Hoover Signs 125 Billion Home Loan Bank Plan
President Hoover signed the act creating a nationwide network of home loan banks with a $125 billion capitalization, aiming to spark $300 million to $500 million in immediate home-building demand. He opposed the Borah Glass currency rider though deemed its inflation risk limited, and pending appointments linger on Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Home Loan Board.
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Mills
Cs Home Loan Bank
Federal Home Loan Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
Reconstruction Corporation
Home Loan Board
United States
Treasury
Potter County Election Sees Historic Ballot And Segregation
Potter County heads to the polls for the largest ballot in state history as voters line up at two polling places at 8 am. Absentee ballots total 670 plus. referendum on prohibition to be counted after main races. Negroes cannot vote under state Democratic rules. measures to speed tabulation include radio and newspaper cooperation.
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Potter County
Texas
Louis Fields
Fields
State Executive Committee
Sterling
Ferguson
Jam
Waxahachie
Houston
Campaigns of all governor aspirants end
Ballot timing concludes campaigns as all gubernatorial hopefuls wrap up activities. Voters prepare for the upcoming May ballot with emphasis on key policy contrasts and candidate platforms. End of campaigning signals final outreach and closing messages.
Voters prepare for Texas primary amid constitutional vote
Austin July 22 Texas voters hear closing campaign speeches then study ballots for state district and congressional races plus the 18th amendment question. Several governor candidates clash while a large field for attorney general and railroad posts competes. race dynamics and white versus black participation in primaries spark debate.
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Texas
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partial text notes for Amarillo and West Texas forecast with scattered thundershowers possible. New Mexico forecast calls for Saturday mostly fair temperatures little changed. Previous day temperatures show highs around 68 to 69 with past records unclear.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Roosevelt To Open Campaign In Sea Girt Stronghold
New Jersey hosts the early campaign launch for Franklin D. Roosevelt with debate over a Sea Girt rally expected to draw about 100,000 Democrats. James Farley drives party unity while talks between Roosevelt and Smith ally behind the scenes. Hoover’s campaign structure remains in development as leaders plan fund raising and treasurer selection.
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Frank Hague
Jersey City
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Sea Girt
James A. Farley
Owen D. Young
Hyde Park
Everett Sanders
Railway Move Aids Markets In New York
The Interstate Commerce Commission approval of railroad consolidation spurred a rally in bonds with gains of 20 to 45 dollars on 1000 dollar issues including Baltimore & Ohio New York Central and Erie issues. Stocks rose modestly with Chesapeake and Ohio Nickel Plate and Union Pacific gaining as Pennsylvania and New York Central showed steadier movement. Eastern railroad presidents will meet at Pennsylvania Station next Tuesday to discuss the plan.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore & Ohio
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Erie
Illinois Central
Santa Fe
Missouri Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Nickel Plate
Union Pacific
New Haven
Eastern Railroads
Pennsylvania Station
Germany demands equality at disarmament parley in Geneva
In Geneva on July 22, Count Rudolf Nadolny of Germany warned the disarmament conference that Germany will not resume talks after the summer recess unless its equal status with other nations is formally recognized by the delegates.
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Geneva
Switzerland
U.K
Rudolf Nadolny
Germany
Editors Open Clovis Session in New Mexico
Editors and publishers from across the state gathered for the New Mexico Press Association opening session in Clovis. President Karl Guthman presided. A. W. Anderson welcomed attendees. The day featured tax relief plans, land lease concerns, and a round table on local advertising amid cool weather after showers.
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N. M
New Mexico Press Association
Karl Guthman
Roy
A. W. Anderson
Chamber of Commerce
Harvey House
Dodge
Tucumcari
United States
Bratton
Cutting
Bonus Army Eviction Stalled in Washington Shanty Town
District of Columbia commissioners ordered a temporary reprieve for the veterans living along Pennsylvania Avenue after long talks with Police Chief Pelham Glassford and federal officials. About 5 000 marchers secured railroad tickets or oil and gas allowances home as the city warned all government property and parks must be vacated by August 4. Waters urged his men to stay, while Robertson's California contingent planned departure by Sunday as tensions over the disputed area eased temporarily.
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District of Columbia
Glassford
Grant
Veterans Administration
Roy W. Robertson
California
Waters
Maurice Chevalier Files for Divorce in Paris
Paris July 22 Maurice Chevalier the actor filed a petition for divorce from his wife Yvonne Vallee Chevalier at the palace of justice saying desertion led to the action. No decision is expected until the end of summer. The couple wed in 1927.
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Maurice Chevalier
Yvonne Vallee Chevalier
Palace of Justice
Chevalier
Yvonne Vallee
World's Largest Wheat Farmer Releases Affairs to Creditors
Hickman Price, the world’s largest individual wheat farmer, met creditors in Plainview on July 22 and admitted he was broke. He outlined spending over 250000 on his big scale wheat project, asked creditors for guidance, and pledged full repayment under normal conditions, with talks continuing.
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Price
Trol
Mr. Price
Confesses Gets Life Marries In Jail
Edward J. McFadden a 39 year old former deputy sheriff confessed to poisoning his wife and pleaded guilty to murder. He was sentenced to life in prison and married in the county jail to Nellie Pentlin 27 of Brighton just before starting his prison term. The marriage was authorized to legitimize an unborn child. His first wife 41 died suddenly at their home near Pontiac on June 27.
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Mich
Edward J. McFadden
Nellie Pentlin
Brighton
McFadden
Kalamazoo
Ypsilanti State Normal College
Here
Conflict Over Tobacco Cash Estate Executors Named
Winston-Salem July 22 Two conflicting moves surfaced over the late Smith Reynolds estate. W N Reynolds uncle of the tobacco fortune heir said Libby Holman Reynolds asked him to act as executor, while a New York firm claimed appointment. Alfred Holman, legal father, said he is his daughter's only attorney. Smith Reynolds, shot dead on his sleeping porch, was a minor and would have inherited a 15 million dollar share in seven years.
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Roaring Gap
Libby Holman Reynolds
Reynolds
New York
Libby Holman
Cincinnati
Alfred Holman
Smith Reynolds
Election Fans To Get Results At Auditorium
Amarillo residents can follow results at the Globe News election party in the Municipal Auditorium starting 7 PM with rapid on screen updates. For those at home, WDAG will broadcast returns from 8 to 9 PM and 10 PM to midnight, with airings from Globe News editorial rooms. No telephone returns or in-office handouts will be provided due to heavy tabulation work.
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Panhandle
Globe News
The
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News
Von Gronau In Iceland Pause During Transatlantic Flight
Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau and crew landed at Seydisfjordur Iceland after a takeoff from the Isle of Sylt. Fog and potential fuel shortage forced an early stop short of Reykjavik on a staged Atlantic crossing to Chicago. The seaplane Greenland War carried a second pilot, a mechanic and a radio operator.
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Iceland
Wolfgang von Gronau
Isle of Sylt
Germany
Chicago
Seydisfjoerdur
Reykjavik
Greenland
New York
Hoover
Spear Named to Fill School Board Vacancy
W L Spear Jr runner up in the school board race was appointed by trustees to fill the vacancy caused by Ross D Rogers resignation. Speer manager of Speer Drug Store in San Jacinto. Several petitions supported his appointment as state apportionment of 0 58 was announced.
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W. L. Speer, Jr
Ross D. Rogers
Speer
San Jacinto
Bank Robbery Threat Nets $2000 in North Kansas City
A robber held up the National Bank and Trust Company in North Kansas City and escaped with 2000 dollars after forcing tellers to surrender the money under threat of blowing up the building.
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Kansas City
National Bank and Trust Company
The Governor's Race Between Sterling and Ferguson
An editorial urges Texans to vote for Governor Sterling to prevent the Fergusons return. It argues votes for other candidates aid Ferguson, urges setting aside personal loyalties, and stresses the run-off implications of not backing Sterling.
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Ross Sterling
Miriam Ferguson
Fergusons
Governor Sterling
Tom Hunter
Mr. Hunter
Sterling
Ferguson
Upholsterers Offer New Low Summer Prices Ad
A classified ad urges readers to have chairs upholstered while on vacation. Advertisers promote quality work backed by ads and announce new low summer prices, highlighting upholstery services and timely incentives.
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