Lengthy plan on cut cotton crop studied
A plan for acreage reduction to 25 million acres plus parity price guarantees to cotton growers is under review by Secretary Wallace and President Roosevelt. The proposal ties benefits to reduced production and bases parity on the average five years of a grower’s output, with funding via a processing tax.
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Sam B. Bledsoe
Associated Press
Washington
Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Farm Administration
Tentaively
Housewives See Wesson Oil Dressing Made
Demonstrations in Amarillo by Betty Lee Freeman and Margaret Wyan show housewives how to make mayonnaise in 1 minute 30 seconds using Wesson Oil. The mixers will be sold with pint cans in Amarillo groves stores under Jack Mistrot of Amarillo, Wesson Oil Company representative.
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Amarillo
Betty Lee Freeman
Margaret Wyan
Wesson Oil
Texas
Jack Mistrot
Amarilo
Wesson Oil Company
Rail Commission Holds Hearings Over Gas Gate Rate
The Texas Railroad Commission in Austin heard arguments on the reasonableness of Lone Star Gas Company 40 cent per thousand gate rate charged to 250 cities. Oil and Gas division argues for 30 or 32 cents after valuing gas fields and transmission lines. Gas company attorney Karl F. Griffith prepared to respond.
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Austin
U.P
State Railroad Commission
Lone Star Gas Company
Texas
W. C. Fitzhugh
Oil and Gas Division
Commission
Lone Star
Karl F. Griffith
Dallas
They May Write To Tack Sell Furniture
A reader asks Tack to publish a notice to help sell beds, springs, mattresses, dressers, a stove and various small items from 715 West Fourteenth Avenue. The writer offers thanks in advance for printing the ad.
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West
Fourteenth Avenue
Part Persians Kittens Six Beautiful Fourth See Tack Letters
Fragmentary OCR shows a pet or kitten feature with Persians listed as six kittens praised as beautiful. No clear dates or full names captured.
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Tack
Oklahoma City Gangs Targeted in Urschel Kidnapping Case
Federal prosecutors pressed to move Charles Urschel kidnap suspects to Oklahoma for speedy trials. Harvey Bailey and the Shannon family face removal, with indictments issued for multiple gang members in Dallas and Minneapolis connections. Authorities warn they will use all means to stop the outrages.
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U. 8
Oklahoma City
Charles FP. Urschel
Oklahoma
Texas
Joseph B. Keenan
Herbert K. Hyde
D. H. Colvin
United States Bureau of Investigation
Harvey Bailey
Shannon
Dallas
Denver
Albert
Bates
Minneapolis
Keenan
Urechel
Bailey
United States Army
Two Women Injured in Separate Auto Crashes
Mrs F C Traweek, 43, and Mrs W A Eaton, 60, remained in serious condition after separate Wednesday crashes. Eaton was hit at Third Avenue and Tyler Street. struck by Mrs Ruby Tull, while Traweek was injured on Highway No 5 north of Amarillo as she stepped from behind a wagon. The Traweeks travel from Miles, Montana toward San Antonio with four children.
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F.C. Traweek
W. A. Eaton
St. Anthony's Hospital
Eaton
Third Avenue
Tyler Street
Eafternoon
Ruby Tull
Harrison Street
North Fillmore Street
Ballot details for 3.2 beer and amendments described
The article explains precinct voting changes and where to find boundary maps. It outlines local option 3.2 beer votes, state amendments on 3.2 beer homestead relief bond and home charter, and the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment with the Twenty-first ratification. It notes that Texas dry laws persist regardless of national changes and explains precinct implications.
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Commissioner’s
Texas
United States
Potter County
Piano Instructor Returns From Denver Study
Lila Austin Myers head of Amarillo College of Music piano department and her daughter Marella returned from six weeks of study in Denver under internationally renowned pianist E. Robt. Schmitz. Schmitz granted Mrs. Myers authorization to teach his piano technique, one of about a dozen in the United States to receive it.
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Lila Austin Myers
Amarillo College of Music
Marella
Denver
E. Robt. Schmitz
Sandwich Shop Employee Held on Kansas Charge
Howard Smith sought by Sheriff Ed Cunningham of Hutchinson Kansas was arrested Thursday by Amarillo police. Smith who for two weeks had been employed at a sandwich shop signed waiver for his return. The nature of the charge is not known to police.
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Howard Smith
Ed Cunningham
Hutchinson
Kane
Amarillo
Smith
Highway Crash Fatal to Annie Thomas in Texas
Miss Annie Thomas twenty was fatally injured when an automobile traveling from Los Angeles to Mobile skidded on wet pavement east of Abilene. She died en route to a hospital from a broken neck as the car overturned with her father and brother aboard.
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Abilene
Annie Thomas
Los Angeles
Mobile
Ala
Quiet opening for cotton and mixed market signals
New Orleans reports a quiet cotton start with October steady near 9.40 and December around 9.51, slipping then rising as grain and stocks firmed. Kansas City livestock and New York stock letters describe steady to firm tendencies, with wheat and metals in varied moves and inflation talk dominating early trading.
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Liverpool
Lowe
New York
Homestake
Allied Chemical
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Santa Fe
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Steel
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National Distillers
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Dome Mines
Alaska Juneau
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Starves case details after death of Stoever
The article notes an appeal pending when death arrived. Funeral services are expected today. Stoever is survived by three brothers and a sister. Stoever's burned remains were found in a dirt pit in Mrs. Dach's yard on April 16. Initially Dach said Stoever killed himself and she burned and buried the body. She later recanted, saying she shot him with a shotgun as he slept after an alleged attack.
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Stoever
Union aims to present dual codes to Roosevelt this week
The union arranged for both codes to reach President Roosevelt for signature before week end. Hearings on a retail trade code drew testimony on unfair practices many factions want banned. Thirty witnesses asked for time to discuss this angle, risking delay before tomorrow’s separate code hearing for retail drug stores. Officials sought to finish the women’s dress industry code hearing today to avoid a weekend recess.
Smith Back To Polo As Charges Dropped
Cecil Smith of San Antonio returned to polo after a Evanston nurse Eugenia Rose dropped rape and assault charges. Rose said she did not wish to prosecute and would marry, prompting dismissal of the case and cancellation of Smiths $5000 bond as he left for New York for a tourney.
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Polo
Cecil Smith
San Antonio
Tex
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R. T. Rose
Cooperstown
N. D
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Mr. Smith
Pole Star
New York
Storm Toll From Coast To Coast Across The Nation
Reports describe widespread storm damage from North Carolina to New Jersey with rescues underway. Dwellers evacuated near Kitty Hawk and Nag’s Head, losses of life in a railway derailment near Washington, and coast guard efforts near Montauk and Belleville amid flooding and darkness in Nassau County New York. Navy planes join search for the steamer City of Norfolk as plans unfold to locate the missing vessel.
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Nag’s Head
Abermarle Sound
Easton
Coast Guard
Long Island Sound
Montauk
Long Island
Erie
Belleville
N. J
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Sea Girl
New York
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Barnegat Light
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Stone Harbor
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Langley Field
City of Norfolk
Steamship Company
Norfolk
H. J. Hughes
State of Maryland
Chespeake Bay
Baltimore Mail
West Texas relief bond vote urged to avert county burdens
William Strauss, chair of the Texas relief bond committee, warned Aug 24 that a $20 million bond must pass Saturday or 94 West Texas counties will bear the relief burden alone. He cited July 31 federal relief totals of 2.97 million for those counties and 10.76 million for the state, with August allocations and promising cuts if the bond fails.
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Austin
William Strauss
Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Strauss
West Texas
Texans Shine In Met Opera Production At Chicago
Aidan, a longtime Houston resident, stars as Amoneris in the Metropolitan Opera style show. Dreda Aves, Maria Pallaria of Dallas and George Holleman of Beaumont lead Texans in leading roles. The Chicago Civic Opera Orchestra of 100 accompanies a 600-voice chorus led by Mrs. John Wesley Graham of Houston. The Texans also supplied 60 black cast members in slave roles, demonstrating Texan prowess and roping technique to Chicago and the world.
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Houston
Dreda Aves
Metropolitan Opera
Amneris
Galveston
Maria Pallaria
Dallas
George Holleman
Beaumont
Chicago Civic Opera Orchestra
John Wesley Graham
Texas Grand Opera
Graham
Chicago
W F W Recommends Bond Issue for Texas Relief
The John B. Golding post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars adopted a unanimous resolution urging a $20,000,000 bond issue for Texas relief. A check showed eight months earlier the post had recommended similar finance to aid the state's needy.
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Texas
John B. Golding Post
Veterans of the Foreign Wars
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