Senate votes limit probe until after Monday canvass
The Texas Senate approved 13 to 12 to delay the primary election investigating committee until after the State Democratic Executive Committee meets in Lubbock next Monday. The panel could affect the governor race and the Miriam A Ferguson nomination as the executive committee canvasses returns and certifies the nominee. Allegations of ballot tampering by Texas Rangers prompted a Hopkins amendment ordering any such findings to be reported to local prosecutors.
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Austin
Texas Senate
Democratic Executive Committee
Lubbock
State Democratic Committee
Miriam A. Ferguson
Senate
Texas Rangers
East Texas
Sen. W. K. Hopkins
Gonzales
Hopkins
Houston
Walter Woodul
Kilgore
Woodul
Senator Hopkins
Senator Woodul
Paul Bern Found Shot in Beverly Hills at Home
Hollywood report states Paul Bern, 42, writer and MGM executive, was found shot dead in the Beverly Hills canyon home he shared with Jean Harlow. A note, alleged to be suicide, spoke of a “frightful wrong” and referenced last night as a comedy.
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Paul Bern
Jean Harlow
Bern
Beverly Hills
Hollywood
Calif
Screen
Canyon
Irving Thalberg
M-G-M_ studios
Paul
Italy Backs German Arms Plea For Equality
Rome reports the Italian government approves Germanys recent memorandum demanding equality of armaments. France has already indicated its position on the German request.
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Rome
Germany
France
Texas House Debates Three-Cent Cigarets Tax Repeal Bill
Rep. C. F. Farmer of Fort Worth introduced a bill in the Texas House to repeal the three cent per package tax on cigarets. He argued the levy is a heavy burden on smokers and seeking relief.
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Austin
House of the Texas
C. F. Farmer
Fort Worth
Farmer
Amarillo Labor Day Picnic and Events Highlight Citywide Tributes
Amarillo observed Labor Day with an all day picnic at the Tri-State Fairgrounds featuring a double header baseball game a free barbecue and a night dance in the Automotive Building. Mayor Ross Rogers labor leader W W Finch and Dr A J Caldwell spoke. The Happy Days Revue, directed by Mike Hollander, accompanied the festivities plus golf continued for the city amateur title at Hillcrest Country Club.
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Amarillo
Tri- State Fairgrounds
Ross Rogers
W. W. Finch
Labor
Mike Hollander
Festival For Labor
H. O. Thompson
Jack Sears
John Allen
Sam Norton
Ted McGovern
Ed Tull
Herbert Lytle
John Moore
Rex Reed
Hillcrest Country Club
Doolittle Victor in Big Race
James H. Doolittle drove his monoplane to first in a 100 mile free for all at Cleveland airport. James Wedell and Roscoe Turner followed in second and third with high speeds, as Mae Hairlip set a world land plane speed record for women in Missouri’s triple speed victory.
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Cleveland, Airport
James H. Doolittle
James Wedell
Patterson
Roscoe Turner
Jim Haizlip
Ferguson, Mo
Lee Gehlback
Mount Clemens
Mich
Robert Hall
Springfield
Mass
Bill Ong
Kansas City
Ray Moore
Alameda
Cal
Missouri
Mae Hairlip
Ruth Nichols
Rye
N. Y
Haizlip
Clarksville
Tenn
Labor Federation Plans Job Insurance Bill
The American Federation of Labor will introduce a federal unemployment insurance bill at the December session. Frank Morrison announced during a Labor Day address on CBS that the council directed President William Green to draft the measure, to be approved by October and by the November convention in Cincinnati. The bill aims to protect organized labor from non-union work and contract violations.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Frank Morrison
Federation
National Broadcasting System
Executive Council
William Green
Cincinnati
Hearing set on Community Natural Gas rate changes
The Texas Railroad Commission prepared to begin a hearing on Community Natural Gas Company rates in unincorporated towns of 500 or fewer. About 90 towns affected. Temporary injunction blocked new rates, later dissolved. company says the proposed schedule is fairer to both consumers and the company.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Community Natural Gas Company
Laten Stanberry
Gas Utilities Division
Commission
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy Tuesday with a minimum temperature reading of 63 degrees reported yesterday in Amarillo and West Texas.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Kidnap Case Hinges On Victim Claims In Lindbergh Context
Garret Schenck, a 46 year old Hopewell fishmonger, says he was held 76 days after the Lindbergh case and plans to prosecute a private detective. A kidnapping warrant was to be sworn based on his statements, with Schenck in custody in Clearfield and later questioned in Johnstown before release.
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Lindbergh
Clearfield
Garret Schenck
Charles A. Lindbergh
Schenck
Cortz Bell
Fish
Hopewell
N. J
Ira McCloskey
Clearfield County
Panhandle oil pioneer George H. Williams dies near Bovina
George H. Williams 62 a pioneer in Panhandle oil development died at 5 yesterday near Bovina after eight months seeking health His death widens his ties in Hutchinson and Carson Counties with holdings from a long oil career in India California and Amarillo Burial planned in California with brief services in Clovis N M He is survived by his widow Donna Gardner and his brother Guy Williams an oil operator in Arabia
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George H. Williams
Panhandle
Bovina
Williams
Amarillo
Clovis
N. M
California
India
Endurance Flight Duo Near 23rd Hour In LA Record
John Sheasey and Fred Murillo extended their in air record toward 23 hours as of noon, with a planned mid afternoon fuel transfer from another aircraft at Grand Central Air Terminal. The official start was 2 02 PM Sunday, aiming to reach 5 30 PM.
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Los Angeles
John Sheasey
Fred Murillo
Grand Central Air Terminal
Two Amarillo Men Jailed Over Stench Bombings
Solon May and Roy Terry were arrested in Potter County on charges of possession of stench bombs tied to recent theater incidents. May was released on $500 bond. Terry remains jailed after failing to post. Authorities link the blasts at Paramount and Mission theaters to labor tensions with non union hires.
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Amarillo
Solon May
Roy Terry
Potter County
Terry
W. R. McDowell
T. D. Whitehorn
Paramount Theater
Mission Theater
Rubio to Reach U S Morning En Route to Hot Springs
Pascual Ortiz Rubio former Mexican president and party travel by special train from Mexico City to Juarez arriving at 6 A.M. tomorrow. The party will cross into El Paso and be met by prominent Mexicans and Americans in Juarez and El Paso before the train proceeds east at 1 P.M. CST.
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EL Paso
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Hot Springs
Ark
Juarez
Paso
Mexico City
National Railways of Mexico
Secretary of War
Texas and Pacific
Florida Warned New Hurricane Is on Way
Storm warnings were ordered from Key West to Daytona Beach on the east coast and from Key West to Punta Gorda on the west coast. A tropical disturbance with 90 mile per hour winds neared Nassau and was moving west northwest toward southeast Florida with the center expected to reach the Miami West Palm Beach area by Tuesday.
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Miami
Fla
U.S
Key West
Daytona Beach
Florida East Coast
Punta Gorda
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Nassau
Florida
Daytona
Puntagorda
Dayton
Cape Sable
Miami-West Palm Beach
Government Holds Cotton and Grain From Market
Chairman Stone of the Farm Board announced withholding all government controlled wheat and cotton from sale until 1933. The Cotton Stabilization Corporation and Cotton Cooperative Association will retain stock after a $50 million Reconstruction Finance Corp payment. About 3 million bushels of wheat remain, with no sales before 1933, and 300k of 650k bales of cotton already sold with remaining stocks delayed until March 1 1933 except small foreign consignments and sales above 12 cents per pound. The Cotton Cooperative Association holds about 2 million bales slated to remain unsold until August next year.
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Washington
Stone
Farm Board
American Cotton Co-operative Association
Reconstruction Corporation
Cotton Stabilization Corporation and
Cotton Cooperatives
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Cotton Stabilization Corporation
Cottonative Association
Canning Drive Plans To Be Defined Today
Amarillo Mayor's relief committee plans a city canning campaign to aid the needy. About 30 women will form committees at 10 this morning in the mayor’s offices to organize canning in five church kitchens starting tomorrow. Donations of clothing canned goods and raw materials are requested from residents and farmers nearby.
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Amarillo
Ross Rogers
Rogers
Start Back To School In Amarillo As Enrollment Rises
This morning between 8 and 9 o clock about 10 000 Amarillo students begin the trek to 22 schools. Early registration reached a new first week high at around 7 500 exclusive of two ward schools and two segregated schools. The high school enrolled 1 240 with Buchanan ward school at 1 259. Despite similar enrollment to past years the district operates on 105 000 less in budget and 25 teachers were cut. Superintendent W A MacIntosh promises the best system yet. Enrollments listed: Buchanan 1 250 McKinley 481 Margaret Wills 363 Pleasant Valley 153 Johnson 157 Humphreys Highland 110 Forest Hill 85 Sam Houston 400 Sanborn 430 Gan Jacinto 540 Summitt 212 Tyler 484 Wilson 306 Wolfin 477 Central Junior 639.
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Amarillo
Buchanan
North Amarillo
W. A. MacIntosh
McKinley
Margaret
Wills
Pleasant Valley
Johnson
Humphreys Highland
Forest Hill
Sam Houston
Sanborn
Gan Jacinto
Summitt
Tyler
Wilson
Wolflin
Central Junior
Amarillo College Opens Regular Enrollment and Fresh Year
Amarillo College begins its regular enrollment at 8 30 this morning continuing for two days. Thursday classes start at 11 15 with opening exercises in the Auditorium attended by trustees and others. Faculty held its first meeting, courses updated, and plans laid for the year. Buck Cathey directs the band aiming for the largest band yet. a new voice course under Mrs Turk awards two semester hours toward graduation.
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Amarillo College
Board of Trustees
Buck Cathey
Turk
Flooding Rises on Rio Grande and San Juan Rivers
Devastating floods sweep the lower Rio Grande Valley with the river crest near 35 feet at Rio Grande City and the San Juan River rising after Mexican rainfall. Bridges collapse and highways are blocked as thousands of livestock drown and fatalities remain unconfirmed. Local authorities report the flood’s reach extending toward the Gulf with uncertain toll.
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Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf
Rio Grande City
San Juan
Rio Grande
Pla
Texas
Millio
Flooding Ravages Fort Worth as Trinity River Rises
Trinity River surged past flood stage in Fort Worth with 9.54 inches of rain since yesterday afternoon. By noon today the river reached 30.2 feet, two tenths above flood stage, flooding banks and swelling tributaries including Sycamore Creek.
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Fort Worth
Trinity River
Weather Bureau
McGrew
Sycamore Creek
Floods Strain Border Regions Del Rio Laredo and Piedras Negras Hit
As the Rio Grande rose in a devastating flood, hundreds of families in Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras sought aid from civil authorities while Red Cross distributed supplies. Repairs continued on the South Pacific track and the Del Rio power plant as areas on both sides of the river faced widespread damage and economic losses.
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Eagle Pass
Destiny
Civil Authority
Red Cross
Piedras Negras
South Pacific
del Rio
Central Power and Light
Val Verde County
Laredo
Nuevaredo
Laredos
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Harlow
Benedict Canyon
Iss Harlow
Charles F. McGrew, II
Chicago
Italy
A. J. Caldwell
Robert C. Jones
Church of Christ
Doolittle
Labor Federation
Johnstown
Eddie McCloskey
Geo. Williams
U. S
Rex
Genoa
New York
Rubio
Canning Drive
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