Senate Finance Committee tight votes on oil coal and copper tariffs
In a rapid series of ballots the Senate Finance Committee approved import taxes on oil coal and copper and rejected forest duties. Oil and coal taxes were kept while a copper levy was added. The oil tax faced a 9 to 9 tie and lumber duties were defeated 10 to 8. Connally and Gore joined Republicans on key votes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Connally
Tex
Gore
Okla
Watson
Reed
Smoot
Shortridge
Couzens
Bingham
Thomas
Idaho
Tornadoes Hit Arkansas Tennessee Killings Reported
A series of tornadoes struck eastern Arkansas and western Tennessee causing extensive property damage and probable deaths. Millington reported five dead, Osceola three, while Covington. communication lines were cut and rescue crews moved to reach stricken rural areas.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Arkansas
Tennessee
Millington
Osceola
Ark
Covington
Rosemark
Ripley
Byersburg
Halls
Spec Barton Tries To Save Victim Life At Hospital
Jack Barton 27 lay near death at Northwest Texas Hospital after a stabbing at a filling station. Spec Barton 20 offered his blood for a transfusion as four others were tested. Spec walked with a cane and denied the assault while police held him under guard. The brothers, both welders, live at 2902 Fillmore Street.
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Jack Barton
Northwest Texas
Jack
R. D. “Spec” Barton
Spec
West Sixth Avenue
Fillmore Street
Grand Jurors Sworn for April Term in 47th District Court
Foreman Mes D. Whitsitt heads a 12 member grand jury sworn by Judge Henry E. Bishop for the April term of the 47th district criminal court opening for 10 weeks. Jurors include James P. LeNeveu Sam D. O Brien Fancher Upshaw Fred G. Roane Lindsay Campbell C. P. Hutchins J. Harmon Bartlett Wm. E. Sturdevant John F. Ross John R. McKinley and George L. Walker.
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Mes D. Whitsitt
Henry
Bishop
47Th District Criminal Court
Mr. Whitsitt
James P. LeNeveu
Sam D. O'Brien
Fancher Upshaw
Fred G. Roane
Lindsay Campbell
C. P. Hutchins
J. Harmon Bartlett
Wm. E. Sturdevant
John F. Ross
John R. McKinley
George L. Walker
Farm Loan Deadline Set for Saturday Night
Walter H. Fendley district Supervisor announced the final week to grant government farm seed loans. Applications to finance crops must reach county committeemen by Saturday night with little chance of an extension. No action has been taken on related proposals elsewhere.
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Walter H. Fendley
Fendley
Bids Taken for Stinnett Road Grade Work
State highway commission issued April 25 aid totaling 139051 to counties. Hutchinson county ordered bids on grading and drainage for six miles of highway 117 from Stinnett north. County to place bonds in escrow in lieu of cash.
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Austin
State Highway Commission
Hutchinson
Stinnett
Amarillo region weather forecast glimpse
Weather forecast for Amarillo and nearby areas shows fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with possible frost in exposed spots in east Texas. Temperatures vary little in New Mexico through tonight and Tuesday with daytime highs reaching up to 65 and lows near 45.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Today By Arthur Brisbane Going Through Ohio
Arthur Brisbane explores political climate in Ohio and profiles David S. Ingalls while touching on civic roles and public sentiment. The piece reflects on local leadership, reform efforts, and the era's public concerns with governance and progress.
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Ohio
David S. Ingalls
D. A. R. Financial
Ingalls as Candidate and American Spirit
Arthur Brisbane lauds David S. Ingalls, navigator of the Navy, for his wartime heroism and bold political run in Ohio. He traces Ingalls from a boy who built wings to a naval ace and now a Republican gubernatorial hopeful, praising courage over comfort and calling for action on immigration policy.
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King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Ohio
David S. Ingalls
Darius Green
Young Ingalls
Robins
Mr. Ingalls
Seeds and Nursery Ad Encourages Planting Season Purchases
It's Time to plant. Buy seeds and plants from the Seeds and Nursery classification in the Want Ads and furnish your own table this year. Everyone else is doing it, why not you?
Jury Deliberates in Massie Murder Trial in Honolulu
A mixed race jury hearing evidence in the second degree murder case of Lieut. Thomas H Massie and three co defendants walks between court sessions en route to their hotel in Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
Massie
Thalia Fortescue Massie
Navy
Senate Banking Committee Orders Full Stock Market Investigation
The Senate Banking Committee voted to launch a comprehensive probe of the stock market and dispatch investigators to New York. In an extended executive session a sub committee was approved and extra counsel and field investigators were authorized to study the pool that operated on the bull side in 1929 and the bear side after the crash.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
New York
Roosevelt Likely Wins After Key Primary Battled
In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, Roosevelt faces strong Alfred E. Smith opposition as "stop Roosevelt" forces rally behind Smith. Analysts predict mixed results with Massachusetts likely to favor Smith and Pennsylvania leaning Roosevelt, while Republicans consolidate delegates for Hoover with a secure path to the nomination.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Smith
Hoover
Gov Brevard Russell appoints Cohen to succeed Harris
Atlanta Georgia April 25 Governor Brevard Russell Jr of Georgia names Major John S Cohen to fill the late Senator William J Harris seat until an emergency election can be held next fall John S Cohen succeeds Harris as a Democrat senator from Georgia.
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Harris
Atlanta, Ga
Brevard Russell, Jr
Georgia
Maj. Johns. Cohen
William J. Harris
Dem
Bill Kidnap Suspect In Cop Pistol Theft
Ralph Fults was charged with robbery with firearms for stealing a pistol from Electra Police Chief J. T. Taylor during a four man kidnapping of Electra residents on April 14. Taylor identified Fults as one of the two bandits. a third man fled and was later detained in McKinney.
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Wichita Falls
Ralph Fults
McKinney
Electra
J. T. Taylor
Taylor
Kaufman
Falls
Fults
Six Die in Train Crash Near Monroeville Indiana
Six people including a mother and her four children died when their car was struck by a Pennsylvania train at a grade crossing in Monroeville Indiana. The victims were Theresa Ott 23 of Monroeville and Mollie Krause 38 of Yoder Ind and her children Evelyn 10 Ruth 7 Clarence 5 and Catherine 1.
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Monroeville
Ind
Veterans hissed as Reynolds opposes cash bonus plan
War veteran Fred C. Reynolds of Baltimore faced loud hisses from fellow veterans as he opposed full cash payment before the House Ways and Means Committee. He called the Patman bill a class measure and warned it risks financial stability while the National Association of Manufacturers protested the plan as an "experiment."
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Washington
Fred C. Reynolds
Baltimore
House
Ways and Means
Reynolds
Financelal
Rainey Ofllinois
Manufacturers
National Association of Manufacturers
James A. Emery
Emery
Oklahoma court reverses Murray ouster of Lew Wentz
Two district judges ruled that Lew Wentz should be reinstated as head of the Oklahoma highway commission. The decision vacated Gov. Murray’s appointment of Maude O. Thomas to succeed Wentz. An appeal to the state supreme court is expected as the case moves forward.
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Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
Lew Wentz
Oklahoma Highway Commission
Murray
Miss Thomas
Wentz
Sabine River oil development board meeting called
Gov. R. 8. Sterling has convened this afternoon a meeting of the mineral development board formed by the legislature to explore oil prospects in the Sabine River area of the East Texas field.
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Sabine
Austin
Sterling
Mineral Development Board
Sabine River
East Texas
American Baked Ham Pacifies Chinese Reds
From Amoy China April 25 advancing Communist troops occupied Changchow and looted foreign property. A missionary family hid as the cook served them American baked ham to placate the raiders who left the house intact. Cantonese forces were 15 miles away and tensions remained high.
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Se Amoy
China
Changchow
Guard Gang Suspects After Indian Slaying
In Tishomingo Oklahoma guards surrounded the town amid threats to three of seven accused gangsters tied to the kidnap slaying of Jim Woods a Seminole rancher. Sheriff Fred Hunt traced the group to a nationwide network with ties to bonds diamonds and illegal liquor in a case described as multi angled and connected to a Kansas City headquarter.
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Tishomingo
Okla
U.P
Jim Woods
Fred Hunt
Oklahoma City
Woods
Sheriff Hunt
Fort Worth
Tulsa
Enid
Kansas City
Chicago
Hurley Credits Hoover for Stabilization Leadership
Oklahoma City April 25 Patrick J Hurley Secretary of War told the Republican state convention President Hoover has pointed the way to stabilization of worldwide economic conditions He said Hoover led Europe to an international moratorium and credit support and inspired the nine power treaty pact of Paris and League of Nations efforts while his economic reconstruction program moves through a House led by opponents.
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Oklahoma City
Patrick J. Hurley
Hoover
Europe
League of Nations
House of Representatives
Aviatrix and Captain Freed in Clarke Death Case
Mrs Jessie Keith Miller an Australian filer and her partner Capt W N Lancaster were released from custody as investigators shift focus. State Attorney N Vernon Hawthorne with Justice Thomas Ferguson postponed the inquest previously set for today to allow further inquiry into the death of Haden Clarke fiance of Mrs Keith Miller.
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Miami
Fla
Jessie Keith-Miller
W. N. Lancaster
Haden Clarke
N. Vernon Hawthorne
Thomas 8. Ferguson
State health nurse on way to Pampa round-up
Miss Celia Moore an itinerant nurse for the state health department visited Amarillo Sunday. For the next 30 days she will be at Pampa and in Gray County adjoining counties for the Parent Teacher summer health round up.
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Celia Moore
State Health Department of Health
Amarillo
Miss Moore
Pampa
Gray County
Government asks Supreme Court to deny Capone tax case review
The government filed its brief with the Supreme Court clerk opposing a review of Al Capone’s conviction for failing to pay income tax. Solicitor General Thatcher argued the circuit court’s decision was proper and urged denial of the petition. Capone remains held in Cook County Jail during the appeal process.
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Washington
Government Today
Supreme Court
al Capone
Chicago
Thomas D. Thatcher
Circuit Court of Appeals
Capone
High Court
Cook County
Ilinois
Floydada Drug Store Fire Burns Central Business Block
Fire swept the Floydada Drug Company building early today causing about 15000 dollars in loss. A doctor's office and a beauty parlor were destroyed while smoke and water damaged the First National Bank building. The drug store stock fixtures and building losses exceeded 12000 dollars. Firemen checked the blaze preventing spread to adjacent structures.
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Floydada
Floydada Drug Company
First National Bank
Hoover Accepts Talk at Governors Conference
President Hoover will speak at the Governors' conference in Richmond Virginia on Wednesday after accepting the invitation.
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Washington
Hoover
Richmond
Barbecue Donor List Grows Fund To 285 50 For May Banquet
The John Snider honorary barbecue in Washington D C raises donations fast. By noon cash contributions reach 258 50 with Amarillo names including Stone Gulerie Amarillo Hotel Co O Y Vernon and others listed, aimed at a May 21 banquet for Bascom N Timmons James Beverly and Marvin Jones.
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John Snider
Washington
D. C
Globe and News
Bascom N. Timmons
Washington Press Club
James Beverly
Porto Rico
Marvin Jones
Sores
Frank French
W. N. Durham
E. N. Stanley
K. Tennison
A. Schoenhaven
H. KR. Smith
Odd Fellows Panhandle Convention Heads to Amarillo
Hundreds of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs are expected in Amarillo for a two day Panhandle Association convention. The event opens at 10 tomorrow at I O O F Hall with a special program and ends Wednesday night with a dance. Officials include F H Pranto of Pampa president and Lizzie Walker of Pampa vice president.
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Lodge
Panhandle Association
Amarillo
I. O. O. F. Hall
F. H. Pranto
Pampa
Lizzie Walker
FP. F. Walker
O. T. Glasscock
Shamrock
E. Q. Vestal
Dallas
James
Rebakah Assembly
Lizzie Bunch
Fort Worth
Assembly
W. E. Jackson
Wichita
Kan
Lindberghs to quit Sourland Hills home this week
Lindy and Anne Lindbergh plan to move from the Sourland Hills estate to Englewood likely Wednesday. State police headquarters for the Charles Jr. kidnap case will shift to Trenton with only a few troopers remaining to guard the property as no new leads have surfaced. Harding Ranch 25¢ gate fee.
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Hopewell
N. J
Lindberghs
Englewood
Sourland Hills
New Jersey State Police
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Trenton
Child Killed in Attack at Cunningh am Ranch
Habeas corpus hearings sought release of 13 year old Hdith McComas held on murder charges for slaying cattleman J A Cunningham and his wife Ruth McComas at the Cunningham ranch near Matador. The girl allegedly killed Cunningham with an ax after an attempted assault. the mother was away.
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U.P
Hdith McComas
J. A. Cunningham
Motley County
Ruth McComas
Cunningham
McComas
Cunningham Ranch
Santa Fe
N. M
Sterling Price
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