstag Fire Verdict
Berlin reports claim three Bulgarian defendants in the Reichstag fire trial will be acquitted and escorted to the German border after the verdict. The source also predicts Marinus van der Lubbe will be beheaded and Ernst Torgler acquitted, with Reichstag proceedings continuing.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Marinus van der Lubbe
Ernst Torgler
Georgi Dimitroff
Bal Popoff
Wassil Taneff
Finnegan Children Invite All Amarillo To Free Show Today
The Finnegan children from Tiny Tim to Patrick invite all boys and girls in Amarillo to Municipal Auditorium at 2 30 this afternoon for a free performance titled Christmas Eve in Finnegan's Flat. Oma Link Rowley directs a cast of fifty local children in a New York tenement party play.
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Finnegan
Tiny Tim
Big Patrick
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
News-Globe
Amerillo
Little Theater
Oma Link Rowley
New York City
New York
Plains of
Texas
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