Texas officials plan relief bonds sale to curb hunger
Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson convenes state and national bank officials next Thursday to discuss purchase of relief securities as the Texas relief commission meets to map limited aid. About 1,500 Travis County residents receive half rations while federal funds fade and bids on the first $2,750,000 issue remain scarce.
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Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas Relief Commission
State Bond Commission
Bond Commission
Relief Commission
Travis County
Austin
Ed Howe Retires From Monthly Publication At 81
Atchison editor and author Ed Howe, known as The Sage of Potato Hill, announces the discontinuation of E W Howes monthly. He will spend the winter in Miami and pursue leisure after a long career as editor of the Atchison Daily Globe and writer of the country town narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Kan
Ed Howe
Potato Hill
E. W. Howe
Atchison Daily Globe
Howe
Edgar Watson Howe
Florida
Identified Armenian suspects tied to archbishop murder
Five prisoners linked by the Tashnak society are named as participants in the assassination of Archbishop Leon Touriandi during a church procession. Police note a 75-member Tashnak meeting and possible involvement of up to 20 witnesses in the case in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Armenian Revolutionary Society
Leon Touriandi
Tashnak
Armenia
U. S
S. R
Joseph Cohn
Holy Cross
Cohn
Chicago
American Church in China Damaged by Aerial Bombs
Vice-Consul Gordon L. Burke reported Foochow China suffered damage to the American Board Mission church and other property from eight Nanking government planes dropping 20 to 30 bombs on December 24 at 1 PM. Fifteen Chinese were killed. no foreigners injured.
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Washington
Gordon L. Burke
Foochow
China
State Department
American Board
Nanking
Burke
Chiang Kai Shek
N ‘Ing
Nsul Lynn W. Franklin
Amoy
Department
Changchow
Spanish Cruiser Jaime I Ordered to Cuba
The Spanish cruiser Jaime I has orders to proceed to Havana to protect Spanish lives and property. Officials say it will sail soon amid Cuba disturbances that prompted Spain to consider intervention. Madrid reports Spain may seek U S intervention under the Platt amendment, while the Monroe Doctrine enforces limits on European invasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Ferrol
Spain
Jaime I
Havana
Cuba
Madrid
United States
Early Hedley settler John Adamson Dies at 80
John Thomas Adamson 80, an early Plains settler who moved to Hedley before the city was known by that name, died at his home. Born January 29, 1853 in Weston Collin County Texas, he left a wife and multiple children in Amarillo Borger Lubbock Hedley and Almana Kansas.
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Hedley
John Thomas Adamson
Plains
Weston
Collin County
Texas
Adamson
Margaret Gibson
Annie Green
Amarillo
Addie Hartley
Borger
J. B. Parrock
Lubbock
M. L. Adamson
Almana
Kan
T. L. Adamson
S. G. and
J. W. Adamson
Stork Wins Again in Snowbound Birth Tale
An eight pound baby boy was born today in an automobile stalled in a snowdrift near New Rochelle. The father, a rug merchant, rushed his wife to a hospital but the car bogged down before the entrance. He shouted for a stretcher as doctors arrived and the baby was born in the car. The mother's name is withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Rochelle
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas and New Mexico
Generally fair conditions are expected Wednesday across West Texas west of the 100th meridian and New Mexico. Temperatures for Amarillo show daytime highs around the mid 50s to low 60s and lows near the 20s to mid 30s with variable hourly readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Better farm prices found in the December report
Washington reports improved farm prices at local markets led by grains with rye, oats and wheat showing sharp gains from December 1932 levels. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes grain prices up 111 percent, rye crop short, and oats and wheat also rising amid smaller yields. Ongoing notes indicate continuation on page 9 column 8.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Reprieve Delays Texas Death Row Man’s Last Meal
Paul Mitchell, 24, of Lubbock, awaiting execution for a fatal grocery robbery, receives a 30 day reprieve from Governor Miriam Ferguson. He questions the lack of stated reason as officials deliver the telegram in the death house. His wife and mother visited, and the doomed inmates share a meal in celebration of the reprieve. A wide manhunt for accomplice Robert Thorp extended from Texas to Canada.
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Huntsville
Death Row
Paul Mitchell
Lubbock
Miriam A. Ferguson
Mitchell
Emmett Moore
Moore
Austin
Texas
Canada
Robert Thorp
Second Roosevelt Books Due Soon
New York reports President Roosevelt will publish a second book early in March titled On Our Way The First Year. He writes it unaided, expanding his government theories from his first year in office and plans an introduction and conclusion reviewing the administration's program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
River Control Projects to be Submitted for Washington Approval
Plans for Conchas dam on the South Canadian River near Tucumcari and 17 other Arkansas basin projects will be submitted to Col. Waite in Washington this week. Arch Hurley and N. R. Graham travel with data on totals estimated at 30 million dollars creating about 13 000 jobs for one year. Stinnett continues flood damage work for Conchas while stressing first steps.
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Conchas
South Canadian River
Tucumcari
N. M
Washington
Arch Hurley
New Mexico
Arkansas River Basin Commission
Hurley
N. R. Graham
Arkansas Commission
Tulsa
Okla
Col
H M. Waite
PWA
Stinnett
Amarillo
Texas
Canadian River
Conchas Dam
Graham
Wedell Flying Child to Baltimore Amid Snowy Landing
James R Wedell speeds toward Baltimore with five month old Sue Trammell of Houston for Johns Hopkins Hospital treatment. Logan Field snowy and slushy while Mayor Howard W Jackson offers city aid as planes wait for better visibility.
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Baltimore
Logan Field
James R. Wedell
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Howard W. Jackson
Sue Trammell
Houston
Texas
Johns Hopkins
Walter FE. Dandy
Endurancers Nearing Mark in Long Flight Record
Fran ces Marsalis and Helen Richey, flying a women's refueling endurance mission from Miami, approach the existing record of eight days four hours six minutes. If the flight holds, they must stay aloft another hour to officially break the mark. Marsalis notes a birthday in the sky while both seek rest and comforts on the ground.
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Miami
Fila
Frances Marsalis
Helen Richey
Gold Price Fixed At 34 06 A Ounce In Sixth Day
Washington reports the government fixed the domestic gold price at 34.06 per ounce for the sixth day running. The RFC chairman Jesse Jones disclosed 525000 ounces were bought for a total of 17594000 dollars. He declined to discuss foreign gold purchases.
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Washington
RFC
Jesse Jones
Wheat allotment checks go to Randall and Deaf Smith counties
Federal payments totaling 418 275 dollars are being distributed to wheat growers in Randall and Deaf Smith counties for contracted acreage reductions. Randall receives 178 363 dollars with 847 checks. Deaf Smith 259 912 dollars from 918 checks, plus April adjustments and other regional totals.
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Randall
Deaf Smith
Randall County
Deaf Smith County
Washington
Potter County
Oldham County
Panhandle Plains
Bank Licenses Issued for Ponca City and Shamrock
Comptroller of the Currency J F O'Connor announced licenses for banks in Oklahoma and Texas. The First National Bank of Ponca City Ponca City Oklahoma receives a license and Farmers and Merchants State Bank Shamrock Texas is licensed.
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Shamrock Bank
Washington
J. F. O'Connor
Oklahoma
First National Bank of
Ponca City
Texas
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Shamrock
Eight-year-old Garcia child killed in Corpus Christi crash
In Corpus Christi Texas last night an 8-year-old child, daughter of Pedro Garcia, died after a motor car accident. Nineteen people were injured and Mrs Petra Ramirez Coronado, among the injured, was reported in critical condition today.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
U.P
Daugter
Pedro Garcia
Petra Ramirez Coronado
Wave of bitter cold sweeps across United States
A deadly cold wave and fierce winds blasted the nation with snow storms piling high drifts in a dozen states. Deaths from cold and accidents mounted, including eight fishermen who drowned in Lake Michigan as temperatures plunged far below zero in the Midwest.
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Great Lakes
New England
United States
Lake Michigan
Midwest
Chicago
Winter Grips Amarillo After Warm Spell Breaks
Amarillo and the Panhandle woke to winter as temperatures fell to 18 degrees in the early hours and 26 degrees by 4 pm. U S weather bureau chief observer H T Collman forecast slightly warmer conditions today, noting no moisture in the Southwest and that Amarillo was not in the snow path from Wyoming and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Collman
U. S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Wyoming
Nebraska
Mr. Collman
Severe winter storm halts New York shipping and sinks fishing boat
A powerful storm dumped 6.3 inches of snow in the city and 10.3 inches in New York in seven hours, delaying transport and grounding planes. In Michigan City a 100 foot fishing smack the Martha sank with four fishermen lost, while tug Bremen capsized near South Haven with four more deaths. Coast Guardsmen called the storm the worst in years and urged fishermen to stay home as high seas threaten vessels. Northwest winds pushed snow east from the Pacific Northwest and Canada.
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New York
Martha
Michigan City
Ind
Bremen
South Haven
Mich
Pacific Northwest
Montana
Canadian North
Confesses Kidnapping and Fatal Beating in Columbia
Robert H. Wiles, 49, unemployed, told Sheriff Heise he was hired to kidnap Herbert Harris Jr., 15, and beat him to death to stop his escape. Harris was found Christmas Day with a battered skull near a farm house after luring him there for work. Police say a former Harris employee is being questioned at the state penitentiary as to other party involvement.
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Columbia
8. C
Robert H. Wiles
T. Alex Heise
Herbert H. Harris, Jr
Young Harris
Harris
State Penitentiary
Heise
Wiles
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Herd
John Porter
Mobeetie
Criner
Stork
Lessing Rosenwald
Upper
William Schultze
Lower
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Rosenwald
Jimmie Wedell
Flying Child
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Globe and News
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