Poisoner Confesses In Four Malvern Family Deaths
Mark H. Shank an Akron attorney confessed to poisoning four members of the Colley family near Malvern Arkansas. He cited as motive the imminent arrest of a victim for forgery and urged leniency in court. A third child Clyde survived after antidote treatment and police found a letter urging the victims to keep quiet.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Mark H. Shank
Akron
Ohio
Shank
Ethel Colley
Alvin
Colley
Malvern
Clyde
Wayne Couunty
Warsa
Kidnap Bond Set in Bailey Case in Dallas
United States Commissioner Lee R. Smith set bond at 100000 for Harvey Bailey and 50000 bonds for four others on federal warrants tied to the kidnapping of Oklahoma City millionaire Charles F Urscher. Hearing held at Dallas County jail, prisoners to be moved to Oklahoma City on orders from a federal judge. Bailey not eligible for bond as an escaped convict.
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Dallas
Lee R. Smith
United States
Harvey Bailey
Charles F. Urscher
Oklahoma City
Paradise
Tex
Bailey
R G. Shannon
Armon Shannon
Smith
James C. Wilses
Fort Worth
Police sweep to Wisconsin on rollers of hunt for Touhy gang
Federal agents aided by Chicago police launched a second raid into southern Wisconsin aiming to trap members of the Roger Touhy gang amid the Hamm kidnapping case. Agents used machine guns planes and a planned ambush near La Grange but the suspects escaped after a four hour pursuit.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Roger Touhy
Touhy
Milwaukee
William Hamm, Jr
St. Paul
John
Jake the Barber
Factor
Harvey Bailey
Charles F. Urschell
Oklahoma City
Paradise
Texas
la Grange
Tip
Melvin Purevis
Department of Investigation
Local NRA group to resolve Blue Eagle cases in Amarillo
Amarillo authorities plan to iron out alleged Blue Eagle displays before reporting to national NRA. Roy Cullum heads the adjustment committee as reports arrive and discussions grow heated. Chester Bordwell presided. several firms report full labor hour and wage readjustment under NRA standards.
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Amarillo
NRA
Roy Cullum
Council
Adjustment Committee
Cullum
Chester Bordwell
Horace Russell
Central Council
Ted Culp
Texas-Pacific Oil Company
Wilmer Norman
Magnolia
Rex Sets Atlantic Speed Record for Westward Run
The Italian liner Rex completed the Gibraltar to Ambrose lightship crossing of 3,181 miles in 4 days 18 hours 5 minutes at an average 28.92 knots, surpassing the Bremen for the westbound record and beating Europa’s eastbound time. It also logged a daily record of 736 sea miles at 29.61 knots.
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New York
Rex
Ambrose
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Bremen
Europa
Neons
Roosevelt Moves To Solve Steel Dispute
President Roosevelt takes the helm to smooth the steel industry dispute as he seeks to bring oil coal and automobile sectors in line with the Blue Eagle. Myron Taylor and Charles Schwab join a White House conference to press for a shorter work week and higher wages in the steel code talks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Blue Eagle
Myron Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
White House
Green
NRA
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Labor Advisory Board
Perkins
Two Hurricanes in Caribbean Reported
The weather bureau reports two tropical disturbances in the Caribbean. One storm of moderate intensity centers 200 miles south southwest of Jamaica moving northwest. The other disturbance is of mild intensity located north of Trinidad.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Jamaica
Trinidad
Oil industry code revision eyed for federal price control
Roosevelt and Hugh Johnson push a revised NRA oil code to regulate production and set minimum and maximum retail prices for crude and products. The plan would empower a federal agency to advise prices and act if industry fails to cooperate, with Ickes chairing a three member committee and coordination with a industry panel.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Interior Department
Ickes
James A. Moffett
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
M. L. Benedum
Pittsburgh
Mid-Continent
Bank Employee Fends Off Oklahoma Bank Robbers
George Littlefield, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Fletcher, repelled five men attempting a bank robbery this afternoon with gunfire. One assailant is believed wounded as the others fled.
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Fletcher, Okla
George Littlefield
First National Bank of
Fletcher
Governor Vows Clean Sweep on New Mexico Crime
Gov. Arthur Seligman declares New Mexico a no harbor for criminals amid bank robbery and kidnapping plots. He cites Lincoln County gun battles and threats against his granddaughter Joan, orders heightened protection for his family, and notes a bank spotter near First National Bank. Police hunt car with two men and a woman after a patrol shootout. Local businessmen Carl Bishop Dr. Eugene Fiske and Nathan Solomon linked to concerns.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Arthur Seligman
Lincoln County
Joan
First National Bank
Nathan Solomon
Carl Bishop
Eugene Fiske
FEF
John Greer
Waggoner's Colorado Home Guarded Against Kidnap Threat
Colorado Springs residents reported guards armed with submachine guns at Guy Waggoner's home after tips of a kidnap plot. Waggoner and Fort Worth associate J R Wright denied the threat. Police also warned of an attempted jailbreak in the Bates case tied to Charles F Artchel and suspect George Kelly in a Cadillac linked to the Urshell kidnapping.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Guy Waggoner
Fort Worth
Waggoner
Associated Press
Dixon
Colo
J. R
Albert T. Clark
William Armstrong
Albert L. Bates
Chares F. Artchel
Oklahoma City
Bates
Armstrong
North Platte
Neb
George
Machado Funds Under Cuban Seizure Probe
In Havana Aug 16 The deposed President Gerardo Machado and followers face a government probe into bank accounts and properties for possible requisition by successors. Exiled Machado reportedly plans foreign rents and is accused of illicit wartime profits. embargoes on Machadista fortunes are anticipated.
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Havana
Gerardo Machado
Treasury
Joaquin Martinez Saenz
ABC Secret Society
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Machado
Diario de la Marina
Isobel Caliger
Germany
Bahamas
Nassau
de Cespedes
Convict Miner Strike Broken at Brushy Mountain
About 160 inmates mutinied at Brushy Mountain prison mines in Tennessee for two days to protest a search that uncovered knives chisels hammers and civilian clothing. The new deputy warden O C Hendrick led the search and the commissioner of institutions Dr E W Cocke withheld food from the mutineers to end the revolt.
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Brushy Mountain
Envicts
O. C. Hendrick
E. W. Cocke
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with isolated thundershowers in the south tonight. New Mexico reports local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight, then generally fair Thursday with little temperature change. Highs up to 77, lows near 65.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Garment Plant Walkout Impacts 3 States
Workers in New York New Jersey and Connecticut walk out in a 60 000 strong strike for better conditions and higher pay under the NRA. Connecticut expects a complete tie up as 2 500 shops operate with hopes the action slows sweatshop practices. Police deployed 200 in Manhattan as crowds spilled into streets.
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New York
Garment
NRA
New Jersey
Connecticut
Roosevelt
Manhattan Garment District
Odde
Grain prices break on Chicago Board after peg removal
Aug 16 Chicago PEG OUT reports grain prices fall as restrictions on minimum prices lift. Wheat leads decline dropping five cents with corn down four and oats rye and barley down three to five cents amid a broad selling wave.
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Chicago Board
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
AT&T declares $2.25 quarterly dividend for stockholders
Directors of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company announce a regular quarterly dividend of 2.25 dollars per share on capital stock payable October 16 to stockholders of record September 15.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Navy to Extend Five Day Week at Yards
Secretary Swanson said the five day week would stay in force at government navy yards until the department secures additional funds from the Budget Bureau.
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Washington
Secretary of Navy
Swanson
Government Navy Yards
Department
Budget Bureau
Amarillo Public Schools Plan 1933-34 Term
Amarillo public schools will open for the 1933-34 session on September 11. Post graduates who meet university entrance requirements are barred from the high school. The budget is set at 450000 with a nine month term expected, salaries tied to tax collections, and six year olds may attend tuition free. A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for next Saturday night at the senior high building.
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Amarillo
Universit of Texas
Big Fight Over Potter County Taxable Value
Potter County holds three days of hearings as a Board of Equalization debates tax assessments for 1933. The county claims millions in underground resources should be taxed while landowners and oil firms deny hidden mineral wealth and past evasion.
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Potter County
500000 Families Removed From Relief Rolls
Washington August 16 1935 almost 500000 families left the relief rolls in June according to Federal Relief Administrator Hopkins report. NRA member oil ten cents at 1900 W 3rd.
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Washington
Hopkins
NRA
Swap Ad Teaches Kids Trade Practice in Want Ads
A guide suggests letting a young shopper place a SWAP ad in the Want Ads to trade for items such as golf clubs, offering practical experience in bartering and negotiation during the 20th century.
Friday Deadline for Globe-News World Fair Tour
Friday noon is the deadline for reservations on the Globe-News third world fair tour. Mason King and Miss Lois Black handle bookings from three states at The Globe-News. Sponsor Wilbur C. Hawk notes the low rate of 67.50 from Amarillo and a new Pullman car amid rising Chicago train costs. Reservations by mail, phone, telegraph, or in person, call 6262. Patrons will visit A Century of Progress in Chicago.
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Globe-News
Mason King
Lois Black
Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo
Here
Chicago
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