Stalin Faces Severe Test in New Year
Berlin dispatch details growing opposition to Josef Stalin within the Soviet leadership as peasants resist grain collection. It notes planned concessions in favor of peasants including a tax in kind tied to acreage and cattle, aimed at boosting 1933 harvests and stabilizing bread supplies.
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Stalin
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
Frederick Kuh
United Press Bureau
Berlin
Moscow
United Press
U.P
Russia
Central Communist Committee
Deserted Admits Slaying Ends Life
Sidney J. Hawks, 38, unemployed salesman, confessed in a 15 page note that he poisoned his wife to live with another woman identified only as Helen. He said she helped plan the murder but deserted him when funds ran out after spending 1500 from his wife’s policy. The wife died July 26, 1931, from acute dilation of the heart.
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Sidney J. Hawks
Hawks
Helen
Missing Flier's Wife Hears He Is Captive
Mrs Paul Redfern, wife of the aviator who vanished five years ago trying a non stop flight to Brazil, declares a report that he is safe is the most welcome Christmas gift. The report places Redfern as a captive king among a South American Indian tribe near Rio Madeira near Amazonas and Mato Grosso borders.
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Pittsburgh
Paul Redfern
Brazil
Redfern
Rio Madeira
Amazonas
Matto Grosso
Feuding rancher charged after Christmas killings in New Mexico
In Tucumcari New Mexico December 27 murder charges were filed against Leland Bell 27 for the fatal shooting of Everett Fling 25 and authorities say an old range feud sparked the killings. Charles Fling 22 was also slain and will be buried today. Bell is held at the Santa Fe state penitentiary as a precaution against mob violence.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Leland Bell
Everett Fling
Charles Fling
Everett
Globe
Here
Quay
Santa Fe
Mike Allen
Bell
Mesa Redonda
Greek court refuses extradition of Samuel Insull
Athens December 27 193? The Greek court ruled against extradition of Samuel Insull to the United States over embezzlement and larceny charges linked to his utilities empire. Insull remained in Greece or could travel to a country without an extradition treaty as the proceedings concluded.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
United States
Insull
Greece
Chicago
Pandelis Raptarkhis
Lauder to Bring Old Favorites to Amarillo Show
Sir Harry Lauder and company arrive from Roswell for a Tuesday night performance at Municipal Auditorium in Amarillo. The Scottish singer presents old ballads like I Love a Lassie plus new songs, with vaudeville acts Maidie and Ray. Tickets start at 65 cents up to 1 dollar 65, show at 8:15.
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Sir Harry Lauder
Roswell
N. M
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Harry Lauder
Panhandle
Texas
Bonnie
Duneen
Scotland
Maidie
Ray
Dalhart
Sir Harry
Lauder
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Death waits on long trek near Wildorado
A hitchhiking woman identified as Mrs. Marie Sterling of Philadelphia died Sunday night after being struck by Marvin Tidwell near Wildorado while walking along U S Highway 66. Coroner Ben Freeman ruled death an unavoidable accident. She left a sister in California and a son in Philadelphia. two suitcases and fifty cents were found with her, and relatives have yet to be reached.
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California
Wildorado
Marie Sterling
Philadelphia
Marvin Tidwell
Tidwell
Ben Freeman
Vega
Francis Sterling
Griggs Chapel
Electric dollar proposal to replace gold debated
Atlantic City December 27 The electric dollar or Edition dollar would be valued at 40 kilowatt hours of electricity per unit of exchange. Dr John P Norton suggested revaluing the standard every five years and making the electric dollar legal tender for contracts under five years, with legislation needed to establish the unit within the United States.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John P. Norton
Suffield
United States
Norton
Hearst Disagrees With Burns Extradition View
Arthur Brisbane weighs in Miami column opposing Governor Moore over returning Burris the Georgia chain gang fugitive. Burns stole $4.50 while aiding a holdup with deadly weapons, prompting debate on cruel and unusual punishment. Hearst telegraph echoes reader objections to treating a petty theft as a state-extradition matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami, Fla
Burris
Georgia
Harry A. Moore
New Jersey
Burns
Georgia Chain Gang
Music Hall to Gleam Tonight at Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center’s Music Hall opens tonight as a premier entertainment center on 49th 50th Streets and Sixth Avenue. The venue will seat 6200 on the main floor and three mezzanines, with 748 staff, 250 police, and 2000 costumes for a diverse show featuring ballet and spectacle plus a 100 piece orchestra under Ernc Rapee.
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New York
Rockefeller Center
49Th
50Th Streets
Sixth Avenue
8. L
Roxy) Rothafel
Ernc Rapee
Bevier Shoots Self Amid Fugitive Search in Slaying Case
Dr Squire P Bevier 60 a St Louis dentist linked to the murder of 71 year old Mrs Josephine Stark Elder in his office ends his life with a self inflicted gunshot in his garage as authorities hunted him. Elder was mother of a former Missouri Supreme Court judge.
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St. Louis
Squire P. Bevier
Josephine Stark Elder
Missouri Supreme Court
Sales tax up Washington sparks budget debate in Congress
December 27 report notes renewed discussion of a manufacturers sales tax in both Senate and House. Smoot calls it the only way to balance the budget. Garner signals willingness to pass such a tax if needed. House Ways and Means plans a January 3 survey of government finances to assess balance options.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Finance Committee
Smoot
Utah
Garner
House Appropriations Committee
Burns
Tennessee
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook Tonight and Wednesday
Forecast calls for fair conditions in Amarillo and vicinity and in West Texas tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. New Mexico also remains fair, warmer tonight, with daytime highs around 24 to 37 degrees and similar conditions into Wednesday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Flooding Hits Low Areas Across Alabama Rivers Rise
Heavy rains pushed Alabama rivers toward flood levels with the Alabama River near Miller's Ferry reaching about 48 feet and the river at Montgomery and Selma climbing over 41 feet. Gadsden’s Coosa remained above flood level while Rome Georgia’s Etowah rose again. Weather observer P H Smyth warned of more rain today and tomorrow.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Miller's Ferry
Selma
Gadsden
Coosa
Rome
Canton
P. H. Smyth
Prohi Favours Beer To Save Eighteenth Amendment
Washington December 27 A prohibitionist who backs legalized beer to save the Eighteenth Amendment is likely to voice his view in Congress this session. George W Norris Nebraska Republican and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee leads the beer and repeal discussions shaping the dry laws.
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Washington
Congress
George W. Norris
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robber trio fails to crack Oklaunion bank safe
Three armed men entered the First State Bank of Oklaunion near Vernon but could not break the vault. They escaped with only pennies after prying the door from its frame. A service station operator and his son were held captive at a nearby railroad station during the incident, which occurred between midnight and 4 AM.
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Vernon
First State Bank of
Oklaunion
Pastor's Wife Drowns After Slip From Dam
Mrs. Orin C. Reid, wife of Riverside Baptist Church pastor, died after slipping from a concrete dam and drowning in a Glen Rose lake this morning. Her husband attempted to aid her, but efforts were to no avail.
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Fort Worth
Orin C. Reid
Riverside Baptist Church
Glen Rose
Nurse Nora Paulson Not Indicted in New York Hospital Deaths
A grand jury declined to indict Nora G. Paulson, 28, a nurse at the New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, for manslaughter after her error in medicine administration killed three babies ten days earlier.
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New York
Nora G. Paulson
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Moweaqua Mine Tragedy Leaves Town in Mourning
In Moweaqua Illinois 54 miners were trapped after a Shafer mine blast with 14 still unaccounted for and grim odds against survival. One more body found as rescue slowed by debris, while 300 dependents face hardship and a $50,000 relief fund is pursued. Glenn Shafer expects months before reopening.
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George E. Schuppe
Moweaqua
Shafer
Moneaqua
Glenn Shafer
Buying Barbara opens a daring romance serial
Barbara faces a tough promise to marry Mark Lodely while Farrell Armitage plots a bold plan to win her by elevating Mark through wealth, skill, and healing aid. John Cleft-Addams crafts this intriguing tale with a web of past and present drama starting on the editorial page.
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Julia Cleft-Addams
Barbara
Farrell Armitage
Mark
Farrell
Mark Lodely
Senators Move To Block Prohibition Testimony On Beer Bills
In Washington on December 27, Senators pressed to bar prohibition groups from testifying on beer bills to slow Volstead Act changes. Dinwiddie begged access before the judiciary committee chaired by Norris with Ashurst, but was denied. The panel, short of a quorum, planned to meet tomorrow to consider the 3.2 percent beer bill and draft a substitute.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
U.P
Senate Judiciary Committee
Edwin ©. Dinwiddie
Norris
Ashurst
Arizona
Dinwiddie
Blaine
Bulgarians Try To Blow Up Express
Reports from Athens say Bulgarian revolutionary bands attempted to blow up the European Express train yesterday and invaded Greek territory to attack frontier guards. An official Belgrade report notes a man in Bulgarian irregulars uniform was killed Sunday while placing bombs on the railway near there.
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Athens
Greece
Europe
Balkans
Turkey
Belgrade
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America
Brisbane
W. R. Hearst
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NEA Service, Inc
Prohi
Robber
Oklaunion Safe
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