Death claims Canyon leader L. T. Lester
L. T. Lester 80, retired banker and ranchman, died at his Canyon home at 4 30 this morning. A longtime Panhandle leader who helped secure West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon, he was called “the kingpin of Canyon.” Survived by widow three sons C D Lester A L Lester W Frank Lester and daughter Mrs A B Hager. Body at Griggs Thompson Funeral Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Lester
Canyon
C. D
A. L. Lester
Harlingen
W. Frank Lester
el Paso
A. B Hager
Joplin
Griggs-Thompson Funeral
Los Angeles Flood Toll Grows to 31 Dead
Rescue teams recovered 10 bodies in the Montrose area and identified many victims among about 25 destroyed homes. Officials, Legionnaires and lifeguards aided flood relief across Venice and surrounding districts as missing persons lists expanded with numerous Montrose, Pasadena and Los Angeles names and ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose
Legionnaires
Venice
Beach Resort
Los Angeles
J. F. Moore
Martha
San_ Gabriel
Sherman
Towts Hubbard
Wilmington
Moores
Dorothy Carter
Monterey Park
Marilyn Ghoslin
Glendale
Myrtle Adams
Elwood Plumb
Lone Beach
Clyde Dowell
CWA
Tujunga
Frank Gerechty
North Hollywood
Ruth X. Reihl
Margaret Smith
la Crescenta
Chester Herrera
Clark Harmon
Sam Wilson
Wilson
Betty Lorraine Klaas
Vera Kahn
Homer Higley
Winston Doty
Venica
Weston Doty
Winston
Sam Carter
van Nuys
Joan McDonald
Edith Warfield
Charles Warfield
Edith
BE. H. Higley
Etts Thomas
Virginia Pulliam
Lorraine Nescher
Highland
Elia L. McLean
H .A. McKenzie
Lawrence Dunlap
Flintridge School
Harry Wilson
Clara Horiwitz
Shoffitt Opens Fire After Liquor Sentence
Deputy paroled on liquor charge four years. Officers walk away, Shoffitt aims a shotgun at Wright and fires. He retreats to his home and fires again seven times with a high powered rifle. Shoffitt is found unarmed in his car near Clarendon after wounds reach a hospital. Police recover shotgun and rifle at his home. Missing persons reports estimate Tokyo ice fatalities around 24 000 annually.
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Shoffitt
Pierce
Wright
Clarendon
Loch Ness Sea Monster Sparks UK Debate
London reports on Lochness Monster sightings with W. A. Goodbody of the Lochness Fishery Board claiming to have seen a long dark object with eight or nine humps in the Ness. The Times and Daily Herald weigh between genuine creature and a tourist business scare, even joking about a hotel monster.
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London
Scotland
Lochness
Ness
W. A. Goodbody
Lochness Fishery Board
Times
Daily Herald
Herald
Monster of the Ness
Loch Ness
Goodbody
Fishery Board
Liquor sales to fund aid for districts and pensions
The plan uses liquor sales to finance distressed school districts, old age assistance, and pensions for the blind. The state will not manufacture alcohol, distillers face competition parity with pre prohibition standards, and commonwealth stores stock many brands with impartial clerks.
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Commonwealth
Shipping Board Loses 5.387 Million in 1933
The now abolished United States Shipping Board and its Merchant Fleet Corporation report a net loss of 5.387 million dollars for the 1933 fiscal year ending June 30. The loss is about 3 million less than 1932. Abandoned August 9, functions shifted to the Shipping Bureau. Ship construction fell, boosting unemployment in private yards. Only 38 active cargo ships operated, down from 81 in 1932.
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Washington
U.P
United States Shipping Board
Merchant Fleet Corporation
Congress
United States Shipping Bureau
Department of Commerce
Midland Crash Kills Eddie Weinstein and Injures Four
Eddie Weinstein 23 of Tulsa and a Fort Worth attorney died in a truck collision 11 miles east of Midland. Miss Esther Warren 26 of New York and two other occupants were seriously injured while two more sustained cuts and bruises in the wreck.
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Midland
U.P
Eddie Weinstein
Tulsa
Okla
Fort Worth
Esther Warren
New York
Here
Motorists Profit By Tax Removal On Gasoline
Amarillo motorists enjoy lower auto fuel prices after a federal half cent per gallon tax removal effective January 1. Local stations quickly cut prices and offered three gasoline grades at 16 19 and 21 cents per gallon reflecting the tax cut.
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Amarillo
Savings plan pledge ends hoarding fears in banking debate
Vandenberg praised the bank law amendment creating a temporary insurance plan effective today. He cited FDIC and RFC as having done superb work, noting the plan covers 97 percent of depositors and risks less than 30 percent of banking resources. He asserted Americans’ savings are now safe and postal savings competition should not threaten general banking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
America
Elliott Named Acting Chief Deputy in Oil Division
The State Railroad Commission announced Jack Elliott will serve as acting chief deputy of the oil and gas division. Elliott, previously deputy supervisor at Wichita Falls, succeeds Leslie McKay who resigned. Harry Miles becomes East Texas resident petroleum engineer, succeeding Gordon Griffin who left to join W B Hamilton oil interests in Wichita Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Jack Elliott
Oil and Gas
State Railroad Commission
Elliott
Wichita Falls
Leslie McKay
Harry Miles
East Texas
Commission
Gordon Griffin
W. B. Hamilton
Banquet Honors Amarillo Postal Employee Retirement
The Amarillo postal department held a banquet Monday night at the Bonner Dining Room to honor William F. Davis the first retiree from the office after 23 years of service. The event featured toastmaster D W Baker Postmaster Mrs Floyd Cooper guests seventy one workers and performances by Rev H A Shaw and the Shaw family with dances and staff history tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Gene
Madeline Galle
Desperado Wilbur Underhill Remains Critical in Shawnee
In Shawnee Oklahoma guards are doubled over bank robber Wilbur Underhill who clung to life after a gunfight. His bride Eva Nichols and Raymond Roe were questioned in Oklahoma City. Colvin led the raid that captured Underhill after Nichols was fatally wounded. Roe was wounded at Nichols home. Underhill’s condition unchanged at city hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Okla
Wilbur Underhill
Underhill
Raymond Roe
Harrah
Oklahoma City
R. H. Colvin
Colvin
Eva Mae Nichols
Kansas
Kentucky
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Roe
Miss Nichols
City Hospital
Four Reasons Wallace Cites For Beef and Dairy Troubles
Secretary Wallace lists four factors hurting cattle and dairy: relative livestock prices above grains, the tight feed grain supply, reduced consumer purchasing power since 1929, and tariff protection drawing growers into beef and dairy. He notes record cattle numbers and a likely decline after 1935 based on historical cycles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Administration Reopens After Shake-Up
Washington reports the Agricultural Adjustment Administration resumes work after a major shake-up shifting 100 staff and abolishing eight departments. Chester C. Davis oversees the reorganization while efforts to aid farmers shift toward expanding agricultural exports. Roosevelt evaluates charts on coordinating export drives and a foreign trade graph prepared by the executive policy committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Chester C. Davis
Roosevelt
George N. Peek
Executive Commercial Policy Committee
Mussolini and Simon Prepare Talks on Disarmament and League Reform
Semi official circles in Rome report Premier Mussolini and Sir John Simon will confer on disarmament and League of Nations reform. The two leaders are expected to meet tomorrow morning after Sir John arrives from Capri for the interview amid speculation on how to bridge the Franco German impasse. Official circles say only an exchange of ideas will occur.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
John Simon
Great Britain
League of Nations
John
Capri
France
Germany
Nine Convicts Freed by Governor Ferguson in Texas
Governor Miriam A Ferguson granted full pardons to Tommie Vance of Grayson County Sylvester Shaffer of Delta County and Charlie Streety of Wood County for liquor law convictions. Conditional pardons issued to J T McMahan Leon Howard Alex Anderson Guillermo Botello and Julius Koch for burglary murder and robbery related offenses with terms ranging from two to thirty one years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Tommie Vance
Grayson County
Sylvester Shaffer
Delta County
Charlie Streety
Wood County
J. T. McMahan
Karnes County
Army men eye 15 mile ozone flight
Maj Chester L Fordney of the Marine Corps and Lieut. Commdr Tx Gh PW Settle of the Navy consider a new stratosphere ascent to reach about 15 miles. Their 61 937 foot balloon last year landed in a New Jersey marsh and they seek sponsors and scientific backing with Dr Arthur H Compton to study the ozone layer and weather forecasting gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chester L. Fordney
Marine Corps
PW Settle
Navy
New Jersey
International Aeronautic Federation
Settle-Fordney
Major Fordney
Settle
Fordney
Arthur H. Compton
University of Chicago
Chicago
Armstrong County Man Dies at Claude
Armstrong County man Andrew Jackson Allen age 76 died at his home in Claude at 9 o clock. He was a longtime resident of Armstrong County. The body is with N S Griggs & Sons Amarillo awaiting funeral plans. Survivors include his widow Clara Allen two Claude sons John R Allen and Samuel L Allen a Claude native Albert C Allen of Muskogee Oklahoma and daughter Edna Miller of Tucson Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson Allen
Claude
Allen
Armstrong County
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Amarillo
Clara Allen
John R
Samuel L. Allen
Albert C. Allen
Muskogee
Okla
Edna Miller
Tucson
Ariz
CWA Lunch Rooms for Children in Amarillo Closed
Free lunch rooms run by the CWA for underprivileged schoolchildren in Amarillo were shut down today due to lack of funds. About 2,500 children were served daily, per Gaines D. Whitsitt, CWA administrator. The closure risks suspending other relief projects without state bond sales.
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Amarillo
CWA
Gaines D. Whitsitt
Texas
Kansas City Market Update Across Livestock and Grains
Kansas City livestock bids show mixed moves with cattle and calves mainly steady to lower, hogs steady, and vealers softening. Sheep and lambs slip modestly while wool and feeder quotes edge. Grain futures mirror modest gains with wheat soybeans corn and oats unsettled, while New Orleans cotton climbs on stock and grain strength amid a looming political event.
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Kansas City
Jan
U. S Dept
1984 Start Amid Cautious Market Optimism in New York
New York stock and commodity markets open the year 1984 with cautious but steady gains. Leading equities rise 1 to 2 points as grains and cotton show modest improvement. dollar softens slightly in foreign exchange while the gold rate holds. Major movers include Chrysler, General Motors, National Steel, Allied Chemical, American Tobacco, U S Steel and Du Pont, with analysts optimistic about long term prospects but debating near term security prices. The session also anticipates forthcoming congressional action on recovery programs and potential federal regulation of exchanges.
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New York
Jan
Chrysler
General Motors
National Steel
Allied Chemical
American Commercial Alcohol
U. S. Industrial
American Telephone
U. S. Steel
du Pont
General Electric
American Can
Case
American Tobacco
Liggitt & Myers Trty Commercial Solvents
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Johne-Manville
Kennecott Copper
Tere Od
Kresge
Kroger Groce & Bek
L— Lambert
Liggitt Myers
Loew Ine
Seeee
Mark Trucker
steee M\ Mathieson Alkali ween
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Montgomery Ward
Murray Corps
Nash Motor
National Biscuit +sale
National Cash Register
National Dairy Productaon
National Distillers National Power & Lig
New York Central
NH & H
New York Ship ‘Ride
North American Aviation Bly
North American Co
Seace
Ohio Ojl +o
Oliver Farm Machinery
Owens Illinois Elevator
Pacific Gas & Eletric
Packard Motor . A
Penney IC
Pennsylvania
Peoples Gas Light & Coke Ses Oy
Petroleum Corp Eee
Phelps Dodge Wa
Phillipe Pet
Proctor & Gam
Public Service Corp
Troducera & Refiners
Pullman
Dno. F. Clark and Co
Radio Corp of America Ca
Radin Keith Orph
T. Clo Ohranee
Remington Random's
Adama Expresa Reo
Republic
Stee le
Alaska Juneau
Reynolds Tobacco
Allegheny Corp
Reynolds Metals
Amerada Corn
Safeway
American & Foreign Power
St Joseph
American Car & Fay
Seaboard Oil
Shell Union Oi
American Roller Mill
Simmons
American Smelt & Ref
Simms Pet
Wrens
Socony Vacuum
American Stee Fdys
American Sugar Bee
Southern Calif Edison
American Tel & Tel
Southern Pacific Rr
181 Southern Railway
American Water Works
Sparks Whittington Am
American Woolen Pia
Armour & Co A One
Standard Gas & Firetrt
al Anchor Cap Corp
Standard Oil of
Calif
Gowrie
Standard of New Jersey Car
Aly Fe
KTM
Stewart Warner Pry
Atchison
Pacifier Land
Baltimore & On
RM Tidewater Assn
O's Air Barnsdall
Bendix Aviation
Timken
Paneer
Bethlehem Steel
Transamerica
Ac Rohn Aluminum
Amy Borden Tase
Union Carbide
Briggs Manufartining
Union Oil
Brooklyn
Manhattan Transir
Tinion Pacifica
United Aircraft
Burroughs
United Carbon Oe
California
United Corp
United Gas Improvement
Canada
Canadian Pacific
U S
Weatee
Chicago & Northwestern Rr
Vénadium Corp
Chicago
Rock Island & Favific
Chickasha
Warner Broa
Chrysler Motorees Oil
Coca Cola
Wesson
Colgate
Consolidated Gas
Consolidated Can
Youngstown Sheet
Continental
Continental Oil
Corn Producta Refining
Coty Tne
Crown Cork & Ser
Cavan American Suir
Curtis Wright Pa
Delaware Lackawanna Wereee
BA Fat
Delaware & Hudson
Deere & Conaeere
Douglas Aircraft
Electric Auto
General Foods
General Public Service
Gillette
Goodrich Tire
Dopf
Gotham
Graham Paige
Great Northern
Great West Sugar
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L. L. Lester
Jean
Tokyo
Nelson Morris
Jean Aubert
Paris
Federal Farm Board
Agriculture Department
A. A
Ferguson
Eileen Gillespie
Roger Williams
John Jacob Astor
Young Astor
Florence Desmond
Miss Desmond
Ted Fio-Rito
Hollywood
Armstrong
H. M. Wiley
Wheeler
Maine
John F. Clark & Co
Prey
New Orleans
Ma's Aluminum Co of America
American Superpower
Arkansas Natural Gas
Canadian Marconi
Cities Services
Seseees
Swift & Co
United Gag
Hershey
S.s
Homestake
Hudson Motor
Hupp Motor
Illinois Central Rr International Cement International Harvester
International Nickel
International Shoe
International Tel & Telse
I Johns Manville
Kelvinator Ss0seseeereers
Vn, A
St. Joseph
St.Joseph
ANY, Inc
Dallas, Texas
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