Texas Anti-Saloon League to push public expression on prohibition
The Texas Anti-Saloon League announced it will back a move for public expression at the polls on prohibition, urging Congress to amend Article 5 to allow popular vote in three-fourths of states. The group cited boss ridden conventions in Chicago and Lubbock as evidence of the need. Beer in Texas by August eyed as Labor groups and lawmakers discuss repeal with Gov-elect Ferguson, while San Antonio officials and Houston leaders weigh immediate brewery operations and potential referendums. El Paso politicians push for Dean Act repeal with backing from Harold Hankamer and William E. Clayton, amid town options and a possible local option drive if state and federal laws change.
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Dallas
Anti- Saloon League
Texas
Congress
Austin
U.P
George Slater
Miriam A. Ferguson
San Antonio
Adolph Elsner
Harold Kayton
Prestonderson
John H. Kirby
Houston
Antis
EL Paso Solonto
EL Paso
Harold Hankamer
William E. Clayton
Hankomer
Clayton
Dry
Sympathy for Cuba and a Happy Family
Arthur Brisbane reflects on Cuba’s situation with mild politics and considers the broader mood of a hopeful family unit amid regional tensions. The column blends social observation with current affairs in a concise syndicated essay.
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Cuba
The Globe Columnist Reflects on Cuba Disaster and Cotton Economy
Savannah Ga. notes Cuba’s tragedy with a 20 foot wall of water and wind, then shifts to Southern agriculture. The writer praises cotton cultivation amid disaster, questions diversification, and urges producers to find ways to protect and finance their crop.
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Savannah
Cuba
Republic
Roosevelt 10 Gives Reply On Parley Invite
President elect Roosevelt prepared a reply to Hoover's invitation for a White House talk on war debts. He is expected to accept and propose a Monday or Tuesday conference next week. His secretary said the reply would be ready late this afternoon and released to tomorrow papers. He is recovering from a slight cold and will resume engagements tomorrow after cancellations.
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Executive
Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hoover
White House
New York
Two new deans of Congress set for 1933 term
Senator William E Borah of Idaho and Representative Edgar P Pow of North Carolina will become the new deans after March 4 1933. Borah entered the Senate in 1907 and Pow joined the House in 1991. The current deans Reed Smoot and Gilbert N Haugen lost in the election.
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William E. Borah
Rep
Ydaho
Edgard P. Pow
Denn. N. C
Congress
Senator Borah
Senate
Representative Pow
House
Reed Smoot
Utah
Gilbert N. Haugen
Iowa
Foreign Plea Asks Delay Talk It Over
Great Britain and France asked the United States for a delay in debt payments pending an international conference on world debt. Each country sought relief while formal requests were published and a telegram from President Hoover inviting President-Elect Roosevelt to a conference sparked immediate congressional consideration.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
United States
Hoover
Roosevelt
Texas Labor Leaders Debate Legislation in Austin
Labor leaders from across Texas met in Austin to discuss a legislative program to be submitted to the 43rd legislature. The session convenes January 10, called by George Slater of the State Federation of Labor.
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Austin
Texas
George Slater
State Federation of Labor
DAR Meet Opens in Austin for State Conference
The thirty third annual Texas state conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution opened in Austin today with the event starting on November 14.
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Austin
The
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
Amarillo Weather: Fair and colder tonight with Monday cooling
Forecast covers Amarillo and West Texas with partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures tonight into Tuesday. Rio Grande Valley unsettled to partly cloudy then much colder north portions. New Mexico fair tonight and Tuesday with unsettled northeast and extreme north cooling. Temperature extremes today reach 40 to 74.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Rio Grande Valley
New Mexico
Jail Delivery Plot Discovered By City Police
Police Chief W R McDowell said a wholesale jail escape attempt was found Sunday afternoon after jail bars and a runaround screen were sawed. Six men, armed, had access to the runaround during inspection but were placed back in cells after the discovery. Two were arrested near The Nat dance hall for car accessories theft. four held in a downtown hovel raid where guns chisels drills and dynamite caps were found.
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W. R. McDowell
McDowell
Sayre
Okla
Nat
Amarillo Methodist Pastor Transferred in Conference Appointments
At the Northwest Texas Methodist Conference closing session Amarillo saw changes as Dr. Ira F. Key of Polk Street Methodist moved to Marshall district and Dr. J. T. McClure of Grace Church Dallas was appointed to Amarillo. Other exchanges list W. M. Murrell Abilene First Church and numerous pastors assigned to churches and circuits across the region.
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Amarillo
Northwest
Texas
J. T. McClure
Grace Church
Dallas
Key
W. M. Murrell
Presiding Elder
Abilene
Cal C. Wright
St. Paul's
Marshall
Oak Street
Elmer Crabtree
Albany
M. B. Norwood
Anson
Ben Hardy
E. L. Naugle
Baird
J. T. Griswold
Blair
A. F. Click
Capps
L. H. Davis
Clyde
Raymond van Zandt
L. N. Lipscomb
Buchanan Street
Huckabee
Polk Street
San Jacinto
Gaston Foote
Tenth Avenue
G. H. Bryant
Borger
J. W. Hunt
Northwest Texas Methodist Conference
Hunt
McMurry College
Paraguayan Army Presses Final Drive in Chaco Battles
Paraguayans report two victories near Fort Munoz as they press a final drive against Bolivian forces in the Chaco. Casualty estimates range from 500 to 800 in recent fights around the Bolivian staff HQ at Munoz and after the capture of Fort Boqueron.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Chaco
Fort Munoz
Munoz
Fort Boqueron
Edwards dies from crash after wife killed near Stamford
Joe T. Edwards of Gatesville died in a Stamford hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident Saturday night that killed his wife and critically injured two others.
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Stamford
Joe T. Edwards
Gatesville
Oil Man Debates Bandit, Regains Watch In Narrow Escape
Oil operator G. E. Quillin confronted an armed youth outside his home at 800 Sunset Terrace. The assailant demanded money and a watch, but Quillin argued and recovered his watch, thwarting a home search and the plan to steal his car. The bandit left after a threatening warning.
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G. E. Quillin
Sunset Terrace
Hoover and First Lady Welcomed in Dalhart Stop
President and Mrs. Hoover halted in Dalhart for five minutes on the California to White House trip. About 3,000 locals greeted them as students were dismissed to view the arrival. Hoover thanked the crowd for the welcome while Mrs. Hoover declined to speak.
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Dalhart
Hoover
Texas
California
White House
President Hoover
New Oil Conservation Hearing Set in East Texas
C V Terrell, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, announced a hearing for East Texas oil field operators under the new market demand conservation law to be held in Austin on November 25. The law allows considering market demand as well as physical waste in prorating production.
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Austin
C. V. Terrell
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
United States District Court
East
Texas
Railroad Commission
Motor train hits car near Alto. woman dead
Mrs. B. B. Durham, 40, was killed when a railroad motor train struck her car three miles north of Alto while she drove from Jacksonville to Rusk. She left behind three children.
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Jacksonville
Tex
Durham
Alto
Rusk
Air replaces spinal fluid to reveal brain on X rays
San Francisco reports a new medical technique from UC San Francisco doctors that drains cerebrospinal fluid and replaces it with air to produce clearer brain X ray pictures. The method, developed by Dr. Robert Stone and Dr. O W Jones, aims to improve diagnosis by contrasting air with brain tissue.
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San Francisco
University of California Medical School
Robert 8. Stone
Department of Roentseneoloy
O. W. Jones
Department of Neuro Surgery
Stone
Turner Aims Transcontinental Flight Record
Roscoe Turner lands in Kansas City for fuel at 12 40 PM CST during a cross country attempt from New York to Los Angeles to lower the transcontinental mark of 14 hours 50 minutes. He refuels in 10 minutes then departs west at 12 50 PM. He completes 1144 miles to date in 5 hours 37 minutes actual flight time after a 17 minute stop in Columbus.
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Kansas City
Rownee Turner
New York
Turner
Albuquerque
N. M
Atlantic Seaboard
Columbus
Los Angeles
Frank M. Hawks
Hoover to Confer With Roosevelt on War Debt Issue
President Hoover on his return to Washington asked for cooperation with Franklin D. Roosevelt on a grave international war debt problem. He telegraphed Roosevelt proposing a White House conference to discuss non partisan solutions for the common good, praising the moratorium's role in stabilizing Europe and credit structures.
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Henry F. Misselwitz
Hoover
U.P
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
White House
French arms proposal up for Geneva disarmament
The French Council of Ministers approved the text of arms proposals to be presented by Rene Maassigli at Geneva. The plan calls for consultation treaties security and arms equality and aims to reveal France’s readiness to cooperate. Boncour warned the plan could prompt a rearmament race if rejected. Herriot and the delegation worked late finalizing the document amid disclosures to party leaders and the Geneva committee.
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Paris
Council of Ministers
Rene Maassigli
Geneva
Joseph Paul Boncour
Edouard Herriot
Radical Socialist Party Congress
Former federal attorney W. M. Odell dies at Fort Worth
W. M. Odell, 54, prominent Fort Worth attorney, former regent of the University of Texas and Texas prison board member, died at his home. Odell had been United States attorney for the Northern District of Texas, appointed by President Wilson and served until September 1919.
Oil Chieftains In APL Meet In Houston
Oil leaders from remote southwestern leases and city offices gathered in Houston for the 13th annual American Petroleum Institute meeting. About 3,000 delegates expected. 20 committees worked on technical topics ahead of general sessions. Edward G. Seu arrives among prominent members.
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Houston
U.P
American Petroleum Institute
Edward G. Seu
No Economy Tuesday Suspended For Dollar Day Trade Week
Amarillo merchants and Globe News cancel Economy Tuesday this week due to Monday's City Dollar Day. Stores say they cannot prep for Economy Tuesday directly after Dollar Day. Look for a continuation in next week’s papers.
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Amarillo
The
Globe News
Anglo American war debt balance sheet released
Official quarters publish a balance sheet showing a December 1 payment to the United States of 95.5 million dollars for capital and interest. Britain’s funded debt totals 4.00 billion dollars, with 202.0 million paid on principal and 1.14976 billion paid in interest, bringing total payments to 1.3517 billion dollars.
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London
United States
Great Britain
France
England
Britain
Roland Lindsay
Claudel
Europe
Walsh urges quick Congress session on war debt plan
Senator Walsh of Montana proposes a special session to decide on debt policy amid Hoover moratorium changes. Representative Ragon of Arkansas backs immediate Ways and Means committee meeting to review proposed cuts. France and Britain seek suspension of December payments as part of broader debt revisions linked to the Lausanne framework and reparations scaling.
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Walsh
Montana
Congress
Ragon
Arkansas
Hoover
House
Ways and Means Committee
America
Estaonia
Latvia
Poland
Hungary
Greece
Hawk Leaves For Kansas To Be By Fathers Side
Wilbur C. Hawk general manager of the Globe News Publishing Company and West Texas Chamber of Commerce president hurried to Atchison Kansas after learning his father L T Hawk 83 is seriously ill. L T Hawk resides in Effingham Kansas.
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Wilbur C. Hawk
Globe News Publishing Company
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Atchison, Kan
Hawk
L. T. Hawk
Effingham, Kan
300 Trillion Stars Seen From Earth
Howard W Blakeslee reports from Ann Arbor that a National Academy symposium outlined vast star numbers. Dr Harlow Shapley says a 24 inch Harvard telescope found 76,000 galaxies in a sky sample, with 300,000 galaxies expected when full sky mapping is done, each galaxy housing up to a billion stars.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Ann Arbor
Mich
National Academy of Sciences
Harlow Shapeley
Harvard Astronomy Observatory
Harvard
Milky Way
Earth
Shapley
Joel Stebbins
University of Wisconsin
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Lubbock
Arthur Brisbane
King Feature Bis Syndicate, Inc
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Globe
Brisbane
IN Appeal
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Abilene District
ETEX
Roscoe Turner
Fort Worth
A. P
Kansas
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