Rock Island System Get Conditional Merger Approval
The Interstate Commerce Commission conditionally authorized the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway and 11 subsidiaries to merge into one corporation for ownership management and operations totaling over 8 000 miles in 14 states. It requires a proper accounting method and may compel acquisition of the Wichita Northwestern Railway. President James E. Gorman said bankers expect improved credit and bond pricing, while noting the move aims at economy. The system includes three non operating firms and the Rock Island operates 7 621 miles across 12 states. Mr and Mrs Earl Van Dale and son John plan a Chicago visit to see Century of Progress.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Wichita Northwestern Railway
James E. Gorman
Rock Island
Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway
Peoria
Dean Law and Prohibition Repeal Outlook for Texas
The article explains that repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment would shift liquor regulation back to states, with Texas remaining dry under Dean Law. A 1935 Texas constitutional amendment process could allow state repeal via legislature and public vote, but local options may keep some dry areas. Local elections on August 26 concern 3.2 beer, not hard liquor.
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United States
Texas
Gandhi Starts Fast Beginning Fast To Protest
Gandhi refused his evening meal last night and began a new fast in Poona India as announced by H G Haig a home member of the legislative council in session today.
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Gandhi
Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
H. G. Haig
Legislative Council
Shades of Artificial Gas As Coal Pile Moved
Coal once stored in the Nunn Building basement since 1906 following Amarillo artificial gas arrival was removed Thursday under E. T. Renfror’s orders. The coal had been left from Surf Saloon days when the Carson Building occupied the space and was never used after the saloon connected to gas. A truckload of whiskey and beer bottles had been removed years ago. the cleanup completed the pre Volstead era vacancy.
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Amarillo
Nunn
E. T. Renfror
Surf
Carson
J. C
Frank Storm
Dawes Loans Sparked by Opposition About $90 Million
Couzens accuses the out of power party of capitalizing on a loan Dawes, former president of the RFC, obtained from the RFC amounting to 90 million dollars. The remark ties the loan to political maneuvering.
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Dawes
Couzens
Fisher Body Prizes For Miniature Coach Contest
Seven scholarships of 5000 dollars each topped a 112 award count in a Fisher Body Corporation contest. W. A. Fisher presented the prizes at a banquet styled after Brussels Guild Square. Winners include Myron Webb Ark City Kan E Stanley Knochel Jr Baltimore Jack Wicks St Paul Charles Gadd Spokane David Tennant Richard Guthrie London Ont and Joseph Olafson Leslie Sask.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Fisher Body Corporation
W. A. Fisher
Guild Square
Brussels
Myron Webb
Arkansas City
Kan
E. Stanley Knochel Jr
Baltimore
Jack W. Wicks
St. Paul
Charles Gadd
Spokane
David Tennant
Richard H. Guthrie
London
Ont
Joseph Olafson
Leslie
Sask
Federal agents thwart attempted Urschel kidnap plot in Colorado
Federal officers refused Bailey release as they could return him to Kansas as an escaped convict if Oklahoma charges were not pressed. Bonds were set at 50 000 each for four Bailey accomplices, including R G Boss Shannon and family. A planned capture of Guy Waggoner was foiled. Bates and Bailey were arrested in Colorado near Decatur’s Shannon farmhouse.
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Lee R. Smith
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Oklahoma
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Decatur
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Boss” Shannon
Shannon
Ora
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Oleta
George Kelly
Nebraska
Denver
Colorado
Albert Bates
Urschel
Bates
Guy Waggoner
Fort Worth
Waggoner
J. R. Wright
United States
Texas
Tony
Mark H. Shank
Malvern
Ark
Shank
Alvin Colley
Akron
Shanks
Colley
Reno
San Antonio
Chicago
Tex
August A. Busch, Jr
St. Louis
Henry Chouteau
Senate Committee
Washington
West Hollywood man visiting his ill mother in Amarillo
Thomas L. Timmons of West Hollywood is in Amarillo visiting his mother Mrs. C. L. Timmons who is ill at H. M. Timmons home at 1607 Hayden Street.
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West Hollywood
Amarillo
C. L. Timmons
H. M. Timmons
Hayden Street
Panhandle Rains Spread Across North Plains
Heavy nightly rains drenched Panhandle districts Tuesday and Wednesday with showers reported from Stratford to Hereford and from Texola to Lela. Forecasts indicate calmer weather ahead as later reports note varied precipitation along Santa Fe and Rock Island routes.
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Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Santa Fe
North Plains
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Dalhart
Tascosa
Pampa
Hereford
Canyon
Black
Texico
Oklahoma
Buffalo
Freedom
Sélman
Clinton
Butler and
Hammon
Strong City
Erick
Texola
Lela
Rock Island
Jericho
Groom
Amarilo
Adrian
Glen Rio
Amarillo
NRA meetings set as survey work begins next week
EagleScanvass starts next Monday and reports indicate all service station commission agents are employed under the blanket ride. H O Starks of Phillips Petroleum in this district says the staff is working under the new policy while machine shop managers and candy manufacturers met with the adjustment committee to address NRA issues impacting their businesses.
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H. O. Starks
Phillips Petroleum Company
Service Station Commission
Adjustment Committee
NRA
New Mail Service Speeds Downtown Deliveries
Postmaster W. C. Kenyon reports the new early morning downtown mail delivery is working well. Seven carriers replace three on downtown routes, delivering all mail to offices by 8 and to merchants by 10. Superintendent M. E. Dilday arranged the changes, with early parcel post deliveries already in effect downtown.
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W. C. Kenyon
M. E. Dilday
Torch slayings in three states spark fear across the nation
Reports detail fatal arson and murders including a Rockford auto blaze that killed a man and left his separated wife detained. A Grundy Va woman admits being in a car with shooters amid a triple murder mystery. Additional stories mention poison grape deaths near Malvern Ark and a rising wave of extortion and kidnapping plots involving prominent figures.
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Rockford
Grundy
Crime Fights and Reform Efforts Amid Graft Probe
A Roosevelt brain trust member focuses on kidnapping suppression while a New York Senate committee hears rackets. Senator Copeland cites ten to fifteen billion dollars annually bled from Americans. A U S district attorney vows to provide evidence that four New York political leaders are controlled by gangsters as crime spikes into a crimson cloudburst.
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New York
King
Copeland
United States
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