Relief funds secured by Texas banks advance $1 148 000 for state aid
Immediate aid resumes as four Dallas and Fort Worth banks agree to advance 1 148 000 to the Texas relief bond issue through Fort Worth National Bank and Dallas banks. The money will go to the state treasurer in Austin to support relief for destitute Texans while bids on the unsubscribed portion are handled, with January 22 set for new bids.
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Fred Florence
Special
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Dallas and
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Austin
Fort Worth National Bank
Florence
First National Bank
Republic National Bank and Trust Company
First National Bank and
Long listens to testimony and approves treasury head
A hearing featured officials explaining fiscal steps as lawmakers question policies. The session culminated with confirmation of the proposed treasury head, signaling expected continuity in economic oversight.
Morgenthau and Landis Confirmations Advance in Senate
Senate finance committee endorsed Henry Morgenthau Jr for treasury and James Landis to the Federal Trade Commission. House leaders avoided making party opposition over William Humphrey's discharge, while Long praised Morgenthau after questioning over revenue bureau statements.
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Washington
Jan
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
the Treasury
James M. Landis
Massachusetts
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Roosevelt
William E. Humphrey
Trade Commission
Landis
Congress
Humphrey
Morgenthau
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Long
Internal Revenue Bureau
White House Parley Shapes Congressional Agenda
At a White House conference the administration plan for Congress began to take shape with a St Lawrence waterways pact on the calendar and a new world court protocol under discussion. President Roosevelt met Senate leaders including Senator Robinson to assess Europe and prospects for action.
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ST. Lawrence Waterways
Washington
Congress
White House
St. Lawrence
Roosevelt
Europe
Senate
House
Robinson
Hoover
Plan to Push U S Drive for Ten Billions
Treasury plans to borrow 10 billion dollars in six months as Roosevelt curbs debt growth. Banks and Federal Reserve aid expected to sustain financing for the recovery program. Officials note a projected debt peak of about 31.8 billion by June 30, 1924, with Reserve support viewed as essential.
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Washington
Treasury
Administration
Roosevelt
Nation's debt at high point as Roosevelt seeks vast budget
President Roosevelt asks Congress to approve the largest peacetime spending program in U S history. The tabulated bank statement and the budget message outline a government borrowing of 10 billion dollars in six months. Expenditures over two years total 16.5 billion with receipts around 6.63 billion, creating a large deficit.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Ihs
Canyon Gets PWA Waterworks Fund
Washington reports the Public Works Administration allotted 38.3 million for 167 non federal projects and later allocations will exhaust the fund. In Texas Hidalgo County and others received loans and grants for canals buildings drainage sewage water works improvement and jail, with San Antonio and Galveston also funded for construction and schooling.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Texas
Hidalgo County
Gilmer
Gatesville
Colorado County
San Antonio
Galveston
Canyon
Huntsville
New Mexico Fair Friday With Little Temperature Change
Fragmentary weather note reports fair conditions in New Mexico and Amarillo with minimal temperature variation. Hours of temperature data appear garbled but indicate a slight shift from yesterday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Tion
New Mexico
Amarillo Yester
Crowley Case Up To Defense At Pigott Arkansas Trial
The Crowley murder trial neared defense stage as dying statements from janitor J W MacMurdo surfaced. Witnesses testified MacMurdo claimed Rev Dale Crowley shot him and discarded a second pistol near the scene at the tabernacle during a church faction clash.
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Jeffers
Tabernacle
MacMurdo
Alice Coble
Dale Crowley
Stacy Boswell
Crowley
L. H. Kahre
Baswell
Wilbur Underhill Still Clinging to Life at Shawnee
Wilbur Underhill, the wounded desperado nicknamed the Tri State Terror, remained in unchanged condition at Shawnee City Hospital. Doctors say he is not expected to survive his injuries sustained in the recent violence.
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Shawnee, Okla
Wilbur Underhill
Desperado
City Hospital
Tri-State
Byrd's Ship Threatened by New Antarctic Storm
Admiral Byrd hove-to in ice pack as a fresh snow squall closed in over the flagship at latitude 69.57 S 116.33 W. Chief Pilot Harold June described the flight as tough with snow, fog and low altitude hindering sighting bergs and risking ice formation on wings.
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Admiral Byrd
Antarctic
Mackay
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
Ross Sea
Antarctica
Harold June
Congress Pushes Cattle Relief Under Farm Board Rules
Washington Jan 4 A Texas congressional drive to place cattle under Farm Board regulation moved in both chambers Senator Connally introduced a bill Representative Thomason urged Agriculture Committee action while Representative Tobey delayed with a call for broader livestock association input Thomason warned of bankruptcy from low cattle prices and Connally cited Secretary Woodin as favoring the measure with cattle interests likely to back it across the country
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Washington
Texas Conte Jonal
Farm Adjustment Administration
Senate
House
Connally
Representative Thomason
Agriculture Committee
Representative Jones
Thomason
Jones
Representative Tobey
New Hampshire
Woodin
Two Tornados Hit Pensacola Injuring Eight
Two tornadoes formed from water spouts in Pensacola Bay and swept into Pensacola, injuring eight people and damaging about 100 buildings. A three year old, Marion Kenneth Rigby, was gravely hurt. One twister came within three blocks of the downtown business district, with damage reaching the naval air station and other structures.
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Pensacola
Fla
Pensacola Bay
Marion Kenneth Rigby
Naval Air Station
Deputy Eye Removed After Gunfight at Clarendon
Deputy Sheriff Guy Wright of Clarendon underwent a left eye removal at St Anthony's Hospital yesterday. Attendants said he was improving after the operation. He was wounded when a shotgun blast struck him in the face during a gunfight that followed a liquor raid Sunday night.
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Guy Wright
Clarendon
St. Anthony's Hospital
Bank Robbery in Mangum Oklahoma Ends with Kidnapped Clerk Release
Four men robbed the First State Bank of Willow in Greer County, seizing cashier J. H. Ford and teller Bill Osborn before locking them in the vault. They kidnapped bookkeeper Miss Jewel Patton and released her unarmed about 112 miles east of Mangum.
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Okla
First State Bank of
Willow
Greer County
J. H. Ford
Bill Osborn
Miss Jewel Patton
Stay of execution granted for Ronald Finney in Kansas
The state supreme court granted a stay of execution for bond broker Ronald Finney, who faces a 31 to 635 year penitentiary sentence. He will remain in Shawnee County custody pending final disposition of his appeal or further court order, and the court kept his $40,000 appeal bond in place.
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Kas
State Supreme Court
Ronald Finney
Shawnee County
Train Auto Crash Kills Wheeler Man
Hugh West about 23 from Briscoe Wheeler County was instantly killed when his car drove onto a Santa Fe train at a grade crossing near his farm home on the Pampa Clinton line. The car was hurled 100 feet and demolished. He is survived by a wife and child and was employed by L. E. Whit ham Construction Co. paving contractors. His mother lives in Hemphill County.
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Hugh West
Briscoe
Wheeler County
Santa Fe
Pampa-Clinton
West
L. E. Whitham Construction Co
Nettle
Hemphill County
Budgetary Highlights in Roosevelt Budget Message
Washington reports contained the president’s budget message noting a nine billion dollar deficit projected over two years and a public debt near thirty one point eight billion. He seeks two billion to sustain the recovery drive next year and seven and a half million for this year’s campaign. He forecasts ten billion dollars in borrowing over the next six months and calls for reinstating a third of the 15 percent pay cut for federal workers plus continuation of a three cent non local mall rate.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
U S Bonds See Brief Selling After Budget Message
New York stock exchange quivered as President Roosevelt proposed six billion dollars in new borrowing and four billion in refunding over six months. Traders balanced the bold, frank figures with the realization of the wartime scale, bonds slipping briefly before partial recovery as markets digested the federal financing plans.
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New York
Wall Street
Tloorevelt
United States
Stock Exchange
Cleveland Chemist Accused of Killing Mrs Diebolt
El Paso Jan 4 Arthur Co Wilson a Cleveland chemist is charged with the slaying of Mrs Irene Diebolt whose nude body was found near Van Horn last Nov 7. The indictment was returned by the Culberson County grand jury and Wilson is presently at large.
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EL Paso
Arthur Co. Wilson
Cleveland
Irene Diepolt
Culberson County Grand Jury
Government plans to borrow twice as much as money in circulation
Washington reports the budget message outlines six month borrowing of about 16 billion dollars. Money in circulation stood at 6.791 billion as of January 3 1934. The government will finance roughly ten billion via bank and other credit.
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Washington
Bam
President predicts halt of public debt near 31 billion forecast
The article notes two years totaling 9.295 billion and a debt rise to 31.834 billion, the peak level. General ordinary outlays reach 5.0175 billion while 11.5123 billion in War emergency spending funds recovery. The President says the government should aim to keep total debt within about 31 billion, as projected.
Reactions to Budget Message Are Varied
Washington, Jan 4. Democratic floor leader lauds frank budget message noting the deficit but balance in ordinary expenditures. Republican leaders urge caution over peacetime sums, with warnings the debt will grow. Speaker Rainey calls debt increase alarming but manageable. Rep Snell is shocked by proposed spending. Continued on Page 13 Col.
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Jan
Congress
Roosevelt
Robinson
Arkansas
McNary
Oregon
Rainey
Snell
Senator Harrison
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