Panic Dangers To NYSE Tax Sparks Senate Hearing
Richard Whitney warned before the Senate finance committee that a stock transfer tax could trigger a market panic and shrink security trades to near vanishing point. NYSE chief said the plan would devastate domestic business and cut revenue far beyond House estimates.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Senate Finance Committee
Richard Whitney
House
Tydings
Maryland
President Hoover
Bomb blast at Ohio state office building kills seven
Ohio officials probe a blast at the new state office building in Columbus. Seven dead and many injured as authorities seek a dynamite theft of 300 pounds from a London area powder company and the motive behind the suspected bombing. Police trace clues including a fleeing unidentified man and gas ventilation evidence. Governor White chairs an investigative panel and explosive experts are called in.
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Columbus
Ohio
London
William Stevenson
George White
Henry Worley
Learn Bridge Then Play It Lesson From Grace Ransom
Mrs Grace Carver Ransom bridge expert advised a three day Globe News school audience to learn attack principles from other games, memorize honor tricks, and build a rule base before playing opponents. The Fair Theater hosted a well attended second day with many notebooks out as she described how to exploit opponents errors.
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Grace Carver Ransom
Globe-News
Bankhead backs Patman Bonus Bill in House debate
Representative Bankhead of Alabama said he would support the Patman Bill issuing two billion dollars of currency to fund the military bonus if it reached the House floor. He joined other leaders in backing or opposing the measure as supporters pressed arguments before the Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington
Bankhead
Alabama
Patman
House
Rainey
Senate
Robinson
Ous
Ways and Means Committee
John A. Simpson
National Farmers Union
Simpson
Cochran
Allred cites adopted code in oil industry anti trust suit
Attorney General James V. Allred amends his $17.85 million penalty and ouster suit against 15 major oil companies plus trade groups. He claims the oil code of ethics was used as a subterfuge to violate Texas anti trust law, detailing meetings at the Adolphus Hotel and Rice Hotel in 1929 where supposed individual actions masked a coordinated plan.
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Dallas
John N. McCommas
Mercantile Bank and Trust Company of Texas
Federal Reserve Bank
Mercantile Bank
McCommas
Austin
U.P
James V. Allred
American Petroleum Institute
Texas Petroleum Marketers’ Association
Allred
Adolphus Hotel
Texas
Rice Hotel
Houston
Oil Company
Burns the Detective Closes His Last Case
William J Burns founder of the Burns Detective Agency dies at 72 in Sarasota Florida after a heart attack. He rose from a Baltimore born merchant tailor to national fame solving the Ohio tally sheets fraud Costa Rican counterfeit cases and teapot dome related investigations. Survivors include his widow and four children.
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Sarasota
Fla
William J. Burns
Burns Detective Agency
St. And’s Key
York
William John Burns
Baltimore
Columbus
Ohio
Secret Service
United States
Burns
Bill Brockaway
Philadelphia
Oregon
Washington
California
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Investigations
Department of Justice
Teapot Dome
Harding
Massie Honolulu honor murder case moves to court
Telephoto image shows Lieut. Thomas Massie and Mrs Grace Fortescue entering the Honolulu courthouse where the Massie family and two sailors face trial for the kidnapping and murder of Joseph Kahahawai. Mobs gather as the high profile case unfolds with Clarence Darrow associated defense efforts.
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Clarence Darrow
Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
Grace Hubbard Fortescue
Joseph Kahahawal
Thalia Massie
Julian Ripley
Dan Campbell
United Press
T. H
U.P
Navy
Joe Kahahawai
Thomas Hedges Massie
Kahahawai
Massie
Grace Bell
Massie to Describe Slaying 33 Teams Sign Up for Bridge
Thirty three teams enter the Panhandle Bridge Tournament sponsored by the Junior Welfare League. Mrs H K Stanfield announces the entries and draws. preliminaries at team homes, finals at the Elks Club. Proceeds fund a children's clinic. entry fee one dollar per person due to Mrs Stanfield or the Rose Bowl.
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Junior Welfare League
H. K. Stanfield
News-Globe
Elks Club
Stanfield
Fountain Street
Rose Bowl
League Tea Room
Tenth Avenue
Jackson Street
E. C. Simpson
E. L. Coggins
Dean White
Horace Gooch, Jr
Otho Thompson
Paul Skillman
Charley Young
W. W. Woolsey
Roy Greenhill
W. J. Satterwhite
M. T. Johnson
E. P. Driscoll
Rip Underwood
Sid West
Merle Patton
Mickey Lyvers
Ted Neely
Bob Brown
Benny Greenhill
Eleanor Gist
E. B. Johnson
Lawrence Hagg
Swindle Proof Plans Adopted by Lindbergh
Hopewell New Jersey April 15. Lindbergh baby case shifts to a swindle proof scheme to recover the child. A proposed committee including Charles A Lindbergh Jr s father and other officials would pass on further negotiations. Two negotiators returned to Norfolk with a non committal statement after days in contact with Lindbergh.
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Hopewell
N. J
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Henry Breckenridge
A. Harry Moore
New Jersey
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Norfolk
John F. Condon
Jassie
Amarillo Weather Forecast Pleases Cooler Nights
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Saturday for Amarillo. West Texas sees partly cloudy and colder conditions tonight and Saturday. New Mexico remains fair and cooler east portions tonight and Saturday. Temperature extremes today reach 54 to 60.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Leaden Skies Bring Warm Rain to Panhandle
Leaden skies brought light rain to Amarillo and the Panhandle today hinting at a break in the long drought. By noon about two tenths of an inch fell in Amarillo with more rain continuing through early afternoon across the region. The U S Weather Bureau forecast partly cloudy cooler conditions tonight and Saturday. Rain was noted in Montana Utah and a trace in New Mexico as a low pressure area moved slowly eastward.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Montana
Rioting by Unemployed Rioters Charged by Police
In Auckland on April 15 police and naval reinforcements repelled crowds that looted stores and smashed windows on Queen Street. Rioters dispersed and groups re-formed in other areas as streets were cleared.
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Auckland
N. Z
Queen Street
Amarillo Chamber Officers Re elected as Budget Set
At the annual Amarillo Chamber of Commerce meeting directors re elected all officers for another year and set a fixed budget of 24 903 25. Salaries were cut and other expenses curtailed to avoid layoffs as the city approves 26 000 for the budget. New directors named include R E Wirtz Roy Cullum.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Board of City Development
R. P. Parcells
Dean Kirk
Lawrence Hagg
R. E. Wirtz
Roy Cullum
Earl Fuqua
R. C. Martini
J. W. Mode
Dr. Parcells
Wilbur C. Hawk
Highway Department
Traffic
Agriculture Department
Smith and Davis Named New York Delegates
Albany April 15 Governor Smith a 1982 Democratic presidential candidate and Joan W. Davis a 1924 candidate were selected as delegates at large from New York to the party national convention ahead of a Democratic state committee meeting.
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Albany
N. Y
Governor Smith
Joan W. Davis
New York
Democratic State Committee
Pistol Cases Slated for Potter County Court Trial
Several cases based on charges of illegally carrying weapons will be tried tomorrow in Potter County court at law. The court was not in session today.
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Potter County
Critics Praise Smiling Faces in Dallas and Fort Worth
Dallas and Fort Worth critics laud Fred Stone's musical comedy Smiling Faces. The show features Stone, skilled dancing, elaborate settings, and a 75-member company. Arrives by special train tomorrow with matinee at 2 30 and night show at 8. Tickets on sale at City Drug Store, 517 Polk Street, until 8 tonight and tomorrow 2, then board moves to Municipal Auditorium.
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Fort Worth
Dallas
Fred Stone
Stone
Smiling Faces
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Municipal Auditorium
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