Rural Kansas farmers leave relief as recovery grows
An Associated Press report notes thousands of Kansas farm families have become self supporting through better crops, resettlement loans, and effort since last year. About 10 000 Kansas families left relief, 9600 aided by rehabilitation loans, with under 500 still on relief. In Minnesota 1934 relief rolls show about 17 000 families, with nearly half no longer on aid.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Carl Howard
Federal Resettlement Administration
Howard
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
FRA
F. C Hauser
Utah
Nevada
C. O. Scott
Arizona
Idaho
California
Open clash seen between Rome Britain over League action
The article notes a sharp public clash between Italian and British positions at the League of Nations regarding the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Baron Pompeo Aloisi said Italy seeks only arbitration. Britain argues the council should go beyond resuming the conciliation commission.
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Rome
Britain
Associated Press
Geneva
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Mussolini
League of Nations
League Council
Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
Amarillo
England
Heiress Doris Duke extortion case confessions
Two convicted extortioners confessed to trying to blackmail Doris Duke Cromwell wife of a New York Stock Exchange governor’s son. Hans Pfluger and Stephen Delaco testified as they and two others were sentenced to prison for seeking 5000 dollars from Mrs George A Harris. Sentences ranged from light terms to seven and a half years with deportation for Pfluger.
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New York
Doris Duke Cromwell
Hans Pfluger
Stephen Delaco
George A. Harris
New York Stock Exchange
Pfluger
Miss Duke
James H. R. Cromwell
General Sessions
Morris Koenig
Sing Sing
Germany
Delago
Dominick Pilotti
Arthur Ulisse
Ralph Pucarelli
Roosevelts yeast plant sued over nuisance claims
Theresa Mailer charges James Roosevelt headed plant vibrations shake windows and plaster in Newark. The case portrays the yeast company as a neighborhood nuisance amid ongoing litigation in New Jersey.
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Newark
N. J
James Roosevelt
Theresa Mailer
Young Roosevelt
Roosevelts Tax Plan Highlights Rich Tax Avoidance
President Roosevelt notes 58 of the richest Americans paid no federal tax in 1932, largely due to exempt securities, and again urges a constitutional change to tax government bonds. Capitol Hill reaction splits, with Noel Sargent attacking the graduated corporate tax as unsound. House committee plans quick action ahead of the weekend vote.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Capitol Hill
Noel Sargent
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
North Carolina
Germany faces unity threat from rising living costs
Berlin reports a serious threat to national unity as price rises fuel widespread dissatisfaction. Nazi radicals and moderates maneuver behind the scenes to steer policy on Catholicism, veterans, and other state enemies. Officials note farm prices up only slightly, while private claims put living costs up about 30 percent.
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Berlin
National Unity
Senate probes reveal AG&E lobby costs rise past million
Senate investigators raised the Associated Gas and Electric Co campaign cost to 805 194 while seeking tax returns for further light on their fight against the utilities bill. U S marshal orders were issued in New York to hunt mastermind H C Hopson as the inquiry broadens with treasury access to income tax excess profits and capital stock returns. House rules committee resumes lobby hearings with Rep Nat Patton recounting the cigar box episode.
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Washington
Senate
Associated Gas & Electric Co
U. S
New York
H. C. Hopson
Treasury
House Rules Committee
Nat Patton
Tex
Arch Hurley to be feted in Tucumcari
Arch Hurley of Tucumcari who helped secure Connchas Dam approval was due to arrive at 3 40 pm on a Rock Island train. Citizens planned a victory parade with flags bands and a large turnout to greet him.
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Conchas Dam
Tucumcari
Arch Hurley
Washington
Hurley
Rock Island
Nazi Campaign on Jews Is Renewed In Germany
Berlin reports show a renewed Nazi campaign against Jews with new restrictions and many arrests. An ordinance warns Jews living in Berlin they will lose welfare support and be sent to shelters before deportation. An explosion at Marsfield Colliery near Breyton entombs 77 miners. three white miners feared dead as canaries die.
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Berlin
U.P
Germany
Breyton
Transvaal
Union OF South Africa
Marsfield
Here
Dam dispute sparks page three coverage
Page three highlights a dam dispute with local response and ongoing hearings. The brief notes community concerns and agency actions affecting water safety and regional plans.
Penknife Tortures Bauer. Former Suitor Suspected
Walter J. Bauer chemistry professor died after a penknife attack he said was by a former suitor of his bride of three weeks. He reported being bound and gagged in a parked car and named a jealous lover as the perpetrator. Bauer had been in Ann Arbor for a University of Michigan summer course and had recently wooed a Kirksville nurse. He identified the assailant on campus but did not know the man’s name.
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Chicago
U.P
Walter J. Bauer
Bauer
Kirksville, Mo
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Oil Trickle Looms Larger in East Texas Inquiry
House investigation hears Lon A. Smith testify there was no commission instigation or employee agreement for a temporary halt in oil operations last April to influence federal oil control. Ernest O. Thompson was at San Antonio defending the new gas proration law.
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Austin
U.P
East
Texas
Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Washington
House of Representatives Investigation Committee
Thompson
San Antonio
Lon A. Smith
Smith
Tax on Grain and Livestock Given Setback
Thirteen protesters against the AAA processing tax on grain and livestock won a temporary injunction against collection in this district. U S District Judge Merrill F. Lat is set to hear arguments on Sept 10 and ordered the companies to deposit all money involved with the court clerk. The injunction against Dan M Nee, the collector of internal revenue, is returnable then.
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Kansas City
AAA
U. S
Merrill Fatis
Dan M. Nee
Internal Revenue
Kwitcherkikkin 8251 Shirts 15¢ FHA Loans
Local notice lists Kwitcherkikkin Ph 8251 and 15 cent shirts with FHA loan references. Long Bell Lumber Company and Boxwell Brothers appear as related entities along with new ambulance equipment.
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FHA Loans
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
Boxwell Brothers
Amarillo Plans First WPA Paving Project For City
Mayor Ross D. Rogers filed a WPA paving and repair program with authorities totaling 65000 dollars as Amarillo’s first locally prepared WPA project. The Community Planning Council gave unanimous approval and urged early school and county projects to begin the recovery program without delay. Alston Meredith and M W Kimbrough attended the meeting where Rogers, council chair, presided. The plan includes paving 37 blocks with 23000 dollars for materials and equipment, 46000 dollars city share, balance in WPA labor, and aims to employ Potter County men transitioning from relief rolls.
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WPA
Ross D. Rogers
Rogers
Community Planning Council
Amarillo
Alston Meredith
M. W. Kimbrough
Fancher Upshaw
Frank Buckingham
Walter Barlow
F W. Hardin
Charles Ware
T. E
Johnson
Upshaw
Butlerfield
Hardin
Potter County
Mussolini Waiting England Builds Warships
Arthur Brisbane notes a clash between Ethiopians and Italians with 20 Ethiopians and 40 Italians killed. He reports Rome has no information, suggests Mussolini waits for favorable news, and notes England plans to spend 750 million dollars on more battleships.
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London Times
Universal Service
Rome
Mussolini
Addis Ababa
England
Pacific Naval Base Consideration Tied to Treaty Expiry
Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson said today that establishment of naval bases and fortifications on the Aleutians and other Pacific possessions must be considered if the current naval treaty expires.
Horses and mules perished in Kansas City stockyards fire
Fire swept a large barn at the Kansas City Stockyards in the early hours, killing between 75 and 100 head of horses and mules. The blaze caused extensive damage to the yard facilities and prompted investigations into its cause.
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K.C
Kansas City. Mo
Kansas City
Inherit Rogers Wealth Bequeathed to Widow and Heir
The late Col Henry Huddleston Rogers rich estate is left almost entirely to his widow Millicent Salm Ranio and her son Peter by Count Salm Von Hoorstraten, per his will filed for probate at Riverside, Long Island after his death on July 25.
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Rogers Wealth
New York
Jly
Henry Huddleston Rogers
Millicent Salm Ranio
Peter
Salm von Hoorstraten
Riverside
Lone Island
Rogers
Wheat Market Soars as Rust Threat Looms
On July 31 wheat prices surged in Minneapolis and Chicago reaching the full five cent daily limit for seven straight sessions as farmers push to harvest before black rust and heat. In Oklahoma City hog prices climbed to 10.75 dollars, up ten cents to a multi year high on the Livestock Exchange.
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Chicago
Angelo Sirouse
Minneapolis
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Livestock Exchange
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo area forecast calls for fair and warm conditions tonight and Thursday. West Texas generally fair tonight and Thursday with unsettled northern areas. New Mexico fair in the south, unsettled in the north with possible local thundershowers tonight and Thursday. Temperatures reach the upper 80s to around 90.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
New Mexico
Northcentral
Nazi Flag Protests Stir Washington Over German Flag Incident
State Department officials drafted a reply to Germany's protest over insults to the Nazi flag hurled from the liner Bremen into New York harbor by communist demonstrators. Officials noted the incident sparked an international dispute and considered apologies or expressions of regret as the standard response.
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Washington
U P
State Department
Bremen
New York Harbor
Germany
Calles Jr. Rival Claims Nuevo Leon Governorship
Dispute over the governor race in Nuevo Leon pits Plutarco Elias Calles Jr. of the National Revolutionary Party against General Fortunato Zuazua. Unofficial party tallies show Calles 29711 votes to 21251 for Zuazua, who ran independently. The NRP reportedly plans to concede to Zuazua amid opposition to Calles after his return from politics.
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Mexico City
National Revolutionary Party
Plutarco Elias Calles, Jr
State of
Nuevo Leon
Fortunato Zuazua
Genral Zuazua
The
Revolutionary Party
Calles
Zuazua
Zuazia
Plutarco Elias Calles
Lazaro Cardenas
Protests in New York Over Mayor LaGuardia S Address
Jewish and German groups clash in New York July 31 with protests against Mayor LaGuardia. German-American meetings denounce him as an inciter of race hatred while Jews of German origin praise him, citing Rep. Emanuel Celler’s high praise.
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New York
LaGuardia
Germany
Emanuel Celler
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