Rail regulator faults blamed for 1931 railroad woes
R H Aishton of the American Railway Association says present regulation and lack of oversight for competing transport agencies hurt railroads as 1931 ends. He favors emergency measures including a rate surcharge from January 4 and a railroad credit corporation, approved by the ICC, to aid carriers.
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Washington
R. H. Aishton
American Railway Association
Rishton
Association of Railway Executives
Interstate Commerce Commission
Aishton
Mexican grid star Efrain Rodriguez shot in McAllen
Efrain Rodriguez 15-year-old McAllen High football star was found dead with four gunshot wounds after going into woods with his father to hunt rabbits. A single discharged shotgun lay beside him. A cryptic cry of tio tio offered the only clue as officers search for the assailants. Parish funeral services were held as authorities investigate if hunters caused the death or if unknown assailants fired.
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Mcallen
Tex
Ffrain Rodriguez
Dembcl Rodriguez
Efrain
Rodriguez
E. Bleifuss
Madeleine Keltie Shines in Tosca at Nice
Flashes of Life reports American operatic star Madeleine Keltie literally brings down the house in La Tosca at Nice. Curtain falls after the second act but she completes the performance. ABay lines note Paris vacation costs for an office boy and a futuristic $4 fare from Detroit, plus a new 24 hour mail service begins January 1 in New York. The Boy Scouts vow to destroy chain letters as a menace per Lord Baden Powell.
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Nice
France
Madeleine Keltie
Pittsburgh
New York
Los Angeles
West Coast
London
Chain Letters
Robert Baden Powell
The
Scouts
Noted Lawyers To Plead for Negroes
Clarence Darrow of Chicago and Arthur Garfield Hays of New York will appear before the Alabama Supreme Court on January 18 to defend eight Negroes sentenced to death over the Scottsboro case attacks. They were retained by the NAACP.
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Birmingham
Ala
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Arthur Garfield Hays
New York
Alabama Supreme Court
Scottsboro
Darrow
Hays
Yarrow
Society For the Advancement of Colored People
Ace of Secret Service Dead
Capt. William H. Forsyth 85 longtime head of the United States Secret Service in the Southwest died at his Dallas home. Appointed in 1888 he retired five years ago and during the 1890s led a New York district crackdown that seized 18 000 counterfeit bills and equipment, prompting new currency paper. Forsyth earlier survived a Pacific island shipwreck that left him emaciated and hospitalized.
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Dallas
William H. Forsyth
United States Secret Service
Southwest
New York
Forsyth
Secret Service
Pacific
Harvard President Says Students More Mature Now
A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University argues in his annual report that current students show greater maturity than a generation ago. He cites maturity in scholarship outside interests and a stronger sense of proportionate values, noting they enter college younger than in the early 1890s.
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Cambridge
Mass
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Lowell
Harvard
Flier Slashes Expenses in Cross Country Jaunt
Clarence Chamberlain landed at Floyd Bennett field after a 600 mile flight from Detroit in his Lockheed Vega. He said the mission cost only $4 for the trip with a Packard Diesel motor burning furnace oil and that the same trip could carry six passengers at 65 cents each, making Paris reachable for $4 per person.
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New York
Paris
Clarence Chamberlain
Detroit
Floyd Bennett Field
Chamberlain
Atlantic
Bandit Bids For Purse Gets Ely's Bridge Book
Springfield dispatch reports a holdup on December 28 when Ida Forester and Frances Gearhart were accosted while walking to a friend's to play bridge. Forester offered her purse and a bridge book by Ely Culbertson. the robber fled and the book was later found near the scene.
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Springfield
Ely Culbertson
Ida Forester
Frances Gearhart
No Clues in Death Of High School Boy
Authorities were without clues in the death of 17 year old Weatherford High School athlete William Vardeman whose body was found in a ditch on the Bankhead highway east of Weatherford. He was last seen alive late Christmas night waiting in Weatherford for a ride home three miles east. Officers believe he was killed that night as pockets of his clothing were turned out and his shoes were missing.
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Weatherford
Tex
William Vardeman
Bankhead
Vardeman
War on Gas Racket Opened by Industry Leader
W T Holliday head of the American Petroleum Institute marketing division, says a $50,000,000 gasoline bootlegging racket evading state taxes is organized by large syndicates. He lists seven evasion methods and calls for coordinated local and interstate action to curb tax evasion and fuel adulteration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
W. T. Holliday
American Petroleum Institute
Holliday
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Institute
Injuries Prove Fatal to Vet Galveston Sheriff
Robert E. Kirk, 50, Galveston County sheriff for nine years, died from internal injuries after an automobile crash on November 24. He had been hospitalized a week after the crash and his condition worsened until death. The county commissioners court will appoint a new sheriff.
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Galveston
Robert E. Kirk
Kirk
County Commissioners’ Court
Washington crew halts training for three weeks
The University of Washington rowing team pauses practice for three weeks due to bad weather. Rowing sessions will resume after Christmas and the team will restart training then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Washington
Beware the Cough or Cold That Hangs On
Advertises Creomulsion a creosote based emulsion claimed to soothe inflamed membranes and inhibit germ growth. Promises relief from persistent coughs bronchitis and respiratory ailments with a money back guarantee if symptoms persist after following directions.
Lampes Return from Texas Holiday Visit
Bill Lampe president of the Tri-State Fair Association and his brother Fred Lampe manager of the Green Gold Service Station returned today from Central Texas where they spent the holidays with relatives. They left here last Thursday and visited Fort Worth Dallas and Arlington Friday Saturday and Sunday with their families.
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W. FE
Bill) Lampe
Tri-State Fair Association
Fred Lampe
Green Gold
Central Texas
Lampes
Fort Worth
Dallas
Arlington
Veteran railman dead in Gainesville funeral planned
L. Way, 63, veteran Santa Fe conductor with 31 years of service, died today in Gainesville Texas. Funeral services are planned for tomorrow. Survived by widow and two daughters in Gainesville, three brothers Harry Way Fort Worth A C Way Beaumont Renie Way San Benito California and two sisters Mrs A L Garrett Beau mont and Mrs J A Jordon Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Tex
Ants at Picnics Provide Busy Newsreel Humor
A light anecdote from Tit-Bits notes two boys discussing ants. One jokes ants never play while the other retorts that ants show up at picnics, turning it into a playful observation about nature and human breaks.
Ladies and Girls Dresses for Winter 1931 Fashion Book
The notice lists dress designs with sizes and fabric yardages for 1931 fashion, including 24 86 40 42 44 and 46 inch waists for ladies and 2 4 6 8 year sizes for girls. It cites material requirements for sleeves collars contrasting trims and ceps, and offers the UP TO DATE BOOK OF FASHIONS Winter 1931 for 15 cents plus stamps or silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Globe
Sterling Place
Brooklyn
N. Y
Woman Dead Man Wounded In Temple Gun Affair
In Temple Texas last night a gunfight at the home of hospital housekeeper Mrs Fanela Peddycord left her dead and Joe Medford 45 a grocery store employer wounded in the left lung He was found with a revolver in his hand The 17 year old son James said his mother and Medford argued over a pistol then entered the house and locked him out before shots rang out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medford
Brady Leader F. M. Newmann Dies at 71
F M Newmann a Brady attorney and West Texas Democratic party leader died last night at 71 He was born in Independence and had lived in Brady since 1887 He led the local Democratic organization and marked a long career in state politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Democratic Party
Independence
Brady
Panic Pigs and Field Water Tides Reported
A Mississippi Valley item notes a man asking a youth with five rabbits what he carried. The reply humorously calls them panic pigs. In western desert ranges, sheepmen cover snow drifts with straw to slow melting and extend water supply during dry periods.
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Tyler
Desert
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Orlenski
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Amarillo Printing CO
Douglas Fairbanks
St. Moritz
Switzerland
U. S
Avonne Taylor Manville
Follies” Beauty
Thomas F. Manville, Jr
Johns- Manville Corporation
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Mexico
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Kmcady
Polk ST
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