Bobbitt Appointed to State Highway Commission
Governor Allred announced the appointment of Robert Lee Bobbitt of San Antonio to the State Highway Commission to succeed D. K. Martin. Bobbitt will resign from the San Antonio Court of Civil Appeals and serve as chairman for two years starting February 15. The selection was a surprise to observers and followed Harry Hines’s suggestion.
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Bobbitt
Allred
Austin
Texas
Hill County
House of Representatives
Hines
Harry Hines
Wichita Falls
Court of Civil Appeals
Rescue of CCC Enrollees Tries Coal Fueled Run
A county highway tractor tows a sled laden with coal and food through eight foot drifts toward 157 Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees trapped in the Hualapai Mountains south east of Kingman Arizona. The youths recruited in Oklahoma and Texas have been marooned for days after a severe blizzard swept northern Arizona. Lieutenant William Ringold, commander at Hualapai camp, reached the area on snowshoes urging speed as coal runs low.
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Kingman
Ariz
Civilian Conservation Corps
Hualapai Mountains
CCC
Oklahoma
Texas
Arizona
William Ringold
Huaiapai
Governor revokes order ousting Daytona Beach officials
Secretary Branch Cone announced that Governor Fred P. Cone cancelled the January 1 order by former Governor Dave Shultz that removed Daytona Beach officials. The reversal clears the way for local leadership to resume duties.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Branch Cone
Fred P. Cone
Dave Shultz
Daytona Beach
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas
Generally cloudy with potential light snow on Thursday and a colder day. West Texas regions expect cloudy skies with snow in the north and rain in the southeast, followed by a cold wave and hard freeze and strong northerly winds. New Mexico remains generally fair in the south with possible snow in the north and colder southeast Thursday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Lara Ms Ashe. Eae Sr. M
Apa
Eaen
Texas
Gulf Coast
Texas Unemployment Act explained to Panhandle employers
At Amarillo meeting about the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act R B Anderson of Austin outlined policies for 600000 workers and 40000 firms. He stressed practical record keeping relief for employers and said the act rewards work, not idleness. Continued on Page 13 Col 5.
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Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
R. B. Anderson
Austin
James V. Allred
Unemployment Commission
Anderson
Texas Unemployment Commission
Wagner to Head Banking Group in Senate
Senator Wagner of New York was chosen by the Democratic steering committee to head the Senate Banking Committee. The nomination shifts Senator Adams of Colorado to chair the public lands committee while keeping Senator Glass as ranking Democrat on the Appropriations Committee.
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Washington
Senator Wagner
New York
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
New Yorker
Glass
Virginia
Appropriations Committee
Wagner
Adams
Colorado
Public Lands Committee
Wallis Warfield Simpson Regains Five Lost Pounds
Herman L. Rogers reported that Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson has regained the five pounds she lost over Edward VIII abdication worries and is now in the best of health and enjoying life to the fullest.
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Cannes
Herman L. Rogers
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward VIII
Businessmen and Stars Top Salaries in 1935
Treasury data released by the House Ways and Means Committee shows the highest salaries paid in 1935. William Randolph Hearst and Mae West led with 500000 and 480833 dollars, followed by executives and stars such as Alfred P Sloan Jr, Marlene Dietrich, Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, and others in the multi hundred thousand range.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
William Randolph Hearst
Mae West
G. W. Guttzeit
Latrobe Electric Steel Co
Latrobe
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
Marlene Dietrich
W. R. Sheehan
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp
Wm. S. Knudsen
General Motors
Pope Pius Rally After Prostration At Vatican
Pope Pius suffered a period of prostration after a discussion with two prelates but recovered shortly. Vatican attendants described him as extremely weary and said medical staff were called repeatedly to rally him. Dr Aminta Milani, the chief physician, reportedly spent the night in the papal apartments on standby.
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Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Holy Father
Aminta Milani
Papal
Real Estate Boom Urged With Immediate Buy Advice
The article urges immediate investment in real estate noting a coming boom. It advises buying homes, lots, business property, and farms now and warns that bad properties rise with good during abnormal activity. Read the paper daily Want Ads for top buys.
European War Threat Grows Over Spanish Conflict
Oil and ironclad standoff deepens as Britain ships more vessels to Spanish waters and France readies troops for a possible border dash. Germany and Italy may temporize while pledges to halt volunteers face delay. Nazi warships patrol the coast after the Palos incident. Valencia Madrid government.
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Associated Press
Europe
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Iberian Peninsula
Berlin
Bilbao
Valencia-Madrid
Hall Sentenced in Ginger Rogers Extortion Case
James F. Hall a 20 year old U S Navy sailor was sentenced by Federal Judge Albert Lee Stephens to five years in McNeill Island prison after pleading guilty to sending extortion letters to film star Ginger Rogers. He wore dungarees at the sentencing. The judge set probation for five years on the second count.
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Los Angeles
Albert Lee Stephens
James F. Hall
McNeill’s Island
Ginger Rogers
Hall
Stephens
Stock Warning Issued As Panhandle Bites With Freeze
A severe cold wave grips Texas as Amarillo reports 10 below zero at 11 P M and Vernon, Plainview, and Lubbock feel the chill. Forecasters warn ranchers to protect livestock while predicting rain and a hard freeze sweeping south and east toward the Gulf Coast, with Dallas Houston and San Antonio set for Thursday cold.
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Associated Proms
North Texas
Mercury
Amarillo
Texas
Dallas
Austin
Galveston
Houston
San Antonio
Bitter Cold Sweeps Rockies Amid Flu Battle
A deep cold front drove temperatures to as low as 26 degrees below zero across the Rocky Mountain region and was hailed by physicians as a help in fighting influenza and pneumonia. Denver reported 20,000 cases as officials urged continued heating and caution.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Senate Rules Open For Scores Of New Bills In Session
Washington January 6 The Senate opened its legislative floodgates introducing scores of bills Major proposals include a revised food and drug bill by Senator Copeland Democrat New York and a stabilizing soft coal measure by Senator Guffey Democrat Pennsylvania The food and drug bill targets false advertising and imposes strict labeling and marketing requirements A separate bill authorizes construction totaling 33 367 975 at 90 army posts nationwide introduced by Chairman Sheppard Democrat Texas of the Senate military affairs committee
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Washington
Senate
Copeland
New York
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Sheppard
Democrat
Texas
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Hoover Cancel Inauguration Invitation Notice
Former President and Mrs. Herbert Hoover sent a formal note of regret saying they cannot attend President Roosevelt's inauguration on January 20.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Water Conservation Group Moves to Create State Authority
The Panhandle Conservation Association sought state recognition for a Panhandle Water Conservation Authority and state funding. Amarillo Chamber of Commerce backed the plan, pledging financial aid and help securing Potter County funds. Judge Noel McDade urged presenting Panhandle water issues to the federal government as a united regional unit.
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Water Conservation Group
Panhandle Conservation Association
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle Water Conservation Authority
Chamber of Commerce
Potter County
Carl Hinton
Chamber
The
Noel McDade
Dumas
Panhandle
W. A. Warren
Canyon
Freighter Bound for Spain Defies U S to Carry War Cargo
A 2.7 million dollar cargo of planes and war materiel sails from Brooklyn toward Spain aboard the Mar Cantabrico. The ship eludes Coast Guard and political delays as Congress debates an embargo, with 40 crew aboard and just before passing Sandy Hook.
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House
Roosevelt
Congress
Brooklyn
Senate
Coast Guard
Sandy Hook
Bernard
Palmer-Labor- Minn
S. Waters
Jose Santa Maria
Cantabrico
Calico
Ambrose
U. S
Spain
Unearthed bones to be unchanged at Alamo chapel
The Alamo committee of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas said the bones unearthed in the chapel will stay in their original spots. A copper lined cement vault will house the four Texans found buried in a shallow grave during the foundation work for a new floor. The discovery suggests a hurried burial during the fort siege a century ago.
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San Antonio
Alamo
the Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Texas
Heirs to King Ranch Fight Over Vast Texas Estate
Heirs of Captain Richard King and trustees clash in federal court over millions in King Ranch assets. Edwin K. Atwood and Alice B. Atwood of Chicago seek a receiver and full accounting of trust assets, while Judge Kennerly weighs jurisdiction. Hearings in Kingsville proceed as the case moves forward with an accounting pending.
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Houston
Edwin K. Atwood
Alice B. Atwood
Chicago
Richard King
Texas
Wilmer Hunt
Kingsville
T. M. Kennerly
J. H. Denman
San Antonio
Atwoods
Kennerly
King
The
Equity
Robert J. Kleberg, Jr
Frank Denies Charges Against Wisconsin University President
Dr. Glenn Frank rejected charges of inefficiency and incompetency as regents push for his removal from the University of Wisconsin presidency. Students demonstrated in support as Harold M. Wilkie, regents chair, leads the ouster effort amid the Jan hearing.
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Madison
Wis
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Harold M. Wilkie
Wilkie
University Regents
Bloc of Regents
Philip FP. la Follette
Frank
James Roosevelt to Be Installed as White House Secretary
The White House announces James Roosevelt will be installed July 1 as a full secretary to President Roose, elevating the staff to three. He currently serves as administrative officer of the White House staff. The move restores the secretariat to a three-person team since Louis McHenry Howe's death.
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Washington
U.P
White House
James Roosevelt
Roose
Young Roosevelt
Louis McHenry How
President Roosevelt's call for a liberal constitutional view
Roosevelt pressed Congress in Washington to adopt a broad interpretation of the Constitution to empower government and promote the common good. He urged closer executive legislative judicial cooperation, warned against hindering democracy, and urged an overhaul of administrative departments amid battles with the Supreme Court.
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Rayburn
D.tex
Congress
Snell
R.-Ny
Pittman
D.-Nev
Adams
D.-Colo
Supreme Court
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Bhut
Washington
Roosevelt
High Court
Seasion
NRA
Spain
New York
Senate
House
Bendin Temselves
Confiscation of Ranch Denied in Eagle Pass
Jan 64 Ene rique M Salinas banker and Ethridge Baylor denied that a 50 000 acre ranch near Torreon Mexico had been confiscated by the Mexican government for Agrarians. He showed a telegram from Luis I Rodriguez secretary to Lazaro Cardenas promising rights to cattlemen in Durango and Coahuila. He said lands confiscated are usually unused and that the president would intervene if subordinates abused the Agrarian law.
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Eagle Pass
Enerique
M. Salinas
Ethridge Baylor
Torc Rcon
Mexico
Salinas
Luis I. Rodriguez
Lazaro Cardenas
Durango
Coahuila
Ballet Russe To Appear Here For One Night Only
Ballet Russe of Monte Carlo comes to Municipal Auditorium for a single performance on Monday January 11. Downtown ticket sales start this morning at City Drug No 1 on Polk Street with prices 2.75 2.20 1.10 and 0.85 dollars. Reservations run daily 9 AM to 5 PM.
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Ballet Russe of Monte Carlo
City Drug
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Reno
Here
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Hanshaw
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Hearst
West Tops
Pope Pius
Vernon
Plainview
Lubbock
Hoovers
15Th Congress
New Jersey
Robert Cuse
Congress of the United States
King Ranch
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