Senate approves oil tax evasion measure amid edits
Washington reports the Senate finance committee favored a House resolution to curb evasion of new oil and gasoline levies while increasing allowed tax free gasoline storage from 25 000 to 40 000 gallons. The oil minimum stays at 1000 gallons.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Copeland
N. Y
Smoot
Senate Banking Committee
William Fox
Sidney E. Goldstein
New York
Congress
Goldstein
Joint Committee For
Pittman
United States
Arthur Brisbane column appears in The Globe notice
The Globe runs Arthur Brisbane’s widely known opinion column with the editor noting the views are Brisbane’s and not The Globe’s editorial stance. Copyright 1932 King Feature Syndicate.
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King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Smith camp in Chicago rivals Roosevelt as delegates tally rises
At convention headquarters in Chicago Smith supporters open offices near Roosevelt’s camp at the Congress Hotel. Joseph Israel II leads Smith HQ as New York’s 94 delegate bloc heads to decisive talks. Roosevelt names J Bruce Kremer to rules committee while McAdoo and Ras Kob approach, signaling ongoing battle for two thirds rule and party control. Attendance is expected to break records with over 1,700 delegates and 1,500 alternates slated to attend.
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Chicago
New York
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Joseph Israel II
Smith
Congress Hotel
James A. Farley
Roosevelt Forces
Youth Ends Life By Laying Under Freight Train
Foster Price a 20 year old youth formerly of Portales New Mexico killed himself near Childress by lying under a freight train. He left farewell notes in his pockets and crawled to the track after feeding at a farm house. Coroner's verdict: death by own action. His father T H Price resides in Nocona and his mother was located in Wichita Falls. Fort Worth and Denver Railway official J W Mode investigated the case.
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Childress
U.P
Foster Price
Portales
N. M
Here
T. H. Price
Nocona
J. W. Mode
Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Young Price
Price
Mode
Wichita Falls
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast calls for possible showers tonight and Tuesday in Amarillo and vicinity with generally fair conditions elsewhere. Temperatures will reach 65 to 82 degrees with local Panhandle showers likely.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
Prohibition Plank Debate and Airpower Dreams
A long critique of the Republican prohibition plank and its implications on crime and bootlegging. The piece previews dirigible mail service plans, Mussolini's air power emphasis, and a dismissive note on the bonus bill after a costly WWI posture. It closes with reflections on wartime expenditures and European relief.
W C T U Seeks Boo Boo Party Name After Prohibition Row
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union criticized a wet demonstration at the Republican prohibition plank debate calling it the old sal keeper method. It suggested the third party be named the Boo Boo party, citing gallery boos and brewery influence, Wall Street money, and cocktail society arrogance.
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Chicago
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Ella Boole
Wall Street
Bonus Army regrouping for election day action in Washington
Leaders of the veterans army in Washington plan to mobilize ex service men for turnout on election day and press Democratic candidates on veterans issues after the bonus bill’s defeat. The 20 000 strong force queries Democratic hopefuls and works to unite ex servicemen amid divisions. Dallas arrest orders target Richard Lamb as an ex service member questioned amid the movement. An extra 2000 veterans from California join prior advance units en route to Washington.
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Washington
Veterans Army
Democratic Party
Legislative Committee of the Army
Hoover
Republican Party
Walter W. Waters
Richard Lamb
Dallas
Texas
California
Veteran Relief Association
Tax Levy Appeals Delayed Until After Primaries
Protests on property valuations likely will not be heard by the city’s board of equalization until after the primaries. The board usually meets in June and final assessments may be presented to the city commission on time. Members include Sam Seay Bill Adams and Ed Green.
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Board of Equalization
City Commission
Sam Seay
Bill Adams
Ed Green
Equalization
Bonus marcher dies after boxcar shooting case near Marion
Louis Chiapetta of Houston Texas died from a abdomen wound suffered when he was shot in a boxcar near Marion North Carolina as he slept en route home from Washington. Southern Railway detective W B Banks named by Chiapetta’s comrades as the shooter was arrested and held on $10000 bond. He refused to talk.
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Marion
N. C
Louis Chiapetta
Houston
Tex
Washington
W. B. Banks
Southern Railway
Chaipetta
Government to ask U S probe on Violet Sharpe death
Oliver Stanley told the House of Commons the government will consider asking the United States to investigate the causes of Violet Sharpe's death by suicide in Englewood New Jersey.
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London
U.P
United States
Violet Sharpe
Englewood
N. J
Oliver Stanley
Home Office
House of Commons
Buy Today for On the Morrow We Pay Taxes
Washington shoppers are warned that today is the last tax free day for many goods under a new emergency tax law. Prices on taxed items may rise tomorrow and services like movies and telegrams will cost more after tonight, while stamps will cost three cents next month.
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Washington
Plan Sanity Hearing For Slayer of Mother
Dallas reports Yancey Lewis, 34, Yale graduate, told authorities he planned to kill his mother Lula Lewis 85 to gain her estate. He described chloroforming her and beating her with a stool at their home and said he would be sole heir after her death. A sanity hearing is expected soon as he faces murder charges.
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Dallas
Yancey Lewis
Lula Lewis
Yale
William McGraw
Lewis
No for road bond session in Texas postponement
Governor Sterling said he will not convene the Texas legislature in extraordinary session before next fall to handle relief legislation. County officials had urged a one day session to allocate part of the 4 cent gasoline tax to retire highway bonds now part of the state system. He added that later, if relief is feasible, a session may be called but not before September.
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Austin
Sterling
Texas
Albert Capone questioned in Cicero bombing probe
Albert Capone, third of four surviving Capone brothers, was questioned by police in Cicero regarding an attempted bombing of Mayor Joseph G. Cerny’s home. The mayor’s April election was seen as a blow to the Capone gang in Cicero affairs.
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Chicago
Capone
Albert Capone
Ralph
Albert
Cicero
Joseph G. Cerny
Colby man commits suicide after confession in slaying case
Frank Doc Young, 28, of Colby, killed himself in the county jail after confessing his involvement in the slaying of an unidentified man whose body was found by harvesters in a straw stack 15 miles northeast of Colby last July 20, and he accused Wade Tate, 32, in the case.
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Colby, Kas
Frank
Doc) Young
Colby
Wade Tate
Four Teens Killed by Train in Wichita Crossing Crash
Four youths named Orville Ely 17 George Cravens 18 Earl Bixler 15 and Earl Smith 17 died when a Santa Fe train struck them at a crossing near Wichita Kansas. Authorities said a stalled motor is believed to have contributed to the accident occurring on June 20.
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Wichita
Kan
U.P
Here
Orville Ely
George Cravens
Earl Bixler
Earl Smith
Plane Crash Near Ottawa Kills Three Men
Three men died in a plane crash near Ottawa Illinois yesterday. The pilot was Harry Hill, 30, of Streator. Victims include John Marshall, 20, of San Francisco, and Bert Lorenz, 21, of Streator.
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Ottawa
Iui
Harry Hill
Streator
Hill
John Marshall
San Francisco
Bert Lorenz
Loot Suspect Surrendered In Lubbock Garage Robbery
Lubbock officers received W. C. Booth as a suspect in a Friday night garage robbery. He was arrested by the county sheriff after emerging from a domino parlor. The garage owner identified tools found at the scene.
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Lubbock
W. C. Booth
Sheriff's Department
Widow protests tax levy on late sheriff estate
Mrs. A. Y. Baker widow of Sheriff Baker files protest against the treasury department over $131,000 income taxes due from the sheriff for 1927 1928 and 1929.
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Mcallen
U.P
A. Y. Baker
Sheriff Baker
Treasury Department
Bank suspects identified in Oklahoma bank robbery case
Two of the trio of escaped Oklahoma convicts identified as participants in the Citizens’ National Bank robbery in Fort Scott Kansas. Vera Whiteman and Velma Babcock linked Frank Sawyer and Ed Davis to the crime and to the car used in the holdup. Officers pursue two more suspects as the band of five remains at large.
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Fort Scott
Kas
Frank Sawyer
Ed Davis
Oklahoma
Citizens’ National Bank
Vera Whiteman
Oklahoma City
el Reno
Velma Babcock
Whiteman
Mrs. Whiterman
Davis
Sawyer
Jim Clark
Nevada
Gotham in Honor To Smiling Amelia
Amelia Earhart Putnam returns to New York after her solo Atlantic flight amid carnival welcome. She steps from the liner Le De France in a brown ensemble, escorted by tugs and pleasure craft, carrying roses from Mayor Walker after landing near Londonderry.
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New York
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Atlantic
Riverside
Miss Earhart
James J. Walker
Londonderry
Ireland
Gas price rise at Standard Oil Chicago
Gasoline retail prices will go up 1.1 cents a gallon tomorrow by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The one cent rise reflects the new federal tax, with an additional tenth of a cent to cover pipeline transportation taxes and tax collection costs. Lubricating oil up one cent a quart or four cents a gallon.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Showers Expected To Relieve Heat This Week
Weatherman Herman T. Collman predicts relief from the current heat with possible showers tonight and Tuesday. He bases his outlook on forecast charts indicating a likelihood of rain in the area tomorrow.
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Herman T. Collman
Man acquitted in murder back in jail on new assault charge
Elmo Berry 27, recently acquitted of murder in the fatal shooting of Helen Ruth Lamar, was jailed again today on a charge of assault to murder for a shooting at the home of C. V. Allen last night in which no one was hurt.
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Dallas
U.P
Elmo Berry
Helen Ruth Lamar
C. V. Allen
Wright Sentenced to 15 Years for Extortion Robbery
Nile Will Wright was found guilty of robbery by assault with firearms in the extortion of 75000 dollars from R W Morrisson, a rail magnate. A jury here after nearly 40 hours deliberation sentenced Wright to 15 years in prison.
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San Antonio
R. W. Morrisson
Nile Will Wright
Mystery Theater Fire Destroys Gainesville Landmark
The Majestic theater in Gainesville was ruined by a mysterious early morning fire. Loss estimated at 55000 dollars. The show house was operated by A. V. Wade, vice president of the Allied Theater Owners' Association of Texas, and featured sound equipment a pipe organ and an air cooling system.
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Mystery Theater
Gainesville
Majestic Theater
A. V. Wade
Allied Theater Owners’ Association of Texas
Family Tragedy: Farmer Slays Wife and Four Children
Canton Georgia June 20 Paul Hardin a 30 year old farmer living ten miles southwest of here shot his wife and four young children to death last night then killed himself leaving no note.
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Canton
Paul Hardin
Here
Oklahoma Delegates Ready to Oppose Roosevelt to End
Oklahoma's 22 Democratic delegates, led by Governor William H. Murray, prepare to leave for Chicago to oppose Franklin D. Roosevelt's nomination. The group vows to fight the Roosevelt bid until the snow flies, aligning with anti-Roosevelt forces from the outset.
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Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Oklahoma City
O.R
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William H
Bill) Murray
Sanders to Shield Hoover From Campaign Interruptions
Washington June 20 Chairman Everett Sanders of the Republican National Committee announced his plan to keep President Hoover free from race details and interruptions during campaigns. The move follows Sanders holding his first campaign conference with Hoover today.
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Washington
Everett Sanders
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Ireland Opens Heart to Pope's Ambassador
Dublin greets Cardinal Lauri, the pope's personal representative, as he arrives for the Eucharistic Congress. Archbishops, Prime Minister De Valera, and dignitaries welcome the Papal legate at Kingston Quay before the procession to Dublin procathedral.
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Dublin
Ireland
Cardinal Lauri
Kingston Quay
Byrne
de Valera
Dublin Procathedral
Oklahoma Bankers' Detective Identifies Shamrock Bank Robber
A. B. Cooper of the Oklahoma Bankers' Association said H. D. Little, jailed in Guthrie for murder, is among the participants in the $7,900 First National Bank of Shamrock Texas robbery on March 4. Three witnesses named Little.
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Shamrock
Oklahoma City
A. B. Cooper
Oklahoma Bankers’ Association
H. D. Little
Guthrie
First National Bank of
Tex
Little
Cooper
Airplane crashes near Boerne kill two on board
An observation plane from Brooks Field crashed into high tension wires near Boerne. Lieutenant M. O. Travis died as did Private Burk of the 22nd squadron, both burned in the crash.
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San Antonio
M. O. Travis
Boerne
Burk
Texas Tech budget requests heard by state board
The state board of control heard budget requests totaling 1 285 550 for the 1934 35 biennium covering maintenance and operation of Texas Technological College at Lubbock.
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Austin
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
State Board of Control
Sterling Declines Chicago Delegation Attendance
Gov. R. L. Sterling, national Democratic delegate at large, will not attend the Chicago convention sessions. He assigns a proxy to W. A. Tarver, chairman of the Texas State Insurance Commission.
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Sterling
Austin
Chicago
W. A. Tarver
Texas State Insurance Commission
Storms and Heat Rip Through Southwest Leaving Five Dead
Over the weekend storms and heat inflicted extensive damage across the Southwest. Five people died including Harve Stuck in Missouri and Frank Wyss in Nebraska, while others drowned or injured amid floods and wind. The Missouri River reached its highest level of the year and a Wichita airport cyclone caused about $20,000 in losses.
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Kansas City
Harve Stuck
Lake of the Ozarks
Versailles
Trenton
Neb
Frank Wyss
Benkelman
Arkansas City
Kan
Harold Pack
Guthrie
Okla
Mile F. Ball
Cottonwood
Clyde Eubank
Emporia
Missouri River
Wichita
Receipts Will Beat Bank Check Tax Here
Banks and revenue officials brace for a 2 cent per check tax set to take effect tomorrow. Amarillo banks print receipt forms allowing deposits to withdraw any amount tax free, replacing taxable counter checks. Exemptions apply to certain transactions. banks must track receipts and report taxable amounts, while return and overdraft checks remain non taxable.
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Amarillo
Kansas City Plans Tax Receipts Instead of Counter Checks
Kansas City officials say the city must balance its budget with no expected tax aid from counter checks. The Kansas City Clearing House Association announced that banks will use receipts to handle withdrawals. The association notes treasury rulings consider these receipts not taxable.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Clearing House Association
Treasury
Glenn Tops Demo Ballots In Texas Primary
J Ed Glenn of Kopperl former gubernatorial candidate drew first place on the Travis County ballot for the July 23 primary. George W Armstrong from Fort Worth drew last place. Miriam A Ferguson placed third and Ross Sterling sixth. County Democratic executive committees set ballot order statewide.
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Austin
J. Ed Glenn
Kopperl
Travis County
George W. Armstrong
Fort Worth
Miriam A
Ferguson
Ross
Sterling
Texas
Primary ballot placement and costs set by drawing
Tonight candidates learn their primary ballot position and the cost of running. The 72 county and district hopefuls will draw lots at 8 p.m. in the Amarillo Building office of Grover B. Hill, county Democratic chairman. This weekend filings cover campaign expenses and by next Saturday they must have raised the assessment for primary costs.
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Grover B. Hill
Amarillo
Potter County Commission to meet at 10 tomorrow
Potter County commissioners will convene at 10 in the morning and release their answer to the Taxpayer's League questionnaire at that time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Taxpayer's League
Prohibition Agents tied to Irving store slaying trial
Mrs. F M Mc Glathlin testified in Dallas court that federal prohibition agents killed her husband at his Irving store the night of April 8 and failed to show a search warrant. She described a confrontation where she was wounded and an agent laughed as she was struck.
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Dallas
Prohibition
Irving
F. M. McGlathlin
McClothlin
N. D. Heaton
L. ©. Smith
Bry
Murder Spinsters Loot Burn Home
The charred bodies of Letitia and Jennie Keefer elderly spinsters were found in their dining room on the Knoxville area farm at 7 A.M. A neighbor reported the discovery. Four empty rifle shells suggested a shooting before the home was burned. investigators believe robbery motive due to suspected hidden funds.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Letitia
Jennie Keefer
Here
Food Inspector Warns Four Amarillo Restaurants
State food and drug inspector T. J. Selman from Austin issued warnings to four Amarillo restaurants today. The complaints included lack of health certificates for employees and inadequate food protection, with foods displayed on counters without proper coverings. He has just begun his work in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Selman
Food and Drug Inspector
Austin
Amarillo
Dickson Tries To Beat Doolittle Speed Mark
Capt. James Dickson flying from Santa Monica to New York attempted to break Maj. James Doolittle's west east transcontinental record. He made a 22 minute stop in Pueblo, Colorado, noting the leg from Santa Monica to Puebla took four hours and 31 minutes in perfect flying weather.
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Pueblo, Colo
Upi
James Dickson
Santa Monica
Calif
New York
James Doolittle
Puebla
Grins as Law Bows To Gang Gun Threat
Chicago reports a bank robbery case against Danny Mc Geoghegan was dismissed after machine gun threats forced protection for bank officials Lambert Bere and John Camphouse. Assistant State's Attorney Butler sought dismissal citing safety needs. Judge Prystalski approved the move amid concerns over state liability.
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Law
Chicago
Cook County
Danny McGeoghegan
Walker Butler
John Prystalski
Lambert Bere
John Camphouse
McGeoghegan
Mgr. Bere
Butler
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J. Bruce Kremer
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Rules Committee
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John J. Raskob
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Democratic National Committee
Spencer
Herbert Spencer
Garner
Rayburn
Europe
Croser
Ohio
Britain
Mussolini
Domenico Bovene
Angelo Sbardellotto
Crillon
Thirst Party
Plan Sanity
Slayer of Mother
Gotham
Amelia
Sanders
Glenn
TAX League Reply
Buddle Heard
Heaton
McGlothiin
Dry Agenta
McGlothlin
Prohibition Department
Dickson
Doolittle
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