FBI Intensifies Drive Against Kidnapers and Jewel Thieves
Attorney General J Edgar Hoover ordered agents to crush jewel and bond rackets after suppressing the $1,000,000 kidnaping trade of 1933 34. The last major kidnapper in Louisville faces imprisonment as two more captives confess and others await trial. Robinson and Kar pis are jailed with Robinson ready to plead.
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Russell Turner
United Press
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
FBI
Louisville
Karp
William Mahan
Little George Weyerhaeuser
Harry Campbell
Edward G. Bremer
Thomas Robinson, Jr
Berry Stoll
Alvin Karpis
Bremer
Theodore Hamm, Jr
Robinson
Alphonse Capone
Karpis
Campbell
New Orleans
Hot Springs
Ark
Mahan
Seattle
Wash
Hoover says gang trial will free agents for other tasks
J Edgar Hoover comments on gang trials, noting Karpis fights on while others may stand trial or be moved from kidnapping case. He says the exchange will free agents from detail work tied to the rackets for new tasks. Hoover smiles as he responds to the idea.
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Hoover
FIDO DOG TURNS CAT CHASER AS CAT DEFIES BULLY FIDO
In a whimsical change of scenery the once notorious Fido the dog, famed for chasing cats, is outsmarted by a bold cat named Tom. After a dramatic chase, Fido crashes into the cat, then flees home for safety under the kitchen table. Tom’s victory ends the dog’s reign of feline pursuit in the neighborhood.
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Fido
Mr. Brown
Tom
Brown
Tack Letters Continued From Page Two Seeks Help for Car Part
A reader asks Tack to locate a crank for a car lost in Amarillo around May 9. The letter requests the finder contact at 803 Fairmont Street after 3 PM and mentions prior business travel between Tyler and Eighth Avenue east area.
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Amarillo
Tyler
Eighth Avenue
Hill Gu lke on Committee Hill Gu lke on Committee
Amarillo officials name James O Guleke and John F Hill to a Panhandle committee heading to Washington to seek a federal wind erosion grant. The group will outline a soil plan, with county commissioners to verify acres needing treatment and push for a $2 per acre loan fund for eroded lands to cover land preparation seed fuel and livestock costs.
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James O. Guleke
John F. Hill
Amarillo
Panhandle
Washington
Noel McDade
Dumas
Wilson Cowan
Dalhart
W. M. Stewart
Hereford
Amon Carter among West Texas Chamber delegates
Fort Worth Star Telegram publisher Amon G. Carter was one of the busiest delegates at the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention. He attended three luncheons at Amarillo Hotel and then joined a meeting of W T C C directors, saying he never misses the convention. He traveled from Washington to Amarillo to participate in the annual session.
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Amon G. Carter
Fort Worth
Mr. Carter
Carter
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Amarillo
Small Private Colleges Cut Faculty Pay During Depression
Washington reports from the office of education show 76 private colleges cut salaries in the 1934 35 year to 3708 from 5469 during 1920 30 a 32 2 percent drop reflecting wider pay reductions in both private and public institutions amid the financial depression.
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Washington
Office of Education
Department of the Interior
Salary cuts hit college ranks across faculty
Deans salaries fell from 3275 to 2500 a drop of 25.9 percent. Professors’ pay declined from 3030 to 2336, a 22.9 percent cut. Associate professors saw a 1 85 percent reduction and instructors 12.2 percent over the same period.
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Batavia
Tareyton
Herbert
Big Bad
Bill
William
Cat
By Don Woop
Schilling
Fairmont Street
Hill, Guleke
Ames
Animals of Town
Town State College
Taylor Street
Seventh
G. W. Webb
Canyon, Texas
Tack
Buck Barton
C. R. Stanley
Kingsmill
Texas
Laura de Grammas
Emma
Gilbert Taylor
Coots
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Center Street
B. EF. McCormick
Monroe Street
California
Mrs. Knight
East Third Avenue
Plainview
Dial
Apartment
Amon Carter
Browns Nosopen
Browns
Fox Drug Company
Randal Drug Stores
Seagram
Seagram-Distillers Corp
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Baltimore
Waa
NASH
America
Nash Motors Company
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Wherlbase
Lions
LaFayette
Ally
Mathes Motor Company
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