Record of unprecedented cold grips broad region and its toll
A historic cold wave grips the nation from the Midwest to the East with record lows in New York and Boston, fatalities from exposure rise in 14 states, while the South faces citrus damage risk and wintry disruption spreads from Brookport to Point Marion as motorists and families seek shelter amid closed highways and gas-main dangers.
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Boston
Rainey River
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Minn
Fort Frances
Ont
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York State
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Southland
Florida
Tennessee
Nashville
Brookport
Kipling Buried in Westminster Abbey Quiet Corner
Rudyard Kipling was buried today in Westminster Abbey beside other English literary immortals. As King George V's coffin moved to Westminster Hall, Kipling's ashes were laid in the poet's corner amid inscriptions to Chaucer Spenser Johnson Macaulay and Tennyson Browning.
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Rudyard Kipling
George V
Westminster Hall
Kipling
Westminster Abbey
Chaucer
Spenser
Samuel Johnson
Macauley
Tennyson
Browning
Steele Features Novelty Numbers Of His Own Pen
Blue Steele and his Victor recording band, popular on NBC CBS and Mutual, bring novelty numbers and latest dance music to Amarillo for a one night only show at The Nat on Monday night January 27. Admission is 1.10 per person with night club reservations by phone.
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Blue Steele
Nat
Victor
NBC
CBS
Mutual
Amarillo
Tri-State Fair
Cab Calloway
Ted Lewis
Steele
Claridge Hotel
St. Louis
What’s a Name Weather Report Raises Frosty Ironies
Weather brief notes varied temperatures across towns with punning names. Hell Michigan and Paradise Kentucky saw freezing conditions, while Paradise Missouri and its 200 residents endured subzero readings. Devil's Lake North Dakota hit 30 below.
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Paradise
Devil's Lake
N. D
Hells Kitchen
Ohio
Satan’s Kingdom
Connecticut
Coldwater
Kansas
Demo 'Rebels' Called Names at Washington Dinner
In Washington on January 23 a Democratic attack on the American Liberty League labeled it run by rascal crooks. Senator Schnellenbach told the Senate galleries that Smith is surrounded by leeches and bloodsuckers. Speculation grows on whether Alfred E. Smith may break with the New Deal. He recalled Roosevelt's 1928 support and urged loyalty to friends.
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Washington
American Liberty League
Alfred EB. Smith
Senate
Schnellenbach
Smith
New York
Schwellenbach
Roosevelt
Italians claim victory in northern Ethiopia battle
Italian Stefani reports a general engagement in south Tembien with several thousand Ethiopian and Italian casualties. Ethiopian communique confirms thousands of Italians killed as fighting extends west of Makale. Geneva talks see a pacific Italo-Ethiopian exchange and a council clash over Russian criticism.
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Stefani
Makale
Tembien
Asmara
Geneva
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
League of Nations Council
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Italy
Baron Aloisi
San Antonio Lawyers Charged in Mail Fraud Case
Ray Marshall and Andrew Dilworth, San Antonio attorneys, were released on bonds of 2500 dollars each after federal grand jury indictments in Dallas. The charges stem from the Midwest Mortgage Corporation probe and involve multiple defendants.
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San Antonio
U.P
Ray Marshall
Andrew Dilworth
Dallas
Midwest Mortgage Corporation
Canadian outlaw slain gang nabbed in Vancouver caper
The Western Canada underworld regime led by 23 year old Jack Hyslop collapsed as three gang members were captured. Hyslop died from a bullet fired by George Lawson, 32, who preferring death to capture killed Hyslop and then killed himself. Authorities link the group to at least five bank robberies and one murder.
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Vancouver
B. C
Western Canada
Jack Hyslop
Hyslop
George Lawson
Bewhiskered Cowmen Bring Pioneer Party To Clayton
Special to The News Clayton New Mexico hosts a three day pioneer celebration led by Fred J. Tuttle Post of the American Legion. A nine piece orchestra, old time dances, and wagon era decorations draw visitors from 14 states for the 17th annual event. John Carter Jr leads arrangements with Legionnaires assisting.
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N. M
Fred J. Tuttle Post
American Legion
Legionnaires
John Carter, Jr
Legion Post
Parking Meter Cannot Be Used as Hitching Post in Dallas
In Dallas on January 23 E. W. Potter and Jimmy Morris rode horses to a nickel parking meter, hitched to it and attempted to park. Officers refused to allow use of the meter as a hitching post, ending the mortifying episode with the costly device left unused for equine needs.
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Dallas
E. W. Potter
Jimmy Morris
Legal Tangle Seen in Rule
New York. Supreme Court orders $200,000,000 in impounded AAA processing taxes returned. The ruling sparks anticipated lawsuits due to competing interests among processors and manufacturers across cotton, wheat, corn, and meat.
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New York
Supreme Court
AAA
U. S. Supreme Court
Reprieve Saves Man From Firing Squad
Salt Lake City Jan 23 Delbert Green an accused triple killer and four times sentenced to die was granted a reprieve until February 15 saving him from execution at dawn tomorrow by a firing squad Gov Henry H Blood ordered the stay to protect his constitutional rights in the six year old case He previously faced five riflemen and chose firing squad over hanging for the uncle he killed
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Salt Lake City
Delbert Green
Henry H. Blood
Utah
Brunson Given New Pen Sentence After Plea
Jack Brunson, an escaped Oklahoma convict, pleaded guilty to robbery with firearms in Mt. Pleasant Texas and received a ten year sentence. He admitted holding up Archie Brower on January 5. Co defendant Lloyd Ward also got ten years on an instructed verdict, while J. C. Vestal waived jury trial and took a five year term.
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MT. Pleasant
Texas
Jack Brunson
Oklahoma
Archie Brower
Lloyd Ward
J. C. Vestal
Morgenthau Denies Resignation Rumor as Jones Rumor Surfaces
Jan. 23. Rumors that Secretary Morgenthau might resign prompted a White House denial but Morgenthau kept focus on Treasury issues. He cited potential financing needs of 11.5 billion dollars over 17 months and said tax questions are for Congress. Stephen Early rejected the Jesse H. Jones replacement story as ill founded.
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Morgenthau
White House
Roosevelt
Cummings
Justice Department
Treasury
Congress
Stephen T. Early
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Corporation
Long foes beaten worst in history in Louisiana primary
In New Orleans on January 23 political enemies of the late Huey Long suffered their worst defeat. Appellate Judge Webster Leche, Long’s gubernatorial candidate, led Cleveland Dear by more than 100,000 votes based on returns from over half of Louisiana’s 1,575 precincts.
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New Orleans
Huey F. Long
Webster Leche
Cleveland Dear
Veto Talk Circles President Over Bonus Bill
Washington January 23 reports say a 2.491 billion dollar soldiers bonus sits on President Roosevelts desk fueling a political dilemma between debt, taxes, or inflation. Administration silence clouds whether he will veto or sign though many expect an override and tax questions linger.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
New York Firemen Go Out in Strike
Firemen in numerous New York buildings banked furnaces and joined hundreds of elevator operators and other building service workers in a citywide walkout. By afternoon Mayor LaGuardia’s office said both sides would do nothing further for 24 hours, ending a day marked by record cold.
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Manhattan
Bronx
LaGuardia
Edward VIII Attends Father’s Body in Westminster Hall
King Edward VIII follows the hearse bearing George V’s coffin to Westminster Hall in solemn rites. Edward, visibly weary, stands with brothers and in laws as guards keep vigil around the royal bier. The king will accompany the funeral procession to Windsor for last rites and burial after the body lies overnight.
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Britain
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Kent
Earl of Harewood
Parrish
Alcatraz Convicts Return To Work In Laundry Row
Attorney General Cummings announced that about 40 percent of the striking Alcatraz prisoners had returned to work in the prison laundry. He said the situation was quieting, though 60 to 70 inmates remained locked in their cells after a Monday refusal to work. He dismissed rumors of a plan to hang Al Capone as imagination.
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Washington
Cummings
Alcatraz Penitentiary
al Capone
Chicago
Hamlin murder trial defense opens after denial of acquittal bid
In Amarillo justice court the Hamlin murder case advances as defense attorney EB Miller starts insanity and motive testimony after the state presents Hamlin’s fingerprints from a refrigerator near Irene Hare Hamlin’s body. Judge Reese Tatum rejects the motion for an instructed verdict.
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Gene Belo Farwell
George 8
Hamlin
Amarillo
Irene Hare Hamlin
EB. T. Miller
Reese Tatum
FE. A. Simpson
Jimmie
Reports From Solons Meet Vary Sharply
Lawmakers meeting on the issue produced divergent views with several members expressing doubt about the bill’s viability. Debate grew tense as committee chairs signaled possible revisions or a stalled timetable.
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Solons
New Taxes Proposed as Wallace Seeks Farm Aid Bill Changes
Washington signals immediate tax revisions to fund continuing farm payments under the AAA substitute. Wallace pushes amendments to restrict subsidies after two years to states cooperating in a permanent program. Justice Department and Treasury officials say new tax legislation is in process, with possible retroactive levies debated.
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Washington
AAA
Wallace
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Cummings
Justice Department
Treasury
Chester Davis
Senate
Patterson Convicted in Scottsboro Case in Alabama
Heywood Patterson, first Scottsboro defendant to face retrial, was convicted and sentenced to 15 years for alleged assault on Victoria Price, a white woman, aboard a freight train about five years ago. Price questioned the verdict saying it was not enough punishment as Norris prepared for his trial next.
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Amarillo and West Texas Friday Weather Outlook
Forecast for Amarillo and region shows Friday partly cloudy and slightly colder. West Texas west of the 100th meridian generally fair Friday with cooler Panhandle conditions. New Mexico similar fair weather Friday with little temperature change.
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Csenes
Scrivenor Recaptured Faces Kidnap Charge
Leonard W. Scrivenor alias Johnson is charged in federal court with Lindbergh law kidnaping and possible death penalty, plus transporting a stolen car and stealing government property. He was recaptured by Cass County authorities after a 13 hour hold at gunpoint at his father’s home, following an arrest near Paris, Texas. The case follows his capture after fleeing Texarkana and Paris.
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Texas
Leonard W. Scrivenor
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Linden
Q. T. Hardegree
Cass
Department of Justice
J. G. Scrivener
William ©. Morgan
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Scrivenor
Paris
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Morgan
Bokchito
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