Liquor Tax Bill Passes House 388 to 5
The House approved a $470 million liquor tax bill by 388 to 5, sending it to the Senate with broad support to speed enactment. The measure keeps about a $2 per gallon rate on spirits, rejects higher wine and champagne duties, and includes a stamp paid indication amendment.
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Washington
House
Ways and
Senate
Farry
Eadets
Harrison
Finance Committee
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Knutson
Republican
Minnesota
Farmer- Laborites
Farmer-Laborite
Allen
Ilinois
Brumm
Edmonds
Dallas Man Named on Pardons Board
Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson today appointed Frank Lanham of Dallas to the state board of pardons and paroles. He will succeed J. O. Woodward of Coleman, who resigned.
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Austin
Jan
Miriam A. Ferguson
Frank Lanham
Dallas
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
J. O. Woodward
Coleman
Byrd Says Ross Sea Not Enclosed by Land
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd reports from the Ross Sea area that the traditional map showing three sides of land around a polar sea is incorrect. His flight over the southern ice pack reveals large stretches marked as ice covered land are in fact sea borne ice with no true land to the bulge on the map.
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S. 8
Jacob Ruppert
Antarctica
MacKay Radio
U.P
Richard E. Byrd
Ross Sea
Byrd
Banner day in sale of bonds in Fort Worth
Fort Worth on January 5 reports a banner day in receiving bids for Texas relief bonds totaling 2,750,000. Officials noted the largest one-day bid volume yet with more new and supplementary bids, aiming to complete subscriptions by January 22 for 1,602,000 remaining bonds. The initial 1,148,000 bond group is to be sold by Monday with Fort Worth and Dallas banks delivering funds to the state treasury.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Dallas
U S Leads Upturn in Re employment
Geneva January 5 The international labor office said the United States leads a world wide improvement in unemployment, noting a marked rise in employment 73.5 in October 1933 versus 59.6 in October 1932. The communique cited reductions in unemployment in the United States Canada Chile Germany Great Britain Hungary Australia Belgium Finland Yugoslavia Romania Denmark and the Irish Free State.
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Geneva
International Labor Office
United States
Canada
Chile
Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Australia
Belgium
Finland
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Denmark
Irish Free State
Treasury mobilizes to pull 300 million in delinquent taxes
Secretary Morgenthau outlines an intensive drive to collect over 300 million dollars in delinquent taxes within 18 months to reduce the deficit, with internal revenue collectors mobilized, quotas posted, and a system tying pay to collections. The plan accompanies government borrowing of 10 billion for recovery and four billion to mature obligations.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Congress
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Justice Bratton Recalls Early Bar Days at Amarillo Banquet
Amarillo Bar Association held its annual banquet at the Amarillo Country Club with about three hundred attendees. Hon. Sam G. Bratton of Albuquerque spoke on Panhandle legal history and urged dedication to justice. Elected officers include 8. A. L. Morgan as president and Riley Strickland as vice president.
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Justice Bratton
Bar
Amarillo
Palmer County
United States
E. A. Simpson
A. L. Morgan
Riley Strickland
William Sutton
Execu
A and M Upholds Ban On Coeds In Bryan ruling
Twelve Bryan girls were denied admission to Texas A, and M college in a mandamus ruling by district judge W. C. Davis. They sought entry since they could not afford distant schooling. The board argued A and M remained a male school. Continued on Page 8, Col. 2.
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Bryan, Jan
Bryan
Texas A. & M. College
W. C. Davis
College Station
Pastor Crowley Takes Stand in Jonesboro Murder Trial
In Piggott Arkansas on January 5 the Rev Dale Crowley testified in his defense in the murder trial of Jonesboro Tabernacle janitor J W MacMurdo He described his life as a railroad worker and Houston bank employee and how church factional strife led to his split with Rev Joe Jeffers Crowley asserted MacMurdo fired the first shot as Crowley stood near the tabernacle door Witnesses including O L Wiggs and Tom Carter backed the claim that MacMurdo acted first while a cane strike followed and a pistol was found at the scene.
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Joe Jeffers
Crowley
Jeffers
Tabernacle
Jonesboro
Macmurdo
O. L. Wiggs
The
Tom Carter
L. H. Kahre
Carter
Wiggs
Cletus Webb
Webb
Burial rites for Police Captain Burnam Sunday at 10
Funeral services for Police Captain Preston Burnam, slain Friday morning, will be held at 10 o clock Sunday in N 8 Griggs & Sons chapel with Rev. E B Fincher officiating. Pallbearers include Mayor Ross D Rogers and city officials. Burial will be in Dimmitt Cemetery after a visit at the Tate home.
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Preston Burnam
Griggs & Sons Chapel
EB. B. Fincher
Ellwood Presbyterian Church
Ross D. Rogers
H. Ernest Smith
M. N. Twaddell
W. R. McDowell
Clark Cain
George Hayden
Potter County
Cleve Tate
Dimmitt
Tate
Castro County Friends
Briggs Heads Farm Workers
Frank P. Briggs of Farm and Ranch in Dallas was selected president of the Texas Agricultural Workers' Association at the annual meeting in Lubbock. He succeeds Jack Shelton of Luling. San Antonio was chosen as the 1935 meeting place. Other officers were J. A. Moore of Grand Prairie vice president Dan Kiber of Arlington secretary and H. N. Smith of Stephenville treasurer. Directors include Shelton Stangel Parr Snider Haines and Mildred Horton.
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Lubbock
Frank P. Briggs
Dallas
Farm and Ranch
Texas Agricultural Workers’ Association
Jack Shelton
Luling
San Antonio
J. A. Moore
Grand Prairie
Dan Kiber
Arlington
H. N. Smith
Stephenville
Mr. Shelton
W. L. Stangel
W. V. Parr
Spur
J. B. Snider
Waco
Paul G. Haines
Austin
Mildred Horton
College Station
C W A Workers Paid as Civil Works Grants Issued
Washington reports totaling 176 million dollars in wages paid to formerly unemployed workers under Civil Works programs. New federal relief grants were allocated to New Jersey Connecticut Texas Michigan Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama in January. Also federal Alcohol Administrator Choate urged wet states to provide evidence of adulterated liquor sales traced to wholesalers and manufacturers.
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Washington
U.P
Civil Works
Hopkins
New Jersey
Connecticut
Texas
Michigan
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Civil Works Service
Choate
Adjourn Bank Quiz in Washington After Detroit Collapse
The Senate committee investigating the Detroit banking collapse adjourned today until next Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate
Detroit
Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity Saturday
Partial clarity in West Texas south of the 100th meridian with a dry feel for Saturday. Mexico forecast shows slight wind and temperature shifts with hourly readings and maximums around reported values. Weather notes include confusing digital artifacts but indicate mixed conditions and modest highs.
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Amarillo
Texas
100Th Meridian
Mexico
Ametrilio Yeaterdey
Night police captain shot to death in Panhandle ambush
Police report Captain P G Burmam was fatally shot in the lower abdomen early yesterday. The attacker, Frank Crutchfield of White Deer, previously accused of bank robbery and other offenses, is detained in Potter County jail.
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McCormick Co
P. G
Pres) Burmam
Frank Crutchfield
White Deer
Panhandle
Potter County
Crutchfield Accused Of Offenses In Plains Counties
Frank Crutchfield of White Deer faces multiple charges dating back to 1926 including a bank robbery in which he allegedly forced cash from a cashier. His record spans Gray to Randall counties with theft and car theft accusations, escapes, and a prior insanity finding leading to a state hospitalization. Continuous pursuit by law officers and transfer of cases across Panhandle counties are noted.
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Young Crutchfield
Panhandle
Johnnie Gore
Carroll Mumford
Borger
Crutchfield
Gray County
Gore
Phillips Petroleum Company
Carson County
Potter County
Wichita Falls State Hospital
Randall County
Deaf Smith County
John B. Miller
Hereford
Amarillo
John A. Starcup
Indict Bonner in Bank Theft
Former Commercial National Bank president AZ D Bonner indicted by a federal grand jury for converting and embezzling bank funds. Attorney John H Cunningham and others charged with aiding and abetting. Indictment cites conspiracy to defraud the bank and ties to stolen bonds sold through the bank.
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Ban Antonio
Jan
D. Bonner
Commercial National Bank
John H. Cunningham
Bonner
Cunningham
New York
Chicago
Dam Not Dynamited In California Flood
Los Angeles January 6 investigation by peace officers found no evidence that the Lacrescenta Montrose flood resulted from dam dynamiting. Sheriff officials said debris clogged pipes and small check dams held back water, which released violently when storm dams failed, causing the flood in Montrose and La Crescenta.
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Los Angeles
Lacrescenta- Montrose
Norris G. Stensland
Sheriff's Office
Eugene Riscailus
Stensland
Pickens Canyon
Weathus
Montrose
la Creacenta
Brensland
False alarm at Capitol fire scare due to smoke misread
A vigilant false alarm prompted fire engines to rush to the Capitol today after a new employee mistook chimney smoke for a blaze in the House of Representatives. No fire found, the incident traced to early signs misread as danger.
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Washington
Jan
Capitol
Howse of Representatives Root
Garner to arbitrate patronage in 3 Texas districts
Vice President Garner agreed to handle patronage in Texas 19th 20th and 21st districts affecting San Antonio San Angelo and Lubbock. The move follows last session redistricting placing most of San Antonio in the 20th and Garner’s home county Uvalde in the 21st. Read continues on Page 8 Col.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Garner
Texas
San Antonio
San Angelo
Lubbock
Texas Panhandle
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
Bexar County
Uvalde
Haskell
Bailey
Lamb
Hale
Floyd
Cochran
Hockley
Crosby
Dickens
King
Yoakum
Terry
Lynn
Garza
Kent
Stonewall
Gaines
Dawson
Borden
Scurry
Andrews
Pres Burnam Dies in Duel with Suspect at Hotel
Police arrest Frank Crutchfield after the fatal shooting of Captain Pres Burnam, a 62 year old Panhandle peace officer, during a disturbance call at Western Hotel. Crutchfield, held in Potter County jail, refused to answer questions and demanded a lawyer as an examining trial was set. The killer fled around Tenth Avenue after Burnam exchanged shots near Pierce Street.
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Frank “Shorty” Crutchfield
White Deer
Potter County
Crutchfield
John Studer
Pampa
Grady Hazlewood
Jam Tice J. W. Pottinger
Burnarm
the Panhandle
Weldon
Burnam
Hayden
Tenth Avenue
Pierce Street
J. B. Parker
Western Hotel
Parker
Barnam
Pres
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