Hoover proposes massive reorganization to cut overlapping units
President Hoover asks Congress for authority to reorganize the executive branch to reduce overlapping agencies and save millions. He outlines consolidated structures under single heads and creates several new major posts including assistants for public health education conservation commerce agriculture and a strengthened personnel administration in a plan to streamline government.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Personnel Administration
Garner Leads Demodal Push in Presidential Race
Raymond Clapper reports that Speaker John N. Garner of Texas is formally entered in the Democratic presidential race. Senators Sheppard and Connally say the Texas delegation will present his name at the national convention. Garner, popular in the House, rules with a smile and has recently pushed through the Steagall banking bill amid Hoover era tensions.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
W.P
John N. Garner
Texas
Morris Sheppard
Tom Connally
Garner
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Baker
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Albert G. Ritchie
Maryland
House
Jack
Hoover
Steagall Banking
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas area
Amarillo and nearby areas expect fair skies tonight and Thursday with slight warming. West Texas inland remains fair with colder southeast portions tonight and milder north and west areas on Thursday. New Mexico also fair tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Temperature extremes today reach 23 to 33 degrees at 1 o clock.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Legion Urges Spirited Campaign for Jobs Across City
The American Legion presses for stronger cooperation from 35 units in a city wide drive to find jobs for needy workers. Fewer than 25 percent of expected agencies reported by noon. Cecil Ingram notes citizens will help if solicitors contact them. Volunteers continue district work as reports come in.
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American Legion
Legion
Cecil Ingram
Legion Headquarters
Floyd L. Sloan
Hanson Post
Ingram
Municipal Auditorium
Police to Quiz New Yorker's Kidnap Story
Lake Placid New York February 16 State police said they will check Harry H Blagden story of being kidnapped Thursday night A trooper flew to Cleveland where Blagden appeared Monday night to stay with the wealthy sportsman until he could return Blagden disappeared from E Roland Harriman cottage at the Lake Placid Club The family received a letter in his handwriting claiming a kidnapping and a $1000 ransom demand.
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Lake Placid
N. Y
Harry H. Blagden
Cleveland
Blagden
E. Roland Harriman
Lake Placid Club
Postal savings rise 63 million in January
Postal savings for February 1 totaled 658,081,034 with over 1,000,000 accounts for the first time. January deposits increased by about 63,000,000, while the fiscal year began with 353,237,908 in deposits.
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Washington
Roosevelt Investigation Pressed by Republicans in Albany
A Senate resolution for a joint legislative probe of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration was favorably reported by the assembly Ways and Means committee. Republicans signaled action later and began a roundup of absent GOP members.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Assembly Ways and Means
Bank bandit slain after bank robbery in Oklahoma
The body of a man named as the robber who escaped with $30 from the First State Bank of India was found in a morgue in Claremore Oklahoma. He died in a gun fight with two Rogers County officers.
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Claremore
Okla
First State Bank of India
Rogers County
Bank robbery charge filed in Seguin for Schertz bank hold up
Second Lieutenant Herbert C. Lichtenberger aged 28 from Oklahoma City a Randolph Field officer and Creighton University graduate was charged in Seguin with holding up the State Bank at Schertz twenty miles west of Seguin on Monday afternoon.
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Seguin
Texas
Herbert C. Lichtenberger
Oklahoma City
Randolph
Creighton University
Schertz
Here
Girls Testify In Negro Case In District Court
Pretty Marian Fay Davis and Lucille Pierce of Plainview testified about a fake party shooting involving three Black men. Davis described being lured to quarters on Monroe Street and held as she tried to escape while her companion witnessed the events.
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Marian Fay Davis
Lucille Pierce
Plainview
Willie Lee Jones
Wiley B. Hervey
Willie Mays
Miss Davis
Monroe Street
Lucille
For Sale or Trade ads teased in Globe-News Want Ads
The piece notes that continuation of this and other appealing advertisements appears under the For Sale or Trade classification in today’s Globe-News Want Ad columns. It invites readers to visit Stop and Shop to Save and Earn.
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Globe-News
Flood Crest Nearing Dallas As Texas Seeps Safe From Rains
North Texas flood waters were expected to crest and then subside as clearing skies arrived. The Elm Fork in Gainesville receded after flooding areas not seen in 25 years, while the Trinity River at Dallas reached 333 feet and kept rising before the crest passed. The Red River declined at Denison as Choc taw Creek sent water over roads. two men were rescued after their car was swept away. Temperatures fell, rainfall totaled substantial amounts across cities, and emergency crews remained active.
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Associated Press
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Gainesville
Elm Fork
Trinity River
Trinity
Fort Worth
Dallas
J. L. Cline
Red River
Denison
Denison-Bells
Choctaw Creek
Wilkins Here Tomorrow for Lecture Show
Sir Hubert Wilkins, leader of the polar submarine expedition, will arrive to give a lecture and motion picture show at Municipal Auditorium tomorrow night. Admission ranges from 25 cents to 1 dollar, with tickets at City Drug Store, 517 Polk Street. School children are especially invited.
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Sir Hubert Wilkins
Municipal Auditorium
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Mrs Mix and Tom Mix wed under circus big top in Mexico
New Mrs. Mix Mabel Hubbell, a famed aerialist, married western star Tom Mix after a meeting under the big top in Mexico on Monday. Mix, a popular figure in western film folklore, has been married twice before.
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Mabel Hubbell
Tom Mix
Mexico
Mix
Airship to be named Macon despite Amarillo campaign
Washington February 17 Chairman Vinson of the House Naval Committee said the Navy’s new giant airship will be named the Macon after the Georgia city. Amarillo residents led a campaign by the Chamber of Commerce and others to name the dirigible Amarillo citing local helium sources. leaders expressed disappointment at the choice and no clear reason was given for selecting Macon.
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Washington
Vinson
House Naval Committee Today
Navy
Macon
Georgia City
Georgia
Amarillo
Congress
Alfalfa Bill Murray to be welcomed home in Collinsville
Collinsville prepares a roof raising celebration for William H Murray a native son and potential ally in the Oklahoma presidential campaign. Caravans from Durant Ada and Sherman join a parade with old fiddlers kittie band and school bands as the town blocks Highway 10 for the event. Senator John MacDonald of Durant will marshal the parade and Durant plans a holiday and early closure for the event.
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Tex
Oklahoma
Tishomingo
Red River
Bolivia
William Henry Murray
Durant
Ardmore
Kittie
Oklahoma City
Ada
Sherman
Highway 10
Bill
John MacDonald
Oklahoma National Guard
Murray
Girl Injured as Autos Collide Here
Mary Jo Murrey eight injured in a collision at Nineteenth Avenue and Hayden Street. She suffered a deep gash and facial wounds, rushed to St Anthony's hospital then to her sister Mrs Elo's home. Driver M H Loewenstern and Mrs Elo both unharmed apart from a bruise to her sister.
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Nineteenth Avenue
Hayden Street
Mary Jo
Bob Elo
M. H. Loewenstern
St. Anthony's Hospital
AT&T declares regular quarterly dividend of 2.25 a share
The American Telephone & Telegraph Company announced its regular quarterly dividend of 2.25 a share on common stock. W. Cameron Forbes was elected a director to succeed Jeremiah Smith Jr who retired due to ill health.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
W. Cameron Forbes
Japan
Jeremiah Smith, Jr
Swiss Youth Wins Two-Man Bobsled Title at Lake Placid
Reto Capadrutt, 19, a Swiss college student, won the North American and AAU two man bobsled championships at Mt. Van Hoevenberg Lake Placid in two runs down an Olympic slide slowed by overnight snows. His times were 2:07.98 and 2:06.79.
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MT. van Hoevenberg
Lake Placid
Reto Capadrutt
Todey
Manchuria and Mongolia to Declare Independence
Mukden dispatch reports Manchuria and Mongolia will declare independence tomorrow and establish a new republic by mid March. The news comes from Tokyo via Nippon Dempo News Agency.
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Mongolia
Tokyo
Mukden
Nippon Dempo
Peace Talks Planned Amid Shanghai Bombardment Standoff
In Shanghai the 19th army may withdraw from Chapel sector as Japanese and Chinese commanders prepare for a morning meeting. Two British seamen died after shells hit a Hongkew wharf, while a shell in Hongkow killed two Chinese and wounded seven. An American vice-consul was beaten, prompting a protest. Admiral Taylor said evacuation unlikely. negotiators favored peaceful withdrawal over force.
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United Press
United Press Shanghai
Shanghai
Hongkew
H. A. Francis
H. G. Prior
Carthage
Hongkow
Washington
Arthur Ringwall
U. S
Montgomery M. Taylor
Houston
Koichi Shiosawa
Kichisaburo Nomura
Japan
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Shigemitsu
Tokyo
Nomura
Presidential poll shows Smith leading Murray in early returns
Globe News morning results give Al Smith 527 votes to Murray 485 while Alfalfa Bill trails by seven. Garner stands third with 289, Hoover has zero votes, and total ballots cast reach 1,674 as the field lists Franklin D. Roosevelt and other 1932 candidates.
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Bill Murray
Globe News
Alfalfa
Bill
Morning Mail
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Murray
John Garner
Texas
Herbert Hoover
the Globe
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Newton D. Baker
Charles G. Dawes
Herbert E. Hoover
Hiram E. Johnson
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James A. Reed
Arthur C. Ritchie
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Owen D, Young
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