Roosevelt Opens Federal Financing for Municipal Power Plants
President Roosevelt moves to finance municipal utility plants nationwide and partners with Mayor LaGuardia to consider a publicly owned New York City power system. A $15 million PWA loan for New York electric plant spurs market caution as officials cite potential 40 percent cut in public building electricity costs. December opening of Tabba tunnel at Atami, Japan, costs about $12.5 million.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fiorello H. Laguardia
New York City
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
PWA
City of New York
White House
Atami
Japan
Star of Bethlehem seen in East misread as omen
A Beverly Hills millionaire William F Gettle received a police guard after a crude ransom threat, while Harvard Observatory tied a Christmas coincidence to Nova Herculis 1934. The nova rose rapidly from magnitude 15 to near 2, with astronomers noting its east to west motion and potential for a major stellar outburst.
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Los Angeles
William F. Gettle
Beverly Hills
Gettle
Long Beach
Cambridge
Mass
Matthew
Bethlehem
Harvard Observatory
Law and Order at Fort Worth Semi Final Grid Game
Fort Worth police chief plans to send ten officers to guard the semi final football clash between Sandies and Masonic Home. Police chief McDowell wired chief Lewis who declined to attend but will have ten men on site for security. In Waxahachie, Karl F. Griffith 42, Dallas executive, died from injuries after his car stalled and he was struck on the highway.
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Law and Order
Fort Worth
W. R. McDowell
Henry B. Lewis
Sandies
Masonic
Lewis
Waxahachie
Tex
Karl F. Griffith
Dallas
Lone Star Gas Company
Here
Griffith
Von Stroheim Claims He Is Nearly Broke
Los Angeles report says film star and former director Eric von Stroheim told the city prosecutor he is nearly broke after years of earnings once reaching five thousand dollars weekly following The Merry Widow. He said he has eleven dollars and thirty one cents in the bank and one overcoat and one suit. He agreed to try to contribute five dollars a week for his 18 year old son.
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Los Angeles
Eric von Stroheim
Albert L. Hershman
Stroheim
Huge King Ranch Now Incorporated
King Ranch in South Texas has been incorporated by three heirs from the 1.2 million acre estate founded in 1853 by Captain Richard King. The 75,600 share no par value capitalization was funded with 30 000 dollars by the incorporators, with Alice G K Kleberg and Richard M Kleberg plus Robert J Kleberg as directors. The charter runs 50 years and aims to raise buy and sell livestock.
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Richard M. Kleberg
Corpus Christi
Robert J. Kleberg
Santa Gertrudis Ranch
Indian Woman 125 Dies at Home Near Granite Mountain
Kiziah Hotato a Choctaw aged 125 died at her home near Granite Mountain. As a 15-year-old she rode the Trail of Tears from Mississippi to Oklahoma. She lived with her daughter Lorraine Mohotetuby, 80, and had not left her land in 50 years. Her hearing and eyesight remained nearly perfect.
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Mill Creek
Okla
Kiziah Hotato
Granite Mountain
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Lorraine Mohotetuby
Welder Killed in Tank Explosion at Fort Worth
S C Lang, 38, welding shop owner, was burned to death when an 18 000 gallon oil tank he stood beneath blew out. Workers Richard D Taylor, 29, and Lee Morris, 27, Negro, suffered burns. The blast occurred late yesterday at Lang’s shop in Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth
U.P
S. C. Lang
Richard D. Taylor
Lee Morris
Lang
Amarillo Sees Recovery On Way In City
Am arillo credit officials forecast December business would rebound after a low mood. Townsend, secretary manager of the Amarillo Credit Association, cited four months of steady gains and a 1929 level peak as a national benchmark. Southwest reports echoed improving conditions and rising consumer spending. Four men on a Manila golf course were fined for dice play.
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Amarillo
Rolia Townsend
The
Credit Association
Southwest
Townsend
Manila
Deed Transfers and Car Registrations in Courthouse Records
South Pl. Imp. Co transfers property to Neal Ainsworth for 1000 dollars covering multiple lots in C. C. Park. Neal Ainsworth deeds back to Son. Pl. Imp. Co. for ten dollars and Lot 10 in Block 151. Fred Payne et al. sell to P. H. Building & L for 150 dollars in Miller Heights. Vehicle registrations list Clarence Cogburn Chevrolet Coach 1934 and J H Hall Chrysler Sedan 1934.
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South Pl. Imp. Co
Neal Ainsworth
C. C. Park
Son. Pl. Imp. Co
Fred Payne
Highway group progresses with federal aid project
The Texas Highway Commission completed one section of a federal highway construction program to relieve unemployment and planned bids on another group of projects. Bids on road work totaling 1 315 667 were tabulated, with five more projects approved at an estimated 515 000.
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Austin
Texas Highway Commission
Commission Sets 1935 Federal Aid Projects
Bids due December 31 as the commission plans a January meeting to pick jobs for the regular federal aid allotment for 1935. Ongoing work uses emergency federal grants.
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Commission
Skidding Driver Bails Out in Freezing Rainfall
Patrolman Ray Bryant described slippery streets after a freezing rainstorm in Portland Maine. A driver bailed from a skidding car and slid with it to an intersection where the vehicle struck a passenger, tossing him onto a sidewalk unharmed. Meanwhile Bermuda’s island is described as slowly sinking into the sea.
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Portland
Ray Bryant
Island
Bermuda
Foley Pills Promise Quick Relief for Kidney Ailments
Advertisement claims FOLEY PILLS enter irritated kidney and bladder organs, provide relief within hours, flush out toxins and soothe burning. Promotes Foley Pins and Folay Cathartic Tablet with claims of strengthened bowels and reduced back pain.
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FOLEY
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Kinney
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J. Levy
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Styles
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