Witness Tells Job Quiz Of Ferguson Friendship
L. G Mathews of Fort Worth testified before a Texas House committee that he was promised the division two highway job by Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson and her husband James E. Ferguson, asserting he could secure access to the governor and that the assignment would be shared among the three highway commission members. He said he would remove politically hostile workers once hired.
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Ferguson
Fergusons
Austin
House of Representatives
Salute List Ends Nazi Flag Puzzle
Berlin dispatch reports new German instructions require soldiers to salute many banners including emblems of the SS and police, flags of the pre war army, and Nazi political and youth groups while bans on saluting certain banners are noted.
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Berlin
New
Germany
Farmer killed by son after murder spree
W. O. Johnson, 50, a farmer near Zachary twelve miles north of Baton Rouge, shot his wife, set his home on fire, and was then killed during a struggle with his son Hugh Johnson who was said to have been his intended victim as well.
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W. O. Johnson
Farmer
Zachary
Hugh Johnson
Clue hunt in Oklahoma over slain Mrs Brown near El Reno
Oklahoma officers probe a hitchhiker sighting and a dog backed trail in the Marie Elmsley Brown case. Her husband Vergil Brown is jailed in El Reno while investigators pursue a witness Simonds who claimed to have seen the early morning slaying near Highway 66.
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Amarillo
Oklahoma
el Reno
Okla
Marie Elmsley Brown
Highway 66
Vergil Brown
Roberson
Simonds
Geary
Oklo
Roberson and
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Actor Lee Tracy faces charges for Mexican public morals insult
Lee Tracy American film star was arraigned in Mexico City on charges of violating public morals and insulting the government after appearing on a hotel balcony during a revolution anniversary parade clad in a blanket. Police said the blanket slipped, exposing him as cadet corps passed. Tracy was detained for two hours.
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Moving Picture
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Porfirio Diaz
Chapultepec Military Academy
West Point
Plane Motor Falls In Street Center Commerce Texas
A heavy airplane motor dropped from a ship over Commerce Texas and landed in the middle of a street in front of the post office. No one was injured. The two ship occupants Roy R Taylor and Claude Gossett of Dallas made a safe landing.
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Claude Gossett
Dallas
Balloonists Reach Ground After High Altitude Flight
Bridgeton New Jersey November 21 America’s first stratosphere balloon landed in marsh land southwest of Bridgeton at 5 50 pm as hundreds searched pine woods cranberry bogs and farms Lieut Com T G W Tex Settle and Maj Chester L Fordney slept in the deflated gondola overnight Major Fordney trudged to a farmhouse nine miles southwest of Bridgeton to call in the news They reported a remarkable journey with an altitude of 59000 feet claimed but awaiting official verification They lightened the ship to ease the rapid descent and were uninjured after the landing
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Tex" Settle
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Pordney
S. N. Johnson
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U.P
Charlea A. Lindbergh
Mia
Lindbergh
Horta
Losbon
Payal
Azores
San Miguel
Fayal
Atlantic
Lisbon
Funchal
Madeira Islands
Canning Plant in Amarillo Hindered by Inspection Hurdles
Texas Relief Commission planned to buy 30 000 to 40 000 head of cattle and start canneries. federal meat inspection in Amarillo remains unresolved as Congressman Marvin Jones seeks voluntary or funded inspection to aid interstate relief efforts led by the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation. Mohler of the Bureau of Animal Industry discussed funds for inspectors.
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Texas
Bureau of Animal Industry
Amarillo
Jones
Marvin Jones
Congressman Jones
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Lawrence Westbrook
Texas Relief
Westbrook
Mohler
RFC Gold Quotation Hiked on U S Metal
The U S domestic price for newly mined United States gold rose to 33 78 per ounce from 33 66 while London fixed at 33 81 based on opening exchange. A later dollar weakness pushed the London price higher.
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Washington
RFC
United States
London
Ferguson Dedication: Texas Relief Office Backed by Governors
Former Governor James E. Ferguson criticizes pork barrel politics in Civil Works Relief in Texas. He urges relief based on need over politics at a Nov 21 conference with Governor Miriam A. Ferguson and Lawrence Westbrook. He credits President Roosevelt as humane and criticizes past Republican policy.
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James E. Ferguson
Civil Works Relief Program Administration
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Lawrence Westbrook
Civil Works Plan
Texas Relief Commission
Relief Commission
Ferguson
Lindys Battle Storm JW Collins Dies of Heart Attack at Office
Lindy s Battle Storm JW Collins longtime Potter County tax collector and Amarillo druggist died at 2 p m after a heart attack in Dr A J Streit s office Fisk Building Amarillo He was survived by Mrs Collins two daughters Nell and Margaret and a son J W Jr of 1615 Harrison Street He had been a candidate for Amarillo postmaster and served in the Texas state comptroller s office in the gasoline tax division He was known across the Panhandle and in Austin and statewide He previously ran a drugstore and later held the county tax collector post His death followed a period of ill health and a prior heart attack.
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Potter County
Amarillo
A. J. Streit
Fisk
Collins
Texas State Comptroller's
Panhandle Plains
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Nell
Margaret
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Streit
No Communistic Data For U S Says Soviet Ambassador
Moscow reports that Alexander Troyanovsky, new Russian Ambassador to the United States, declares no Communist propaganda will emanate from the Soviet Embassy. He says Communism is a domestic issue and officials will not engage in propaganda in America. He expects to visit Litvinov before departing for Washington to continue fostering mutual understanding and cultural ties.
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Domestic Mary Plans Connecticut Farm Life After Divorce
New York November 21 Mary McCormic opera soprano, recently divorced in Los Angeles from Serge Mdivanti, intends marriage to film actor Harry Bannister. The couple will wed January 2 and live on a Connecticut farm with cows and potato patches, as she enjoys digging potatoes.
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Mary McCormic
Los Angeles
Serge Mdivanti
Connecticut
Miss McCormic
Harry Bannister
Ann Harding
Weather Forecast for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Forecast shows fair weather across Amarillo and west Texas tonight through Thursday with cooler tonight. New Mexico expected fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler east portion tonight and slightly warmer east portion Wednesday. Temperature extremes today range 41 to 54.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Million Theater Deal Profits Tied to Major Banks
Senate investigators hear evidence of more than 44 million in profits earned within weeks by bankers backing General Theater Equipment Inc. Ferdinand Pecora notes William Fox to testify. Murray Dodge testifies a group bought 950000 shares at 20 and sold to public at 32 a share then moved stock to a selling syndicate.
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General Theater Equipment, Inc
Senate
Ferdinand Pecora
Banking Committee
William Fox
General Theater
Murray Dodge
Chase Securities Corporation
Bankers’ Group
Pynchon and Company
West and Company
W. 8. Hammons and Company
Halsey- Stuart
Albert H. Wiggins
Chase Bank
Morgenthau Names Treasury Officials
Acting Secretary Morgenthau named three Treasury officials Earl Batlie of New York as special assistant in charge of fiscal affairs William H. McReynolds as administrative assistant and Herman Oliphant as general counsel He rejected claims his order restricting officials from sharing fiscal information was censorship
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury
Department
City Commission Meeting Tonight Postponed
Mayor Ross D. Rogers is out of the city and there is no special business for the city commission as tonight’s meeting is postponed.
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Ross D. Rogers
Wales' New Pet Starts Pekin e Se Fad in London
London reports a new pet craze as the Prince of Wales owns a year old Pekinese female named Gypsy who has already produced a litter. Citizens anticipate Pekinese popularity spreading to both men and women.
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London
Prince of Wales
Gypsy
Cleaners adopt National Recovery Act code in Amarillo
Amarillo cleaners with 30 or more shops operate under the NRA code this week. Wages rise and hours fall as the northern zone applies. Local association president Fred Doche notes possible price impacts depend on costs. Violations bring fines up to 500 dollars and 60 days jail. Public urged to place orders early.
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Fred Doche
The
Amarillo Cleaners Association
Doche
National Association
NRA
Mr. Cowie
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