Texas Legislature Ends Special Tax Relief Session
The Texas Legislature adjourns sine die after a brief special session aimed at tax relief. Lawmakers agree on optional remission of penalties for delinquent taxes, with December 21 1932 set as the payment deadline. Gov. Sterling’s broader relief program included highway bond funding and county reimbursements totaling about 110 million dollars in obligations and a 7 million dollar annual interest savings.
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Austin
Texas
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Sterling
Texas House Passes Oil Theft as Criminal Offense
The Texas House approved a bill defining theft of oil and making it a crime. It follows Senate passage and includes minor amendments. The measure targets disputes in East Texas oil fields where land and lease owners allege underpayment and theft. It also covers penalties for pipeline companies moving stolen oil and for deductions tied to oil claimed lost in transit.
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Austin
Texas House of Representatives
Senate
House
Big East Texas
House Committee
Farmer Missing in Taylor County Disappears After Trip
Steve Merka Sr a 61 year old farmer from Taylor County was reported missing today after a two hour Saturday business trip. Relatives fear foul play as authorities search his home area noting his height of 5 feet 11 inches and weight of 150 pounds. He wore a dark suit blue shirt and brown shoes.
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Taylor
Steve Merka
Williamson County
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas area
Partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday for Amarillo and vicinity and West Texas Panhandle. New Mexico expects fair conditions Tuesday. Daytime highs reach the upper 80s to low 90s with cooler nights, notes of yesterday’s high 97 and low 66.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
SPM
Louis A. Johnson Elected National Legion Commander
Louis A. Johnson of Clarksburg West Virginia an attorney was chosen national commander of the American Legion at the convention just closed in Portland Oregon Associated Press photo notes the selection followed a field of several candidates demonstrating broad support for Johnson nationwide
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Louis A. Johnson
Clarksburg
W. Va
The
American Legion
Portland
Ore
Associated Press
Mrs Garner Nears Death in Detroit Texas
Mrs Sarah Jane Garner, mother of John Nance Garner, lies critically ill in Detroit Texas as physicians report no change in her condition. At 81 she suffers from general toxic poisoning worsened by senility with all three sons and two daughters at her bedside.
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Detroit
Texas
Sarah Jane Garner
John Nance
Fluffy
Pioneer Latey
Garner
United States
Lockney Baby Girl Killed by Auto in Front Yard
Nulda Gene Ellis age 15 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Ellis, was accidentally run over by an automobile her father was backing from their front yard in Lockney. The father had left the child in the house and did not know she had followed him to the car.
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Lockney
Nulda Gene Ellis
Silas Ellis
Roosevelt Special Delayed By Missoula Wreck
The Roosevelt special train carrying the Democratic nominee was delayed east of Missoula when North Coast Limited No. 2 derailed, leaving the candidate to rest aboard the stalled train while governor Roosevelt spoke at Butte about calling an international monetary conference without delay. He urged American initiative and pledged sound currency as essential to recovery, contrasting Democratic and Republican approaches on money policy. The party later proceeded by auto to Missoula and Washington.
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Missoula
Ment
Bonner
Roosevelt
Pacific
Butte
Washington State
International Monetary Conference
Topeka
New York
Primaries in 3 States Today Close Long List
States hold Democratic and Republican primaries in New York Massachusetts and Wisconsin. Wisconsin sees a fierce La Follette Kohler fight for the guber natorial nomination while Blaine and Chapple contest the senate seat. Three Democrats seek the governor nomination in New York with Duffy unopposed for the senate. Eight Massachusetts congressional nominations are in play and Ely seeks renomination.
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New York
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Philip LaFollette
Walter J. Kohler
John J. Blaine
John B. Chapple
Ashland
Bullington Heads Texas Governor Bid With Wichita Falls Roots
Orville Bullington opens his Republican gubernatorial campaign in Texas with a speech in Waco tonight. The Wichita Falls resident seeks the GOP nomination and will address supporters and voters on the eve of the race.
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Texas
Republican Party
Orville Bullington
Wichita Falls
Waco
Seize Murder Trial Witness Arrest in Texas Court
In Lubbock on September 19, G A Ross the state's star witness in the Jess Covington murder case was arrested on hijacking charges. Ross allegedly forced C C Lindsay to open a theater safe and hand over about $1000 at a community center south of Lubbock on February 7. The state accuses Covington Hugh Walter and Barber John Richardson of fatally shooting Brown, a pioneer stockman, during the incident. Ross had promised immunity for aiding the state.
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Lubbock
Jess Covington
99Th District
G. A. Ross
Ross
Brown
C. C. Lindsay
Covington
Hugh Walter
John” Richardson
Gandhi refuses release as he gears for fast
In Bombay on September 19, Mahatma Gandhi urged not to accept release with government terms. He would begin a hunger strike the next day to protest Indian voting arrangements, and challenged authorities to remove him by force rather than grant lenient conditions.
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Bombay
India
M. K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Aggie Tech Football Tickets Go On Sale At Butler Field
Tickets for the Texas A M versus Texas Tech clash at Butler Field next Saturday go on sale at City Drug Store on Polk Street. Advance sales from The News Globe show strong interest with 750 reservations from Lubbock and a 400 ticket block. a special Tech train will run from the college town. Prices are 1.10, 1.65 admission and 2.20 box seats. game starts at 3 o'clock.
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Panhandle
Texas A. & M
Texas Technological College
Butler Field
Lubbock
Cookson Hills Quiet After Six Men Slain in Shootouts
In the Cookson Hills area, two days of fierce gun battles left six men dead and three peace officers killed as bounty hunters pursue fugitives. Authorities say state operatives believe a fourth hoodlum may be buried in a thicket while County Attorney Claude Thompson announces charges against residents for harboring criminals.
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Muskogee
Okla
Cookson Hills
Tom Tait
Cherokee Republic
Claude Thompson
Cherokee County
Carlisle
Troy Love
Webster Reece
Andrew McGinnis
Flippin
Swisher Road Accord Found to Surface Highway 9
Swisher County commissioners join the State Highway Commission to hard surface Highway 9 through the county, creating a continuous pavement from Amarillo south to points beyond Cap Rock. The plan uses Santa Fe tracks from Hale County to Yuba with an underpass, then east side tracks to the county line near Happy, connecting with Randall County pavement and a Tulsa business loop built by the state.
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Tulsa
Swisher County
State Highway Commission
Amarillo
Cap Rock
Highway Commission
Hale County
Yuba
Happy
Randall County
Identity of three robbers known in Nara Visa bank heist
Sheriff Ira Allen said he knows the identity of the three men who robbed the National Bank in Nara Visa, New Mexico, of 1600 dollars Saturday and fled into the hills northeast of Roy. He will not reveal names or methods. Posses search hills between Roy and Mosquero where the men vanished, after a long trail went cold.
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Cumcari
N. M
Ira Allen
Nara
National Bank
Roy
Mosquero
Judge signs restraining order against Kansas gas rate ruling
United States Judge Orrie Phillips signed a restraining order against the Kansas Public Service Commission. The order challenges its September 1 decision that set 30 cents as a reasonable price for gas distributors to pay pipeline companies.
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Denver
Kansas Public Service Commission
United States
Orrie Phillips
Fair Program Across Canyon Tulsa Delegations
Fair program lists delegations from Canyon Tulsa Borger Lockney Hedley Mobeetie Wheeler and Memphis Paducah Matador Silverton Quitaque Turkey Estelline Gruver and Stinnett. Carnival on midway begins afternoon and night with rodeo in front of grandstand at 2 P M. Auto races under lights at 8 P M. Black Mask Players present The F as t Workers at 8 P M. Dance on midway platform night only. Judging of Boy and Girl Scout work poultry and dairy cattle and agricultural exhibits continues and finishes.
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Gram
Memphis
Paducah
Matador
Silverton
Quitaque
Turkey
Estelline
Gruver
Stinnett
Three Panhandle Road Projects Awarded by Texas Highway Commission
The Texas Highway Commission awarded road and bridge contracts totaling $1,525,757 with some work funded under a federal emergency program. Projects include five miles on Highway 33 near Potter, eleven miles on Highway 24 from Lubbock to Idalou, and multiple structures and paving across Crosby, Henderson, McLean, Garza, Crockett, Coke, and Reeves counties, with firms such as Ernest Loys, Panhandle Construction Co, Huddleston and York, and Dozier Construction Co among the awardees.
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Austin
Texas Highway Commission
Potter
Carson
Ernest
Henderson
Athens
Poynor
la Rue
L. H. Lacy Company
Dallas
Mclean
Texas Electric Railroad
Hall County
Froemming Brothers
Garza
Post
Justiceburg
Hanna & Hall
Waco
Crockett
Howard's Draw
Pikes Peak
Dozier Construction Company
Bachelor Hill
Ozona
Wade & Son
Coleman
McLennan
Bosque River
Cloke Branch
J. B. Clardy
Fort Worth
Bosque River Bridge
Butler Brothers Construction Company
Huntaville
Blackwell
Bronte
Nolan County
E. F. Bucy
Arraign Two Amarillo Men in U S Counterfeiting Case
Two Amarillo men Harry F Reed 23 and Leo M Pavey 27 both plant workers were arraigned on counterfeiting charges. Reed released on 2000 bond Pavey remained jailed with bond set at 2000. Pavey faced possession with intent to defraud of crude $10 Federal Reserve notes. Reed charged with plaster molds of 25 cent pieces.
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Amarillo
U. S
A. H. Rebentish
U. S. Secret Service
Dallas
Harry F. Reed
Florida Street
Leo M. Pavey
Mississippi Street
Pavey
Reed
Potter County
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of California
Reserve
Rebentish
Secret Service
Mayor Opens Exposition with Radio Address at Amarillo Event
Amarillo and the Panhandle welcomed the tenth annual exposition at the Tri-State Fair Grounds with about 30 000 attendees on opening day. Mayor Ross D. Rogers opened the fair via radio from the Merchants Building as crowds filled the grounds for rodeo auto races and theater performances. Delegations from 16 visiting cities arrived, planned radio programs, parades, and escorted tours, with judging under way in agriculture and dairy shows as a full day of activities continued through the night.
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Panhandle
Tri-State Fair
Ross D. Rogers
Merchants
Leonard Stroud
Black Mask Players
Wortham
Canyon
Tulsa
Borger
Lockney
Hedley
Mobeetie
Wheeler
Memphis
Paducah
Matador
Silverton
Quitoque
Turkey
Estelline
Gruver
Stinnett
Fair Grounds
Merchants Building
Moheetie- Wheeler Group
Holstein
Guernsey
Cowboys Pit Skill In Fair Rodeo Opener
One hundred five cowboys from ten states and Canada opened the Tri State Fair world championship rodeo directed by Leonard Stroud before about 1600 spectators. The program featured bronco riding roping bulldogging and trick riding with only two entrants, Goldie Bunter and Elmer Hepler, subduing the Brahma steers. Jonas Daruon of Sayre Okla suffered a head injury when bucked off.
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Canada
Leonard Stroud
West
Goldie Bunter
Fort Worth
Elmer
Hepler
Carlsbad
N. M
Brahma
Jonas D
Caldwell
Kan
Ken Williams
Gar
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