Wary eye on GOP as Ferguson seeks Texas race lead
Democrats press to knit party loyalty while Miriam A Ferguson is their nominee and Orville Bullington keeps a whirlwind campaign across East Texas. Bullington campaigns in Mineola Gladewater Gilmer Kilgore and planned a Tyler address after Dallas speech. He argued national party divides do not exist in Texas governor race.
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Associated Press
Miriam A. Ferguson
Orville Bullington
East
Texas
Bullington
Mineola
Gladewater
Gilmer
Kilgore
East Texas
Tyler
Dallas
West Texas leaders campaign for Bullington governor
Wilbur C. Hawk president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and The Globe News general manager and Porter Underwood Amarillo attorney campaign for Orville Bullington. They will deliver ten speeches over Thursday and Friday and plan to visit Tulsa Kress Plainview Muleshoe Sudan Amherst Littlefield Toboka and Lubbock. Lubbock rally will be broadcast Friday night. Underwood chairs the Panhandle anti Ferguson Democratic Club and will preside at the Saturday night Bullington rally.
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Wilbur C. Hawk
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
The
Globe News
Porter Underwood
Amarillo
Orville Bullington
Tulsa
Kress
Plainview
Muleshoe
Sudan
Amherst
Littlefield
Tohoka
Lubbock
anti-Ferguson
Democratic Club
Panhandle
Plan for Old-Time Rally in Dallas Supports Ferguson
Ferguson supporters prepared for an old-time rally in Dallas as Mrs. Ferguson and her husband, former Governor James E., focus on electing an honest and efficient Texas governor to lead the state.
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Texas
Ferguson
Dallas
James E. Fer
Webb unveils plan to abandon Anti-Saloon League
Dr. Atticus Webb, Dallas leader and Texas league secretary, announced at the Texas Methodist Conference in Navasota that the Anti-Saloon League will shift to local self governing temperance clubs nationwide. He urged church members to aid in rebuilding a grassroots temperance movement to counter liquor industry spending and restore support for local dry laws.
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Navasota
Tex
U.P
Atticus Webb
Dallas
Texas Methodist Conference
Webb
Texas
Anti-Saloon League
Roosevelt shifts campaign to New Jersey and New York
Governor Roosevelt makes a hurried New Jersey swing before three Metropolitan area speeches at the Opera House in New York City. He will be introduced by Owen D. Young of General Electric and vote with Mrs. Roosevelt on election day. Alfred E. Smith denounces the scare campaign in a Troy stop as he backs Roosevelt and Garret Smith Jr.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Metropolitan Opera House
New York City
State Line
Jersey City
Newark
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Academy of Music
Brooklyn
Alfred E. Smith
Madison Square Garden
Mrs. Roosevelt
Town Hall
New York
Carole Lombard wins studio battle over film role
Hollywood reports a short clash between Carole Lombard and Paramount after she resisted a Warner Brothers loan for a Cagney project. Lombard walked out, asked to be released, and was later deemed unsuitable for the part. Mary Brian was cast instead.
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Hollywood
James Cagney
Warners
Carole Lombard
Paramount
Carole
Vic
Warner Brothers
Cagney
Mary Brian
Mary
No Quorum in Either House in Texas Oil Session
The 42nd Texas legislature opened a fourth extraordinary session in Austin as Gov. Sterling cited an oil conservation emergency. Neither chamber held a quorum with 40 of 150 House members present and Senate delay pending Lt. Gov. Witt. A bill modeling Oklahoma proration is before Governor Sterling.
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Austin
Texas
Sterling
Senate
Edgar Witt
Waco
Fred Minor
Denton
House of Representatives
House
Charles F. Roeser
Texas Oil and Gas Con
Nevada declares business and bank holiday through November 12
Arthur Brisbane notes Nevada’s state holiday order halting all debts and payments until November 12 to help banks. He compares it to ancient debt jubilees and comments on modern mob actions in London, describing tactics used to menace authorities and disrupt transport.
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Nevada
Griswold
Frank B. Balzar
Bank Robbers Strike Two States in Six Weeks
A special to The Globe reports bandits robbed First National Bank at Nara Visa New Mexico of about 1400 dollars and kidnapped cashier Jim Burns who was released seven miles from town. It was Burns’s second kidnapping in six weeks, with a prior September 17 robbery netting 1600 dollars and gold valued at 5000 left behind. Burns described a masked passenger and an unmasked accomplice, both armed, as the getaway duo fled in a Ford coach. Posses pursued. a gunfire exchange occurred as Burns exited. A prior 1929 bank robbery at the same bank ended with two hostages released near town and later convictions.
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Nara Visa
N. M
Jim Burns
Burns
Here
Sophia Reeder
Orashier
Barnes
Nara
Visa
Leona Schultz
Zerre] Smith
Oren Durham
Blanche Watts
Onese
New Mexico
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Vicinity
Unsettled tonight and Friday with partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures. West Texas remains mostly cloudy with colder conditions in the north and west areas. Today's high temperatures reach up to 50s and 60s.
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Amarillo
Vicina
West Texas
Wanted Cars and Quick Trade Ins Spur Urgent Ads
An urgent Want Ad note urges readers to trade in used cars now, promising cheap offers and relief from winter ailments. It warns against trusting old bosses and plays up the ease of getting a car deal, coaxing immediate action.
P E O Leaders Elected At Amarillo Convention
Edith Henderson of Houston was elected president of the Texas P E O sisterhood at the third annual Amarillo convention. Other officers include Alvirah Mottinger El Paso first vice president Mae McLain Fort Worth second vice president Effie Roots Austin organizer Nellie Chennoweth San Bonita recording secretary J F Fischer Amarillo corresponding secretary Vetsah Henley Dallas treasurer. The 1933 convention site will be announced later. Pass Education On was the rallying slogan at a First Baptist Church open meeting.
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Edith Henderson
Houston
Texas
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Amarillo
Alvirah Mottinger
el Paso
Mae McLain
Fort Worth
Effie Roots
Austin
Nellie Chennoweth
San Bonita
J. 8. Fischer
Vetsah Henley
Dallas
Yeggs Fail Habeas Corpus Bid in Chicago
Twelve men described by police as among the city's most impressive gangsters spent the night in police cells after a writ of habeas corpus failed to win them freedom.
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Yeggs
Chicago
Doctor Drains Dose then Dies In Mercy Mercedes Case
In Mercedes Texas Dr H R Garrido 33 died after swallowing two compounds he had prescribed for Mrs Lucinda De Candu whose dose killed her earlier. Relatives cried out accusing him but doctors testified the two prescriptions formed a deadly poison when taken together. An inquest was held and Justice W D Uecker ruled accidental death.
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Mercedes
Tex
U.P
H. R. Garrido
Lucinda
de Candu
Dr. Garrido
W. D. Uecker
United States seeks Insull extradition from Greece
US and Greek officials exchange ratification of the 1931 extradition treaty placing it in effect. Samuel Insull Sr. faces embezzlement and grand larceny charges as warrants are issued to bring him to Chicago. Deputized Chicago prosecutors Bellows and Viachos travel to Greece to secure his return.
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Athens
United States
Legation
Samuel Insull
Insull
Washington
U.P
State Department
U. S
Chicago
New York
Charles A. Bellows
Andrew J. Viachos
Greece
Samuel J. Insull
Bank Bandits Hold Your All Night To Loot Vault
Bandits escaped with between 10 000 and 15 000 dollars from the Gold Standard National Bank in Marienville Pennsylvania after holding the cashier his wife and daughter and a friend captive all night until the vault time lock opened at 7 50 A M The robbers carried the money to their car after the vault release.
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Kane
Gold Standard National Bank
Marienville
P. R. Johnson
Fred Pickens
Railroad Commission Postpones East Texas Proration Hearing
The railroad commission delayed a hearing on East Texas oil field proration orders addressing physical waste until further notice. The delay awaits legislative action to broaden the commission's proration powers.
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Austin
East Texas
Railroad Commission
Wheat futures hit new lows in December trade
December wheat on the Chicago board of trade dropped to a record low twice in an hour of trading in Chicago. Prices touched 42 1/2 cents at the low, about 1/2 cent below the opening price.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago Board of Trade
Walton A. Sharp Injury in Heidelberg Freshman Scrimmage
Walton A. Sharp 20 of Abilene Texas suffered a possible neck fracture during a Heidelberg College freshman football scrimmage. He collapsed after leaving the field and is listed in serious condition at Mercy Hospital with a chance for recovery.
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Tiffin
Walton A. Sharp
Abilene
Tex
Heidelberg College
Mercy Hospital
First death by own action at Empire State Building
An unidentified man climbed to the top of the Empire State Building in New York and leaped to his death from the 103rd floor observation level. He became the first reported suicide from the building, with security noting the tower was guarded against such acts.
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New York
Empire State Building
Chest Drive Lags as Funds Renewal Starts
With less than half of the 75000 dollar goal raised, workers begin an intensive city drive after a luncheon meeting to renew the chest funds effort. Spurred by slow donations, organizers plan new tactics to reach the target.
Women Set Record in Amarillo Community Chest Drive
Nearly 200 volunteers, led by women, surpassed district quotas with early results. Mrs F G Russell at 136 percent, Mrs W B Gunn 176 percent, Mrs H C Pipkin 100 percent, and Mrs W N Cooper 28 percent as campaign directors praise the effort toward a firm foundation for the Chest.
Wichita Falls drives to reach full subscription total
Amarillo solicitors race to meet the drive deadline. By Thursday noon the weekly total reached 33 772 79 with 6 552 85 today. Men's group 646 90 women 379 49 firms 1 432 83 employes 1 997 63 advanced gifts 2 071 00. General Chairman Hermon Pipkin praised the workers for their cooperation and generous giving.
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Wichita Falls
Walk of Life
Amarillo
Hermon Pipkin
Hoover Gains Narrow Lead In Final National Survey
United Press reports a last minute canvass of 180 community leaders shows Hoover gaining ground in key regions while Roosevelt maintains a strong overall lead. The nonpartisan survey stresses confidentiality and independence from the newsservice.
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Hoover
Roosevelt
Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Denial Fails as Preacher Receives Life Term for Murder
In Museogee Oklahoma on November 3, Judge W J Crump overruled Rev A Berrie motion for a new trial and imposed a life prison sentence for poisoning his first wife The 52 year old Cumberland Presbyterian pastor claimed the trial was a frame up and denied testimony about his relationship with his current bride Ida Bess Berrie
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Cumberland Presbyterian
Bernie
God
John Wolsey
Ida Bess Berrie
Joep d Orl
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