Texas fronts a fiscal year with revenue gains and deficits
Austin report shows governmental revenues totaling $37,152,700 for the year 1935, a rise of $2,273,052 from 1934, while total expenditures rose, and deficits widened in the general fund and Confederate pension fund. Receipts climbed and several funds posted gains, though overall debt increased to $11,225,937.
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Austin
Jan
George H. Sheppard
Treasury
General Fund
Confederate Pension Fund
Federal Emergency Highway Fund
Loeb Slaying Ends Daunting Prison Term
Richard Loeb, sentenced to life plus 99 years for the Franks murder, was killed in Stateville Prison in a razor attack by fellow convict James Day. Loeb died from shock and blood loss after 56 deep wounds, despite eight physicians' efforts and blood transfusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester E. Frankenthal
Loeb
Lionel Visits In City Lionel Visits In City
Lionel Barrymore rests in an Amarillo hotel as a snowstorm rages outside. The piece notes a tense telephone call and details a bizarre prison inquiry into the Day and Loe b case with statements attributed to Bowen and others. Day claims self defense while Loeb’s attackers are described as naked during the attack.
Snow Blankets Plains Area As Wheat Crop Benefits
A white mantle covers Panhandle farm lands with one to two inches of snow. Weather forecaster H. T. Collman predicts the coldest weather of the winter with a low around five degrees above zero, seven below the minimum if reached. Light snowfall continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
H. T. Collman
Defense rests in Hamlin trial as state begins rebuttal
In the second murder trial of George Hamlin, the defense rested and the state started rebuttal. Special Prosecutor E A Simpson challenged the alleged intimate relation between J W Welch and Irene Hamlin in 1933 before her marriage to Hamlin. A prior statement by Welch was admitted and read, with contradictions noted between this and earlier testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Elo Farwell
George Hamlin
Oakland
Calif
Reese Tatum
Irene Hamlin
Welch
Rioting in Cairo Injures Nearly 100 Students and Police
A three hour clash in Cairo on January 29 left nearly 100 students and 20 police injured. Police used ink sprayers for the first time to disperse anti-British demonstrators, who sacked and set fire to a theological college before firearms were employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
U.R
Theological College
Burdened Plan Heads to Senate For Soil Subsidy Reform
The agriculture committee voted 15 to 2 to report the revised soil conservation subsidy plan replacing the AAA to the Senate. Chairman Smith voiced grave doubts on constitutionality and signaled a possible favorable report despite inflation concerns. Senator Norbeck opposed the bill, while Thomas urged cheaper money to support farm prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AAA
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Smith
South Carolina
Bankhead
Alabama
McNary
Oregon
Norbeck
South Dakota
Thomas
Oklahoma
Louis B. Ward
Charles E. Coughlin
Bonus Bonds For Veterans End Long Fight
The Senate passed the Bonus Bill after a 76 019 vote following a 324 to 61 House result. The treasury will print two thousand four hundred ninety one million dollars of baby bonds for veterans, with taxpayers bearing the interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Treasury
Bodies removed after blaze kills two in crash near Shallowater
In Lubbock on January 29 the charred bodies of Mrs. W. H. Milligan and Leonard Moffett were pulled from their burning auto after a collision near Shallowater. Milligan's husband identified them. Y. D. Buckalew and wife and another occupant were injured. The heat delayed removal for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
W. H. Milligan
Leonard Moffett
Shallowater
Nine Earthquakes Hit Cacahuatepec Area Frail Dwellings Damaged
Nine earthquake shocks were felt in Cacahuatepec Oavaca Mexico on January 29. The tremors damaged several houses but caused no casualties. In the last 48 hours the region has experienced 29 shocks total.
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Cacahuatepec
Oavaca
Mexico
Plainview Woman Killed in Wreck
Mrs. Charles G. Brown died from injuries after a car collision 25 miles south of Plainview. Funeral services were planned for tomorrow. Brown’s husband, Charles G. Brown, remained in Plainview hospital with a dislocated hip and head injuries. Occupant Fred Senegrab of Abernathy was in a Lubbock hospital with chest injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Charles G. Brown
Fred Senegrab
Abernathy
Lubbock
Smith Says Roosevelt Must Answer Liberty League Critique
New York January 29 Alfred E. Smith former governor urged that Joseph R. Robison attack on his Liberty League speech was a feeble attempt to cloud the issue and that President Roosevelt is the only man who should try to answer him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Alfred E. Smith
Joseph T. Robinson
Liberty League
Roosevelt
Second pistol victim dies in Potter County case
Indicted by the Potter County grand jury for the slaying of Horace Miles 25 a cowboy. J E Cullen faced potential new murder charges after a nightclub shooting that left Victor Carlucci 24 a jewelry salesman dead. Carlucci from Los Angeles had been staying with his wife at a local hotel. He was to be buried in Newark New Jersey. Police said Cullen fired five shots after ordering Miles from Ko Ko Mo nightclub.
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Potter County
Horace
Dude) Miles
J. E
Johnnie) Cullen
Cullen
Bob Underwood
Victor Carlucci
Carlucci
Miles
Los Angeles
Max Axler
New York City
Ethel
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Newark
N. J
Frank Carucci
New York
Manuel
Cabinet Resigns as Greek Election Results Out
Athens reports the cabinet resigned today following last Sunday's general election. King George plans to consult party leaders tomorrow on forming a new cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
U.P
George
All Amarillo Will Dance Thursday for Roosevelt Birthday
Amarillo hosts three dances at The Nat The Roseland and Shrine Temple on Thursday to celebrate President Roosevelt s birthday with a single 1 ticket admitting to all venues Ladies free and proceeds benefit the Crippled Children s Council and the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation about 30 percent supporting infantile paralysis fight Bert McCullough is general chairman George Hammock leads the arrangements committee Lloyd Snyder Carleton Scales and the Melody Maids perform at the three locations
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Roosevelt
Amarillo
Roseland
Shrine Temple
Lloyd Snyder
Nat
Carleton Scales
Ocestra
Melody Maids
Crippled Children’s Council
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
Bert McCullough
George Hammock
National Committee
Col
Henry L. Doherty
Mine Workers Approve Demand List in Washington
The United Mine Workers, the nation’s strongest single union, approved a basic list of demands in Washington on January 29. The program includes a 30 hour work week for the industry and limits on the Supreme Court’s powers.
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Washington
U.P
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Needy Suffer Cold Amid Amarillo Snowfront
In Amarillo the Social Welfare Association faced bleak demand as bitter weather deepened hardship. About 50 calls before noon sought clothing shoes and fuel with many families gasless and food scarce. A social worker reported a shivering family huddled by a tiny fire with little bedding.
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Amarillo
Social Welfare Association
Welfare Office
Relief Agency
Beulah Robinson
Association
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And Surrounding Areas
Forecast calls for light snow and a cold night with lows near five degrees in Amarillo. Thursday should be fair with a general pattern of snow in the north and rain or snow in the south across West Texas. Temperature extremes reported up to 1 o'clock today ranged from 13 to 15, with 1.2 inches of snowfall and 12 inches of precipitation noted.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South
New Mexico
Huey Long Policies Endure Despite Governor Allen Death
Baton Rouge Jan 29 The late Huey P Long policies survive with Gov James A Noe stating no policy changes as he fills Allen's term. Allen had been Sen Long lieutenant and died yesterday creating questions on Senate vacancy. Ellender and Wade O Martin named as likely nominees in discussions of the six year term starting Jan 1.
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ED Desobry
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
O. K. Allen
James A. Noe
Allen
Louisiana
Noe
Long
Monroe
Longites
Senate
Senator Long
Democratic Executive Committee
Allen J. Ellender
Long Leutenant
Wade O. Martin
State Public Service Commission
Ethiopians Disorganized After Italian Front Setbacks
Delayed reports from the Southern Italian front describe Ras Desta Demtu scrambling to reassemble scattered Ethiopian forces after Fascist advances along the Ganale Dorya. Italian pursuit seized a second supply magazine with guns and ammo as Ethiopians burned a large one.
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Roy P. Porter
Ras Desta Demtu
Ganale Dorya
Rodolfo Graziani
Kenya
Pietro Badoglio
Rome
Takkaze
Associated Press
Vernon Salesman Sentenced to Pen Vernon Hittson murder without malice
Vernon salesman W. T. Hittson was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for murder without malice in the death of R. L. Simms in an automobile accident near Childress Texas. The jury reached its verdict shortly after the case began and the defense rested without calling witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Texas
W. T. Hittson
Vernon
R. L. Simms
Hittson
Wittess
Hutson
Simms
Potter County Poll Tax Reminder Thousands Yet Unpaid
More than 5,000 qualified voters in Potter County yet to pay poll tax. Tax collector Miss Jewell Davidson says late payments risk disqualification from county state and national elections this year. Office hours extended through Friday midnight to ease payments and exemptions total reached 1,500 by noon today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Jewell Davidson
Miss Davidson
Snowfall North and South Plains with Wide Spread Totals
Winter storm spreads moderate snow across Amarillo area and Panhandle explains inches measured in multiple zones. Amarillo to Boise City Shattuck and Edmond areas report one inch with lighter coverage further south while South Plains sees three to four inches near Lubbock and surrounding towns. Railroad lines Santa Fe Port Worth and Denver Rock Island report snow over entire division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Plains
Shattuck
Okla
Boise City
Etter
Pampa
Chilton
Waynoke
Panhandle
Texline
Quanah
Childress
South
South Plains
Lubbock
Clovis
Santa Fe
Port Worth
Amarillo Sees Fourth Snow Of Year With 13 Degree Low
The U S Bureau observer noted a night of cold air as Amarillo recorded a 13 degree low. A fast moving storm from the west brought a near blizzard to the Panhandle, dumping 12 inch of moisture and altering forecast snow totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Amarillo
Montana
Panhandle
Bandsmen Walk Out On Ladies Conference
Washington dispatch reports the U S Marine bandsmen quit the women’s patriotic conference on national defense after high Navy officials ordered a protest over Bainbridge Colby’s anti New Deal speech. The band left as they were to play at the Mayflower Hotel, while three senior naval officers canceled speeches.
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Washington
Navy
U. S. Marine
Bainbridge Colby
Mayflower
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt
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