Grain Center in Turmoil as Rosenbaum Case Closes Trades
Chicago Board of Trade and the Rosenbaum Grain Corporation faced a court dispute that halted trading today. A compromise allowed the injunction to stand while Rosenbaum trades were closed pending reorganization, with promises to resume under its name after restructuring.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Rosenbaum Grain Corporation
la Salle Street
William H. Holly
Exchange
Rosenbaum
Dreath
Roosevelt outlines eight point works program for relief
President Roosevelt, speaking at a press conference, unveils an eight point expansion plan totaling almost five billion dollars. The package covers highway construction rural rehabilitation and electrification housing CCC work and soil erosion plus new agencies to manage grade crossing removal rural settlement and electrification efforts. Rexford Tugwell to lead rural rehabilitation and setup of three new divisions. The plan aims to supplement existing agencies and gradually wind down the FEA while continuing care for employables.
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Washington
Roosevelt
CCC
Rexford G. Tugwell
Brain Truster
Tugwell
Mae West Never Married Burmeister Despite License Record
Harris County records show Mae West obtained a marriage license with R A Burmeister on March 22, 1924, but no record of a license return. Burmeister declined to discuss the matter, and deputy clerk Don Kennedy remains in the office.
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Houston
O.R
Mae West
Hollywood
Diamon Lil
R. A
Bud) Burmeister
Fort Worth
Harris County
Miss West
Burmeister
Don H. Kennedy
Provincetown Earthquake Described as Local Tremor
A Provincetown quake at 8 24 P M rattled dishes and shook houses along Cape Cod. Dr L D Left of Harvard seismology said the tremor was purely local and not related to Formosa or Iran quakes. Police noted the shock was slight in Gloucester despite wide felt reports.
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Provincetown
Mass
L. D. Left
Harvard
Cape Cod
Formosa
Iran
Leet
Gloucester
Boston
Relief client fined jailed after Potter County relief office incident
One man, E. J. Ellis, pleaded guilty to simple assault and was fined 25 dollars plus costs totaling 47.35 dollars and ordered jailed. G. M. Dudley pleaded not guilty with a 250 dollar bond on assault and battery. he faces trial May 6. A. A. Meredith, relief administrator, and A. G. Sills, relief office employee, were beaten during the disturbance.
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Potter County
E. J. Ellis
North Williams Street
G. M. Dudley
North Houston Street
Ellis
J. N. Riggs
Dudley
A. G. Sills
Relief Office
Sills
A. A. Meredith
Rotter
Riggs
Meredith
Britain Accepts Nazi League Edict With Cold Acknowledgment
LondonApril 24 United Press Britain has sent Germany a brief formal acknowledgement of the League of Nations council vote denunciation showing a cold tone. Other council members and the 13 governments to whom Germany sent notes are expected to respond similarly with no argument. Full replies awaited Germanys detailed statement.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Germany
League of Nations Council
Council
League
Helium Plant Fate Reported On Page Eight
The note hints at developments surrounding the Helium Plant with continuation promised on page eight. Other items include army strength plans, defense talks by British leaders, and a New Deal leaders series. A major fire wrecks a local plaza named Irish Sweep Stakes Plaza.
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Page
Increases in Retail Trade Bring Cheer
Easter shopping boosted retail trade last week with continued gains in automobile sales. While overall activity lagged behind last year, surveys showed encouraging trends. Chicago noted strong mail order business and Texas counties reported a 62 percent rise in new passenger car sales. California and Florida also saw improved demand and higher agricultural prices.
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Washington
UPR
Daniel C. Roper
Roper
Chicago
United States
Canada
San Francisco
Texas
Florida
California
Midwest
Formosa Temblor Death Toll Reaches 3185
Tokyo reports the final official police tally for the Formosa earthquake lists 3,185 dead, 9,215 seriously injured, 1,415 slightly injured, 15,292 houses destroyed and 22,000 damaged. The report provides a grim nationwide accounting for the disaster.
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Tokyo
Formosa
Roosevelt Moderates Tone With Congress Asks Why
President Roosevelt has shifted from aggressive dictation to a gentler approach with Congress. Some observers say the change aims to shield the administration from dictatorship charges while allowing lawmakers to pursue their own ideas. Speaker Burns notes less daily White House intervention and a pause in push for fast action on New Deal bills.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Joseph W. Burns
White House
Burns
Capitol Hill
Roosvelt
Amarillo Chamber Drive Reaches Early Budget Milestone
Amarillo business leaders report seven thousand nine hundred eighty one dollars in subscriptions toward a thirty thousand dollar Chamber fund drive for the next fiscal year. A breakfast report is planned in the Red Room at the Amarillo Hotel at 7:30 a.m. with a Victory Dinner set for Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Bill Gilstrap
General Sales Army
Amarillo
Crystal
Herring Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
J. Cole
Noyes Re elected Press Wire Chief
Frank B. Noyes publisher of the Washington Star was reelected president of the Associated Press. W. J. Pape of Waterbury Republican and Houston Harte of San Angelo Standard named first and second vice presidents. Kent Cooper reelected secretary.
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New York
U.P
Frank B. Noyes
Washington Star
Associated Press
W. J. Pape
Waterbury
Executions of two generals in Greece revolt case
At dawn in Athens on April 24 two military leaders were executed by firing squad for involvement in the Venizelist revolt. General Papoulas, once commander in Asia Minor, and Brigadier General Kimisis were executed after conviction by courts martial.
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Athens
Papoulas
Asia Minor
Kimisis
Father Who Said Child Killed Mother Jailed
Greenville April 24 S P Darden held on murder charge awaiting grand jury inquiry into shooting of his wife. He claimed their 8 year old son Jackie slept walked and fired the weapon. Darden arrested after the wife’s funeral. he pleaded for bond but denied until grand jury acts. He said he had never been jailed before and tearfully questioned the charge.
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Greenville
S. P. Darden
Jackie
Henry Pharrx
Darden
Clinton Cemetery
Caddo Mills
Dionne Twins Weigh More Than Quintuplets At Birth
The Canadian Dionnes lead the family comparison as Frank Dionne confirms the American branch. Mrs. Dionne delivers twins a boy and a girl weighing a combined 13 pounds 14 ounces. Oliva Dionne is linked as their cousin, with the Ontario quintuplets noted for their birth weight of 13 pounds 6 ounces.
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New York
Dionne
Frank Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Ontario
New TWA Sun Racer Transcontinental Service Inaugurated
Amarillo and South Texas gain new coast to coast air service with TWA and Western Air Lines launching the Sun Racer schedule. The daily route from New York to Los Angeles stops at Amarillo at 7 13 P M linking with Braniff from Fort Worth Dallas and Wichita Falls. The Sun Racer departs New York at 8 A M and Amarillo at 7 23 P M reaching Los Angeles at 11 59 P M, enabling same night arrival for late afternoon departures from Fort Worth and Dallas.
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Amarillo
Texas
Los Angeles
West Coast
Transcontinental and
Western Air Lines
English Field
Braniff Airways
Fort Worth
Dallas
Wichita Falls
W. D. Peck
H. W. Beck
Kansas City
New York
Brisbane on public figures spurs lively 1935 debate
Arthur Brisbane notes in a Globe column the heated verbal clashes among Secretary Ickes Senator Long and Dr Townsend. He labels Long a demagogue while recounting Ickes sharp rebuke and Townsend’s appeal to the underprivileged in a charged national discourse.
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Ickes
Senator Long
Townsend W.1om
Huey Long
Senate
Atterbury Quits as Head of Pennsylvania Railroad
William Wallace Atterbury retires as president of the Pennsylvania Railroad at age 69 after leading the system since October 1 1925. Martin W. Clement elected to the presidency as acting chief steps into the role. In South Africa at Potchefstroom the New Machavia mine flood likely killed 45 miners.
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Atterbury III
Philadelphia
U.P
William Wallace Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Atterbury
Martin W. Clement
The
Road
Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Machavia
Potchefstroom
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Forecast calls for light rain and cooler tonight with a low near 40. Thursday brings partly to mostly cloudy skies in West Texas with cooler conditions, showers in the north and west, and a cooler southeast. New Mexico faces unsettled, cooler conditions tonight with snow and freezing temperatures in the north and possible light frost southeast. Thursday expects generally fair but colder in the southeast. Temperature extremes today range from 5 to 15 for the period ending at 1 o'clock.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
New Mexico
Panhandle Rain Expected From North Tonight
Dallas weather report notes favorable conditions for rain in the dusty upper Texas Panhandle as a cold front moves south. Dr. J L Cline cites snow in Denver and predicts showers across Texas tonight and tomorrow with temperatures near 40 above zero and a strong north wind.
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Dallas
U.P
Texas Panhandle
J. L. Cline
Cline
Denver
Texas
Nebraska
18 000 counterfeit cigaret stamps seized in Texas raid
SAN ANTONIO April 24 18 000 counterfeit cigaret stamps seized in a raid last night State Comptroller Price Rogers plus two men held for investigation. Stamps reportedly manufactured in Kansas City. Escaped convicts Mona Bell and Arthur Whitten captured after gun battle near Tyler Sheriff Sikes wounded.
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San Antonio
Price Rogers
State Comptroller’s Office
Austin
Rogers
Kansas City
Tyler
Tex
U.P
Mona Bell
Arthur Whitten
Centerville
Tom Sikes
Sikes
Bell
Cadet Lawrence Allen Killed In Army Plane Crash
Cadet Lawrence Thomas Allen, a student flyer missing from Kelly Field since last night, was found dead in wreckage eight miles north of Orange Grove. The crash occurred early morning on a hill above brush land. 45 Kelly Field planes joined the search after the plane failed to reach Kingsville. The body was taken to Alice.
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Orange Grove
Jim Wells County
Tex
Lawrence Thomas Allen
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Here
Kingsville
Lindbergh to Pilot Pan American Clippe r to China Flight
Charles A. Lindbergh expected to command the first Pan American clipper for the California to China service. After the four motor ship impressed on the Alameda to Honolulu run, officials foresee late summer operations with Lindbergh at the controls for passengers and mail to the Orient.
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United Press
Alameda
Cal
U.P)— Co
Charles A. Lindbergh
California
China
Honolulu
Col. Lindbergh
Orient
Lindbergh
Pan-American
Caribbean
Central
South America
Pacific
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Rosen
Clint Small
House
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Change
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Rayburn-Wheeler Public Utilities
Joan Sighs
J. J. McSwain
Franklin
Hopkins
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Massachusetts
Guggs
Dial
Bond
Britain
Cold
Weatherstrip & Caulking
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Indian Hills
Lee C
Noyes
TWA
Arthur Brisbane
King Festores Syndicate, Inc
Lady Astor
Sevigne
Earth
America
Globe
Brishene
Panhandle
H. T. Collman_ pre
Mr. Collman
Mr. Colman
Long-Bell Lke. Co
M’ Allen
Cadet Allen
Dr.Allen
Alice
Lindy
Clipper
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