Lunch Fund Feeds 600 Undernourished Children
More than 800 needy students are receiving hot lunches through the Bree Limch Fund in Amarillo. Supt. C M Rogers notes the list grows and calls for greater community support to sustain the effort. Alex Thompson says donor response is strong, with Ben Smith giving 10 dollars and Armstrong Transfer donating storage for kitchen gear. People may contact the superintendent's office at 6928 for information.
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C. M. Rogers
Rogers
American Aviators Served Subpoenas After Spain Flight
Bert Acosta and Gordon Berry, American aviators who fought for Spain, were served subpoenas to appear before the Federal Grand Jury on return aboard the Paris. Federal agents boarded at quarantine and directed them to the federal building. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dailey said he probes recruitment of Americans for Spain and would question the pair.
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New York
Bert ‘Acosta
Gordon Berry
Federal Grand Jury
Paris
Deral
John Dailey
Spain
Acosta
Berry
Ford Hits Million Car Milestone in 1936 World Output
Dearborn Mich Jan 14 The Ford Motor Company announced world production and sales topped one million cars and trucks for 1936, marking the 11th time in 17 years the threshold was reached. Official figures show 1,219,262 vehicles produced worldwide with production near 1,194,000 units.
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FORD
Dearborn
Mich
Ford Motor Company
AM Unite
Alabama Supreme Court rules meters unconstitutional in Birmingham
The Alabama Supreme Court banned traffic parking meters in Birmingham as an unauthorized exercise of city taxing power. Also reports that 91 Americans remain trapped in Nanking after failed rescue efforts, according to a U S embassy briefing.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Birmingham
Nanking
Jan
David Barrett
United States
Loyang
Atricken
Sianty
Republicans Approve Washington Committee Assignments
In a caucus the House Republicans approved a batch of minority committee assignments. They kept the same proportional share of committee jobs for 9 party members as in the previous session when their strength was larger.
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Washington
House
Missing Dog And Job Seeker Seek Help In Amarillo
Henry Maggard offers $2 for information leading to the recovery of a brindle female hound lost near Wildora. A Tam widow seeks work from home with infant care, while a man seeks to recover a suitcase left on a Santa Fe train in Amarillo containing clothes for an elderly lady.
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Wildora
Henry Maggard
Tack Tam
Tam
Gan Furnish
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Lincoln Bt
Buckskin saddle horse strayed seeks owner Buck
A yellow buckskin saddle horse has strayed and is missing. The finder signs as Buck and provides a rough description including a silver mane and tail. He asks for identification to return the horse to its owner.
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Buck
Negro Porter Confesses Bath Slaying in Queens
Major Greene, stocky negro porter, signed a full confession to the bath tub killing of Mrs. Mary Robinson Case in the Jackson Heights apartment building. He admitted guilt after 24 hours of denial and was arraigned in Queens felony court. Evidence included a blood stained hammer and fingerprints. Also named were Henry Greene, Francesco Cataneo, and others connected to the case.
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New York
Charles P. Sullivan
Greene
Porter
Mary Robinson
Gullivan
Newtown
Queens
Jackson Heights
Sullivan
Harlem
Long Island
Major Greene
Francesco Cataneo
Cataneo
Honesty Tests Resolve of Texan at Alcatraz Release
A. W. Davis, 33, finished his narcotics conspiracy term and refused to sign the pauper’s oath at Alcatraz federal prison. He asserted he would not be driven to perjury and later signed only after assurances he would not be sent back for the unpaid $1,000 fine, tied to $10 Texas land.
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San Francisco
A. W. Davis
Alcatraz
Davis
Texas
Alcatrax
Brahmin Widow Performs Funeral Pyre Rite in Lucknow
A Brahmin widow burned herself at her husband’s funeral pyre in Lucknow to prove wifely virtue. The rite auttee, once common for bereaved Brahmin wives, has become rare under British rule as a public crowd watched the dramatic act.
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Lucknow
India
Condemns law bodies over Alabama enforcement failures
Counsel for the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co told the LaFollette civil rights committee that the company had to hire special protection for its properties due to alleged failures of law enforcement in Alabama. A speaker for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers noted that the chemical industry faces safety contrasts with other basic manufacturing sectors.
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Washington
U.S
Tennessee Coal and Iron Co
LaFollette Civil Rights Committee
Alabama
New Cotton Peak Hit by U S Mills in December
The Census Bureau reports domestic mill consumption of 692 291 bales in December, the highest since June 1933. The December total ranks third all time, behind June 1923 at 697 261 bales and March 1927 at 693 081 bales.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Five marooned hikers in snowbound gold range cabin
Friends await word on the fate of five men stranded in a snow covered cabin in the gold range mining district about 120 miles north of Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Gold Range
Storm Hits Grapeland Business District
A sudden wind storm struck Grapeland’s business district shortly before noon, tearing down awnings and snapping utility wires as of January 14.
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Grapeland
Four Children Die in Ogdensburg Fire
Early today a house blaze in Ogdensburg New York killed four children Violet 15 Rita 11 Jean 7 and Martha 3 of Mr and Mrs Adam Petrillia. Fireman was seriously injured and a son Bobby 10 was rescued with clothes and hair on fire at the front door while trying to escape.
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New York
Violet
Rita
Jean
Martha
Adam Petrillia
Bobby
Lumberjacks Honor Paul Bunyan With Yarns In Bemidji Carnival
In Bemidji Minnesota lumberjacks gathered for a four day carnival honoring Paul Bunyan the legendary giant. They swapped yarns about Bunyan s feats and staged miniature log cutting events while noting the blue snow winter and the lakeside symbolism.
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Bemidji, Minn
Minnesota
Paul Bunyan
Bunyan
Dakotas
Babe
Lake
Bemidji
Paul
Minnesotta
McCraw Rules Highway 96 Kenedy County Link Must Be Built
Attorney General William McCraw ruled that the highway commission must construct the Kenedy County link of Highway 96, the Hug-the-Coast route, citing the 1933 legislative resolution for immediate construction with funds then available.
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Austin
William McCraw
The
Highway Commission
Kenedy County
Kidneys Clean Out Acids Warned Against Cheap Drugs
An advertisement cites the kidney system with 9 million filters removing acids and toxins. It warns against harsh drugs and promotes a guaranteed prescription Cystex with a Bank of America deposit claim and a 43 hour vitality promise or money back.
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Bank of America
Los Angeles
Calif
Publishers Exempt From Social Security Act Decision
The Internal Revenue Bureau ruled that newspaper publishers are exempt from the Social Security Act in cases where newsboys buy papers sell them and keep the profits.
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Washington
The
Internal Revenue Bureau
Perkins Seeks Walsh Healey Act tweak to limit government contracts
Secretary Frances Perkins proposed amending the Walsh Healey Act to broaden its scope and reduce the contract threshold from 10 000 to 2 000 dollars. The move aims to tighten government procurement oversight and curb waste.
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Washington
U.P
Frances Perkins
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Foley
Rehal
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Seale’s Shoe Store
Polk
New Cotton
Ogdensburg, N. Y
GLOBE
Continental Distilling Corporation
Philadelphia
PENNA
Nicks Vaporub
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Southwest
Troy Laundry
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