Plan to set minimum farm prices hits Congress
The Southwest should watch Congress as the proposed farm price plan targets wheat cotton hogs and tobacco with minimums and acreage reductions. If enacted it could raise Amarillo prices to about 75 cents a bushel for wheat and boost prosperity, though critics fear higher costs and market distortions.
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Southwest
Congress
Plains
Agricultural Committee
Marvin Jones
United States
Amarillo
East
Call for bold farm relief and oil reform in Texas letter
A TEXAS reader argues for new farm relief after tariff and farm board policies hurt farmers. He urges government responsibility, credit for producers, and action against oil majors, noting oil imports and proration debates. He ties economic peril to low crop prices and warns of long downturn.
Oklahoma Solons Seek Showdown on Inquiries
Oklahoma City leaders in both Houses announce a showdown after noon on resolutions to investigate military oil procurement enforcement the Wellston Gap highway project contract and operation of the University of Oklahoma Student Union amid contentious inquiries.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Wellston Gap
University of Oklahoma Student Union
Sam Norton Heart Victim in Amarillo
Sam Norton a 71 year old Amarillo painting contractor was found dead at his home on 404 East Seventh Avenue. Death appeared to be a heart attack. Norton moved from Denver about 15 years ago and was active with local labor unions and Tri State Fair activities serving as a director. He had no relatives in Amarillo and the body is in the care of N. B. Griggs & Sons pending family contact.
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Billy
Sam Norton
Amarillo
East Seventh Avenue
Denver
Mr. Norton
Bor
Painter’s Union
Horton
Griggs & Sons
Garner Holds Off On Tax Action Pending Senate Action
Speaker Garner said definite action on proposed tax increases for smaller incomes would be postponed until the Senate acts on the Collier beer bill. He also noted a tax plan he calls less painful than the income tax hike but did not disclose details. The House asked the Reconstruction Corporation to publish loan details from February to June last year.
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Washington
Jan
Garner
New York
Senate
HOUSE
House Today
Reconstruction Corporation
Amarillo to Form New Chamber of Commerce Next Thursday
Amarillo will formally organize a new chamber of commerce next Thursday morning after a Friday citizens meeting. Temporary appointees will conduct the reorganization and elect officers and directors. A membership campaign across the city will start within two weeks, with no ties to the former Board of City Development, and it will begin without funds.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
New Chamber of Commerce
Board of City Development
Stamford Civic Leader Ray Rector Dies by Own Hand
Ray Rector 48 a prominent Stamford civic worker and past Grand Master of Texas Odd Fellows died last night by suicide. His body was found in the garage at 3 am with a 20 gauge shotgun wound after a note to his wife saying goodbye. Justice Meeker ruled death by own action noting the shot likely fired Thursday night during a distress period as rector faced charity relief pressures.
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Stamford
Ray Rector
Texas Odd Fellows
Ray
C. L. Meeker
Rector
Letter requests help for family and local schools
A writer pleads for aid to support a daughter in senior high school and four sons in Buchanan School, noting prior assistance from readers and the community. The message asks Tack for help with ongoing school needs and finances.
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Buchanan School
Coincidence of Rich and Poor at Roast Beef Dinner
Two men with different means share a dinner scene as both families enjoy roast beef. A rich man tours market stalls for delicacies while a poorer man works and returns home to a simple meal. The poem notes the equal happiness found in dinner matters.
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Edgar A, Guest
State budget plan and education board clash noted
The state budget totals 38 260 074 for two years with 32 618 556 from the general fund and four proposed appropriations: courts 4 606 620 eleemosynary institutions 9 092 553 departments 13 721 785 educational 10 839 111. In Austin on January 6 the State Board of Education and Superintendent-elect L A Woods disputed control over 70 department employees, with the attorney general asked to intervene.
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Austin
U.r)i
State Board of Education
L. A. Woods
Waco
Woods
Board of Education
War officials deny negotiations amid Sino-Japanese tensions
Authorities say no talks are in progress to settle the war. Chinese authorities have tightened control to stop a new exodus from Chapei and nearby Chinese districts fearing a renewal of February fighting in the area.
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Ment
Chapei
Agrarian revolt halts sheriff sale in Bucks County
In eastern Pennsylvania, 50 farmers confronted Deputy Sheriff Paul Grube at C. H. Renninger’s Sassamansville home. The Bucks County Farmers Protective Association demanded personal effects be sold first and furnishings bought for $4 before return to Renninger, father of six.
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Landsale
U.P
Pennsylvania
Paul Grube
C. H. Renninger
Sassamansville
Bucks County Farmers Protective Association
Grube
Renninger
G O P Committee Reports 2.67 Million in Expenses
The Republican National Committee reported to Congress that it spent 2,670,652 dollars from June 1, 1932, to the end of the campaign year.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Congress
Coolidge Death Draws High Profile Condolences and Travel
The article recalls reactions to Calvin Coolidge’s death with family figures, Boston adviser Frank W. Stearns, and secretary William Whiting arriving with condolences from Hoover and Smith. Wires hum as notables descend, and trains bring messages to The Beeches. Plans point to Coolidge’s Plymouth and Vermont roots and a return to trout streams and hill tops.
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Mr. Coolidge
Harry Ross
Ross
John
New Haven
Northampton
Frank W. Stearns
Boston
Calvin Coolidge
State House
Frank Stearns
William Whiting
Holyoke
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Vermont
Audition Held for Paramount Theater Show
Friday morning at the Paramount Theater the audition for the Sorority Dream Girls troupe featured junior Rudy Weidoffs and prospective Ann Penningtons. Winners not announced yet but will appear as guest artists in the revue running Saturday through Tuesday at the local theater.
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Rudy Weidoffs
Ann Penningtons
Paramount Theater
Weille Day
Sorority Dream Girls
Weille
Panhandle Druggists Gather in Amarillo Event
Druggists from Panhandle cities met in Amarillo on Friday at the Herring Hotel to hear Jerry McQuade editor of Drug Topics and The Wholesale Druggist. The gathering was sponsored by the Amarillo division of the Southwestern Drug Corporation with J. M. Penland of Dallas present to speak.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Jerry McQuade
Herring Hotel
Southwestern Drug Corporation
J. M. Penland
Dallas
Five levee breaks by floods route dwellers
Valley residents along the St Francis River sparred rising waters after five levee breaks flooded about 68000 acres of lowlands. The river eased near Kennett Missouri while in Big Lake Arkansas a 150 person crew sandsacked barriers to hold back the rise.
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Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis
Arkansas
Missouri
Kennett
Big Lake
Blytheville
Ark
Kinman slays three in family after drinking
Washington police report Charles Donaldson 48 shot and killed three members of the Donaldson family Silas then George 18 and Mary 14 after breaking into their bedroom following a drinking episode. The article adds a note about fish in the Dead Sea unrelated to the event.
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Washington
Donaldson
Silas
Charles Donaldson
George
Mary
Funeral memories and last letters for Calvin Coolidge
The White House mourns as President Hoover orders national mourning and a black-bordered proclamation follows. Friends recount Coolidge wit and letters to E. T. Clark and Col. Starling before his death, while Albert J. Penner is named to preach the Northampton funeral sermon.
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Mr. Coolidge
E. T. Clark
White House
Col. E. W. Starling
The
Secret Service
Hoover
State Stimson
Calvin Coolidge
Northampton
Congress
Taft
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Coolidge, In Whose Cabinet He Had Served. Mr. Hoover
Three Boys Pull Girl From Ice Then Perish in Vermont
In Addison Vermont three teenagers Robert Dickerson 15 Donald Lattrell 16 and Samuel Jacobs 19 drowned after rescuing Ruby Dickerson 10 who had fallen through thin ice on Dead Creek They pushed her to safety but could not reach the ice shelf themselves and disappeared.
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Addison
Dead Creek
Robert Dickerson
Donald Lattrell
Samuel Jacobs
Ruby Dickerson
Burglars Foiled Again At M System Store No 7
Police report another failed burglary at M System Store No 7 3306 West Sixth Avenue. Robbery tools were found beside the store safe after intruders used a rope ladder to enter through the skylight earlier this week.
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M-System
West Sixth Avenue
Positive Relief For Itchy Skin Ointment Ad
Cooling blue Star Ointment melts into pores to soothe and treat itching rashes eczema and other skin troubles. Money back if it fails.
Market exchanges to close for Coolidge funeral honors
New York Stock Exchange to suspend trading and close tomorrow as a tribute to former President Calvin Coolidge. The mar ket will close at 12 30 P M and other exchanges including the New York Cotton Exchange curb and metal exchanges will also close. Banks and investment houses display half mast flags in Wall Street area. Directors of the Chicago board of trade vote to close at 11 A M tomorrow in similar respect.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Calvin Coolidge
Wilson
Taft
Harding
Marion, O
New York Cotton Exchange
New York Curb
National Metal Exchanges
Wall Street
Mr. Coolidge
Chicago
U.P
Board of Trade
Coolidge
Live stock prices at Kansas City market report
U S Dept of Agriculture data show hogs at 4,000 head with 770 direct, fairly active trade and top $3.00 for 160-200 lb hogs. Cattle and calves total around 800 with varied weights. steers up to 76.75, heifers to 6.00, cows 3.00. Sheep and lambs near 2,500 head with strong demand for fed lambs at 5.75 and raw lambs at 0.35-0.75 per pound.
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Kansas City
U. S S. Dept. of Agriculture
New Orleans Cotton Market Sees Gains After Early Selloff
Cotton opened active as Liverpool cables rose three to four points and sterling fell. Prices moved up from early lows with March to 6.19, May to 6.88 and July to 6.43 by late morning as trade buying and hedge activity supported a rally to near the day’s highs.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Stock Market Pushes Forward Led by Rails
The stock market rose again with rails leading the advance after a morning wobble. Pennsylvania, New York Central, Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Chesapeake, American Can, Westinghouse, Corn Products, Columbian Carbon, International Harvester and others gained. Allied Chemical and Lehman rose, while Case advanced modestly amid rumors of Washington moves on credit inflation and currency balance.
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New York
Claude A. Jagger
Rails
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Chesapeake Corporation
American Can
Westinghouse
Corn Products
Columbian Carbon
International Harvester
Aviation Corp
S.ist
Uae
Arnsdal
Dix
Best & Co
Weertoves
Hbla Bohn
Bordeninum & Ones
Marklyn Mannait
Burroughs
Canada
Ches & Ohio Ry
Sabe
Cerro de Pasco
Chi & Northwest
Cri&pry
Weer
Chrysler Mtfe
Wewe
Colo Fuel & Iron Gene
Colo Gas & Electric
Southern
Congoleum Nairn Ette Eee
Cccressereeees
Drug Inc
Dupont de Nemours
Eastman Kodak
Bik Eaton Mi Wee
Elec Power & Ligh
Er Ry . Ae
Foster Wheeler Fox Film
Freeport Te
Gillette
Goodrich Tire
Goodyear
Graham-Paige Mtrs
Grand Union
Northern Ry
Sugar Siscesssess Grigsby Grunow
Hershey Chocolate
Houston
Hudson Mtrs
Central Ry
Int
Cement Ind Rayon
Harvester
Aly
Tel & Tel
Johns Manville
Kennecott Copper
S Kresge
Kreuger & Tell
Kroger Groce & Bak
Liggett-Myers
Mo Kan
Texas Ry Gly
Mo Pacific Rypid Fonstare
Montgomery Ward
Murray Corp Averesives Boy
Nash Mtrs
Eeereles
Biscuit
Natl Cash Register Natl Dairy Products
Natl Distillers Syepeere
Nat Power & Light
Ney Con Copper
Central
NYN
H &H Ry
North American Co
North Pacific Ry
Ohio
Otis Elevator
Pac G Gas & Electric
Paramount Publix Op J
Penney
Texas & Pacific Land Trust
Tidewater
Gesee
Union Carbide
Union Pacific Esene
Uni
Uni Corp
Uni Gas & Imp
Pipe & Fury
U S
US Steel
Utils Paw & Light
Warner Brow
Warren Bros
Western Union
Boort Westinghouse Electric O
Woolworth Corp
Worthington Pump
Vega Woman Dies At Her Son's Home
Elizabeth M. Eastman 76 died at 1 a m Friday at the home of her son C H Eastman in Vega She also leaves sons M E Eastman Oakland California and R H Eastman Wilmont Minnesota She lived most of her life in California before moving to Texas six years ago The body is held at N S Griggs & Sons Funeral Home awaiting relatives arrival
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Elizabeth M. Eastman
C. H. Eastman
Vega
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