Votes climb higher with big majority in Congress
Democrats gain a record 69 seats in the Senate and 320 in the House as President Roosevelt returns to push the New Deal into its second phase. New Mexico's Carl Hatch wins the Senate seat. Cutting leads Chavez in another NM race. House gains include David J. Lewis of Maryland. Presidential and gubernatorial results place Democrats ahead nationwide.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
House
Carl W. Hatch
New Mexico
Richard C. Dilson
Senator Cutting
Dennis Chavez
Farmer-Labor
David J. Lewis
Maryland
New Deal Sets Middle Road After Election Victory
Washington reports Secretary Roper signals no sharp shift left or right in recovery policy. The Roosevelt plan emphasizes steady monetary action, relief with recovery, price equalization, and reduced emergency aid as business revives. He stresses state and local responsibility for unemployment aid.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Daniel C. Roper
Congress
Ropers
Texas Centennial funds plan cleared for House vote
The Texas House, by a strong two thirds plus vote, suspended rules to proceed with the Centennial tax bill and a companion appropriation. Dallas representative Sarah Hughes urged swift action citing historic resolve. supporters expect over ten million attendees and at least one hundred million dollars in spending to spur Texas renewal.
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Austin
U.P
House of Representatives
Senate
House
House Appropriations Committee
Sarah Hughes
Dallas
Moses Austin
Texas
Alamo
San Jacinto
Houston
Travis
Temperature 86 Degrees Sets November Record in Amarillo
Amarillo set a new weather record as the high reached 86 degrees in late afternoon yesterday. Forecaster H T Collman said it marked the warmest November in the Weather Bureau's 43 years of operation and there is no sign of a decline with continued fair, hot weather ahead.
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Amarillo
H. T. Collman
Weather Bureau
Recovery of Urschel Nab Funds in Oregon Case
A Department of Justice agent announced in Roseburg that $1,460 of the Urschel kidnapping ransom money was recovered in Medford along with $4,000 in bank drafts payable to Clara Feldman, a fugitive in the Oklahoma case.
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Roseburg
Ore
Medford
Urschel
Clara Feldman
Oklahoma
Department of Justice
Douglas Rickenbacker Seeks Transcontinental Flight Record
A large transport plane captained by Eddie Rickenbacker departed from Burbank Union Air Terminal at 6:42 AM bound for New York in a bid for a new transcontinental speed record. The flight plans include a refueling stop in Chicago and an anticipated 18,000 foot altitude to ride favorable winds. The craft carried two pilots and three passengers and 870 gallons of fuel with official timing arranged by the National Aeronautical Association.
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Burbank
Calif
Eddie Rickenbacker
Union Air Terminal
New York
National Aeronautical Association
Chicago
Rickenbacker
Great Circle
Pueblo
Colo
Omaha
Neb
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Arizona
Fuqua in Hospital for Minor Operation
W. H. Fuqua underwent a minor operation and is at St. Anthony's Hospital. He will be released tomorrow and his general health is described as excellent.
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Fuqua
W. H. Fuqua
St. Anthony's Hospital
Radio speakers outline Chest agency work plans
Mrs. Inez Benton will discuss American Legion charity work as part of Community Chest. Mrs. Walter Irvin will report on Mexican Relief by Catholic Charities. A Community Chest speaker will cover Mexican Relief this evening and Welfare Association and Day Nursery tomorrow noon.
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Inez Benton
American Legion
Community Chest
France Faces Cabinet Crisis After Doumergue Resigns
Paris reports a political crisis as Premier Doumergue’s cabinet falls after riots. President Lebrun assigns Laval to form a new cabinet, then Flandin takes up the task when Laval fails. Police and Republican guards are deployed to prevent unrest as the government changes hands.
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Paris
U.P
Gaston Doumergue
Salvation
Pierre Laval
Doumergue
Albert Lebrun
the Elysee
Lebrun
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Left Republican Party
Laval
Flandin
Symphony Bow Opens Amarillo Season With Thau lon Group
Amarillo's Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra starts the season with a formal bow at Municipal Auditorium after a 3:30 p.m. preview for students. Christian Thau lon leads a 78 member group with players from nearby towns, performing Beethoven Wagner Grieg Sibelius and Strauss while Belgian cellist Paul Blitz appears as guest artist.
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Amarillo
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Christian Thaulon
Beethoven
Wagner
Grieg
Sibelius
Strauss
Blitz
Paul Blitz
Mr Blitz
Ticket Pacts For Membership Concert Seating
Members may collect reserved seat tickets by showing their card or receipt at City Drug No 1 or the Auditorium box office Friday afternoon or night. Non members pay 81 for single admissions at City Drug or Auditorium. Memberships from 84% to 3 for adults and 1 for students cover five concerts at 60 cents per seat per show. Tickets may be taken all at once or per concert depending on membership class.
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City
Polk Street
Auditorium
City Drug
Philharmonic Orchestra Seeks Support for Season
A civic organization leads a membership drive to fund a full orchestral season with a large audience expected. The Philharmonic Orchestra Association and regional Panhandle ties boost plans as the concert becomes a major social highlight with a foyer reception after the show.
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Philharmonic Orchestral Association
Panhandle
Fox hunting in Genesee Valley horse country
Arthur Brisbane writes from Genesee Valley where foxes thrive amid wire fences. Farmers train good jumpers and foxes remain plentiful despite hunts. four or five foxes were seen this morning and may be hunted again. Chiang Kai-shek’s train bomb attack leaves him alive but confirms peril in Shanghai.
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Geneseo
N. Y
Genesee Valley
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surroundings
Forecast calls for fair skies across West Texas and New Mexico. Temperatures range from 46 to 71 degrees with modest warming tonight and Friday, and little change in overall temperatures through the period.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Tucson Kidnap Probe Ties Night Club Operator to Ransom
U S District Attorney Clifton Mathews announced possible additional arrests in the Tucson kidnapping of June Robles. Oscar H Robson, a night club operator, was arrested in Phoenix on an extortion charge after being linked to a $15 000 ransom demand. The girl was found chained in a sheet iron box buried under desert sands after authorities intensified their search. She was emaciated but unharmed and could not identify Robson.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U. S
Clifton Mathews
Tucson
Little June Robles
Oscar H. Robson
Robson
Littte
Ford A Frick Elected National League President
Ford A Frick, head of the National League Service Bureau since last spring, was elected president in succession to John A Heydler who became chairman of the league board of directors a new office. Harvey Traband was elected secretary treasurer.
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New York
Pord A. Frick
National League
Service Bureau
John A. Heydler
League
Harvey Traband
Contract Awarded to Repair City Hall West Wing
W. P. Cooper of Amarillo won the bid to repair the west wing of the city hall third floor for 960 dollars at a city commission meeting. Work starts immediately per City Manager H R Smith. Fixtures replacement to follow. fire damage occurred about two weeks ago.
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W. P. Cooper
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
City Commission
Cooper
H.R. Smith
Peasants to Burn Confiscated Images in Villa Hermosa
Peasants and workers in Villa Hermosa plan to burn thousands of sanita images seized in raids. The event is scheduled for November 20, the revolution anniversary, as a gesture supporting the government’s rationalist educational program, which Roman Catholics oppose.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Villa Hermosa
Sanita
Federal to buy 100000 cattle in West Texas drought relief
Fort Worth reports that drought relief will restart with federal purchase of 100000 cattle across 14 West Texas and Panhandle counties over 30 days starting Monday. G W Barnes notes the plan after meetings with Dr H Darby and Jm B Spiller. 15 veterinary inspectors deployed to oversee the program.
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Fort Worth
Drouth
West Texas
Panhandle
G. W. Barnes
Drouth Relief
Barnes
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Jm. B. Spiller
Texan- Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
Darby
Luigi Pirandello Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Italian dramatist and novelist Luigi Pirandello was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. The award, typically around 45 000 dollars, was announced in Copenhagen and honors his diverse works including As You Desire Me and Six Characters in Search of an Author.
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Luige Pirandello
Copenhagen
Luigi Pirandello
Pirandello
Ivan Bunin
Girgenti
Sicily
Rome
University of
Bonn
Fluorine in Panhandle Water Tied to Tooth Stain Mystery
Dr H T Dean warns West Texas fluorine in water causes mottled enamel, calling the Panhandle area probably the largest in the nation. He spoke before Amarillo dentists, toured schools, and will survey Dumas and Dalhart with Dr B M Primer, continuing across Panhandle.
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Panhandle
H. T. Dean
Federal
Public Health Service
Texas
United States
Dean
Amarillo
Cty Hall
B. M. Primer
Ecity-County Health Unit
Dumas and
Dalhart
W. M. Curl
New Deal Upheld in Press Comment on Elections
A compilation of press reactions from the New York Times and New York Herald Tribune praising President Roosevelt’s popularity and the New Deal after Tuesday’s elections. The Bee notes speculation on radical versus conservative drift and warnings about pending wild cat legislation affecting the nation’s finances.
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New York Times
Ind. Dem
New York Herald-Tribune
Ind Rep
Congress
Fear Village Cherrytree Faces Total Loss After Gas Explosion
Johnstown dispatch reports the Indiana Cambria county town of Cherrytree, population 660, feared destroyed by a gasoline truck explosion at Cyrus Green's station. The blaze destroyed Clover Farms Store and R. H. Dunlap's two story brick buildings, with flames spreading to adjoining houses. The town, lacking its own fire equipment, lost communication as two telephone lines burned out.
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Johnstown
Cherrytree
Indiana-Cambria County
Pirot
Cyrus Green
Clover
Use Law Not Taxes To Curb Bootlegging Says Morgenthau
Secretary Morgenthau argues law enforcement rather than tax cuts solve bootlegging. He states authorities should focus on enforcing existing laws to deter illegal liquor sales.
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Canary themed want ad drives inquiries from afar in Amarillo
A humorous compare land seeks small birds in a Globe News Want Ad spawns inquiries from Idaho. The Amarillo listing at Richards, 113 Sunset, notes the sale of several birds and ends with a call to try classified ads at Dial 6262.
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Globe-News
Idaho
Richards
Amarillo
Stein Opera Holds Chicago Opening The Four Saints in Three Acts
Gertrude Stein praised as rhythmist behind an avant garde Chicago opening of her opera at the auditorium opera house. Audience and bar chatter mixed with confusion as the piece unfolded with unconventional saints and elliptical dialogue in a show that divided critics and attendees.
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Gertrude Stein
Chicago
Miss Stein
Auditorium Opera House
Alice B. Tobias
Opera House
Hartford
Conn
New York
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