Ex-hubby held after death plunge of Olga Steck
Thomas L. Matkins was held without charge in the death of his divorced wife Olga Steck, a former Ziegfeld Follies entertainer, who fell from a 12th story hotel window in San Francisco. Police want to learn what sparked a violent quarrel as Steck’s two sons remain in Matkins custody.
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San Francisco
Thomas L. Matkins
Olga Steck
Matkins
Allen McGinn
Saxe
Steck
Thomas, Jr
Robert
Pope Confers Red Hats on Sixteen Cardinals in Rome
In a grand Vatican ceremony Pope Pius XI bestowed red hats on sixteen of the twenty new cardinals created in the secret consistory. Four will receive hats later at their posts in Vienna Madrid Warsaw and Paris. Silver trumpets announced the pope's entrance as thousands cheered Viva il Papa in St Peter's. Cardinal Santiago Luis Capello of Argentina drew special attention among Latin American dignitaries and students at the Latin American College.
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Pius
Vienna
Madrid
Warsaw
Paris
St. Peter
Santiago Luis Capello
Argentina
Jericho Gap road work begins on U S 66 near Amarillo
Field Brothers of Lubbock hold the grading contract for the 16 mile Jericho Gap segment east of Amarillo with a $115000 price tag and a paving contract to follow by the State Highway Commission. Work is expected to finish by mid June with no delay to paving plans. Treasury figures show receipts and expenditures for December 17 with a large year to date deficit and gold assets at about 10.1 billion.
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Jericho Gap
Field Brothers of
Lubbock
State Highway Commission
W. J. van London
Field Brothers
Treasury
Washington
The
The Iron Queen Learns To See Beauty In Snow Tale
Santa faces trouble as the Iron Queen prisoner in Toyland crafts a clock halving hours. A magic bee and a beetle aid Santa by inspiring the queen to appreciate flowers and food. The queen, moved by a tear, asks for sustenance and plans a gift for the witch.
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Santa
Iron Queen
Toyland
Beetle
Fear of relief rolls rising linked to budget strain
Washington reports warn relief caseloads may increase as winter raises needs while the budget is set to slow the public debt rise. President Roosevelt consults relief officials as Works Progress Administrator Harry Hopkins notes November relief declines amid depleted resources. Officials fear may continue for many cities with winter hardship and unemployed workers seeking aid.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dole
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
Parley Policy Guides Amarillo Convention Hosting
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce reaffirmed a budget raised pledge favoring self supporting conventions in Amarillo. For the Texas Laundry Owners Association meeting January 6 to 8, the chamber will send invitation literature and provide clerical help for registration to attract delegates.
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Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Chamber of Com
Merce
Texas Laundry Owners Association
Chamber
Laundry Owners Association
H. V. Robertson and Company Accountants Ad Introduce Tax Counselors
The notice advertises H. V. Robertson and Company Accountants and Auditors with contact details for tax counsel Oliver Eakle Bide offering specialized tax advisory services.
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Oliver Eakle Bide
Chamber of Commerce Not Guested Delegates at Conventions
Carl Hinton secretary-manager says the chamber has not spent on entertaining delegates for the United Confederate Veterans reunion or other conventions in the city since the chamber's founding and will continue this policy.
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Carl Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
United Confederate Veterans
Labor union reinstated at Gulf port in Houston
The International Longshoremen's Association is restored at the Houston port after a federal mediation board assigned work to independent dockers. The Lone Star Colored Longshore Benevolent Association had been contracted by steamship interests following a strike on October 11 involving Luckenbach Gulf Steamship and Swayne and Hoyt vessels. The action allows union workers to return to foreign trade cargoes, with reinstatements already in Galveston Corpus Christi and Texas City.
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Houston
International Longshoremen’s Association
Lone Star Colored Longshore Benevolent Association
Luckenbach Gulf Steamship Company
Swayne and Hoyt
Steamship
Mediation Board
Michael J. Dwyer
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Texas City
Death of Mrs. Alfred White in St. Louis
Friends report the death of Mrs. Alfred White of St. Louis mother of Mrs. M B Harris of Amarillo. Mrs. Harris, living at 1507 Monroe Street, had been in St. Louis with her mother for two months. Mrs. White had visited here several times.
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Alfred White
St. Louis
M. B. Harris
Amarillo
Clergy Appointments Shared by Pope Pius XII
George L. Leech named bishop of Harrisburg Pennsylvania by Pope Pius XII Hugh L. Lamb named auxiliary archbishop to Cardinal Dougherty in Philadelphia Francis Carroll appointed bishop of Calgary Alberta
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George L. Leech
Harrisburg
Pius Hugh L. Lamb
Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
Francis Carroll
Calgary
Alberta
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