Roosevelt to address Congress tonight for annual message
Rep Snell claims Roosevelt uses the address for political aims while Hamilton Fish plans to respond at the National Republican Club. Senators Thomas and Sheppard defend a night session, and the House and Senate granted unanimous consent for the session. Radio networks expect a vast audience as preparations intensify for the message.
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Washington
Rep. Snell
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Amarillo
Hamilton Fish
New York
National Republican Club
Fish
Red
NBC
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Morris Shepard
Texas
Thomas
Sheppard
Senate
National Broadcasting Com
International tensions flare as Italy and Ethiopia clash
Inform sources report Mussolini’s regime seeks to suppress dissent with force in Italy while Ethiopian loyalty campaigns mobilize in Gojjam Province. Mutiny reports surface from Paris as Italian forces face internal and external pressure amid League sanctions and Red Cross inquiries.
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Mussolini
Addis Ababa
Gojjam
Lake Tana
Haile Selassie
Paris
Oeuvre
Ethiopia
Romania
Abuna
Swedish
Red Cross
Stockholm
International Red Cross
Geneva
Congress Recesses To Hear Roosevelt Address
The 74th Congress reconvened and recessed to eight o’clock Amarillo time to hear President Roosevelt’s annual message amid partisan debate. Bonus and neutrality questions dominated as the administration’s neutrality bill was introduced in both houses. Republicans protested but the House adopted a concurrent-session resolution for an evening address.
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Washington
U.P
Amarillo
Roosevelt
Bertrand Snell
House
Senate
Patman
United Front
Byrnes-Steiner
Robert F. Rich
Republican
Pennsylvania
William Bankhead
Snell
Grunter To Tell All to Grand Jury
Dan McShain a Seattle wrestler known as the tobacco spitting Grunter appeared before the Potter County grand jury with Dutch Mantell and Referee Jack Van Bebber to explain methods behind his victory over Bob Castle in a weekly armory card. The inquiry followed a near riot after the match at the National Guard Armory under Sheriff Bill Adams.
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Gene Elo
Danno McShain
Seattle
Shiek
Potter County Grand Jury
Bob Castle
National Guard Armory
Dutch Mantell
Mantell
McShain
Jack van Bebber
Bill Adams
Post Office Posts 1935 Revenue Jump Over 1934
Assistant Postmaster C M Tyler reports a strong 1935 increase of 6099 35 over 1934 at the local office. The year shows higher revenue than 1933 by 22087 16, totaling 290 673 15 in 1935 versus 284 573 80 in 1934 and 268 585 99 in 1933. Winter Oils 10c Qt. 1900 W. 3rd.
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C. M. Tyler
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Nearby
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas calls for fair weather tonight and Saturday with a drop to around 32 degrees tonight. West Texas will be colder tonight except for the extreme southeast, then Saturday turns fair. New Mexico also shows fair conditions tonight and Saturday with colder temperatures in the eastern portion. Temperatures range from a high of 41 to a low of 37.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Three Young Men Enter KGNC Announcer Contest
The KGNC amateur announcer contest features three young men who performed Tuesday and Thursday nights and will give their final act at 9:45 tonight. They compete in reading radio continuity and ad libimprovisation. The event, sponsored by Adkisson and Baker Tire Company, has grown into a listener favorite followed by hundreds.
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KGNC
Adkisson and
Baker Tire Company
Two Gas Firms Battle Order In Anti-Wastage Law
Attorneys for Texoma Natural Gas Company and Consolidated Gas Utilities Corporation argued before a three judge federal court that the ratable production clause in the anti gas wastage law forces them to buy gas that already belongs to them. They pointed to stripping plants as the main source of trouble. In Kronach Germany a quadruplet birth was reported with all four girls healthy to Prau Ewald Zimmerlein wife of a cabinetmaker.
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Houston
Texas
Kronach
Germany
Prau Ewald Zimmerlein
Deficit Near Two Billions in First Half
The 1935 half year ended with outlays of $7 752 332 000 and receipts of $4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0, a deficit near 1 879 651 192. Treasury reports show the public debt at 30 557 324 062, an all time high, as Roosevelt readies the 1937 budget message. Income taxes rose by 134 million, miscellaneous internal revenue up 120 million, while farm processing taxes lagged by 200 million.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
Quarantine Placed After Pauls Valley School Death
The State Training School for boys at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, was quarantined after 13 year old Howard Ballinger of Quapaw died from spinal meningitis. The death did not halt a football game between Breckenridge and Pauls Valley scheduled in Fort Worth.
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C. M. Pearce
Young Ballinger
Quapaw
Bradley
Fort Worth
Jan
U.P
A. H. Flickwir
Breckenridge
Pauls Valley
Okla
Flickwir
Steamer Evelyn Aground Off Florida Keys
A Bull Line steamer Evelyn ran aground today off the Florida Keys. Coast guard crews Saukee of Key West and Saranac of Galveston were dispatched to the scene, with no immediate danger indicated.
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Mobile
Ala
U.P
Bull Line
Evelyn
Florida Keys
Coast Guard
Saukee
Key West
Saranac
Galveston
Lindberghs Depart Liverpool for Wales En Route Stop
The Charles A. Lindberghs left the Adelphia Hotel in Liverpool with their infant son and two men, heading toward Wales. Aubrey Morgan, Mrs. Lindbergh’s brother-in-law, had been visiting. Morgan’s former home near Cardiff was discussed. The family is en route, with a likely hotel stop considered.
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Colonel Lindbergh
Lindberghs
Wales
Cardiff
U.P
C. Aubrey Morgan
Charles A. Lindbergh
Liverpool
Still Larger Vote Against New Deal Acts
New York Jan 3 The Literary Digest poll reports 828939 ballots or 60.47 percent oppose the Roosevelt New Deal to date while 541845 support. All 48 states counted and 36 states vote against the New Deal representing 3399 electoral votes. Twelve states back the New Deal: Alabama Arkansas Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia.
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New York
Literary Digest
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Wrong Driving Today Traffic Arrests Near Courthouse
Traffic count notes overtime parking around the courthouse square leading to arrests and fines. Authorities urge citizens to observe parking regulations and drive safely in the area.
Quintuplets and names in today’s Globe page tease
The Globe previews Arthur Brisbane’s column and notes editorials while mentioning Little Cecile Dionne and Doctor Dafoe. It highlights a story about quintuplets escaping a hospital and contrasts care in Northern Canada with a Nicaragua birth. The reference points to TODAY Page 7.
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Cecile Dionne
Canada
Invaders and Heirs Rally Over Louisiana Inquiry
Political heirs of Huey P. Long gathered for a mass meeting in New Orleans to protest what they call an unconstitutional invasion by federal agents and spies investigating the January 21 primary election machinery. Rep. Cleveland Dear supported the inquiry as necessary to preserve democracy, while Rep. Wilcox announced a federal investigative corps had been assigned to probe alleged illegal voter registrations.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Cleveland Dear
Long
Rep
Wilcox
Florida
Congress
Celler Challenges Townsend to National Debate on Pension Plan
Rep. Celler a Democrat from New York challenged Dr. F H Townsend proponent of the Townsend old age revolving pension plan to a nationally broadcast debate on NBC. Celler said the debate would reveal the inherent evils of the plan.
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New York
Rep. Celler
F. H. Townsend
NBC
Celler
Spinsters' Club Rejects Leap Year Proposals
The San Francisco Spinsters' Club votes against Leap Year proposals and prefers men to propose. Members largely unavailable by phone, club president Miss Evelyn Salisbury leads a group that still uses male escorts for social events. Last season 23 new members joined to replace those who left.
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San Francisco
Spinsters
Evelyn Salisbury
Republican Solon May Demand Probe
Washington January 3 Senator Frederick Steiner Republican Oregon threatened to press for a congressional probe into what he called foolish expenditures by Rexford Guy Tugwell's resettlement program. Lumber prices are low and a lumber company is cited.
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Solon
Washington
U.P
Frederick Steiner
Ore
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Keith Motor Co to Open Dodge Plymouth Dealership in Polk St
Keith Motor Co led by Asa C. Keith will open at 1009-11 Polk Street handling Dodge and Plymouth cars and Dodge trucks. The repainted facility offers space for customers, with Asa C. Keith heading the new firm and years of dealer experience cited.
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DODGE
Plymouth
Asa C. Keith
Keith
CCC Workers Join Hunt for Missing Pilot Helms
One thousand CCC workers joined twenty airplanes in a wide search for Lieut. John T. Helms missing after a planned flight from San Francisco to March Field. Authorities believed his fate lay in Southern California mountains and deserts. In Chicago actress Toby Wing awaited word, saying he had talked of marriage with her.
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Riverside
Calif
CCC
John T. Helms
California
March Field
San Francisco
Chicago
Toby Wing
No One Injured as Elevator Slips in Capitol
An elevator in the House side of the Capitol slipped two floors but safety devices prevented injuries to the 15 congressmen aboard as the opening session began.
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Washington
Jan
Capitol
Mandate for New Trial Issued in 1933 Slaying Case
In Austin on January 3, the Court of Criminal Appeals issued a mandate for a new trial for O. D. Stevens who received the death penalty in Tarrant County for the murder of Harry Rutherford in the Handley triple slaying of July 8, 1933. The court granted a second trial on December 18 due to error in the trial judge’s charge, with the State failing to file a rehearing motion.
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Austin
U.P
O. D. Stevens
Tarrant County
Harry Rutherford
Handley
Court of Criminal Appeals
Stevens
Five Die as Unoccupied Building Collapses in Havana
Havana officials said five people died and 31 were injured when an unoccupied two story brick and stone building collapsed yesterday. Search teams cleared debris and investigated a possible structural failure as the cause.
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Havana
Last Times Today for Guest Tickets at Fair Theater
Final chance to secure free guest tickets for Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler in a top musical at the Fair Theater. Readers can earn two tickets with seven Want Ads or one ticket with three ad entities. Call 6262 to act now.
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Ruby Keeler
Fair Theater
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