Oil pipeline earnings in Texas above legal limits in 1931
Texas Railroad Commission reports 37 pipeline firms earned an average 29.67 percent net in 1931, with 10 firms over 40 percent. Eight firms exceed 25 percent, 30 above 10 percent, and six under 10. 1930 averaged 27.34 percent. Commission to adjust rates in Austin Wednesday to stay within law.
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Texas
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Austin
Sinclair-Texas
Thompson
Hope forrest of 3 vanished in Moweaqua mine disaster
Twenty seven more miners were found dead in the south wing raising the death toll to 54 trapped men. Rescue efforts slowed by debris and poisoned air as officials reported fresh air trapped behind a barricade and a series of bodies brought to the surface. The disaster drew aid from the United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis who pledged relief funds.
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M. P. Akers
Moweaqua
Til
Glenn Schaffer
Schaffer
John Millhouse
State Department of Minerals
Progressive Miners Union
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewin
United Mine Workers
Tipple
United Press
United States
Ill
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Antonina Fiorita
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Chicago
Donald Romer
Hot Springs
Ark
Hill preachers arraigned in murder of crippled girl
Coy Oakley and Paul Oakley two Apostolic preachers and Sherman Clayton 30 were charged with murder after the death of Bernice Clayton 3 in a pine woods shack near Linden Texas. The trio faced arraignment at 1 PM before Judge E W Crow as Sheriff Nat Cartright kept watch.
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Linden
Tex
Caas County
Coy Oakley
Paul Oakley
Sherman Clayton
Clayton
Bernice
E. W. Crow
Rulphur Springs
Nat Cartright
Oakley Brothers
Woods Shack
Pine Woods
Mozelle Clayton
Mary Helen
Paul
Dentist Bevier Dead After Woman Victim Slaying
Dr Squire P Bevier a 60 year old dentist sought since Friday in the slaying of Mrs Josephine M Elder 71 and beaten to death with a mallet in his office was found dead in his garage with a self inflicted gunshot wound and a pistol on the floor neighbors saw his hands through a car window after the incident. Mrs Elder mother of Conway Elder a prominent lawyer and former state supreme court justice was killed last Thursday. Bevier returned home Thursday appearing distressed.
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ST. Louis
Squire P. Bevier
Josephine M. Elder
Elder
Conway Elder
State Supreme Court
Bevier
Sir Harry Lauder Sings Old and New Songs at Municipal Auditorium
Sir Harry Lauder appears Tuesday night at Municipal Auditorium to perform old favorites and new songs. The Scotch comedian will be the principal attraction with characterizations singing and stories. Reserved seats available Monday night at City Drug Ik Street. prices are 1.65 1.10 and 55 cents including tax.
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Harry Lauder
Municipal Auditorium
City Drug
Ik Street
Diarg
Oldest Christmas Twins Voice For Old Fashioned Girls
Mrs. Mary Jane Rector and Mrs. Nancy Jane Taylor, born Christmas 1841 in Champaign Illinois, mark their 92nd year. They say they do not smoke or support modern girls and doubt picture shows while criticizing current dress as immodest. The sisters rise at 6 A.M. and retire by 9 P.M.
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Pittsburgh
Kan
U.pr
Mary Jane Rector
Nancy Jane Taylor
United States
Champaign
Ill
Mrs. Taylor
Eve
Goodfellows Work Is Done in Amarillo
Amarillo Good Fellows completed a city wide Christmas aid effort benefiting 1250 poor families. Donations totaled 750 dollars in cash and many adoptions covered the rest, with Santa Claus visiting most households by Sunday night.
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Amarillo
Good Fellow
Santa Claus
D. Roach
Senate Fails Quorum on Beer Bill Action
The Senate judiciary committee could not act due to a quorum absence on the House 3 2 per cent beer bill. Chairman Norris authorized a sub committee to start work immediately on investigating the constitutional issues involved.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Norris
Greek War Debt Postponed Two Years for 130000
The Treasury announced a two year postponement of the 130000 Greek war debt installment due January 1. The delay follows the original debt funding terms and can be granted with 90 days notice. State Department clarified it does not extend the Hoover era war debt moratorium.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Department
State Department
Levi Cooke Dies After Heart Attack In Washington
Levi Cooke prominent attorney and legislative representative for leading brewers in the beer legalization fight died at his Washington home on Christmas Day following a heart attack.
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Washington
U.P
Levi Cooke
Weather Forecast Fair Tonight and Tuesday
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Extremes recorded today range from 24 to 49 degrees.
Cupid Records Gaynor Romance Crash 1932
Hollywood notes a busy divorce year as Janet Gaynor and Lydell Peck separate in late 1932. The piece lists numerous marriages and separations including Zasu Pitts, Ann Harding, Harry Bannis ter, Maurice Chevalier, Yvonne Vallee, Ruth Chatterton, Ralph Forbes, and others among Hollywood’s bright lights and changing romances.
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Gaynor
Scorekeeper
Hollywood
Janet Gaynor
Lydell Peck
Gaynor-Peck
Zasu Pitts
Tom Gallery
Ann Harding
Harry Bannister
Maurice Chevalier
Yvonne Vallee
Ruth Chatterton
Ralph Forbes
Miss Chatterton
George Brent
Nancy Carroll
Greta Nissen
Weldon Hayburn
Eleanor Boardman
King Vidor
Miriam Hopkins
Dorothy Lee
Edna Murphy
Mervyn LeRoy
Bert Wheeler
Buster Keaton
Natalie Talmadge
Ralph Graves
Ralph Ince
George Jessel
Olive Borden
John Warburton
Harry Langdon
Nils Asther
Vivian Duncan
Johnny Weissmuller
Robbie Arnst
Movieland
Masked Raider Slays Rancher in New Mexico Christmas Killing
Everett Fling, 25, was shot and killed at his Redonda area ranch with his brother Charles wounded near death. A masked man pursued them after a Christmas Eve visit and fled on Louis Fling’s horse. Police seek named suspect amid a family dispute over land and cattle.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Everett Fling
Charles Fling
Fling
Here
Louis Fling
Charles
Everett
Louis
Ragland Caprock
Redonda
Fire damages Trinity Methodist Church in Houston
U P report from Houston shows Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church sustain fire damage. A choir wearing white angel robes with detachable wings formed in the street and appeared to clear its throat, marking the dramatic scene.
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Houston
U.P
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Willie E Camp Dies Funeral Tuesday For Printer
William Ernest Camp age 27 died at the Union Printers Home in Colorado Springs. Funeral at 3 30 Tuesday with pallbearers all fellow News Globe printers. He lived at 705 Adams Street and is survived by his widow a sister and two brothers, Grady and G D Camp. The body arrives by Fort Worth and Denver line and will lay in state at N B Griggs & Sons. Further details to appear in The News Tuesday.
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William Ernest Camp
Union Printers
Colorado Springs
Camp
News-Globe
Colorado
W. E. Camp
Adams Street
E. A. Camp
Adams
Grady
Bill H. Howell
Philip Roach
Ed Leithauser
W. B. Fowler
E. M. Turner
Robber's gag ends his victim's life in Cleveland
Police hunt an unidentified assailant who suffocated 65 year old Peter Boymer, a rug manufacturer, by pressing his false teeth into his throat with a gag handkerchief. A visiting woman and several guests are being questioned.
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Cleveland
Peter Boymer
Boymer
Gift gun kills Lubbock boy in accident
George Adams, 15, was fatally shot with a .22 rifle given as a Christmas present to a companion. The weapon owner Bill Sessum, 15, said Adams fell while crossing a ditch and gripped the gun. The bullet struck both lungs. County Attorney Vaughn E. Wilson will investigate today.
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Lubbock
George Adams
Adams
Bill Sessum
Bessum
Vaughn E. Wilson
Gloria Winchell Dies at 9 in Pneumonia
Gloria Winchell nine year old daughter of Walter Winchell, famed newspaper columnist, died today from pneumonia in New York.
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Winchell
New York
U.P
Gloria Winchell
Walter Winchell
Ideal day for grid game to decide champs in Corsicana
Dec 26 Ideal weather drew thousands to Corsicana for the high school season title game between Masonic Home Fort Worth and the Corsicana Tigers. Both teams were in good shape for the classic. the fast field and highways packed with fans. Officials predicted about 12 000 spectators and around 100 reporters would attend.
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Corsicana
Masonic
Fort Worth
Corsicana Tigers
King George Declares Britain Unshaken in Christmas Message
Great Britain will meet the future the unshaken King George declares in a Christmas message to the people of the British commonwealth.
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Sandringham
Eng
Great Britain
George
British Commonwealth
Silk Hats in the Capitol of An Earlier Era
The article recalls Postmaster General Brown’s silk hat and the era when legislators wore high silk hats and Prince Albert coats at the Capitol. William Tyler Page, with fifty years in the House, notes hats were a standard sign of statesmen, with diamond accents on shirt fronts during that period.
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Washington
Brown
Congressional
William Tyler
Page
House
Capitol
Amarillo Quiet As City Ends Christmas Observance
Amarillo marks a quiet Monday with most workers off, businesses closed, and no court sessions this week. The season’s events included a Christmas tree lighting at the Municipal Auditorium and upcoming dances for the Amarillo Country Club and Junior Welfare League charity ball.
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Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Junior Welfare League
47Th District Criminal Court
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