Battle over constitutionality of 3.2 beer bill at senate hearing
A Senate judiciary sub-committee debated the Collier 3.2 per cent beer bill after it passed the House. Senator John J. Blaine chaired the hearing with Senator Clarence C. Dill. Rep. James M. Beck testified the bill is constitutional as Canon Wilham S. Chase and Bishop James Cannon Jr. attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
John J. Blaine
Clarence C. Dill
James M. Beck
Canon Wil
Ashams S. Chase
James Cannon, Jr
Legislature Rejects Pay Cut for Texas Lawmakers
In Austin on January 12 the House refused to concur with the Senate reduction of legislator pay from 10 to 8 dollars per day. Opponents labeled the move as political and recalled past Senate resistance to economy measures while Sterling addressed the assembly.
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Austin
House
Texas
Senate
Sterling
Japan inks $8 million arms deal with French firm
Paris reports Japan has signed an $8,000,000 contract with the Hotchkiss Armament Works for arms and munitions. The Agence Economique et Financier notes shipments of war materiel from Europe to the Far East and to South America, with authorities tracing sources of arms flows amid growing war supply concerns.
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Wallace Carroll
Paris
Japan
Agence Economique Et Financier
Europe
Far East
United States
South America
Avenue Eeconomique Et Financier
Hotchkiss Armament Works
Paul Faure
Chamber of Deputies
Mauser
Leipzig
Brisbane article touches tariffs crime and stratosphere
Arthur Brisbane discusses tariff policy and Buy American ideas, cites Lincoln on tariffs, reports a shocking murder of four month old Frank Michael Cammarano, notes Paris Piccard explorations of the stratosphere and twin birth theories by Jean Piccard and a link to left handedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
United States
Abraham Lincoln
J. P. Annin
America
New York
Frank Michael Cammarano
Auguste Piccard
Hudson Bay
Professor Piccard
Jean Piccard
Long Filibuster Near End of Third Senate Day
Long begins the third day of his Senate filibuster against the Glass Banking Reform Bill. He rejects a request to yield and derides Senator Bingham’s appeal for aid to the poor. The scene reflects stalled progress on banking reform and clashes over aid-focused legislation.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Huey Long
Louisiana
Long
Bingham
Connecticut
Earl Carrolls Vanities Arrive for Amarillo Stop
The Earl Carrolls Vanities ninth edition travel in 10 cars and plan two Amarillo performances on Saturday January 21 after stops in Oklahoma City. Matinee tickets range 83 cents to 2 20 dollars and evening seats from 1 10 to 3 30 dollars including tax. Mail orders handled by Wilbur C. Hawk and Lois Black with postage for remittances.
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Earl Carroll
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Broadway
Realtors Seek Right Of Way On Highway Five
Six teams from the Amarillo Real Estate Board in cooperation with the Potter County Commission started Thursday with 64 right of way options for a three mile strip along Highway Five north of Amarillo aiming to sign all property owners within a day or two. County officials noted the State's offer of 75 000 for highway work, while Gibbs reported teams worked out details for about 200 tracts, with 80 feet acceptable instead of 100.
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Amarillo
J. M. Simpson
Percy Gibbs
Highway Department
Gibbs
John Gilvin
W. H. Brynner
L. E. Lyles
H. G. Persons
Charles W. East
A. L. Biggs
T. M. Bruner
Texas Senate Opposes Farm Relief Bill and Cotton Tie Tariffs
The Texas Senate today passed a resolution memorializing Congress to reject the domestic allotment farm relief bill and urging the tariff commission not to raise import duties on cotton ties.
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Washington
Jan
House
Repre
Austin
Senate
Texas
Congress
Tariff Commission
Texas Senate Adopts 8 Dollar Per Diem Amid Retrenchment
The Texas Senate voted 111 to 34 to set lawmakers per diem at 8 dollars amid an overall retrenchment move. Gov R S Sterling announced he would relinquish the governorship to Miriam A Ferguson next Tuesday after presenting his two year stewardship. He urged abolition of ad valorem taxes and replacement with income and sales levies, while senators cut salaries for staff by about 15 percent and reduced staff numbers by nearly a third.
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Senate
R. S. Sterling
Miriam A. Ferguson
House
Tom DeBerry
Bogota
W. R. Poage
Waco
Will Martin
Hillsboro
Winter Halts Battle at Jehol Front
Intense fighting on the southern and eastern Jehol frontier paused today delaying a planned Japanese push toward Cheng-te-fu as zero weather halted use of water cooled guns. Foreign observers planned travel to Nanking amid talks with the Chinese government, while dueling reports over Chiomenkou and Shihmenchai contested control of the great wall pass.
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Herbert R. Elkins
Peiping
Jehol
Cheng-te-fu
Shankaikwan
Chinwangtao
Shiho
Nanking
League of Nations
Geneva
Shihmenchai
Chiomenkou
Great Wall
Amarillo Forms City Chamber of Commerce Directors Appointed
Amarillo establishes a new chamber of commerce with Dr. R. P. Parcells as president and N. B. Griggs as vice president. Bi Day named secretary-manager. A member drive for 1933 will be launched soon with a finance committee to be announced Friday. Three director vacancies to be filled.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Citizenship At
R. P. Parcells
Griggs
Dr. Parcells
N. 8
Panhandle
Bill Day
Old Chamber of Commerce
Board of City Development
Lock
Bill Beechler
Roy Cullum
James L. McCormick
Earl Fuqua
Cal Davis
J. G. Dickinson
Ed Tull
Worcester Couple Elopes End Missing Case in Halliwell
Police end search for Marie Ann Dubois a 19 year old Worcester society girl and D Lind sey Pierce after learning they wed in Halliwell Maine. A second Worcester couple listed missing for five days is also accounted for in the same report.
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Marie Ann Dubois
Worcester
Mass
D. Lindsey Pierce
Hallowell
Associated Press
Cheap Worship Hit By Speaker At Amarillo Rally
Rev C A Bickley of the Lubbock district Methodist Episcopal Church South framed a critique of reduced expenses for evangelism at the Amarillo district missionary rally held at San Jacinto Methodist Church. He contrasted church spending with broader national costs and noted a cut in religious education funding. About 100 delegates from Panhandle communities attended as Dr E H Rawlings of Nashville spoke on the rising need for mission work both foreign and domestic.
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C. A. Bickley
Lubbock District
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Amarillo District
San Jacinto Methodist Church
San Jacinto Church
L. N. Lipscomb
Amarillo
Panhandle
White Deer
Miami
Canadian
Claude
Dimmitt
Canyon
Friona
Bovina
Hereford
Groom
Vega
E. H. Rawlings
Nashville, Tenn
General Board
King Carol Begins Talks to Form New Cabinet
Premier Maniu's government resigned as expected. King Carol accepted the resignation and started conferences with party leaders to form a new cabinet. Helen Twelvetrees, film actress, signed a new long term movie contract after giving birth to her son two months ago and is married to Frank Woody.
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Bucharest
Romania
Maniu
Carol
Hollywood
Helen Twelvetrees
Miss Twelvetrees
Frank Woody
Fort Worth deputy’s stay ends. two women charged in bank robberies
Dallas report states Mrs Lilly McBride 26 and Miss Lucile Hilburn 18, who had been jailed in Fort Worth after the stay of Deputy Sheriff Malcolm Davis, are now charged as accessories in bank robberies.
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Dallas
Lilly McBride
Lucile Hilburn
Fort Worth
Malcolm Davis
Sterling Urges Tax Reform as He Exits Texas Office
Governor Sterling urged a fairer uniform tax system and deep spending cuts as he retires. He favored replacing ad valorem with sales and income taxes, opposed centralized government restructuring, and proposed four year terms for officials while extending senate terms to six. He warned of a revenue gap from homestead tax exemptions and urged retrenchment to balance the budget.
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Austin
Sterling
Texas
Lawa
Meers-Wife Awaits El Paso Prisoner Exchange
Mrs Jeff Meers awaits a contemplated prisoner swap in El Paso involving Jose Carrasco, sentenced for the 1927 bank messenger holdup death of a Texas bank guard, and the Meers case tied to her husband held in a Mexican penitentiary. The exchange negotiations involve Texas and Chihuahua officials amid gunfire in Chihuahua City.
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EL Paso
Jeff Meers
Jose Carrasco
Lfe
Meers
Carrasco
Texas
Texas Rangers
R. 8. Blerling
Roberto Fierro
Chihuahua
Villarreal
Chihuahua City
Relief loan checks distributed to 26 Panhandle counties
Relief loan checks from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation were issued Thursday through the West Texas Chamber of Commerce. D. A. Bandeen of Stamford and Maury Hopkins oversaw the distribution to 26 Panhandle cities, with 46 communities having applied. more reports were expected in the afternoon. A similar dispersal was planned for Friday at Fort Worth.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
West Texas
D. A. Bandeen
Stamford
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Maury Hopkins
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth
Couple Found Shot In Topeka Suburb Home
Mr and Mrs Dan C Hammatt widely known in Topeka were found dead with bullet wounds in their heads at their Westboro home a fashionable Topeka suburb. Police said the couple were in plumbing and stove repair service. Phone 6423.
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Topeka
Jan
Dan C. Hammatt
Westboro
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook Tonight Through Friday
Fair and warmer conditions in Amarillo and West Texas. Tonight and Friday expected generally clear with rising temperatures. Panhandle area should also see warmer conditions with highs around 43 and lows near 21.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
House Appropriations Committee Backs Army Budget Cuts
The House appropriations committee urged a reduction of over 31 million dollars in next year’s army funds amid Chief of Staff MacArthur’s warning that world conditions are unsettled. The War Department supply bill would total 273.08 million for military activities and 72.75 million for harbor improvements and other work. The Army itself would see about 4.66 million less than Hoover proposed, with engineering cuts of 2.05 million.
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Washington
W.P
House Appropriations Committee
MacArthur
War Department
Hoover
Collins
New York Woman Denied Right to Adopt Foundling Child
Mrs. Hugo Connor loses a mandamus bid to compel Welfare Commissioner Frank J. Taylor to release a foundling baby she hopes to adopt. Supreme Court Justice Charles J. Dodd rules the welfare department's discretionary care of foundlings bars such court intervention.
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New York
Hugo Connor
Department of Welfare
Supreme Court
Charles J. Dodd
Connor
Frank J. Taylor
Death plot trap nets USC ex-captain in murder scheme
Jerry Craig a 39 year old former USC football captain and World War II veteran is jailed in Los Angeles charged with attempted murder in a plot to kill his wife Ethel to obtain $90 000 in community property A detective posing as a Toledo gunman ran the sting operation and Craig allegedly agreed to hire the killer after discussions through a garage contact and a staged meeting
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Los Angeles
W.R. Gerald
Jerry) Craig
University of Southern California
Ethel
Craig
Toledo
Tom Bryan
Bryan
Lm Buckeye Bryan
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Commission On Organization and Economy
R. F.C
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