API Speakers Express Hope in California
At the American Petroleum Institute convention in Los Angeles, speakers urged support for the interstate oil compact with eight states already ratified. Axtell J. Byles argued against federal control, calling for state regulation and private re employment as the path to recovery. He noted oil reserves and output figures while California lags as the largest noncompact producer.
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Los Angeles
Navy
American Petroleum Institute
Axtell J. Byles
Colorado
Ilinois
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
California
Byles
Thomas Anglin
Interstate Commission
E. O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Pension fund in conference for solution
The Senate approved a House request for a conference on a tax bill to fund old age pensions. The House rejected Senate changes, keeping selective and general sales tax plans off the table. Conferees were not instructed as to provisions.
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Austin
Senate
House
Woodul
Walter Woodul
Solons
Alfred
Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation
Italian Army Extends Lines Across Ethiopian Front
Northern Italian forces push toward Harar and Jijiga as Ethiopian resistance concentrates around Dessa and the Takkaze River. Ethiopian units claim a commander was killed in a northern engagement near Anele with heavy casualties on both sides. Mussolini and Britain's Sir Eric Drummond discuss relief of European tensions as sanctions loom.
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Harar
Jijiga
Dessa
Emilio de Bono
Rome
Takkaze
Gheraba
Addis Ababa
Lake ‘Tana
Anele
Ogaden
Italy
Mussolini
Eric Drummond
Libya
Mediterranean
Eight Tots Die In Home Blaze In Alexis North Carolina
A devastating fire in Alexis North Carolina killed eight children ages one to nineteen, seven sleeping in one downstairs room and a baby with the parents upstairs. Hubert Cunningham and his wife escaped. the fire destroyed the frame home before any organized fire department could respond.
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Alexis
N. C
Hubert Cunningham
Cunningham
Ruth
Clyde Burke
Gastonia
New Zealand Flier Jean Batten Leaves Dakar for Natal
Miss Jean Batten of New Zealand flew from Dakar at 5 30 am bound for Natal Brazil in her land aircraft. She reached Thies 35 miles east of here at 6 50 pm yesterday and hopes to set a solo record for a flight to America from England, which she left two days ago.
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Dakar
Senegal
Africa
Jean Batten
New Zealand
Natal
Brazil
Thies
Here
America
England
Senator Morris Sheppard to seek reelection and back Roosevelt
Dallas U P reports Senator Morris Sheppard announced plans to run again in 1944 and to support President Roosevelt and the New Deal, saying he would go down the line for the President and his policies.
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Dallas
U.P
United States
Morris Sheppard
Roosevelt
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
Amarillo area fair and warmer tonight. Thursday fair and cooler with a low near 36. West Texas partly cloudy and warmer tonight. Thursday mostly cloudy and colder in the west. New Mexico generally fair tonight and Thursday. slightly warmer tonight in southern and central portions. Temperature extremes up to 1 PM today ranged from 35 to 62.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Navin Dies After Riding Accident at Detroit Club
Frank J. Navin 64 owner of the Detroit Tigers collapsed on a bridle path at the Detroit Riding and Hunt Club. He died at a hospital within an hour after his fall, with officials uncertain if the cause was a heart attack or injuries from the incident.
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Detroit
Frank J. Navin
Detroit Tiger Baseball Club
Detroit Riding and Hunt Club
Navin
Court Grants Stay In Chrysler's Case
The defendants in the Chrysler Motor Shares case received a seven day stay of execution pending possible appeal. Gilbert Deytus for plaintiffs Arnold De La Poer and Suffolk Investment Co Ltd said yesterday's judgment by Justice Atkinson would total about 80 000 pounds including costs with 55 900 pounds in damages and interest.
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London
Chrysler Motor Shares
Gilbert Deytus
Arnold de la Poer
Suffolk Investment Company, Ltd
Egypt Riots Erupt Over British Rule Inspires Strikes
In Egypt serious rioting broke out as students clashed with police near the British consulate. One student died and many were wounded as troops and police used shotguns. demonstrations spread to Cairo and Tanta amid anti British sentiment and calls for independence under Nessim Pasha.
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Feypt
Navy
England
Waid
Nationalist Party
Egypt
Sudan
Nahas Pasha
Cairo
Tanta
Here
Nessim Pasha
Miles Lampson
Ranger Captain Gets Dismissal from Texas Rangers
Captain Tom R. Hickman, longtime Texas Ranger leader, is dismissed immediately by the Texas Public Safety Commission after a conference by telephone. J. W. McCormick will become senior captain and head of headquarters, with assignment to Austin.
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Dallas
Tom R. Hickman
Texas
Albert Sidney Johnson
Texas Public Safety Commission
Hickman
Johnson
Fort Worth
The
Rangers
Band of Peace
J. W. McCormick
McCormick
Austin
We Go Up 14 Miles Why German Steel The President Sees War
Arthur Brisbane notes a Globe panel on wartime topics and records the air corps ascent by Captains Stevens and Anderson to 74,187 feet, or about 14 miles, as a milestone in aeronautics. The piece calls for reflection on the war economy and national resolve.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Abristane
American Air Corps
A. W. Stevens
Orvil Anderson
Elijah
Industrial America In New England To Vote for Roosevelt
Bankers hear Comptroller of the Currency J F T O Connor describe banking reforms. He cites past bank closures, urges strong leadership, and predicts a six month period of strong bank performance. The piece portrays New England industry reviving with factory activity, payroll gains in Connecticut, and jewelry making booming in Providence.
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America
New England
Roosevelt
New Orleans
American Bankers’ Association
J. F. T. O'Connor
O'Connor
NEA Service, Inc
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Hartford Hunt
New Britain
Providence
R. 1
Methodists Hold Session at Plainview
Pastors and laymen of the Northwest Texas Conference Methodist Church South gathered in Plainview for the twenty sixth annual meeting. Bishop Hiram A. Boaz of Fort Worth arrived to preside as the conference opens tonight and continues through Sunday. Dr. G L Morelock of Nashville Tenn addressed the board of stewards and Dr O P Clark of Abiilne led the morning session of the board of Christian education.
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Plainview
Northwest Texas
Methodist Church, South
Hiram A. Boaz
Fort Worth
G. L. Moreiock
Nashville Tenn
O. P. Clark
Abiilne
Board of Christian Education
Court Affirms Death Sentence for Border Patrolman Killer
The Court of Criminal Appeals refused to interfere with Ramiro Galvin alias Raul Galvan's death sentence for the 1929 killing of a border patrolman in El Paso County.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Ramiro Galvin
Raul Galvan
el Paso
States to be chosen for old age aid grants
The social security board will decide which states qualify for federal old age assistance grants when Congress funds them in January. It must approve a state's pension system before receiving $15 monthly to each needy aged resident. The board surveys state laws to ensure compliance and aims to cover as many states as possible by the congressional action.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Congress
Girl's Death Attributed to Helena Earthquake Aftermath
Elsie Harmon aged 23 of Helena Montana died here from a heart attack caused by the destruction of her parents home in the recent quakes. Her death marks the ninth quake related fatality.
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Butte
Mont
Elsie Harmon
Helena
Mob Executes Negro Youths Near Columbus
County Attorney O P Moore defended the lynching of Ernest Colfins age 15 and Benny Mitchell age 16 by a mob of about 700 including women on a farm near Columbus. They had confessed to assaulting and drowning Miss Geraldine Kollmann, a high school graduate, and were hanged from a live oak tree. Justice of the Peace E C Thrower planned a court of inquiry. Local officials condemned mob violence though some termed it expression of public will.
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Columbus
O. P. Moore
Moore
Justice of the Peace
E. C. Thrower
Ernest Colfins
Benny Mitchell
Geraldine Kollmann
Alfred
H. P. Hahn
Indian Missionary Celebrates Birthday at Indian Village
Livingston reports Dr. C. W. Chambers marked his 25th year as Presbyterian missionary to Alabama Indians and his 1st birthday at Indian Village near Livingston. He and his wife are noted for their long ministry and work with Texas native tribes that moved from across the Mississippi before the Texas Revolution.
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Livingston
U.P
C. W. Chambers
Indian Village
Texas
Mississippi River
Wrong-Driving Today Faces Traffic Violations
A fragmented notice reports traffic violations including arrests for excessive fines, double parking, overtime parking, and running red lights. It urges citizens to observe traffic rules and references F HA Loans and Long-Bell Lumber Co.
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Maree O
Roosevelt Signs Authorization for Canada United States Trade Pact
President Roosevelt said he signed authorization for the U S governments signature on the Canadian American reciprocal trade treaty. No signing date set. Prime Minister King of Canada may visit tomorrow. Hull likely to sign for the United States. Details of mutual tariff reductions remain undisclosed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
King of
Canada
Hull
United States
Court Holds School Oil Is Not Taxable
The court ruled that the oil production royalty share of the state or University of Texas is not taxable under the two cent a barrel levy. The ruling interpreted the tax act as proportionately applying to other interest holders. May King was granted a new trial after a prior conviction for killing Leon Robinson.
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Austin
Third Court of Civil Oe
State
University of Texas
Meningitis Quarantine Hits CCC Camp Stanley Arrival
Two Civilian Conservation Corps groups were quarantined on arrival at Camp Stanley near San Antonio as a meningitis epidemic prompted the measure. The workers were due to come by special train to the camp today, November 13.
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San Antonio
U.P
Civilian Conservation Corps
Camp Stanley
Wreck Horrors Told by a Survivor of the Silver Hazel
Mrs George Bissinger formerly Winifred Allen recalls five days on a storm lashed rock after the Silver Hazel wreck. She describes striving to reach the Peary wreck, being revived by artificial respiration, and the shipboard ordeal as a journalist reporting exclusively for United Press.
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George Bissinger
Winifred Allen
San Francisco
Tacoma
Honolulu
United Press
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