Hoover Jr. denies taking gratuities tied to air mail contracts
Herbert Hoover Jr. disclosed plans to resign as chief engineer of Western Air Express in 1930 to avoid links between his name and air mail contracts. He testified he sought the senate probe report, described a year in Rapidan Camp for tuberculosis, and said he resigned after facing slanderous insinuations about favoritism.
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Pasadena
Calif
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Western Air Express
Hoover
United States Senate
Brown
Air Corps
Army
Rapidan
Asheville
North Carolina
Hurley
Haliburton
Washington
Harris M. Hanshue
Young Hoover
Wolf of Wall Street David Lamar Dies in New York
Unclaimed body of David Lamar known as the Wolf of Wall Street lies in a New York city morgue following an autopsy showing heart disease as the cause of death in a $17.50-a-week hotel room. Police inventory his possessions including $138 cash a salt hat cane gold watch chain and cuff links. Dorothy Lamar his daughter 24 says she will not attend his funeral and has no contact with her father for 14 years. Dorothy earlier learned of her mother Marie Lamar's 1924 divorce and alimony dispute with Lamar.
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New York
David Lamar
Wolf
Wall Street
Pittsfield
Mass
Dorothy Lamar
the Wolf of
Miss Lamar
Lanesboro
Marie Lamar
Dorothy
Lamar
Berkshires
Woman Doctor Says She Is Dying Before Trial
Dr. Alice Wynekoop, 62, told jail infirmary staff she believes she is dying after a severe heart attack. She insisted the trial for allegedly slaying her daughter in law Rheta proceed tomorrow, saying nothing would stop her from going to court. Prosecution and defense prepare to review her condition with Dr. McNamara as a death-penalty jury is in place and B. H. Gardner, father of Rheta, is named as a likely first witness.
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Chicago
Alice Wynekoop
Krheta
Francis McNafara
Dr. McNamara
McNamara
Wynekoop
B. H. Gardner
Indianapolis
Rheta
Farmer sentenced to 25 years for murder over shared corn crop
Palestine Tex Jan 14 A M Box Cayuga Anderson County farmer was sentenced to 25 years after a jury found him guilty of murder in the killing of J W Bailey a World War veteran during an argument over a jointly owned corn crop Box claimed self defense and the verdict was returned last night during proceedings continued on page 9 column 10
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Palestine
Tex
A.M. Box
Cayuga
Anderson County
J. W. Bailey
Box
La Vie Paree tickets scarce in Amarillo for January 23
Mail orders are filling fast at Globe News for the musical revue La Vie Paree. Theatergoers in Amarillo and the Panhandle are urged to reserve seats early as Municipal Auditorium nears capacity, with tickets priced 1.65 1.38 1.10 and 0.55 including tax. Lois Black at The News- Globe office will handle mail orders with a self addressed stamped envelope.
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Lois Black
News- Globe
Youth nabbed in extortion plot against Shell Union official
New York January arrest of Joseph Barrett a 22 year old from Bayonne New Jersey on charges of attempting to extort 25000 from G H Van Sendin vice president of Shell Union Gas and Oil Company Detectives and federal agents under Captain Michael McDermott and Francis X Fay trailed the suspect who claimed to be a student cook Barrett admitted to being used by three men who forced him to enter Van Sendin's Central Park West apartment and return with a package after a staged ad signing Bruce H was used in the extortion scheme The youth was held under the Lindbergh law after the arrest at the victim's residence and a police headquarters was later used to detain him
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New York
Joseph Barrett
Bayonne
N. J
G. H. van Sendin
Shell Union Gas and Oil Company
Barrett
van Sendin
Central Park West
Michael McDermott
Alien Squad
Francis X. Fay
Bruce H
Fay
Queens Boulevard
Factor Faces Touhy Gangsters Next Tuesday in Chicago
John Factor, a refugee turned millionaire, faces four Touhy gangsters in a Chicago court next Tuesday in a high profile trial linked to his July kidnapping. Prosecutors vow to crush Touhy leadership, seeking death sentences for all four defendants. Factor charged extradition to London over alleged seven million mining stock fraud.
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Chicago
John Factor
Touhy
America
Capones
London
England
Gangster Pezzulo slain by racket rivals in New York
In a back room candy store card game raid, Angelo Pezzulo a 29 year old policy collector was shot twice in the heart and head by one of two intruders amid a rival gang war. Police say the killing was a deliberate elimination in underworld competition.
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New York
Angelo
Angie” Pezzulo
Pezzulo
Pezzule
Consort Magda Lupescu Arrives at Riviera
Mme Magda Lupescu, former consort of King Carol of Romania, is reported to have arrived at the Riviera in Nice France. She reportedly fled Bucharest amid a cabinet shake up following the assassination of Premier Ion Duca.
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Nice
France
Mme
Magda Lupescu
Carol of Romania
The
Riviera
Bucharest
Ion Duca
Death claims Mrs Canode in Amarillo hospital
Mrs Gertrude M Nelson Canode 36 wife of H P Canode died yesterday at a local hospital after several months illness She will lie in state at the family home five miles west of Amarillo Burial at Sacred Heart Cathedral conducted by Rt Rev A P Amirault Blackburn Funeral Home in charge Interment in the Canode mausoleum Llano Cemetery She married H P Canode in 1923 in San Antonio They have an adopted son Bobby and several siblings survive with details of relatives across Amarillo San Antonio Tucson and other cities
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Gertrude M. Canode
A. PF. Amirault
Blackburn Funeral Home
Canode
Llano
Gertrude M. Nelson
H. P. Canode
San Antonio
Bobby
R. E. Nelson
Amarillo
Gene Seng
Edna Nelson
Ethel Nelson
Argonaut Gold Sues Over Gold Seizure Price Debate
In San Francisco the 40 year old Argonaut Gold Mining Co sues to block seizing 17171 ounces of gold and to force acceptance of 2067 per ounce, challenging the National Emergency Banking Act and presidential power. The firm seeks 3406 per ounce for newly mined gold and rejects a 2567 offer.
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San Francisco
Argonaut Gold Mining Company
Federal Reserve Banks
Argonaut Company
Veteran Gilmer editor George Tucker dies at 72
Gilmer, January 14. George Tucker editor of the Gilmer Mirror died at his home late Saturday from a heart attack. He dedicated 50 years to newspaper work in Texas and was widely known across the state.
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Gilmer
George Tucker
The
Gilmer Mirror
Texas
Roosevelt to Seek Congress on Gold Transfer and Dollar Revalue
President Roosevelt planned to send a message to Congress about transferring all monetary gold to the treasury and revaluing the dollar. He conferred with Morgenthau and banking committee leaders, outlining methods to seize gold from the Federal Reserve and discuss currency policy.
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Congress
Treasury
Morgenthau
Houses of
Stephen T. Early
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
House
United States
Federal Reserve System
Freighter Sagamore Sinks Off Prout's Neck After Ledge Strike
The freighter Sagamore of the Eastern Steamship Line sank in shallow water off Prout's Neck near Portland Maine after hitting Corwin's rock in a snow storm. Captain Ralph McDonough and 26 crew were saved by a coast guard surf boat, with no injuries reported.
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Portland
Sagamore
Eastern Steamship Line
Prout’s Neck
Here
Corwin
New York
McDonough
Coast Guard
Rudy Vallee Evades Process Server and Ships for New York
Broadway orchestra leader Rudy Vallee left a Los Angeles film studio to head east for engagements after a process server failed to locate him. Vallee's departure followed a separate maintenance action filed by his wife Fay Vallee. He and actress Alice Faye were both mentioned in connection with the case.
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Los Angeles
Vallee
East
Screen Actors’ Guild
Dick Powell
Pacific Coast
Zagan
New York
Singer
Beverly Hills
Winslow
Ariz
San Bernardino
H. M. Fleming
Hollywood
Alice Faye
Faye
Pampa Man Held in Slaying After Quarrel
W M Smith, an invalid, was charged with murder in the slaying of J M Holloway 38 after a late night quarrel. Holloway died from a shotgun blast as he entered Smiths bedroom. Smith pled not guilty and posted 1500 bail. Holloway’s body to be sent to McKinney for burial.
Cuban Electric Plant Seized by Cuban Government
Havana reports under emergency decree the Cuban government took over the American owned Cuban Electric Company after six hours of city power loss. Armed soldiers surround properties and operate plants with workers under judicial administration while negotiations continue. replacement value estimated at 110 million dollars.
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Havana
Gray San Martin
Camaguey
Island
Archer K. Jones
Associated Press
Grau
Rafael Giraud
Cuban Electric
Havana Pliant
Giraud
Workers
Wheat growers receive nearly 27 million dollars in aid
Washington January 14 farm administration reports 26,977,259 dollars paid to 362,897 wheat growers in 35 states under acreage reduction. Checks by county include Texas Baylor 88 10,805 and many others totaling 12,179 payments 2,082,607. additional disbursements expected this winter totaling 70,000,060.
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Washington
Pp Farm Administration
Texas
Baylor
Comanche
Tarrant
Callahan
Childress
Coryell
Collin
Hail
Crosby
Jones
Woman Fatally Burned in Tank Explosion Near Gladewater
Two people were burned when one of two 500 barrel oil tanks on the Bradley McGee lease exploded near Gladewater Texas. Bud Holliman was in serious condition from burns and his wife died from the blast.
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Gladewater
Texas
Bradley McGee
Bud Holliman
Plan to Erect Gas Plants in Amarillo Area
Dallas report states Lone Star Gasoline Company considers building three to six natural gasoline plants near Amarillo to extract gasoline from natural gas. Engineers surveyed sites in Wheeler and Gray counties and work on plans for plants costing about 200000 dollars each. Officials could not be reached for comment.
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Dallas
Frank L. Chase
Lone Star Gasoline Company
Lone Star Gas Corporation
Amarillo
Wheeler
Gray Counties
Lone Star Gasoline Corporation
Panhandle
Hotel man charged in fatal shooting
Crowell Texas January 14 1945 Charles Loyd was placed under $5 000 bond after the fatal shooting of Bob Scott Fort Worth a 47 year old teamster in front of the Loyd Hotel last night Scott argued with Loyd when refused a room Scott had been brought to the hotel by three fellow workmen Officers said one shot was fired from a pistol bullet struck Scott in the head and caused instant death Scott was survived by his widow and a daughter living in Carlsbad New Mexico
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Carlsbad
New
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Carol
Mrs. Canode
Roosevelt
White House
OF Reserve Bank
Church
First Christian Church
Taylor Street
United States Weather Bureau
Eighth Avenue
Rudy Vallee
Walker Hines
Italy
Walker D. Hines
Merino
Hines
Europe
Turkey
Paul Tison
Darien
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