Sterling Sterling Sterling campaign schedule and speeches
Gov Ross S Sterling began the run off campaign with an 8 30 A M speech at Luling and planned stops at Waelder Flatonia Shiner Halletsville Yoakum Cuero and Gonzales in a tight day schedule. He rebutted Ferguson backers and touted school funding while Moody Hobby Nef and previous governors supported schooling. Mrs Miriam Ferguson joined the campaign office efforts and planned weekend trips to San Angelo Coleman and Lampasas with public addresses and supporter handshakes.
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Nixon
Kenedy
Karnes City
Path
Floresville
Stockdale
Seguin
Lockhart
the Lamp
James E. Ferguson
Dan Moody
Sterling
Terrell
Austin
U.P
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ross S. Sterling
Texas
Ferguson Forum
Jim
San Angelo
Coleman
Lampasas
Ferguson
Tokyo Irked Geneva Glad Over Speech
Reports from Tokyo express irritation at Secretary Stimson's address on the Briand Kellogg pact while Geneva circles welcomed his remarks as a global moral stance. Tokyo asked for a full embassy report, and officials tied his words to Japan as aggressor in Manchuria. In Geneva, League officials hailed a pledge that U S action will be clear in future league actions.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Geneva
New York
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Council On Foreign Relations
Far East
Washington
Japan
Manchuria
League of Nations
League
United States
Demos Defer Legal Action On Negro Voting
Fort Worth Texas August 9 The Democratic state executive committee will wait until the September 13 state convention in Lubbock to decide whether to seek repeal of all laws governing the party and the status of Negro votes The delay follows a federal court decision and aims to allow time for related litigation to be resolved Chairman W O Huggins suggested the postponement to await further developments in Negro voting cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
U.P
Democratic State Executive Committee
Lubbock
W. O. Huggins
Coca Cola Records Set in Second Quarter Sales
Coca Cola announces the second quarter of 1932 ended June 39 was the largest in history for sales due to advance syrup purchases in anticipation of a federal tax. Directors declare a regular dividend of 1.75 dollars per share and an extra 25 cent dividend on one million common shares payable October 1 to stockholders of record September 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
U.P
Coca Cola Company Today
Unemployment Relief Funds Sought Through Governor Austin
Texas city and county officials were urged to apply for unemployment relief funds via Governor R.S. Sterling’s office. Instructions and blank applications from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation were available at the governor’s office.
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Austin
Texas
R.S. Sterling
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
German Riot Act Drawn Up in Berlin
Berlin reports that Germany's cabinet moved to curb political violence by decreeing the death penalty for persons involved in political acts of violence. The decree imposes execution for anyone caught with a weapon in a crowd where a death occurs, even if they did not commit the murder, and punishes rioting, treason, arson, instigation of explosions or floods, or damage to railways or railway equipment.
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Berlin
U.P
Germany
Cotton Harvest Lowest Since 1922 in Texas
Indications show Texas cotton harvested acreage and production will be the smallest since 1922. Forecast production reaches 3,826,000 bales from 13,681,000 acres left for harvesting after normal abandonment. 1931 output was 5,320,000 bales. five-year average 4,613,000. Aug 1 crop at 69 percent of normal versus 75 last year. Average yield 134 pounds per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Federal-State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Lone bandit robs Chico bank for 2500 dollars
Decatur reports a lone bandit robbed the Chico bank of 2500 dollars yesterday after locking cashier W. E. Baldridge and a customer in the vault. The incident prompted police to search for the suspect and secure the scene.
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Lone Bandit
Chico Bank
Decatur
Chico
W. E. Baldridge
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast for Tonight and Wednesday
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair tonight and Wednesday with generally fair conditions across West Texas. Temperature highs 83 degrees, low around 64 during the day.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Bill serials link Lindbergh ransom money to Halifax case
Halifax Nova Scotia August 9 police identified three twenty dollar bills two tens and two fives bearing serial numbers matching money paid in the Lindbergh case exact plate numbers not yet confirmed. The notes were deposited by Carrie Anderson a Hamp ton Virginia nurse at the Bank of Nova Scotia Albert New Brunswick and handed to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. General McBrien head of the mounted police said he is investigating. Anderson said she obtained the 90 dollars from a Hampton Virginia bank.
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Halifax
N. S&s
Bronx
John F. Condon
Lindbergh
Miss
Carrie Anderson
Hampton
Bank of Nova Scotia
Albert
N. B
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Moncton
Ottawa
McBrien
The
Mounted Police
Miss Anderson
Stock Market Dances With Profit Taking In Wide Swings
The New York stock market fluctuated through the day with nervous price swings and rising volume on rallies as traders reassessed profits. Cotton recouped losses to $14, while several utilities and rails showed strength amid erratic moves. U S Steel lagged. In Atlanta, strong cotton gains added to a paper wealth surge of several million, prompting calls to curb Farm Board stabilization sales.
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New York
Atlanta
Federal Farm Board
Widow Libby Holman Flees Hotel in North Carolina
Libby Holman Reynolds, widow of tobacco heir Smith Reynolds, again disappeared from a Winston-Salem area hotel eight hours after a brief return. She, flanked by two young men, hurried into a sedan and left, wearing a tan sports outfit and dark glasses. Her attorney said she desires an immediate trial, ideally before the child is born, with the Forsyth County court term beginning in October.
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Reidsville
Libby Holman
Smith Reynolds
Libby
Winston Salem
N. C
Libby Holman Reynolds
Benet Polikoff
Atheys
Polikoff
Mra. Reyno
Forsyth County
Left Haden to Care for Her in Murder Trial
In Miami on August 9 Captain W N Lancaster testified he shot Haden Clarke after Clarke wooed Mrs J M Keith-Miller while Lancaster claimed friendship. Lancaster said Clarke promised to care for Mrs Keith-Miller during his West trip, a pledge tied to a London to Australia flight era. Mrs Keith-Miller testified she no longer loved Clarke or Lancaster though she remained fond of him.
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Miami
Fla
W. N. Lancaster
Haden Clarke
West
J. M. Keith-Miller
Lancaster
Clarke
Keith-Miller
Pastor A. Berrie Indicted for Murder in Oklahoma
Rev. A. Berrie a 52 year old songwriter and pastor was indicted by a Muskogee County grand jury on charges of murder in the death of his first wife died last March 21. The case followed a rapid sequence to his marriage to Ida Bess Bright two months later. After learning of the indictment he asked his wife to bring ruled music paper and began writing notes. he has not hired an attorney.
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Muskogee
Okla
A. Berrie
Muskogee County
Berrie
Ida Bess Bright
Rains Relieve Panhandle Crops Across Lands
Rainfall across the Panhandle and nearby areas eased drought on row crops and pastures. Am arillo and Am arillo area totals reached .20 inches this month with .05 inches downtown. A hard shower brought about two inches near Tascosa and Goodnight while Amarillo, Canyon and Hereford saw light rain. Forecast calls for fair tonight and partly cloudy Wednesday.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Canyon
Hereford
Clovis
N. M
Tascosa
Washburn
Goodnight
Fort Worth
Edith McCormick Falls Ill in Chicago Drake Hotel
Edith Rockfeller McCormick, daughter of John D. Rockefeller and once among the world's wealthiest women, lay seriously ill in her Chicago Drake Hotel apartment. Family and intimate friends kept her illness hushed as officials disclosed a relapse linked to a illness for which she had surgery two years earlier.
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Chicago
U.P
Edith Rockfeller McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Drake Hotel
Roosevelt to tour Pacific Coast campaign visit
Governor Franklin D Roosevelt will visit the Pacific Coast during his campaign tour, announced by Democratic campaign manager James A Farley on August 9. The trip aims to bolster support ahead of the elections and features no additional details.
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Roosevelt
Pacific
New York
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
James A. Farley
Arthur Brisbane column in The Globe highlights daily topics
The Globe features Arthur Brisbane as a leading American writer whose column presents timely opinions. The piece notes that the views are his own and should not be read as The Globe editorials. Copyright 1982 King Features Syndicate.
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The
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
Wri
America
Globe
Brisbane
California Road Trip With Packer Through San Simeon
The narrator travels from Oakland to San Francisco then over 250 miles of calm California roads and 40 miles of winding mountain trails to Hearst Ranch at San Simeon. He describes San Francisco as unshaken by trouble, praises California’s scenery from the Santa Clara and Salinas valleys to Paso Robles, and notes Philadelphia like remarks by Chevrolet manager William Packer.
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San Simeon
Calif
Oakland
San Francisco
California
William Packer
Chevrolet Company
Alaska
Mexican California
Salt Lake City
Santa Clara Valley
Salinas Valley
Paso Robles
Packer
Petition to open Bivins school and tax action discussed
Trustees heard that opening the Bivins school this fall hinges on a petition signed by parents of 115 children. Darrell Jackson was named tax attorney with stepped commissions on collected taxes. Public budget hearings set for August 18 as a delegation pressed to reconsider school closure.
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Bivins
West Side
Darrell Jackson
James R. Tolbert
Miles Realty Company
Don R. Marsalis
J. B. Martin
Oswin McCarty
Ranch Slaying Case Seeks Change of Venue
In Matador Texas a 31 year old Ruth McComas and her daughter Edith faced trial for the ax slaying of 68 year old rancher J A Cunningham. The case was moved to Floyd County with trial likely set for October 18 and the district attorney sought dismissal of the 13 year old co defendant.
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Matador
Tex
Ruth McComas
Edith
J. A. Cunningham
Pioneer
A. J. Folley
Twenile Court
Kenneth Bain
Arkansas Votes On Record Size State Primary
Arkansas voters filled polls in a record Democratic primary with about 300000 taking part. The centerpiece was United States Senator Hattie W Caraway seeking re election, with seven candidates vying for governor and Democratic nomination considered tantamount to election in the state.
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Little Rock
Ark
Gradual price rise forecast for commodities across sectors
In Kansas City on August 9 a committee of Midwest Retail Merchants Council officers and directors reported that commodity prices have likely reached a low point. They foresee gradual improvement in prices for both farm and manufactured goods from here onward.
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Kansas City
Midwest Retail Merchants Council
Aged Natchez duo charged in Miss Merrill murder
In Natchez Mississippi Richard Dana sixty one and Octavia Dockery sixty one were charged with the murder of Jane Merrill sixty eight a social figure from the 1880s. Fingerprint experts tied Dockery to a print found at the Merrill home and showed prints resembling Dana. Both suspects denied the charges and the slaying occurred last Thursday night at the mansion on the city outskirts.
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Natchez, Miss
Jane Merrill
Richard Dana
Octavia Dockery
Merrill
Miss Dockery
Boy Aviator on Flight to Mexico Making Time
Spartanburg 8 C Aug 9 Bob Buck 18 refueled here after leaving Newark at 5 25 am. He landed at 8 05 am refueled and departed at 8 20 am for Mexico City reporting easy flying and no trouble so far on his trip from Richmond.
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Spartanburg
8. C
Bob Buck
Newark
N. J
Mexico City
Filer
Richmond
Water Polo Turmoil Leads to Brazil Disqualification at Olympics
At the Los Angeles Games, a fight erupted after a referee decision in the Brazil vs Germany water polo match. Police restored order as the International Swimming Federation disqualified the entire Brazilian team of 11. Helene Madison set a new 100 meter freestyle mark, while the United States swept women's springboard diving with Mickey Riley Gallitzen winning.
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Los Angeles
U.P
International Swimming Federation
Komjati
Blanco
Helene Madison
Seattle
United States
Mickey Riley
Gallitzen
Australian aviatrix testifies involving Lancaster Clark case
Mrs Jessie M Keith Miller told a Miami witness stand she loves neither Capt W N Lancaster nor her former fiancé Haden Clark during the trial of Lancaster in the Clark mystery death.
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Jessie M. Keith-Miller
Miami
Fla
W. N. Lancaster
Haden Clark
Lancaster
Clark
Texas GOP in Demo Attack at Dallas Nomination Conv.
Texas Republicans led by Harve Haines of Port Arthur predicted Franklin D. Roosevelt would not carry his home precinct. They planned a full state ticket to oppose the Democrats in November with a governor race featuring contenders John F. Grant Orville Bullington George C Hopkins and Henry Zweifel.
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Dallas
Texas
Harve Haines
Port Arthur
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mexico
United States
Haines
Congress
John F. Grant
Houston
Orville Bullington
Wichita Falls
George C. Hopkins
Henry Zweifel
Fort Worth
Grant
Bullington
Rene B. Creager
Brownsville
G. O. P. Power
R. 8. Sterling
Myre
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ferguson
George Butte
Bolivia hints at halt to fight for peace talks
In La Paz Bolivia says it is ready to suspend hostilities pending arbitration with Paraguay if Paraguay and neutral powers accept Gran Chaco positions as bases for talks. Neutrals urged a one day pause. In Asuncion Foreign Minister Arbo told Stimson Bolivia attacked Fort Carlos Antonio Lopez and requested notice to neutral nations, with reports of fort taking denied.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Asuncion
Higinio Arbo
Stimson
Washington
Fort Carlos Antonio Lopez
Radio crooner shot in Austin after street corner shooting
David Moore, radio crooner, is hospitalized in Austin with a bullet wound to the abdomen from a late night shooting police say stemmed from a family row. Douglass Childress was questioned by police.
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Radio Crooner
Austin
David Moore
Douglass Childress
Reynolds Displaced Fianch Resting in London
Nancy Hoyt, once a novelist and former friend of the late Smith Reynolds, travels to London for treatment after Reynolds died in North Carolina. Hoyt reveals Reynolds urged marriage in 1930 while they were bound for Europe, and says they later divorced and did not wed due to fear of gossip. The report notes Hoyt’s major operation recovery and her care by a nurse in London.
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Reynolds
London
Smith Reynolds
Wi Salem
N. C
Nancy
Miss Hoyt
Associated Press
Frien
Carolinf
Ming
Cabinet Resigns in Nanking Crisis Over Manchuria Policy
The tire cabinet of the Nanking government resigned this afternoon. Members in Shanghai sent a joint telegram to Nanking announcing their decision while those in Nanking joined in action. The move followed Premier Wang Ching’s resignation and his dissatisfaction with the passive policy of northern military authorities on Manchuria.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Shanhai
Niking
Wang Ching
Wang
Becau
Manchuria
Stratosphere Flight Postponed by Weather in Zurich
Professor Auguste Piccard, famed for stratospheric flights, completes final preparations for another high altitude launch in Zurich but says takeoff will not occur until tomorrow depending on weather conditions.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Auguste Piccard
Reece Wins Republican Nomination in Tennessee District One
Nashville Aug 9 official primary vote totals from telegraphic reports show former Representative B. roll Reece defeating O. B. Lovette for the Republican nomination to Congress from Tennessee's First District by a margin of 1 607 votes.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
B.roll Reece
O. B. Lovette
Congress
First Tennessee
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