Celebrating His Birthday Col Lindbergh At Twenty Nine
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, the nation’s noted flier, today marks his twenty ninth birthday.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1931
Page
1
Today by Arthur Brisbane on gold and silver dynamics
Arthur Brisbane discusses dynamic tension between gold and silver as world money, noting silver depreciation harms economies from China and India to France and Britain. He warns demonetizing silver risks global monetary instability and references Mexico, India, and banknote circulation as contributing factors.
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China
India
Fies
Mexico
France
Britain
Briain
New Zealand Earthquake Death Toll Rises in Hawkes Bay
United Press reports Napier death toll around 300 Hastings 80 to 100 Tardale 31 total 411 to 431 with thousands injured and homeless. A severe aftershock later struck Napier Waipukurau line wrecking chimneys and water mains while tremors were felt on the South Island. Aid rushed to quake survivors with tidal wave and fire victims to follow.
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United Press
Auckland
N. Z
New Zealand
Hawkes Bay
Napier
Hastings
Tardale
Christchurch
Waipukurau
South Island
A. F. Grace
Holbrook proposes Texas utilities regulation commission
In Austin on February 4 Senator T J Holbrook of Galveston introduced a bill to create a utilities commission with rate fixing power. The Holbrook bill would regulate electrical water street railway telephone telegraph gas crude oil and pipelines, require rate schedules filed for public inspection, ban rate preferences, and require 80 days notice before rate changes. The plan largely mirrors the Petsch bill, which leaves rate setting to municipalities and county commissions.
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United Press
Austin
Texas
T. J. Holbrook
Galveston
Alfred Petsch
Holbrook
Commission
Parrish
Blacksmith Shot as Bank Robbers Escape with 2300
Two unmasked bandits robbed the First State Bank at ALANREED Texas and fled with 2300 after forcing cashier B. Hedrick and Jennie Sherrer into the vault. Jim Bryant, a deaf blacksmith, was wounded and hospitalised in critical condition. One bandit was captured after a chase. the other remains at large. Posses from nearby towns joined the manhunt.
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Globe
Alanreed
Texas
First State Bank
Jim Bryant
Bryant
Clarendon Hospital
Lefors
Liberty
B. B. Hedrick
Jennie Sherrer
Enghier
Farming Com
Butler Talks With Counsel At Secret Conference
Major General Smedley D Butler awaiting court martial met privately with his counsel Major Henry Leonard at the Metropolitan Club in Washington. Newsmen were kept away and police were called to manage a crowd outside the office as Leonard indicated formal charges could be released later that day.
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Associated Press
Washington
Smedley D. Butler
Henry Leonard
Campbell May Make Official Test Today
Capt. Malcolm Campbell, the British racer, hopes to return to the eleven mile course at Daytona Beach for an official speed attempt after weather and a gear slip disrupted yesterday's run. Mechanics replaced a top gear spring and Campbell seeks high speed test to confirm a record run.
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Campbell
Ted Gill
Associated Presse
Daytona Beach
Fla
Malcolm Campbell
Ter
Nine Mile
Uniforms Rule Rejected by Court in Motor Police
Oklahoma City reports two killings in separate incidents as Luther McClanahan a Shell Petroleum watchman was fatally shot during a gasoline theft arrest and J H Chappell was shot by grocer G B Eades in a self defense claim Eades recounts the night vigil. In Austin the Court of Criminal Appeals strikes down a law requiring gray uniformed motor police with diamond badges saying attire cannot affect arrest legality and notes cost concerns for officers.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Luther McClanahan
Shell Petroleum
J. H. Chappell
G. B. Eades
Eades
Chappell
United Press Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
J. ©. Scoggin
Scoggin
Brady
Radio Day by Day novelty features boy and man duo
An 11 year old boy and a 38 year old man perform as "Daddy and Rollo" on radio. Donald Hughes and Nick Dawson were chosen for their apt type and the sketch debuted on WABCO with J. P. McEvoy attending. The show will be sent out Tuesday to Thursday at 6 45 p m detailing the comical trials of daily life.
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C. E. Butterfield
Associated Press
New York
Donald Hughes
Nick Dawson
Daddy
Rollo
WABCO
J. P. McEvoy
Havana
Urge Patrons To Get Grand Opera Tickets at Once
Tickets for three performances of the German Grand Opera on February 6 and 7 went on sale at City Drug Store No 1. Wilbur C Hawk, president of the Tri State Fair Association, announced prices from 1 to 5 dollars. Buyers urged to reserve early to avoid a last minute rush.
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City Drug Store
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
Vanderbilt son confirms Butler Mussolini run story
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr says the Butler Mussolini incident story is true. He details a 1926 visit with Mussolini that underpins General Smedley Butler’s alleged claims, including Mussolini’s automobile in a child’s death and leaving the scene.
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Vanderbilt
Leicester Wagner
United Press
Angeles
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Los Angeles
Benito
Veterans Meet Thursday Night On Cash Plan
Amarillo veterans plan a mass meeting at the Auditorium to discuss a proposed plan allowing cashing in life insurance policies for relief of unemployed veterans. The Legion seeks a member referendum before taking a stand, with George Broome chairing at 7 30. Speakers include Judge Hal C Randolph Mayor Ernest Thompson and Mayor E A Simpson. Secretary Mellon opposes the plan.
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Amarillo
Legion
George Broome
Hal C. Randolph
Ernest Thompson
E. A. Simpson
Andrew Mellon
United States Treasury Department
Mayor Ernest Thompson Named to Texas National Guard Staff
Mayor Ernest Thompson was appointed lieutenant colonel on the Texas National Guard general staff as division quartermaster of the Thirty-Sixth Division. The appointment, made by Governor Dan Moody on December 31, comes as one of his final official acts and adds to his Reserve Corps commission.
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Ernest Thompson
Texas National Guard
General Staff
Thompson
Texas Guard Forces
Dan Moody
Tri State Fair forms Rocky Mountain Circuit of Fairs
The Tri State Fair Association joins ten fairs in nine states to create the Rocky Mountain Circuit of Fairs. It will bring Dodson's World's Fair shows to Amarillo for the 1931 Tri State fair September 21 to 26 and then to Lubbock. Mrs James Gwyn, once seriously ill, is slowly improving.
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Tri-State Fair Association
W. C. Hawk
United States
Amarillo
Fargo
North Dakota
Minot
South Dakota
Billings
Montana
Helena
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Pueblo
Colorado
Lubbock
San Angelo
Abilene
Rocky Mountain
Dodson
America
Truck Driver Destroys Train in Salt Lake City Blast
A truck driver driving 300 000 dynamite caps into a passing Denver and Rio Grande train caused a massive explosion in Salt Lake City. The driver and James Prinson of Western Powder Company died. Loco engineer B J Rugg of Ogden was scalded to death. No passengers were hurt.
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United Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Denver & Rio Grande
James Prinson
Western Powder Company
B. J. Rugg
Ogden
Question Girls Right as Heiress
United Press dispatch reports revelations claiming Beatrice Van Rensselaer Henderson Whelean is not the Henderson heiress. Whelean sues to remove Henderson as trustee amid publicity of a 1924 adoption sealing her parentage as unknown.
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United Prev
Washington
Beatrice van Rensselaer Henderson Whelean
John B. Henderson
Missouri
Shepard Fight Is Just Begun
Major Charles A. Shepard a army pulmonary specialist convicted of poisoning his wife Zenana in 1920 sought appeal after being sentenced to life in prison by Judge Richard J. Hopking. The defense granted 90 days to appeal while Shepard released on $20 000 bond declared we have just begun to fight.
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Associated Press
Pera
Charles A. Shepard
Zenana
Ife
Richard J. Hopking
Federal Court
Grace Brandon
San Antonio
Tex
Kansan
Kas
Shepard
All-American Life Opens Ninth Floor Offices in Amarillo
The All-American Life Insurance Company celebrated its ninth floor Amarillo offices with a formal opening attended by officials stockholders and policy buyers. A. R. Colvin vice president and agency manager announced policy forms approved by the State Insurance Department and presses ready for use. The Panhandle institution founded by Burr Ainsworth and Biggs showcased an automated telephone board and a lively reception as W. Furr signed the first $50 000 policy with competition among applicants.
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All- American Life Insurance
Horace M. Russell
The
Russell Stationery Company
Amarillo
W. Furr
All-American Life Insurance Company
Amarillians
C. W. Burr
Neal Ainsworth
BE. BR
Biggs
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Increasing cloudiness tonight and Thursday with unsettled conditions and likely light rains. West Texas mostly cloudy with local rainfall in the far west. New Mexico partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Extreme temperatures reach 51 and 36 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Cripple Tortured and Left in Rough Coffin
George Wittbrod a crippled salesman was seized by seven men in a Chicago alley, beaten, hung from a cemetery cross for an hour and buried alive in a rough coffin. A farmer heard moans and police rescued him. Seven men were arrested and named by Wittbrod as participants.
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United Press
Chicago
George Wittbrod
Wittbrod
Ture
Thompson Testifies in Own Defense in Crabtree Slaying
Emmett Thompson, on trial for murder in Gray County, testifies about cattle dealings with Homer Crabtree and partner 8 B Morse. He details partnership and residence in Amarillo as cross examination previews a lengthy day with defense witnesses recounting the strangled confrontation near Le ors.
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Thompson
The
Associated Press
Vernon
Tex
Emmett Thompson
Homer Crab
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