Improving the Bible To Kill the Incurable Condensed Heat
Arthur Brisbane discusses a trend of abbreviating and rearranging the Bible, noting Amos as first book and Genesis moved earlier. He critiques overlong, bewildering texts and warns against altering ancient monuments, suggesting preservation over modernization. The piece reflects 1930s editorial tone on biblical simplification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Speed
University of Chicago
J. M. P. Smith
Amos
Accusers Call Jarrell Job Sellers in Texas Hearing
Dr. E. J. Jarrell of Tyler, member of the State Livestock Sanitary Commission, tells a House committee he did not take or authorize sale of commission jobs. He asserts accusers sold the jobs and pursued more sales to pay back funds. He describes himself as an unofficial campaign manager and notes the governor’s approval was not required for appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
E. J. Jarrell
Tyler
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
House
Jarrell
Ferguson
D. H
Royce Williams
Gilmer
Oe Campaign
Williams Brothers
Dallas
Williams
Crime War Aims to Rid Nation of Kidnappers and Rackets
The article outlines federal crime control efforts led by the Roosevelt administration, praising the Lindbergh kidnapping law and proposing new measures against racketeers, firearms trafficking, and universal fingerprinting. It notes plans for an American Scotland Yard concept and quotes U.S. Attorney General Homer Cummings on the wartime stance. The piece also reports Texas House action on a relief bond bill and Senate approval of a horse race betting measure.
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Lindbergh
Congress
United States
Royal 8. Copeland
New York
Senate
Scotland Yard
U. S
Homer Cummings
Department of Justice
House
Ben
George Purl
Dallas
Texas
Kathryn Kelly accused buyer of machine gun for Urschel kidnapping
Prosecutors allege Kathryn Kelly bought a $250 machine gun for the Urschel kidnapping plot as part of the $200,000 conspiracy led by her husband George M. Kelly. Firearms broker J Klar testified Kathryn selected the weapon, contradicting her claim of being merely an unwitting participant.
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Oklahoma City
Kathryn Kelly
Charles F. Urschel
J. Klar
Fort Worth
Tex
Kathryn
George
E. E. Kirkpatrick
Urschel
Kansas City
Klar
Harvey Bailey
Paradise
Bailey
Kelly
John Roberts
Kiar
Ruth Shannon
Ruth
R. G. Shannons
Texas
President Roosevelt signs codes for industries and banks
President Roosevelt signed permanent codes governing the optical handkerchief umbrella and automatic sprinkler industries and for mutual savings banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pesident
Roosevelt
Mutual Savings
Polish President Moscicki Weds Mary Dobrzanska at Royal Castle
Ignace Moscicki, 65, president of Poland, married Mary Dobrzanska, former social secretary to Mme Moscicki, in a private chapel at the royal castle. The bride, once close to the late first lady, was described as half his age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ignace Moscicki
Poland
Mme
Mary Dobrzanska
Royal Castle
Moscicki
Price Gouger Fate Is Doomed
The NRA Consumers' Board plans a nationwide network of price gouging sentinels with county councils, rural groups, and city and county committees. A bureau of economic education will guide complaints from local to Washington, promoting consumer action to support the recovery program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
NRA Consumers’ Board
Mary H. Rumsey
NRA
Consumers’ Watch Dogs
Consumers’ Council
Consumers’ Committees
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Bureau of Economic Education
National Board
Labor Adopts Program for Aid of Schools
The American Federation of Labor convention approves a 12 point plan to protect education from kindergarten to university. It calls for professional standards, smaller classes, broader curricula, tenure security for teachers, unions, education standards, old age pensions, and teacher participation in policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor Convention
Man Jailed in Death Of Motorcyclist Hero
A. C. Dernell of 307 North East Third Avenue is jailed on murder without malice and driving while intoxicated charges after a head on crash on Highway No 5 killed Marvin Sylvester Sissom a 22 year old timekeeper for R F C. Dernell waived examining trial and plans to bond out. Funeral services for Sissom were set for First Baptist Church with burial in Portales New Mexico.
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A. C. Dernell
North East
Third Avenue
Amarillo
Potter County
Marvin Sylvester Sissom
B. H. Clark
Darnell
Assam
Thompson Swimming Pool
Lissom
Sissom
First Baptist Church
G. L. Yates
Palmer Black
Walter Hill
H. L. Long
Drew Crossett
Carl Beadle
Paul Gore
N. S
N. M
Portales Baptist Church
Livestock Association Plans Chicago Meeting October 13 14
U P reports the U S Livestock Association will meet in Chicago on October 13 and 14 to discuss measures for the livestock producer in response to a suggestion by Secretary Wallace. President A D Majors announced the plan.
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Omaha
Neb
U.P
Wallace
U. S. Livestock Association
Chicago
A. D. Majors
Chicago Scientists Give Dope on Odds For Marital Bliss
University of Chicago researchers analyzed 6000 married couples and found courtships under three months or over five years raise matrimonial risks. Three to five years is ideal. college graduates show 25 percent higher happiness odds. City dwellers struggle more than rural couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
University of Chicago
Slow Sign Observed in British Debt Talk
Britain and the United States engage in cautious talks over the 4 billion dollar wartime debt. British negotiators in Washington report a calm atmosphere with no concrete proposals while both sides acknowledge mutual confusion about each other’s preparation and aims.
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Frederick Leith-Ross
T. K. Bewley
Treasury Johnson
Roosevelt
Treasury Acheson
Britain
U.S. Treasury
London
Steel orders sag in September figures for U.S. Steel
United States Steel Corp reports unfilled orders fell by 114 704 tons in September to 1 775 740 tons. The August backlog was down 129 681 tons, indicating a further decline in pending production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Steel Corporation
End of a Gangster Gus Winkler Shot Dead in Chicago
The body of Gus Winkler, linked to a $250000 Chicago mail robbery, lies in a morgue as investigators say four shotgun volleys silenced him to prevent talking. Police say he was the contact between robbers and bond peddlers. three killers fired from a green truck as he prayed, saying this is the end of a gangster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gus Winkler
Old Capone
Winkler
Edgar B. Lebensberger
North Side
Dan Gilbert
Winter Heating Bargains Hidden in Wanted Columns
A sharp note urges readers to prepare for cold weather by shopping in the paper’s Wanted Columns for gas heaters and other heating gear. It emphasizes timely purchases ahead of winter and promises the best bargains in the advertised listings.
Huge deals in stocks bared by Senate inquiry
Washington October 10 UP massive railroad stock sales in 1929 by Dillon Read & Co and its investment trusts were disclosed as tax avoidance by Senate investigators. Ernest Bell Tracy testified profits were offset by losses with Rock Island and Frisco shares bought in a joint trading account and later sold at a large net loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dillon, Read & Company
Senate Stock Market
Ernest Bell Tracy
Tracy
Couzens
Michigan
Rock Island and
Frisco
Dillon, Read
United States and
International Securities Corporation
Dillon
Read
Rock Island Common
The
Foreign Securities Corporation
Oil pioneer dies in Muskogee
The last of the six Connolly brothers who helped nurture the American oil industry from its beginnings to a major development project has died in Muskogee Oklahoma. The obituary notes the brothers' key role in early oil expansion and the lasting impact on the industry.
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Muskogee
Okla
U.P
Connolly Brothers
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday in Amarillo. New Mexico unsettled tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Temperature extremes today reach 5 to 75.
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Amarillo
Vincinity
New Mexico
Police Seek Help to ID Friona Slough Body
Friona Texas officials asked police nationwide to check missing persons files to identify a badly decomposed man found near Friona in a slough. He was about six feet tall slender with sandy hair turning grey, aged 40 to 45, possibly a hitchhiking homicide victim.
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Clovis
N. M
Friona
Texas
Cronin Signs 3 Year Manager's Contract
Washington reports Joseph Edward Cronin, young manager of the Washington Senators, signed a three year pact to continue guiding the club that won the American League pennant this year but lost the world series to the Giants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Edward Cronin
Washington Senators
Giants
Amarillo Merchants Plan Blue Eagle Day Soon
Amarillo merchants announce a Blue Eagle Day to boost retail buying in support of the Now Is the Time to Buy campaign. The plan is coordinated with the National Recovery Act and Gen. Hugh Johnson’s NRA effort, with further details and dates to follow.
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Amarillo
RK. E. Townsend
Amarillo Credit Association
Hugh Johnson
National Recovery Act
Townsend
General Johnson
Horace Russell
NRA General Council
The
Panhandle
Globe and News
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King Feature Syndicate
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Robert Tally
NEA Service
the Globe
Robert Talley
Uncle Sam
Earth
Texas House of Representatives
Firearms Broker
A. C. Darnell
Canyon
Kellys
Cuba
Mendieta
Havana
Ramon Grau San Martin
Carlos Mendieta
Grau
Fulgencio Batista
National Hotel
Gray
Berry
Gus
Dillon, Read & CO
Néely
Greenhill Agency
Cronin
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