Baruch urges U S tin stockpile for war readiness
Bernard M. Baruch told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the United States should buy and store thousands of tons of tin to ensure wartime supply, likening it to investing in a battleship. He cited past wartime shortages and urged preparedness for strategic needs.
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Washington
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Baruch
Roosevelt
Nye
Senate Munitions Committee
John J. Raskob
American Liberty League
Democratic National Committee
Raskob
R. R. M. Carpenter
du Pont
General Motors
James E. Watson
Repub
Senate
Munitions Committee
Pierre du Pont
Son Confesses to Killing Father in Seguin Farmhouse
Emil W. Bock Jr., 17, confessed to Sheriff A W Saegrist that he killed his father Emil W. Bock, a wealthy Seguin farmer, in their dining room about 1:30 this morning for "getting tired" of his father's discipline. He battered the elder with a pipe, scattered furniture to stage a struggle, then went to a neighbor and later admitted the crime. He is held on murder charges in the county jail.
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Young Buck
Bargrist
Bargrst
Young Rock
Beguin
Rock
Bock
Morgenthau Pushes End of Tax Exemption on Future Bonds
Secretary Morgenthau urges Congress to remove tax exemption on future issues of federal state and municipal bonds. He cites up to 50 billion in tax exempt securities and calls for bipartisan committee action to finance reform and unify tax collection nationwide.
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Washington
Congress
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
United Press
Roosevelt
House
Treasury
House Ways and Means
House Judiciary Committees
Morgenthau
Treasury Department
Savery
Mexicans Challenge Amarillo School Ruling In Austin
Amarillo Mexicans plan to seek state education department relief to block a school board order excluding Mexican students from Sanborn and Johnson Street schools. Attorneys say district court lacks jurisdiction until state rulings, and argue transfer creates traffic hazards and unequal access.
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Amarillo
State Department of Education
S. F. Rose
A. C. Gongales
Alvano Lucero
Potter County
Austin
Rose
108Th District Court
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Department of Edution
Sanborn and Johnson
Dwight Morrow
Sanborn
Johnson Street
Trail Driver T. C. Owens Dies in Anson at 79
Anson Texas December 21 Pioneer trail driver T C Owens aged 79 died here yesterday after arriving in Anson in 1880. He served two years as tax assessor. His funeral was today.
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Anson
Tex
T. C. Owens
Riot Toll Reaches Four In Shelbyville Court Clash
Shelbyville Tennessee December 21 Floyd Pat Lawes 28 a farmer died in hospital from wounds received Wednesday when National Guardsmen fired into a crowd as a mob tried to storm the courthouse for a negro prisoner. It was the fourth fatality.
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Shelbyville
Tenn
Floyd
Pat) Lawes
National
Gilford Freeman
Lawes
R. H. Bond
National Guard
Word As They Try They Hunger for Christmas Help
Benefit matinees at the Mission and Rialto Theaters raise food donations for needy Amarillo families. Admission is a food basket including items like corn, beans, potatoes, jelly. The program features Buck Jones Hello Trouble, Popeye and Betty Boop cartoons.
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Goodfellows
Mission
Rialto
Oscar Dooley
J. R. Melcheran
Betty Boop
Masons Arrive for Texas Inter scholastic league game
The Masons from the Masonic Home Fort Worth arrived by special bus from Lubbock at 11 30 this morning and will hold a secret workout on Butler Field ahead of their 2 30 kickoff with the Golden Sandstorm. Coach H N Russell plans a hard fight in the Texas Inter scholastic League grid contest to decide who advances to the championship.
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Lubbock
Panhandle
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Rusty” Russell
Herring Hotel
Soaf
Butler Field
Greenville
Corpus Christi
Bufkin
Ricketts
Russell
Mossah Temple
Sandies
Moslah
Thomas RK. James
Mossah Corps
Mineral Wells
Mostah
Amarillo
Palo Duro
Ira EB. Brown
Talks on relief shift Fails to sway Dole platform battle
A business leaders platform urging shift from work relief to direct aid met growing opposition led by Harry L. Hopkins. Labor leaders opposed majority rule in collective bargaining as farm and labor groups plan meetings while the White House awaits department review.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Ickes
Norris
Nebraska
Hopkins
White House
Joint Business Conference For Recovery
American Federation of Labor Chiefs
Executive Mansion
C. B. Ames
Ames
Roosevelt
Wealthy Chicagoan Seeks Wife and Children
Charles Cusack of Chicago, a member of the outdoor advertising family, is in Albuquerque directing a search for his estranged wife and their three children believed en route to Cuero Texas. He says she violated a court order by taking the children from Los Angeles. Authorities across New Mexico and surrounding states checked camps and hotels. The 9 and 3 year old children were reportedly seen at Kingman Arizona yesterday.
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Albuquerque
N. M
U.P
Charles Cusack
Chicago
Cuero
Tex
Cusack
Los Angeles
New Mexico
Kingman
Ariz
Flying Hotel Ulver Crashes 7 Die in Iraqi Desert
Dutch Royal Airlines Ulver crashed near Rutba Wells Iraq during a desert storm killing seven aboard. Victims include Professor Walsh Batavia University and M Beekman chief pilot. Royal Air Lines and Imperial Airways officials head to the scene to investigate.
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Rutba Wells
Iraq
Royal Air Force
Mnes
England
Melbourne
Amsterdam
Batavia
Java
Professor Walsh
Batavia University
M. Beretti
Aneta
Dutch East Indies
M. Kort
M. Beekman
van Steenbergen
H. A. Walewyn
C. van Zadebogg
Flying Hotel
K D
Parmentier
J. J. Moll
Wilhelmina
Dutch
Royal Air Lines
British Imperial Airways
Baghdad
Palestine
Seek Quick Verdict For Martin Insull
A Chicago criminal court jury deliberated embezzlement charges against Martin Insull. An extraordinary session aimed to speed a decision before Christmas shopping days as Insull drew 344720 dollars from Middlewest Utilities to bolster a sagging market. Prosecutors branded the action theft. lawyers and staff hoped for a speedy verdict.
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Chicago
Martin
Cornélius J. Harrington
Middlewest Utilities
Treasury
New Trends on Energy and Taxation in Municipal Power Debate
Arthur Brisbane notes New York City weighs a municipal light and power plant to supply electricity and gas, contrasting with smaller cities tax relief from municipal profits. He warns such competition could lead to confiscatory effects, and cites Canadian power purchases as context.
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New York City
New York
Armory Fire Destroys Toledo Building and Supplies
A WPA blaze in Toledo destroyed the 43 year old armory with about 1 million dollars worth of government military supplies ruined. Two firemen were injured in the fire that also included ammunition explosions. In Tennessee, Jefferson Hall at the University of Tennessee campus burned to ashes, wiping out over 100 thousand dollars in National Guard equipment. Origin of that blaze was unknown.
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Toledo
Knoxville
Tenn
Jefferson Hall
University of Tennessee
FA. O. T. C. Armory
National Guard
Furlough Extension Delays Harlem Prison Return
Shilo Scrivner serving a 10 year sentence for robbery in Galveston County had his return to the Harlem prison farm delayed by a furlough extension. The extension, filed today, lengthens freedom to expire January 10, 1935. Governor's proclamation confirms extension.
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Der
W. B
Shilo
Scrivner
Harlem
Galveston County
Japan Claims U.S. Obduracy in Treaty Breakdown
Tokyo reports blame on American obstinacy for the collapse of tri power naval talks as Emperor Hirohito signs documents abrogating the Washington treaty. Foreign ministers announce consultation with ambassadors before notifying London, with a January deadline and a stated motive to preserve peace in the East.
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Hirohito
Washington
Japan
London
Koki Hirota
Hirosa Saito
United States
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Cordel Hall
Foreign Office
Privy Council
Kingsford Smith Tries For New Speed Mark
Australian trans Pacific flyer Charles Kingsford Smith departed Union Air Terminal at 4 48 A M aiming to set a new trans continental speed record. He planned a Cincinnati refueling stop but may fly to New York City if time allows. Harry Walker accompanied him. the plane carried 300 gallons of gasoline.
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Union Air Terminal
Burbank
Calif
Charles Kingsford Smith
Cincinnati
Kansas City
New
Huey P Long Eyes New Louisiana Constitution Shift
In Baton Rouge Huey P Long aims to rewrite the state constitution to centralize power, targeting local governments and punishing opponents. Administration officials expect a February reconvening of the legislature to call a constitutional convention.
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Baton Rouge
Ay Sen
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Kingfish
Amarillo Forecast Sees Fair Skies Then Unsettled Weekend
Weather outlook for Amarillo and nearby areas shows fair tonight and Saturday, turning unsettled Sunday with slightly cooler temperatures. Frost possible in southeast portions tonight as Panhandle stays colder, with New Mexico following a generally fair pattern and cooler north and east tonight. Temperature extremes reach 36 to 44 degrees by 1 o'clock.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Blaze Swept Ship Beached Off Boston Harbor
Trans formed into a floating furnace by a roaring fire in her hold, the coast wise freighter Ontario was beached near Governors Island in Boston Harbor after a nine hour battle. Five firemen were injured and many volunteers were overcome by smoke as fireboats sprayed the vessel’s superstructure. The 3 000 ton steamer with a crew of 35 carried a cargo of wood and general merchandise that was largely doomed.
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Boston
Ontario
Governors Taland
Ickes Seeks Parley With Texas Governor Elect Allred
Secretary Ickes invited Governor-Elect James V. Allred of Texas to seek an appointment in Washington. Allred arrived for a goodwill visit and said no plans to meet Ickes or Walace, pending a House investigations report. Ickes said he would be happy to see Allred, who planned to adjust his schedule for a possible meeting.
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Washington
Ickes
James V. Allred
Texas
Allred
Wale Lace
House of A
Woman Kidnaps Baby to Regain Husband’s Affection
In Indianapolis a 19 year old, Dorothy Marsh, used large pads to pose as a mother of a four day old boy. She kidnapped the infant from a rooming house, was jailed on a 5000 bond after a signed statement to detectives, and the parents recovered the child four hours later. The husband Porter Marsh lies hospitalized from a prior accident and was not told of the arrest.
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Indianapolis
Dorothy Marsh
City
Jack Small
Albert Kelly
Joseph Robbins
Porter Marsh
Baremert
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