Grand Jury Empaneled by Judge Bishop Tackles Public Morals
District Judge Henry S. Bishop charges 18 member grand jury for January term to investigate crimes against public morals and the recent shooting in a party hoax case involving four Black individuals and two white girls. He urges thorough probes into robbery with firearms and related perjury cases tied to Warrington Durrance's testimony.
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Henry S. Bishop
Criminal District Court
Bishop
5. R
Floyd Carter
A. Herring
Billy Culwell
Warrington L. Durrance
Durrance
Texan on finance board named to Reconstruction Finance post
This Houston leader, a prominent capitalist and builder, was appointed by President Hoover as a Democratic director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Resident since 1898, he helped bring the National Democratic Convention to Houston in 1998.
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Southwest
Democratic Party
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jones
Houston
Jones and Couch Named to American Credit Board
President Hoover appoints Harvey C. Couch of Arkansas and Jesse H. Jones of Texas as two of the three Democratic directors of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, directing a two billion dollar infusion to spur business. Jones, publisher of the Houston Chronicle, owns hotels and major properties in Texas and New York. Couch is a prominent Pine Bluff financier.
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Washington
Harvey C. Couch
Arkansas
Jesse H. Jones
Texas
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Charles Gates Dawes
Couch
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Paul Bestor
Mellon
Pine Bluff
Jones
Houston
Houston Chronicle
South
New York
Wilson
Red Cross
Terror Grips Shanghai as Chiefs Kkesign Terror Grips Shanghai
Chinese officials resign as Chiang Kai-Shek and militarists meet in Nanking to shape policy toward Japan. Shanghai faces Japanese threats and naval buildup while residents fear possible action. Incidents include a deadly munitions launch blast and attacks on Japanese targets. International authorities urge calm as tensions rise.
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United Preas
Eugene Chen
Sun Fo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Japan
Shanghai
Edwin 8
Cunningham
Tokyo
Yangtze
Washington
London
Moscow
Soviet Union
Bhanghat
Mural
Wu Teh Chen
Greater
Shigemitsu
Whangpo
Alexander Forges
American Express Company
International Settlement Police
Kidnapers Held Benjamin Bower Five Days for Ransom
Benjamin Bower a 62 year old bakery official was abducted from his home and held blindfolded for five days demanding 50000. He was freed unharmed as police guarded him. The note threatening death was a hoax staged to save his life.
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Denver
Benjamin P. Bower
Bower
Rocky Mountain News
Scripps-Howard
News
Carl Milliken
Albert T. Clark
Benip
Rest Nears in Judd Murder Case as Prosecution Pushes
In Phoenix on January 25, the Winnie Ruth Judd murder trial entered its second week with prosecutors nearing a close. Witnesses linked the crime to the two victims, Agnes Anne Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson, as the state pinned the evidence to the defendant. A .25 caliber shell matched to shells from the trunks holding the bodies was identified, and a rug from the Leroi apartment was shown as bloodstained by owner Mrs. Frank Vance. The case for the defense was to be mounted by later proceedings on Leroi’s roommate’s death.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes Anne Leroi
John Brinkerhoff
Cheir
District Attorney's Office
Los Angeles
Leroi
Hedvig Samuelson
Frank Vance
Desert Sunrise Over 6600 Feet High Desert Train Stop
Arthur Brisbane notes a western desert dawn as a train crosses from Arizona to California near Needles. At Raton a New Mexico sunshine welcome greets a group of journalism students and a high school teacher seeking career guidance.
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Los Angeles
Atlantic
Pacific
Arizona
California
Needles
Swinnerton
Raton
Colorado
New Mexico
B. B. Naylor
Dentists Meet Opens With Addresses At Amarillo
Scores attend first meet of dentists here as the 12th annual meeting of the Southwestern Society of Orthodontists and the Panhandle Dental Association convene in joint session at the Herring Hotel. Dr. W B Stevenson welcomed delegates and urged growth through stimulus service and function. New Panhandle members include Dr W L Campbell Dr S W Corgin and Dr C O Hess.
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W. B. Stevenson
Amarillo
Southwestern Society of Orthodontists
Panhandle Dental Association
Herring Hotel
Panhandle
Vernon
O. V. Vernon
Chamber of Commerce
Crystal Ballroom
Herring
R. L. Rogers
Oren McCarty
Tulsa
G. M. Caltra
M. D
American Dental Association
Martin Dewey
New York City
Dewey
Stevenson
W. L. Campbell
McLean
S. W. Corgin
Miami
C. O. Hess
E. Cc. Carter
Denver
Homer B. Robison
Hutchinson
Kan
Amateur Ad Writers Get Pay for Pastime
Amarillo newspapers invite readers to enter an ad writing contest with cash and merchandise prizes totaling 4000 dollars. Readers study listed advertisers and submit ideas praising any business, starting this Sunday with more details on page 2.
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News and Globe
City and County Police Round Up Black Vagrants
City and county officers join to round up vagrants of the black race amid pressure to remove negroes from servant quarters in exclusive districts. Over twenty Negroes were captured. suspects sought include Wille Wade and Jodie Cannon. Lucille Pierce testified to grand jury about a trap that wounded Fay Davis, who is hospitalized. A mayoral notice last June urged Negroes to move to their own section, with property owners told not to rent to them.
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Wiley B. Hervey
Lee Willie Jones
Willie Mays
Wille Wade
Jodie Cannon
Lucille Pierce
Grand Jury
Fay Davis
Northwest
Texas
Matthew “Bones” Hooks
Ernest O. Thompson
U S Warships Sail To Shield Americans In El Salvador
Reports from Salvador indicate 1000 plus killed in uprisings. U S warships with 115 Marines head from Panama to El Salvador to protect Americans as disorder spreads. McCafferty notes attacks near San Tecla and Sonsonate while communications and rail lines are disrupted.
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Washington
United States
el Salvador
Panama
Republic
State Department
McCafferty
Sal Salvador
Sonsonati
San Tecla
Phillips
Wicks
Rochester
Acajutla
Rush for Tickets To Crazy Quilt Continues Today
The sale was resumed at City Drug Store on Polk Street as more than half the house sold with remaining seats in all sections. Tickets cost 1 to 2.85 dollars and Wilbur C. Hawk urged buyers to take up laid away tickets ahead of Billy Rose's New York revue Crazy Quilt at the Municipal Auditorium Thursday night.
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City Drug Store
Polk Street
Wilbur C. Hawk
Billy Rose
Municipal Auditorium
Snow Envelops Amarillo Panhandle In March Storm
Heavy snow began at 11 30 am and intensified toward 1 pm in the Amarillo Panhandle area. Ground covered quickly as temperatures fell from 29 to 26 degrees, with the storm moving east from New Mexico and continuing through the day. Tonight and Tuesday expected unsettled to partly cloudy.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
U. S
New Mexico
Power Building Blasted in Borger
A bomb damaged the Panhandle Power and Light Company office at Skellytown last night. One corner of the wooden structure was wrecked and office equipment ruined. Authorities suspect an explosive device caused the blast.
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Borger
Panhandle Power and Light Company
Skellytown
Interior Department Budget Trim Sets New Low
Washington reports a sharply trimmed Interior Department supply bill, cutting 6,273,000 from the budget and setting 50,431,000 for the coming year. Total permanent and indefinite appropriations drop to 13,921,000. The Bureau of Indian Affairs allotment falls to 21,758,000, down 3,231,000 from the current year.
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Washington
Interior Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Burns
Department
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Tax Bootleggers to Aid Treasury Proposal Read in Congress
A 25 percent gross-receipts tax on bootleggers and speakeasy operators was presented to the House Ways and Means Committee as a budget aid. Senator Connally opposed a federal gasoline tax, arguing highways funding should stay state driven. Joseph J. Klein urged retroactive liquor vendor taxation to 1930. The Vinson naval construction bill moved forward with delay. Senate finance panel postponed tariff vote.
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Treasury
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senator Connally
Tex
Joseph J. Klein
New York
The
College of the City of New York
House Naval Committee
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Court Holds Cotton Trucking Law Void
The Texas law limiting cotton van loads to ten bales of 22 pounds and restricting transportation over state highways was ruled invalid by the Supreme Court. The court upheld the district court's interlocutory decree against enforcement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Long Sworn in as Louisiana Senator Amid Governor War
Huey P. Long was sworn in today as U S senator from Louisiana, shifting from governor and igniting a governors feud. Alvin O. King acted as governor in Long’s absence, while Paul N. Cyr disputed Long’s dual roles and readiness to challenge King after the oath in Washington.
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Washington
Huey P. Long
Louisiane
Long
Louisiana
Senate
New Orleans
Paul N. Cyr
Supreme Court
Alvin O. King
Leutenant
Cyr
Baton Rouge
King
Jean M. King
Jeanerette
Huey Long
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast notes unsettled to partly cloudy conditions for Amarillo tonight and Tuesday with slight temperature changes. West Texas remains mostly cloudy with probable rain in the east portion. New Mexico sees unsettled weather tonight, possible snow in the east, and generally fair Tuesday with little temperature change. Temperatures in Amarillo from 28 to 29 degrees by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Taxi Driver Killed by Train at Midland Crossing
Noble Stewart a 20 year old taxicab driver was killed when his cab was struck by a freight train at a railroad crossing in Midland on January 25.
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Midland
Noble Stewart
Huey Long Calls Himself Kingfish of Louisiana
Huey P. Long, arriving with a retinue, declares he is the Kingfish of Louisiana while awaiting his seat as junior U S senator. He jokes about plans, then warns Senator Broussard of his responsibility for bringing him to Washington and possibly escorting him to the Vice President’s dais.
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Washington
U.P
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Long
United States
Senator Broussard
Broussard
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