Debates Begin on $550 Million Liquor Tax Bill in House
The House opened debate on a 550 million liquor tax bill with majority leaders aiming for quick passage though opposition to new repeal rates sparks heated arguments. The Ways and Means Committee reported the measure yesterday and it was brought up after the President budget message.
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Budget Message Shows U S Fiscal Strain Across Years
Government figures outline expenditures and deficits for 1933 1934 and 1935 with rising public debt and a split between general and emergency outlays. The budget highlights actuals and estimates for the year ending June 30 and notes shifts in emergency spending impacting the deficit.
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Agriculture Adjustment
Presidents Budget Plea Is Startling
Washington January 4 Congress learned the recovery program is piling up unprecedented deficits and Roosevelt bluntly told of borrowing 10 billion dollars in the next six months. He estimated the public debt would reach substantial levels as he urged immediate action on urgent matters.
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Jailed Bandit Reveals Barrow Robbery Secret
Monroe Routon, linked to Clyde Barrow, sits in Grimes County jail awaiting a January 22 grand jury appearance for a February bank robbery in Shire Texas. He claims numerous alias arrests and escapes, including a 1931 Rusk asylum escape, and says he has committed many crimes across the Southwest.
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Tex
U.P
Monroe Routon
Clyde Barrow
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Rusk
Oklahoma
Barrow
Norman
Byrd and Crowley in two linked trial and polar reports
From Piggott Arkansas and aboard Admiral Byrd's flagship, two separate stories unfold. Eye witness Clara Coleman testifies in Crowley murder trial as Rev Dale Crowley faces charges in the fatal tabernacle shooting of J W MacMurdo. In the Arctic, Byrd and three companions fly near 72 30 south and report no land, redefining Antarctic maps as Pacific Ocean areas are reclassified.
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Oklahoma Bank Robbery Ends With Girl Released Later
Four men robbed the First State Bank of Willow Greer County taking about 600 dollars after cutting town telephone wires. They locked cashier J H Ford and teller Bill Osborn in the vault and abducted Jewel Patton the bookkeeper, releasing her unarmed 112 miles east of Mangum Oklahoma.
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J. H. Ford
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Police Hang a Welcome Sign at Amarillo Station
Amarillo police officers faced a quiet shift as they considered a public relations idea. A painter redecorating HQ could be asked to paint a single word sign in front of the station: Welcome. The last intoxication offender was released Wednesday night.
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Bonds Ready for Delivery in Texas Relief Issue
The first of Texas relief bonds from a 1933 August election may be delivered late today or tomorrow as bids on the $2,750,000 issue placed December 21 net $1,148,000. The remainder must be re-advertised with opening bids possible as early as January 22.
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Pat Dougherty
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New York
Father Wants Son Abducts an Orphan
A Omaha man explains he took 11 year old Bobby Walsh from an orphanage to replace his dead son. Police found them in a rooming house after an intensive search. Bobby was returned to the orphanage unharmed. The boy’s abductor George W. McDonald, 37, said he wanted a boy to take his own son’s place.
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Case of Dr. Wynekoop continued one week, trial delayed
CHICAGO January 4 The case of Dr Alice Lindsay Wynekoop charged with murdering her daughter in law Rheta was continued for one week when called for trial before Judge Joseph B David. The delay was attributed to the doctor’s precarious physical condition.
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U.P
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
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Joseph B. David
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Lindbergh Clue Is Denied in Jersey
In Trenton New Jersey Col H Norman Schwarzkopf says Verne Sankey is not being sought for questioning in the Lindbergh kidnapping and has not been linked by St Paul authorities. County Attorney M F Kinkead notes a complete Lindbergh account found in Sankey's basement but believes the outlaw remains in the case.
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Lindbergh
Peace Hour Looms in Chaco War Amid Armistice Hope
In the Bolivian Paraguayan conflict the expected zero hour nears as jungle fighting continues in the Chaco Boreal. The League of Nations Chaco Commission seeks Paraguayan consent to extend the armistice while reps travel from Montevideo to push for prolongation. uncertainty grows among belligerents and observers.
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AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS ON PWA PLANS
City officials said no action on Amarillo PWA water works project could proceed until information comes from Fort Worth regional or Washington offices. Bids will be sought for materials as a first step after a $167,200 allotment was announced. Mayor Ross D. Rogers expressed hope to begin construction by January 20, with city managers awaiting further guidance. A called commission session may be announced to inform the public.
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Bill seeks death penalty for federal kidnappers
Washington Jan 4 A bill to provide the death penalty for kidnappers was introduced by Senator Patterson of Missouri the author of the Lindbergh Law Currently the maximum penalty for federal kidnapping involving removal of a victim across state lines is life imprisonment
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Texan Sails Route From Fort Worth To New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS La Jan 4 The first successful navigation from Fort Worth to New Orleans was completed today by B M Commodore Hatfield dubbed Admiral of the Trinity He left Fort Worth Aug 28 in a tarpaulin covered flat boat with seven crew members Only Paul Crosswhite of Fort Worth accompanied him on arrival Hatfield aimed to spur dredging of the Trinity River to make it navigable He said he gave 300 speeches along the route and claimed ties to Theodore Roosevelt and a Windsor Castle dinner while recounting a fortune made and given away amid riverbed difficulties
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McFarlane Bill Aimed To Halt Bank Robbers
Representative McFarlane of Texas introduced a bill to give federal courts jurisdiction over bank robbery and related crimes. It imposes heavy penalties for defrauding, burglary, robbery, and armed offenses with potential death for murder or kidnapping if tied to robbery. He cited “Pretty Boy” Floyd as an example of interstate crime.
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McFarlane
Texas
Federal Reserve System
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
Oklahoma
Southwest
Congress Resumes High Trip as Roosevelt Policy Holds
Arthur Brisbane notes Congress will reconvene with many topics for discussion though party leaders withhold major attacks on Roosevelt's program. The piece references a gas bag incident carrying Major Fordney and Lieutenant Settle, detailing an ascent of over 61 000 feet and plans for another flight event.
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Marine Corps
Lieutenant Settle
Navy
Woman Seeks Divorce From Texas Husband in 1931 Case
In 47th District Court here Nona Fox petitions for divorce from George B Fox alleging marriage in February 1931 in Wal ters Oklahoma and separation in March 1931. The case follows a 1931 robbery arrest involving Nona, George, and Richard Smith. Sentences were handed down in 1932 with Nona pardoned about six months ago, George remaining in prison.
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Train Auto Crash Kills Wheeler Man
Hugh West about 23 of Briscoe Wheeler County was killed when his car drove onto a Santa Fe train at a grade crossing near his farm home on the Pampa Clinton line. The car was hurled 100 feet and demolished. He leaves a wife and child and was employed by L. E. Whiteham Construction Co. His mother, Mrs. Nettie West, lives in Hemphill County.
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Hemphill County
Governor Pardons Several in Texas Case List
Jesus Silva, jailed for incest in El Paso County and sentenced to five years in March 1932, received a full pardon from Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson. Conditional pardons were also granted to F. Hyden of Swisher and Fastland counties for robbery with firearms and burglary after a 1928 conviction, and to Nick Gross of Harris County for cattle theft and liquor law violations, five years, convicted in October 1922.
Farm tragedy near Texarkana ends in shooting
Mrs. Tom Talley, 40, was shot to death early today at her farm home 25 miles west of Texarkana after a quarrel. Her stepson Jason Talley, 16, surrendered at Boston jail, saying he struck him before firing.
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Unselfish Spirit Prevails Among CWA Aged Workers
A spirit of unselfish cooperation by CWA workers on the city project emerged as older and partly disabled laborers agreed to share work with laid off peers. Gaines D. Whitsitt says cards will allow these men to start Monday, listing names and reporting location at 704 Grant Street.
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Cattlemen Seek Connally Aid For Farm Relief Bill
Senator Tom Connally of Texas plans a Senate bill to include cattle as a basic commodity under farm relief. Panhandle Livestock Association leaders urge action to Texas senators and Representative Marvin Ones, with similar moves in the House by Congressman Jones. Cattlemen plan to attend the American National Livestock Association convention in Albuquerque January 10-12 and urge broad support. Reservations should be arranged through Jay Taylor at the Amarillo Building.
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Amarillo
Firemen's Drill Tower and Paving Projects Start
Construction of a firemen's drill tower near the city barns at Fourth Avenue and Madison Street and a paving job on Thirty fourth Avenue from Harrison Street to the Santa Fe tracks will create relief employment for about 150 men. A related project was announced yesterday at the U S Helium Plant west of the city.
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Government keeps gold price at same figure
Washington reports the government offers 24.06 dollars per ounce for newly mined domestic gold, marking the twelfth repetition of this price. London bar gold stands at 32.54 dollars an ounce based on a sterling open of 5.10 1 2 to the pound.
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Washington Budget Figures Signal Recovery Strain
Federal budget estimates released show a record public debt near 32 billion by mid 1935 with nine billion more projected. Speaker Rainey called it a signal for despair while praising frankness and cutbacks. The message notes nearly 2 billion in new taxes and a 7.5 billion recovery spending estimate for the year ending June 30.
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Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Clarendon Officer Recovers After Whisky Raid
Deputy Sheriff Guy Wright of Clarendon is recovering rapidly at St Anthony's Hospital after losing his left eye and suffering serious head wounds from 24 shotgun pellets fired by G W Shoffitt during a whisky search last weekend. Shoffitt was wounded in the arm.
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Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
Forecast shows fair conditions tonight and Friday with cooler a coastal trend. West Texas and New Mexico notes predict warm spells in parts, generally slight temperature drops tonight and Friday. Temperature range today from 18 to 44 with oil price data listed at 25c per quart and 35e per gallon at 1900 W. 3rd.
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Commission to study U S policy in international relations
The Bocila Science of Research Council forms a commission of inquiry on national policy in international economic relations. Led by Robert M. Hutchins, with Rockefeller backing and Roosevelt approval, hearings will be held nationwide to deliver definite recommendations by October 1, 1934.
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