Senate clears Jesse H. Jones of RFC loan charge
The Senate inquiry concludes that RFC loan advances to mortgage firms did not serve Jones personal interests. Jones had disclosed divesting his stake in Bankers Mortgage Co of Houston before joining the RFC. Texas loans totaled 27 of 175, with other states showing assorted allocations under the post New Deal framework.
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Washington
Fletcher
Senate
RFC
Texas
Jesse H. Jones
Jones
Senate Committee
Bankers Mortgage Co
Houston
California
Colorado
Florida
Linois
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Midland Mortgage Co
Attractive Cleveland widow found slain near El Paso
Arthur C. Wilson of Cleveland faces murder charges in the death of Irene Diebolt 28 an attractive Ohio widow whose body was found near Van Horn east of El Paso on November 7. Investigators tied Wilson to the case through a car license a cleaner receipt and a Pecos tourist camp storage receipt.
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EL Paso
Atorney
John Penn
Arthur C. Wilson
Cleveland
Irene Diebolt
van Horn
Fl Paso
Frank Cheska
Wilson
Pecos
Fuller Cleaning & Dyeing Works
Pecos Touright
Smith Attack Denounced as Grudge by PWA Leaders
Alfred E. Smith calls the Public Works Administration a failure while Harold Ickes accuses Smith of nursing a grudge born from disappointed ambitions. The remarks follow an editorial in New Outlook and an issued response from the PWA chief and Interior Secretary.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Public Works Administration
Harold L. Ickes
Smith
New York
New Outlook
Interior
San Antonio and Roosevelt Note at Warm Springs
Arthur Brisbane writes about San Antonio as a sunlit city with a mix of modern commerce and old Texas charm. The piece mentions Randolph Field and the Alamo, and covers President Roosevelt at Warm Springs joking about monetary critics and a magician during a Thanksgiving visit.
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Alamo
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Texas
Union
Oxford
Randolph
The
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Warm Springs Foundation
Julian Boehn
Bribery allegations rock Texas teachers convention
H W Stilwell reports to the Texas State Teachers convention that school board members in multiple counties face bribe and fraud allegations involving job trades and improper contracts. Indictments reportedly in four counties. calls for cooperation from teachers and prosecutors to root out abuses.
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Austin
H. W. Stilwell
Stilwell
Roy C. Owens
Tyler
J. ©. Loftin
San Antonio
Nat Washer
State Board of Education
Lb. A. Wi
Efeb. Oberholtzer
Houston
Bryan Dickson
Kaufman County
Mdest
United States
Stillwell
Simple John Cranks Away at Machine To Make $10 Bills
Chicago story of John Casey who buys a mysterious machine from a man calling himself Dr Winter. The device allegedly converts a $1 bill to a $10, a $10 to a $100, with talk of a larger paper scam. Only two ten dollar bills appeared. Casey remains hopeful of locating Dr Winter.
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John
Chicago
John Casey
Casey
Winter
Germany
Dr. Winter
Death Claims R B Mellon in Pittsburgh
R B Mellon 75 president of Mellon National Bank and brother of Andrew Mellon died at his home. Survived by wife Jennie King Mellon a son Richard K Mellon and daughter Sarah Cordelia Scaife. He helped build the Mellon business empire and led many enterprises after Andrew Mellon joined the Treasury. The death followed a month of ill health and occurred at 5 19 this morning.
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Pittsburgh
R. B. Mellon
The
Mellon National Bank
Andrew Mellon
Jennie King Mellon
Richard K. Mellon
Sarah Cordelia Scaife
Richard Beatty Mellon
Mellon Bank
Andrew
Treasury
Harding
Convicts Ship to Guiana Penal Fate
La Martiniere sails from St Martinie Re France with 280 convicts bound for French Guiana penal colony. The second cargo in two months includes Hindus Arabs Chinese and Europeans. 400 more join from Algiers. Each man in uniform with chained wrists marches under bayonets toward the distant jungle penal site.
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Guiana
ST. Martinie RE
France
la Martiniere
French Guiana
Africa
Orient
Algiers
Mail robbery suspect held on indictment in Fort Worth
Fort Worth reports the arrest of Joe Martin 35 among 13 Amarillo indicted last September 18 for the February 21 71 000 Texas and Pacific mail robbery. A second man 38 held for harboring a fugitive and another man believed to have driven the robbery car was jailed. District Attorney Fas tus aided the grand jury to speed prosecutions. All defendants are from outside this region.
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Fort Worth
Joe Martin
Amarillo
Martin
U. S
Clyde O. Eastus
Eastus
Clyde Fastus
Public Works Funds Aid Texas Cities
Public Works Administrator Ickes announced a total of 26,543,053 in allotments to 71 non-federal projects across 25 states and Hawaii. The program aims to create 161,249 man months of direct employment and includes Texas entries such as Stamps loan and grant for water supply, Longview loan and grant for sewage, Lubbock loan and grant for a dormitory, Temple grant for a water tank, and Van Zandt County grant for a school.
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Washington
Ickes
Hawaii
Stamps
Ark
Longview
Texas
Lubbock
Temple
Tex
Grant
van Zandt County
Scottsboro Attack Jury Debates Case
Decatur jury resumes deliberations on Heywood Patterson for the attack on Mrs. Victoria Price on a freight train near Scottsboro Alabama two years ago. Separate case against Clarence Norris also faces selection with Patterson in the same charge and additional indictments involve attacking Rube Bates.
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Decatur
Ala
Heywood Patterson
Victoria Price
Scottsboro
Patterson
Clarence Norris
Rural Mail Carrier Test Set For Tomorrow
More than 250 applicants will take a 8:30 AM exam at Amarillo Senior High School for a single rural mail carrier vacancy at the Amarillo post office. The test will be conducted by M. FE. Dilday and Claude M. Tyler.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Senior High School
M. FE. Dilday
Claude M. Tyler
Murray's Guard Order Remains Grid Mystery
NRA rejects price fixing of actual sales prices in codes and bans bids reducing producers' retail price. In Oklahoma City guardsmen patrolled Thanksgiving game ticket booths, guarding athletic funds per Gov Murray's order requiring a list of ticket agents and sales details. Bennie Owen voiced confusion but said ticket sales are accounted for through the treasurer's office.
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Washington
U.P
National Recovery Administration
NRA
NRA Policy Board
Oklahoma City
Dee
Oklahoma National Guardsmen
William H. Murray
University of Oklahoma A. & M
Alfalfa. Bil
University Stadium
Norman
Adj
Charles F. Barett
Bennie Owen
Athletics
Head-on Crash Fatal To Four In Kerrville
A head on collision near Kerrville killed four men including Arthur West 27 of Comfort and three unidentified Mexican men. Another Mexican passenger was hospitalized with severe injuries. Cause of the crash was not immediately determined.
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Kerrville
Arthur West
Comfort
West
Touhy Aide Sharkey Hangs Self in Jail Cell
Willie Sharkey one of four Chicago gangsters acquitted in the William Hamm kidnapping case hanged himself in his jail cell between 5 and 6 a.m. The body was found by a jailer during the morning round. He faced transfer to Chicago for trial on Hamm case charges. A custody hearing for Sharkey and three others was set for tomorrow.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Dee
Willie Sharkey
Chicago
William Hamm, Jr
Sharkey
John Factor
Illinois
Roger Touhy
Gustave Schaeffer
Eddie McPadden
Hamm
Factor
New vigor seen in gold policy as price hiked
Washington reports three swift boosts in the APC price for newly mined gold. Today's quotation of 34.01 an ounce is 8 cents above the pre Thanksgiving level, lifting the market after a 25 cent rise from last Monday. London quotes at 42.57 in sterling, amid limited RFC gold purchases and a government fixed price announced by Morgenthau and Jones.
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Washington
APC
London
RFC
Morgenthau
New York
Jesse Jones
Herbert
Gaston
Weather forecast for Amarillo and Texas Panhandle
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for clearing and colder tonight with Saturday fair and colder. West Texas and Panhandle: partly cloudy with chances of rain. extreme southeast and New Mexico sections: snow north and colder north and east portions. Saturday partly fair, with colder southeast. Temperatures today up to 86 at 1 PM, with extremes reaching 63?4.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Meridian
Panhandle
Port
New Mexico
Henry VIII Cleared Richard III in York Princes Murder Theory
An unofficial coroner report presented to the Society of Antiquaries argues that Richard III murdered two princes in the Tower, not Henry VII. Professor William Wright analyzes Westminster Abbey remains and facial traits, estimating the boys as 10 to 12 years old and about 4 feet 9 inches tall, with one showing a tear duct abnormality.
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London
Richard ML
Society of Antiquaries
William Wright
London Hospital
Westminster Abbey
Tower
Richard III
Edward, Prince of Wales
Edward IV
Wright
Bret
Duke of York
Tower of London
Richard
Henry VII
Henry
England
France
Bosworth
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King Feature Syndicate
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R.B. Mellon
Vernon
Roy Weaver
Perryton
Here
Weaver
Public Works Funds
Amarillo Globe and News
Globe-News
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New Bedford
Murray
United Press
Touhy Aide
Price
Henry VIII
Richard Llew
Prince
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