Multistate warseeking news from 1940s era briefings
A collection of brief wartime and local items reports Maxwell a Chelsea Naval Hospital chief petty officer once listed as killed in France, planning a trip to Oklahoma City to confront a former wife. Cloyd Koontz faces homicide charges after reporting his wife’s death by gas in Brooklyn. General Household Utilities Co boosts ad funding by 50 percent in Chicago, with optimism for stronger business. British talks with Reichsbank about bond interest payments continue with UK bondholders headed to a conference with Schacht. Fort Worth Dallas regional planning board to meet in Dallas to map cross-border growth and development.
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Boston
John W. Maxwell
Chelsea Naval Hospital
James Zorland Robertson
France
Oklahoma City
New York
Cloyd Koontz
Brooklyn
Senate With Care On Monetary Bill In Senate Banking Panel
WASHINGTON January 23 The banking committee began wrangles over the Roosevelt monetary bill with a forecast of a close division yet Democratic leaders hoped for enactment this week in roughly the House form. Amendments to restrain the stabilization fund or aid silver prices faced likely defeat as roosevelt faced no immediate opposition from the White House meanwhile the House naval committee approved the Vinson treaty naval bill and moved to attach it to the navy appropriation bill with passage expected soon.
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Washington
House
Senate
Banking Committee
Roosevelt
Roose
Jan
House Naval Committee
Editorials and War Talk Stir Readers Across Oceans
A Globe opinion piece by Arthur lrisbane discusses topics of the day, noting it reflects his views. Colonel Takahashi of the Japanese embassy in Peiping asserts Russia’s readiness for war if needed and criticizes Soviet eastward expansion. He warns of a “red tint” of communism and suggests bombing could create another red hue. Lord Beaverbrook’s London Express reports five Russian girls jailed for two months after accepting gifts from foreign sailors, framing it as a morality issue amid stern communist doctrine on romance with capitalists.
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Takahashi
Peiping
Russia
Japan
Asia
Karl Marx
Lord Beaverbrook
London Express
Texas relief head accepts national post
A. M. Lawrence Westbrook Texas relief and Civil Works director will accept a post as an assistant to Harry S. Hopkins the federal administrator. Hopkins will announce the decision after Westbrook returns to Texas. His acceptance will open a space for a new state administrator amid criticism and pending graft probes.
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Washington
Jan
A. M. Lawrence Westbrook
Texas Relief and Civil Works
Harry S. Hopkins
Hopkins
Weastbrook
Texas
Texan
Westbrook
Hia
Two Boys Slay Texas Farmer Near Gainesville
Claude Autry, 40, was shot and killed on a farm five miles north of Gainesville. His son Dubois Autry, 16, and uncle John Curtis, 17, were charged, after claiming the elder Autry had threatened his wife and six children. They hid on a shed roof with shotguns and fired as Autry approached with milk buckets.
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Gainesville
Tex
Claude Autry
Dubois Autry
John Curtis
Granville Jones
Autry
Car Wreck Victim Seeks 10000 Damages over Tears
Lovell Short of Little Marsh Pennsylvania testifies in Elmira that an auto collision injured his tear ducts and causes him to cry constantly. The suit, against Howard Gilliland of Elmira, moves forward before Federal Judge John C. Knight.
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Elmira
N. Y
Lovell Short
Little Marsh
John C. Knight
Short
Howard Gilliland
Walker murder witness testifies calm during shooting
In Galveston on January 23 Earl Blue, a witness and youth, testified in district court that William L. Billy Walker a former Beaumont businessman appeared calm and not intoxicated when he killed Hubert B. Oxford a Beaumont lumberman on September 9.
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Galveston
Texas
William L
Billy” Walker
Beaumont
Hubert B. Oxford
Earl Blue
La Vie Paree Tickets Remain For Customers
The municipal auditorium ticket office opens at 9 30 tonight for La Vie Paree the gay musical comedy. Tickets in 1.10 and 55 cent sections remain with many seats likely to sell out before midnight. Reserve now at City Drug Store Polk Street.
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Municipal Auditorium
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Ted Taylor
Tri-State
Navy Budget Push Drives Capitol Session Tension
Vest chaired emergency talks as Capitol activity grew tense with Senate and House sessions. Unanimous consent afternoons moved bills with local impact, while Navy Day dominated House attention. The administration eyed a warship build funded by a $15 to $25 million appropriation after passing the Vinson bill.
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Vest
Capitol
Senate
House
Congress
Recognition of Cuban government under Menendez
Washington on January 23 formally recognizes the new Cuban government led by President Carlos Mendieta, ending six months of unofficial relations as Cuba faced turmoil.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
Carlos Mendieta
Adopted Child Gets Huge Yount Fortune
BEAUMONT, Jan. 23 (UP) A 13 year old adopted child today was the possessor of an estate aggregating $3,200,000 in value. Mildred Yount, golden-haired and blue-eyed, was bequeathed the fortune by her late foster father M. F. Yount. She rode to school in a private car with a chauffeur and showed interest in sports. She will pay about $170,000 in state inheritance tax.
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Mildred
Scandal Creeps Upon Cabinet Kidnap Bill
Washington January 23. Col Charles A Lindbergh and other families affected by kidnapings will testify at a major committee hearing on a bill proposing execution by firing squad for kidnappers who kill victims. Representative Snyder said hearings are promised by Chairman Sumners. The bill aims to deter kidnapers by threatening death, with 12 U S Army enlisted men as the firing squad 72 hours after sentencing.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Representative Snyder
Pennsylvania
Snyder
Sumners
House Judiciary Committee
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Hunter Issues His Platform In Texas Governor Bid
Tom F. Hunter unveiled his Texas Democratic primary platform in Wichita Falls calling for felony penalties for state officials who take bribes and for executing any official who betrays trust by taking a bribe. He seeks the party nomination for governor, his second bid after 1932, and endorses voter approval of a constitutional amendment repealing prohibition.
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Wichita Falls
Tom F. Hunter
Texas
Hunter
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ross
Sterling
Crutchfield Murder Trial Set After Indictment
An indictment from the Potter County grand jury charges Frank Crutchfield of White Deer with murder in the fatal shooting of Police Captain Preston Burnam. The trial will be held as soon as possible with FE Miller assisting the prosecution and Maj. E A Simpson possibly defending.
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Potter County
Grand Jury
Frank Crutchfield
White Deer
Preston Burnam
Grady Hazlewood
FE. T. Miller
Amarillo
Maj. E. A. Simpson
Crutchfield
Miller
Henry
Bishop
County Road Ruckus Benched Until Monday
Potter County commissioners clash over apportionment of about $100,000 road and bridge funds. A move to split funds by precinct and limit expenditures failed with Percy Gibbs opposing, prompting a pause and a plan to reconsider next Monday after Commissioner Mark Parker’s request to vote on the allocation.
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Potter County
J. M. Simpson
Mark Parker
Parker
Frank Buckingham
Joe Gray
Percy Gibbs
Gibbs
Buckingham
Parkers
Texas
Just Kisses Case Opens In Chicago Court
In Chicago on January 23, Myrtle Blacklidge testified in Norman Nottingham's $100,000 suit alleging alienation of affections by a police driver. The widow described kissing the patrolman as just kisses, while attorney Tate pressed cross examination under the civil practices act. Nottingham, a city officer, listened as the witness described the interactions and the courtroom proceedings continued amid anticipation of winding up the plaintiff's case.
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Chicago
Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge
Norman E. Nottingham
Nottingham
Murphy O. Tate
Tate
Convict Brady Shot Dead After Prison Break
Bob Big Boy Brady, a three time escapee from Kansas prisons, was killed by possemen near Paola after leading six convicts in a breakout from Lansing prison. Three companions Tommy McMahan Fred Cody and Benjamin Young were recaptured following the thwarted escape attempt.
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Lansing
Kan
Bob
Big Boy) Brady
Kansas Penitentiary
Brady
Paola
Kas
Tommy McMahan
Fred Cody
Benjamin Young
Japan Turns Toward Peace In Diet Interpellation
In Tokyo on January 23, Japan's Imperial Diet opened with anti militarist sentiment as cabinet members outlined peaceful policy. Critics accused the government of permitting inflammatory articles and war talk, while Foreign Minister Shigemitsu pressed for peace and understanding amid debates on national spirit and international outlook.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kok
Iiota
Yoshinori Futaara
Nobumasa Sudugu
United States
Nippon
Count Futaara
Makoto Saito
Powers To Consider Austrian Neutrality
Geneva January 23 a movement began in international circles to grant Austria the same neutrality as Switzerland in the interest of European peace. European powers would be urged to adopt a hands off policy toward Austria whose independence was guaranteed by the Versailles Treaty. Germanys Nazi efforts to Nazify Austria worry European foreign offices who see the Austrian question as a danger to peace.
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Geneva
Austria
Switzerland
Germany
Bad Men Sip Soup Hunger Strike Ends at Leavenworth
At Leavenworth federal penitentiary two convicts Albert W Bates and Harvey Bailey who kidnapped Charles F Ursehel ended their hunger strike by sipping soup in solitary cells. They accepted light foods voluntarily and their protest against solitary confinement concluded with no gains in hearing or seeing other prisoners.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Federal Penitentiary
Albert W. Bates
Harvey Bailey
Charles F. Ursehel
Oklahoma
Bates
Bailey
Stavisky Case Roils France As Cabinet Ministers Targeted
Paris dispatch reports Premier Chautemps and three cabinet members warned to prepare for defense before the Chamber of Deputies as documents linked to the Stavisky scandal surface. Demonstrations erupt. police confront thousands of royalists and workers, hundreds arrested after clashes near the city hall.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
Phillipe Henrott
Henriot
George Bonnet
Eugene Raynaldy
M. Laurent-Egnac
Commerce
Chamber of Deputies
Dr Wynekoop in Chicago Plea of Sickness Leads to Mistrial
Dr Alice Wynekoop, amid murder proceedings for killing her daughter in law Rheta, reported feeling better after a plea of sickness caused a mistrial. She arose early and ate breakfast, while Warden Moneypenny said she was in better condition than at any time in jail.
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Chicago
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
David Moneypenny
Rheta
CWA School Assembly Sees Large Amarillo Turnout
Amarillo hosts the first general assembly for the CWA Emergency Education School in the High School Auditorium drawing over 600 students and prospective enrollees. Total enrollment may reach about 1,000, with 24 county teachers already deemed insufficient. Julius Dorenfield pledges to seek more instructors by reallocating quotas. Morace Gooch and Cynthia Lumpkin volunteer as unpaid teachers, Gooch handling advanced economics and Lumpkin shorthand and sociology. Students range from youths to adults over 50. speakers include W A McIntosh, B F Masters, Mra Karl Wyatt, and Mr. Dorenfield.
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General Assembly
Amarillo
CWA
Assembly
Julius Dorenfield
County Relief Commission
Morace B. Gooch
Cynthia Lumpkin
Mr. Gooch
Milas Lumpkin
W. A. McIntosh
Amarillo College
EF. Masters
Karl Wyatt
Dorenfield
Blast Kills Two Girls in Rio De Janeiro Factory
A dynamite explosion at a factory on Island De Govvernador in Rio de Janeiro harbor killed two girls aged 9 and 12 and seriously injured eight others including the girls' father. The blast occurred last night as five tons of dynamite detonated.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Island de Govvernador
Police Seek 15Yearold Murrell in Shreveport Disappearance
SHREVEPORT LA Jan 23 Disappearance of Val H Murrell Jr 15 son of Val H Murrell bank executive was a matter of acute concern. Sheriff Hughes and Police Chief Bazer asked to aid locating him after he reportedly vanished between St Johns College and his home Monday afternoon. He attended school and was dismissed at 145 PM but did not join supper. Police telegraphed surrounding towns to watch for him and contact authorities. Officials suspect a runaway as he was reportedly unsettled at school. a brother lives in Fort Worth Texas and officers consider that route.
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Shreveport
Val H. Murrell, Jr
Val H. Murrell
Commercial National Bank
Continental American Bank and Trust Company
T. R. Hughes
D. D. Bazer
Hughes
Chief Bazer
St. John’s College
Murrell
Sheriff's Office
Fort Worth
Texas
Civil Works ad scrutinized as graft probes widen
New disclosure reports show investigators from the Civil Works Administration and the Justice Department examining multiple agency operations across about a dozen states amid graft complaints over relief funds. Joseph B. Keenan says complaints were sent by Harry L. Hopkins as scrutiny increases while President Roosevelt plans to press ahead with his original termination timetable.
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Civil Work Administration
Department of Justice
Joseph B. Keenan
Justice Department
Civil Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Lehman
New York
White House
Dry Leaders Meet To Open Campaign Fort Worth
More than 1000 Texas ministers and laymen gathered in Fort Worth to launch an organized campaign against liquor vice and gambling. Chester Collins, a Fort Worth attorney and dry leader, spoke as the meeting laid groundwork for a permanent organization opposing hard liquor in Texas and the Dean Law repeal in the looming political campaign. He signaled a determined, last-ditch fight.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Chester Collins
Collins
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Summary
Weather bulletin for Amarillo and nearby areas shows fair skies with a slight warmup overnight then on Wednesday. West Texas expected fair and warmer in north and west, while southeast remains warm. New Mexico also fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Temperature extremes recorded up to 1 o clock range from 34 to 55 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Huey Long Faces Major Test In New Orleans Primary
Early balloting in New Orleans featured arrests for loitering near polls with false registrations. Long’s political strength faced a decisive test as factions backed competing tickets, with potential impeachment hints if officials aligned with Long held power after May elections.
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New Orleans
U. S
Huey P. Long
Long
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