Committee Censured as Crowd Booed at Overton Inquiry
In New Orleans on November 17, John G. Holland of the Senate subcommittee clashed with the panel during testimony in Senator Overton’s election investigation. The crowd booed as Allen Ellender questioned a late witness, while Overton ally Huey Long backer Mrs. Hammond pressed for a record read. Senator Logan sought a quitting time as Overton pledged witnesses to counter this week’s testimony.
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New Orleans
John G. Holland
Senate
John H. Overton
Allen Ellender
Overton
Ellender
Holland
Connally
Texas
Logan
Hildy Phelps Hammond
Women’s Committee of
Louisiana
Huey Long
Hammond
First CWA Relief Work for Amarillo Women Underway
In Potter County Texas the first CWA project for relief women involves renovating donated clothing for needy families. Salaries hinge on Washington Austin wage disputes, while local relief offices await state approval and building space. Volunteers from the American Legion Community Service Committee will supervise the effort and collect donations.
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Potter County
Civil Works Administration
Gaines Whitsitt
Whitsitt
Washington
Austin
W. A
Grant Street
Texas Relief Commission
CWA
Amarillo
State Commission
Community Service Committee of the American Legion
A. Petersen
Recognition of Soviet Union Seen Before Night
Washington reports the United States likely to renew diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union today ending an 11 year breach. President Roosevelt and Maxim Litvinoff held major talks at the White House with a joint statement anticipated to outline settlement principles including debts claims and worship rights for Americans.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Gboviet Comminsar
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
White House
16Th Street
State Department
London
Tickets On Sale For Borger Sandie Football Game
Tickets for the Amarillo Golden Sandie Borger Bulldog football game tomorrow afternoon in Borger were placed on sale this morning. Available at Maxor Drug Store in the Fisk Building or at the high school. Prices are 50 and 25 cents.
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Amarillo Golden Sandie-Borger
Borger
Maxor Drug Store
Fisk
Kidnaped Hart Slaying Ties to Lindbergh Case
San Francisco federal agents reveal Thurmond and Holmes confessed to abducting and slaying Brooke Hart 22, with Thurmond stating Hart was shot as he struggled in San Francisco Bay after being bound with cement and wire. Authorities compare the case to Lindbergh and Parker slayings.
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Frisco Bay
San Francisco
U.P
Brooke Hart
San Francisco Bay
Thomas Harold Thurmond
John Holmes
Hart
San Mateo
Reed Vetterli
Department of Justice
Thurmond
Marion Parker
Los Angeles
Vetterli
William Emig
San Jose
Barker
William Edward Hickman
Hickman
Little Parker
Oregon
San Quentin
Anderson
Conroy
Holmes
San Mateo Bridge
Alex J. Hart
Brisbane and Litvinoff Clash Over Religion in Russia Visit
Arthur Brisbane opines on U S Russian relations and religious freedom. Litvinoff’s Miami visit prompts debate over allowing Americans freedom to worship in Russia and Russians to praise Lenin in the United States. The piece argues for private worship and references historical figures like Lenin and Marx.
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Miami
Fla
Litvinoff
Russia
Lenin
United States
Marx
Khan Grande
Coleridge
Red Cross Roll Call Renewal Plans Mapped
Potter County board and campaign committee map a renewed Red Cross roll call with a preliminary business district drive starting next Tuesday led by Bill Gilstrap. Mason King heads firms with 10 or more employees to push 100 percent enrollment before the general drive opens Thursday morning.
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Red Cross
Potter County Board
Bill Gilstrap
Mason King
Gilstrap
Herbert Budke
Million Dollar Lawsuit Threat After Slap Incident
Mary McCormic faces a potential $1,000,000 damage suit from Grace Williams who says she was assaulted in a Los Angeles newspaper office by McCormic. Williams attorney S. S. Hahn says he was retained and will confer with district officials on filing the complaint as outraged feelings and publicity backlash are cited. Williams seeks redress for the alleged assault tied to disclosures about McCormic's property settlement with her former husband Prince Serge Mdivani.
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Los Angeles
Mary McCormic
Serge Mdivani
Grace Williams
Miss McCormic
S.S. Hahn
Miss Williams
Atoney
Tha
North’s Frigid Wave Moderating Across Continent
Frigid conditions ease slowly across North America east of the Rockies as the cold snap’s toll rises to nine deaths this week. An unidentified man was found frozen to death in Hopkinsville Kentucky, with three Rhode Island fatalities also reported. Three fishermen believed lost in Lake Michigan survived after abandoning their craft and walking ashore on ice, as searchers from Oconto Wisconsin continued a lake patrol.
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Associated Press
North American
Rocky Mountains
Hopkinsville
Rhode Island
Lake Michigan
Oconto
Wis
President Roosevelt to take two weeks vacation at Warm Springs
President Roosevelt clears his desk for a two week leave at Warm Springs Georgia. He boards a special train tonight to Savannah for a brief display at Georgia bicentennial celebrations. Balloon flight by Settle and Fordney is postponed indefinitely due to bad weather in Akron Ohio.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Savannah
Georgia
Akron
T. G. W. Settle
Chester L. Fordney
U. S. Marine Corps
Cattle Market Glutted Warns Armour Official
C. E. Matthews of Armour and Company warns Kansas City's cattle markets are glutting this week with heavy receipts. Prices are dropping to 25 to 30 year lows as slaughter and supply overwhelm demand, threatening ruinous losses for packers and producers.
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Kansas City
C. EF. Matthews
Armour and Company
Matthews
Bonds Set for Prater Russell After Chase
Prater and Russell were charged after a chase that ended with Russell’s capture in a wholesale house basement following a tip locating him on Pierce Street. Russell faces theft and burglary counts. Prater charged with resisting an officer. Bonds set at 2500 and 1000 by Judge Clark. Both jailed.
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Lawrence
Buck” Russell
Truman Prater
B. R. Clark
Prater
Russell
Pierce Street
Neff tightens rules at Baylor suspends seven students
Baylor University president Pat M. Neff announced seven male students were suspended for hazing and other infractions during chapel services. He presented strict, to be enforced policies and offered his resignation to trustees, which they unanimously rejected. He criticized hazing and drunkenness and pledged dormitory sobriety.
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Waco
U.P
Baylor University
Pat M. Neff
Trusters
Neff
Texas
Chapel
Baylor
Women’s Clubs Name Off icers in Texas Federation
Mrs Volney Taylor of Brownsville named president of the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs serving three years. She defeated Mrs Frank B Slater of Dallas. other officers elected include Frank Friend San Angelo first vice president Carrie Reeves Brownwood second vice president C H Carlisle Houston treasurer and Elizabeth Phillips Tyler recording secretary. Delegates voted after noon with 457 votes certified by credentials committee.
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Austin
Volney Taylor
Brownsville
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
J. W. Fincher
Houston
Taylor
Frank B. Slater
Dallas
Slater
Fincher
Frank Friend
San Angelo
Carrie Reeves
Brownwood
C. H. Carlisle
Mias
Elizabeth Phillips
Tyler
King George Prorogues Parliament After Speech
Parliament was prorogued until the new session opens November 21 after King George read a speech calling for progress in world disarmament. He said Britain has actively supported the disarmament conference and noted the March 16 draft as the basis for a proposed convention. He expressed hope that later difficulties can be overcome.
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London
Navy
George
Meteorite Shower Almost Takes Down Weather Flight Near Love Field
Mail pilot Merrell Brock of the Love Field weather ship narrowly escaped disaster as a Leonid meteorite passed within yards, traveling 45 degrees south at 7000 feet. Fellow pilot Lee Wallace sighted 30 to 40 meteors on an El Paso to Dallas run, with five or six exceptionally bright. The Leonids, due Wednesday, appeared irregular as their smaller numbers and erratic paths delayed their expected return.
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Dallas
Merrell Brock
Lovefield
Earth
Brock
Lee Wallace
American Airways
Fl Paso
Trade Review Reports Gain Momentum in Retail Distribution
New York reports show the Dun and Bradstreet weekly trade review stating the trade picture has improved as retail distribution gains momentum after a week of stronger movement. They cite weather, early Christmas shopping, and government bonus spending boosting sales across women's coats fur garments overcoats suits hats shoes and other winter goods in urban and agricultural areas.
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New York
The
Dun and Bradstree
Weekly Trade Review
Lumbermen Form Panhandle NRA Code Drove by Amarillo Meeting
Galbraith of Amarillo elected president and U N Olver named secretary of a new Panhandle lumbermen and building material dealers organization. The body, created yesterday in Amarillo by 26 counties, will direct enforcement of the NRA code. Over 100 dealers attended as R G Hyett explained code operation.
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How. Galbraith
Amarillo
U. N. Olver
Panhandle
R. G. Hyett
Houston
Lumberman's Association of Texas
Three Army Recruits Sent from Local Office to Wyoming Post
Three men enlisted for infantry at Port F. E. Warren in Cheyenne were Carthell Morgan of Dalbert Norman Davis of Canyon and Walter K. Riddlespurger of Amarillo. Sgt Forsythe expects to send out a ike number next week. The recruits were from the local army recruiting office.
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Army Recruiting Office
Robert F. Forsythe
Port F. FE. Warren
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Carthell Morgan
Dalbert
Norman&. Davis
Canyon
Walter K. Riddlespurger
Amarillo
U S Capital Flows Abroad as Gold Policy Sparks Exit
Foreign exchange experts say between 1.5 and 2 billion dollars of American capital has fled the United States since March. Much of this followed President Roosevelt's speech endorsing buying gold abroad.
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New York
United Press Today
Roosevelt
Weather outlook Amarillo and West Texas region
Fair tonight with a Saturday of partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. West Texas west of the 100th meridian shows similar partly cloudy to cloudy conditions and a colder north portion. New Mexico forecast is fair tonight and Saturday with cooler air especially in extreme northeast tonight and extreme southeast Saturday. Temperatures range from 43 to 64 during the day up to 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Child Allen Williams Located in Portales After Amber Alert
Twelve year old Allene Williams disappeared from Amarillo Monday night after slipping from her mother’s sleeping home. She was found in Portales New Mexico registered at a rooming house. Clarence Williams her uncle and police traced the teenager involved in a deer hunting trip dispute with her father Howard Williams.
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Allene Williams
Portales
N. M
Bill Adama
Clarence Williams
Amarillo
Howard Williams
Polk Street
Texas
Williams
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