Democrats debate river-bed oil and redistricting in Austin
The Texas Legislature faces hot debate over redistricting and a river-bed oil bill. Gov. Sterling presses passage to tap oil wealth, while opponents fear river pollution harming water supplies and Jefferson County rice fields. Price impeachment trial proceeds amid demurrer rulings.
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Ross Sterling
W. R. Poage
Waco
Senate
Stephenville
Sterling
Charles Butler
Beaumont
Butler
Sabine River
Neches
Jefferson County
$1 a Mile Speeding Fine Set by Amarillo Court
Amarillo officials impose a $1 per mile fine for speeding with a $10 minimum. For every mile over 30 mph, an additional $1 is added. City commission doubles traffic fines with stricter enforcement and a first offense $5 unless speeding or reckless driving. Police ordered to tag and fine all violators.
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Amarillo
Corporation Court
Script expert to take stand in U S court
Dismissals reduce the Amarillo federal trial group to seven defendants as handwriting expert Osborn of New York prepares to analyze the government’s documentary evidence. Testimony traces telephone numbers and record moves tied to Red Cap Parking Station executors, while prosecutors note a missing material witness prompts dismissal of Willmering and Mayes, with Crawford already dropped.
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Amarillo
Clarence A. Willmering
Frank Mayes
Lee Crawford
J. C. Thomas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Willmering
Hayes
Crawford
Walter W. Willmering
South
Taylor Street
Rule Building
Oliver-Bakie
East Ninth Avenue
West Seventh Avenue
East Ninth
North East Second Avenue
Jess Willmering
Red Cap Park Staton
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with probable showers in Amarillo and west. Unsettled tonight in New Mexico with showers and cooler south. Friday generally fair in the region. Temperature extremes noted, with a callout at 1 o clock.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Night Oil Run Ordered In Oklahoma Fields
Oklahoma City Oct 1 Lt Col Cicero Murray ordered a blanket night ban on oil field work except drilling and barred night access to the fields. He suspended initial flow permits for new wells and barred completion until a fair price is posted by buyers. Gov William H Murray had closed fields Aug 5 with a $1 per barrel demand.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Cicero Murray
Murray
William H. Murray
Carr City
Seminole
Borger Bank Robbery Ties Cornett to Faked Hold Up
Borger Daily Herald reports teller Rowland Rugeley named Arthur H. Cornett as an accomplice in a fictitious kidnapping to mask the Borger State Bank holdup. Cornett denies involvement as Amarillo officials continue questioning him and a warrant charges theft.
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Tex
Borger Daily Herald
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Arthur H. Cornett
Rugeley
Borger State Bank
Cornett
Amarillo
Henry Meyers
Burt Ryan
Lewis Crim
A. H. “Buster
Potter County
Ho Ho is Given Ho Ho by Law Faces New Trial
Ho Ho a Cherokee Indian from Oklahoma was acquitted in Winnegahe County of practicing medicine without a license. His women patients showered him with kisses money and cake as he left the court smiling. He was later arrested in Stephenson County and jailed in Freeport.
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Ho Ho
Oklahoma
Winnegahe County
Stephenson County
Freeport
Williams Case Opens as Jury Picks in Death Trial
The murder trial of John F Williams, a disabled war veteran, began in district court with a special venire of 150 men. By noon five jurors were chosen to hear the case charging Williams with killing B O Buia Stanley on August 22 at his home porch. selection continued, with testimony set to start Friday.
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B. O. “Buia” Stanley
Stanley
G. W. Stanley
City Hall
North
Harrison Street
3000 Dock Workers Are Out on Strike
In Galveston Corpus Christi Texas City and Houston about 3000 longshoremen are idle after a labor order. The walkout stems from union leaders failing to negotiate a new contract or extend the old one which expired at midnight last night. Wharf police guard the waterfront with no disorder reported.
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Galveston
Tex
Corpus Christi
Texas City
Houston
Dallas Police Chief Cleared in Court Over Dismissals
Police Chief Claude Trammell who discharged 19 officers was sustained by a court. District Judge Robert B Allen Sr refused to restrain the city from issuing discharge orders after testimony from three officers seeking an injunction.
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Dallas
U.P
Claude Trammell
Robert B. Allen
Short Selling and Its Bear Market Spotlight
United Press Financial Editor explains how short selling works and why it has gained national attention in a bear market. The piece notes congressional talk of investigations and the perception that bears cause market instability amid rising and falling trends.
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Elmer C. Walzer
United Press Financial
New York
U.P
Athletics Rally Tops Cardinals 6 2 in World Series Opener
In Sportsmans Park St Louis Oct 1 the Philadelphia Athletics beat the St Louis Cardinals 6 to 2 in the World Series opener. A four run third inning and a homer by Al Simmons in the seventh gave the A’s the win as Derringer fanned for the Cardinals. The Athletics rallied behind Dukes Williams and Simmons while Grove and Derringer held the Cardinals to two runs. Simmons made a sensational catch at the left field fence and the crowd roared as Philadelphia took the lead and never looked back.
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iWinme
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Manusco
Hens
Reds invade school as police seize records in Boyle Heights
Police dispersed 41 public school students at Boyle Heights Communist headquarters and seized documents detailing a Young Pioneers Communist Children Subsidiary. The material lists eight year old to high school students as organizers and shows fourteen membership dues payments. Contents to be turned over to the school superintendent.
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Los Angeles
Boyle Heights
Young Pioneers—Communist Children
Negro children found dead in trunk in Texas home
Adelaide Erwin, a Black woman, was held for questioning as her two daughters Fraustine age four and Earnestine age eight were found suffocated inside a trunk at the mother’s home in Sweetwater Texas. Authorities say the deaths occurred while she was out picking cotton. no charges filed.
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Sweetwater
Tex
U.P
Adelaide Erwin
Fraustine
Earnestine
Personal Physician Says Edison Condition Unchanged
West Orange New Jersey October 1 bulletin by Dr Hubert S Howe Edison’s personal physician reports the inventor had a restless night but his condition remained unchanged. He spent most of the morning in the living room at his home, very quiet and not showing special interest in his surroundings.
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West Orange
N. J
Hubert S. Howe
Thomas A. Edison
Charles Keller Fatally Struck Crossing Houston Street
Charles Keller, 65, was killed when struck by an automobile driven by J. B. Collier as Keller crossed a Houston street. Witnesses said Keller walked into the path of the car and the collision was deemed unavoidable. Mattress renovate $2.00 up. Ideal.
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Houston
U.P
Charles Keller
Keller
J. 8. Collier
States Form Own Plans to Aid Unemployed This Winter
President Hoover announced Missouri will create its own program to assist the unemployed and indicated Rhode Island Indiana Michigan Connecticut Maine New York California West Virginia and Delaware will pursue similar efforts. Officials discussed wage trends and potential nationwide disputes over freight rates while noting manufacturing payrolls diminished and relief for unemployed workers remains a focus ahead of winter.
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Norwalk Vet and Son Held in Collings Case
A Norwalk veterinarian Dr Louis Ritchie 51 and his son W M Ritchie 23 were jailed in Daytona Beach on an investigation into the pirate murder of Benjamin P Collings. Daytona Beach Chief C J Luke said arrests followed a stakeout in front of a rented bungalow outskirts of the city.
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Fila
U.P
Norwalk
Luke
United Press
Ritchie
Arrest of Florida man and son shocks Suffolk County officials
New York October 1 The arrest of a man and his son in Florida did not affect Suffolk County authorities investigation into the murder of Benjamin P Collings. Assistant District Attorney Fred J Mander said Suffolk detectives are not in Daytona Beach and know nothing of the arrest.
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New York
Florida
Suffolk County
Benjamin P. Collings
Fred J. Mander
Daytona Beach
GIN OWNER M. L. Handley Killed Inspecting Meadow Gin
M L Handley 42 manager and part owner of gins at Tahoka and Meadow was fatally injured while inspecting the Meadow gin. He narrowly escaped death when struck by a pulley at a Tahoka gin.
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Lubbock
M. L. Handley
Tahoka and Meadow
Meadow
Tahoka
Kansans Call Oil Importers Traitors
A mass meeting of 125 Kansas oil men in Wichita adopted a resolution declaring oil and oil products importers guilty of treason to American industry. The motion followed reports that a company was docking Romanian gasoline at Detroit and Thurman Hill of the Public Service Commission urged strong action.
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Wichita Kas
Kansas Oil
Detroit
Thurman Hill
Kansas Public Service Commission
Roosevelt
Coffee Tasters Test Sacap From Brazil
New York reports hectic days for coffee tasters as 25 000 000 bushels of American wheat were swapped for 1 050 000 bags of Brazilian coffee. The first 120 000 bags arrived and expert tasters sample, sniff, sip, and spit to grade ground coffee. Twelve tasters form the jury as table rotates and opinions are exchanged.
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Farm Board
Coffee Exchange
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