Lawyer Laska Convicted in Lindbergh Law Case
Ben B. Laska a Denver attorney who defended Albert Bates in the 1933 Urschel kidnapping trial was sentenced in Oklahoma City to ten years in federal prison for taking ten thousand dollars of Bates’ ransom share as his fee. He appealed citing sixteen trial errors and challenges to the Lindbergh law.
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Oklahoma City
Ben B. Laska
Denver
Charles F. Urschel
Laska
Albert Bates
Bates
U. S
Edgar F. Vaught
U. S. Circuit Court
Ethiopia Concedes in Dispute but Defies Italy
In Geneva the League circle said Ethiopia made a major concession by not pressing to dig into the controversy. Emperor Haile Selassie asked the League Council to define article 15 and await unanimous recommendations. He refused to withdraw demands for League intervention and blamed Italian arbitrators for the failure of talks. War uncertainty lingered as stevedores loaded war materiel at several ports.
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Italy
Haile Selassie
League
League Council
League of Nations Council
Commission of Four
Texas editor cries foul at Senate inquiry ransack scene
Carl Estes of Longview Texas charged that his hotel room at the Mayflower was ransacked while he was in Great Falls and that $882.13 in expense checks opposed to a federal oil dictatorship were readied for the Senate lobby committee. He denied any oil or utility payoffs and protested the investigation as a mudslinging surprise.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Carl Estes
Texas
Estes
Hugo S. Black
John W. Carpenter
Texas Power and Light Company
Mayflower
Great Falls
Foullard
Stamp Basis Sought for Rail Travel
Washington July 29 Rail Coordinator Joseph B Mastman backed study of a postage stamp style rail fare plan The proposal sets flat rates for any distance under one system with 1 for any single trip and 3 for express rides The plan would exclude commuting areas and mentions other ad lines.
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Washington
Joseph B. Mastman
Post Office Department
United States
Weather forecast for Amarillo and west Texas region
Forecast shows fair tonight and Tuesday with partly cloudy conditions. West Texas generally fair with showers possible in the southwest tonight and Tuesday. New Mexico mostly fair in the south, unsettled in the north. Temperature extremes reach 72 to 90. Kwitcherkikkin Ph 8251, Shirts 15¢.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
WHIMSEYS KERESZTAR AND OTHER MISCELLANY
Twenty years after killing a friend in a fight, Alexander now living in Minneapolis is asked by a victim’s daughter to share his fortune. A Bogar ex-con emigrant offered to marry the widow, then moved to America after saving $15,000 as a miner. A separate note ponders a Los Angeles Coliseum lighting problem under a state relief project. Mickey Norman, four, is quitting smoking and drinking, influenced by his grandmother after an anti tobacco campaign. Firemen respond to a stray dog wedged between two buildings at 107 Buchanan Street, released unharmed after the dog chased a cat. Further calls to see WHIMSEYS Page 9.
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Keresztar
Yugoslavia
Alexander
Minneapolis
Minn
Bogar
America
Fall Styles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Coliseum
State Emergency Relief Administration
SERA
William A. Venable
Wester
Norman
Mickey
Charles Norman
Central Fire Station
Buchanan Street
TULLY GARNER PUSHES ANTIWAR BILL VISIT
Tully Garner son of Vice-President Garner and president of the Houston Production Credit Corporation visited Amarillo officials on a 2000 mile cattle country tour to study conditions and report back. He cautioned reporters that he does not grant interviews but would discuss production credit later.
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Tully Garner
Garner
Amarillo
Kingfish Comedy In New Orleans Police Chase Portrait Theft
New Orleans July 29. Arthur Romaguera, driver for Mayor Walmsley, is sought after a $5 Roosevelt portrait vanished from the old regular Democrats club headquarters. Romaguera, invited to remove the portrait, returned it to the club wall and posed for photographers before evading capture. The mayor resigned from the club as authorities seek Romaguera amid a tense political shift.
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New Orleans
U.P
Arthur Romaguera
T. Semmes Walmsley
President Roosevelt
Romaguera
Long
Walmsley
Domaguera
Mr. Roosevelt
Colonists Threaten to Quit Over Irwin’s Leadership
Anchorage July 29 colonists in the Matanuska colony farm project threaten to quit if Don Irwin is withdrawn as head. Visitors report a round robin petition to retain Irwin at Palmer amid discontent with conditions. Several families have already returned home, and Irwin was loaned by the Alaska University extension service for the project.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Don Irwin
Matanuska
Matanuska Valley
Irwin
Palmer
Alaska University Agricultural Extension Service
Tax schedule eyed to raise rates on high incomes
Washington July 29 Proposed new tax rates would tap incomes as low as $50,000 and take away three quarters of income over $5,000,000. The plan, tentatively approved by Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee, shifts rates on individuals, estates, gifts, and corporations as part of Roosevelt’s wealth distribution plan.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
North Carolina
Roosevelt
Democrats
Bandits Hold Two Newsmen For Ransom In Peiping
German correspondent Dr. Herbert Mueller and Gareth Jones of the Manchester Guardian and International News Service were held by armed bandits in Peiping. They demanded 100000 dollars and 200 Mauser rifles for release. The German chauffeur said uniformed soldiers held them. The British embassy sought negotiations via the assistant military attaché, recruiting from Mongolia. In Texas, Pete Arrant was killed by City Marshal Bill Brunt after a gunfight.
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Peiping
Herbert Mueller
Gareth Jones
Manchester Guardian
International News Service
Mongolia
Washington off the Record
Undefinable notes from Washington desk hint at administrative tensions and behind the scenes policy shifts, with officials unnamed but identified as sources of financial and political maneuvering across the federal apparatus. The segments reflect ongoing scrutiny of budgeting and governance in the national capital.
Skirts Move Kneeward in New Styles
Paris July 29. Skirts moved kneeward in Chanel winter showing. Young tendency in Chanel creations raises skirts three inches nearer the knees with floor length gowns occasionally knee high in front and sides slit revealing legs through filmy underskirts. Girls, styles are knee conscious again.
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Paris
Chanel
Flood Wreaks Havoc Across Hocking River Valley
Raging flood waters in the Hocking River valley, the worst in 22 years, cut destruction through Logan and Lancaster Ohio. Three hundred people homeless in Lancaster as five houses were swept away and one man killed with several injured. Rocking River overflowed, lifting livestock and small buildings while families fled low districts and warnings spread southward. Water rose three quarters of a foot per hour, threatening an even worse flood than the 1913 peak.
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Logan
Hocking River
Lancaster
Here
Amarillo to Lose Mail Plane August First
Amarillo will lose one east bound mail plane on August 1 as the TWA schedule stops at English Airport. Postmaster W D DeGrassi said the plane will no longer stop at Amarillo, reducing daily eastbound service to two planes and leaving two westbound and one southbound. The discontinuance marks a notable change in the popular mail schedule.
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Amarillo
W. D. DeGrassi
S&s
Planes Land and War Views by Trotsky and Brisbane
Arthur Brisbane notes in Today column that planes land as Trotsky envisions war while King foresees socialist tides. He remarks on ladies fashion hips and regional beauty of the Catskill Mountains near Pine Hill New York. July 29 report cues Today Page 8.
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Trotsky
King
Pine Hill
N. Y
New York State
Catskill Mountains
America
Plan Smothered to Adjourn Congress
Washington July 29 The Senate blocked a Republican plan to adjourn Congress on August 10. The move prevents immediate recess and signals continued legislative action.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Just 3 More Days Just 3 More Days
The first of the month is approaching with Amarlioans returning from vacations and seeking homes and apartments near schools. If you have a vacancy place your Want Ad now as tomorrow may be too late. Dial 6262 for help crafting an attractive ad.
Britain Plans Battle Fleet Revealed by Daily Herald
The Daily Herald claims a seven year Admiralty plan to build 12 new capital ships 33 cruisers 63 flotilla leader destroyers 21 submarines and 3 aircraft carriers by 1942 at a cost of 750 million dollars. Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell told Parliament that publishing the program would harm public interests and world peace.
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London
The
Daily Herald
Admiralty
Britain
Bolton Piyres-Monsell
House of Commons
Typhoon Strikes Formosa Heads Toward Taihoku
A typhoon struck east central Formosa and swirled toward Keeling and Taihoku, the island’s capital with 230,000 residents. If the storm maintains its course, Taihoku is expected to face the weather by morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.P
Central Weather Bureau
Formosa
Keeling
Taihoku
Roosevelt Nominates Finley Howard Minister to Paraguay
President Roosevelt named Finley Howard of Nebraska as minister to Paraguay. The nomination was announced from Washington on July 29.
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Paraguay
Washington
Roosevelt
Finley Howard
Nebraska
PWA Projects Help During Idle Period
Secretary Ickes announced nearly 1.8 billion dollars in PWA projects are under construction and will provide jobs before the 4 billion dollar work relief program peaks. These projects use preexisting funds while the administration aims to employ 3.5 million people, not counting those on the PWA projects. He urged states and communities to rush applications for other public works funds within the 4 billion plan.
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Washington
Ickes
PWA
Chile Ships Try Longest Flight Ever
Fort Worth Massachusetts July 29 three Condor planes bound for Chile on one of the longest mass flights by land commercial planes took off for Brownsville first leg of a 7500 mile trip. The planes carrying 20 passengers each left at 8 A M after arriving from Chicago with stops at St Louis and Tulsa a Dallas stop was skipped. They will operate on National Air Lines routes from Africa to Santiago under Chilean ownership represented by Charles Lucas.
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Fort Worth
Mass
Gant Condor
Chile
Brownsville
Red Air
Chicago
St. Louis
Tulsa
Dallas
National Air Lines of
American Lines, Inc
National Air Lines
Africa
Saantiago
Charles Lucas
Ligon Smith Orchestra to Play Engagement at The Nat Tonight
Ligon Smith's Orchestra, a unit of MCA, comes to The Nat in Amarillo for a Tri-State Fair engagement. The show features Louise Tobin, Jimmy McManus, and Jimmy Stewart. Prices: 1.65 per couple, 85 cents per person, 1.25 for stag. reservations: 20167. Dancing 9:30 to 1. One of the summer's best dance crowds expected.
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Ligon Smith
Nat Tonight
Amarillo
Tri-State Fair Association
Smith
South
Texas
Blackstone
Fort Worth
Baker
Dallas
St. Anthony
Gunter
San Antonio
Skirvin
Oklahoma City
Music Corporation of America
Louise Tobin
Jimmy McManus
Jimmy Stewart
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Urschel
Addis Ababa
United Press
Rome
Conciliation Commission
King of Kings
Benito Mussolini
Prober
FHA Loans
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
Columbia, Mo
Walter Williams
University of Missouri
School of Journalism
Hamp Clark
Sen
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Clark
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
United
Boxwell Brothers
Alto
Pete Arrant
Bill Brunt
Arrant
the Guardsmen
Ohio
Rair
Lufkin
Roe Smith
Faney Crawford
Angelina County
Robert Lyle
Wells
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Globe
Ane
John Maynard Lobe. Co
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