Gillett to retire from senate work in 1931
Massachusetts Republican leaders react to Senator Frederick H. Gillett 78 announcing he will retire at end of current six year term elected 1924. Withdrawal on March 4 1931 ends 39 years of continuous congressional service amid speculation on successors Eben Draper flags candidacy while Alvan Fuller status remains unsettled Coolidge also states no desire for senate seat.
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Associated Press
Boston
Massachusetts
Frederick H. Gillett
Washington
Gillett
Eben &. Draper
Alvan T. Fuller
Fuller
Coolidge
Senate
Radio vaudeville and orchestras across major networks listed
A continuation of station listings and programs for the day, naming networks like WEAF CBS NBC and regional stations. Entries include 10:30 Phil Spitalny Also Wwi. Kemp Orchestra WEAF. 7:00 Plantation Vocal & Orchestra. 8:06 Whiteman's Band in Dance Music. 9:00 Mendoza Orchestra. 10:60 Wilky Osborne's Orchestra. 11:60 Rey Ingraham's Orch. 7:00 Edwin Franko Goldman Band Also WIR KYW KWK WREN. 8:00 Musical Melodrama Also KDKA KYW KWK.
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WOAI
WTMJ
KPRC
WKY Webc
WFAA
KSL
KFI
WGY
WWJ
WSAI
KSD
WOW
WDAF
KSTP
WERC
WJAK
WIOD
WHAS
Wwsm
WMC
WSB
WAPI
WKY
KTHS
WIKO
WTAM
Phil Spitainy
Wwi
Kemp Orch
WEAF
WABC
New York
CBS Chain
Niagara Falls
WGHP
WMAQ
Plantation
KMBC
KOIL
WCCO
WADC
Wowo
KMOX
Whiteman
WOOWO
KLRA
WLAC
Woboopd
WEBRC
WREC
KFJF
KTSA
WISN
WDSU
WFBM
KRLD
WIBW
Mendoza Orch
WRC
WBBM
KOITL
WSPD
Marjorie Oecelrich
WKRC
WHK
WDOD
WBRC
Wilky Osborne
Wwspdd
WGRC
KFH
Rey Ingraham
Orch
WFEM
WGHE
WIPD
WJIZ
760
NBC Chain
Edwin Franko Goldman
WIR
KYW
KWK
Wren
WEBC
WJAX
WSM
WCKY
Vocal & Pasternack Orchestra
KDKA
WJR
WLW
WSME
Fire sinks Holland America liner Binnendijk after blaze
The Binnendijk, a 4240 ton Holland America liner, rests in 35 feet of water in the Delaware with cargo of linseed oil and linseed cake burned. Firemen fought flames for hours. 25 were overcome by smoke but none seriously injured. Captain Henry Bushe estimated damage at 500000. The ship sank beside its Philadelphia pier after flooding.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Holland- American Line
Binnendijk
Delaware River
Fremen
Henry Bushe
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Texas Oklahoma bridge bids clash delaying Red River crossings
A conflict between Texas and Oklahoma bridge specifications may delay the Red River tell free crossings. The Texas Highway Commission awarded a $230,291 Denison Durant bridge contract to L E Myers Coast Co Dallas pending Oklahoma approval.
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United Press
Austin
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Red River
Boundary Stream
Texas Highway Commission
Denison-Durant
L. E. Myers Coast. Co
Dallas
Myers Company
Gibb Gilchrist
Gilchrist
Tyler Freed of Charge on Liquor Law
District Attorney Edw W Thomerson urged jurors to return a verdict of not guilty for Claude Tyler, indicted in 1928 for liquor law violations. State witnesses saw 52 half-gallon jars of whiskey in Tyler's house basement, but defense showed Tyler lived in Shamrock and had rented the house, with no proof he was there before the raid. He was arrested recently at Big Spring after two years.
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Tyler
Shamrock
Big Spring
Hoover Seeks Broad Federal Action in Annual Message
The address outlines defense cost relief, naval limits or six year build program costing 1.2 billion dollars, and sweeping proposals. It calls for reforms in world court relation, federal reorganizations, public works, river and harbor funds, rail consolidation, banking changes, a federal power panel, a permanent radio commission, Muscle Shoals contracts talks, immigration planning, diplomatic funding, and return of seized alien property.
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Bank Robbery in Mineral State Bank
Three masked men held up the Mineral State Bank in Mineral Kas causing cashier Miss Agnes Trudgeon to surrender an unknown amount. They fled southwest as a posse pursued them closely.
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Kansas
Associated Press
Mineral
Kas
Mineral State Bank
Agnes Trudgeon
Cat Washes Hedges Contest Stirs Local Outcry
C D Eugene Wood proposed a cat washing contest at a county fair in Kinston North Carolina. After letters and telegrams branded the idea as shameful Wood reversed course saying he could not proceed due to upset from local residents especially women.
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Hedges
Kinston
WN. C
Eugene Wood
Wood
Creager Notes System Backed But Urged for Ban
Two investigations quote Creager noting the system is legal yet coercive and recommend making it illegal. The suit accuses Southern Patronage of using party money to block local Republican ticket presentation since 1921. Creager denies involvement with Hidalgo County Democratic administration and says Collier's Magazine was asked to send a reporter after White's piece.
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Brookhart
Lehlbach Committee
Texas
Creager
Hidalgo County
Owen P. White
Collier’s Magazine
White
Traffic Club Banquet Promises High Attendance At Amarillo Country Club
Guests from out of town and members of the Amarillo Traffic Club plus friends are expected to exceed a hundred for the annual ladies program at the Amarillo Country Club tomorrow night. A banquet follows at 7 with Joe Norman's orchestra providing music. New officers will be elected and transportation is arranged for anyone without it.
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Amarillo
Joan Crawford Hurt in Fall on Western Film Set
Actress Joan Crawford suffered painful ankle injuries after a fall while leading a dance scene in a western musical. Her ankle was placed in a plaster cast.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Joan Crawford
Wheat King Crowned in Chicago
The wheat king crown of North America was awarded in Chicago to Joseph H. B. Smith of Wolf Creek Alberta who beat Edson Smith of Corvallis Montana, the previous year's holder.
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United Press
Chicago
North America
Joseph H. B. Smith
Wolf Creek
Alberta
Edson Smith
Corvallis
Mont
Six Held in Slaying of Senator Mogler
Six men were held for questioning in St Louis after State Senator Joseph Mogler was shot dead entering his theater. Seven women formerly employed by Mogler were questioned but offered no light on the murder.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Joseph Mogler
Mogler
Rail President Fined for Coal Billing Fraud
D. P. Rudemann the president of the Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railroad was fined 25000 dollars by Federal Judge Benson W. Hough after pleading guilty to 25 counts charging the railroad with falsely billing shipments of coal in a Columbus court.
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Associated Presse
Columbus
D. P. Rudemann
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
Benson W. Hough
New Vehicle License and Tax Rates Announced by City Office
City official Mr Collins outlines license fees and truck weight based taxes including 40 to 160 cents per 100 pounds for various ranges and a $3 motorcycle side car tax. He urges immediate light testing and notes plates cost about half last year with July 1 affidavit rule for late registration. Also covers cattle, calves, and sheep market figures from the same notice.
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Collins
Boyer Faces Trial Over Liquor Raid at Local Hotel
M. S. Boyer a local hotel proprietor went to district court facing liquor law violations. Five 5 gallon jars of whiskey seized in a hotel raid were entered as evidence. Defense witnesses claimed a man in New Mexico found the whiskey and buried it in the hotel yard after removing part of a jar. Roy Hinton, connected to the raid, was arrested and had been released on bond.
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M. S. Boyer
New Mexico
Roy Hinton
Mrs. Josephine Tulloss Dies At Home In Amarillo Area
Mrs. Josephine Tulloss former Amarillo resident and mother of S C Tulloss 1609 Harrison Street died unexpectedly early this morning at her daughter's home in Dallas She is also survived by another daughter Mrs J Fowler of Tishomingo Oklahoma The body will be brought here tomorrow morning and funeral arrangements will be announced Blackburn Funeral Home in charge.
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Josephine Tulloss
Amarillo
S. C. Tulloss
Harrison Street
Emma Tulloss
Dallas
J. ©. Fowler
Tishomingo
Oklo
Blackburn Funeral Home
New Jewelry Store Opens in Amarillo by Harry Mednick
Harry Mednick opens Mead Credit Jewelers at 319 Polk Street after three years in the local jewelry trade. The store offers modern fixtures and stock with credit service at cash prices including watches rings novelties and other jewelry all new and varied.
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Harry Mednick
Amarillo
Polk Street
Mead Credit Jewelers
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Highlights
Kansas City market data shows hogs 10 20 cents higher with top 9.85 for 210 to 280 lb. hogs, sows 27.25 to 28.35. Cattle and calves steady to fully steady with ranges for slaughter steers 11.25 to 15.25, fed yearlings 12.50 to 15.50, heifers 11.75 to 14.75, cows 7.25 to 15.00, vealers 8.00 to 18.00, stocker steers 9.50 to 12.00. Sheep and lambs active with lambs firmer by 25 cents, ewes 4.50 to 6.00.
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Kansas City
Livestock Prices in East St. Louis Market Report
U S D A notes hogs 17 000 steady 130 160 lbs at 39.00 9.50 and sow prices 5.00 8.25. Cattle 5 000 calves 1 500 with steers 12.25 14.75, yearlings 14.50, bulls 3.26, vealers 17.00. Sheep 2 500 steady bids 12.25 on top lambs.
Hog prices advance for truck hogs at Fort Orth market
The Associated Press reports Fort Orth stock hog market gains with truck hogs 25 to 35 cents higher. Top truck hogs reach about $9.25, bulk 170-240 lb at $9.00 to $9.15, with light rail hogs mentioned.
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the Associated Press
Fort Orth
Chicago Livestock Prices Mixed as Markets End Week
Hogs 46 000 head with top 9 66 for 220 269 lb, sows 8 15 to 8 85. Cattle 11 000 calves 2 000 slaughter steers 12 50 to 14 75, light weights 12 50 to 16 00, fed yearlings 13 00 to 16 00, heifers 12 75 to 15 25, cows 7 75 to 10 25. Sheep 13 000, lambs 12 50 to 13 40, ewes 4 60 to 6 25.
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Associated Press
Chicago
D. A
Cotton market opens steady then dips on easy cables
New York trading shows cotton starting steady with a slight decline of 3 points before buyers absorb losses. May trade around 17.75 as private crop figures ease, later recovering to about 17.15 for December and 17.53 for March, with prices within a point or two of prior levels.
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Associated Press
New York
New Orleans Cotton Opens Quietly Then Rises on Crop Report
The New Orleans cotton market opened easier with losses of 3 to 7 points as prices slipped to 17.12 for January 17.40 for March and 17.65 for May. By late morning buying and a bullish crop estimate lifted futures to around 17.23 January 17.51 March and 17.75 May, with the tone turning steady and modestly higher.
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New Orleans
Congress
Grain futures close steady with varied December to October quotes
Futures closed steady as receipts totaled 45 000 and 15 200 American bales. Prices listed for December to October contracts show 9.22 9.26 9.34 9.48 9.47 and 9.44 respectively.
Butter Prices Steady In Chicago Trade
Butter markets hold steady in Chicago with eye steady extra firsts at 62 to 58 cents, graded firsts 48 to 49 cents, current firsts 40 to 41 cents, ordinary firsts 37 to 39 cents, refrigerator firsts 37 to 54 cents, and refrigerator extras 31 to 38 cents per pound.
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Engrven
New York Stock Letter Opens With Mixed Early Gains
The Associated Press reports a choppy opening with most leaders showing fractional changes. Gains appeared in Atchison May Department Stores Warren Bros and others while General Electric fell. strong buying supported tobacco rail public utilities steel and chemical issues later, with several stocks posting 2 point or more advances. Foreign exchange opened firm with sterling at $4.88.
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J. L Case
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Coca Cola
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Wabash
North American Co
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Columbia Gas
General Asphalt
American & Foreign Power
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Erie
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Poultry Prices At Chicago Market Report
Poultry firm in Chicago reports closing prices with fowls at 24 to 25 cents, springs 22.5 to 24 cents, roosters about 17 cents, turkeys 23 to 28 cents, heavy ducks 16 cents and geese around 1 cent under 1. Sizable activity noted as traders adjust values across poultry categories.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Liverpool cotton prices drift lower on steady sales
In Liverpool on December 8 the cotton market remained quiet and lower with American grades showing declines across all staples. Notable quotes include strict good middling at 10.85 and good ordinary at 8.30 as sales reached 5,000 bales.
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Liverpool
Associated Press
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