Demos Seize Control In All Sectors Headlines Echo Roosevelt Victory
A sweeping Democratic victory reorients national politics. Roosevelt wins the presidency while Democrats gain a strong congressional majority. Hoover concedes defeat as districts across the nation report Democratic gains and upsets in both Senate and House races. Notable losses include longtime figures Watson Moses Smoot as party tides run against Republicans.
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Associated Press
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New England
New York
Herbert Hoover
Capitol Hill
Jim Watson
Indiana
Frederick van Nuys
George Moses
New Hampshire
Smoot
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
House
Amarillo Celebrates Armistice Day War Anniversary
Amarillo plans Armistice Day festivities marking the end of the Great War fourteen years ago. A noon parade on Polk Street, a Butler Field football game, and an 7 pm Armistice banquet at the Amarillo Hotel will highlight events with about 200 parade entries. Banks closed, postal service adjusted, and schools dismissed for the day.
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Butler Field
Amarillo Hotel
H. M. Radey
Bill Adams
Polk Street
Amarillo
Amarillo Credit Association
Amarillo Weather Forecast Warm Up Tonight And Thursday
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight in Amarillo with similar trends Thursday. West Texas shows fair skies and increasing warmth tonight and Thursday with the southeast area partly cloudy. Temperatures reach between 34 and 56 degrees by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Today By Arthur Brisbane Five and One Half to One
Arthur Brisbane comments on money and markets with a punchy line about buying and price, noting dictators celebrate economic signals and power plays in a brisk syndicated column.
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Arthur Brisbane
Debate on money, bonds, and currency in election era
The column argues about whether paying the soldier bonus via bonds or currency matters, explaining trust in currency, gold backing, and government promises. It questions debt service vs fiat money, cites bankers, and contrasts yellow paper bonds with green currency while noting public perception and historical analogies. The piece ends by prompting readers to see more on Page 3.
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America
Nice
200 Women Attend W 4 S S Conference
More than 200 women representing 20 Methodist Churches in Amarillo attended a one day convention at Polk Street Methodist Church. Mrs Nai G Rollins urged the church to engage today’s youth and spoke on the challenge of change. The Workers noted the impact of international outreach on women’s mission.
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Amarillo
Woman's Missionary Societies
Polk Street Methodist Church
Christ
Nai G. Rollins
Abilene
Theorthwest Texas Conference
W. M
Five Kentucky Voters Killed in Election Violence
Five men died and seven were wounded across Kentucky as ballots were counted. Homer Pields and Roosevelt Elswick were killed in Island Creek and Floyd County incidents. Wilburn Shephard, Alec Whittaker, Ben Whitaker, Tony Harris were wounded. Wilbur Dees died at River Hill Church. Deputy Peter Thompson jailed. Charles Redmond fatally shot after leaving a polling place. Tommy Shyrock arrested in Tyrone case.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Pikesville
Homer Pields
Island Creek
Roosevelt Elswick
Floyd County
Wilburn Shepherd
Alec
Benton Whittaker
Tony Harris
River Hill
Laurel County
Wilbur Dees
Peter Thompson
London
Charles Redmond
Tyrone
Lawrence County
O. Y. Walker
Tommy Shyrock
Redmond
Governors Stand In Race As Governors Stand In Race
A list of elected state governors names, parties, and states including Futrell in Arkansas, Cross in Connecticut, Talmadge in Georgia, Horner in Illinois, Brann in Maine, E in Massachusetts, Park in Missouri, Winant in New Hampshire, Lehman in New York, Ehringhaus in North Carolina, White in Ohio, Berry in South Dakota, McAlister in Tennessee, Ferguson in Texas, and Wilson in Vermont. See Governors Page 2.
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Associated Press
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Arizona
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Anne
Florida
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
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Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
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New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
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Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
S. Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Cnet
Washington
W. Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Eee
J. M. Futrell
Wilbur Cross
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Henry Horner
Louis J. Brann
Joseph B. E
Guy B. Park
John G. Winant
Herbert H. Lehman
North Carolina
John C. B. Ehringhaus
George White
Ee Dakota
Tom Berry
Hill McAlister
Miriam A. Ferguson
Stanley C. Wilson
Potter County Vote Totals Show Bullington Ahead in Race
Orville Bullington led Miriam Ferguson by 563 votes at noon with 18 of 20 Potter County precincts reporting. Bullington 3514 Ferguson 2951, Roosevelt 5324 Hoover 961 in national race. Nine constitutional amendments voted, ninth defeated. County total near 7600 to 8100. no sensational votes.
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Orville Bullington
Miriam A. Ferguson
Potter County
Bullington
Ferguson
Sixteenth Street
Roosevelt
Hoover
Percy Gibbs
Quincy Ford
Ferguson Leads G O P Threats with 7,000 Edge
Dallas is the Texas bellwether as belated returns show Miriam A. Ferguson leading over Orville Bullington for governor with about 199,255 votes to 132,107 and Roosevelt far ahead for president. Roosevelt’s statewide margin grows as the Democratic landslide widens with a total vote of 331,838 from 145 of 254 counties. The piece notes party dissension within Texas Democrats and recalls Ferguson’s prior political rise and defeats.
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Roosevelt
Hoover
Palo Alto
New York
Texas Election Bureau
Armstrong
Bullington
Ferguson
Texas
Republican Party
Mia
Miriam A
Rail Authority Expanded for Oil and Gas Review
In Austin on November 9 the Texas House began floor consideration of a bill to broaden the State Railroad Commission powers in oil and gas conservation. Amendments will target market demand and economic waste in allowable production. The Senate also heard testimony on a virtually identical measure. R D Parker testified for the railroad commission. House leaders expect sufficient votes for passage, with debate timing tied to proposed amendments.
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Austin
State Railroad Commission
Texas
Railroad Commission
Senate
House
R D. Parker
Oil and Gas Division
The
All-Star Wrestling Benefit Tickets On Sale In Amarillo
Tickets for the Clingman Kopecky charity bout at Municipal Auditorium go on sale Wednesday at City Drug Store No 1 Polk Street. Prices include tax 1.25 ringside 15 cents main floor 40 cents balcony. Preliminaries Dutch Mantell vs Tesura Higami and Rob Roy vs George Likosky start at 8 PM. Proceeds go to Presbyterian Children's Home of Amarillo.
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Municipal Auditorium
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Dutch Mantell
Tesura Higami
Rob Roy
George Ligosky
The
Globe News
Presbyterian Children’s Home
Amarillo
Democrats sweep Congress as Republicans suffer losses
Washington November 9 Democrats gain control of the Seventy third Congress as Republican leaders are ousted. House majority grows with numerous GOP district defeats while Democrats win 25 senate seats and lead in four more. Notable casualties include LaGuardia Pratt and several Republican stalwarts.
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Congress
Senate
House
Cntarmanlabore
Ceneral ‘ Ouberal
Associated Press
United States Senate
Democrata
Totel
onarmer-Labore
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Assembly
Dale
Vermont
Norbeck
South Dakota
Breiner
Oregon
Davis
Pennsylvania
Nye
North Dakota
Smoot
Utah
Watson
Indiana
Moses
New Hampshire
Bingham
Connecticut
Glenn
Illinois
LaGuardia
Ruth Baker Pratt
New York
William Gibbs McAdoo
Bandits Slug Army & Navy Store For $385
Two unmasked armed bandits robbed Louis Feferman proprietor of the Army & Navy store at 210 East Fourth Avenue early Wednesday. They threatened Feferman and his clerk Claude Melson, forced the register open, failed to find money in the safe, and fled in a car with Amarillo license plates. Police reported no trace of the criminals.
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Louis Feferman
Army & Navy
East Fourth Avenue
Feferman
Amarillo
Claude Melson
Melson
Taylor Street
Feterman
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