Tariff on Oil Imports and Bus Tax Urged in Washington
Washington reports show calls before the House Ways and Means Committee for new government revenue through an oil import tariff and a motor bus tax. Ivan Owen of Minneapolis rails against the bus tax while Wirt Franklin of Oklahoma City leads the oil tariff push. Separately, the Akron sabotage probe is set for Navy review. Vinson orders the DOJ file on Kassay.
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Washington
U.P
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ivan Owen
Minneapolis
National Association of Motor Bus Operators
Wirt Franklin
Oklahoma City
AKRON
Vinson
House Naval Committee
Justice Department
McClintic
D. Okla
Paul F. Kassay
William A. Moffett
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Hearst Ranch Flight and Democratic Ballot Talk
In San Simeon the Hearst ranch scene unfolds as George Hearst’s son visits from San Francisco while other executives travel for luncheon. The piece also notes Roosevelt and Smith weighing possible 1932 presidential bids and references Lasker’s advertising network and the Democratic convention setup.
William Wrigley Jr Dies in Phoenix After Illness
Chicago Cubs owner and chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr died at his winter home in Phoenix Arizona after a lingering illness. The longtime Chicago businessman and sports figure passed away this morning.
Gum magnate Wrigley dies in Phoenix at 70
William Wrigley Jr., famed gum magnate and owner of the Chicago Cubs, died in his winter home in Phoenix at 2:15 AM after a heart disease and indigestion battle. He was 70. His family and physicians kept his condition private. Funeral plans likely in Pasadena and Chicago, with burial at Catalina Island. Baseball loss noted. Wrigley described as spending millions on the Cubs as a hobby and never taking profits.
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Phoenix
Ariz
William Wrigley, Jr
Chicago
Los Angeles
Chicago Cubs
George Goodrich
Immediately
Wrigley
Phillip K. Wrigley
James R. Offield
Goodrich
Cubs
Wrigley Field
Nominations to Reconstruc tion Finance Corporation drawn in Senate
In Washington on January 26 the Senate opened debate on approving President Hillver’s picks for the new Reconstruction Finance Corporation board. Charles G Dawes and Jesse H Jones of Texas faced likely confirmation with little opposition, while Harvey C Couch of Arkansas public utilities awaits likely robust support from Senator Robinson to overcome anticipated pushback.
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Washington
Senate
Hillver
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Charles G. Dawesf
Jesse H. Jones
Texas
Harvey C. Couch
Arkansas
Robinson
Ad Writers Flood Mails In Amarillo Contest
Readers send in letters to Amarillo Daily News and Amarillo Globe for a $4,000 amateur ad writers contest. Twenty five dollars cash and 125 prizes weekly for seven weeks reward contestants who craft ads about 25 cooperating advertisers. First prizes awarded in eight days, entries continue to pour in.
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Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Trusty killed as trio escape Georgia prison
Milledgeville Georgia January 26 three fugitives fleeing in a stolen car ran down and killed an aged loyal guard attempting to halt them. The slain trusty was John S Williams, a life sentence convict for killing several Negroes on his farm. The escape follows another breakout earlier in the week. Six-figure fugitives named Roy Gardner Aubrey Smith Abe Powers were in the car.
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Milledgeville
U.P
Georgia State Penitentiary
Roy Gardner
Aubrey Smith
Georgia
Abe Powers
Banco Fame
John S. Williams
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Amarillo area forecast calls for fair and continued cold tonight and Wednesday frost in southeast portion tonight. Texas and New Mexico summaries note fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with slight warming in the northeast and colder in the far south. Temperature extremes today reached 23 and 49 degrees.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Smoke Screen Haoles Cry Smoke Screen In Honolulu Riot
Honolulu police reported a near riot between white residents and Hawaiians after a clash at a Waikiki Beach tavern. Lieut Charles Lynch and his brother Howard narrowly escaped a mob while police cited a separate battery claim by Earl Williams, a Honolulu broker, from a party incident. Civil unrest followed as Hawaiians gathered after word of the fighting spread.
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Honolulu
T. H
U.P
Hawaii
Navy
Charles Lynch
Howard Lynch
Waikiki Beach
Earl Williams
Sunshine Dispel Light Snow Blankets Panhandle
Weather report notes a light snow yesterday with .10 inch accumulation in the Panhandle. Sunshine today rapidly dispels the snow as fair skies continue tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures remain steady with Amarillo dropping to 23 above at minimum last night.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Crazy Quilt arrives for three day Oklahoma City run
Billy Rose’s special train is tied up in Oklahoma City for a three day engagement and will move to Amarillo then return to the Municipal Auditorium Thursday evening at 8 15. Tickets show many seats available in all price blocks with only the $1 block sold out. Lead performers include Fannie Brice Phil Baker and Ted Healy with a 110 member cast and enhanced lighting for 22 scenes.
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Billy Rose
Oklahoma City
Rock Island
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
City Drug Store
City Drug
Polk Street
Wilbur C
Hawk
Fannie Brice
Phil Baker
Ted Healy
Jap Troops Rush to Troublesome Points
Disputed Manchurian area sparks clashes with Harbin fighting and Chinese casualties. Japanese ships redouble forces from Kirin as Shanghai ultimatum widens anti Japanese boycott. League delegates meet in secrecy while China reshuffles foreign policy and US envoy Grew is approved. Eddie Stinson dies after a Stinson Detroiter crash at Jackson Park links course.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Harbin
Manchuria
Chinese Eastern Railway Guard
Kirin
Sasebo
League of Nations Council
Foreign
Nanking
Salvador Casualties Reported at 2,000
Salvador reports 2000 rebels killed or captured in weekend uprising across El Salvador. Government regained control nationwide as banks and businesses reopen. Principal leaders await trial. some fled to Guatemala, others in hiding, police seeking them out.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Guatemala
Murray to Attend Home Coming Event
Oklahoma City January 26 Gov William H Murray will be honored at a large home coming celebration in Collinsville Texas his birthplace during January 14 to 19. He is expected to announce his candidacy for the Democratic Presidential nomination at that event.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
William H
Murray
Collinsville
Texas
Oklahoma
Two American Aviators Fined in Mexican Court
Two American pilots, Paul H. Davis and Joe Roubert of San Antonio, were fined by a Mexican federal court at Nuevo Laredo after arrests on January 15 for violating Mexico aviation laws. They landed on the Mexican side of the border 24 miles north of Nuevo Laredo and were released following the fines.
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Laredo
Texas
Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
Paul H. Davis
Joe Roubert
San Antonio
Stockmen from West Gather for 35th ANLSA Meet
Cattlemen from western ranges converge on San Antonio Texas for the 35th annual convention of the American National Live Stock Association. Over 500 stockmen are expected as President Henry G Boice of Phoenix Arizona opens the meeting.
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San Antonio
Texas
American National Live Stock Association
Henry G. Boice
Phoenix
Ariz
Mine workers open session in Indianapolis
The thirty second biannual convention of the United Mine Workers of America opened in Indianapolis with President John Lewis presiding. Harmony prevailed after prior stormy sessions, signaling a calmer start to the gathering.
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Indianapolis
John Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
King Waiting Action By Cyr
Baton Rouge Louisiana January 26 officials say any effort by Dr Paul N Cyr to claim the governorship now held by Alvin O King would be legal and not physical while King studies the north Louisiana flood situation He retires to a private executive mansion room to work in greater privacy as Cyr contemplates a possible intrusion suit in Lake Charles court Washington Looks To Long For Excitement January 26 Trade quotes Tuoy P Long in the Senate scene as he settles into a veteran role in the capital beyond his Louisiana Senate image
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Paul N. Cyr
Alvin O. King
North
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
King
Cyr
Lake Charles Court
Washington
Long
Tuey P. Long
Senate
Senator Long
J. Ham Lewis
Ilinois
Bank robbery suspects questioned in Dalhart
F B Robbins and L B Warner were being questioned in the county jail here as suspects in a Saturday daylight bank robbery of Louisville Colorado. Boulder under sheriff Burgener and Denver detective DeLue arrived and remained in close session with the men who denied staging the $12000 raid.
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Dalhart
F. B. Robbins
L. B. Warner
Louisville
Colo
R. E. Burgener
Boulder
Leonard DeLue
Denver
Texline
Robbins
Warner
Pueblo
McDowell Reported Growing Stronger After Surgery
Police Chief W. R. McDowell, who had a major operation at St Anthony's Hospital Friday, is reported growing stronger. He continues to rest well and is beginning to feel fine, with attendants noting no visitors are allowed at this time.
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W. R. McDowell
St. Anthony's Hospital
Chief McDowell
Pleads Guilty to Slaying Wife Gets 20 Year Term
In Dallas on January 26, after two jurors were chosen, T. W. Strong pleaded guilty to murder in the fatal shooting of his wife, Mrs. Katherine Wiseman Strong, who was shot at home on October 18, 1931, following divorce threats. The court set a 20 year penitentiary sentence.
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Dallas
U.P
T. W. Strong
Katherine Wiseman Strong
Oil 35 and 50 Cents Per Gallon at 219 Taylor
Local fuel dealer advertises gasoline priced at 35 cents and 50 cents per gallon. Location given as 219 Taylor Street with no other details on hours or brands. Transactions likely in small-volume quantities, no additional services noted.
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Taylor
Stinson Known Here in Amarillo Flying Circles
Eddie Stinson was well known in Amarillo flying circles. The affable flier made several trips through the city during his career, and on a few occasions stopped long enough to make acquaintances. About a year ago he stopped here while on a demonstration tour with a four place cabin ship. At this time he made several trips from the local field carrying newspapermen and air minded citizens. The ease and poise with which he controlled his plane was a source of wonder to his passengers.
Stinson Injured in Flight Record Holder’s Accident
Kings of East Chicago and Frederick Gillies of Chicago were injured but less seriously. Alberto Stinson, a renowned aviator with over 14,000 flight hours and 60 globe encirclements, was injured for the first time in two decades. He learned to fly from his sister Katherine at Kinloch Field and opposed transatlantic flights as risky stunts.
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Kings
East Chicago
Ind
Frederick Gillies
Chicago
Stinson
Kinloch Field
St. Louis
Katherine
Paul Redfern
Atlanta
Buenos Aires
Plane crash injures commerce official in Maryland
Clarence M. Young assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautics was slightly injured when a plane carrying him and Pilot Marshall Boggs crashed near Borwyn Maryland during radio tests from the College Park field. The motor died and the craft fell 500 feet, overturning after sliding through a hedge. Boggs was uninjured. Young directed removal of the plane back to the field.
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Washington
Clarence M. Young
Secretary of Commerce For Aeronautics
Borwyn
Young
Marshall Boggs
Commerce Department
College Park
Boggs
Eleven Die In Blast At Welsh Colliery
Cardiff Wales January 26 Eleven men died in a methane gas explosion at the Llwyn pla colliery in the Rhondda Valley last night authorities said today.
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Cardiff
Wales
Llwyn, Pla
Rhondda Valley
Plainview attack victim identifies luring trap by three men
Marian Fay Davis, wounded in a Sunday shooting, told investigators the attackers lured her and her companion Lucille Pierce into a trap. Darrell Jackson, city attorney, took the statement. Pierce’s account matches. Three Black men Wiley Hervey Willie Mays Lee Willie Jones are jailed on assault with intent to murder charges. bonds set at 5000 for Hervey and Jones 3000 for Mays. Wade remains at large. police seek Jodie Cannon.
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Marian Fay Davis
Plainview
Northwest Texas Hospital
Lucille Pierce
Darrell Jackson
Grand
Wiley B. Hervey
Willie Mays
Lee Willie Jones
Hervey
Jones
J. W. Minter
Mays
Willie Wade
Wade
Jodie Cannon
East Texas Oil Land Sold for 3 Million
J H Reynolds of Granfill Reynolds announces sale of 1400 acres in East Texas to Atlantic Oil Producing Company for 3 million dollars. deal completed in Dallas Monday night. firm calls it a straight sale.
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Houston
U.P
East Texas
Atlantic Oil Producing Company
J. H. Reynolds
Granfill-Reynolds Company
Dallas
Reynolds
Government deficit passes one and a half billion
Washington reports the U S government’s deficit from July 1 to January 23 reached 1.501 billion dollars. By January 23 the treasury showed receipts of 1.225 billion and outlays of 2.726 billion, leaving a shortfall of 1.501 billion dollars.
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U.S
Washington
Treasury
Kashmir unrest renews drive to dethrone Hindu king
Rebels pillaged and burned across Kashmir as Muslim leaders from Punjab launched another bid to oust Maharaja Sir Hari Singh and install a Muslim ruler, intensifying the sectarian upheaval in the state.
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Spinigar
Kashmir
India
Punjab
Hari Singh
Jealousy as Mrs Judd Motive Cited in Slaying Case
Courthouse report from Phoenix on January 26 describes Winnie Ruth Judd’s assertion that J. J. Halloran’s friendship with other women provoked her anger and jealousy. Two women testified as the state pressed its case locating jealousy as the motive for the October 16 killings of Agnes Anne Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson. The nurse Lucelle Moore testified about a ride with Judd and Halloran the night before the slayings, with Judd pressing Halloran to keep the women unaware she was in the car.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
J. J. Halloran
Lloyd C.andrews
Agnes Anne Leroi
Hedvig Samuelson
Lucelle Moore
Mrs. Judd
Anne
Sammy
Aged Couple Killed By Terrorists Bomb Blast
Two elderly victims, Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Hungerford both age between 70 and 75, were killed when terrorists planted time bombs in a dance restaurant near the state capitol buildings. They lived in an apartment above the cabaret named the Italian Villa.
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Springfield
State Capitol
Henry E. Hungerford
Eastern Firm Hired To Cut State Costs
A Texas legislative efficiency committee hired E. O. Griffenhagen & Associates of Chicago and New York to reduce state government expenses. The move aims to streamline operations and cut costs across agencies.
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Austin
U.P
E. O. Griffenhagen & Associates
Chicago
New York
Texas
Troopers Guard Dartmoor After Sunday Revolt Fears
A force of 100 steel-helmeted infantrymen armed with machine guns and rifles reinforced Dartmoor prison security today. Police stopped approaching cars and conducted inquiries as authorities anticipated a planned outside attack following Sunday’s unrest.
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Princetown
England
Dartmoor Prison
Bakery Clerk Held in Death of Mrs. Williams
William Martin a 23 year old bakery clerk was held for questioning in Los Angeles today over the death of Mrs. Winifred Page Williams former Fort Worth girl found Friday fatally injured along a roadside.
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Los Angeles
William Martin
Winifred Page Williams
Fort Worth
Texas Rangers Denied Tracking Notorious Gun Bandit
Adjutant General W. W. Sterling said there are no active ranger operations targeting the notorious gunman known as Boy Pioya. Reports claiming Rangers pursued Charles Floyd Austin were incorrect and unverified.
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Floyd Austin
W. W. Sterling
Texas Rangers
Charles
Boy Pioya
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