Border Gun Fight Proves Fatal in El Paso Clash
A gun battle at Park Street leaves Patrolman Dorne C. Melton and two Mexican smugglers dead, with 150 gallons of liquor seized during a five minute exchange as officers battled 16 runners. A sniper fired on officers and two more smugglers are believed missing in the river.
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EL Paso
U.P
U.S
Park Street
Dorne C. Melton
Higinio Perez
Francisco Gonzales
Juarez
Mex
Rollin C. Nichols
Air Empress Earhart To Speak At Amarillo High School
Amelia Earhart arrives in Amarillo to deliver a lecture titled Flying for Fun at the High School Auditorium as part of Emil F. Myers Artist Course series. She travels by borrowed car from Wichita Falls and will show motion pictures to illustrate her talk.
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Amarillos
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Atlantic
Wichita Falls
Miss Earhart
Southwest
New York
Emil F. Myers
Lindbergh
Lindy
England
France
Italy
Belgium
Rome
Mussolini
Brussels
National Geographic Society
Congress
Oklahoma City
Amelia Earhart
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Murder trial halted over defense strategy in Woolley case
In Dallas a murder trial faced disruption as the defense lawyer challenged cross examination on character witnesses. Prosecutors accused the tactics of being "tricky." A witness testified about Mrs Woolley visiting the couple’s home and Toy G Woolley kneeling and praying.
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Dallas
Toy G. Woolley
Carrie McCutcheon
Woolley
Robert Hurt
Ted F. Monroe
McCutcheon
Veniremen
McClutcheon
Mra. M. D. Carmichael
Lampkin
Comanche
Tex
J. B. Linquist
Prohibition Is Dead Bootleg Crime Yet Alive in Cal and JP
Arthur Brisbane laments that prohibition依法 may be dead in name but bootlegging and crime persist. He argues taxation and enforcement shape crime costs, noting Europe and Canada could supply bootleg whiskey if domestic taxation is too high, with speakeasies thriving where liquor remains restricted.
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Prohibition
California
Bisons
Japan
Europe
Canada
Radio System Expected Soon In Amarillo Police Patrol
Amarillo's police broadcast system will be in operation by Christmas, per City Manager H R Smith. Equipment from Camden New Jersey will arrive within two weeks and be installed within four or five days. Five scout cars will have receiving sets and stay in touch with headquarters, each car in its own zone, with patrol dispatch time usually under five minutes.
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Amarillo
H. R. Smith
Camden
N. J
Victor Rca Company
Morgenthau Orders Assistants Reports Direct to Him
Acting Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau ordered the commissioner of internal revenue and the chief of the Secret Service to report directly to him. The move, linked to a possible resignation by Assistant Secretary Hewes, aims to centralize oversight and familiarize Morgenthau with Treasury work.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Secret Service
Thomas Hewes
Hewes
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Weather outlook for Amarillo and nearby regions
Amarillo area fair tonight with Friday partly cloudy and slightly cooler. Texas north portion partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a touch warmer later. northern areas colder Friday. New Mexico fair tonight and Friday with warmer southeast tonight. Temperatures range from 34 to 62 today.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
NRA Leader's Secretary on $5 780 Salary
Frances Robinson, administrative assistant to Hugh S Johnson, earns 5780 a year at the NRA, among the highest salaries and on a par with top government staff. Johnson notes the payroll’s full release will surprise readers. only Richberg, Brown, and Boaz Long earn more than 6000.
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NRA
Frances Robinson
Hugh 8. Johnson
Washington Post
Johnson
Donald Richberg
Alvin Brown
Boaz Long
Puerto Rico
Child Near Death in Austin Fire Destroys Home
Two year old Harry Wilson Jr. sustained probable fatal burns while his brother and father were badly burned in a blaze that gutted their Austin home. Fire Chief Woody said kerosene and a stove used during a lightning storm sparked the fire. half the child's skin was burned and the mother suffered a severely burned foot.
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Austin
U.P
Harry Wilson, Jr
RFC Director Revelations Taint Wiggin Ties
Washington December 7 United Press Sen ate stock market investigators disclosed Harvey C Couch a director of the RFC was among the boom time supporters of Albert H Wiggin s Shermar Corporation A 1929 letter exchange showed Wiggin favored a bargain stock deal similar to Morgan controls evidencing conflict of interest concerns
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Washington
U.P
Harvey C. Couch
Senate
Albert H. Wiggin
Shermar Corporation
Couch
Wiggin
J. P. Morgan and Company
Government Maintains Gold Price as It Borrows cash
Washington reports the government held the six day old gold price at 34.01 an ounce while borrowing 950 million dollars in the money market. RFC quotation marks the price as the highest since gold buying began, with a firmer bond market. In London, the offering stood at 32.22 an ounce with sterling at 5.114 dollars.
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Washington
London
Seven Army Recruits Chosen in Panhandle Report
Seven Panhandle youths selected for Army service will depart for Cheyenne Wyoming Friday night. Five recruits have already shipped in December, with two more to travel this weekend. All seven will join the infantry and come from various Panhandle communities.
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Panhandle
Cheyenne
Wyo
Robt. E. Forsythe
Infantry
Bottles Pop Open Business Pops Up
New York December 7 crowds surged at liquor warehouses and wine stores as demand spiked for rye gin brandy wine and ports. Hotels reported record business and liquor truck drivers worked long shifts into the night as deliveries lagged behind orders.
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Dale Harrison
New York
Polo Grounds
Treasury funds to be raised in one-year certificates
Washington reports the Treasury will issue 950 million dollars of one-year certificates at 2 percent to fund immediate needs and retire 728 million in maturing obligations plus 114 million for interest. The move raises the public debt by about 222 million to over 23.5 billion, with cash balance above 1 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
Quanah Man Sentenced Three Years in Murder Case
Foster Blackie Hamilton was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary for murder. His father L. E. Hamilton was acquitted by the jury that tried them in Quanah for the July 21 shooting of Boots Butler, a local roadhouse proprietor.
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Quanah
Foster
Blackie) Hamilton
L. E. Hamilton
N. B
Boots) Butler
Lindberghs Reach Natal After South Atlantic Flight
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh inspects the monoplane that carried him and Mrs. Lindbergh across the South Atlantic, finds its left wing damaged. The couple receive cheers in Natal as Air France offers repair facilities and locals speculate on their next moves.
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Natal
Brazil
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bathurst
Gambia
Africa
United States
Atlantic
Oil Industry Agrees on Self Regulation
Secretary Ickes announced that the oil industry has reached an agreement on self regulation. He noted the plan had not yet reached his desk and he did not know its full terms or whether it would be acceptable. The industry faced a deadline to adopt a management plan or face price fixing hearings.
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Washington
Ickes
Famous sculptor accepts post with Texas CWA
Gutzon Borglum, noted sculptor of Stone Mountain Memorial fame, accepts appointment as consultant to the Texas Civil Works Administration. He will advise F. A. Dale in city and county park beautification projects. Borglum, resident of Stamford, Conn., winters in San Antonio.
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Austin
Gutzon Borglum
Stone Mountain Memorial
Texas Civil Works Administration
F. A. Dale
Borglum
Stamford
Conn
San Antonio
Resignation Accepted of American Minister to Czechoslovakia
Washington officials announce the State Department accepted Francis White’s resignation as American minister to Czechoslovakia. Acting Secretary Phil Lips confirmed the action, with Say Blatz noted in the dispatch.
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Washington
WUP
Francis White
Czechoslovakia
State Department
Phillips
Wallace endorses Copeland Bill to strengthen pure food act
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace endorsed the Copeland Bill before a Senate Commerce subcommittee as hearings opened. He cited changes in advertising methods drug discoveries and the growing cosmetics industry as factors requiring stronger controls.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Senate Commerce
Stevenson Opens Governor Run in Texas
Austin December 7 U P Stevenson junction speaker of the Texas House virtually announced he will seek the governorship. He expects to formalize the bid 90 days before the Democratic primary set for the last Saturday in July. He may face Miriam Ferguson or James V Allred and still will run if the two are in the race. He urged a special legislative session to repeal the bond issuance law rather than amend it.
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Austin
U.P
Coke Stevenson
Junction
Texas House of Representatives
Stevenson
Congress
Miriam A. Ferguson
James V. Allred
Roter's Plea Is Not Guilty In Lynch Murder Case
John F. Zook former policeman pleaded not guilty to first degree murder in the death of Lloyd Warner lynched November 28. He seeks grand jury appearance to probe mob at county jail. Two other mob members in custody on lesser charges as state inquiry continues with over 50 witnesses subpoenaed.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
John F. Zook
Lloyd Warner
J. W. Gaddy
Zook
Warner
William O. Sawyers
Sawyers
Roy McKittrick
Pipe Line Wingnate Retained for Fraud
Chicago dispatch reports Frank P. Parish once dubbed a financial boy wonder surrendered to U S District Attorney on mail fraud charges. Parish had been missing for a year and reappeared in New York before surrendering with his attorneys seeking bond. Authorities expected a fifteen thousand dollar bond offer.
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Chicago
U.P
Frank P. Parish
Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line
U. S
Joseph Struitt
Parish
New York
Urge Food Retailers To Attend NRA Code Meeting
W. B. Walsh, chairman of the Retail Food Distributors' Association, calls local food distributors to attend a 8 o'clock meeting in the district county court room. The group will discuss the NRA code for retail grocers and urges all local distributors to participate.
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W. B. Walsh
District County Court Room
Joe Bailey Visits Amarillo Ahead of Senate Bid
Congressman Joe Bailey Jr of Dallas spends the day in Amarillo visiting friends after announcing his candidacy for the United States Senate. He arrived this morning and will depart tonight to return to Dallas.
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Joe Bailey, Jr
Dallas
United States Senate
Amarillo
Auction Buyers Urged to Seek Cash Value or Swap Options
Auction buyers are reminded that some merchandise may be worthless to them unless they can convert it to cash or swap it for needed items. The notice emphasizes evaluating value and trade potential in auctions.
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