Hoover's War Secretary On Stand At Quiz Clashes Mark Hearing
Patrick Hurley former secretary of war testified before the Senate lobby committee that his law firm earned 100000 in three years from Associated Gas and Electric while denying lobbying. He clashed with Chairman Black, shouting and defending his conduct as he defended client shares and public welfare.
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Nathan Robertson Washington
U.P
Patrick Hurley
Hoover
Senate
Associated Gas and Electric System
Hurley
Senate Banking Committee
Associated Before the Trade Commission
Black
Whimseys and Oddities Across The Nation
A playful patchwork of brief items from several cities. In Mexico three travelers struggle with language for a bull fight tale. Nebraska officials weigh bounty questions for rattlesnake control. A New York courthouse scene involves a marriage license bid. A Wheeling case centers on a thirteenth docketed defendant and a thirteen month sentence.
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Arkansas City
Kans
Raymond Wright
Bob Elston
Bill Hamilton
Mexico
Bilbao
Tax plan eyed to shift corporate tax burden
Washington reports say Internal Revenue Counsel Robert H. Jackson told the Senate Finance Committee the proposed graduated corporate tax would redistribute the burden, reducing taxes for about 95 percent of corporations while larger firms would bear more. He cited Treasury estimates that 182,000 corporations would pay less under the plan.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Robert H. Jackson
Senate Finance Committee
Jackson
Treasury
Rioting dress workers assault police in Dallas clash
In Dallas on August 74 striking women garment workers fought police at two dress plants. Twenty seven women and three men were arrested as four officers and two bystanders were injured. Police, patrol cars, and torn coats marked the confrontation.
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Dallas
P. D. Hale
F. T. Alexander
Flay Nelson
L. T. Spencer
Nella Franklin
Jeannette Phillips
George Cox
Lorch Manufacturing Company
Morten-Davis Company
All Eyes on Mussolini as Siam Faces Insurrection Plot
Siam reports a major insurrectionary plot within its defense forces aimed at overthrowing the government. Non commissioned officers allegedly planned to arrest and kill superiors to seize control, with a special court set to try the revolutionaries. Former King Prajadhipok abdicated March 3 and Prince Ananda was proclaimed king.
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Bangkok
Siam
Prajadhiupok
Prajadhipok
Sukhodaya
England
Ananda
Lauskne
Switzerland
Prince Mahidol
Mussolini Looms Over Europe in Series Portrait
Milton Brenner profiles Benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator, outlining his rise from poverty to power, his shift from socialist to monarchist, and his mastery of state religion and military display as tensions with Ethiopia threaten a major conflict.
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Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
Milton Brenner
Milton Bronner
Italy
Vatican
Hogs Climb to Price Record on Fort Worth Market
Hogs rose to 11.35 dollars per hundredweight on the Fort Worth live stock market, up 15 cents from the previous six year high of 11.20 dollars. The advance marks a new peak for hog prices in the market report.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Like a Dime Novel Hero Shine Mister Shine Mister
Amarillo's eleven year old Paul Whitney starts a nickel shoe shining business from a street corner. He travels the North Fillmore Street tourist camp with a homemade box, hoping customers notice his bright shines and climb from rags to riches. He treats setbacks with Alger like optimism.
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Amarillo
Horatio Alger
Paul Whitney
Fillmore Street
West Highway Travel Booms
West highways teem with motor tourists as states report increased road travel across canyons and passes. Gasoline tax revenue rises about ten percent from last year while national parks dude ranches and resorts gain from the surge in visitors. Some once closed areas reopen to capacity crowds.
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San Francisco
America
Associated Press
Trinity River Canalization Feasible, Engineers Say
Fort Worth Aug 7. The Trinity River canalization from Fort Worth to Galveston is feasible from an engineering view though costly. Col E H Marks and Col W T Hannum reported to the chief engineer that canalization and river rectification would shorten waterway distance from Fort Worth and Dallas to Galveston Bay.
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Fort Worth
Trinity River
Galveston
U. 8 Board of Engineers
U. S. Board of Engineers
E. H. Marks
W. T. Hannum
U. S. War Department
Dallas
Galveston Bay
Japan Appeased by Cartoon Sympathy
Asahi reports high officials will close the Vanity Fair incident in view of sincere sympathy from the American State Department. A foreign office spokesman said full reports from Ambassador Hiroji Saito were lacking on measures taken in Washington over insults to the Japanese imperial house in the August issue.
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Tokyo
Asahi
Foreign Office
Vanity Fair
State Department
Hiroji Saito
Washington
Fight Tonight Broadcast By KGNC
The King Levinsky versus Joe Louis fight will air on radio station KGNC starting at 9 p.m. local time. Wes Izzard announced the delayed network program featuring Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians and Stoopnagle and Budd will move up to 8–9 p.m. to permit the fight broadcast.
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King Levinsky
Joe Louis
KGNC
Globe News
Wes Izzard
Izzard
Ford
Fred Waring
Stoopnagle
Budd
Another Vote for Kentucky Democratic Governor Nomination
Factions led by Thomas S. Rhea and Lieutenant Governor A B Chandler prepare for a month of campaign combat after a Kentucky primary produced Rhea about a 10 000 plurality over his rival with roughly three quarters of votes counted.
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Louisville
Thomas S. Rhea
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Rhea
One Dead Four Hurt When Train Hits Car
One unidentified man was killed and four others injured when a car carrying Henry E. Hartner a wealthy Alexandria oil and lumber operator was struck by a Missouri Pacific train at Kahn West Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana early today. Hartner was among the injured in the collision.
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Baton Rouge
Henry E. Hartner
Alexandria
Missouri Pacific
Kahn
West Baton Rouge Parish
Rescue Reaches Hikers Stranded on Half Dome
Trapped climbers Miss Elizabeth Lorimer and Robert Pate were rescued after nightlong efforts by four Yosemite rangers who fought to reach the ledge 200 feet below Pate. Fire signals drew help from Mirror Lake as dawn broke and a cheering crowd gathered to watch the perilous operation.
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Yosemite Valley
Cal
U.P
Elizabeth Lorimer
Chicopee
Mass
Robert Pate
Inglewood
Calif
Mirror Lake
Miss Lorimer
Half- Dome
Pate
Fach
Plan Renewed Drive on Jews in Berlin
An official Nazi announcement in Berlin stated that further measures would be taken to halt a surge of undesirables, especially Jews seeking refuge. The plan, drafted by Count Wolf Hendrick von Helldorf and Julius Lippert, aims to curb migration from the provinces, with details not disclosed.
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Berlin
Count Wolf Hendrick von Helldorf
Julius Lippert
Weather forecast for Amarillo and nearby regions
Forecast calls for fair tonight and partly cloudy Thursday afternoon in Amarillo and West Texas. New Mexico expected partly cloudy with little temperature change. Temperature extremes reach 68 to 88 by 1 o clock.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Blaze on ship shocks harbor witnesses
A blaze erupted aboard a vessel prompting firefighting crews to rush to the scene as smoke and alarms drew onlookers. Investigations focused on the cause while nearby docks limited the spread of flames. No injuries were reported.
Berlin posters attack Catholics as eternal enemies of the Reich
The Globe notes eight foot red posters in Berlin brandishing anti Catholic rhetoric. Officials claim the campaign targets Catholic opposition to Nazi rule and accuses Catholics of collusion with Bolshevism as a threat to German unity.
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Berlin
Grafting Center
Reich
Germany
War rumors swirl in Addis as Japan mentioned observers
A rumor denied by officials but persisting in Addis Ababa claims a Japanese military mission may have left Kobe to observe a potential Ethiopia Italy war. An unconfirmed report also states 3,000 gas masks of German manufacture were shipped into the city.
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Addis
Ababa
U.P
Kobe
Ethiopia
Italy
Governor Allred Backs Segregation Plan for Convicts
Governor Allred said he favored segregation and rehabilitation of convicts in response to a Prison Board proposal to segregate first term inmates from hardened criminals and modify the prison system. He did not comment further on the plan presented by W. A. Paddock. Dr. Sydney listed Mrs. C. A. Tagle of Houston as a board member.
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Austin
Allred
State Prison Board
W. A. Paddock
Sydney
C. A. Tagle
Houston
Post and Rogers depart Renton for Alaska flight
Wiley Post and Will Rogers launched from Renton Airport at 9 15 A M bound for Juneau Alaska with Mrs Post opting out citing the voyage's rigor The pair faced rainy weather as they set a course over the British Columbia coast toward Alaska hoping to continue toward Siberia and Moscow with Rogers joking of seafood stops along the way
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Seattle
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Renton
Here
Juneau
Alaska
Post
Rogers
Keteikan
Siberia
Mooscow
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Lincoln
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Nebraska Liquor Control Commission
Orville Leggett
Thedford
State Department of Agriculture
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New York
Max Staffin
Wheeling
W. Va
Joseph Lavack
Lavack
Mussolini
Fate
Europe
DUCE
Japan
Cartoon Sympathy
FHA
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
Legion
New Jeal
Boxwell Bros
New Ambulance Egypt
Rhode Island
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Frank H. Hitchcock
Globe
Mr Brisbane
Rumor
Con
Globe-News
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North High
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