William Kemper Dies Leader Among Southwest Financiers
Kansas City Missouri January 19 William T Kemper 71 a top financier of the Southwest and former national Democratic committeeman from Missouri died today He led the Commerce Trust Company as president and chairman and founded Kemper Grain Company in 1893 His career spanned banking railroad and political activity ending with leadership roles in several major firms and party organization efforts.
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Kansas City
U.P
William T. Kemper
National Democratic
Missouri
Commerce Trust Company
Kemper
St. Joseph
Southwest
Kemper Grain Company
Commerce Trust
National Bank of Commerce
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad
Cromwell Proposes Abolishing Income and Estate Taxes
James H. R. Cromwell, Doris Duke’s husband, urged repeal of income and estate taxes and their replacement with a manufacturers tax. He testified before House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Robert L. Coughton during debate on a new business tax revision.
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Washington
James H. R. Cromwell
Doris Duke
Robert L. Coughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Mears
Coughton
Cromwell
Sandie Pep Squad Banquet Plans At Amarillo Hotel
The Amarillo Sandies Pep Squad will host its annual banquet tomorrow at 7 in the Blue Room of the Amarillo Hotel. Jessamine Grimes will serve as toastmistress and about 150 members are expected. A dance at Elks Hall follows with the Sandies and Yannigans as guests and music by a local orchestra. Miss Ursula Angel sponsors the pep squad.
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Amarillo Sandies
Amarillo
Jessamine Grimes
Elks Hall
Yannigans
Ursula Angel
Interior Department Under Fire In Senate Testimony
Senator Pittman charged the Interior Department with laxity and possible criminal carelessness as hearings on F. K. Burlew’s nomination proceed. Testimony cited Reno Stitley, a department pay clerk, who allegedly defrauded CCC funds of eighty four thousand dollars.
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Pittman
Nevada
Senate Today
Public Land
Interior
F. K. Burlew
Reno Stitely
Interior Department
Mining Venture Progress Reported Near Amarillo
H and Baker and Jim Anders through their attorney say rapid progress is being made in the gold and copper mining venture on the Pred Fuqua ranch about 20 miles north of Amarillo. Tests of ore are complete and a decision on operation may come soon. Ore tests show the material is pay dirt. Under the Indian affairs commissioner, Indian day school enrollment has more than doubled in the past decade.
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H. & Baker
Jim Anders
Rapit
Amarillo
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Dear Tack printed praise for publicity handling
A reader thanks Tack for the way publicity was handled and notes personal health issues preventing work. The letter mentions expertise in wallpapering cabinet work and some carpentry, with a brief sign off and a continuation hint on page 6.
Bath Pictures Too Much for The Faculty
The Purple Parrot humor magazine at the university was barred from distribution until a two page bath picture supplement was removed. University officials halted the issue after discovering sorority girls used candid cameras to photograph unsuspecting co-eds in baths. Editor Kyle R. Morris said photographers were instructed to keep subjects as concealed as possible by soap bubbles.
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Chicago
The
Purple Parrot
Kyle R. Morris
AQ and 8 Cars Converted to Art Salons
Paris reports the 40 and 8 boxcars used by American troops in 1918 19 now serve as moving art galleries and educational exhibits. The cars, whitewashed and modernized, travel France and Belgium this winter to promote winter tourism to the Pyrenees Alpes Vosges and Jura, featuring photographs paintings and speakers.
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A.P
France
Belgium
Pyrenees
Alpes
Vosgen
Jura
Hobbies Help Fire Lookout in Tucson
In Tucson a winter vigil atop Mount Bigelow yields Charles Nolles known as the Flermit of Mount Bigelow. He brings a carved collection of wooden animal figures representing local wildlife. His hobby craft includes belts, ornaments, smoke stands, shades, frames, bird forms from horns, and polished stones.
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Ariz
Flermit
Mount Bigelow
Charles Nolles
Noties
Indians Don Colored Lens At Sun Dance
Fort Hall reservation Idaho report notes traces of contact with whites at the Sun Dance, a religious ceremony lasting 84 hours. Dancers wore colored garments and eye protection including mauve lenses, with equipment reflecting changes from prior years. A wrist watch was seen on a participant.
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Fortball Indian Reservation
Idaho
Markets of Kansas City Livestock and Cotton Markets
Kansas City livestock reports show hogs at top 8.35 with 1,800 head, cattle 4,000 with loads of good fed steers near 7.90 to 8.25, heifers 7.25 to 7.50, cows to 5.85, and sheep around 7.85 for best fed lambs while New Orleans opens steady on cotton with March 8.53 and May 8.59 amid farm bill uncertainty. Grains listings from Amarillo show varied quotes for wheat corn oats rye and a note on commerce alongside a cavalry of ceremony and a Springfield fishing class.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Congress
Every Tenth Worker Is Unemployed Reported
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins released statistics showing that every tenth worker in the United States is unemployed. The figures were given as the Senate committee on unemployment and relief invited state and local relief administrators to testify on rising relief demands during the recession.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
United States
Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee
Factional Chian Kai Shek Moves in Hankow
Fragmentary notes describe a Chiang Kai-shek faction at Hankow with aims to form new Chinese regimes similar to existing arrangements. The text references continuation from page 1 and mentions Generalissimo Chiang. Date, place, or full context are incomplete in the fragment.
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Chiang Kai- Shek
Hankow
China
Mail Clerk Killed In New York Central Train Collision
Syracuse, N Y, Jan 19. Two New York Central passenger trains collided near the city’s elevated railroad. Anthony Leone of Rochester, a railway mail clerk, was killed. Several others were injured and taken to hospitals. The crash occurred in 10 below zero cold.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York Central
Anthony Leone
Rochester
Diplomat Awaits Chance To Interview Mrs Rubens
Moscow January 19 report says Low W Henderson, charge d affaires of the American embassy, awaits word on a potential interview with Mrs Rubens.
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Rubens
Moscow
Low W Henderson
Peiping Presses On as East Asia Stabilizes
Peiping moves forward with determination as punctive operations continue until East Asia reaches stability and peace.
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Peiping
East Asia
Visitors Pay Tribute To Edgar Allen Poe
A steady flow of visitors to Poe’s Philadelphia cottage that housed him from 1842 to 1844 marked the 129th anniversary of his birth. The article notes a potential interview related to a Soviet inquiry about Ruth Marie Rubens, an American citizen arrested after entering Russia as Mrs. Donald L. Robinson.
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Edgar Allen Poe
Philadelphia
Poe
Ruth Marie Rubens
Russia
Donald L. Robinson
German Action Halts Crisis in France
Paris reports that warnings of a forceful German move influenced France's cabinet crisis. Andre Francois-Poncet briefed the government on potential German actions including a denunciation of Versailles terms and Rhineland reoccupation, with a March timing suggested.
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Germany
France
United Press
Andre Francois-Poncet
Leon Blum
Francois-Poncet
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Boy falls into 150-foot canyon, nine-year-old dies
In Globe Arizona a nine-year-old boy, Billy Seelf, reached for his lunch pail and toppled into a 150-foot canyon. He died instantly at the scene while walking home from school.
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Canyon Globe
Ariz
U.P
Billy Seelf
Chains on Your Car Aid Traction Not Useful Elsewhere
A short note explains that tire chains improve grip on snow or ice but provide little benefit for normal driving. It highlights that chains can help in wintry conditions yet limit speed and maneuverability on dry roads.
Luckies dominate tobacco expert auctions in Farmville
In Farmville North Carolina tobacco auctions Mr Branch Bobbitt praises Lucky Strike buyers for driving profits. He claims Luckies’ tobacco quality matters and has smoked Luckies for years. Sworn records show independent tobacco experts favor Luckies over other brands with twice as many exclusive smokers.
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Farmville
North Carolina
Branch Bobbitt
Luckies
Mr. Bobbitt
Bobbitt
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