Texas Senate approves House plan for August 26 3.2 beer election
The Texas Senate adopted a House resolution ordering a statewide vote August 26 on legalizing 3.2 beer by weight. The measure includes a constitutional amendment, election proclamation by the governor, and wet or dry status rules for subdivisions. A companion beer bill with taxes and licenses was debated in separate votes.
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Austin
W.A
Texas Senate
House
Elective Highway Commission
Ferguson
Senate
Walter Woodward
Coleman
Unpaid Teachers Press Banks as Chicago Crisis Deepens
Chicago teachers unpaid since last July rally at banks and city hall after riots at Chicago Title and Trust and the First National Bank. Mayor Kelly says he will seek cuts in school board expenses and legislation to compel tax payments so bankers may lend funds. A separate note reports Paul Schneider, a 44 year old manual training teacher, killed himself at home amid tax default pressures.
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Edward J. Kelly
Chicago Title and Trust Company
First National Bank
Chicago
U.P
Paul Schneider
Grant Park
Charles G. Dawes
Famous Flying Pair Greeted by Large Amarillo Crowd
Lindberghs Charles and Anne Maria arrive at English Field in a Lockheed Vega seven seat plane from Elk City Oklahoma. Mayor Ross D Rogers and 1 000 plus locals greet the famous aviators as they inspect TWA routes forming a triangle through Oklahoma Kansas Missouri. The couple's western leg ends in Albuquerque before continuing to Los Angeles for mail ship plans.
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Filer
Ross D. Rogers
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Lindbergh
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Tulsa
Springfield
Amerillo
Kansas City
Wichita
Rogers
Lindberghs
Bill” Beechler
Anne Morrow
Dwight Morrow
Hoppor Albuquerque
Hoe
English Field
Albuquerque
Los Angeles
TWA
Elk City
Fear Japan Soviet Crisis Presses On In Manchuria
Moscow reports allege Japan sought to seize control of the Chinese Eastern Railroad by disrupting traffic and withholding freight. Soviet and Japanese troop concentrations along the Manchurian frontier raise fears of armed conflict as dispatches outline a plan to impede the Soviet line and retain rolling stock in Manchoukuo.
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Eugene Lyons
Moscow
Japan
Manchuria
Manchurian
Harbin
Manchoukuo
Anglo French money pact eyed to save franc and pound
London dispatch says British financiers believe a Franco Anglo financial agreement would save the franc stabilize the gold standard and keep the pound depreciated against the dollar. The plan would have the Bank of England lend francs bought with its equalization fund to France as exchange stabilizer and is seen as a counter to potential American dollar depreciation. President Roosevelt indicates willingness to discuss debt revision.
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W. G. Quisenberry
United Press
London
France
America
Bank of England
PTA Conference Reports From Thursday Sessions
District officers and committee chairmen led the Thursday morning session of the Parent-Teacher Association conference. A memorial service honored Eighth District members who died this year. Gray County Council and Wilson School of Amarillo won first in publicity scrapbooks and both earned 100 percent in district and state contests. sent to nationals. Pringle PTA won cake for best celebration of state and national birthdays. About 250 delegates from 135 Panhandle associations attended the three day event. Conference city for 1934 to be chosen Thursday afternoon.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Gray County Council
Wilson School of
Amarillo
Pringle P-T-A
Panhandle
Matsuoka Returns to Japan to Rousing Welcome
Yosuke Matsuoka triumphantly returns to Yokohama as Japan shows unity over Manchuria. He urges the public to set aside factional differences and face the empire’s crisis, citing American leadership during the current national ordeal. In Peiping area, Chinese and Japanese forces fight near Nantienmen with heavy bombardment and stubborn Chinese resistance.
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Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoka
League of Nations
Japan
Manchuria
Family of Nations
Geneva
United States
Yokohama
Matsuoka
Empire
Roosevelt
City Collects Over Twenty-Five Thousand In 1932 Taxes
The city of Amarillo reports 1932 taxes collected on the deferred payment plan total $25,691.55 as of April 22 per the weekly financial statement by city auditor F. M. Barker. Since then about $3,000 more has been received, with $2,671.14 paid in a single day. The third payment on the plan is due on or before Saturday, and nearly 60 percent of the levy has been paid.
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Amarillo
F. M. Barker
Forestry Jobs Now Open In Amarillo For Youths
Government forestry service seeks 35 000 new Civil Conservation Corps recruits. Amarillo applicants can pick up enrollment blanks at Community Chest offices, then report to Army recruitment for a physical. Training at Fort Sill precedes assignment to one of 40 Texas camps, including Palo Duro Canyon locations.
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Community Chest
Amarillo
Fort Sill
Palo Duro
Panhandle
A Trip for Shakespeare Farewell Gold What Is Gold Money
Arthur Brisbane muses on Shakespeare and a cross continental trip imagining this land as England. He jokes that if Shakespeare toured the United States the realm would fit in Texas and California could obscure England’s scenery.
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Shakespeare
Uncle Sam
England
Texas
San Bernardino County
California
Mississippi River
Texas Regulator Allows Increased Oil Output Amid Price Strike
The Texas Railroad Commission ordered production to about 750000 barrels daily to permit operators who halted wells to resume output as price cuts to 10 cents a barrel trigger a seller strike in East Texas. Capt. B. E. Stanley announced the decision before noon. Gov Miriam A Ferguson signed the marginal well measure passed last week.
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Texas Railroad Commission
BE. N. Stanley
Commission
Texas Company
Austin
O.R
Miriam A. Ferguson
Amarillo Area Forecast: Warmer and Partly Cloudy
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight in Amarillo and West Texas west of the 100th meridian. Friday remains unsettled with Panhandle highs up to 87 and low temps around 42.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
Bonus drive pauses as lawmakers seek Senate route
The House bonus advocates led by Rep. Patman suspend caucus action on the $2.2 billion veterans' cash-payment plan. The group cites Senate consideration of their proposal and maintains the fund payment via adjusted service certificates remains preferred to reach every region. The move follows a wave of national economic indicators and a push for a bonus march on Washington.
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Washington
Veterans’ Bloc
Patman
Texas
Senate
Senate Moves On Gold Content Debate And Soldier Bonus
The Senate pressed toward a vote on the power to lower the gold content of the dollar as free coinage of silver is already in the inflation measure. The issue overlaps with paying the soldiers bonus from new currency, while House supporters pause to wait for Senate outcomes. Senator Reed seeks to strike the lowering clause. Senator Robinson offers a bonus payment amendment.
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Washington
Senate
House
Reed
Pennsylvania
Robinson
Indiana
Glass
Virginia
Crawford to Play for May I Dance at The Nat
Jack Crawford and his orchestra travel from Hollywood to Amarillo for the May Day dance at The Nat. Proceeds benefit the Potter County Library book fund. Dance from 9 to 1 with Mason King as emcee. Prices 31 plus tax for couples, 1 plus tax for singles, 50 cents for extra ladies.
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Crawford
Nat
Hollywood
Jack Crawford
Amarillo
Wilbur C. Hawk
Potter County Library
Mason King
Jolly Jack
Big City
Rain Drifts Across Plains Sector With Wide Moisture Spread
Showers linger across Amarillo and the North Plains with forecasts of continued overcast skies and warmer nights. Dispatch reports record several small totals from Santa Fe lines to Waynoka, Shattuck, Dimmitt, and Texhoma, while a drizzle extends toward Clovis and Canyon with atmospheric disturbances.
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Amarillo
North Plains
Santa Fe
Waynoka
Shattuck
Okla
Higgins
Canadian
Perryton
Horse
Spearman
Buffalo
Dumas
Boise City
Pampa
Clinton
Panhandle
Rock Island
Texhoma
Port Worth & Denver
Dimmitt
Clovis
N. M
Canyon
Hereford
Bovina
Texico
Tascosa
Forgers at Work Trio Sought in Amarillo
Deputies hunt two men and a woman accused of passing forged checks in Amarillo. The trio used counterfeit notes at Palo Duro Apartments Edgefield Grocery Fox Drug No 1 and Earle Wyatt stores, drawing on Amarillo banks. Deputy W L Lyons says authorities are tracing the suspects.
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Amarillo
W. L. Lyons
Randall County
Palo Duro
Edgefield
Fox Drug
Earle Wyatt
American Ambassador Gibson Relocated to Rio de Janeiro
Brussels report says Ambassador Hugh 8. Gibson of the United States is transferred to Rio de Janeiro by the Roosevelt administration. The move alters diplomatic postings and signals a reshuffle within the U.S. foreign service.
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Brussels
Belgium
Hugh 8. Gibson
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Roosevelt
Rev Inman Seeks New Post After Family Rifts
The suspended Cave Springs Mo Presbyterian pastor Sharon C Inman visited his father in Randolph Iowa with hopes of a new job. He left his wife and two children with Miss Ela Pat Holdridge and did not appear before the Presbytery of the Ozarks to answer charges of gross immorality. A second citation sets trial for May 12.
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Randolph
Iowa
Sharon C. Inman
Cave Springs
Inman
Mins Ela
Pat” Holdridge
Oklahoma
Misa Holdridge
Sanford
Texas
Presbytery of
the Ozark
Girls Located After Disappearance in Amarillo
Police said two Amarillo girls Margherite Lawrence and Betty Jo Brown were found Sunday night at the home of relatives in Anton Hockley County. Relatives have been notified and police noted many recent runaway reports.
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Amarillo
Anton
Hockley County
Marguerite Lawrence
Betty Jo Brown
Paint Up and Clean Up Bandwagon Encourages Local Repairs
The Business Service Want Ads in Amarillo list expert general repairmen to help households and put men to work. The note urges residents to inspect homes for repairs and join the cleanup effort.
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