No Added Tax Due If Repeal Voted by U S
President Roosevelt said emergency taxes would be eliminated if the 18th amendment is repealed. He cited automatic abolition of levies, including a $220 million public works program, funded by repeal generated revenue. Farley backed repeal and urged party leaders to accelerate the campaign. New York voted ratification, the sixth state, with 36 needed. The House powers a tax bill raising income taxes on smaller earners to fund $3.3 billion in public works, plus a gasoline tax and dividend tax.
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U.P
Roosevelt
Furn
James J. Farley
National Democratic
Farley
New York State
New York
House
Little Fellows
Charles B. Mitchell
National City Bank of New York
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Whitney
Wall Street
Lst
Morgan
John W. Davis
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Myron
Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
First National Bank of New York
Ambassador Davis
Bank of New York and Trust Co
Norman H. Davis
Ferdinand Pecora
Pecora
Seward Prosser
Dawes
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Court of
Texas approves horse race wagering with 8 percent tax
Governor Ferguson signed a rider to the departmental appropriation bill legalizing the certificate system of horse race wagering in Texas. The measure creates a regulatory commission and imposes an 8 percent tax on race meet receipts, with funds for livestock, agriculture, and counties. The bill takes effect 00 days after adjournment due to no two thirds vote.
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Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas
State Department of Agriculture
House
Ferguson
Martini High Among 3? Who Get Diplomas
Amusingly, 54 Amarillo College sophomores are set to graduate Wednesday night at 8:30 in Municipal Auditorium. Dr. J A Hill will deliver the address. John Winters presents diplomas. B E Masters presides. Two Amarillo High School commencements and seventh grade rites follow at local venues.
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Charles Martini
Amarillo College
Municipal Auditorium
J. A. Hill
West Texas State Teachers College of Canyon
John Winters
College Board of Trustees
B. E. Masters
Amarillo High School
Price Memorial Academy
Academy
McKinley
Tyler
Rose Bowl
Humphreys Highland
Eilwood Park
Wolflin
Alice Landergin
Buchanan
Vandals wreck Texan Theater in Gainesville
Gainesville May 24 vandals caused 3000 to 4000 dollars of damage at the Texan Theater Two projection machines were wrecked lenses and sound units stolen the projection curtain destroyed and 60 leather chairs slashed. Officers launched a full investigation with burglary suspected.
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Gainesville
Texan
Arcturus to Light Chicago World Exposition
Arthur Brisbane discusses the Arcturus ceremony at the 1933 Chicago world exposition. He explains how a 40 year old light from Arcturus will be captured and used to switch on lighting for the fair, inviting readers to consider the journey from star to beam.
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Farley
Arcturus
Simpson Heads Repeal Drive in Panhandle
Fort Worth May 24 UP Tom Foster East Texas publisher today accepted appointment as director of the statewide campaign for temperance and repeal in the second Senatorial District. He will direct in Harrison Rusk Panola Shelby and Gregg counties. Four district chairmen were also announced Maj E A Simpson Harvey Harris A H Culwell and W A McCartney.
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Fort Worth
Tom Foster
East Texas
Today
Texas Liberal Legion
Foster
Kilgore Daily News
Center Daily News
Champion
Harrison
Rusk
Panola
Shelby
Gregg
W. A. McCartney
Texarkana
Maj
E. A. Simpson
Amarillo
Harvey Harris
Wichita County
Wichita Falls
A. H. Culwell
el Paso
Major Simpson
Dallam
Sherman
Hansford
Ochiltree
Hartley
Lipscomb
Moore
Hutchinson
Browning calls for impeachment of Judge Har old Louderback
Representative Browning of Tennessee demanded impeachment of Federal Judge Harold Louderback of California as the House moves toward a final decision in the historic proceedings.
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Washington
Harold Louderback
California
House
Representative Browning
Tennessee
Weather Outlook and Rain Totals Across Texas
May rain brings unsettled skies over Amarillo and surrounding towns as officials note a chance of more showers on Thursday. Reports show scattered moisture only at Lockney and Silverton, with rainfall totaling about a quarter inch. In Wichita Falls May records rise to 7.1 inches, the heaviest month since 1930, as lakes and streams near flood stages.
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Amarillo
Wainity
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lockney
Silverton
Wichita Falls
Mey
Lake Ant
New Highs For Year As Grain Prices Rally
Stocks push to new yearly highs aided by grain strength. Wheat futures rise in Kansas City with September at 68% cents and early gains around 2% as corn advances to 42% cents. transfers reach about 4.8 million shares in a brisk market session.
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New York
Pine
Kansas City
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with unsettled conditions and possible thundershowers in the southeast portion. New Mexico sees fair weather with little temperature change. extremes recorded from 54 to 72 degrees by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Parks Term Upheld in Wife Drowning Case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld L. M. Parks's 25 year sentence for murdering his wife Mrs. L. M. Parks by drowning her in Lake Trammell near Sweetwater during a family fishing trip. The state said he sought insurance money. The ruling also affirmed 99 year terms for Whitmore Stonewall Phillips for the slaying of E. L. Churchill in a Fort Worth hotel on March 14.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
L. M. Parks
Lake Trammell
Sweetwater
Whitmore Stonewall Phillips
E. L. Churchill
Fort Worth
Guard Cuban Rebels in Attempt to Steal Food
Gen Arsenio Ortiz reportedly back in Havana as rebel bands withdraw from near military concentration plants. Hundreds of unarmed rebels wander the Santa Clara and Camaguey Mountains after fleeing homes amid fear of Ortiz. U.S. Navy abandons plan to rotate one third of the fleet for economies, saving only 5.5 million dollars.
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Havana
Arsenio Ortiz
Santa Clara
Camaguey
Ortiz
Miss Mary Ulmer Weds Lincoln Ellsworth in New York
Miss Mary Louise Ulmer of Pottsville Pennsylvania married aviator and explorer Lincoln Ellsworth in the Church of the Transfiguration The Little Church Around the Corner New York May 24 ceremony connected public interest to Ellsworth's polar exploration fame
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New York
Mary Louise Ulmer
Pottsville
Lincoln Ellsworth
Three youths sentenced for Farwell post office burglary and theft
John Gordon Moore 29 received five years for burglary and three for larceny to be served at Leavenworth. Wilbur Turner 24 drew five years for burglary and three years larceny suspended for five years with parole. Paul Trull 22, with no prior record, was given five years for his role in the February 23 break in at Farwell post office and theft of about a thousand pennies.
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Farwell Post Office
John Gordon Moore
Leavenworth
Moore
Texas Reformatory
Snyder
Texas
New Mexico
Wilbur Turner
Texico
New Mexico Penitentiary
Paul Trull
Wheat Surplus Plan Outlined for World Action
Geneva May 24 The League of Nations council heard a firm plan to tackle the wheat surplus. The economic committee urged the London International Wheat Conference delegates to propose production and export limits stock liquidation and a stable import margin in European countries. A higher wheat price would aid farmers and lift general mood.
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Council of the
League of Nations
Economic Committee
London
Revised peace pact to stop war proposed at Geneva
A new draft consultative pact was submitted to the world arms conference by Sir John Simon of Great Britain. It seeks rapid consultation between the council or assembly and involved parties if the Kellogg Pact is breached. Norman H. Davis said the United States would withhold protection for citizens engaged in actions that defeat agreed measures if they concur with the consultants.
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Geneva
W.P
John Simon
Great Britain
United States
Council
Assembly
League
Norman H. Davis
Fort Sill Soldier Arrested in Palestine Slaying
Marvin H. Spencer 30, of Battery B First Field Artillery at Fort Sill, is jailed as a suspect in the 11 year old murder of Bascum Jones in Palestine Texas. Authorities say his real name is Fletcher Marshal Sheffield and he was apprehended on guard duty at Fort Sill after a tip from a Kansas woman.
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Lawton
Oklo
Marvin H. Spencer
First Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Bascum Jones
Palestine
Texas
Fletcher Marshal Sheffield
Jones
Spencer
Fritz McCarty
Comanche County
Salina
Kan
Kansas
Wichita Palls
Railways Plan To Ask Another Slash
Chicago May 24 The nation s railroads plan to ask their union employees to take a further deduction in wages under a contract. The action could be taken June 1 with the decrease effective October 1. More than 20 unions would be affected though officials declined to comment. Information came from several railroads via the conference committee.
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Chicago
Conference Committee of
Peru Accepts League Plan to Settle Leticia Border Fight
Peru today accepts the League of Nations plan to settle the dispute with Colombia over Leticia border territory. The plan calls for evacuation of seized land and placing the area under a league commission's jurisdiction, which Colombia had accepted two weeks earlier.
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Geneva
Peru
League of Nations
Colombia
Leticia
League Commission
Moratorium Hearing Set on Real Estate Sales
The Third Court of Civil Appeals in Austin set July 12 for hearing arguments on the moratorium act passed by the legislature to prevent forced real estate sales.
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Austin
U.P
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Gathright Indicted for Brew Charges Posts Bond
C L Gathright posted a 2500 dollar bond after a grand jury indicted him on illegal possession of intoxicating liquor for sale at his cafe the Texas Grill on East Fourth Avenue The same session returned a felony charge against John Herndes for a home brew offense and another indictment was announced without details The murder trial jurors in Amelia Rhodes case were dismissed for failure to reach a verdict.
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C. L. Gathright
Texas Grill
East Fourth Avenue
John Herndes
Amelia Rhodes
Tom Rhodes
City Adopts Wholesale Produce Ordinance in Amarillo
Amarillo commissioners pass a wholesale fruit and vegetable ordinance pending final publication. Dealers must obtain health officer permits, pay 100 dollar annual licenses, and submit stocks to inspections. Violations carry 5 to 200 dollars fines. health officer can refuse permits with city commission appeal.
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Amarillo
City Commission
J. G. Phillips
Shelcher
Ross D. Rogers
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Denver
Colorado Springs
Texas
Vernon
Only Surviving Allied Armistice Signer Dies
Cannes France May 24 Lord Wester Wemyee admiral of the fleet one of the two allied signers of the World War Armistice aboard Marshal Ferdinand Foch private train in Compiegne Forest died of uremia at his Villa Monbrillant Wemyee represented the British navy and was the last surviving allied signer of the Armistice
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Cannes
France
Lord Wester Wemyee
Fredinand Fech
Compeigne Forest
Monbrillant
Marshal Foch
William Barnett Dies at Methodist Orphanage Superintendent
Waco reports the death of William Barnett, superintendent of the Methodist Orphanage, occurring early today.
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Waco
William Barnett
Peiping Demilitarized as Chinese Army Evacuates
General Ho Ying Ching ordered all Chinese troops to withdraw from Peiping leaving police to maintain order. Japanese forces pressed toward the ancient capital while eastern outskirts near Tungchow saw renewed fighting despite truce reports. Missionaries report ten Chinese killed and 70 to 80 American children evacuated from Tungchow with reinforcements arriving and 10,000 refugees at the Jungchow Mission compound.
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Ho Ying-Ching
Tungchow
Here
North China War Zone
American Board of Missions
Jungchow
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