Hoover seeks 136 million for roads and public works
President Hoover asked Congress for 136 three hundred fifty two million dollars in additional federal appropriations this fiscal year. Major items include 60 million for interstate road construction advances 20 million for the public building program and 46 872 000 for military and naval compensation.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
House
House of Representatives
Veterans Administration
United States
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Agriculture Department
Commerce Department
Interior Department
Justice Department
Labor Department
Postal Service
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department
District of Columbia
War Costs and Leadership Critique in Brisbanes Today Column
Arthur Brisbane discusses wartime spending and economic strain under Hoover. He cites federal outlays for wars, veterans benefits, and overall budget reductions, while challenging Yale professor Fischer on leadership and the Federal Reserve Board. The piece reflects 1931 views on economy and policy.
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Fischer
Yale
Strong
Federal Reserve Board
Radio Audition Winners in Fifth Atwater Kent Contest
Eight finalists from the fifth national Atwater Kent radio audition are shown. The NBC final last night determined men and women winners from ten non professional singers who share a $25,000 cash pool plus tuition awards to American conservatories. Judges included Rosa Ponselle Alma Gluck M H Aylesworth Giovanna Martinelli Sophie Braslau Dr Walter Damrosch and Yetman Griffith.
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Atwater Kent
NBC
Rosa Ponselle
Alma Gluck
M. H. Aylesworth
Giovanna Martinelli
Sophie Braslau
Walter Damrosch
Yetman Griffith
Eight Deaths and Heavy Damage From Tornadoes Across Three States
A weekend tornado outbreak across Southwestern Arkansas and Northern Louisiana left eight dead and numerous injured. The storms damaged hundreds of structures, forced mass evacuations, and disrupted travel as Red Cross relief teams aided survivors. Dam breaches flooded land near Shreveport and a dam failure damaged radio KWKH.
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Ark
Dee
Arkansas
Louisiana
South
Helen Calvert
Camden
Minden
Hartman
Cotton Valley
Shreveport
Waldo
Red Crom
St. Louis
Monroe
KWKH
W. K. Henderson
Wartrace
Tenn
Texarkana
Republicans Organize Senate Group Amid Re election Battle
Republicans organized the Senate to day and retained control by re electing their committee chairmen. The fight over re election of Senator Moses of New Hampshire as president pro tem continued as the party cleared the way for work on pending legislation. Democrats claimed the move would end the Republican dominance.
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Washington
Moses
New Hampshire
Mfitee
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Foreign Relations
Glenn
Mlinois
Cutting
New Mexico
Connally
Texas
Lewis
Illinois
Death of Scout Everett Allen mystery in Maine
Everett Allen a 14 year old Scout was found hanged from a spruce tree on Harriet Rowe Elting's estate in Hancock County Maine. His hands were tied behind his back with a clothes line after Sunday school. Sheriff Wescott called it the deepest mystery of his career while officials ponder a possible accidental hanging during a knot tying demonstration.
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Northeast Harbor
Hancock County
Everett Allen
Harriet Rowe Elting
Philadelphia
Wescott
Young Allen
Amarillo Weather Forecast Warns of Warmer Tuesday
The Amarillo area expects fair skies and a slight warming tonight with Tuesday partly cloudy conditions. West Texas should stay generally fair with a warmer southeast portion, while New Mexico sees little temperature change. Extremes for the 24 hour period end at 1 PM were 37 and 20. Griggs ambulance. Phone 4311.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Quarrel Over Wages Tied to Texas Double Slaying
Darrell Kendall alias Ricks Hill confessed to a Texas double murder of itinerant show operator L. H. Brownlee and Martha Smith in New Caney. He allegedly argued over $30, struck Brownlee, then killed Smith during a struggle with a butcher knife. A parrot’s screams alerted authorities. Kendall was tracked to a home near Orotona and extradition proceeded with a Mississippi requisition.
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New Caney
Texas
O. E. Shell
Darrell Kendall
Ricks Hill
Kendall
L. H. Brownlee
Brownlee Mobile Minsigels
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Brownlee
Shell
Chicago Favored to Host 1932 Republican Convention
Washington dispatch notes Chicago likely to receive the 1932 Republican National Convention bid, Cleveland fading after failing to meet the 150000 dollar minimum guarantee. Detroit remains runnerup as party leaders draft a new delegate plan boosting Southern representation and reallocating bonus delegates after the latest apportionment.
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U.P
Chicago
Cleveland
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Detroit
South
Texas
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Resume Card Bout Tonight
The Lenz Culbertson bridge match resumes tonight with Mr and Mrs Ely Culbertson trailing Sidney Lenz and Oswald Jacoby by 4840 points after 33 rubbers. Culbertson remains confident saying they have outplayed the opponents and will dust their knuckles as 117 rubbers remain.
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New York
Ely Culbertson
Sidney Lenz
Oswald Jacoby
Culbertson
Lenz
Jacoby
Marines Halt Street Fights in Honolulu
In Honolulu troops in dungarees and civilians clashed on city streets prompting navy shore patrols and Marine riot duty. Police linked the disturbances to a mistrial in an attack case against a naval officer’s wife and the earlier kidnap and beating of Horace Ida and Robert K. Wong, a Chinese man mistaken for a defendant.
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Honolulu
Navy
Horace Ida
Robert K. Wong
Beaumont to be site for semi-final clash
The semi-final Corsicana Beaumond high school football game will be played next Saturday at Beaumont after today's coin toss decided the venue.
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Beaumont
Houston
Cleveland Expos Seek Sherman Injunction Against Film Producers
A federal suit filed for the Cleveland motion picture exhibitors association charges the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America led by Will Hays with Sherman act violations. The action also names Cleveland film board of trade as a defendant.
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Cleveland Motion Picture Exhibitors Association
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc
Will H. Hays
Cleveland Film Board of Trade
East Texas Oil Parley Urged
Austin reports Goy R. Sterling urged the Texas Railroad Commission to convene a hearing for East Texas field operators before ending martial law. The Texas Oil and Gas Conservation Association executive committee met in Fort Worth to finalize organization and discuss industry questions with members from Wichita Falls Dallas Longview Kilgore Mexia Houston San Antonio San Angelo.
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Goy
Sterling
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
Texas
Fort Worth
Texas Oil and Gas Conservation Association
Charles F. Foster
The
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American Petroleum Institute
Roy B. Jones
Wichita Falls
W. L. Todd
Dallas
Clifford Mooers
Longview
J. Lewis Thompson
Kilgore
E. L. Smith
Mexia
George Sawtelle
Houston
Frank P. Zoch
San Antonio
George Morgan
San Angelo
Roeser
Christmas Mailing Rush Starts as P C Lines Form
Amarillo begins its Christmas mailing period with the first parcel post lines forming at the local office. Postmaster W C Kenyon urged gift donors to mail early as volume is expected to rise about 200 percent this week to speed delivery before Christmas.
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Amarillo
W. C. Kenyon
Interior grants Salt Creek royalty oil contract
Secretary of Interior Wilbur today awarded to the Producers and Refiners Corporation of Independence Kansas the contract for royalty oil from the government's Salt Creek oil fields in Wyoming.
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U.P
Wilbur
Producers and Refiners Corporation
Independence
Kan
Salt Creek
Wyoming
Inukai Demands Chang Withdraw From Chinchow Area
Premier Tsuyoshi Inukai declared that Chang Hsueh-Liang must pull Chinese forces from the Chinchow district as a condition for Japan to evacuate points outside the South Manchuria railway zone and restore peace in Manchuria. Tokyo exchanges closed as shares surged after the gold embargo and standard suspension.
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Associated Press
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Tsuyoshi Inukai
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chinchow
Japan
South Manchuria
Manchuria
Chang
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Korekiyo Takahashi
Chiang Kai Shek Denies Resigning as Nanking Leader
Official circles deny reports that Chiang Kai Shek will resign as president of the Nanking government. despite denials, belief grows that Chiang and other top nationalist officials may retire within a fortnight.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chiang
Riot Averted at U S Prison in Leavenworth
In Leavenworth Kansas on December 14 convicts remained in cells after a disturbance last night at the federal penitentiary. E H Eckholdt said the unrest did not spread through the prison and prisoners were kept from work. Sanford Bates arrived to investigate the Friday break involving seven escapees. About 700 to 800 convicts in cellhouse B were confined to cells. others stayed in their blocks.
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Kas
Federal Penitentiary
E. H. Eckholdt
T. B. White
Eckholdt
Sanford Bates
Federal Prisons
Washington
Supreme Court Recesses For Holidays In Washington
The Supreme Court recessed for the holidays after a short session today in Washington. It will reconvene January 4. Griggs ambulance, Phone 4311.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Attorneys Employed By Gas Land Owners
The Panhandle Land Owners Association formed a special committee to sue Texoma Natural Gas Company to secure fair landowner gas rates for gas piped to Chicago. Illinois hearings will use photostats of Texoma valuation at 2 cents per thousand cubic feet, against claimed 6 cents plus 25 percent recovery.
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Underwood, Johnson, Dooley & Simpson
Panhandle Land Owners Association
Texoma Natural Gas Company
Chicago
Illinois
Texoma Company
Illinois Commerce Commission
Special Committee
Texas
Panhandle
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
United States
Congress
Panhandle Land Owner's Association
Churchill in danger of pleural hemorrhage after taxi strike
New York report states Winston Churchill, former British chancellor, was hospitalized at Lenox Hill after being struck by a taxicab. Weather notes from Amarillo forecast warmer temperatures with fair skies turning partly cloudy Tuesday and a 20 degree low recorded at 6 A.M.
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New York
U.P
Winston Churchill
Lenox Hill Hospital
Torrential Southeast Rain Floods Recede Across Regions
Torrential rainfall drenched the Southeast and Ohio, reviving flood waters that surged over nearly dry beds. Heaviest downpours hit North Georgia and Southeastern Tennessee, while central Ohio rivers and creeks overflowed, trapping motorists and forcing some to abandon cars or seek shelter overnight.
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Georgia
Tennessee
Columbus
Ohio
Portsmouth
Manchester
Bentonville
Railways Move to Negotiate Wage Cut With Employes
The nation’s railroads push to start talks with union representatives over a voluntary wage reduction for about 1.5 million workers. Eastern lines meet in New York on proposals to appoint representatives for salary relief and unemployment aid. Southern leaders to meet in Louisville, western carriers to follow in Chicago.
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