Senate probe due in Texas on highway funds
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson alleges the State Highway Commission lost more than $1,000,000 through 22 counties using a trust company. The Texas Senate votes 28 to 0 to hear sources and names counties involved, with a committee of the whole to investigate.
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W. Winston Copeland Austin
Texas Senate
Miriam A. Ferguson
State Highway Commission
Senate
Ferguson
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Of Thee I Sing Draws Record Ama rillo Audience
The Sam H. Harris production Of Thee I Sing promises a record throng as fair weather and good roads lure theatregoers to Amarillo for Monday night’s premiere at the Musical Auditorium.
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Amarillo
Sam H. Harris
Opening of Pulitzer musical draws big crowd in Rock Island
The Chicago cast of a Pulitzer prize musical satire arrives by special train from Oklahoma City. Wilbur C. Hawk sells seats at City Drug Store and at the auditorium box office starting 6 pm with showtime at 8 15. Oscar Shaw Harriette Lake Donald Meek Cecil Lean lead a 50 member chorus in a satire on American politics with Gershwin music and Ira Gershwin lyrics.
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Rock Island
Oklahoma City
Chicago
Wilbur C. Hawk
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Auditorium
Hawk
Oscar Shaw
Harriette Lake
Donald Meek
Cecil Lean
George Kaufman
Morrie Ruskind
George Gershwin
Ira
Pig Meat and Pals Arrested for Stolen Beef Cache
Police recovered more than 200 pounds of fresh pork and beef stolen from W. H. Moreman grocery at 508 West Third Avenue. Isaac Willis known as Pig Meat Roland Tatum and Vincent Gillum were arrested at 213 Jackson Street on theft charges.
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W. H. Moreman
West Third Avenue
Jackson Street
Isaac
Willis
Roland Tatum
Vincent Gillum
Eleventh Avenue
F. H. McGregor
Cc. M. Thomas
Amarillo
Anderson Mattress Company
North
Tyler Street
John Gray
Roy, N. M
Kidnappers seize Boettcher heir in Denver ransom bid
Charles Boettcher II, heir to a Colorado fortune, was seized at his home by two masked men after a midnight party return. They abducted him in a motorcar while his wife received a ransom note for an alleged fifty thousand dollars. Police and detectives investigated with a watchman reporting information from a cook.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Charles Boettcher
Boettcher
Baruch Outlines Emergency Tasks for Economy
Bernard M. Baruch told a Senate finance committee a program to avert disaster by balancing budgets cutting government spending and raising revenue. He urged international silver accord and a revised Versailles treaty while opposing inflation and debt cancellation.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Roosevelt
Senate
Baruch
Senate Finance Committee
Kleig
United States
Campbell Fastest Car On Daytona Beach Pushes Record
Sir Malcolm Campbell drives the Blue Bird on the Daytona Beach track reaching 260 miles an hour with a goal to surpass the mark this week. Meanwhile industrialist John D. Rockefeller, near ninety nine, supports the era’s engine power and contemplates risks to longevity.
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Daytona Beach
Sir Malcolm Campbell
John D. Rockefeller
Campbell
Post Office Trim May Dismiss 7000 Aides
Postmaster General Brown warned that the treasury post office supply bill’s 5 percent cut would lead to dismissal of 7,000 to 8,000 employees if kept. In Texas, S L Moughn 170 retired capitalist and former Upshur County judge died, with his widow believed to be seriously affected by shock.
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Post Office
Washington
Brown
Treasury-Post Office
Upshur
Gilmer
Tex
U.P
S. L. Moughn
Upshur County
Four Die in Fire at Youngstown Cottage
Four family members perished in a bungalow fire in Youngstown Ohio. The blaze at the home of Alexander A Spraker began early today and investigators have not determined the origin.
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Youngstown
U.P
Alexander A. Spraker
McCorkless Barred From Texas Demo Appointment
Sam Mc Corkle former Mexia district attorney and Porto Rico attorney-general appointee under Roosevelt is deemed persona non grata by Texas Democrats. State Committeeman John Davis says the committee will oppose any consideration. McCorkle opposed Miriam Ferguson in the governor’s race and aided fraud allegations in the run off.
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Ferguson
Porto Rico
John Davis
Dallas
W.P
Sam Mc Corkle
Mexia
Roosevelt
Texas Democratic Organization
McCorkle
Davis
Miriam A. Ferguson
Maury Hughes
Democratic
Texas
Cato Sells
Fort Worth
Internal Revenue Post
Hughes
George C. Butte
Austin
Butte
Philippine Islands
Panhandle Weather Revisit Promises Colder Days
After a warm weekend, Amarillo and the Panhandle face a chillier spell. The official forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and cooler nights Monday into Tuesday. Temperature ranged from 32 to 58 degrees, modestly below Sunday highs.
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Amarillo
The
Panhandle
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy and colder tonight and Tuesday. West Texas sees local rains southeast, colder northwest. Tuesday remains partly cloudy. New Mexico remains generally fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Temperature extremes today reach 32 to 58 degrees.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Hoover prepares farewell Lincoln Day address at Waldorf Astoria
President Hoover packs for New York trip to deliver Lincoln Day speech as his final major utterance as president. He plans to speak at the National Republican Club dinner at 10 PM and guards the speech’s contents while political leaders eye the appearance as a potential 1936 campaign moment.
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Raymond Clapper
Washington
U.P
White House
Hoover
New York
United States
Lincoln
National Republican Club
Waldorf- Astoria
Firemen Rescue Cat Trapped in House in Fillmore Street Fire
Firemen from the Sixteenth Avenue station chopped a hole in a second story floor to free a cat named Fluffy trapped in a hole between the lower and upper floors at the A. G. Stanley home 1301 Fillmore Street. The rescue, led by Captain Charles Clifton Wells, took 40 minutes starting at 8 15 AM.
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A. G. Stanley
Fillmore Street
Charles Clifton Wells
Sixteenth Avenue
Chester Moore
Floods threaten Chinese provinces amid quake deaths toll
Disastrous floods reported threaten two Chinese provinces, one still reeling from a deadly earthquake with estimates up to 70,000 lives lost. In Tokyo, Japan's cabinet approved a League of Nations message staunchly defending Manchukuo independence, signaling a likely withdrawal from the League as shares slump.
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Peiping
U.P
China
Tokyo
League of Nations
Japan
Manchukuo
Geneva
Manchuria
League
United States
Russia
Foreign Office
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Manchukuoz
Five Black people die in trolley crash near Fort Worth
Five Black individuals died when their car was hit by a westbound interurban at the Fort Worth edge. The vehicle was dragged 202 yards, struck trolley poles, and the victims were A. C. McNight 29 Bernice Blackman 25 Robert Caldwell 49 George James 40 and A. Y. Brazier 30 with severe head injuries and amputations.
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Fort Worth
Dallas-Fort Worth
A. C. McNight
Bernice Blackman
Robert Caldwell
George James
A. Y. Brazier
Dallas Lawyer Charged in Slaying of Real Estate Man
Dallas attorney Noah Roark was charged with murder after the death of Justin, a real estate man, who was shot last Friday. The case follows the fatal shooting before daybreak in Dallas.
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Dallas
Noah Roark
Justin
Carlocks Attend Vernon Funeral for Mother-in-Law
Mr and Mrs N. 8. Carlock of 700 Kentucky Street Vernon attend the funeral Saturday of Mrs R V the mother of Mrs Carlock in Vernon, details of service and attendees not provided.
Missing youth probe under mysterious circumstances
Frank Evans, 21, farm employee, disappeared Sunday night. Employer George Herrmann fears foul play and asks Amarillo peace officers to search after a truck and car tracks near Brady school turnout. Roane, described as 6 feet 2 inches, 175 pounds, blue eyes and brown hair, wore a corduroy cap breeches and high top boots. sister said to be in the car.
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Frank Rvans
George OC
Herrmann
Amarillo
Brady School
Roane
Here
Herrman
Liquor Trial Opens as Other Cases Postponed
Trial in 47th District Civil Court began Monday for H C Reese on liquor law violations. Bob Walker awaiting counsel had his burglary case passed. Arlie Plummer faces Friday trial on possible failing to stop or DWI. Sims McCaskey's robbery case set for Friday as his attorney is out of town.
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H. C. Reese
47Th District
Bob Walker
Arlie Plummer
Sims McCaskey
Glad He Sled Stool Pigeon Says Convict
Clyde Thompson in Brazoria County jail says he is glad he killed Tommy Rels, calling him a stool pigeon who tried to kill him. The stabbing at Retrieve state penal farm left Reis dead, with Allen and Thompson implicated in a prison break tied to Rels’ information to guards. County grand jury will hear the case. Thompson faces life, Allen 20 years. Lincoln holiday exchanges close nationwide.
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Angleton
Tex
Clyde Thompson
Weat
Texas
Tommy Rels
Chicago
Thompson
Brazoria County
Reis
Retrieve State Penal Farm
Barney Allen
Rusk County
Rels
Allen
A. L. Lester
Marvin Higgins
Lucien
Leon Shook
Eastland County
Sterling
Henderson
Rets
Galveston
Carrie W. Moehner
Boettcher Wife Offers $60,000 Ransom for Kidnapped Millionaire
In Denver, Mrs. Charles Boettcher, 1, promises to pay the full $60,000 ransom for her husband who was kidnapped last night. The case spurred plans with Chief Armstrong for a country-wide neighbor-notice drive to locate the abductors.
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Denver
Colo
Charles Boettcher
Boettcher family tied to ransom investigation in Denver
In a Denver suburb a ransom note was handed to Mrs Boettcher as two armed men warned her to give the note to Claude Boettcher father of the kidnapped victim. Police seek the attackers description and a $5000 reward is offered. The case echoes a prior incident near A E Humphreys home. The victim returned by air from Kansas City.
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Paul G. Taylor
A. E. Humphreys
A. E. Humphreys, Jr
Taylor
Boettchers
Anna Lou
A. Boettcher
Colonel Lindbergh
Denver
Charles Boettcher
Colorado
Kansas City
Nazi clashes escalate as 11 killed in Reichwide battles
Sanguinary confrontations between Hitler's Nazis and opponents continue across eight towns with 11 deaths and 23 injuries. Reports say Nazi squads raided a Communist HQ in Eisleben, while two women were shot as civilians watched from windows during marches.
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Berlin
Hitler
Reich
Eisleben
Bochum
Strassfurt
Dessau
Breslau
Dortmund
Stuttgart
Benn
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