Dillinger Gang Leader Captured in Tucson Trap
John Dillinger, accused head of the Indiana Dillinger gang, was arrested in Tucson after police trapped him and four other gang members. He was unresisting though armed. Authorities say Markley, Clark, and Pierpont faced enhanced charges as arrests continued.
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John Dillinger
Indiana
Tucson
Ariz
Dillinger
Charles Markley
Russell Clark
Harry Pierpont
Jess Larber
Lima
Ohio
Markley
Clark
Pierpont
Chicago
Indiana State Prison
Dillinger Gang
Terre Haute
Ind
Kansas Senate clears Boynton in impeachment case
Kansas Senate Court of Impeachment acquitted Attorney General Roland Boynton on most charges and began trial of State Auditor Will J. French for dereliction in office tied to the Ronald Finney bond scandal. Boynton voiced vindication as he returned to his office amid the case's turbulent fallout.
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Topeka, Kas
Kansas Senate
Roland Boynton
Will J. French
Boynton
French
House of Representatives
Ronald Finney
Finney
Tom B. Boyd
Treasury
Boyd
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Chicago
Warren W. Finney
Emporia
Ronald
Tax bill near completion in House committee
A draft tax bill to raise $200 million annually neared completion in the House Ways and Means Committee. It tightens the income tax, revises capital gains rules, levies heavy taxes on personal holding companies, and preserves consolidated corporate returns with higher penalties.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Department
Boynton Acquitted in Kansas Bond Scandal Impeachment
Kansas Attorney General Roland Boynton was acquitted by the Kansas Senate on impeachment charges alleging negligence in the state 1.5 million bond scandal. The panel found insufficient proof to convict on the charges.
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Topera
U.P
Roland Boynton
Kansas Senate
Two Die In Gun Duel Northwest Of Raymondville
N W Corley aged 55 and Enoch Williams aged 56 were shot and fatally wounded in a gun duel five miles northwest of Raymondville Texas last night after a quarrel over drainage of their property.
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Raymondville
Tex
N. W. Corley
Enoch Williams
Traylor Improves After Serious Pneumonia Illness
Melvin A. Traylor president of First National Bank showed marked improvement today in Chicago as he recovers from a serious pneumonia illness.
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Traylor
Chicago
Melvin A. Traylor
First National Bank
Sprague Joins General Motors In Advisory Role
Dr. O. M. W. Sprague, formerly a special assistant to the secretary of the treasury, has been retained in an advisory capacity by General Motors Corp. in New York. The announcement was made today.
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Sprague
New York
O. M. W. Sprague
Secretary of the Treasury
General Motors Corp
Truck Drivers Will Work Under Protest
About 200 truck drivers and owners based at the Amarillo CWA office plan to work next week in protest after a meeting with Panhandle Truck Owners & Drivers Union representatives rejected a proposed split shift by the State Highway Department. Gaines Whitsitt announced that highway workers would must observe a national 24 hour week starting Monday while truck men push to keep a 30 hour week with three eight hour days and a six hour Thursday, and seek raises from 1 to 1.25 dollars per hour.
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Amarillo Cwa
Panhandle Truck Owners & Drivers Union
State Highway Department
Gaines Whitsitt
CWA
Insull Faces Outlook Of Spending Balance Of Life Aboard Ship
Speculation grows that Samuel Insull will be deported and may spend his remaining years at sea as no country will grant him a visa or passport. Greek authorities refuse a passport and physicians may bar travel. extradition attempts have failed, leaving possible removal to a ship on January 31.
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Insull
Athens
Samuel Insull
State Council
Minister of the Interior
Illinois
Interior Ministry
Eign
Abyssinia
Japan
Mme. Kuyemdjogis
Associated Press
Vorlas
Scandal Unfolds At Welfare Island Prison In New York
New York January report details severe prison abuse with 400 inmates affected. Commissioner MacCormick probes food shortages and harsh conditions, while raiding the facility uncovers drugs and weapon caches. Federal and district authorities coordinate independent inquiries as gangs are targeted.
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New York
Welfare Island Prison
Austin H. MacCormick
MacCormick
William C. Dodge
U. S
Martin Conboy
Frank L. Igoe
Vestal Pleads Guilty in Texas Odd Fellows Theft
E. Q. Vestal former grand secretary of the Odd Fellows Lodge of Texas pleaded guilty to five indictments for embezzling lodge funds. Sentence was deferred to February 2 for character witnesses. Total lodge shortage cited at $25,000 with $5,300 tied to the five indictments. Vestal resigned last September after 13 years in office.
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Dallas
E. Q. Vestal
Odd Fellows’ Lodge of
Texas
H. J. Emmins
Vestal
Lodge
Automobiles Stolen During Sightings Of Barrow Gang
Four believed desperadoes including Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker seen in McKinney last night supposedly drove away in a new Ford V-8 from H O Goldens garage while Mrs Golden watched. The pair reportedly fled in a yellow worn out Ford V-8 with witnesses on the Terrell Rockwall road. Mrs Golden later identified the driver as Clyde Barrow from photos.
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Terrell, Tex
Middle West
Desperadoes
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Raymond Hamilton
McKinney
H. O. Golden
Golden Home
Terrell-Rockwall
Clyde Barrow Gang Reported Bound for Dallas
Police rushed to intercept the outlaw Clyde Barrow as reports spread that his gang headed toward Dallas, Barrow’s home town. Continued on page 13.
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Dallas
Clyde Barrow
Desperado
Coil
Quake Rescue Faces Difficulties Across India
Calcutta reports the toll may top six thousand with millions in damage as rescue work continues ten days after the quake. Bihar and Orissa face pestilence while hundreds remain trapped under debris ten to fifteen feet deep. Muzaffarpur Monghyr suffer stench and vultures hover as cholera breaks out in Monghyr camps. Starved natives are pulled from ruins where tremors opened cracks and fanned further peril.
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Calcutta
India
Bihar
Orissa
Muzaffarpur
Monghyr
Bailey to Launch Senate Campaign in Dallas
Congressman at large Joseph W. Bailey Jr. will kick off his bid for the United States Senate with a meeting in Dallas on Saturday night. Campaign manager W. H. Kittrell Jr. announced the plan as Bailey arrives in Dallas from Washington.
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Dallas
Joseph W. Bailey
United States Senate
W. H. Kittrell Jr
Bailey
Washington
Kansas Board Clears Wardens in Penitentiary Escape
The state board of administration absolved Warden Lacey Simpson and Deputy Warden A J Graham of blame for last Friday's escape of seven convicts from the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing.
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Lansing
Kan
State Board of Administration
Lacey Simpson
A. J. Graham
Kansas State Penitentiary
Diplomatic Tug Of War Over Kidnapping Case In Laredo
A 40 day pause in legal maneuvers begins in the case of Luis Lopez reportedly kidnapped from Nuevo Laredo. He was transported across the Rio Grande and charged in the United States with narcotics violations. Extradition proceedings between the US and Mexico are being prepared.
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United States
Mexico
Rafael Aveleyra
Lopez
Villareal
San Antonio
Aveleyra
Ramon Picacna
Tamaulipas
Hernandez
T. M. Kennerly
Houston
Graft report shines on Civil Works graft complaints
Washington January 26 A complaints of graft in the Civil Works organization drawn from most states are under Public Works Administration investigators. The Interior Department and the White House have received many charges, mainly about unjust discrimination in civil worker selection while other irregularities are noted. Austin January 25 The Texas relief bonds issue of 2 750 000 is set for sale February 20 1934 after a commission session with Attorney General Allred and Governor Ferguson.
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Washington
Civil Works Organization
Corps of
Public Works Administration
Division of
Public Works Organization
Civil Works Administration
Interior Department
White House
Ickes
Austin
U.P
State
James V. Allred
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas Legislature Considers Bond Issues and Foreclosure Relief
The 43rd Texas Legislature opens a special session in Austin to address indigent relief bonds and extending aid to mortgaged owners facing foreclosure. Bids for a second $2,750,000 relief bond series are due February 20 amid scrutiny of relief program irregularities and prior failed bond bids.
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Miriam A. Perguson
Ferguson
Texas
Texas Bond Commission
Hidalgo County
Grand Jury
Relief Administration
Weather notes for Amarillo and surroundings
Partly cloudy and warmer conditions observed across Amarillo and the Texas-New Mexico area. Friday is expected fair with higher daytime temperatures in the north portions, while hourly readings yesterday show varied levels of max and min.
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Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
Meager clues surface in Bremer kidnapping case
Anonymous mailings in the Edward G. Bremer case add to uncertain leads. Investigators compare a pencil note asking for $200000 ransom with other messages already collected since the January 11 abduction.
Bremer kidnapping investigation widens as leads emerge
Reported sightings describe a struggle in the Bremer car after his younger daughter’s school run. A second woman allegedly provided the license number of the abductor vehicle. Investigators push to locate the gang demanding $200,000, with questions about why details were kept secret for over a week.
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Bremer
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Fredaig March
Gary Cooper
William Hopkins
Horton
Paramount
ITH
News & Globe
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Spain
Veree Teasdale
Adolphe Menjou
Menjou
Kathryn Carver
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Commercial State Bank
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