License fees set on chain stores in Texas bill
A Texas House bill introduces a licensing tax on chain retail stores with a sliding scale from 3 dollars for a single shop to 500 dollars for chains of 50 or more. The session also sees major debate on session expenses and a joint session to canvass election results for governor and lieutenant governor.
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Austin
J. F. Lindsey
Anson
House
Senate
Alvin M. Owsley
Dallas
Romania
American Legion
James V. Allred
Walter F. Woodul
Coke R. Stevenson
R. W. Calvert
Hillsboro
Administration
J. Franklin Spears
San Antonio
George B. Butler
Bryan
H. L. McKee
Port Arthur
Morris Robberts
Pettus
Owsley Foresees New Balkan Conflict During Talk
Col. Alvin M. Owsley told a Texas joint session that Europe is preparing for another war while still feeling the last war. He warned of munition budgets and political strife in Romania, noting 16 million peasants and 2 million politicians among 17 active parties. He praised King Carol and Queen Marie.
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Austin
U.P
Alvin M. Owsley
Romania
Central Europe
Texas House
Senate
Europe
Owsley
Texas
Rumania
Little Kingdom
Kidnaped Baylor Toastmaster Still Missing Before Banquet
Waco Texas January 14 The abduction of Don Whittenberg president of the Baylor sophomore class and slated banquet toastmaster confounds police as freshmen abductors flee toward Marlin after releasing two companions near the city.
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Waco
Texas
Don Whittenberg
Borger
Baylor University
Whittenberg
Gwen McPherson
Houston
C. H. Scott
Dallas
Marlin
City
Miss McPherson
Scott
Handwriting link tied to Lindbergh ransom notes in Hauptmann case
State expert Albert Osborn testified that Bruno Hauptmann wrote all 14 ransom notes and that the first $50,000 ransom bill passed in a New York bank tied Hauptmann to the crime. Court proceedings paused for handwriting expert review as Hauptmann’s murder trial loomed.
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William A. Kinney
Congrisht
Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Albert 8S. Osborn, Sr
Flemington N
Broadway
Majestic Apartments
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Frank Wilson
U. S. Revenue Department
Bureau of Investigation
Osborn
Richard Hauptmann
Justice Trenchard
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
New Jersey Police
Intelligence Department
United States Department of Internal Revenue
John F
Jassie) Condon
John
David T. Wilentz
Anna Hauptmann
Earhart Ready to Fly Pacific Ocean
Amelia Earhart Putnam prepared to depart Honolulu in a red monoplane for a 2400 mile crossing to Oakland California. Weather permitting the flight was tentatively set for today with Paul Mantz and George Putnam present at Wheeler Field as preparations were completed.
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Honolulu
U.P
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Pacific Ocean
Oakland
Calif
United Press
Miss Earhart
Wheeler Field
George Putnam
Paul Mantz
Youths Die as Auto Hurtles Into Field Near Kerrville
Kerrville, Jan 11. Ray Briscoe 20 and David F Robinson 24 died when their car overturned nine miles southeast of Kerrville after hitting an animal at dawn. Briscoe was thrown 20 yards. both bodies were mangled beyond identification.
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Kerrville
Jan
U.P
Ray Briscoe
David F. Robinson
Here
Briscoe
National Resources Board urges 675 million land retirement plan
The National Resources Board proposed to President Roosevelt a 675 million program to retire 5 million acres annually for 15 years, withdrawing land from farming to conserve resources. It also urged halting new settlement on poor land and limiting urban to rural migration into agriculture.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Resources Board
Board
Congress
Rain Draws Near Panhandle Says Collman
Weatherman H. T. Collman forecast unsettled conditions for tonight and tomorrow with better chances of rain. Light drizzle may fall tonight into tomorrow forenoon, but likely no rainfall in the afternoon as the system moves northward from the Gulf Coast and should pass by Saturday afternoon.
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Panhandle
H. T. Collman
Gulf Coast
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks divorce ends 14 year marriage
Mary Pickford filed for divorce from Douglas Fairbanks in Los Angeles after 14 years of marriage. Fairbanks traveled in Saint Moritz while the suit proceeded, and a possible later romance with Buddy Rogers was rumored from London. Judge Ben Lindsey promptly adjudicated the case.
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Los Angeles
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Saint Moritz
Switzerland
Miss Pickford
Lady Ashley
London
Buddy Rogers
Solons speed legislation for control of Etex oil
Oil Administrator Harold L. Ickes announces a special committee to assess how government control affects small independents. East Texas reports show 238 tank carloads of gasoline from illegal crude. 21 refineries, 10 with hot oil, reopened. Officials push for wider federal powers to regulate production and interstate shipments. Stanley denies Washington claims of 15 refineries reopening in East Texas.
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Washington
Jan
Harold L. Ickes
U.P
Texas
Congress
Tyler
Tex
Supreme Court
Tom Connally
Federal Tender Board
Ickes
Connally
Texan Tackles Abuses In Utility Holding Companies
Chairman Sam Rayburn of the House Interstate Commerce Committee urged Congress to curb abuses by public utility holding companies. He argued against the necessity of holding companies and warned abuses could threaten financial institutions and the republic. Rayburn spoke ahead of forthcoming committee investigation reports and called for protecting natural gas fields.
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Texan
Washington
Sam Rayburn
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Texas Democrat
Republic
Rayburn
House
Mob executes Black prisoner in Louisiana jail killing
Jerome Wilson, a 30 year old Black man convicted of slaying Deputy Sheriff Delos C. Wood, was seized from his cell by a mob in Franklin, Louisiana. He was shot in the jail and his body dumped on a road three miles north of town after a prior indictment and a new trial granted by the Louisiana Supreme Court.
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Franklinton
Jerome Wilson
Delos C. Wood
Washington Parish
Wood
Wilson
Jerome
Louisiana Supreme Court
Soup Expose Warns Peace Officers About Nitro Danger
Tex Thornton, a noted explosive expert, warns officers not to handle nitroglycerin from crime scenes. He says bottles of the explosive are taken as evidence too often and urges experts to remove and detonate it safely. A teaspoonful can detonate with fatal results if stepped on, especially with tack-heeled shoes.
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United Press
Tex Thornton
Thornton
Unsettled Weather Across Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Forecast shows unsettled conditions tonight and Saturday for Amarillo and vicinity with mostly cloudy skies. Texas remains unsettled. New Mexico expected partly cloudy with possible rain or snow in the northwest. temperature highs around 51 and lows near 41. advisory includes FHA remodeling and HOLG repair plans.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Nice Lump Sum Our System Changes Button-Pushing Days
Arthur Brisbane notes Congress may grant Roosevelt a four thousand million dollar lump sum to shift from doles to real jobs. Texarkana aviator Leo Mulcahey dies from injuries after a forced landing near Texarkana. He was 42.
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Congress
Rooseveltt
Texarkana
Tex
Leo Mulcahey
Ships Parade Into Gotham As Fog Rises
The New York harbor emerged from five days of fog as a westerly breeze cleared the gloom. A fleet of 85 ships moved in a rare harbor procession while ships and planes resumed schedules, with losses from fog estimated around 2 million dollars in idle ships tolls and missed business.
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New York
Battery Seawall
Hudson
Metroplanian
Newark
Retail Sales Still Climb
New York reports continued gains in retail sales volume and rising industrial activity per the Dun and Bradstreet Weekly Trade Review. January developments bolster expectations for brighter first quarter business results and stronger consumer demand despite unfavorable weather.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet Weekly
Texas jobless dissolve plan for recovery
Texas unemployed estimated at 300000 will present their own recovery plan to the new deal state legislature on January 29. A coordinating committee named by delegates from unemployed councils drafted demands including abolition of the poll tax, old age pensions, unemployment insurance, weekly relief payments, relief work wages, debt moratorium, child labor amendment ratification, and an adequate public health program.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Hamlin’s Ex Wife Seeks Texas Testimony for Slaying Case
Bertha Schurolz, former wife and Oakland spiritualist reader, says George B Hamlin is not responsible for his actions and would testify in Texas if expenses were paid. She saw Hamlin last Septembers wedding of their son Norlin. Amarillo police say Hamlin confessed to killing his wife and flew to Oakland. Hamlin fears his son’s attendance at trial and questions the electric chair penalty. He remains in solitary confinement as investigators press questions.
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Oakland
Calif
George
Hamlin
Amarillo
Texas
Hamilin
Bertha Schurolz
Spiritualist Reader
Norlin Hamlin
Texas City
George 8
Washington, D. C
Gib Landis
U. S
Washington
Landis
Whitaker
Dick Vaughn
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Fairbanks
Ben B Lindsey
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