Ex-Official Fin ed Fifty For Contempt Act
Ex official William P F MacCracken former assistant secretary of Commerce was fined 50 dollars for contempt by Justice O Donoghue after paying a 100 dollar fine for contempt related to disturbances in the District of Columbia Supreme Court He was arrested on a Senate warrant and taken to the Senate for proceedings connected to removals from records in the airmail contract probe.
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Washington
William PF. MacCracken
Commerce
Senate
Columbia Supreme Court
MacCracken
Daniel W. O'Donoghue
Hoover
Jurney
Justice O'Donoghue
Secret Service
United States
Westbrook Succession Sparks Texas Relief Commission Vote
Adam R. Johnson, formerly Austin city manager, elected director of state unemployment relief by the Texas Relief Commission. He won six votes over J F Reed, who resigned as assistant director, amid charges of politics interfering with relief work.
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Austin
Adam R. Johnson
Texas Relief Commission
Johnson
J. F. Reed
Galveston
Lawrence Westbrook
Harry L. Hopkins
Reed
W. A. Brooks, Jr
Dallas
B. E. Giesecke
Ed Hussion
Houston
Robert Real
Kerrville
Giesecke
M. N. Chestman
C. L. Holliday
el Paso
Houston Harte
San Angelo
Estes
Brooks
P. L. Downs
Temple
Panhandle land owners file second gas waste suit
E C Britain a Panhandle Conservation Association director sues Shamrock Oil and Continental Oil in Federal District Court seeking changes to Texas gas regulations. The action follows earlier suits by J T Sneed Jr against Phillips and Skelly. The petition cites 500 million cubic feet daily waste and a Panhandle total of about two and a half trillion cubic feet, claiming huge fuel savings for Texas.
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Panhandle
Federal District Court
E. C. Britain
Shamrock Oil and Gas Company
Continental Oil Company
J. T. Sneed, Jr
Phillips Petroleum Company
Skelly Oil Company
Sneed
Britain
Panhandle Conservation Association
Son of Church Man In Check Charge
Major Richard M. Cannon son of Bishop James M. Cannon Jr is charged in Justice court with swindling by check over $50. His wife Margaret L. Cannon is named in the complaint. The pair allegedly gave Plaza Hotel officials a worthless check for 75 dollars on January 6. The complaint lists Hague Virginia as their address.
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San Antonio
Richard M. Cannon
Virginia
James M. Cannon, Jr
Justice of the Peace
John R. Shook
District Attorney's Office
Margaret L. Cannon
Plaza Hotel
Hague
Catholic Bishop Sent to Amarillo
Pope Pius XI named four new American bishops including Robert E. Lucey of Amarillo Texas. Lucey comes from Long Beach California to oversee West Texas from Amarillo, succeeding Rudolph Gerken. Other appointments include Moses Kiley Providence Keough and William OBrien.
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Washington
Augustin F. Amirault
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Lucey
Amarillo
Long Beach
Calif
Rudolph Gerken
Santa Fe
N. M
West Texas
San Angelo
Groom Man Dies At Farm Home
George Kuhler 42 year old Panhandle wheat farmer died at his Groom home at 9 this morning. The body is held at Griggs Chapel awaiting funeral arrangements. He is survived by his widow, four sons and two daughters, nine brothers and four sisters. brothers Will Henry Pete Matt Kuhler all of Groom Frank Joe Tony Fred and John all of Monday. Sisters are Mrs Joseph Peyson Wichita Falls and Mrs Edward Britten and Mrs C F Britten and Mrs B M Britten all of Groom.
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George Kuhler
Edward Britten
C. F. Britten
B. M. Britten
Groom
Mrs King Likely to Face New Trial in April
Eastland, Feb. 12. Mrs May King probably will be retried in April on a murder charge stemming from the shooting of Leon Robinson, German night watchman, as District Judge George L Davenport announced today.
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Eastland
May King
Leon Robinson
George L. Davenport
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
Fair skies for Amarillo and surrounding area. West Texas sees mostly fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with a warmer trend in the southeast. New Mexico reports frost tonight with Tuesday fair. today’s high and low extremes reach 31 and 48 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Missouri man held in slaying and theft probe
Walter Hoffman 23 was detained in Ranger Texas while Missouri officers seek an extradition warrant for theft of an automobile at Lohman. Sheriff L A Snodgrass planned to apply to Governor Park for the warrant and interview Hoffman about the shooting death of Sophia Bates 70 at Lohman. Hoffman had worked at the Scheperle home where Bates had also worked for 25 years. The stolen car was traced to the Scheperle residence the night Bates was killed.
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Ranger
Tex
Walter Hoffman
Missouri
Lohman
Jefferson City
L. A. Snodgrass
Governor Park
Hoffman
Sophia Bates
Miss Bates
J. J. Scheperle
Scheperle
Walk-out Called As Warning In France
Paris reports a one day general strike with about one million workers walking out to protest infringements on rights. The French Federation of Labor says 80 percent effective as interiors ministry notes minimal disruption. Major demonstrations in Marseilles Lille and other cities passed quietly with mostly small protests in Paris.
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Paris
France
French Federation of Labor
Ministry of the Interior
Belf
Marseilles
Lille
Doumergue
Cours Vincennes
Place de la Nation
Relief Parley Splits Solons in Congressional Clash
Washington reports Senate and House spar over a 950 million Relief-CWA appropriation with a dispute over state director appointments. The scene centers on William P. MacCracken and contempt charges as trial legalities unfold while Jurney contemplates arrest. The White House may be involved if the clash persists.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
William P. MacCracken
Jurney
White House
MacCracken
Traylor's Condition Improves Slightly in Hospitals Update
Chicago reports Melvin A. Traylor, banker, showing minor improvement after a severe relapse over the weekend. Doctors describe his condition as fragile with the friediander bacillus pneumonia causing heavy heart strain, noting the infection remains difficult to combat.
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Chicago
Melvin A. Traylor
Finland Trials 28 Espionage Ring Members in Secrecy
The high court of Finland opened a trial for 28 alleged military spies including American Arvid Jacobson and Canadian passport holder Mary Louise Martin. Prosecution links the group to Soviet Russia with espionage ties to Finland and France. Spectators were barred and hearings kept secret for defense safety.
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Abo
Finland
Arvid Jacobson
Michigan
High Court of
France
Mary Louise Martin
Jacobson
Russia
Reservations for Barretts show at Municipal Auditorium
The Barretts of Wimpole Street engagements draw interest with Katharine Cornell starring next Saturday in crowding seating bands. Most seats sold by noon, with various price levels available and payment deadlines. News-Globe office and mail orders handle tickets, reservations to be collected at City Drug Store Wednesday. The piece also notes a Lindbergh protest on air mail contracts, with White House transmitting the matter to the Post Office and Commerce departments and statements by Stephen Early about publicity concerns.
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Barretts
Wimpole Street
Katharine Cornell
Municipal Auditorium
News-Globe
City Drug Store
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Air Mall
White House
Post Office
Commerce Departments
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Henry Breckenridge
Lindberh
Colonel Lindbergh
Postmaster General
Secretary of Commerce
Lindbergh
New York
Breckenridge
State defense swap data in doctor death case
State and defense in the murder trial of Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean today effected a trade on their evidence. The state swapped hospital records on the fatal illness of Dr. John Preston Kennedy in exchange for the right to scan 145 love letters Kennedy wrote to Dr. Dean over several years.
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Greenwood
Miss
Sarah Ruth Dean
Ths
John Preston Kennedy
Kennedy
Dean
Strife erupts in Austria as 17 die in early clashes
Violence sweeps inland as Socialist activists clash with government forces in Vienna and at Socialist headquarters. Police and troops fire on rioters after a raid, killing several and wounding many as artillery shells target rebels along the Danube.
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Vienna
Austria
Ling
Danube
Judge Rules NRA Oil Code Unconstitutional in Texas
Sherman judge Randolph Bryant ruled the petroleum code under the National Recovery Act unconstitutional. In a separate three judge ruling, the Texas Railroad Commission order was upheld. The panel agreed the NRA issues were beyond their jurisdiction and referred them to Bryant.
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Sherman
Tex
U.P
United States
Texas Railroad Commission
Randolph Bryant
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
T. M. Kennerly
Bryant
Soviet Corp Formed to Handle Russia in $11 Million Plan
Washington reports the Re construction Finance Corporation chairman Jesse H. Jones announced the formation of an $11,000,000 Soviet corporation to handle relations with Russia. The filing was made today and highlights a new financial structure for postwar engagement.
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Washington
Russia
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Insull Becomes Stateless After Passport Expiry
In Athens on February 12 Samuel Insull becomes a man without a country as his American passport expires at midnight and his Greek residence permit lapsed. His lawyer says Insull expects not to be expelled before February 22 amid political shifts after Premier Traldaris’s recent election victories.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Traldaris
P. Rhellis
Insull
Murder Charged In Fatal Crash
James Campbell 19 a farmer was charged with murder in Texarkana Arkansas after Ollis Nelson 38 was fatally injured when struck by a car on the Shreveport highway. The driver fled the scene and Campbell was arrested at his home three miles from the accident location.
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Texarkana
Ark
U.P
James Campbell
Farmer
Ollis Nelson
Nelson
Shreveport
Campbell
Postmasters Named in Washington Appointment List
Postmaster General Parley announced acting postmasters for Texas towns including Booker Alpha R. Garton Hallettsville Joseph Kopecky Presidio and Mills Awbrey in a Washington release dated February 12.
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Washington
Parley
Texas
Booker
Alpha R. Garton
Hallettsville
Joseph Kopecky
Presidio
Mills Awbrey
Nation Honors Lincoln Birthday Observed in Springfield
Springfield observers mark Abraham Lincoln’s 125th birthday noting his 1834 Illinois House election as the turning point toward a legal career. Historians cite Maj John T Stuart urging him to study law as Lincoln borrowed books and studied independently.
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Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois House of Representatives
Lincoln
New Salem
Maj
John T. Stuart
Stuart
Abraham
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