Public profit by insurance mounts in 1833
New York December 7 Payments to policyholders and beneficiaries by American life insurers will hit record levels this year. Charles A. Howland announced at the Association of Life Insurance Presidents convention that about 3.1 billion dollars will be paid in claims matured events annuities surrender values and disability benefits by year end. Of that total 2.175 billion goes to living holders and 925 million to widows orphans and other beneficiaries.
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New York
Fred A. Howland
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Nal Life Insurance Company
Montpelier
Life In Insurance
School Boy Saves Train From Wreck
In Oregon City Oregon a 13 year old, Hubert Bigej, spotted a collapsed road bed on tracks near the Willamette River as a northbound train passed. He rushed to a nearby station to warn the operator, triggering a halt of the southbound train to prevent disaster.
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Oregon City
Ore
Hubert Bigej
Gmack
Williamette River
Hubert
Here
Southern Pacific
Williamette
New Era
William Dustin
Portland
Four Die In Northwest Storm Lifts Hope For Missing Fishermen
Seattle reports four confirmed deaths from the first severe winter storm in the Pacific Northwest. Two fishing boats wrecked off Vancouver Island with two crews aboard. missing captains Ole Hansen Einard Oksvik and Soren Knutsen are named. Additional fatalities come from windfall, accidents, and rain blindness across Washington and Oregon as torrential rain, wind and snow sweep the region.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Vancouver Island
Victoria
B. C
Ole Hansen
Einard Oksvik
Soren Knutsen
Washington
Oregon
Puget Sound
Weath- Shares
Relief Road Workers To Report Friday
Relief road crews with work relief cards issued by the local CWA office are to report Friday morning to projects previously slated to start Monday. Gaines D. Whitsitt, CWA administrator, said openings were moved up two days to aid the state highway department and finish road work before bad weather. Roy Cornelius of Pleasant Valley was rushed to St Anthony’s Hospital after a sudden illness. his condition improved later in the day.
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CWA
Gaines D. Whitsitt
Whitsitt
State Highway Department
Roy Cornelius
Pleasant Valley
St. Anthony's Hospital
Boxwell Brothers
Mr. Cornelius
Federal judge grants Ulysses release after long ban
Federal Judge John M Woolsey rules Joyce Ulysses may enter the United States. Pro-censorship factions and Samuel C Coleman oppose the decision, noting the work’s controversial nature. The novel, once banned as obscene, is described as a sincere, artful exploration of consciousness and modern literary form.
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Raymond Crowley
New York
America
John M. Woolsey
James Joyce
Ulysses
Samuel C. Coleman
Woolsey
Dublin
Leopold B
Joyce
United States
Foreign Veterans to Dress City in Christmas Garb
Veterans of Foreign Wars will spend two days decorating Amarillo for Christmas with evergreens and lights. About six miles of laurel will line Polk and Taylor streets, and two carloads of trees and decorations will be sold at 504 Polk Street. Volunteers will install the displays free of charge, funded by local merchants.
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Santa Claus
Sixth Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Amarillo
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Polk Street
Charles C. Gibson
Gibson
Potter County Grand Jury In Session With No New Indictments
The Potter County Grand Jury met this morning with District Attorney Grady Hazlewood present but no indictments were returned by noon. Several may be submitted later. The Seventh District Court has no jury for the rest of the week and no criminal cases are scheduled immediately. An egg white albumen is widely used as a varnish for cards and paintings, in photographs, and in calico printing.
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Potter County
Grady Hazlewood
Partyseventh District Court
Bottles Booming As Prohibition Eases Across Stores
Liquor sales surged with 2,000 daily transactions at Macy’s and 2,000 hourly runs at Gimbel’s, while Bloomingdale’s saw crowds four deep. California wines, imported cases, and cocktails appeared as bars advertised new hours and lower prices amid a cautious, post prohibition mood.
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Macy's
Gimbel’s
Bloomingdale's
Europe
Cameronia
California
California Wineries
Childs
Transfer Codes To Hugh Johnson In NRA Move
Washington report on a White House plan to transfer codes from the Agriculture Department to Hugh Johnson and the NRA. Farm Administrator George N. Peek threatened resignation over intraagency disputes, leading to a decision that all codes under AAA, except those for actual commodity processing, would shift to the NRA.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wallace
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
White House
George N. Peek
Brain Trust
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Peek
Wallace and
Johnson
AAA
Mystery Man Terrorizes Beverly Hills in Poison Tongue Threats
Beverly Hills and Hollywood residents report a shadowy figure known as the Man with a poison tongue has stalked the area with threats of bodily harm for weeks. Nelson Eddy, the famed tenor, said he received two threatening calls and investigators suspect an insider in a trusted social circle. No clear motive or extortion attempt has been found by the district attorney's office.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Hollywood
Nelson Eddy
Blayney Matthews
District Attorney's Office
Matthews
Don’t Merely Coddle It With Half Way Measures
An old advertisement extols Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine as a complete cold remedy. It claims the internal treatment opens the bowels, fights germs and fever, relieves headache and griping, and strengthens the system. Sold by druggists for 30c and 50c with no substitutes.
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Grove
Quiet Opening in New Orleans Cotton Markets and Cattle Prices
Cotton trades were subdued in New Orleans with March at 10.05 and May at 10.19 as the market hovered ahead of the bureau crop estimate. In Kansas City hogs and cattle, prices edged higher with Hogs mostly 6-10 cents up and cattle marginally higher across classes. The New York Stock Letter noted creeping equities amid a firm dollar and mixed grains and bonds with several blue-chip gains and lingering inflation concerns.
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Liverpool
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
st.Fogs
York
New York
U. S
Allied Chemical
American Tobacco B
American Telephone
American Can
du Pont
Corn Products
Western Union
Westinghouse
Johna-Manville
Great Western Sugar
Vanadium
U. S. Steel Papter Red
Booth Porto Rico
Caseanese
American Rollin Mill
Electric Auto-Lite
Auburn
United Aircraft
Chrysler
General Motors
U. S. Steel
General Electric
Athough
School Tax Payments Announced by Waddill
Amarillo schools and college collected 123 847.92 on 13 taxes in November. George M. Waddill, school tax collector, reported current November receipts of 97 815.23 with district and college statements totaling 26 332.69. Delinquent taxes of 11 407.58 were included in November. Salary warrants 14 509.12 paid on taxes. Last year November total was 127 783.82 and final per capita payment due around December 15 to cover last year warrants.
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Coll
Tober
George M. Waddill
Independent School District
Amarillo College
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