McAdoo and silver puzzle in Brisbane column
Arthur Brisbane discusses W. G. McAdoo's memoir concept and a silver market surge in Shanghai that could shift global purchasing power. He warns of speculators' risk, Japan and Russia tensions in Manchuria, and potential Russo Japanese war impacting wheat prices. The piece blends finance, foreign policy, and wartime prep.
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Hoover
Mellon
Cyrus K. Curtis
London
Shanghai
China
India
Robbery at Breckenridge Jewelry Store Nets 25000
A masked bandit robbed Louis Daiches’ jewelry shop in Breckenridge Texas of diamonds watches and other valuables valued around 25000. The thief entered the front and forced a clerk and a customer to lie down then fled with a confederate in an automobile. Local officers expect an early arrest.
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Breckenridge
Tex
Louis Daiches
Japanese Fire On Police War Clouds Gather In Tientsin
In Tientsin on Nov 9 bursts of machine gun fire echoed on the western outskirts as Chinese police faced rebels amid renewed clashes. Japanese troops fired shells into the Chinese area, and 2,000 rebels prepared new attacks near the Japanese concession. Two American women were evacuated from the danger zone. Unconfirmed reports out of Moscow spoke of a plot to seize the Chinese Eastern Railway to draw the Soviet Union into the conflict.
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Tientsin
China
Lang Fang
Peiping
Jentsin
Wang Shu-Chang
Methodist
Moscow
U.P
Manchuria
Russia
Soviet Union
Garner silent on party plans for next House
San Antonio Nov 9 Rep John N Garner of Uvalde heads to Washington to help plan Democratic control of the House when Congress meets next month He declines to name a likely speaker suggesting Eastern Republicans unlikely to abandon party leadership He foresees Democratic Senate gains if Texas aligns with five states and notes his regret at missing Congressman Marty Wurzbachs funeral while en route to conferences.
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San Antonio
House of Representatives
Congress
John N. Garner
Uvalde
Washington
Garnerti
House
Repu Ncans
Jol Tilson
Connecticut
Bertran Snell
New York
Westert
Texas
Senate
Garner
Marty Wurzbach
Wurzbach
Garne
Hoover
Charles O'Connor
Oklahoma
O'Conn
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
The forecast calls for showers tonight with variable skies and cooler temperatures. In West Texas and New Mexico, expect partly cloudy conditions, frost and freezing temperatures in various sections, with Tuesday turning fairer but still cold and brisk. Temperature extremes today ranged from 53 to 69 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Robber Sweeps $500 From Houston Restaurant
A lone bandit entered Boysen's restaurant in Houston as hundreds dined, grabbed $500 from proprietor August Boysen and fled. Only one patron witnessed the robbery.
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Houston
Tex
Boysen
August Boysen
Amarillo to discuss telephone franchise vote
Amarillo city commission will discuss and possibly close a franchise for a telephone deal Tuesday night. City manager Bill Durham said the matter was to be on the agenda for the next regular meeting at 7:30 P M. G N Hailey of Southwestern Bell was notified by letter.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Bill Durham
G. N. Hailey
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Durham
City Hall
Ernest O. Thompson
Ranger Captain Ordered to Attend Negro's Trial
Gov Sterling ordered Captain Tom Hickman of the Texas Rangers based in Fort Worth to travel to Daingerfield to attend the trial of Barney Lee Ross a negro charged with criminal attack on a white woman. The assignment was made at Sheriff J B Ponder Morris County's request citing mob violence risk. Ross had been jailed at Greenville for safekeeping and his trial was set to start tomorrow.
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Austin
Sterling
Tom Hickman
Texas Rangers
Fort Worth
Daingerfield
Barney Lee Ross
J. B. Ponder
Morris County
Hickman
Ross
Greenville
Murder Trial Opens in Galveston for Theodore Owens
In Galveston Texas on November 9 the murder trial of Theodore Owens began in district court. Owens is accused of killing Clarence Gregory of Houston in a street gunfight last spring. The case centers on the fatal shooting and the ensuing courtroom proceedings.
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Galveston
Tex
Theodore Owens
Clarence Gregory
Houston
Gregory
Amarillo to Vote on 864000 Refunding Bond Issue
Taxpayers in Amarillo face a Tuesday vote on an 864000 refunding bond issue with four polling places at central fire station city hall Sixteenth Avenue fire station Buchanan Street school and San Jacinto Fire station Precincts No 2 and 3 define voting areas with specified polling sites Precinct No 4 votes at San Jacinto station Two propositions seek approval for funding and refunding bonds under a lower interest rate Mayor Ernest O Thompson urges participation If approved the 1931 tax rate remains 1 per 100 valuation. if defeated taxes may rise to fund the bonds News continues on Election Page 2 with details on a grand jury impanelment and state liquor enforcement efforts
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Amarillo
Central Fire
City Hall
Sixteenth Avenue
Buchanan Street
San Jacinto
Tenth Avenue
Fort Worth & Denver
East City
Rock Island
Fort Worth
Denver
Buchanan Street School
San Jacinto Fire Station
Ernest O. Thompson
Grain Prices Rally After Early Drop in Wheat
Chicago reports grain prices rising after an initial drop as rumors about Sino-Japanese tensions spurred buying. By noon December wheat at 67 cents, March at 70 1/2, and May at 71 3/4, all up from the opening.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago grain magnate credited with steering bull market
Arthur W. Cutten of Chicago, a large scale grain dealer, was credited by market observers with engineering the recent bull market in grain.
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Arthur W. Cutten
Chicago
Theman
Suits Attack Texas Pipeline Provisions In Federal Court
Three lawsuits filed in Houston challenge sections of the latest Texas state pipeline act as to natural gas. Plaintiffs Texhoma Natural Gas, Cities Service Gas, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line, and Texas Interstate Pipe Line seek voiding of provisions and to bar enforcement. Proceedings set for December 14 before a three judge panel with defendants Rail Road Commission, AG Allred, and Gov Sterling named. Allegations include due process violations.
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Houston
Texas
J. C. Hutcheson
State Railroad Commission
James V. Allred
Ross
Sterling
Texhoma Natural Gas Company
Cities Service Gas Company
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company
Texas Interstate Pipe Line Company
Thieves Make Off With 1600 Dolls of Cigarettes
Three men in broad daylight loaded 23 cases of cigarettes from Marr Noble Grocery, 220 Polk Street, into a large truck. The total value was about 1600 with state tax stamps cancelled. A $250 reward is offered for recovery. witnesses at Amarillo Hotel saw the theft. Police seek suspects.
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Marr-Noble Grocery Company
Polk Street
Amarillo
W. R. McDowell
Hugh Currie Injured In Amarillo Car Wreck
Hugh Currie student at Amarillo College and son of Mr and Mrs Tom Currie was seriously injured when his car overturned Saturday night on the Palisades drive. He and two others were returning from an outing when dust blinded the driver and the vehicle went into a ditch. Currie is reported slightly improved at St Anthony's hospital with internal injuries.
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Hugh Currie
Amarillo College
Tom Currie
van Buren Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Currie
Palisades Drive
Cotton yield forecast reaches record second only to 1926
Washington reports the November 1 cotton production estimate at 16,903,000 bales, up 619,000 from October. Favorable weather cut October losses, with South fields gaining during October despite low prices. Through November 1, running bales total 12,129,546 including 401,083 round and 5,401 American-Egyptian half bales.
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Washington
South
War Declared by Chinese Commander in Manchuria
Rengo News Agency reports General Mah Chan Shan, commander of Heilungkiang forces, issued a manifesto dated November 7 declaring war on Japan and vowing to fight to the bitter end. He telegraphed Manchurian governors to mobilize Kirin troops at Tsitsihar, near Japanese positions.
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Mukden
Manchuria
U.P
Rengo
Today
Mah Chan- Shan
Kirin
Great Wall
Wan Fu-Lin
Heilungkiang
Muh
Tsitsihar
Stimson briefing Hoover on new pacific move plan
Secretary of State Stimson conferred with President Hoover at the White House regarding a forthcoming American step to maintain peace in the Orient. Officials withheld details of the projected action.
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Washington
Stimson
Orient
Hoover
White House
Arguments Heard in Lubbock Truck Case
In Lubbock Texas Judge Clark M Mullican presides as Elbert Hooper assistant attorney general argues the Railroad Commission of Texas cannot enforce House Bill 335 in a bid to restrain truck operations. The case by L P Jeffreys seeks a temporary injunction amid regulatory dispute.
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Lubbock
Texas
99Th District Court
L. P. Jeffreys
Railroad Commission of Texas
Clark M. Mullican
Elbert Hooper
Austin
James Allred
Search for missing star leads to San Bernardino sighting
Hollywood news reports Alec B. Francis, film character actor, missing since Saturday, may have been seen in San Bernardino. Mrs. George F.E. Berry told police she spotted him walking the streets there last night prompting renewed search efforts.
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Hollywood
Cal
U.P
Alec B. Francis
San Bernardino
George FE. Berry
Francis
Scene of Battle in Manchuria
Map shows the latest fighting between Chinese and Japanese troops along the Nanni River in Manchuria. Reinforcements from Taonan and Changchun helped Japanese forces secure a railroad bridge near Teitsihar after a bitter skirmish.
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Nanni River
Manchuria
Taonan
Changchun
Teitsihar
Ex-Convict Nabbed After Store Burglary on Polk Street
N. C. Oliver age 27, an ex convict, was nabbed Sunday night while burglarizing the Harry Holland Men's Store at 510 Polk Street. He admitted three prior prison terms including California highway robbery and a Leavenworth sentence. He planned to loot suits and coats but was caught when police arrived after Oliver failed to escape. Oliver claimed Tulsa origin and was held for transfer to the county jail.
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N. C. Oliver
Harry Holland
Polk Street
Oliver
Frank Hill
California
Oklahoma Reformatory
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Oklahoma City
Varry Holland
Liberty
Police
Tulsa
Oklo
W. St. McDowell
Private Robert Biser Fatally Hit by Run Driver
Private Robert C. Biser, 22, of Company K, 9th Infantry, Fort Sam Houston, was fatally injured when struck by a hit and run motorist while walking with two companions along a street in Ban Antonio last night.
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Ban Antoni
Robert C. Biser
Company K
9Th Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Gloria Swanson Marriage Ruled Invalid by Clerk
NORTH TARRYTOWN N Y Nov 9 U P Gloria Swanson and Michael Farmer wed August 16 at Elsinford. license by Edward F Hennessey Mount Pleasant clerk deemed invalid for crossing township lines and for violating a California Supreme Court order delaying remarriage. Ceremony held at Dudley Field Malone home on a Sunday morning.
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North Tarrytown
N. Y
U.P
Gloria Swanson
Michael Farmer
Elsinford
Edward F. Hennessey
Mount Pleasant
New York
Marquise de la Falise de la Coudraye
California Supreme Court
Hennessey
Miss Swanson
Dudley Field Malone
Wurzbach race widens split in Bexar County field
San Antonio reports two candidates enter the race to succeed the late Harry M. Wurzbach. Carl Wright Johnson, attorney and former assistant district attorney, and Weber, attorney and former Democratic executive committee chair, announced bids. Maverick, county tax collector, may also run, with Johnson aligned to May Chambers group. Weber seeks independent status, potentially backed by the Citizens League if Maverick sits out. A third candidate, Drea, followed today.
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San Antonio
Harry M. Wurzbach
Bexar County
Carl Wright Johnson
Attorn
Aney
Democratic Executive Committee
Weber
Democratic Ex Tire
Maerick
Johnson
May Chambers
Maverick
Cizens League
Eve Weber
Drea
English aviator Butler sets new England to Australia flight record
English aviator C Butler landed at Port Darwin Australia at 4 25 PM to set a new record for the England to Australia flight. He shaved 2 hours 11 minutes off the previous record held by C W A Scott who covered 13 187 miles in 9 days 4 hours 11 minutes.
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C. Butler
England
Australia
Butler
C. W. A. Scott
Port Darwin
Taylor reported recovering after hospital emergency operation
Memphis Tenn November 9 Representative J Will Taylor of the second Tennessee district is headed toward recovery at Baptist Hospital after an emergency appendectomy Friday. His condition and outlook were reported satisfactory this morning.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. Will Taylor
Tennessee
Baptist Hospital
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W.P
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Griggs Ambulance
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Elston
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Jack Hall
James O. Gulerie
State Board of Education
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P. L. Reppert
Fred Bessey
L. W. Bussey
Frank Litle
D. W. Mays
Charles Wolflin
O. E. Broome
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