Silver credit headway before solons in Washington
Congress debates credit expansion with a proposed RFC revolving fund to aid industry, while the Senate weighs measures on silver, rail fare limits, and a $417 million tax bill. President Roosevelt backs loans, Morgenthau studies finance, and committee actions move key measures to floor discussion.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Stock Exchange Control
Senate
House
RFC
Morgenthau
Senate Banking Committee
Jesse Jones
Federal Reserve Bank
Lewis Douglas
Weeks Orchestra Dances at Municipal Auditorium
Anson Weeks and his Mark Hopkins Hotel orchestra arrived from San Francisco for twin engagements tonight in the Municipal Auditorium and the Nat. Concert begins at 8 with dance to follow at 10. Tickets at City Drug Store and at the box office. Prices range from 35 to 75 cents for the concert and 1.25 for the dance. Weeks, famed from San Francisco and New York venues, leads 16 entertainers including Bob Crosby and Frankie Saputo with a mix of music and novelty numbers.
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Anson Weeks
Mark Hopkins
San Francisco
Municipal Auditorium
Nat
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Chicago
St. Regis and
Roosevelt
New York
Walter Winchell
Bob Crosby
Frankie Saputo
Kay St. Germaine
Weeks
Crosby
Little Dutch Mill
Britain Declares Trade War On Japan
London May 7 Great Britain announced import quotas against Japan as Walter Runciman said the action would take effect immediately. He warned the move will force a showdown in the Britain Japan textile trade dispute, signaling intensified global competition and possible effects on US markets.
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London
Great Britain
Japan
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
House of Commons
British Empire
Runciman
Britain
Tokio
United States
South America
Move to Start Work in Drouth Areas Wins Backing
The emergency Texas road program gains final clearance as Marty Hopkins approves an extra 750000 grant to supplement 8 million in relief and PW A funds. Sen Tom Connally Rep Marvin Jones Texas officials and Marie Dresden declare the step clears the way for immediate road projects in the Panhandle and Rio Grande Valley.
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Globe
Washington
Texas
Panhandle
Marty L. Hopkins
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Hopkins
Tom Connally
Marvin Jones
Marie Dresden
Texas Relief
Public Works Administration
Jones
Bureau of Public Roads
Misa Dresden
Relief Administration
PWA
Moore Goes 10 Trial In Murder Case
Forty four prospective jurors were examined as the murder trial of Joe V. Moore opened in 47th District Court before Judge Henry Bishop. Moore, a youthful attorney, is charged with murder without malice for the death of Shirley Pauline Palmateer, three, in an auto crash March 21. The state says Moore drove drunk when the car struck the child.
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Joe V. Moore
Henry 5S Bishop
47Th District Court
Moore
Shirley Pauline Palmateer
M. Palmateer
Arthur Street
Houston Girl Wins Royal Court Honor
The American Embassy announced 21 debutantes to be presented at the first two royal courts of the social season in London on May 15 and 16. Debs include Miss Gracia Neville Houston, daughter of Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham, wife of the American ambassador, who will present them at Buckingham Palace to the King and Queen.
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London
Robert Worth Bingham
Buckingham Palace
Gracia Neville Houston
Kidnap Victim Alive Report From Nogales Border
Oliver White reports that June Robles a six year old kidnapped heiress is alive and may be returned to her parents within 24 hours. Authorities observed a man and a woman with a child crossing the border as Aguirre Franklin and others travel toward Magdalena in the Altar Valley to inspect mining properties amid talks negotiations for the child's return.
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Tucson
Ariz
Sonora
Oliver White
Santa Cruz County
Nogales
June Robles
White
Authoritie
al Aguirre
Bernabe Robles
Mexico
Aguirre
O. K. Pranklin
Altar Valley
Here
Magdalena
Franklin
Bookmakers Face Felony Indictments In Houston
Houston district judge Langston G. King urged a Harris County grand jury to indict operators of horse race bookmaking establishments for felonies. He said bookie operations and leasing of these places could be felonious, countering the belief that the offense is only a misdemeanor.
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Houston
Langston G. King
Harris County
King
Standard Oil Declares 25 Cents Dividend
Directors of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana declare a cash dividend of 25 cents a share payable June 15 to stockholders of record at the close of business May 15.
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Chicago
U.P
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Insull defends honesty in statement after return to America
Samuel J. Insull arrives in Princeton from exile and declares his mistakes were honest while denying charges. He says he left the U S after reorganizations began and that new management would pursue plans without his input as he sought rest and vindication.
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Princeton
N. J
Samuel J. Insull
America
Four Strikes Ended Today Across Four Areas
A wholesale march of workers out of strike lines into shops and mines was ordered today as four labor disputes were settled. Automobiles in St. Louis and Kansas City, a leather workers strike in Peabody Massachusetts, and coal miners in Vandergrift Pennsylvania brought more than 10 000 men back to work. Richard L Byrd National Automobile Board member secured identical proposals in St Louis and Leeds Missouri and Kansas City, restoring employment and ending discrimination.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Peabody
Mass
Vandergrift
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
Leeds
Amarillo C of C Calls 4 PM Tuesday Meeting
President B W Hardin urges chamber members and Amarillo citizens to attend a 4 o'clock Tuesday meeting in the Red Room of the Amarillo Hotel. The gathering will organize committees to represent Amarillo for the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention next year and finalize plans to bring the event to the city.
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B. W. Hardin
Amarillo
Hamilton Faces Death Penalty in Dallas Bank Robbery Case
Raymond Hamilton, 20, moved from Dallas County jail death row to district court to face possible death penalty for armed robbery of the Grand Prairie Bank on March 19. His defense seeks to quash indictments and change venue while Hamilton awaits trial with his jailed romance Mary Pitts nearby.
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Dallas
U.P
Raymond Hamilton
Noland G. Williams
Hamilton
Grand Prairie State Bank
West Dallas
Southwest
Justice
J. H. Mertin
M. E. Kramer
Grand Prairie Bank
Robert Hurt
Texas
Hart
Mary
Liberty
West, Tex
Wichita Falls
Berney Pitts
Smoot Schmid
Schmid
Ships and Airships Useful Worrying A New Cosmic Plain
Arthur Brisbane argues for rapid U S naval expansion and a strong air fleet. He outlines 20 warships including submarines and destroyers at about forty million dollars and questions a dedicated air force department. The piece criticizes airship threats seen during a Panama Canal exhibition and urges a unified air department under the president.
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Boon Uncle Sam
United States
Panama Canal
Dollera
Department of the Treasury
Mid-West Swelters Under Merciless Sun
Chicago May 7 heat wave drives records as North Central states endure drought conditions. Highs reached 100 degrees in Sioux City and 92 in Chicago, the May record shattered. One death is attributed indirectly to the heat.
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Chicago
North Central States
Central West
Sioux City
Towa
Mercury
Exiled magnate Samuel Insull returns to seek vindication
After two years in exile Samuel Insull arrives in America to face charges tied to his vast utilities empire. He vows to pursue freedom and complete vindication while admitting honest mistakes and errors in judgment. Insull is escorted from Fort Hancock to Princeton Junction in custody with his son as officials confirm the transfer.
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Princeton
N. J
Samuel Insul
America
St. Exilena
Chicago
Insull
Fort Hancock
Princeton Junction
Burton Berry
Istanbul
Europe
Samuel Ineull
Weather forecast for Amarillo and nearby region
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday for Amarillo and surroundings. West Texas expects unsettled conditions with possible showers in the northwest portion and cooler temperatures in the northwest tonight. Temperature range and extremes noted, with reported 0 to 83 degrees guidance.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Northwest
A Thousand and One Ways to Make Money
A Globe and News Want Ads pitches daily money making chances not a get rich quick scheme. It lists selling clothing used cars exchange articles renting spare rooms securing employment selling household goods and find lost articles. Read today and every day for extra income from “The Bargain Counter of the Panhandle.”
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Globe and News
Seminole oil field strike halts 112 workers
In Seminole Oklahoma 112 Skelly Oil workers walked out shutting down pumps on four leases near the Earlsboro pool. The labor action mirrors demands for union recognition restoration of the 1929 wage scale and a closed shop.
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Seminole, Oklo
Skelly Oil Company
Skelly
Earlsboro Pool
Sinclair-Prairie
Thorsdey
Sons of Arabian Chiefs To Battle For Yemeni Throne
Cairo May 7 The 29 year old Emir Feisal leading King Ibn Saud’s army presses toward Sana Yemen’s capital to claim the throne if he wins the city. Yemeni defenders led by Seif Al Islam race to defend Sana with civilians drafted to bolster defenses amid mounting casualties and a tense march from Hodeidah.
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Egypt
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Emir Feisal
Ibn Saud
Sana
Ibn-Abdoul-Aziz-Ibn- Saud
Old City
Seif al Islam
Yahya
Migran
Hodeid Yemen
Red Sea
San
Hodeidah
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