Family Denies Ransom Payment in Gang Case
A family denies paying $75,000 ransom to a gang as police clues remain meager. The report notes investigations and ongoing inquiries into the incident with limited leads and no arrests announced.
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18 Dec 1931
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1931
Page
1
Taxes Taxes Taxes and War News From 1931
Arthur Brisbane surveys New York Central finances and tax proposals, cites railroads as vital to national welfare, notes Chinese air bombings by Japan, and reports a Kansas City kidnapping case with ransom and escape details. The column blends economics, war insight, and crime update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central Railroad
United States
Floods threaten Mississippi and Eldorado areas
Flood conditions worsen in Northern Mississippi and Eldorado Arkansas. Kenova near Eldorado swamped by Ouachita River and Smackover Creek floods. Yazoo River and tributaries rise threatening 1927 level flooding in the delta. 25 feet flood stage forecast by Monday. Roads and rail lines disrupted. 15 inches of rain in Eldorado area over two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Eldorado
Arkansas
Kenova
Ark
Ouachita River
Smackover Creek
Yazoo River
Mississippi River
Yazoo City
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Vicin
Forecast calls for partly cloudy to unsettled skies through Friday and Saturday with little temperature change. In Texas, expect partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with possible rain in the southeast, warmer at times. Temperatures around 32 to 36 degrees at 1 PM.
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Amarillo
Vicin
Texas
Panhandle
Panhandle Auto Club
No. 5
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Childress
Vernon
Quanah
U. S. Weather Bureau
Canyon
Clovis
Santa Fe
Fort Worth & Denver
Texline
Lubbock
Texola
Guymon
Oklahoma
Roswell
N. M
Hereford
Albuquerque
Tucumcari
Ead
Transcontinental
Western Air Express
Waynoka
Okla
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Lubbock Slashes City Tax Rate by Half
Lubbock city commissioners voted to cut the property tax rate from 95 cents to 50 cents, reducing annual city taxes by about 120 000 dollars. The move marks a more than 60 percent drop from the 1930 rate of 1.25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Texas
National oil leaders seek presidential call for stabilization
A resolution asks the American Petroleum Institute to propose a meeting with President Hoover, federal authorities, and oil producing states to prevent industry chaos. Drafted by Andrew M. Rowley and the Texas Oil and Gas Conservation Association, the plan aims to stabilize and conserve states' natural resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
U.P
Hoover
American Petroleum Institute
Texas Oil and Gas Conservation Association
Andrew M. Rowley
Oil and Gas Journal of Tulsa
Good Fellows Seek Families for Ragged Christmas Stockings
Amarillo's Globe-News urges readers to adopt a family from its list to provide clothes food and joy for Christmas. The appeal invites individuals clubs and workplaces to take on one or more families with details and addresses for contact and donations.
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Amarillo
Globe-News
The
Globe News
Kansas City
the Globe
Lightner and Culbertson Dominate Bridge Match
A lean Theo dore Lightner teamed with Ely Culbertson to surge 4 965 points ahead of Sidney Lenz and Oswald Jacoby in a six rubbers session. Lightner’s fancy bidding drew praise while Jacoby’s dramatic play sparked clashes, prompting a conference between dugout and mound after a seven heart bid.
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H. Allen Smith
United Press
New York
U.P
Theodore Lightner
Ely Culbertson
Culbertson
Fawney
Lenz
Jacoby
Ossie
Tale of Two Cities Told in Cash Terms
Milwaukee reports a strong treasury with about 4 million dollars in the bank and one million in advance tax receipts as unemployment relief outlays run high. Chicago faces bond maturities and contemplates draining funds to meet 11.3 million dollars in debt, while police and firemen vow to continue services.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Luis M. Kotecki
Lake Michigan
Wickersham Commission
Chicago
Sea of Chicago
Anton J. Cermak
M. 8. Szymczak
Livestock Meetings Consolidated in Amarillo
Three scheduled livestock meetings were merged into one at the Chamber of Commerce due to bad weather and impassable roads. Attendees included R. T. Alexander of Canadian D L McDonald and Julian Bivins Amarillo Hereford directors, and C E Colling W M Gouldy Amarillo Baby Beef Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Hill
Chamber of Commerce
R. T. Alexander
D. L. McDonald
Julian Bivins
Amarillo
Hereford Breeders Association
C. E. Colling
W. M. Gouldy
Frank Ford
Potter County
Panhandle Pig Club
W. A. Williams
Vega
Lee McSpadden
Washburn Store and Post Office Robbed
Burglars late Thursday night raided the H. E. White general store and post office at Washburn fifteen miles southeast of Amarillo taking seventy dollars in money and merchandise including sheep lined coats shirts and shoes Most of the cash came from post office funds with only twenty dollars remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. White
Washburn
Amarillo
Seas Beneath photoplay at Globe-News Fair Saturday
The Seas Beneath, a child friendly photoplay, will be shown at the Globe-News Fair Saturday morning at 9 30 o clock. Adults and children pay 10 cents admission. This matinee is the third in a series sponsored by the city papers and has drawn strong crowds in past shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe-News
Fair Theater
State banking head charged in San Antonio case
Nine directors of the City Central Bank and State Banking Commissioner James Shaw face charges of allowing deposits while knowing the bank was insolvent. The bank closed in September with about 10 million dollars in deposits. Davis says Rogers and others routed roughly 600,000 dollars to Rogers and associates. Bail bonds likely. cases to grand jury in Hot Wells and Harlandale courthouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ban Antonio
U.P
James Shaw
Shaw
Harry Rogers
Exchange National Bank of Tulsa
A. F. Barnes
Russell ©. Hill
Wallace Rogers
W. A. Williams
R. F. Spencer
Dr. F. L. Thompson
Carl D. Newton
B. R. Webb
Court of Justice
BE. H.talbert
Harlandale
D. F. Davis
Davis
Joans
Rogers
Justice Court of
Hot Wells
Japan Announces New Troop Drive in Manchuria
A Japanese war office spokesman announced plans for an extensive campaign against alleged bandits in Manchuria amid reports of fighting that left one Japanese and 14 Chinese dead and several wounded. Evacuation by Japanese residents of Shanhaikwan to Tientsin was noted as tensions rose in Chinchow area.
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China
Chinchow
Tokyo
Manchuria
War Office
Rengo
Tientsin
Shanhaikwan
Wwasi
Washington
Japan
Forbes
Stimson
Gangland figure Jack Diamond slain after acquittal
In Albany N Y gang boss Jack Diamond was cornered, shot and killed at a Catskill area rooming house during an all night party celebrating his latest acquittal on kidnapping charges. Police questioned his wife and others while DA Delaney led the investigation. Diamond had previously beat kidnaping charges in Troy and Catskills cases.
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Paul H. King
United Press
Albany
Diamond
New York City
Catskill Mountain
Poece
Alice Schiffer Diamond
Laura Wood
Ethel Smith
John Story
Thomas H. Holmes
Dove Street
Troy
James Duncan
Catskills
Grover Parks
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