Panhandle gas field to be visited by solons
Dallas Nov 20 Congress will inspect the Panhandle gas field extending from the Oklahoma line to the New Mexico border. Officials and engineers warn of waste and urge statutory conservation measures. Experts say substitutes like oil shale coal and lignite could supply liquid fuels if oil reserves run low.
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Dallas
Texas Panhandle
Cole Congressional Oil Inquiry Committee
Ickes
American Petroleum Institute
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Los Angeles
Stanley Gill
Houston
Gill
Elwood Fouts
East Texas
Gulf Coast
United States
Soldiers Release Tension in Innsbruck Violence Erupts
In Innsbruck Austria November clash between Fascist home guard led by Vice Chancellor Starhemberg and Catholic storm troops of Chancellor Schuschnigg spills into open street fighting. Police dispersed the crowds after rubber baton use. authorities brace for possible revenge as press bans spread.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Ernst von Sterhemberg
Kurt Schuschnigg
Freisheitsbund
Starhemberg
Storm Troops
Home Guard
Lincoln Gettysburg anniversary remembered on Gettysburg field
November 19 marks 71 years since Abraham Lincoln delivered a defining Gettysburg Address. The Globe notes the anniversary and reflects on the Civil War era and its lasting impact on American memory.
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Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
Borah urges full inquiry into relief funds after sharp speech
Senator William E Borah of Idaho demanded a thorough, dispassionate investigation of federal relief expenditures. He cited waste and bloated administration costs, urging Congress and disinterested parties to audit every dollar, noting payrolls and misaccounted funds in multiple states.
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Washington
William FE. Borah
Idaho
Borah
Harry Hopkins
Congress
United States proposes sweeping disarmament plan at Geneva
The United States presented a bold package at the world disarmament conference steering committee aiming to curb arms manufacture and trade from revolvers to battleships. It calls for a rigid licensing system, full publicity for arms orders, and the creation of a permanent disarmament commission at Geneva under Hugh's plan.
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Geneva
United States
Hugh
Wilson
Richmond jail holds alleged killer amid mob threats
Phillip Jones, a giant laborer and accused confessor of the murder of two white girls, was jailed in Richmond after mobs threatened him at Roanoke and Clifton Forge. The victims, Alice Hill, 13, and Ellen Hill, 9, were found murdered near his farm with blows to the head. A bloody shotgun butt and a gunshot wound to Jones's leg were noted. Overnight, a fire was set at Jones's tenant farm while three other Black men were arrested.
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Richmond
U.P
Phillip Jones
Roanoke
Clifton Forge
Alice B. Hill
Ellen
Jones
Paraguay Rejects League Plan to End Chaco War
Asuncion Paraguay November 20 Paraguay officially refused the League of Nations plan to end the war in the Chaco. The government rejected the consultative committee report calling for a cessation of hostilities pending arbitration and instructed Geneva representatives to inform the League. It insisted fighting must stop only with guarantees preventing a future resumption.
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Asuncian
Paraguay
League of Nations
Chaco
League
Geneva
Oklahoman Named On Textile Board
Frank P. Douglass of Oklahoma City was named a member of the Textile Labor Relations Board in Washington. He succeeds James A. Mullenbach of Chicago who resigned due to illness. Douglass has previously served on four railway labor mediation boards.
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Washington
Frank P. Douglass
Oklahoma City
Textile Labor Relations Board
Douglass
James A. Mullenbach
Chicago
Oil production quota reduced for December
Washington November 20 The national allowable crude oil production for December was fixed by Secretary Ickes at a daily average of 2,307,000 barrels, down 33,300 barrels from November. Guaranteed Oil 10¢ Quart, 1900 Warc.
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Washington
Ickes
Europe asked to pay debts
The treasury announced notices to 12 European nations listing amounts due on December 15 totaling 154,729,976 dollars. Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia, Estonia, Finland, France, Britain, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania are named with specific sums. many already face prior defaults. Join the Red Cross.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury
Belgium
Czecho-Slovakia
Esthenia
Finland
France
Great Britain
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Roumania
Louisiana Businessmen Favor Longs Fulership
New Orleans merchants and manufacturers split into three groups on Huey Long's rule. Some think he would hasten prosperity with full charge, others fear high taxes, while some stay neutral. Gabe Mouledoux, ex-president of the Board of Trade, backs Long as capable of giving Louisiana the best government.
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I. S. Femrite
New Orleans
U.P
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Long
Hint
The
United Press
Gabe Mouledoux
New Orleans Board of Trade
Mouledoux
Alice Brady Missing After Threats To Kidnap
Hollywood officials report former stage and current screen actress Alice Brady vanished after failing to appear for a 9 A.M. filming call. She had left Beverly Hills for a dinner Sunday night amid prior kidnapping threats, with police and sheriff denying a disappearance report.
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Hollywood
Calif
Alice Brady
Warner Brothers’ Studio
Miss Brady
Beverly Hills
Sheriff's Office
Pampa Blast Claims Man and Family Died in Fire
In Pampa a fatal blast in a cellar killed J. C. Cross, 27, and instantly took his wife and a two year old child. Three relatives were severely burned but expected to recover. The blast followed lighting a match in the cellar. no gas lines were found though gas may have seeped from underground. In Dallas a request for 5 million dollars for the 1936 Centennial celebration will be renewed in January, Centennal Commission says.
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Dallas
U.P
Centennial Commission
Barefoot burglar targets teen girl in Dallas home
In Dallas on November 20, police hunted a barefoot burglar who entered a 13 year old girl’s room, tried to strangle her, ordered silence, and leaped from a window after she screamed. The assailant fled as officers investigated the home invasion.
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Dallas
New Helium Gas Well Drilled at Cliffside
Washington reports a $36000 contract awarded to Drilling and Exploration Co of Dallas to drill and complete a helium bearing natural gas well on the Cliffside structure in Potter County Texas. The aim is to augment helium supply used by the army and navy from the government plant seven miles west of Amarillo. The Cliffside structure lies 20 to 25 miles northwest of Amarillo.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Potter County
Texas
Drilling and Exploration Company of
Dallas
Army
Navy
Amarillo
United States
Fee
Cliffside
Bureau
C. W. Seibel
Mr. Seibel
White House Reveals 1000-Piece China Set for Roosevelt Era
Washington, Nov 20 This Christmas Mrs Roosevelt arranged a 1,000 piece ivory dinner set. It will be the first since 20 years ago and will bear the Presidential crest with forty eight gold stars. The First Lady favors dark blue and gold rims. The president will not wipe the dishes.
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Washington
White House
Executive Mansion
Roosevelt
Eckener plans zeppelin trips Europe to U S
Dr Hugo Eckener announced plans for a zeppelin service between Friedrichshafen and Lakehurst New Jersey via Miami Florida starting mid July. Flights would be biweekly as an experimental LZ 120 venture, round trips continuing until October.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
U.P
Hugo Eckener
Lakehart
N. J
Via
Miamni
Fla
Fear Revolt When Mexican Wires Go Out
In Mexico City Nov 20 7 The Mexican Telephone Company said communication between Monterrey and Laredo Texas was cut early today possibly by rebels. An alleged manifesto in a newspaper under Gen Antonio Villarreal’s name announced an armed uprising starting today the Madero Revolution anniversary. Telegraph wires remained undamaged.
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Mexico
D. F
Mexican Telephone Company
Monterrey
Laredo
Tex
Antonio Villarreal
National Telegraph Organization
President Roosevelt Hosts Governors in Southeast Meet
In Warm Springs Georgia on November 20 the President, a former governor, invites southeastern state governors to an informal gathering during his watching and studying period. The governors requested the meeting and he readily agreed.
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Warm &Prings
Roosevelt
France Increases War Budget Amid Unpreparedness Fears
Paris reports France boosted its war budget by 800 million francs about 53 million dollars to shore up frontier defenses. The move comes after warnings of unpreparedness and amid reports Germany is arming. Red Crow frontier organization cited in the notice.
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Paris
France
Germany
Frontier Organization
U S Into New Gang Mystery
Philadelphia reports fear that William Weiss abducted October 26 may have been slain by underworld gunmen. A $100,000 ransom was demanded and reported paid but no word from Weiss increased fears of a horrible death. Hoover takes charge of the federal probe into the Philadelphia disappearance of the night life figure as connections to alcohol rackets and prison grudges surface.
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Philadelphia
William
Big Bill” Weiss
Underworld
Weiss
New York
Cleveland
Baltimore
Wein
Rain Returns Across Texas Panhandle and Cities
Heavy showers drenched Palestine 2.08 inches and Hardeman County with 1.25 inches, while Dallas Fort Worth Austin Waco and nearby towns saw more than an inch in the past 24 hours. Weather forecaster Collman warned of cloudy skies with little additional moisture and a slight cool snap tomorrow morning.
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Panhandle
Collman
Dallas
Navy
Texas
Palestine
Fort Worth
Austin
Waco
Joseph L. Cline
Hardeman County
Quanah
Amarillo
Fl Paso
Brownsville
League of Nations hears disarmament and foreign plot charges
Geneva reports Jugoslovia accuses foreign plot in King Alexander assassination at the League Assembly. Wilson presents automatic investigation powers for arms production and a permanent disarmament commission. Britain and France show sympathy. Litvinoff seeks permanent peace conference. Italy, Germany absence noted. The text ends with an unrelated Troy Laundry ad line.
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Geneva
Jugoslavia
Alexander
Assembly of the League of Nations
Weather snapshot for Amarila West Texas New Mexico
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with slightly colder conditions for Amarila and west Texas. In New Mexico the forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with colder temperatures in the night and east portion Wednesday. Watered by a winter oil listing at 5 gallons for 1.25 dollars and a Ward address 1900.
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Amarila
West Texas
New Mexico
Enchanted Isle mystery widens with two bodies found
New York dispatches report a loving jealous drama among civilized travelers after two bodies wash ashore on Maichenna Island in the Galapagos. Names floating include Alfredo Rudolph Lorenz or Charles, and Captain Nuggerud. An Ecuadorian ship is awaited for investigation.
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New York
U.P
Maichena Island
Galapagos
South Pacific
Guayaquil
Feuachor
Los Angeles
Paris
Alfredo Rudolph Lorenz
Pioreana
Charles
Nuggerud
Galapagon
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Oklahoman
Europe
Red Cross
Pampa
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Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Erwin Ochsner
Jason Robberson
Amarillo Hotel
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R. Budke
N. O. Glenn
L. ©. Whitney
Gene Klein
Ted Lokey
Fred Poole
G. K. Richardson
C. P. Bordwell
Melody Maids
China
Eckener
Zeppelin
U. S
Brussels
George Theunis
Charles de Broqueville
Red Crows
U.S
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R. Wilson
Switzerland
Anthony Eden
Spain
Sweden
Maxim Litvinoff
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Ward
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