Taxpayers Rush to Meet New Pay Deadline After Extension
Tax relief signed by Governor Sterling extends the time for paying state county and school taxes. Crowds gather at the courthouse and county tax office as residents rush to avoid a 10 percent interest after February 1. Payment of poll taxes and auto licenses continues with warnings of arrest for late license fees.
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J. W. Collins
George M. Waddill
Amarillo Independent School District
Sterling
Potter County
Cruelty Allegations Follow Texas Divorce Case
Mrs. Scott alleges cruelty and intoxication by her husband in a Texas divorce, stating they wed June 6, 1930 in Ardmore Oklahoma and after nine days of marriage he sent money and told her to return home. Sterling Signs Tarrant Bill.
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Element
Scott
Ardmore
Oklo
Dear Mr Tack Responds to Hell's Angels Criticism
A reader defends the film Hell's Angels against Mrs R E Davidson's critique. He recalls early LA screenings at Grauman and argues many viewers enjoyed the picture, contrasting with wartime experiences and urging broader viewing.
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United States
Fifteen Dollar Reward for Gladstone Bag
A $15 cash reward is offered for the return of a ladies black Gladstone bag taken or lost from a car near The News Globe office on Thursday afternoon. Anyone who returns the bag to Mian Howell at The News Globe office will receive the money with no questions asked. The bag belongs to out of town owners who value it for sentimental reasons. the News Globe guarantees no questions will be asked.
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News-Globe
Mian Howell
News- Globe
Butler Marine officer re signing questioned in foggy navy dept note
Washington dispatch reports General Smedley D Butler asked retired Maj Henry Leonard about resigning. Navy department officials say it would not be prudent for Butler to resign at this time amid confusion and fog in the undercharger situation.
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Navy Department
Butler
the Associated
Washington
Smedhey D. Butler
Marine Corps
Maj
Henry Leonard
Mussolini Seeks US Redress Over Butler Remark
In a Rome cable dated January 30 1931 Mussolini said he expected just and prompt redress from the US government and people over the Butler remark incident. The exchange followed a protest in the Senate by Senator Heflin demanding release of Butler.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mussolini
de Martino
Smedhey D. Butler
Marines
Rome
Butler
Senate
Heflin
Alabama
Major Leonard to act as counsel in pending court martial
Since retiring from the marines in 1911 Leonard has practiced law in Washington and at one time served as assistant judge advocate general of the navy. He says he will likely accept and plans to confer with Butler before the day ends.
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Leonard
Butler
Marines
Washington
Navy
Mussolini calmed by U.S. apology over Butler remarks
Official circles report Premier Mussolini eased after the United States apologized for Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler calling him a hit and run driver. The Duce is said to regard Butler's views as the stance of a single general, not the American people, easing tensions and potential trouble.
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Associated Press
Mussolini
Smedhey D. Butler
Duce
General Butler
Senate fights over extra session and flood relief fund
Senate Democrats pledge no compromise and oppose an extra session while backing a 2500000 revolving fund for relief loans to farmers in flood hit North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama. Senator Caraway vows to renew pressure for a 15000000 food loan fund after House rejection.
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Congress
Senate Democrats
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Senate
House
Caraway
Arkansas
Man Slain After Ardmore Arrest In Texas Town
Ardmore Oklahoma and Memphis officers followed Hart to a filling station near Estelline Texas yesterday after arresting Roy Wilson a companion of Hart in Ardmore. Moorehead was thrown from a suspect’s car while being taken to the Ardmore station last week. Hart a Kerrville Texas resident with possible wife and children in Sonora Texas is wanted at Texarkana Hope Ark and Clarksville on robbery and holdup charges. University of Missouri arranging visiting professorships with University of Mexico starting next fall.
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Roy Wilson
Ardmore
Okla
Memphis
Estelline
Texas
Hart
Moorehead
Wilson
Kerrville
Tex
Sonora
Texarkana
Hope, Ark
Clarksville
Oklahoma
Oil and Road Bonds Dominate Texas Legislature
In Austin the Texas legislature advances new oil and gas control measures and a renewed push on highway bonds. Bob Long backs a bill to let the railroad commission set oil gas production ratios to curb waste. Rep Coke Stevenson promotes repayment of $40,000 road bonds and supports a united push for a $200 million road bond issue with Governor Sterling backing. 47 House members must still pledge to oppose bond submission.
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Nited
Austin
Texas
Bob Long
Wichita Falls
Oil and Gas Division
State Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
Long
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
House
Senate
Ross Sterling
Oil Lease Battle Over Damages and Royalty Claims
Plaintiffs accuse Skelly Oil Company of ruining a well between oil and gas strata and removing equipment, seeking up to 1,000,000 in damages plus 500,000 for breach of contract. They allege the company refused to release titles and maintains an indefinite lease, with plaintiffs naming Whit tington-Shelton Royalty, Delmar Oil, and individuals from Amarillo and Oklahoma City among the defendants and 12 plaintiffs listed. The suit seeks lease cancellation or performance and an injunction to prohibit entry pending settlement.
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Skelly Company
Skelly Oil Company
Tulsa
Okla
Whittington-Shelton Royalty Company
Amarillo
Delmar Oil Company
Bartleaville
Harold F. Young
Oklahoma City
J. C. Whittington
R. G. Byrd
Gertrude Byrd
Minnie H. Byrd
Katherine B. Patterson
M. B. Armstrong
Adelaide Armstrong
Billie Enders
Guy Turner
Margaret Thornton
R. J. Thornson
Lucile Armstrong
John Stewart Armstrong
Los Angeles
Calif
Sunday Movie Bill Aims to Legalize Sunday Showings
Senator Woodul of Houston introduced a bill to repeal the Texas law banning Sunday moving pictures. The measure would allow shows after 1 PM in any incorporated city or town, argued to aid thousands of workers who lack other operating days and to improve enforcement by removing an unpopular statute.
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Associated Prew
Austin
Woodal
Houston
Texas
Woodul
Wright of Cumberland Mountains Inspires Trail Characters
The Tall Sycamore of the Fishbone guard Wright of Wire County Virginia inspired John Fox Jr to model Devil Judd Tolliver in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. Wright, born in Letcher County Kentucky, befriended Fox and later converted in 1929. He sold land near Jenkins, Kentucky before coal wealth appeared.
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Wright
Cumberland Mountains
John Fox, Jr
Judd” Tolliver
Wire County
Fox
Noveliet
Mountaineer
Devil Judd
Cumberlanda
Pound
John Fox
Judd
Bad John
Bole Camp Creek
Pounds
Jenkins
Letcher County
Virginia Border
Joel Wright
Veterans Speak On Service And Cash Bonus Debate
War veteran Selan defends service as an aviator in France, rejecting mercenary labels while urging sympathy for fellow soldiers. Minority Leader Garner backs cash payment legislation as a path to prosperity. Bachrach opposes the cash bonus, warning it could disrupt the bond market. In Washington, Jan 80, Wright Dizer accuses Bayard's nomination for Delaware Senate of being bought with campaign funds.
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Elan
France
Rep
Bachrach
Treasury
Associated Press
Washington
Thomas ¥. Bayard
Delware
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Wright Dizer
Congress
Flu Precautions Amid Amarillo Cold Outbreak
Health authorities urge precautions as Amarillo reports flu with no alarm. Start Vicks treatment at first signs of cold, use vapor inhalation, and rub Vicks on throat and chest at bedtime. Emphasizes rest, fresh air, proper sleep, and avoiding overuse of remedies for children.
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Amarillo
Vicks
Wilbur backs curbs on oil imports to protect domestic output
Secretary Wilbur endorsed restricting oil imports in line with domestic production. He suggested a fact finding body like the FTC to guide policy and declined comment on a proposed one dollar per barrel tariff as outside his jurisdiction. Ralph Arnold urged action to shield independent producers, citing 714 million barrels of known assets and 8 percent of original reserves.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilbur
Senate Commerce Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Johnson
America
Ralph Arnold
Arnold
Capper
Kansas
Thompson testimony details hill battle claim in murder case
Witnesses describe Thompson with blood on hands and hat claiming there was a battle over the hill and he would seek an officer. Brown and Davis corroborate Thompson’s account claiming he said his partner was cleaned up on the hill. A LeFors woman testified Hefner threatened to beat Crabtree to death. grand jury statements were contested.
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Fors
Thompson
Brown
Carl Heffner
Homer Crabtree
B. A. Davis
Oil Company
Davis
LeFors
Pearl Daniels
LeFors Rooming House
Hefner
Crabtree
Emmett Thompson
Byrd Lecture Tour Draws Amarillo Audience
Admiral Byrd, famed polar explorer, speaks at the Tri State Fair Auditorium in Amarillo this afternoon and tonight. A later train is held to allow his program including new motion pictures to finish, with a 8 o clock start for the evening segment and a 9 16 o clock train departure delay to accommodate the lecture.
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Ant-Arctic
Panhandle
Admiral
Dallas
Fort Worth
Denver
Byrd
Admiral Byrd
South Pole
Radio and TV Highlights From The Week
Arthur Murray opens a dance class on WJZ at 7 45. Story hour production Stronger Than Prison Bars on WABC at 5. Weaf review of 50 years of vaudeville in Theater of the Air at 9 30. First time in four sessions Democrats seize Indiana House control.
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Arthur Murray
WJZ
Wabc and Chain
WEAF
Indiana
House of Representatives
Trunk Stolen From Car Recovered In City
Police recovered a trunk stolen from J. W. Straiton s car parked near Herring Hotel. It was found at a filling station on Northeast Eighth Avenue with a woman cited as handler and two boys who acted on her directions. A man pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.
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J. W. Straiton
Herring Hotel
Northeast
Eighth Avenue
Brown Cracker Company
Oldsmobile Agency
Panhandle Highway
Former Governor of Indians Charged at Senate Hearing
John Collier, secretary of the American Indian Defense Society, told a Senate Indian committee Hagerman, former territorial governor of New Mexico, was guilty of improper conduct over Indian oil leases Hagerman challenged the claim. The Senate struck a provision from the interior department Indian bureau. the House disagreed, and a conference was set to reconcile differences between the bills.
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Washington
John Collier
American Indian Defense Society
Senate Indian Committee
Herbert Hagerman
New Mexico
Hagerman
Senate
Interior Department
Indian Bureau
House
Panhandle Auto Club Reports Road Conditions
The Panhandle Auto Club Inc states road conditions from Amarillo to multiple destinations including Fort Worth via Wichita Falls and U S routes 66 368 385 and 60 are good or paved. Headquarters are in the Chamber of Commerce.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
U. 8
Oklahoma City
U. S
Roswell
Tucumcari
Higgins
Clayton
N. M
Borger
Lubbock
the Panhandle Auto Club, Inc
The
Chamber of Commerce
Markets News From Kansas City and Chicago Livestock
Hogs and cattle prices steady in Kansas City and Chicago with mixed calf and stocker action. Sheep and lamb markets show modest declines while New Orleans cotton opens steady on favorable textile and stock market signals. Fort Worth and Liverpool listings provide regional price snapshots and futures.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Chicago
The
Fort Worth
U. 5. D. Ald
Jnwer
Cooling Conundrum at House Party
A guest quips the room is too hot while another complains the woman is cold in a tale of balancing comfort. The narrator weighs heating options and confesses unable to please both guest and wife, choosing to open windows for the man and provide a shawl for the shivering wife.
Stock Market Early Gains Narrow Mixed Trading
New York stocks opened firm in cautious trading with pivotal names steady. Auburn and Worthington Pump rose sharply by 8 points while International Cement gained 2 after its earnings. other issues including Loews Byers Coca Cola John Manville Colombian Carbon Foster Wheeler Ward Ranking preferred Bethlehem New York Central Fox Film and Ward A B shares advanced 1 point or more.
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New York
Associated Press
Auburn
Worthington
International Cement
Loews
Byers
Coca Cola
John Manville
Columbian Carbon
Foster Wheeler
Ward
Bethlehem
Central
Fox Film
Newark Central
NH & H
Nevada Corporation
Ee Li
Northern Pacific RR
Paramount Publix Teeer
Pathe Exchange Vackard Motor Car
J C Penney Company
Pennsylvania RR
Tenes Ory Pillabury Flour Mille
Public Service of NJ
Pullman Teere
Radio Corporation
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Keith Orphesm
Remington
Reo Motor Car
Iron & Steel
Republic
Reynolda Tobacco
St. Joseph
Wees
Schulte
Onan
Sears Roebuck Abbeni
Simmons
American & Foreign Power
Trans-American
Thy
American Car & Foundry
American International
Union Pacific
United Aircraft & Transport
American
United Cigar
Ecocsese
Power & Light
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United Fruit Ethene Eee
American Rolling Mills Tee
United Carbon
American Smelting & Ket
American Steel Foundrya
United Gas Paper Reveal
Ta American Tel
Les
US Rubber
American Tobacco
U S
American Winks & Electric
Union Carbide
U 8 Pipe & Foundry Enews
At& F RR
Auburn Auto
Vanadium Corporation
Ayy Aviation Corporation
Warnerros Pictures
Warren Bros Company
Aity
Baltimore & Ohio RR
Western Maryland RR
Western Pacific RR
Bendix Aviation
Weatinghouse Electric
Best & Company
Westinghouse
Bethlehem Steel Seeeetens
Bohn Aluminum & Brans
White Motor Co
Stree
Borden Company
Aay Willys Overland Steeee Fle Horg Warner Nee Eeeres
Woolworth Go
Briggs Mfe Co
Weesay
Yellow
Wreas
Kelsey Hays Wheel
Bucyrus Erie
Bulova Watch
Burroughs Adding Machine
Industrial Rayon
A M Bye
California
Assseyes
Canada Dry
Yeater
I Case Company
Pacific
Celotex Company
Maracaibo
Cerro de Pasco
Am Republics
Calumet & Hecla
Ord
Atlantic Rete
Chesapeake Corporation
Aly
Chrysler Corporation
BANG
Coca Cola Company
Gulf of Penn
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Houston
New
Weer
Columbia Gas & Light
Humble
Congoleam Nairn S.isese
ELA Aed Ak
Columbia Grapho Eeeee
Commonwealth & Southern
Oh Mo-Kanipe Line
O Bha
Iis Consolidated Firm
Indweeters
Mountain
Consolidated Gas Dees
Pan-American Srevee
Got
Panhandle B & Rk
Continental Baking A
Petroleum Corp
Seeeeneer Sia Bly
Continental Motors
Phillipa
Prairie O. A
Curtiss Wright
Davison Chemical
Tee Am Srepennes
Wii
Calseer
Delaware & Hudsort Company
Reiter-Foster
Del
Sac & West
Potevet
Rio Grande Oil
Tees
Den
Rio Grande & West Pid. A. Ee
Druga, Inc
Detroit
Edison Aeff
Dupont Tt
Enernee
Eastman Kodak
Peweveee
Faton
Tepeee
Sotaat Ewan Y
CNTV
TEE Ee Electric Power & Lig
Groomers
Penn Oil
Kansas Endicott Johnson
Erie Railroad
Sekine A Mae T
Marshall Field & Company
Fish Rubber
Calif
N.Y
Tness
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Superior Oil
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Texas Pac Ld
Tide Water Ass
Hener
General Mills
Tex Pac Cl
OUD Cesserens
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Imperial
Sunray Oil
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Gotham Silk Hose
Graham Paige
Eye
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Great Northern Raiy
Great Western Sugar
Haba Dept
Am Superpower
Seere
Hudson Motors
Ark Nat Gas &Av
Icecenes
Hupp Motors Enere Weet
Gas & Elec
Teeeneeee
Illinois Central RR
Canadian Marconi Wees Nee
Fox Theatre
SS Kresge & Co
Kroger Grocery & Baking
Goldman Sachs
Gly Krueger & Tollates
One Star
Peeee
Lambert Company
Niagara Hud Pr
Penrroad Corp
Hee Weew
Tne
Wenae
Trans'l Air Trans
United Gas
Light & Pwr
Lorillard Tobacco
Louisville Gas & Electr
Oly Mack Trucks
Serene
Deere and Co
Mathieson Alkali
MK & Trr
Miami Copper
Missouri Pacific
Montgomery Ward
Murray Corporation
Tree
Nash Motor Gar . Waeae Tae
National Air Transport
National Hellas Hessee
National Dairy Producta
National Biscuit Company
National Power & Light
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Tarrant County
Frank Rawling
Connally
State Department
Dines
Polk
Gladstone
Major Leonard
University of Missouri
University of Mexico
Gil
RADIO
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Jno. F. Clark Brokerage Co
Ust
Edgar A. Guest
Jno
F. Clarke
Amnirille
Olls
Mabee
Capitol Hotel
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