Senate influence on district attorney appointments called menace
The third report of the national law enforcement commission to President Hoover condemns Senate control in DA selections as a serious threat to enforcing law. It cites patronage in appointing DAs, calls for removing political considerations, and criticizes prosecutors for crime increases and the burden of the grand jury system.
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Washington
Senate
National Law Enforcement
Hoover
White House
Nolle
Lions Barbecue at Amarillo Fair Park Event
Lions plan a large barbecue at the Tri State Fair grounds in Amarillo with a carnival starting at 6 30 and barbecue dinner at 7 30 led by Steve Stevenson H A Shaw and Avery Rush. They hope for dry weather for the event and won t disclose the rest of the program.
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Amarillo
Tri- EE State Fair Grounds
Steve Stevenson
H. A. Shaw
Avery Rush
Elrod Opens Special Meetings at Church
K C Elrod opened a series of special meetings on Sunday with the topic The Difference Between the Saved and the Unsaved and The Believer in Christ and the Unbeliever. Bible messages will be given at each service and continue through the next week in the church.
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Elrod
Rogers to Teach Education Courses at Texas Tech
C. M. Rogers, supervisor of junior and senior high school work, leaves this afternoon for Lubbock to teach several education courses at the Texas Technological College for six weeks. He will also complete the remaining work for his master's degree and has taught summer school there for two years.
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C. M. Rogers
Iternoon
Lubbock
Texas Technological College
Rogers
Texas Tech
Explosion at Mavis Nash plant rocks Marshall Texas
Authorities probe a Saturday explosion that burned the Mavis Nash Company building, caused extensive damage to over 50 cars and surrounding structures, and shattered nearby areas. Several residents suffered injuries from glass while no bodies were found in the ruins. REV COOK TO SPEAK The Rev. W. M. Cook to address Amarillo churchgoers at First Nazarene Church on Fourteenth evening at 8.
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Marshall
Tex
Mavis Nash Company
Cook
W. M. Cook
Amarillo
Azarene
E. McCain
MAD PURSUIT CONTINUED
Nora wrestles with a dangerous secret as Julian presses closer to the truth about her feelings and her past. Aunt Em intervenes while Nora contemplates escape, seeking a quiet night and a hope for safety.
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Julian
Nora
Jessie Douglas Fox
Mellon Announces Redemption Of Treasury Notes And Bond Sale
Washington June 8 Secretary Mellon said all 32 percent Treasury notes of series C 1930 32 are called for redemption December 15 totaling 451 million of the original 607 399650 issued January 16 1928. He also announced public subscription acceptances for 31 1/2 percent bonds of 6 325 billion subscriptions. The bonds, for 18 years, fund maturing treasury certificates and government operations. The National Bank of the Chinese Republic has been capitalized at 9.2 million.
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Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Railroad Rounds and Rumblings by John Moore
The column notes P. T. Barnum as a pioneer of high pressure publicity and its influence on modern public life. It reports A. F. Whitney's re election as Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen president in Houston and lists other officers. It covers Santa Fe depot construction at Littlefield and rail traffic strains from oil field equipment hitting Texas and Pacific and I G N railroads, with Longview as a key freight terminal.
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P. T. Barnum
Barnum
America
A. F. Whitney
Cleveland
Ohio
Brotherhood of Railroad
Houston
J. A. Farquharson
George W. Anderson
W. J. Babe
St. Thomas
Ontario
S. R. Harvey
William Bishop
Chicago
Santa Fe
Littlefield
Slaton
Texas and Pacific
International
Great Northern
East Texas
Longview
T. and P. Miles
Stor
Motor Truck Law Enforcement Waits
Austin reports enforcement of the new motor truck law signed by Governor Ross Sterling will wait until the governor acts on the companion truck bill regulating dimensions and weights. If vetoed, the state railroad commission will set sizes and loads for common carrier contract trucks. other trucks remain unregulated unless the old law applies.
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Austin
Ross Sterling
Sterling
State Railroad Commission
Boy Scouts Ready for 1000 mile Amarillo Tour
Final preparations are under way at the Tri State Fairgrounds for a 1000 mile Boy Scout tour starting Wednesday. The unit will travel across New Mexico after a camping lesson and medical exams ensured all scouts likely qualify. Nearby news notes 4000 girls from Scotland helped in the Yarmouth fish curing season.
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Amarillo
Tri- State Fairgrounds
New Mexico
Chicago bank mergers shift billion in assets
Two Chicago bank mergers create a $1.25 billion consolidation reshaping the city’s financial landscape. First National Bank and First Union Trust absorb Foreman-State. Central Trust and National Bank of the Republic unite as Central Republic Bank and Trust Company, elevating the combined First National Union Trust group to about $900 million in resources.
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Chicago
U.P
First National Bank
First Union Trust and Savings Bank
Foreman-State National Bank
Foreman-State Trust and Savings Bank
Central Trust Company of Illinois
National Bank of the Republic
Central Republic Bank and Trust Company
First National First Union Trust Company Group
Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company
First National Union Trust Banks
Foreman
Central Trust
Frisco Two Cent Fare Test Fails to Boost Travel
Railroad fare experiments, including Frisco's two cent mile rate, fail to increase passenger traffic as costs rise and profits decline. Santa Fe plans a new $5 million Oklahoma City station and a bridge bid opens near New Orleans.
Railroads led U S growth in 1930 with record low deaths
A 1930 report to the Interstate Commerce Commission notes seven passenger deaths, the lowest annual total on record. Other items include elections at the Order of Railway Conductors in Kansas City with N Berry as president and J A Phillips as vice president, plus long service by A W Nicklaus. The Pennsylvania Railroad orders $16 million of electrical apparatus for 150 locomotives as electrification advances between New York and Washington.
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United States
Interstate Commer Commission
Commission
the Order of Railway Conductors
Kansas City
N. Berry
E. P. Curtis
J. A. Phillips
Terre Haute
Ind
J. E. Rogers
Kingsville
Texas
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
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