No New Roads Due in Texas This Year
Austin announces no new state highways will be designated in Texas this year. A November 26 open hearing was set by Chairman John Wood to explain the policy and fund use while bids for state and national recovery road projects totalling over 2 million dollars will be opened.
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Texas
Austin
U.P
John Wood
State Highway Commission
Wood
Rusk County
Cherokee County
Harrison County
Hallsville
Marshall
Highway
Kyle
Buda
Gonzales County
Reesville
Guadalupe River
Highway 206
Eastland County
Oilman Wentz eyes buying the St. Louis Cardinals
Lewis Haines Wentz, an Oklahoma oil man visiting St. Louis, said he hopes to purchase the World Series champions and keep the Deans and pennants in town. He plans to meet with Cardinal owner Sam Breadon and may announce a deal soon, insisting he would be “one of the boys” if he buys the club.
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U.P
Lewis Haines Wentz
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louisans
Oklahoma
Sam Breadon
Cardinals
Breadon
Cardinal
Uncle Sam
Dean
Detroit Tigers
Deans
Bay
Wentz
Branch Rickey
Oil men blame Ickes as distress plan rejected
Independent oil men led by J. M. Deavenport of the Independent Refiners Association of Texas accuse Harold Ickes of destroying efforts to regulate the oil market after he refused to approve a distress buying plan for gasoline. Deavenport calls for Ickes to resign, warning chaos will collapse current price structures and threaten East Texas.
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Dallas
U.P
Harold Tekes
J. M. Deavenport
Independent Refiners’ Association of
East Texas
Deavenport
Kilgore
Texas
Ickes
Ralph Hor
British American naval talks outline possible cooperation
London outlined to the U S Naval delegation suggestions for British American naval cooperation in any contingency including with or without international treaty limits. The meeting, described as a rehearsal for a future accord, discussed three possible plans and stressed cooperation rather than alliance.
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Frederick Kuh
United Press
London
Great Britain
United States
Roosevelt to tour Tennessee Valley project and Warm Springs
President Roosevelt planned a mid November trip by special train to the Tennessee Valley development site where about 12,000 workers build dams for power flood control and navigation. He will then proceed to Warm Springs Georgia to shape January proposals for Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Development
Warm Springs
Congress
Chest Fund Reaches 5500 Noon in City Drive
Community Chest pledges stood at 5500 at noon today as a 36928 budget is set for a drive led by about 250 businessmen. Directors voiced pleasure with the progress and urged citizens to cooperate when solicitors call, campaign ending November 24 with a Red Cross appeal.
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Roy Snodgrass
Turkey Day Fowl To Be Dearer Scarcer Costlier
The Department of Agriculture estimates a turkey price increase for Thanksgiving with about a 7 percent drop in production from last year. Higher prices are blamed mainly on smaller poultry supplies and broader meat and food price trends, with about five cents more per pound expected.
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Turkey
Washington
Department of Agriculture
President open mind on pension bills
Roosevelt retains an open mind on including old age pensions and health insurance in his security program. Secretary Perkins told the economic security council the President is ready to consider recommendations for incorporating the two social reform measures.
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Washington
W.P
Roosevelt
National Economic Security Conference
Frances Perkins
Economic Security Advisory Council
Illness Fatal To Banker W J Morton
W J Morton a 66 year old Moore County banker and stockman died at 9 30 last night at his daughter Mrs L G Daughertys home in Dumas after a four hour illness. Funeral services will be at 2 pm tomorrow at the Dumas High School conducted by Rev Robert C Jones. Burial will be in Dumas Cemetery. Morton had lived 33 years in the Panhandle and called Dumas home. Born in Tennessee William Jones Morton was born See MORTON Page 2.
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W. J. Morton
Moore County
L. G. Daugherty
Dumas
Dumas High School
Robert C. Jones
Church of Christ
Amarillo
L. J. Haile
T. H. Campbell
W. W. Burnett
Wiley ,Fox
F. 8. Makeig
J. C. Phillips
W. H. Puqua
J. C. Paul
Ray Wheatley
B. T. Ware
Charles A. Fisk
F. T. Degraftenreid
W. B. Harvey
James
C. Wilson
W. T. Coble
J. T. Sneed
J. R. Collins
J. A. Whiteside
J. F. Weatherly
R. D. Crump
C. T. Ward
J. T. Brown
C. Collins
A. F. Lumpkin
W. C. Jones
John E. Hill
J. E. Wells
M. Q. Beauchamp
Dumas Cemetery
Griggs & Sons
Morton
Panhandle
Polk Street
Tennessee
William Jones Morton
No Rain Forecast Despite Morning Panhandle Fog
Weather prognosticator Collman reports no rain despite thick fog in the Panhandle. Visibility improved after 9 am as the sun broke through. forecast calls for fair weather and warmer temperatures tonight.
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Collman
Panhandle
Mr. Collman
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Fair and warmer tonight and Friday with partly cloudy skies in most areas. Showers likely in the southeast tonight and Friday. warmer conditions in the west. New Mexico expects fair weather with little temperature change. Extremes recorded 38 to 60 degrees for the period.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Crash kills young Estes Tyler resident
The body of Marion Estes aged about 30, brother of Longview publisher Carl Estes, was found in a wrecked car after a nighttime crash in heavy rain near Edom on the Tyler Dallas Highway. He worked for the Texas Railroad Commission and is survived by his widow and infant child.
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Tyler
Marion Estes
Carl Estes
Longview
Estes
Texas Railroad Commission
Edom
Tyler- Dallas
Dallas
Carthage
Here
Nashville Kidnapping Murd er Moves to New Search
In Nashville a six year old girl Dorothy Ann Distelhurst was kidnapped and killed. Officials vow unceasing search as father A B Distelhurst aids authorities. A coroner’s inquest unlikely. only a known fact is murder by an unknown person. The body was released to parents. Authority pledges continued investigation.
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Nashville
Tenn
Dorothy Ann Distelhurst
A. B. Distelhurst
United States
Tennessee
J. Carlton Loser
Dorothy
New York
Young Insull Says Mistakes Honest in Court Testimony
Samuel Insull Jr testified in the mail fraud trial of Young Insull, former president of the defunct Investment Trust. He said any mistakes by him or the firm were honest and rooted in intimate knowledge of the utilities business as the defense nears rest.
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Chicago
Corporation Securities
Samuel Insull
Young Insull
Investment Trust
Ben Bernie Concert and Dance Tickets Selling Fast
Downtown sale at City Drug Store on S17 Polk Street sparks quick demand for Ben Bernie events. Wilbur Hawk limits lower floor to 400 couples for the Nat dance while Auditor ium concert seats move fast. tickets range 35 cents to $1.50, with dance at 10 30 and concert at 8 15 Saturday night. Outsiders urged to wire reservations.
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City Drug Store
Polk Street
Ben Bernie
Wilbur
Hawk
Hank
Lois Black
Globe-News
Mr. Hawk
Municipal Auditorium
How We Prepare. Employers Must Not Run
Arthur Brisbane notes Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler warns against foreign entanglements and argues fighting beyond U S borders should be done from air and sea. He critiques the 1 600 000 troops sent to Europe, saying none knew why they fought.
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Europe
General Butler
Texas Retail Sales In 1933 Reach Near Billion Mark
Dallas observers report Texas retail sales totaled $965.343 million in 1933 led by Houston with $98.392 million from 4,320 stores. Dallas ranked second with $88.512 million from 3,604 stores and San Antonio third with $60.618 million from 3,868 stores. Fort Worth followed with $41.854 million from 2,280 stores as food stores totaled $214.343 million, far below the 1929 automotive total of $411.465 million. Houston food stores posted $20.128 million and Dallas department stores $19.301 million.
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Dallas
Houston
Harold M. Young
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Young
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Ite
Automotive
Houston's
Dallas’ Department Stores
Texan Women Partner in New Endurance Flight
Two women filers Jean Larene of Dallas and Henrietta Bumner of California arrive in Oklahoma City to complete preparations for an attempt to break the women s endurance flight record.
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Oklahoma City
Where There's Smoke There's Fire in Vienna Death
A 60 year old, Fritz Nonas, died in Vienna after a cigarette ignited his clothing. He had smoked 75 cigars daily, totaling 546 999 cigarettes, and reportedly felt no regret except that the 547 000th cigar was spoiled. The notice ends with an unrelated want ad for a modern bedroom rental.
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Fritz Nonas
Vienna
Havana
Globe News
City Passes Emergency Tax Ordinance to Honor Delinquents
The City Commission approved an emergency ordinance allowing payment of all taxes due August 1 without penalties or interest, effective immediately for city taxes though the state bill remitting penalties awaits a February 8, 1935 operative date. The cable contract for the fire and signal system went to Broome and Nunn Electric for 3189.75. Mayor Rogers will attend a Chicago meeting November 22 24 with 110 large city mayors to discuss municipal finance law enforcement and unemployment, led by LaGuardia Keenan and Hopkins.
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Broome Electric Company
Nunn Electric Company
Chicago
Ross D. Rogers
LaGuardia
New York City
Joseph B. Keenan
U. S
Harry J. Hopkins
Federal Relief Administration
Japan Would Aid In Oil Controversy
Washington November 15 Japan says it is willing to act as intermediary between the United States and Manchoukuo to reach an amicable settlement of the diplomatic dispute sparked by Manchoukuo's proposed old monopoly.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Manshoukuo
Manchoukuo
New Yorker Given Chemistry Award
Dr. Harold Clayton Urey of Columbia University New York won the 1934 Nobel Prize in chemistry in Stockholm on November 15.
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New Yorker
Stockholm
Sweden
Harold Clayton Urey
Columbia University
New York
France to default on war debt December 15
Paris reports France will default to the United States on its war debt for the fifth straight time when it receives an American notification of due payment December 15. In Minneapolis an unidentified man about 40 was shot and killed after a holdup in South Minneapolis today.
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Paris
France
United States
Minneapolis
Birthday Splurge For Princess Mdivani In Paris Ritz Cabaret
In a Ritz Hotel cabaret, 123 guests danced until dawn to mark Princess Barbara Hilton Mdivani’s 22nd birthday. Guests hailed from the United States, France and Great Britain while an airplane delivered the Casino de Paris orchestra for a reported $10,000. Prince Alexis Mdivani gifted a diamond bracelet.
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Paris
Ritz Hotel
Barbara Hilton Mdivani
United States
France
Baition
Casino de Paris
London
Alexis Mdivani
Mdivani
Franklin L. Mutton
Heiress Gloria Vanderbilt's custody decision awaited in New York
Supreme Court Justice John F. Carey plans a conference with both sides on Gloria Vanderbilt 10 to determine if she will live with her mother Mrs Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt or her aunt Mrs Harry Payne Whitney. The custody fight follows Mrs Vanderbilt's bid to regain the child who has lived with Mrs Whitney since June 1932 and a seven week testimony period.
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New York
Supreme Court
Gloria Vanderbilt
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Harry Payne Whitney
John F. Carey
Justice Carey
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Kog Fools City
John Maynard
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Crash
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Pretty Boy
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Troy
Arthur Brisbane
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Globe
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