Bruno Hauptman Execution Delay Hopes Rise
Secret moves by Governor Harold G Hoffman and Hauptman defense lawyers kept doubt over Hauptman’s Friday night execution. Reports tied a Chicago lawyer Bernard Finnigan to a possible reprieve strategy, while Judge Pope said no new court moves were forthcoming. State police guarded whereabouts as rumors swirled about Lindbergh ransom money leads.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptman
New York
Chicago
Bernard M. Finnigan
Jersey
Frederick A. Pope
Hauptmann
Finnigan
Allred Delays Meet Decision on Special Session
Governor Allred postponed a decision on a special legislative session to raise funds for old age pensions, citing a pending study of needs and income. A questionnaire to legislators showed indecision on tax legislation, though most favored an immediate session. He will address the public by radio to gauge opinion.
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Austin
Allred
Officials Draft Plans On Pensions In Texas
Texas old age assistance commission members discussed mailing application blanks by February 14 when the pension law takes effect. Director Orville S. Carpenter said blanks should be ready as soon as allowed. Attending were Carpenter, A. W. Cunningham of Harlingen, H. T. Kimbro of Lubbock, and W. O. Davis of Omaha.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Old Age Assistance Commission
Orville S. Carpenter
Carpenter
A. W. Cunningham
Harlingen
Commission
H. T. Kimbro
Lubbock
W. O Davis
Omaha
One Legged Thief Confounds Lubbock Police
In Lubbock on January 13 a theft case puzzled officers as Tom Layne reported a thief stole sport oxfords from his automobile. The shoes were all left-footed, suggesting a curious and improbable culprit.
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Lubbock
Jan
Tom Layne
Tech
Robbers Loot Lipscomb Farm as Farm Youth Is Shot
Four masked gunmen raided the Babitzke home six miles from Lipscomb, forcing the family to reveal a cash sum. Ben Babitzke, 19, was shot in the head as he was led onto the porch and is in critical condition at a Shattuck hospital. The attackers ransacked the house, burned papers, and escaped with money after threatening the head of the family.
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Lipscomb County
Christian Babitzke
Centennial ad program gets $50,000 for Texas papers
The Centennial commission of control authorized $50,000 in Texas daily and weekly newspapers for advertising the Centennial. The ad plan, recommended by the advertising advisory committee, will be shared among newspapers statewide and ignores prior allocations to communities. Wilbur C. Hawk stated that all papers will share equally.
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Austin
Centennial Commission of Control
Texas
Wilbur C. Hawk
Huey P Long Radio Address Scheduled Tonight
In New Orleans Huey P Long is to deliver a recorded hour long radio address from 7 to 8 PM Central time. The speech, recorded before his 1935 assassination, was never publicly aired and is tied to ongoing January 21 primary campaigns where party nominees were effectively elected.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Long
Escaped U S prisoner Pollard captured after pursuit
Harry Allen alias James Pollard, 38, from Kansas City Missouri, fled a downtown chase in Amarillo Texas, firing three shots at Deputy Sheriff Roy Brewer. Pollard was arrested in a Lewis Hotel package liquor store after a three way probe of an alleged robbery ring.
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Harry Allen
James Pollard
Kansas City
Potter County
Roy Brewer
Pollard
Amarillo
Louisiana
Brewer
Lewis Hotel
Japanese Navy Signals Doom of Five-Power Conference
Authoritative Japanese sources predicted the doom of the five power naval conference. They said Japan will withdraw after a session on Wednesday and issue a formal note noting inability to continue due to unbridgeable differences of opinion.
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London
Tokyo
Amarillo and West Texas New Mexico Weather Forecast
Amarillo and West Texas expect fair skies on Tuesday with warmer conditions in New Mexico. A broad fair pattern continues across the region as daytime highs rise slightly and overnight readings remain mild.
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Amarillo
Senate Poised to Pass Bonus Bond Plan in Vote Window
Washington January 13 Senate supporters of New Deal programs backed a coalition bill for full payment of veterans bonuses via federal baby bonds redeemable in cash. Chairman Harrison of the Senate finance committee says the measure will likely be enacted, with quick committee approval after hearing from Secretary Morgenthau. Bell and Hines were questioned in executive session as treasury views were sought on the bond market.
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Washington
Jan
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Financing Committee
Roosevelt
Patman
House
Robinson
Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Daniel W. Bell
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Affairs
Treasury
Bell
G. O. P. Denied Radio Time by Top Broadcasters
New York January 13 major networks NBC and CBS refused to provide facilities for Republican National Committee political dramatizations of New Deal issues. NBC banned paid political broadcasting until after the conventions and CBS also restricted such dramatizations. Fletcher’s request was rejected in letters from NBC President Lenox R. Lohr and CBS President William S. Paley citing policy violations.
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New York
Republican National Committee
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Henry P. Fletcher
Fletcher
Columbia
William 8
Paley
Lenox R. Lohr
NBC
Doctors Charge Flagrant Abuses In Health Unit Operation Here
A Potter County Medical Association committee accused the city county health unit of abuse in operation and seeking Rockefeller Institute aid. They called for a hearing with city and county officials, alleging free tests and an overburdened free clinic, with 250 people daily.
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Rockefeller Institute
Potter County Medical Association
Commissioners
J. N. Riggs
Ross Rogers
B. M. Puckett
D. S. Marsalis
Guy Owens
J. B. White
Puckett and
Owens
Wasserman
Rockefeller Aid
B. M. Primer
George T. Royse
Puckett
Farley frames 1936 campaign vow Keep Roosevelt in and keep gang out
In Tuckahoe New York on January 13 Postmaster General James A Farley outlines a rallying cry for 1936 Keep Roosevelt in and keep the gang out He denounces money and big business demagogues and pledges broad reforms touching farmers workers miners and small business to preserve American institutions. Continued on Page 11 Col 2
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Tuckahoe
N. Y
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Charles “Muscling
Farley
Westchester County
Democratic Committee
Congress
Made in Texas Buying Week Proclaimed
Allred designated January 13 through 19 as Buy It Made In Texas Week to boost Lone Star state products. The period also marks Better Housing Days January 14 through 18 with insured mortgage clinics to be held in San Antonio, tied to the state's Centennial celebration.
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Austin
Allred
Texas
Lone Star
San Antonio
Kipling In London Hospital After Emergency Operation
Famed poet and critic Rudyard Kipling, age 70, is gravely ill in a London hospital after an emergency gastric disorder operation. A 6:30 PM bulletin said he is very grave but holding his own. he later relapsed after initial improvement.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
Riviera
Kipling
Central Middlesex Hospital
Burwash
Sussex
Coward Denies Garbo Romance Rumors
Noel Coward says he is very annoyed by reports of a romantic link with Greta Garbo in Sweden. He is in London starring in Tonight At 8:30 with Gertrude Lawrence and declines to comment beyond signaling irritation. Both Garbo and Coward deny the romance.
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London
Noel Coward
Sweden
Greta Garbo
Coward
Gertrude Lawrence
Sheriff Adams Confronts Potter County Salary Session
Sheriff Bill Adams charged Potter County commissioners with unfair tactics after a stormy session that set salaries under a new state law. Adams claimed Buckingham cut the sheriff’s department to four cars at four cents a mile and removed prisoner feeding from his control.
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Bill Adams
Potter County Commission
Adams
Frank E. Buckingham
Sheriff's Department
J. N. Riggs
Percy Gibbs
Buckingham
Lubbock Officials Set Salaries For County Offices
Lubbock County commissioners rejected salary basis for precinct officers and set salaries for key offices. County judge, attorney, clerk, tax assessor-collector and sheriff each receive 4250 dollars, matching 1935 fee levels, while the district clerk earns 4000 dollars though fees reported totaled 3600.
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Lubbock
Lubbock County
Millers Win Tilt to Block Tax Payments
The Supreme Court decision leaves unsettled whether the Treasury must refund $1 billion in AAA taxes while deferring on the Bankhead cotton control act. The ruling triggers talk of new revenue legislation as the administration faces a cash gap from farm program payments and contracted obligations.
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Supreme Court
Justice Roberts
Associated Justice Stone
Center
Roberts
AAA
Hughes
Millers
Washington
Treasury
High Court
Congress
Disney
Oklahoma
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Civic Leaders Launch Second Charity Drive in Amarillo
A luncheon meeting of forty business and civic leaders in Amarillo votes to back an emergency Community Chest drive aimed at aiding nearly 4,000 destitute residents, including many children. The plan targets agencies delivering direct aid and notes other relief sources are exhausted. Continued on Page 11.
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Amarillo
Community Chest
Social Welfare Association
The
Salvation, Army
Mexican Relief Organization
Peter County School Children’s Fief Group
Rick
Maveric’ One
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