Tax plan clash in House delays deficit remedy
Washington reports show House Democratic leaders split over how to raise taxes to cover a looming 2 billion dollar deficit. Chairman Collier opposes Rainey retroactive plans and calls for committee hearings after February 1. He targets revision of the capital gains act but rejects repeal.
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Washington
Treasury
House
Collier
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Rainey
Rainey
Mellon
Mills
The
Representative Snell
New York
Today By Arthur Brisbane Today By Arthur Brisbane A Division of Death
Column outlines worsening Sino Japanese hostilities with a lethal Japanese air unit dubbed the division of death and notes Pope Pius XII urging Christian churches to unite under papal authority Lux Veritatis commemorates the Council of Ephesus and Mary’s divine motherhood The piece forecasts a big rise in the national debt to eighteen point five billion by June amid calls for fiscal restraint
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Pius
Ephesus
Nestorius
Constantinople
Mary
Gandhi warns of terror reign and crackdown across India
Mahatma Gandhi told Indian and European members of the India Welfare League that nationalists facing police repression will meet bullets in a new campaign. He denounced recent ordinances as inhuman, vowed to battle anarchy in Bengal on his terms, praised Sir Samuel Hoare, and cited Dacca as the current danger spot for Europeans amid escalating terrorism.
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Francis Low
United Press
Bombay
U.P
Mahatma Gandhi
India Welfare League
Mahatma
Bengal
Northwest Frontier
Gandhi
Sir Samuel Hoare
India
Dacca
Dholeswari
Unemployment Blamed on Big Business Direction
Paul Kellogg editor of the Survey in New York faulted large firms for unemployment, calling their leadership irresponsible as of December 29 during remarks reported by U.P.
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Washington
U.P
Paul Kellogg
New York
States Report Mixed Relief Conditions
A Senate committee study on relief problems received a survey labeling unemployment and relief conditions as fairly good in at most ten states. Frank Bane presented the findings, noting several Pacific, Rocky Mountain states and scattered New England areas fell into the highest classification.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Frank Bane
American Association of Public Welfare
Delaware
Pacific
Jooaust
Rocky Mountain
New England
Senate hearings examine unemployment relief measures
The commission weighs bills to provide up to 375 million dollars in federal funds for relief. Kellogg points to Toledo Ohio where a severe downturn hit workers amid a collapse in a payroll from 30,000 to 3,000 4,000, urging responsible leadership and timely action as a national emergency.
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Senate
Kellogg
Toledo
Speaker Garner Seeks Tariff Bill Passage This Session
Speaker Garner said Congress should pass a tariff bill in this session but refused to detail its nature. Democrats have not yet formed a definite tariff program.
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Washington
O.R
Garner
Congress
Office Boy Hit Bennedict Cradick Urges Settlement
Charles Cradick, attorney for Cedric Lamar, 18, says he wrote Ben Lyon urging settlement over injuries Lamar says he suffered when Lyon struck him at a film studio. Lamar claims Lyon anger over Daniels not being allowed on set led to the assault. Lyon said the boy was insolent and Daniels had to wait outside.
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Los Angeles
Charles Cradick
Cedric Lamar
Office Boy
Ben Lyon
Bebe Daniels
Lamar
Lyon
Miss Daniels
The
Examiner
Seven Proposals To Change College Football Rules
At the American Football Coaches Association meeting in New York seven rule change suggestions were presented to curb injuries and deaths from the 1931 season. The rules committee offered no firm recommendations, sparking debate over changes such as tee kickoff use and stricter roughing limits.
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New York
American Football Coaches Association
Burt Ingversen
Finland Votes Amid Snow on Prohibition Referendum
Finnish voters mobilized in heavy snow to decide on the 13 year old prohibition law. The advisory referendum asks whether to continue repeal or modify to permit wine and beer, with turnout expected to be high despite a blizzard.
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Louis Lochner
Helsingfors
Finland
Prohibition
Antis
Plane wreckage may be that of missing pilot
Maryland state police received a report that wreckage near the Maryland West Virginia line may belong to Lieut E H Bobbitt who has been missing since Christmas Eve The witness B O Winkler of New Albany Indiana said he saw what he believed to be an airplane while driving over the road between Keyser West Virginia and Redhouse Maryland He did not stop to investigate Bobbitt had departed Selfridge Field Michigan to fly to Hot Springs West Virginia
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Washington
W.P
Maryland
E. H. Bobbitt
Maryland-West Virginia
B. O. Winkler
New Albany
Ind
Keyser
W. Va
Redhouse
Bobbitt
Selfridge Field
Mich
Hot Springs
West Virginia
Ad says cash with order due by Wednesday
Advert says all ads must be paid in cash with order and delivered to the Globe News office by Wednesday.
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Globe-News
Mission Theatre
Madelon Claudet
Globe News
Three Burglaries Hit Amarillo Stores In One Night
On Monday into Tuesday three burglaries occurred in Amarillo with total loot under $100. Fox Drug Co No 7 and a Piggly Wiggly at 3522 Line Avenue were hit. cigarets and about seven to eight dollars in cash were taken from the drug store and grocery. Phil Service Station at 300 North Buchanan Street was broken into for pennies and two bottle caps redeemable for drinks. All break ins were discovered Tuesday morning. Additional details include a padlock break and a lattice partition entrance at the drug store and a brick smashed front door at the service station.
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Amarillo
Line Avenue
Maryland Street
Fox Drug Company
Phil Service Station
North
Buchanan Street
Fox Drug Store
Phil
Band of Robbers Seize Pine River, Loot Stores
Six armed men raided Pine River at 3 A M taking a constable and residents captive for two hours. They impersonated sheriff’s business, forced entry at multiple homes and businesses, looted the Hor rigan drug store and Hill hardware store, and escaped with cash jewelry and a hunting rifle.
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Pine River
Minn
Brainerd
Frank Marsh
Ole Hougward
Horrigan
Benjamin Horrigan
Horrigans
Brake Test Stickers Ready for Autoists
First police approved brake test stickers distributed to Amarillo service stations. Motorists must display the date brakes were tested on their windshield. City ordinances require testing at least every 30 days. Initial batch included 1,000 two color stickers with artistic border.
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Amarillo
Oil Worker Charged in 1930 Pecos River Murders
In Crane City Texas, Ed Nickloes, 52, an oil field worker, was charged with murder nearly two years after the bodies of a woman and a girl were found in the Pecos River near Imperial. Nickloes reportedly wept upon identification of clothing and a wrist watch. He was arrested Saturday after oil-field coworkers grew suspicious during discussions of the killings.
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Crane City
Tex
Pecos
Ed Nickloes
Imperial
Nicklees
California Digs Out as Snow Forecast Keeps Pressure Up
California faces more snow and rain as recovery from recent storms continues. Southern Pacific train movements over the Sierra Nevada resume after snowslides hamper service. Four deaths attributed to the storms, three in traffic.
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California
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Sierra Nevada
Anglo French debt pact eyed after US stance on war debts
Paris and London discuss a possible Anglo French bloc to confront US refusal to consider new war debts. Le Temps and La Liberte endorsed closer ties. Economists from Basel urged an understanding as Young Plan delegates reported.
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Paris
United States
le Temps
la Liberte
United States Congress
Basel
Hoover names Norman Davis to Geneva disarmament delegation
President Hoover announced Norman Davis of New York a former undersecretary of state as a member of the American delegation to the Geneva disarmament conference. Ogden Mills doubted if the United States would accept a reparations conference invitation this winter and said no invitation had been received for the Hague talks next month.
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Washington
U.A
Hoover
Norman Davis
New York
Ogden Mills
The
Treasury
United States
Hague
Suspect Identified in Marian McLean Case
Identification of a suspect held in the kidnapping and slaying of 6 year old Marian McLean as a man who molested small girls last June spurred investigators today. Three sisters testified, oldest 12, naming the man who tried to lure the 7 year old last summer. The suspect will be brought before Russell Champ who saw a man with a clothes basket near the tenement basement where Marian's body was found.
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Cincinnati
Marian McLean
Russell C. Champ
Marian
Senate Farm Committee Votes Monday on Wheat Relief
Chairman McNary says the Senate will vote Monday on Copper Wheeler Bill to give 40 million bushels of farm board wheat for relief. The board supports relief use but suggests repayment of 16 million dollars it values the wheat at.
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Senate Farm Committee
Washington
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
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Farm Board
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Unsettled and cooler tonight and Wednesday with cloudy skies in west and north portions. New Mexico also unsettled and cooler tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures today range from 42 to 59 degrees by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Jacoby Quits Lenz Partner in Culbertson-Lenz Bridge Battle
Oswald Jacoby, famed six foot bridge star, quits as partner of Sidney Lenz after a row over bidding during the Culbertson-Lenz epic match at the Waldorf Astoria. Jacoby declared Lenz’s criticisms of his bidding were unfair and walked out with 602 in hand, leaving Lenz to find a new partner.
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H. Allen Smith
United Press
New York
U.P
Oswald Jacoby
Waldorf- Astoria
Sidney Lenz
Jacoby
Mr. Lenz
Cize
Lenz
Culbertson
Ely Culbertson
Levee Break Fear Spreads as Mississippi Town Floods
In Glendora Mississippi engineers report the levee weakening risking a flood of 20000 acres. A 40 man convict crew from Parchman Prison works to sandbag the North Levee while floodwaters recede to two feet in streets. Refugees receive aid from relatives and charities.
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Glendora
Miss. Dee
U.P
Tallahatchie
Parchman
Misa
Mississippi
Postal Fraud Trial Brought To Close
The trial of eight promoters of the Universal Oil & Gas Company on mail fraud charges ended in Oklahoma City after a month of testimony. The jury was to begin deliberations soon, as Mrs. Nell Cox testified as the last principal defendant.
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Oklahoma City
Universal Oil & Gas Company
United States District Court
Nell Cox
Pair Held In Drowning, Conflicting Tale Inquest
Anahuaс Tex December 20. A fisherman and a beachcomber said to officers to have given conflicting stories in the death probe of J L McElrath of Houston. McElrath and hunting partner F C Bonham, also of Houston, disappeared December 10. McElrath's body was found Sunday in Trinity Bay. Bonham's body still sought.
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Anahuac
Tex
J. L. McElrath
Houston
McElrath
F. C. Bonham
Trinity Bay
Bonham
Return to Wilson Faith Urged by Newton D Baker
Newton D Baker told about 3,000 at a Wilson memorial dinner in Winchester that the world’s crisis requires a faith in Woodrow Wilson. He urged the United States to join the League of Nations and the World Court with close sympathy and cooperation.
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Winchester
Ind
U.P
Woodrow Wilson
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
United States
League of Nations
World Court
Oil firm to move its Dallas headquarters
Socony Vacuum Oil Company staff, merged with Magnolia Petroleum, will transfer from Houston to Dallas within the next 30 days, Magnolia officials announced.
Finals in Old Tack Card Bridge Tonight at Herring Hotel
The championship of the Southwest contract bridge tournament concludes tonight at 7 30 PM in the Herring Hotel. The ladies team of Mrs. Harry Meyers and Mrs. Gordon Inman leads by 3530 points after the first season, while Old Tuck's team featuring Walter Caldwell Mickey Lyvers and others aims to overcome the deficit over 12 rubbers. Observers are invited to watch as the rival sides contend to prove who are the best.
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Old Tack
Herring Hotel
Harry Meyers
Gordon Inman
Old Tuck
Walter Caldwell
Mickey Lyvers
Fort Worth Victory in Gas Company Condemnation Fight
Fort Worth won the first round in its bid to condemn Lone Star Gas properties. Judge Culver sustained the city's general demurrer to the gas company's injunction, allowing amendment of the application. The action aims to seize the gas distribution system for municipal ownership and operation as approved by voters last summer.
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Fort Worth
Port Worth
Btar Gas Company
Prenk P. Culver, Jr
17Th District
Dwellers on Thames Endangered by Gale
A 70 mile gale lashed the Thames with high tides delaying recovery from the 1928 floods. The storm is blamed for seamen deaths in a collision between the American Trader and a tug. Fifteen men are feared drowned in a shipping disaster amid heavy snow.
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Thames
London
Helsingfors
Finland
Hoover proposes cuts to federal bureaus and commissions
President Hoover urged Congress to coordinate government activities and reduce the number of Washington bureaus and commissions as a key method of government economy. He signaled intent to seek legislative action on the plan.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Government raises tariffs across board in Poland
Warsaw dispatch reports the government approved a broad tariff increase of 50 to 80 percent with exceptions for cotton imports and southern fruits routed through the Godingen port. The announcement was made today and noted by officials.
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Warsaw
Poland
U.P
Godingen
Chinese Government Delays Abolition of Extraterritorial Treaty
Nanking announces postponement of the planned January 1 abolition of extraterritorial treaties. The central political council also approves Eugene Chen as foreign minister and Sun Fo as head of the executive Yuan, premier designate.
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China
U.R
Central Political Council On the
Standing Committee
Centr
Kuomintang
Eugene Chen
Cantones
B Sun Fo
Bu Yat Sen
Executiv Yuan
Engineer Slain by Auto Companion in El Paso
Bethman H. Mohlar a 34 year old New York mining engineer and former Canadian air force officer was shot and killed last night by his companion Hurshe Smith 52 in a car in El Paso business district Smith detained claiming self defense saying Mohlar tried to wreck the car Guests at the hotel where they lived described a ride after a Juarez trip Mohlar died instantly after leaping from the vehicle
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EL Paso
Tex
Bethman H. Mohlar
New York
Canadian Air Force
Hurshe Smith
Smith
Mohlar
Mohla
Juarez
Democrats Coordinate Views Between Senate and House
Speaker Garner said the Democratic policy committee aims to align views of Senate and House Democrats. Previously the two chambers moved in different directions. by discussing problems they can work together and avoid cross purposes.
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Washington
Garner
Democratic Policy Committee
Senate
House Democrats
House Democrat
Freezing deaths rise near Lisbon as cold grips region
Fifteen people froze to death in recent days around Lisbon amid bitter cold. Across the country deep snow has drifted over farms delaying work while tourists head to Funchal in Madeira for winter mountain sports.
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Lisbon
Funchal
Madeira
Veteran Hog Butler Challenges Field in Hog Calling Contest
Mason King of the chamber of commerce challenged the field in the Panhandle spring stock show hog calling contest from February 29 to March 3. Competing with engineers, county officials and Oklahoma City officials, cash prizes total 150 dollars as King bets his technique will charm the hogs and judges.
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Mason King
Chamber of Commerce
King
Tennessee
W. J. van London
E. N. Stanley
Cecil Stokes
Oklahoma City
Mark Parker
Potter County
Panhandle
van London
Tennessee Coul
van Londen
Stanley
Old Tack
Sam B. Motlo
J. W. Crudgington
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