Supreme Court rules AAA unconstitutional in 6 to 3 decision
In a sweeping ruling the Supreme Court declares the entire AAA program unconstitutional, with Justice Roberts reading the opinion. The decision labels the original adjustment act an invasion of states rights beyond federal power under the general welfare clause. Dissenters are Stone Brandeis and Cardozo.
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Cardozo
Justice Roberts
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Solons Told Bonus Would Upset Budget
President Roosevelt warned Congress that new taxes would be needed if the soldier bonus bill passes or if the Supreme Court invalidates processing taxes reducing federal revenues. He cited expected 1937 revenues of about 5.65 billion dollars and urged no new government activities without added revenue. The proposed 2.2 billion dollar cash soldier bonus appeared in indications behind the budget plan.
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Richard L. Gridley
Washington
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Congress
Supreme Court
Roosevelt proposes halving heli um gas budget to 9179
President Roosevelt urged Congress to cut next year’s heli um gas production appropriation to 9 179 dollars from this year’s 18 000, while recommending 20 000 for Amarillo gas well repairs. He also tied tax policy to budget realism, noting potential renewal of processing tax repeal and illustrating expected income tax receipts of 1 942 600 000.
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Texas
Jackson Day Dinner Reservations Open in Amarillo
Reservations rushed in for the Jackson Day dinner at 6 30 p m in the Crystal Ballroom of the Herm ing Hotel. G H Little chairs the ticket sales committee with Democrats from the Panhandle converging on Amarillo. R E Underwood acts as toastmaster and Jay Taylor heads the general arrangements. Speakers include Clint C Small H L Adkins Riley Strickland Gene Howe and Judge Underwood.
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Heiress Hewitt to sue mother over alleged sterilization plan
San Francisco heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt 21 will charge her mother Mrs Maryon Brugiere Denning Hewitt D’Erlanger McCarter with arranging sterilization to gain control of a $10,000,000 estate. The suit for $500,000 damages names Dr Tilton Tillman Dr Samuel Boyd and psychiatrist Mary S Scally as codefendants. operation allegedly occurred August 18 1934.
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New York
Mary S. Scally
Allred Heads Noted Youths Allred Heads Noted Youths
Durward Howes editor of Americas Young Men selects twelve outstanding young men of America for 1935. Among them is James V Allred, 36, governor of Texas and the youngest governor in the United States. Dr Carl D Anderson is listed as 30, noted for a discovery. See Allred Page 2.
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Texas
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Used Car Buyers Have Advantage
Amarillo used car dealers offer unusually large stocks with bedrock prices and extended time payments. Buyers are urged to act now while stocks last and dealers are eager to unload. The paper’s Want Ad columns list all the best buys for today.
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Laundry Owners Convene In Amarillo For Trade Parley
The 29th annual Texas Laundry Owners Association convention opened in Amarillo with joint meetings with the New Mexico State Association. Speakers urged member involvement, plant supervision, high work standards, sales control, and trained sales forces to boost business. Mrs. M L Grady urged optimistic 1936 prospects and emphasized sound selling to women.
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New Mexico State Association
Ben Barnett
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Joliet
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Blacks' Trial In Alabama Is Started Again
In Scottsboro Alabama the fourth trial begins to convict nine Black youths of attacking two white hoboes Victoria Price and Ruby Bates five years ago. Lieut Gov Knight leads prosecution others supplied by Samuel Leibowitz. Supreme Court previously reversed a conviction due to systematic exclusion of Black jurors.
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Victoria Price
Ruby Bates
Thomas E. Knight
Samuel Leibowitz
New York
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Haywood Patterson
Bonus bill eyed as Ways and Means meets in secrecy
Chairman Doughton said the House Ways and Means Committee may approve the veterans bonus bill this afternoon after a closed-door discussion. Speaker Burns pledged leadership support to expedite the measure as sponsors brief the panel and veterans groups press for swift action.
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Tenant Farmers Assured Loan Plan Faces Action
Senator Bankhead and Representative Jones met with President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace to discuss a federal aid bill to assist tenant farmers in buying land. The plan envisions a government corporation lending up to a billion dollars, with possible reductions and House modifications before this session.
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Woman Held in Infant Drowning Case in New York
Gussie Friedman, 45, paroled three months ago from an asylum after 20 years confinement, was held on suspicion of drowning 10 month old Jacob Horowitz who was kidnapped from a stroller in an East Side tenement district. Police and thousands searched last night. officers believe the infant was pushed into the East River.
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Cold snap grips Panhandle with snow and icy roads
A brisk Panhandle cold front brings fog light snow across Dalhart Dumas Hitchland and Booker with 28 degrees in Amarillo and only .01 inch precipitation. Travel is dangerous as ice glazed roadways hamper driving and air travel stalls with U.S. Airways operating a single route via Dallas. Weather forecasters predict a continued dip to 8 to 20 degrees and a northern gale.
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Finland Seeks Payment in Devalued Dollars Supreme Court
Attorneys for the Industrial Mortgage Bank of Finland urged the Supreme Court to allow payment of its obligation in devalued dollars in a test case on the gold clause invalidation. The case centers on whether the bank can fulfill its debt under devalued currency terms.
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Industrial Mortgage Bank of Finland
Supreme Court
Reach Agreement In Silver Parley
Secretary Morgenthau announced a mutually satisfactory agreement was reached in silver conferences with Mexican finance minister Eduardo Suarez. Four bodies were recovered and five others were missing after a fire gutted the Van Deusen Hotel in Westfield, three weeks after its opening. Francisco Brisino, 50, a relief worker, died after being struck by a Frisco passenger train near Brady. PHA Loans, Long-Bell Lbr, Co. Winter Oils cent. 1900 W, 3rd.
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Suspect Plot to Divert 10 Italy Rifles Reported
The Associated Press dispatch says France probes a plan to divert 3,000 army rifles and machine guns to Italy as Ethiopian fighting rages. A missing carload of arms appeared to be routed to a French port for potential shipment. British reinforcements and Air bombing affect hospitals and Red Cross units along the Italo Ethiopian front amid rising tensions in the Mediterranean.
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Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Tonight Through Tuesday
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas: partly cloudy and colder tonight with a low near 18 degrees and Tuesday fair. West Texas to be mostly cloudy and colder with a north cold wave and temps from 8 to 20s in the north and freezing in the south, Tuesday turning cooler. New Mexico mostly fair tonight and Tuesday, colder in the east. Temperature extremes up to 1 o clock today from 25 to 28 with 0.01 inch precipitation.
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East Portia
The State of the Union From 1935 Britain Brisbane
Arthur Brisbane surveys the 1935 state of the union discussing war danger and the proportion of aggressive individuals. He notes that many nations are content with borders while a small energetic minority drives conflict, highlighting global power dynamics and the limits of peace. The piece reflects a columnist’s take on presidential rhetoric and international relations.
National banks report year end condition call issued
Washington January 6 The Comptroller of Currency J F P T O'Connor issued the year end condition call for national banks as of December 31 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp also asked nonmember insurance banks for reports of condition See BANKS Page 2.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Reserve System
Perkins Says Future Rosy for Laborers
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins reported a optimistic view of the coming era for workers. She cited social security and pensions as law, noted 1935 labor unrest tied to hopes for share in economic gains, and predicted a 40 hour work week, minimum wage, workers compensation, and strict factory safety rules as likely next steps.
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U.P
Frances Perkins
Congress
Miss Perkins
Near Starvation in Amarillo Strains Relief Efforts
Four thousand Amarilloans face near starvation as WPA projects vanish and relief funds dry up. The Potter County Community Chest and Texas Relief Commission face a funding deadlock with 391 WPA workers without projects, 200 ineligible due to lost relief, and 300 previously aided but disqualified. Estimated 6,500 dependent on charity, plus 265 families needing $13 monthly, forcing a fund-raising dilemma and potential budget transfers to a charity account.
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