Hoover signs slim economy bill amid limited satisfaction
President Hoover signed the economy bill claiming limited satisfaction as it falls short of proposed savings. He criticized lack of bureau abolition and promised to ease hardships on federal employees. Congress meanwhile moved a veterans loan rate cut and immediate loan eligibility after certificate issuance. Congressional conferees said unemployment relief agreement would not finish until next week, scuttling near-term adjournment.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
House
Congress
Final Rush on to Pay Taxes
Tax offices see a late rush as payments are due by today or postmarked today. Delinquent penalties 10 percent, interest six percent yearly, and $1 costs apply tomorrow. college office adds $2 costs. First half taxes due last November, delinquent since February 1, will incur penalties and costs. Offices stay open until midnight to accommodate payers.
Mayor Election Will Cost Amarillo Over 350 Dollars
The city of Amarillo will incur more than 350 dollars to elect a mayor. Costs cover pay and meals for election officials at the June 14 special election and the July 12 run-off, with 5 dollars allowed per official and meals at 40 cents each plus printing ballots legal notices supplies and other incidentals.
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Amarillo
Radio whistle signals delegate’s work at Democratic Convention
In Chicago on June 30 a novel radio whistle marks a delegate’s presence at the Democratic convention. An unidentified neighbor’s wife is listening, and the sound serves as proof he is on the job rather than enjoying downtown leisure.
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Chicago
Roosevelt rounds noted with bold claims in Brisbane column
The Globe prints Arthur Brisbane’s syndicated column with strong language about Roosevelt and political topics. The piece is framed as opinion, with a disclaimer that Brisbane’s views are personal and not The Globe’s editorial stance.
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King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Army fliers dazzle Chicago crowd in June air display
At Convention Hall Chicago on June 30 a keynote air show featured army bombing planes flying in close formations above skyscrapers. Spectators lauded the daring stunt pilot James Parker while M C Meigs praised the display. A warning note urged observers to study U S air power before any international attack.
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Chicago
Lake Front
James Parker
M. C. Meigs
Army
Pacific
Atlantic
Amarillo Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy Tonight
Amarillo forecast shows partly cloudy conditions tonight and a fair Friday. Fort Worth West Texas remains generally fair, with Panhandle unsettled. Temperature extremes reach 71 this afternoon and 87 later today.
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Amarillo
Fort West Texas
Panhandle
Oil field top limit set at fifty barrels per well
Texas Railroad Commission fixed East Texas oil field top at 50 barrels daily per well until July 15 and a maximum field output of 325 000 barrels daily thereafter until September 1 with equal per well shares. The change lifts a prior 51 barrel cap and ties future per well allowances to producing well count.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
C. V. Terrell
Lon A. Smith
Ernest, O. Thompson
Commission
Thompson
Texas
Public Free School Permanent Fund
University Permanent Fund
Headon Crash Kills Seven on Cincinnati and Lake Erie Line
A head-on collision north of Hamilton Ohio between an electric passenger car and a freight train vehicle killed seven and injured five. Rescue crews freed victims as investigators sought a cause. The dead include Joseph Brosey motor man Hamil ton. H P Augsburger and Jack Augsburger of Trenton. Russell Wilson and George Betz of Hamilton. and two unidentified victims.
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Hamilton
Cincinnati and Lake Erie
Here
H. P. Smith
Joseph Brosey
H. P. Augsburger
Trenton
Jack Augsburger
Russell Wilson
George Betz
Pay-Off Time At City Hall Today
City hall disburses a total of $10 456 05 with vouchers for May and June bills. May bills approved by the city commission total 150 and June bills 11 013 93 as signed today.
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City Hall
Lindbergh Kidnapping Probe Reaches Blank Wall Admit
Flemington New Jersey June 30 A chief New Jersey state police investigator Capt Joseph J Lamb testified against John Hughes Curtis that the Lindbergh kidnapping search had led to a blank wall The admission came after pressure from Curtis lawyer Lloyd Fisher The witness contrasted his statement with Frank J Wilson who said investigators were following a lead on a man connected to the kidnapers
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N. J
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Joseph J. Lamb
New Jersey
John Hughes Curtis
Lindbergh
Lloyd Fisher
Curtis
Fisher
Lamb
Frank J. Wilson
Department of Internal Revenue
UT Prof Forecasts U.S. Cotton Crop and New Orleans Price
Dr. A B Cox director of UT Bureau of Business Research forecast a U S cotton crop of 12 242 000 bales and a New Orleans spot price of 5 89 cents for today.
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Austin
U.pr
United States
New Orleans
A. B. Cox
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
National Balloon Race Winners Named by Association
Lieutenants Wilfred J. Paul and John J. Bishop were named official winners of the 1932 national balloon race by the National Aeronautic Association in Washington on June 30.
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Washington
Wilfred J. Paul
John J. Bishop
National Aeronautic Association
Stop Roosevelt Forces Hold Secret Meeting At Convention
In Chicago on June 30 the Stop Roosevelt faction met in a private penthouse hideout as the Democratic convention opened. John J. Raskob Henry Breckinridge James M. Cox and others discussed halting Roosevelt’s nomination while leaders predicted a Roosevelt on the first ballot outcome. Frank Hague left for the hall with Cox remaining away. Texas delegates reaffirmed support for John Nance Garner and denied Garner as Roosevelt’s running mate.
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Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
John J. Raskob
Henry Breckin
New York
Frank Hague
Cox
Texas
John Nance Garner
Garner
Wet solvons in cay for vote
Wet leaders in Congress push to modify the Volstead act and begin the process to repeal the 18th Amendment after the Democratic convention backs prohibition repeal. Party leaders caution that action may wait until next week and Congress may adjourn.
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Congress
Rep. la Guardia
New York
Kaskob
Democratic National Committee
Sanders
Republican Committee
Rep. Black
Bingham
Connecticut
Drys
Norris
Nebraska
Flood threatens Stamford water dam as Brazos rises
Flood waters of the Clear Fork of the Brazos reached the Stamford dam today, swelling 20 feet and posing danger to the citys water supply. Heavy rains on the watershed caused the high stage, officials reported from Stamford.
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Stamford
Clear Fork
Brazos
Lueders
ICC blocks St Louis San Francisco receivership
The Interstate Commerce Commission prevented a receivership of the St. Louis San Francisco Railway Company and announced plans for bond holders to take over management of the line for an indefinite period.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
Prince of Wales Confined to Bed at Fort Belvedere
The Prince of Wales was confined to bed with a chill at Fort Belvedere today. Officials said his condition is not serious and announced the update from Sunningdale England.
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Sunningdale
Eng
Prince of Wales
Fort Belverdere
Roosevelt Named Democratic Nominee For President At Chicago
John F. Mack argues Roosevelt fills the crying need with practical American leadership. He notes Roosevelt's statewide support and past NY savings strides as proof of governance capacity, urging a steady recovery beyond brief promises and GOP instability.
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Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Mack
Texas Enters Ranks of Dripping Wets
FREDDYE CHICAGO June 30 Texas votes to repeal the 18th Amendment joining the dripping wets at the Democratic convention. Delegation tallies 67 to 61 with W H W Kittrell Jr suppressing noses. Roy Miller and Maury Hughes clash over repeal versus resubmission as Hughes defends Garner and fights to speak.
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Freddye Chicago
Lone Star
Houston
W. H W. Kittrell, Jr
Dallas
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
John N. Garner
Rayburn
Hughes
Roy Miller
Corpus Christi
Texas
Garner
Maury Hughes
Ben. T. J. Walsh
Chicago
Toto
Texans vote repeal plank shocks Texas delegation
Governor Sterling voiced surprise at Texas Democrats voting for repeal of the 18th amendment at the national convention. He said the state convention favored resubmission to voters and warned the action may conflict with Texas policy. The impact of the national decision on Texas remains uncertain.
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Austin
Sterling
Texas
National Convention
Wealthy Bohn son kidnapped in Minnesota
Haskell Bohn twenty son of Gebhard C. Bohn president of Bohn Refrigerator Co. was abducted from the family garage by two men at gunpoint. Chauffeur D. B. Myers witnessed the incident as the ransom note demanding thirty five thousand dollars was tossed to him and the men warned against notifying authorities.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Haskell Bohn
Gebhard C. Bohn
Bohn Refrigerator Company
Bohn
D. B. Myers
Senator Sheppard Pledges Vote on Eighteenth Amendment Repeal
Senator Sheppard a Texas Democrat and co author of the Eighteenth Amendment said he will vote for submitting the repeal question unless his state directs otherwise by referendum. He spoke from Washington on June 30 addressing national policy and state input.
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Washington
U.P
Sheppard
Texas
State plans bids on highway construction in 19 Texas counties
Austin June 30 The State Highway Commission planned to consider bids on state highway construction in 19 Texas counties and to discuss road construction problems with 22 county delegations. Projects were advertised for letting today in Wheeler Panola Houston Calhoun Jackson Matagorda Washington Madison Childress Tyler Val Verde Harrison Erath Wood Caldwell Gray Delta Lamar and Coke Counties.
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State Highway Commission
Texas
Wheeler
Panola
Houston
Calhoun
Jackson
Matagorda
Washington
Madison
Childress
Tyler
Val Verde
Harrison
Erath
Wood
Caldwell
Gray
Delta
Lamar
Coke
Bank Bandit Shot Dead in Corpus Christi Run
A robber who looted the Texas State Bank and Trust Company of 11550 near noon was killed in a running gun fight with three policemen arriving as he tried to escape in a stolen car. The robber has not been identified.
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Corpus Christi
Texas State Bank and Trust Company
Nominations for President Are Launched at Democratic Meet
Alfred Emanuel Smith dismissed rumors of withdrawal and asserted he would be nominated. The Chicago convention moved swiftly through platform votes and state repeal actions as Byron Price filed the story.
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Chicago
Alfred Emmanuel Smith
TL Am
Tam
Roosevelt backs Democratic wet plank in telegram
Gov Franklin Roosevelt endorses the party platform’s prohibition plank after the Democratic convention. In a telegram to James A Farley he praises the platform as clear and says he is for prohibition, noting it mirrors the plank he campaigned on in New York two years earlier.
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Chicago
Franklin Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
New York
Nine presidential nominees fail to gain platform support
The convention moved through a long session of speeches to formally nominate nine candidates for the Presidency. It rejected adding any of the major candidates to the platform alongside the prohibition repeal plank, despite loud disapproval.
Democratic National Convention Program in Chicago
The program lists events for June 30 with noon convening, invocation by George Shaw Cook, McAdoo urging a minority report on bank depositors guarantee plank, roll calls on Murray’s minority platform and McAdoo’s minority report, adoption of platform, and state roll calls for presidential nominating speeches.
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Chicago
George Shaw Cook
William G. McAdoo
William F. Murray
McAdoo
Nominations Page Notes Amid Platform Debates
Amendments sent up from the floor included rejection of immediate payment of the soldier bonus. The "Scotch bank" plan of Gov. William H. Murray of Oklahoma, with his other economic proposals, went out by acclamation. A plank by William A. McAdoo urged Congress to study safe deposits for Federal Reserve member banks.
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Scotch Bank
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
William A. McAdoo
Congress
Federal Reserve System
Com
Soldier of Fortune Heads Vet Unit Here
Pat Murphy arrives in Amarillo in command of a California bonus army unit marching east toward Washington, D. C. with 26 veterans and families in 10 motor cars camping at the Tri-State Fair grounds. Murphy, a scarred, foot-dragged flyer with a history of revolts and aerial service in France, leads the west coast Flying Squadron as they travel and revisit prior barnstorming stops in Amarillo. They plan to continue their trek Friday morning.
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California
Bonus Army
Washington, D. C
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Murphy
China
Japan
Fan
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