Treasury Chief Mills and Rainey clash over tax figures
In a heated House Ways and Means session Secretary Mills defended treasury tax recommendations and backed a manufacturers sales tax while disputing Leader Rainey over veracity and the role of Baruch in last year’s tax bill.
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Mills
Washington
U.P
Secretary of Treasury
House
Rainey
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Hoover
Raps
Mill
Bernerd Baruch
New York
Baruch
Robber Fleeing After Fatal Willard Station Hold Up
An unidentified robber was killed in Willard New Mexico after a station hold up. A Bovina Texas burglary suspect, later arrested in Amarillo, claimed no link to the Santa Fe station robbery. Police pursued the gunman and a partner as snow hampered the manhunt toward Albuquerque.
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Willard
N. M
Bovina
State Line
Texas
Amarillo
Albuquerque
Palmer County
Santa Fe
George Alter
Camp Grande
Alter
Cinderella girl Sunshine placed back with parents by jury
Sunshine Margaret Heard of Fort Worth, known as Cinderella news girl, is returned to her parents after a jury decision. Gordon Whatley, a wealthy bachelor who hosted the girl and sought adoption, faced parental objections over late nights and prize fights.
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Sunshine
Cinderella
Fort Worth
Sunshine Margaret Heard
Gordon Whatley
Europe and Belgium France refuse to act on pay
Two governments fall over American debts as France's Herriot loses a deputy vote and Belgium resigns to withhold a 12 125000 installment. London and Washington debate Britain’s payment while Italy reports its 1 245000 payment. Stimson says no reply to British note needed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Herriot
France
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
United States
Belgium
Powe
England
London
Treasury
Stimson
Ferguson suit against Highway Commission delayed ruling
District Judge Carl Runge deferred a decision in the Ferguson v. Texas Highway Department case as testimony began. The issue is whether the commission may contract with funds not yet in the till or only with money already available, amid about $10 million in highway funds and $4 million in recent awards.
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Austin
Carl Runge
James E. Ferguson
State Highway Commission
Runge
Highway Commission
Ferguson
Treasury
Prohibition, germs and invisible life in Brisbane column
Arthur Brisbane surveys prohibitionists led by Mrs. Peabody and Mrs. Roosevelt arguing beer versus spirits. He shifts to science, describing aphona bionts as invisible life and the vast unseen microbes shaping disease and existence.
Judd Promises To Tell Inside Story On Killings
Dr William C Judd husband of Winnie Ruth Judd the so called trunk murderess expected to arrive in Phoenix to tell the sheriff what he knows about the killings of Mrs Agnes Le Roi and Miss Hedvig Samuelson He said he would tell all to save his wife Sheriff J R McFadden said they would welcome any new facts and that it seems strange he did not help his wife earlier.
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Phoenix
Ariz
William OC. Judd
Winnie Ruth Judd
Scientist Gunman Causes Chaos in Congress Gallery
A 25 year old Allentown clerk Kemmerer displayed a revolver from the Senate gallery demanding the floor. He threatened to shoot if denied speaking, triggering a rush of pages and visitors as members fled to cloakrooms. Police detained him.
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Washington
U.P
Marlin R. M. Kemmerer
Allentown
Kemmerer
McMillan
South Carolina
Escape Artist Rekab Delights Amarillo Audience Tonight
Mystery magician Rekab headlines two performances at Municipal Auditorium in Amarillo tonight after Tuesday shows in front of The Globe News office. The spectacle draws local crowds and promises daring escapes in a period stage act.
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Amarillo
Rekab
Municipal Auditorium
Globe News
Rehab the Magician Opens at Municipal Auditorium
Rehab the magician performs at 8 15 on Wednesday night at Municipal Auditorium for 1 hour 45 minutes with tickets 25 35 and 10 cents for students and matinee patrons. Noted by witnesses and a Midland Reporter Telegram account the act includes daring escapes and pistol signals amid a crowd and a two ton stage setup with two thousand tricks per ton.
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Rehab
Magician
Municipal Auditorium
Globe
W. R. McDowell
Avery Rush
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Unsettled weather with likely snow tonight and Thursday. Cloudy conditions with possible rain or snow in south and west portions tonight and Thursday. Panhandle slightly colder tonight. New Mexico unsettled with rain or snow tonight and generally fair Thursday. Temperature extremes today reach 18 to 29 degrees by 1 PM.
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West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Farm relief plan outlines 1933 34 crops aid by Jones
Unanimous agreement on basic farm relief principles closely matching the domestic allotment bill was submitted to the House Agriculture Committee. Frederick T. Lee presented three core principles for emergency aid to agriculture applying to 1933 crops wheat cotton tobacco and hogs with certificates valued at 42 cents per bushel for wheat 5 cents per pound for cotton 4 cents per pound for tobacco and 2 cents per pound for hogs, funded by a tax on first domestic processing.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Frederick T. Lee
Lee
Jones
Secretary of Agriculture
Britain Referes Anglo-Persian Oil Dispute to League Council
In London on December 14 Captain Anthony Eden announced in the House of Commons that Great Britain will refer the Anglo-Persian oil dispute to the League of Nations council instead of the Hague Court.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Council of the
League of Nations
Hague Court
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Why Daytime Street Lights Burn in Amarillo Test
City hall workers explained daytime street lights burn during a test by Southwestern Public Service Company to check grounding. The overhead circuit must stay hot for the test and the city incurs no cost.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Senate blocks Hoover nominations in party line vote
The Senate refused to move Hoover appointees to executive session in a 44 to 37 party line vote. Only LaFollette and Blaine left the Republicans to join Democrats, with Shipstead voting with the Democrats, blocking committee consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
McNary
Oregon
LaFollette
Blaine
Wisconsin
Shipstead
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
City Dads Set 1932 Tax Rate In Budget Action
City commission met Wednesday to determine the 1932 tax rate after approving the budget Tuesday night. The fiscal year ending April 15 shows total general fund requirements of $415,242.89 and a total levy against about $60 million in assessed valuation, $3 million less than 1931, with a prior two year tax rate of $1 per $100.
Troop Rule Action Order Delayed New Texas Conference Anticipated
Gov. Ross Sterling teases a conference with the State Railroad Commission on troop withdrawal from the East Texas oil field. Only two commissioners are in the office. E. O. Thompson is expected later. The note ends with a jab about freezing citizens not being good citizens.
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Austin
Wintry Weather Lingers With Snow Across Amarillo Area
Amarillo and the Panhandle face unsettled skies with more snow possible tonight and Thursday. Temperatures near 18 rising to 35 later, and low around 15 Thursday morning. Snow totals reach about two and three quarters inches with light falls in surrounding towns. Rail and bus services report mixed conditions while airlines face West Coast storm impacts.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
H. T. Coilman
Rock Island
Radical veterans present cash petition to Curtis and Garner
A five member Rank and File veterans group led by James W. Ford delivered a petition demanding immediate cash payment of the bonus and opposing troop use in evicting last summer's bonus army. Ford was allowed to read the petition to Speaker Garner after Garner accepted the document in his reception room.
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Washington
Curtis
Garner
James W. Ford
Ford
Treasury receipts and expenditures report for December 12
Treasury receipts on December 12 totaled 6 million 380 thousand 143 dollars and 60 cents with expenditures of 17 million 315 thousand 834 dollars 50 cents leaving a balance of 514 million 544 thousand 391 dollars 21 cents. Customs duties for the first 12 days of December amounted to 9 million 342 thousand 611 dollars 58 cents.
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Washington
Treasury
Good Fellows Campaign Lists 1000 Needy Amarillo Families
The Good Fellow Campaign in Amarillo has 1000 needy families compiled and will print worthy cases in the News-Globe. Headquarters in the Oliver Eakle building at phone 4122 invites organizations and individuals to offer aid or adopt families while avoiding duplication.
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Amarillo
Good Fellow
Oliver- Eakle
News-Globe
Good Fellows
Gas Evidence Taking Stops Hearing on West Panhandle Rules
A hearing on new conservation rules for gas production in the West Panhandle field was adjourned as Ernest O. Thompson returned to Austin. R D Parker helped with the hearing. half of the issues were discussed with focus on casinghead gas versus natural gas and gas well definitions. Regulations set limits on gas to oil ratios and well flow with storage pending authorized use.
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West Panhandle
Ernest O. Thompson
Austin
Thompson
Amarile
R. D. Parker
Oil and Gas Division
Gan
Commission
Bookmaking defendant drops appeal in Arlington Downs case
The Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin dismissed O. O. Franklin’s appeal on a bookmaking charge tied to Arlington Downs on Sept 19, 1931, at the request of the defendant. P L Coulter’s betting case had been affirmed earlier. Franklin’s was the last suit in the matter. Old clothes are golden gifts to threadbare school children.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
O. O. Franklin
Arlington Downs
Franklin
P. L. Coulter
Arlington
Coulter
W. T. Waggoner
Belgium and France default on war debts shocks Washington
The Belgian government informs Secretary Stimson it will miss a 2.125 million dollar debt payment due tomorrow. France is expected to default on a 20 million dollar payment. May and Stimson discuss the news. U S policy remains quiet awaiting future steps from Paris and Brussels as debt totals exceed 4 billion. Dollar climbs to 25.63 francs and the pound rises on Paris exchange amid the defaults.
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Washington
United States
France
Paul May
Stimson
May
State Department
Belgium
Paris
Unions Asked for 6 Month Extension
Chicago December 14 The nation’s railroads proposed a six month extension of the current temporary ten percent wage reduction with conditions that would reopen the basic wage scale to full reconsideration unless the temporary cut is made permanent.
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Chicago
U.P
Shoppers urged to browse Santa's Gift Guide ads
Leading merchants showcase their best buys in Santa's Gift Guide in the Want Ad section. Readers are encouraged to scan the holiday picks and consider Stop and Shop among the featured offers.
Faith of foundling hinges on judge's verdict
New York judge must decide the religion of a doorstep baby found by Mrs. Hugo Connor. Adoption rules shuffle the infant between Catholic Protestant and Jewish identities, with the department declaring a religious match for the would be adoptive mother. The case hinges on how to determine the child's faith.
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New York
U.P
Alfred E. Norton
Solomon
Hugo Connor
Department of Welfare
Mrs. Connor
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