Birthday Ball Ends In Tragedy in Pampa
A constable and a club owner were shot dead and four others wounded at the Southern Club during a Roosevelt Birthday Ball fundraiser for crippled children. Constable Otis Hendrix and J. D. White died. four others were injured including I. J. Huwall and Mike Mitchell. The shooting occurred as Sheriff’s deputies confronted White at the door. investigators are reviewing the case as local violence rises.
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Pampa
Otis Hendrix
J. D. White
Southern Club
John Strange
I. J. Huwall
American Legion
Mike Mitchell
President Roosevelt
Cal Rose
George Pope
An Hudson
Hendix
White
Hendrix
Clifford Bralyland
Joe Gordon
Gray County
Boater Club
Oscar Williams
Williams
Pat Garrison
Big Day for Leaders Across Nations
Germany's Fuehrer and America's president marked notable celebrations yesterday, each enjoying a rare moment of common ground as heads of powerful nations. Their shared occasion underscored their prominence on the world stage.
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Germany
Fuehrer
America
TVA Wins Big Supreme Court Victory Over Utilities
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 2 that 14 private utilities had no standing to challenge TVA’s constitutionality, ending their bid to halt dams and power sales. Justice Roberts led the ruling, affirming TVA’s authority and the government’s control of interstate resources.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
TVA
Frankfurter
Tennessee
Justice Roberts
Albuquerque WPA case links Chavez to political conspiracy
The mass trial of 35 defendants in Albuquerque centers on alleged use of Works Progress Administration workers for political activities. U S Attorney Everett Grantham outlines a conspiracy from 1937 to 1938 with ties to Senator Chavez and Governor Tingley, naming key figures and roles in the alleged operation.
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Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
WPA
Earl Bowdich
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
Chavez
Clyde Tingley
Bowdich
Salomon Chavez
Tingley
A. T. Hannett
The
State University
Hannell
Ofice
United States
Everett Grantham
Tom Dewey
Works Progress Administration
Joe Martinez
U. S
Dennis Shavez
W. R. Poor
E. A. Rose
Rose
Poor
Grantham
Stanley W. P. Miller
Joe de Armand
J. A. Werner
Machine
Richard Durand
U. S. Bureau of Internal Revenue
Lawmakers Debate Refugee Settlement in Texas
Texas House moves to bar wholesale land acquisitions for European refugees promoted by Henry Santrey. Rep. Alvin R. Allison cites 50 000 refugees, relief burdens, and potential tent cities, while officials express sympathy but no approval for the plan.
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Henry Santrey
James V. Allred
Santrey
Alvin R. Allison
Levelland
Texas
Allison
Bryan Bradbury
Abilene
Wall Street
Santry
New York
Van
Pampa
Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville
San Antonio
Lubbock
Plainview
Texas State Employment Service
Oilman Payton Dies After Surgery in Dallas
H. L. Payton aged 35 and a ten year Sun Oil Company employee died in Dallas after an appendicitis operation. He had moved to Dallas from Tyler a year ago after losing an arm in an automobile accident where he served as a pipeline scout for the East Texas district.
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Dallas
H. L. Payton
Sun Oil Company
Payton
Tyler
East Texas
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity expect partly cloudy skies on Tuesday with warmer conditions in the southeast portion. West Texas area west of the 100th meridian also shows partly cloudy and warmer weather. New Mexico will be partly cloudy on Tuesday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Wheat Growers Advise Levy and Freight Rate Changes
A conference of about 50 growers from multiple states urged the Agriculture Department to reenact a processing tax and adjust freight rates on farm products. The recommendations were sent to Agricultural Adjustment Administrator R. M. Evans. Roosevelt and Morgenthau oppose the levy while Wallace supports it, and freight rates would be altered to fix faulty distribution.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
R. M. Evans
Roosevelt
Relief Appropriation Advances Toward White House
The relief appropriation bill moved into the semi final stage of congressional consideration in Washington on January 30 and leaders predicted it would be sent to the White House before week’s end.
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Washington
White House
Kind-Hearted Customer Returns Cash Box at Drugstore
In Seagraves on January 30, D B Cooksey, a local druggist, praised a kind-hearted customer who picked up a fallen cash box and offered to help. The man asked for a blank check and left the rear counter, but the box later showed a shortfall of eight dollars and fifty cents.
Senate Rejects Carr Collins for Texas Highway Post
The Texas Senate decisively refused to confirm Gov. O'Daniel's appointment of Carr P. Collins of Dallas as chairman of the state highway commission. The move followed a swift passage to abolish the tax commissioner’s office and a sharp attack on gubernatorial policy. The vote, held in executive session, signals a rare Senate pushback against the governor with potential nominating changes to come.
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Austin
Senate
W. Lee O’daniel
Carr P. Collins
Dallas
State Highway Commission
Collins
O’daniel
Elster M. Haile
Hereford
Joe Hill
Henderson
Joe Kunschik
O'Daniel
Harry Hines
Wichita Falls
Collings
Joan Wood
Timpson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Fast
Neu
E. B. Germany
State
Democratic Executive Committee
E. B. Lucas
Fort Worth
Oscar Burton
Tyler
Roy Laird
Kilgore
Wood
Hill
Halle
State Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Texas Business Edges Upward With Nation
Texas business shows a definite uptick though still below last year says the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research economist Dr. F A Buechel. Gains come from employment payrolls freight car loadings and department store sales while crude oil runs to stills and electric power use ease moderately.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
F. A. Buechel
University Economist
Buechel
Federal Judge Resigns Amid Broad Investigation
New York January 30 Martin T. Manton a senior judge of the second U S District Court of Appeals resigned amid a widening probe into accusations he faced accusations tied to the case.
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New York
Martin T. Manton
U.S. District Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Judge Manton to resign amid loan inquiry
Judge Manton announced his resignation effective by March 1 amid a probe into loans exceeding 400000 from individuals tied to cases before him. He denied wrongdoing but said stepping down would prevent a distraction from justice. The federal inquiry continues with plans for possible state prosecutions and grand jury review.
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General Administration of Justice
Roosevelt
Washington
Frank Murphy
Justice Department
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
U.S
Gregory F. Noonan
Manton
Wilson
Murphy
Representative Summers
Texas
House Judiciary Committee
Deadline Tonight On Poll Taxes
Poll tax deadline looms as residents must pay the $1.75 voting privilege tax by midnight. Potter County tax officer Miss Jewell Davidson says the office will stay open until the last minute as heavy crowds expected. Interest rises with O'Daniel’s pledge to back constitutional amendments and an April city election looming.
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Texas
Jewell Davidson
Potter County
O'Daniel
Railroads Offer Bargain to World’s Fairs Visitors
Washington January 30 The nation's railroads will carry a visitor from any point in the country to both the New York and San Francisco world fairs and home for a flat 90 rate The plan announced by J J Pelley president of the Association of American Railroads takes effect April 28 and covers coach travel A first class ticket under the grand circle fare will be 135 plus sleeping or parlor car charges.
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Washington
New York
San Francisco
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Pelley
America Warned To Leave Nazi Trade Alone
Berlin reports Hitler pledged German support for Italy and warned the United States to stay out of German trade with South America. He outlined policies on colonial restoration, anti Bolshevik rhetoric, and a possible trade war while inviting rest from the Reichstag on the sixth anniversary of his rise to power.
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Adolf Hitler
von Hindenburg
Germany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
America
Berlin
Italy
South America
France
Hitler
Reichstag
Fuehrer
Europe
England
Austria
Czechoslovak Sudetenland
Gas Operators Ask Tolerance In Gas Production Orders
West Panhandle operators asked the railroad commission to allow gas allotments on a 120 day or seasonal basis rather than 30 days to better anticipate demand. Several had been cited for over production after a federal court upheld regulatory powers. Operators cited weather and other factors as causing demand swings and asked for more time to adjust and lay new lines. The commission did not indicate when it would act.
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Austin
West Panhandle
Fpur
Railroad Commission
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Felix Frankfurter
Harvard University
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