Nation eyes Roosevelt plan for natural resources reform
Captiol Hill debated the 100000 word national resources board report proposing a six year public works budget a ten billion dollar reserve and methods to curb waste. Other points include subsistence homesteading rations and a permanent planning agency headed by Ickes.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
National Resources Board
Public Works Administration
Courtroom drama as crowd floods Tulsa hearing
In a Tulsa courtroom a 19 year old, Phil Kennamer, was bound over for trial in January on a first degree murder charge for the Thanksgiving night death of John Gorrell. Lloyd Huff, a Kansas City filer, testified to a plan to lure Gorrell to an isolated spot for a killing. Huff said Kennamer described driving to a secluded place and having Gorrell kill him, then driving away.
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Tulsa
Okla
Dee
Phil Kennamer
John Gorrell
Kene Namer
Lloyd Huff
Kansas City
Huff
Kennamer
Gorrell
Muff
Interest Rate Cut Ordered by Federal Reserve Board
The Federal Reserve Board ordered a reduction of maximum interest on time and savings deposits from 3 to 2 percent, effective February 1. The move aims to push depositors toward bonds and mortgages and to lower bank loan costs.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Reserve Board
Connect Fish With Another Death
New York police say Albert H. Fish, who admitted abducting Grace Budd, was employed within seven blocks of Billy Gaffney’s Brooklyn home on the day the 4 year old vanished in 1927. Authorities weigh links to other unsolved metro area child slayings despite Fish’s denials.
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New York
Albert H. Fish
Grace Budd
Brooklyn
Billy Gaffney
Fish
Gaffney
Masonic Grid Squad Heads North Tuesday
Oklahoma Citys Department of Justice announced the arrest of James C Mathers and Ben Laska two defense attorneys in the Urschel kidnapping case. They face charges of complicity in the $200000 ransom distribution tied to Albert Bates while Bates serves life at Alcatraz. Indictments also named Clara Feldman Edward Feldman and Alvin Scott connected to the recovered $46000 ransom in Oregon.
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Oklahoma City
James C. Mathers
Ben Laska
Denver
Charles F. Urschel
Department of Justice
Harvey Bailey
George
Albert Bates
Alcatraz Island
Urschel
Mathers
Laska
Bates
Brantley
Clara Feldman
Edward Feldman
Alvin Scott
Oregon
Fire kills twenty one horses at Thorncliffe race track
A series of fires at Thorncliffe track in Toronto destroyed 21 horses, including Ladder and White Thorn. Owner Frank E. Selke and Conn Smythe faced a loss estimated at $60,000 as investigators probe possible arson amid prior suspicious blazes. Earlier and separate bank robbery reported in Syracuse, Alabama, with $15,000 stolen.
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Toronto
Ladder
Frank E. Selke
White Thorn
Selke
Conn Smythe
Thorncliffe Race Track
Neil McArthur
Masonic Home Football Team Plans Pregame Northwest Trip
Coach H N Russell leads the Masonic Home squad on a three day run through Lubbock to acclimate for the Amarillo Sandies semi final in Amarillo. Tickets go on sale at 11 tomorrow at the City Auditorium for the Saturday playoff game.
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Lubbock
Fort Worth
Sandie
H. N. Russell
Masonic
Panhandle
Amarillo Sandies
Amarillo
Texas Tech
Butler Field
Sandies
Russell
Auditorium
Amarillo-Masonic
City Auditorium
Woman Opposes Texas State Sales Tax Debate
Dallas Rep Sarah Hughes told the Senate tax committee that a state sales tax could fail to reduce overall tax burden for many, since it would replace the state ad valorem tax. Senate members discussed county bond issues and a proposed advisory state board to review future county bonds as part of the hearing in Austin.
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Austin
U.P
Sarah Hughes
Dallas
Senate
Doctor Plays Santa To Famous Dionnes
Dr Allan Roy DaPoe arrived in Callander with a Christmas caravan for the Dionne quintuplets. The pediatrician, who has helped bring 1400 children into the world, brought QuinTuplet dolls and cuddly presents for the five sisters Oliva and Elzire Dionne at the hospital, just ahead of a planned visit a week before Christmas.
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Santa
Dionnes
Associated Preas
Callander
Santa Claus
Northland
Dionne
Allan Roy DaPoe
New York
Dr. DaFoe
Oliva
Elzire Dionne
United States
Steel industry pledges $100 million upgrade to curb overbuilding
In Cleveland on December 17 the steel industry unveiled a $100 million equipment program to address past over-building. United States Steel Corp will modernize $40 million worth of facilities next year, Ford Motor Co plans $19 million in new production gear, and National Steel Corp. announces a $12 million expansion for Great Lakes Steel.
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Cleveland
United States Steel Corporation
Ford Motor Company
National Steel Corporation
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Leprosy Case Found in Fort Worth Jail
A 45 year old Black preacher held on a chiseling charge was found to have leprosy in the Tarrant County jail. Health officials isolated him and coordinated with federal authorities to transfer him to the Carville leprosarium in Louisiana.
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Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Burke Brewster
United States
Carvill
Blocked Bayou Fisherman Rudolph Dobbertin Dies
Rudolph Dobbertin aged 68, who blocked Double Bayou near Anahuac and was wounded in a clash with federal and Chambers County officers, died in a Beaumont hospital. Deputy Sheriff George Stephenson was wounded in the exchange.
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Beaumont
Rudolph Dobbertin
Double Bayou
Anahuac
Chambers County
George Stephenson
Dobbertin
Brooklyn Armored Car Robbery Suspect Identified
Postal Inspector Walter Johnson said he was certain Joseph Burns of the Dillinger gang aided the August Brooklyn armored car robbery. Burns, a 41 year old fugitive, was captured in Chicago and will be turned over to Indiana authorities. He was among ten convicts who escaped from Michigan City prison on September 26, 1933.
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Chicago
Walter Johnson
Joseph Burns
John Dillinger
Brooklyn
N. Y
Indiana
South Side
Michigan City
Ind
Bankhead Act Support Narrowly Backs Cotton Farmers
Texas cotton farmers show strong approval for the Bankhead Act with 242,788 voting for it and 54,260 opposing after tabulation from 206 of 213 counties. The measure would keep acreage control from June 1, 1935 to May 31, 1936 across 16 Southern states.
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College Station
U.P
Texas
Funeral Services for Leon Sonfield in Beaumont
Funeral services for Leon Sonfield 68 former Beaumont city attorney and Supreme Court Commission of Appeals member will be held at his home in Beaumont at 2 o clock. He died in New Orleans last Saturday. John Maynard Shr. Co. will handle FHA remodelling and HOLO repair plans.
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Beaumont
Tex
U.P
Leon Sonfield
Supreme Court Commission of Appeals
New Orleans
John Maynard Shr. Co
FHA
Paraguayans Lose Fort to Bolivians
Paraguayans announced the capture of Fort Algodonal on the right flank near Villa Montes, signaling a shortened line and jubilation at home. Bolivia reported a strategic retreat in the Gran Chaco as its forces moved toward a renewed stand while talks in Geneva progress.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Fort Algodonal
Geneva
League of Nations
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Villa Montes
Algodonal
LA Paz
Central Bank
Luis Tejada
Trio Adopting Yale Families In Goodfellows Drive
Three Amarillo families were adopted in the Goodfellows Christmas Basket effort led by Welfare Association head Irene Finley at 502 Polk Street. Central Presbyterian Church Sunday school and Mrs. Frost joined the adoptions. unassigned baskets will be delivered by the committee. Donations of money food toys and clothing are urged and local theaters will host matinees to aid packing efforts.
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Goodfellows
Irene Finley
Welfare Association
Polk Street
E. M. Frost
Central Presbyterian Church Sunday School
Mission and
Rialto Theaters
Mrs Dall Rumored To Marry Newsman
At the White House there was no confirmation of reports that Anna Dall daughter of the President may marry John Boettinger former Tribune staffer. The rumor linked Boettingers resignation for a New York post to Dalls recent Nevada divorce both have children and are divorced.
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Washington
White House
Anna Dall
John Boettinger
Chicago Tribune
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday. West Texas will be partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with cooler readings in the extreme southeast portion. New Mexico expected generally fair, with snow احتمال in the northwest, warmer in the north central and east tonight and Tuesday. Temperature extremes recorded at 1 AM: 30 and 47 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Mexico
Seek Permanent Fund For Study of Rivers
The State Planning Commission in Austin agreed to seek legislative action to turn the commission into a state institution with ongoing support. The body also discussed CCC camp expansion for parks and farm terracing, historic site preservation, and oil and cotton resource planning with a five year cotton production map in preparation.
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Austin
U.P
Brazos
Rio Grande
International Water Commission
State Planning Commission
Miriam A. Ferguson
National Planning Administration
Orville J. Hall
Arkansas
College Station
Texas
Hall
Man's Body Found in Coal Pit Near Tulsa
An unidentified man about 40 was found in an abandoned rain water filled coal pit six miles northeast of Tulsa. Police saw no marks of violence and the cause of death was undetermined. No connection to the John Gorrell slaying case was noted.
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Tulsa
Okla
Dee
John Gorrell
Waterspout Lifts Plane Over Lake Victoria
In Tanganyika Territory two occupants were drawn 10,000 feet upward by a waterspout over Lake Victoria. Capt. V Soltau and J B King were aboard as hail battered the aircraft. They rose for 15 minutes before Soltau regained control and landed. the plane was ice coated with fabric stripped from wings and tail.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanganyika Territory
Africa
Lake Victoria
V. Soltau
King
Tanganyika
Solta
Woman to Gallows In English Murder
Mrs Ethel Lillie Major aged 42 faces a hangman’s rope in England on Wednesday for poisoning her 44 year old husband Arthur Major. Officials say no grounds for reprieve were found and she will be the first woman executed in England since 1926.
Huey Pushes 435 Bills in Louisiana Legislature
In Baton Rouge Senator Huey P Long urged rapid approval of 435 measures during a third special session of 1934. Bills cover taxation and penalties for opponents and university expansion as the House sends items to the way and means committee then back for final passage expected Thursday.
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Baton Rouge
la. Dee
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Long
State University
Way and Means
Charity Ball for Kiddies Clinic Supports Junior Welfare League
The annual Junior Welfare League Charity Ball at Amarillo Country Club raises funds for the League's clinic for needy preschool children. Ralph Bennett's orchestra provides music, a series of games and contests decorates the event, and admission is $2 per couple. The ball opens at 9 o'clock.
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Junior Welfare League
Amarillo Country Club
Ralph Bennett
Four Now Held for Disarming Oil Well Guard
Four men J Meadows L A McGowen G M Hooker and C T Lewis were Arrested in Pampa Texas on charges of disarming base guard and stealing his pistol during a December 3 incident at a Texas Company oil field. Rangers investigate linked fires at three Texas Company rigs.
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G. Abernathy
Abernathy
Texas Rangers
Texas Company
Judges Open Work On House Essays
Judges began evaluating hundreds of Panhandle entries in the News-Globe Better Housing Essay Contest this morning and will continue through Friday. Winners of the $250 cash awards will be named in next Sunday's Amarillo News-Globe.
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News- Globe
Amarillo News-Globe
Beauty Plans for Hospital Park in Potter County
Potter County commissioners study a blueprint for a beautified Northwest Texas Hospital site to become a city park with vast lawns and shrubs. Bucking ham will ask the city commission to designate the grounds and provide water. the county seeks a federal FERA labor grant for irrigation and planting, covering over 1000 sprinklers on three city blocks surrounding the main hospital, nurses’ home, and tuberculosis ward.
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Potter County Commissioners Court
Northwest Texas Hospital
Geome
Buckingham
FERA
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