Roosevelt plans legislation to remove war profits
President Roosevelt announced a plan during a press conference to enact legislation this session aimed at reducing profits from war. He convened a meeting with Bernard Baruch Hugh Johnson and others to discuss the program and reform of mobilization and the economy. General MacArthur would be reappointed temporarily as army chief of staff to help shape the bill.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board
Hugh & Johnson
NRA
Baruch
Douglas MacArthur
Army
Hull
Morgenthau
Dern
Swanson
Perkins
Wallace
Navy
MacArthur
Joseph B. Fastman
George Peek
Johnson
Paruch
United States
Birge testifies he was framed in bribery case
Amarillo lawyer W S Birge took the stand in his own defense on a charge of attempting to bribe two Potter County grand jurors. He said Policeman Bandy Lee admitted reporting the matter to Chief McDowell and Sheriff Adams to frame Birge and save the police department.
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Bandy Lee
Max O’brien
W. S. Birge
Amarillo
Potter County
Birge
I. O. Willson
A. D. Foreman
Grand
Lee
American Legion Hall
W. R. McDowell
Bill Adams
Holiday shopping up 20 to 200 percent in Houston area
Mercantile reports show department stores in Houston posting 20 to 200 per cent higher sales during the Christmas period versus last year. Expectation runs about 33 per cent rise overall with stronger demand for clothing fabrics and jewelry. Dallas stores report a 60 per cent sales increase.
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Houston
Merc
Dallas
Extra plates added for Amarillo Chamber banquet
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce extends the annual banquet with 100 additional plates at the Herring Hotel. About 400 attendees expected. Extra tickets on sale at the chamber office on Polk Street until 2 PM Thursday. D A Skinner will be principal speaker arriving from El Paso. Banquet starts 6:30 PM and ends 9:30 PM. Tickets cost 1 dollar. Several Panhandle towns already reserved plates.
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Amarillo
Fl Paso
Los Angeles
Washington
Panhandle-Plains
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma Panhandle
J. F. Owens
United States Chamber
Stanley
New Deal Agency Diagram Shows How Federal Money Flows
Fortune Magazine presents a graphic of the federal treasury as a dam and pipelines feeding pools named for New Deal agencies. It contrasts arid left regions with fertile right pools and windmills showing agencies gaining independence. The chart, dated Oct. 15, 1934, lists many agencies and the amount channeled to each.
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Fortune Magazine
Federal Treasury
Treasury
New Deal
Army
Fortune
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Summary
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity shows fair conditions tonight and Thursday. West Texas: fair to the north with increasing clouds south, warmer in the southeast. New Mexico partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, slightly colder in the northeast. Temperature extremes today 34 to 52.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Stylishness Wins Honors For Women
Mrs. Harrison Williams of New York was re elected by Paris dress makers as the best dressed woman in the world. Louise Van Alen Mdivani of Newport and New York and Baronne Eugene de Rothschild of Paris also made the 12 best dressed list, expanded from ten this year with an average cost per woman around 50000.
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United Prene
Paris
U.P
Harrison Williams
Society
New York
Louise van Alen Mdivani
Newport
Baronne Eugene de Rothschild
Toll in Hotel Kerns Fire Rises as Bodies Found
In Lansing Michigan fire progress, 15 bodies recovered with two more found and 60 estimated dead. Many victims leapt to safety into the Grand River or through windows as flames trapped residents yesterday. Police and fire units continue searches amid still hot ruins.
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Lansing
Mich
U.P
Kerns
Lawrence Lyon
Bombs Wreck Four Theaters Across New England
Explosions damaged four moving picture theaters in Boston Pawtucket and Lynn early today as bomb squads investigated. The Majestic and Tremont in Boston, the Capitol in Pawtucket Rhode Island, and the Capitol in Lynn Massachusetts were wrecked with blast fragments and torn interiors. Emergency crews found missile fragments and the odor of explosives confirmed a bombing incident.
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Boston
Moving Picture
New England
Majestic
Tremont
Capitol
Pawtucket
R. I
Lynn
Mass
Majestic Theater
Tremont Street
William P. Connolley
Washington Capitol Dome in Evening Light
Washington scene features the Capitol dome lit in white at dusk near Capitol and Monuments. The piece notes Chief Justice Hughes and President as figures in a reflection on national shape and the era’s depressions, urging readers to ponder the building of the United States through history and leadership.
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Washington, D. C
Capitol
Hughes
Washington
Union Railroad
United States
Japan to notify end of Washington Naval Treaty
Tokyo reports that Japan will send an official notice terminating the Washington naval treaty to Ambassador Hiroshi Saito for delivery to the United States. The notice is slated for December 22 and follows authoritative confirmation.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hiroshi Saito
United States
Bleak Yule At Pickfair Predicted for 1994
Hollywood report predicts a bleak Christmas at Pickfair as Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Mary Pickford remain apart. Miss Pickford plans to prosecute her divorce suit before January 1 while reconciliation chances fade amid persistent discord.
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Pickfair
United Press
Hollywood
U.P
Douglas Pairbanks
Mary Pickford
Miss Pickford
Tri State Fair Votes Change to Morning Election Time
Wilbur C. Hawk announces officers election for the Tri State Fair Association will be held at 10 30 o clock Friday morning in the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel instead of 2 30 Friday afternoon. About 250 out of town directors are urged to attend as progress reports from the past year will be given by O L Ted Taylor secretary manager of the association Griggs Ambulance Dial 4311.
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Tri- State Fair Association
Wilbur C. Hawk
Herring Hotel
Hawk
O. L
Ted” Taylor
Doctor Tells of Shots That Killed Borger
December report covers testimony in the Borger murder case. Doctor Larry Hansen described finding Ace Borger dying in the post office after the August 31 shooting and noted powder burns and head injuries. Sheriff Hardy testified he arrived after Huey was taken into custody and described nearby items at the scene.
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Arthur Huey
A. P
Ace) Borger
Borger
Larry Hansen
C. B Reeder
Hardy
Huey
R. B Cowan
Berger
Badger Game Ticket Sale Opens Briskly
A brisk sale at the downtown ticket office with civic club reports of heavy sales suggests a large Panhandle crowd for the Amarillo Beaumont state junior college championship at Butler Field Friday. Out of town orders from Borger Plainview and Dumas boost demand as officials forecast near sellout of 4500 reserved seats along the east and west sidelines down to the south 20 yard line with Maxor Drug Store as the main downtown outlet.
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Butler
Borger
Plainview
Duman
Young Cadet Killed as Plane Crashes Near Boerne
Cadet Charles Fridge, 24, died when a Kelly Field bomber crashed 18 miles northeast of Boerne during a cross country flight from San Antonio to Dallas. Cadet Anthony G. Eubanks jumped to safety with a parachute.
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Ban Antonio
Charles Fridge
Anthony G. Eubanks
Kelly Field
Boerne
San Antonio
Dallas
Hogg Ranch
Amarillo Sees Surge in Local Retail Trade
Amarillo merchants report rising sales across nearly all stores as credit activity climbs. Rolla Townsend of the Amarillo Credit Association notes no exact figures for the first 12 days of December 1934 versus December 1935, while November records show sharp gains in credit sales and collections from 1953 to 1954 and 1933 to 1934.
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Amarillo
Rolla Townsend
Amarillo Credit Association
Townsend
Shopping crash prompts staggered hours urged by Dallas leaders
Busi ness leaders estimate heavy shopping downturn last year as Clifton Ling of the Dallas Retail Merchants Association calls for staggered store hours to ease noon and evening congestion. Dallas banks declare $210 000 in quarterly dividends boosting the Christmas budget. Prosperity outlook raised by Charles Dawes who predicts full business revival by June or July next year.
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Clifton Ling
Dallas Retail Merchants Association
Dallas
Chicago
U.P
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Dawes
Chicago Association of Commerce
Calvin
Seek Another Suspect In Gorrell Born Case
TULBA Okla Dec 12 Sheriff Charlies Price says he seeks another person linked to the deaths of John Gorrell and Sidney Born Jr. He questions the theories that Phil Kennamer 19 son of a federal judge is solely responsible for Gorrells death and that Born died by his own hand. Price believes Born was murdered and the same person may be involved in Gorrells killing, but he does not know the unnamed suspect or motive. A Flint Moss Kennamers atSee Tulsa Page 2.
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Tulba
Okla
Charlies Price
John Gorrell
Sidney Born, Jr
Phil Kennamer
Gorrells
Young Born
Price
Born
Gorrell
Flint Moss
Kennamer's At
Cold Wave Hits East and South Across Nation
A historic cold wave swept the eastern United States, driving temperatures to record lows from New York to Boston and threatening crops in Florida. The Midwest saw relief from blizzards as an Arctic front moved east, while ships and air routes faced disruption. Ice and snow covered the coast from Hudson Bay to the Carolinas, with Miami reporting freezing temps and Tampa noting snow for the first time since 1906.
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Chicago
United States
Everglades
Mississippi
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
North Atlantic
Hudson Bay
New York
New England
Mercury
Boston
Mount Washington
N. H
Adirondack Mountain
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Fiorello Ta Guardia
Gulf States
Miami
Fla
Tampa
Carolinas
Virginia
Bama
Georgia
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Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
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TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVAC
Tennessee Valley Associated Cooperatives
Time-Fortune Corporation
AAA
John Maynard Lor, Co
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King Ventures Syndicate, Inc
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Globe
Brisbane
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Pickford
Tri-State
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