Magnate Insull Faces Court as Tears Mark Testimony
Samuel Insull testified in federal court that the 16 co-defendants were not responsible for his two billion dollar utility empire collapse. He denied mail fraud charges totaling 143 million dollars and recalled his immigrant rise with Thomas Edison. His emotional account described friendship with Edison and asserted no deliberate swindling of investors.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Insull
Corporation Securities Comepany
United States
Edison
Inwall
James H. Wilkerson
Thomas Edison
Corporation Securities Company
Vince
Birthday Bill Loses Ground In Legislature
In Austin Nov 1 lawmakers debated Colorado River and Texas Centennial funding. Senate postponed a vote on con curring with House amendments to the river bill, while the House faced doubt over Centennial appropriations. A tax policy bill was under discussion as senators pressed a stance on the Centennial plan. Rep Coombes urged honoring a commission endorsement, citing a telegram from Jones as support.
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Senate
Hornsby-Hughes
Clint Small
Z. FE. Coombes
Dallas
Centennial Commission
Coombes
Jones
Walter Cline
Centennial
Houston
Australian flier aims first West to East over-water flight
Sir Charles Ingsford Smith prepared The Lady Southern Cross at Wheeldfield for a noon takeoff toward Oakland California. Clear weather enabled rescheduling the final 7 200 mile leg of the historic West to Fast over water flight from Australia to the United States.
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Honolulu
T. H
Charles Ingsford Smith
Lady Southern Cross
Wheeldfield
Amarillo
Oakland
Cal
Australia
United States
Fiji Islands
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Associated Press
Halloween Pranks Worst in Years Amarillo Sees Widespread Mischief
Police report Amarillo woke to a sprawling Halloween with trash, overturned barrels, signs toppled, and even chickens on chimneys. Fire alarms ran up a $400 cost for the city as 16 calls were logged and four youths plus seven drunks were picked up.
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Amarillo
Authority Granted To Repair Fire Loss In City Hall
City Manager H R Smith won commission approval to advertise for bids to rebuild the third floor of City Hall and chamber of commerce offices damaged by a fire last week. Bids likely at the next regular meeting Tuesday night. Total damage estimated at 2015.70 by insurers. NRA official enjoined in Beaumont Texas from filing complaints against two lumber firms for lumber code violations. Federal Judge Bryant issued the temporary order against Carter Kelley Lumber Company and W T Carter and Brother Lumber Company.
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City Commission
Chamber of Commerce
NRA
Beaumont
United States
D. Bennet
Eastern District of
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Angelina and
Polk County
Randolph Bryant
Carter-Kelley Lumber Company
W. T. Carter and Brother Lumber Company
Iona McBee Dies From Kerosene Explosion Burns
A 12-year-old Sayers schoolgirl, Iona McBee, died in the county hospital from burns suffered when kerosene exploded as she poured it into a hot stove at her home in San Antonio.
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Navy
Iona McBee
Sayers
Dam bursts flood Guanajuato area destroying homes
In Guanajuato Mexico on November 1 a dam built by the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company burst causing at least three deaths and widespread flooding and destruction of houses across a large area.
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Guanajuato
Mexico
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Solon Urges Air Defense Network for U S and Isles
Rep Wilcox of Florida urged the President's Aviation Commission to spend over 200 million dollars to build a network of air defense bases to protect the United States and insular possessions from air attack. Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr said the U S must project sea power in the Orient with an adequately manned fleet based in the area of possible conflict.
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Washington
Wilcox
Florida
President
Aviation Commission
United States
New York
Yates Stirling Jr
Orient
Eighteenth Candidate Enters J P Race After Pottinger Death
Ben Webb joins 17 others seeking the office of justice of the peace left vacant by Justice Jim Pott inger. The county court will appoint a new justice after the election if no candidate gains a majority over the deceased nominee.
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Justice of the Peace
Jim Pottinger
Ben Webb
Wooden Gun Escape Probed in Secrecy
Indiana officials continue a secret probe into John Dillinger's Crown Point jail escape. Deputy Attorney General J. Edward Barce and eight witnesses remain unnamed as authorities anticipate arrests tied to the March 3 desperado incident. Meanwhile Amarillo women gather at Red Cross HQ to plan canvassing for the Nov 11 roll call.
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John Dillinger
Crown Point
Ind
Paul V. McNutt
J. Edward Barce
Indiana
Desperado
Amarillo
American Red Cross
Court House
George H. Hammock
Ford predicts 1935 production to reach one million cars
Detroit November reports Henry Ford forecasts a record 1935 output of at least one million domestic cars, the highest since 1930. He cites last six months of progress and expects improved business, urging industrialists to run industries and the country with sound American business sense.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Eckener Asked To Pilot Transatlantic Airmail Route
The Post Office Department opened informal talks with Commodore Hugo Eckener for an experimental transatlantic airmail service next July. Eckener hinted mail by air could reach Europe in about 48 hours using the Graf Zeppelin 2129, carrying passengers and thousands of pounds of mail with a 25 cent surcharge plus regular 5 cent postage. Flights would occur roughly every ten days.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Hugo Eckener
United Press
Eckener
Graf Zeppelin
North American
Pernambuco
Brazil
Harllee Branch
Europe
Branch
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Manchukuo Moves Toward Oil Monopoly
The Manchukuo government plans to freeze out foreign oil firms and take control of major marketing installations from Standard Oil of New York and the British Asiatic Petroleum Company. Washington says further representations to Tokyo are under consideration over the policy.
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United States
Great Britain
Netherlands
Hsinking
Manchukuo
Standard Oil Company of
New York
British Asiatic Petroleum Company
Ministry of Finance
Washington
State Department
Halt Forest Fire After Cabins Razed
Forest fires near Tolland and Fast Portal were brought under control as crews estimated about 300 acres of timber damaged after the blaze began at noon yesterday. Officials noted several mountain summer cabins were destroyed in the flames.
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Tolland
Colo
Fast Portal
Wreck of St Roi David Raises Fear of 13 Lost
Anticosti Island November 1 UP The motor ship St Roi David wreckage found along the St Lawrence River stirs fear that 13 people aboard may have perished in the Gulf of St Lawrence after a fierce Sunday gale. Only five crew members were reported, with possible passengers unaccounted.
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Port Menier
Anticosti Island
St Roi David
St. Lawrence River
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Atlantic Seaboard
Chicago Mob Attacks Century of Progress Exposition
A large mob pillaged the Century of Progress in Chicago causing $150,000 in damage. Buildings were torn down and loot taken, the Skyride closed, and police faced protests as crowds roamed the site. A man in a makeshift toga leapt on a car while others fled from peep shows and displays. Institutions and gardens were vandalized amid the chaos.
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Chicago
Ttalian
Sally Rand
Mexico Church Drive Targets Prelates in Sedition Probe
Attorney General Portes Gil plans to present evidence against high Roman Catholic prelates in Mexico for sedition and prosecutions, with Archbishop Diaz and Archbishop Ruiz among those named. Puebla State ordered Bishop Corona to leave within 12 hours as part of the crackdown. The Vatican envoy Leopoldo Ruiz denounces rebellion charges while asserting Catholic rights. Twenty-seven churches were seized in Agua Caliente, and a Geneva world army conference steering committee is set for November 20.
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Emilio Portes Gil
Purces
Pascual Diaz
Mexico
Leopoldo Ruiz
Flores
San Antonio
Tex
Portes Gil
Abelardo Rodriguez
Diaz
Puebla
Nicolae Corona
Papantla
Agua Caliente
Federal Finance
Bnt
Napen
World Dictator Predicted From Bible Vision
Fort Worth reports the Rev Lewis Enteminger of San Antonio, head of the Presid ental Bible Association, reads Revelations and foresees a world ruler aided by Roosevelt Mussolini and others. He claims prosperity soon signals a coming crisis and a Messiah‑led era after a three and a half year bloodshed.
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Fort Worth
Lewis Enteminger
Enteminger
San Antonio
Presidental Bible Association
Tsaw
A P Strike Seen Settled As Stores May Reopen
Be lief that the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company dispute with organized labor is settled. A. L. Faulkner Cleveland conciliator for the U B Department of Labor says 200 A and P stores will reopen later this week or early next. Pickets hampered trucks. about 2200 employees were idled. Ralph A. Lind of the Cleveland regional labor board appeared with Faulkner and labor leaders after talks in Washington.
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Great Atlantic and Pacific Tew Company
A. L. Faulkner
U. B Department
Labor
Washington
Nations
Labor Board
Paulkner
Ralph A. Lind
Auto License Tags Still on Decline
New car registrations fell in Potter County last month as shown by figures from county tax collector Mins Jewell David son. The month saw 26 commercial and 125 passenger licenses issued, with totals for September and October reported as 160 and 1933 respectively. New Jersey oil giant Standard Oil declares 25 cent extra dividend per share in addition to 89 cent regular payout.
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Potter County
Mins Jewell Davidson
New York
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Stork
Cenin
Screen stars tied to California governor race probe
Hollywood figures led by Katherine Hepburn faced questioning in a probe of film industry contributions to Governor Merriam’s campaign. Democratic lawyers alleged studios pressured workers earning over $100 weekly to donate or risk dismissal, amid Sinclair’s critique of industry influence and the EPIC program.
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Angeles
Katherine Hepburn
California
Upton Sinclair
Frank F Merriam
Sinclair
Hitler
Merriam
Laula Mayer
Miss Hepburn
Will Rogers
Franchot ‘Tone
Jean Harlow
James Cagney
War Rumors Again Mover Over France
Paris reports fear of new war with Germany rising as clashes with memories of World War I echo during All Saints Day pilgrimages. Officials warn Germany is ready and France expands defenses including 125 mile Rhine fortifications while aerial fleets and tanks are bolstered.
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France
Paris
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
Matin
Rhine
Boyles Endorsed for State Highway Commission Seat
Panhandle man UW L Boyles receives endorsement from a regional group in Borger to secure a seat on the State Highway Commission. Attendees include representatives from Spearman Panhandle White Deer Miami Pampa and Amarillo as they push Capitol recognition for the Panhandle region.
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Borger
UW. L. Boyles
Panhandle
State Highway Commission
Spearman
White Deer
Miami
Pampa
Amarillo
Deputy constable injured in drunken arrest run in
John Odom, a deputy constable, carried a head wound after a bottle was swung during his arrest of a drunken man. The injury was slight, and the report notes Odom charged the suspect only with drunkenness. In government news, the 1934 deficit surpassed 1 billion dollars at $1,026,788,998.30 as of October 30, with receipts $1,208,184,666.45 and expenditures $2,234,073,664.75. The Democratic National Committee announced campaign expenditures of $92,204.45 between September 1 and October 25.
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John Odom
Odom
Washington
U.P
Treasury
Democratic National Committee Today
Weather forecast for Amarita Vicine and West Texas
Weather notes show fair and warmer tonight and Friday. Panhandle warmer, southeast cooler tonight. New Mexico mostly fair tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Extreme temperatures logged 39 to 57 at 1 o'clock today. Griggs Ambulance contact 4311.
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West Texas
Panhandle
Southeast
New Mexico
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