Utilities raise 1931 domestic output by 8.5 percent
SPOTS reports Associated Gas and Electric System increased power output for domestic use by an average of 8.5 percent per customer in 1931. Auburn Automobile Co. and subsidiaries earned 17.64 dollars per share on 202,909 shares for the year ended November 30, 1931, up from 5.43 on 137,533 shares. Sharon Steel Hoop Co. expanded operations at its Sharon plant to 50 percent capacity from 38 last week. Boston cotton goods price improvement lifted the fine goods department with yard quotations up by percent to percent in larger trade.
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United Press
New York
Associated Gas and Electric System
Chicago
Auburn Automobile Co
Sharon, Pa
Sharon Steel Hoop Co
Boston
Peruvians tremble as strong quake rocks Lima
A strong earthquake shook Lima tonight, cracking walls and plunging the city into darkness. The quake sent sea-like tremors through the area, with electric lights out and screaming residents. Casualty details were not yet confirmed, but ancient houses were feared fallen.
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Lima
Peru
Food bombardment to tribes continues in Arizona
Seven large army bombers carried out a food bombardment campaign in Holbrook and surrounding Navajo and Zuni settlements in Eastern Arizona and Western New Mexico. About 6000 pounds of provisions were prepared for air delivery to marooned tribesmen while shortages threatened starvation. Planes will return to Winslow to resume relief operations.
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Holbrook
Ariz
Arizona
New Mexico
Winslow
Anti prohibition group urges 4 percent beer bill
Washington reports a Senate committee hears another group of congressmen push the Bing ham 4 percent beer measure. Rep Dickstein urges returning beer to halt bootlegging and moonshine and restore order, saying women once refused drink will defend it if offered.
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Washington
Senate
Dickstein
New York
Texans urged for finance officials
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas submitted to President Hoover the names of John T. Scott Houston Jesse Jones Houston Nathan Adams Dallas and Amon G. Carter Fort Worth for appointment to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation board. Texans friends of the four urged their appointment.
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Washington
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Hoover
John T. Scott
Houston
Jesse Jones
Nathan Adams
Dallas
Amon G. Carter
Fort Worth
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sheppard
Board of Pharmacy Examines 117 Applicants in San Antonio
E M Joseph of Austin presides as president and six board members of the Texas Board of Pharmacy examine 117 pharmacist applicants in San Antonio on January 19.
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San Antonio
U.P
E. M. Joseph
Austin
Texas Board of Pharmacy
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy conditions for Amarillo Wednesday with fair skies across New Mexico. Hourly temps listed but details are unclear in text.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Victory Seems Sure In Vote For Governor
Returns from 185 of 1 441 precincts show K L Allen leading the Democratic primary for governor with 66 223 votes to 16 640 for Dudley J Leblanc and smaller tallies for others. John B Fournet leads for lieutenant governor with 1 879 to 940 for Hendrick and 525 for Earl Long amid bitter anti Long factions. Disorder reports are limited though a shotgun brigade surrounded a barn polling place in Jefferson parish.
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New Orleans
K. Allen
Huey Long
Allen
Dudley J. Leblanc
George Seth Guion
William C. Boone
William L. Clark
John B. Fourner
Fournet
Ruvian D. Hendrick
Earl Long
Lee Lanier
J. O. Stewart
Hendrick
Leblanc
de Boto
Natchitoches
Babine
Winn
St. Bernard Parish
Long
Barataria
Jefferson Marish
Invalid Woman Is Blaze Victim Near Lovington
Funeral services were held in Plains Texas for Mrs. C L Epps 70 who burned to death in her northeast Lovington area home Monday Relatives were away attending chores when the fire started She survived by two daughters Mrs Leman Glascock and Mrs Claude Cox both of Lovington and two sons Gordon and Alvin Epps of Lubbock Interment was beside her husband Rev W M Beauchamp in Plains officiating
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Lovington
N. M
Plains
Texas
C. L. Epps
Here
Midway
Epps
Leman Glascock
Claude Cox
Gordon
Alvin Epps
Lubbock
W. M. Beauchamp
Hall County Caliche Road Contract Awarded by Texas
Texas Highway Commission awarded road building contracts totaling 410 745 with two day lettings reaching 970 541 across eleven counties. Projects include 32 miles caliche base and 35 miles grading and drainage along highways 18 27 9 and 99 plus bridges. Hall County receives 146 miles caliche base from Turkey northeast on highway 18.
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Austin
Texas Highway Commission
Hall
Turkey
J. Lee
E. A. Wilbig
Dallas
Pecos
Fort Stockton
Sheffield
Sanders and
Hurlburt
San Patricio
Nueces River Bridge
E. G. Powell
Jacksonville
Upton
Cali
Rankin
Reagan County
McClure
Denison
Tucumcari
New Mexico
Haskell
G. F. Davis
Glazier
Yazoo River Levee Break Floods Belzoni Mississippi
Belzoni in Humphreys County home to about 7500 people faced a delta flood after a 60 foot Yazoo River levee breach at Honey Island 17 miles north. Convicts and laborers began repairs at dawn with some progress as water flooded about 60 percent of the town and residents used Red Cross boats to move through streets.
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Glendora
Miss
Humphreys County
Belzoni
Mississippi Delta
Yazoo River
Honey Island
Red Cross
Hurl Wait Threat in Hawaiian Case
Habeas corpus proceedings to release Mrs. Granville Fortescue and three navy men held for a suspected woman’s murder were threatened by their attorneys unless the case goes to the grand jury Thursday. City and County Attorney Gilliland sought a special prosecutor but delayed the grand jury due to an incomplete investigation.
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Honolulu
Granville Fortescue
Navy
James F. Gilliland
Texas and Pacific hearing Tuesday on 330 mile route
Washington Jan 19 Oral argument on the Texas and Pacific Northern Railway proposed subsidiary line of the Missouri Pacific system to build a 330 mile track from Big Spring to Vega Amarillo and Lubbock will be held before division four of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington on February 17.
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the News
Washington
Texas & Pacific Northern Railway
Missouri Pacific System
Big Spring
Vega
Amarillo
Lubbock
Division Four
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bee Sting Crash Triggers $5,000 Auto Suit
In San Antonio on January 19 a bee sting caused a crash injuring a woman. Mrs. M. R. Swope sues Mrs. E. Campbell and husband for $5,000, claiming injury as a passenger on July 3, 1931 when a bee sting led to the car ditching.
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San Antonio
M. R. Swope
E. Campbell
Smiling Mike Conner Inaugurated Mississippi Governor
In Jackson on January 19 massed crowds cheered as Martin Sennett Conner known as Mike took the oath as Mississippi’s 44th governor. He was sworn in on a platform beside the new state capitol after an eight year quest.
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Jackson
Miss
Mike” Conner
Mississippi
Martin Sennett Conner
Mike
Gandhi Family Member Arrested in Nationalist Activities
In Haipura, Rambos Gandhi, the youngest son of Mahatma Gandhi, was arrested for engaging in nationalist activities, marking another family member jailed in Bombay on January 19.
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Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
Rambos
Haipura
Coolidge Faults Lack of Judgment in Economy
Former President Calvin Coolidge writes in the American Magazine that a general lack of judgment contributed to current economic conditions. He praises the national banking system and denounces hoarders.
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New York
Calvin Coolidge
American
Dawes to Lead Reconstruction Finance Corporation
President Hoover names Charles Gates Dawes to head the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as Stimson steps into the Geneva Arms Limitation Conference role. Dawes resigns as ambassador to Great Britain. Stimson will assume the Geneva post but cannot attend the opening sessions. Hugh S. Gibson becomes ambassador to Belgium.
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Congress
Hoover
Dawes
America
Stimson
Great Britain
Hugh S. Gibson
Belgium
Fairbanks Tax Refund Authorized for Overassessment
The Internal Revenue Bureau announced a refund of 61416 dollars to Douglas Fairbanks for over assessment of income tax in 1927 1928 and 1929.
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Washington
Douglas Fairbanks
Internal Revenue Bureau
Three Black Men Arrested in Dallas Robbery
Three Black suspects were held today in Dallas as suspects in a nighttime robbery of two white men on the city outskirts. A fourth Black person was being sought. Victims were W. D. West of Atlanta who lost $40 and a watch, and Robert Rippe of Sherman who was robbed of trousers and shoes.
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Dallas
U.P
W. D. West
Atlanta
Robert Rippe
Sherman
Chilean Bonds Data Sought by U S Senator
Senate Finance Chairman Smoot sent a Johnson letter to Secretary Stimson requesting the Chilean ambassador provide information on the flotation of Chilean bonds in the United States.
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Washington
U.P
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Stimson
Johnson
California
United States
Russian aviation delegation stops in Amarillo
A five member Russian aviation delegation led by A. Kofman arrived in Amarillo aboard Transcontinental & Western Airlines on a coast to coast tour. They plan onward to Albuquerque for inspection of TWA shops and equipment as part of the Soviet aviation and chemistry society program to link major cities with Europe.
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American Airways
Albuquerque
Russia
America
A. Kofman
United States
Transcontinental & Western Airlines
Amarillo
Kansas City
TWA
A. B. Macdonald
News-Globe
Kofman
Russian Society For the Promotion of
Railway labor asks carriers about bills after wage cut
Labor spokesmen challenged Chicago railway executives as they pressed for details on payments and debts, asking what bills would be covered by savings from a 10 percent wage reduction. The conference adjourned until Wednesday.
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Chicago
Woman Wounded in Wichita Falls Shooting
Mrs Lavina Parker was hospitalized in critical condition with two bullet wounds through the left lung and side. Her husband James E Parker and his brother Roy Parker faced assault with intent to murder charges in complaints filed before Justice of the Peace R V Gwinn. James Parker surrendered to police early Tuesday and was held in the county jail. Roy Parker remained at large.
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Wichita Falls
Lavina Parker
James E. Parker
Roy Parker
R. V. Gwinn
Justice of the Peace
Prohibitionists Ignore Murray Speech at League Convention
Officials of the Anti-Saloon League decided to ignore Gov. William H. Murray's suggestion for a retreat from prohibition presented at the convention. F. Scott McBride called Murray's regional liquor control plan an old wet argument with no new phase.
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Washington
U.P
Anti-Saloon League
William H
Murray
Diry
F. Scott McBride
McBride
Oklahoma
Lampasas Bank Chief J F White Dies at 71
J F White 71 longtime president of the Peoples National Bank of Lampasas died today. He organized the bank in 1905 and led it for the past twenty years. Funeral services are planned for tomorrow morning.
Winnie Ruth Judd Faces Jury As Courtroom Crowd Presses In
Winnie Ruth Judd sits calm as jurors are questioned for her murder trial in Phoenix. She has confessed slaying Agnes Lerol and Hedvig Samuelson last October. By daybreak 14 jurors tentatively accepted, five rejected, with a 29 member panel needed before challenges.
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Associated Press
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes LeRot
Hedvig Samuelson
Ralph O. Brown
Phoenix
Ariz
Agnes Anne Leérol
Arizona
Testimony Begins in Scrivenor Case in Houston Trial
A state witness, James H. Edmonds, identified W.8 Shilo Scrivenor as among occupants of an apartment near where Chester A. Jones and his wife Jane were shot August 31. Edmonds testified under cross examination as Scrivenor’s murder trial adjourned for the day. Earlier witnesses included two women in the adjoining unit, a photographer, and an embalmer.
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Houston
Shilo” Scrivenor
Chester A
Keggy” Jones
Jane Jones
James H. Edmonds
Scrivener
Jones
Edmonds
Purchase of Houston factory site announced by Continental Can Co
New York officials of Continental Can Co Inc announced the purchase of a factory site in Houston. The action signals the company’s expansion plans and commitment to increasing production capacity in the region.
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New York
U.P
Houston
Continental Can Co., Inc
Want Ad Day at the Globe-News Encourages Paid Ads
All day today is Want Ad day at the Globe-News with every ad of 10 words or more ordered for three days or more receiving a guest ticket to the Fair Theatre. Ads must be paid in cash with order and brought to the Globe-News office today.
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Globe-News
Fair Theatre
China orders arrest of former boy emperor Henry Pu Yi
Reports from Peiping and Mukden state the Chinese government will arrest Henry Pu Yi for sedition and aiding Japan in Manchuria. Dispatches also say Pu Yi could become the first president of a separate Manchurian government, though skeptics doubt the forecast.
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Peiping
China
Hsuan Tung
Henry Pu-Y
Nanking
Manchuria
Mukden
Henry Pu
Port Arthur
Two Men Burned in Explosion of Gas at Tourist Cottage
TWO MEN burned in a gas explosion at a tourist cottage in Waxahachie. Wayne Grafe about 21 of Terre Haute Ind. likely fatally burned. his father C F Grafe about 45 also of Terre Haute severely burned. In Lubbock county C R Brownlee 54 of Hurwood fell dead while testifying in a civil suit. he slumped at the witness stand and died five minutes later.
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Waxahachie
Wayne Grafe
Terre Haute
Ind
C. F. Grafe
Lubbock
C. R. Brownlee
Hurlwood
Brownlee
Hawks and party speed to coast after inspection tour
Captain Frank M Hawks and airline officials flew from here at 11 45 A M on Tuesday headed for Albuquerque after a Monday stop. The speed flier and entourage planned a lunch in Albuquerque and a brief stay in Winslow Arizona before reaching Los Angeles. They expect to reach Amarillo in about a week on the return leg.
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Hawks
Transcontinental & Western Air Lines
Frank M. Hawks
Speed Flier
Albuquerque
Winslow
Ariz
Los Angeles
Amarillo
Maggard Elected President at Texas Ice Cream Convention
Fort Worth January 19 George T Maggard Amarillo was elected president of the Texas Ice Cream Manufacturers Association Morris C Oldham Houston was reelected head of the Milk Dealers Association of Texas at the joint three day convention in Fort Worth Also reported Deaths in Wewoka Oklahoma of J R Day 60 a salesman and a younger woman found in a hotel room with Day suspected of shooting the woman before killing himself
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Fort Worth
George T. Maggard
Amarillo
Texas Ice Cream Manufacturers Association
Morris C. Oldham
Houston
Milk Dealers Association of Texas
Wewoka
Okla
J. R. Day
Oklahoma City
Crazy Quilt on sale at Globe-News office
Tickets for the musical revue Crazy Quilt are available at the Globe-News office or by writing Wilbur C. Hawk. Seats start at $1 and rise to $3.85 including a 10 percent amusement tax. The show stars Fannie Brice Phil Baker and Ted Healy and travels by special train.
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Municipal Auditorium
Globe-News
Wilbur C. Hawk
Fannie Brice
Phil Baker
Ted Healy
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Reconstruction Corporation
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Fairbanks
Mrs. Judd
Maggard
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