Wiggin and bankers charged with conspiracy over Fox empire
Hollywood dispatch reports Albert H. Wiggin and a group of New York and Chicago financiers accused by the Senate stock market committee of forming a conspiracy to force William Fox from control of Fox Film and Fox Theaters. Fox testified he was coerced into selling, blaming duress by Wiggin, Harley Clarke, John Otterson, and firms including Halsey Stuart. Lee Tracy meanwhile was fired by Louis B. Mayer after a balcony publicity stunt describing a Viva la parade while in pajama pants.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
U.P
Albert H. Wiggin
New York
Chicago
Senate Stock Market Mittee
Willliam Fox
Fox
Chase National Bank of New York
Fox Film and Pox Theaters
Ferdinand Pecora
Pecora
Harley Clarke
John Otterson
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Halsey, Stuart and Company
Tracy
Louis B. Mayer
M-G-M
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook Turns Colder Tonight
Forecast covers Amarillo and West Texas with fair, colder tonight and Friday. Panhandle region stays fair and colder, New Mexico zones fair to partly cloudy with warmer periods then colder southeast Friday. Today’s temperature extremes reach 36 to 59 by 1 o'clock.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker Escape Gruesome Gun Battle
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker fired on by officers in Grand Prairie Texas. Bullets ripped Barrow’s car and bloodstains suggest possible injuries to either outlaw. They then halted a Fort Worth attorney’s vehicle and fled, as pursuit intensified.
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Grand Prairie
Texas
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Barrow
Fort Worth
Thomas R. James
Paul Reich
Reich
Gold program in effect as Roosevelt era policy continues
Treasury and Federal Reserve actions keep domestic gold price at 33.76 an ounce with London open at 33.96. Morgenthau to visit Warm Springs to review steps with the President and plan future actions while the advisory council warns against currency value fluctuations and aims for monetary stabilization.
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Washington
London
Morgenthau Meade
Warm Springs
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Advisory Council
Finance Council New York
Herald-Tribune
Washington Dispatch
Advisory Council
Shipping Magnate Must Submit Names
Senate committee orders R. Stanley Dollar head of Dollar West Coast shipping interests to provide a list of congressmen government officials and newspaper publishers who benefited from free trips or reduced rate passage from the company.
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Washington
W.P
R. Stanley Dollar
Dollar West Coast Shipping Interests
Senate
Delegates Meet to Cast State Vote on Prohibition
Repeal delegates elected August 26 will convene in the State Senate chamber in Austin at 10 a.m. to cast Texas official vote on national prohibition repeal. Roy Miller of Corpus Christi is expected to call the repeal convention to order. he holds District 27’s delegate seat.
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Austin
Senate
Roy Miller
Corpus Christi
Miller
Bob Parker
Arrest of Husband Ordered In Operating Table Murder
Chicago police moved to detain Earle Wynekoop after Chief Shoemaker named a household member as the killer. Wynekoop, 27, surrendered and denied knowledge of the basement operating room murder of his wife Rheta Gardner Wynekoop, 23, a physician’s daughter. He had been traced to Kansas City before returning to Chicago.
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Chicago
William Shoemaker
Earle Wynekoop
Rheta
Tom Grouse
U.P
Young Wynekoop
Rheta Gardner Wynekoop
Alice Wynekoop
Kansas City
Stanley Young
Young
Wynekoop
John Stege
Corbitt Eligibility Protest Could Halt Pampa High Plans
District 1 committee in Amarillo may meet Saturday to decide the Capt. J. R. Corbitt case after Pampa High School protested his football eligibility citing a four year participation limit. Pampa filed the protest Wednesday and Amarillo officials plan to seek an Interscholastic League ruling.
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Pampa High School
J. R. Corbitt
Amarillo
W. A. McIntosh
Corbitt
McIntosh
Austin
Pampa
Settle’s feat sets new stratosphere height record
Washington reports Lieut. Comdr. Settle’s balloon ascent reached 61 237 feet in a stratosphere flight. The National Aeronautic Association announced the figure as a new world height record to be sent to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. Ray Cooper of the NAA noted Soviet claims of over 62,000 feet lack official proof due to the U S S R not belonging to the federation.
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Washington
Comdr. Settle
National Aeronautic Association
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Ray Cooper
NAA
U. S
Red Cross Drive Seeks Fall Quota
Miami dispatch reports J R Wedell flew from New York to Miami in five hours one minute, a five hour flight that fell short of the planned time due to forest fires. Wedell, touring for Henry L Doherty, questions when flying will be absolutely safe, noting air travel is already safer than rail or auto transport. The piece remarks on upper atmosphere exploration as a topic of interest.
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Tujunga-La Crescenta
Orange
Tujunga
L. D. Hotchkins
Los Angeles Times
Miami
Fla
J. R. Wedell
Patterson
New York
Wedell
Confessions Reported in Recluse Slaying
Bart Shipp said Bill Buchanan and John Mc Coy confessed to the slaying of Antonina Bachman 49, who lived near Pottsboro. The suspects were arrested across the Red River in Oklahoma after statements to Benton Davis and deputies at Sherman.
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Denison
Bart Shipp
Bill Buchanan
John McCoy
Antonina Bachman
Pottsboro
Ship
Benton Davis
Sherman
Red River
Oklahoma
Red Cross Honor Roll Expands With Local Firms
Potter County firms enroll their employees 100 percent in the Red Cross Roll Call. Named contributors include H. A. Marr Grocery, Levine's, Junkin Dry Goods, Amarillo Rubber Stamp, Amarillo National Bank, Williams Hardware, Amarillo Baking, Magnolia Petroleum, Woolworth's, and others.
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Potter County
Red Cross
H. A. Marr Grocery Company
Levine's, Inc
Junkin Dry Goods Company
Broome Optical Company
Amarillo Rubber Stamp Co
Clowe and Cowan
Amarilla Bank and
Wrwst Central Grocery Company
Amarillo National Bank
Williams Hardware Company
Amarillo Baking Company
College Shop
Alaskan Fur Company
Woolworth’s
Amarillo Gas Company
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Cullum Motor Company
Houmphreve Highland School
Alice Landergin School
Strike Order For Saturday Unchanged In Texas And Louisiana
Southern Pacific Railway reports about 3000 Texas and Louisiana employees including engineers firemen conductors brakemen and enginemen plan to strike at noon Saturday. General manager JL B McDonald has no further comment while unions push arbitration on grievances. strike notice delivered by two Brotherhood committeemen.
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Houston
Southern Pacific Railway
Texas
Louisiana
JL. B. McDonald
W. Lewis
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
McDonald
Southern Pacific
Lewis
Maximum gasoline storage quotas set by Ickes
Oil Administrator Ickes announces the December 31 storage limits by refinery district. The plan divides the United States into districts with specified maximum barrels, starting with Dist. 1 the Fast Coast at 14,065,000 barrels and covering Atlantic states except Western New York and Western Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Icries
Ickes
United States
Atlantic Ocean
New York
Pennsylvania
Appalachian
Western Pennays
Lindberghs Map Transatlantic Route Plans From Azores
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh left Horta in their monoplane and outlined a flight path to the American continent via St Michael Island Madeira Lisbon and Cape Verde. The route via Cape Verde is already flown by Lufthansa using the Westfalen as a base. The couple are surveying transatlantic routes for Pan American Airways and the American International Flying Company. They met European aviation officials in London Paris and Amsterdam but did not visit Berlin. Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh arrived at Ponta Delgada, Azores, this afternoon after the Horta departure.
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Horta
Azores
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
America
Cape Verde
Africa
American
Col. Lindbergh
St. Michael Island
Madeira
Lisbon
Lufthansa
Westfalen
South America
Lindberghs
Pan-American Airways
American International Flying Company
Europe
London
Paris
Amsterdam
Berlin
Lufthansa Company
Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada
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