Two Wisconsin Girls Nabbed After Spending Spree in St Louis
Mae Bruss age 12 and Pauline Dunst age 15 from Cedarburg Wisconsin were sought for kidnapping after spending 856 on clothes candy travel and hotel stays in St Louis. They drew $1000 from Mae's father's bank in German town Wisconsin and used five dollar tips to cab drivers guiding authorities to their upscale apartment.
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Germantown
Wis
Mae Bruss
Pauline Dunst
Cedarburg
St. Louis
Greece releases Samuel Insull under watch for U.S. charges
Greek authorities released former Illinois utilities executive Samuel Insull from arrest and housed him at the Hotel Petit Palace while police await documentary proof from the United States consulate on Chicago embezzlement charges. Extradition papers expected within two weeks as Greece balances legal duty and international cooperation.
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Athens
Greece
U.P
Samuel Insull
Mlinois Utilities
Best
United States
Chicago
Cook County
Illinois
Insull
Petit Palace
Eleutheros Venizvelous
Louthraki
Europe
America
Mexico debate on anti church order aims to expel priests
Mexico City October 11 The Vera Cruz state legislature urged federal action to strip Catholic priests of Mexican citizenship under Article 37 and expel them under Article 33 The proposal also seeks seizure of church property for public use and nationalization of church holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Morris
Mexico City
U.P
Chamber of Deputies
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Oil market tone shifts as output cuts firm in Midwest
Oklahoma City reports imply a winter with stabilized prices and reduced crude production after 24 hour output cuts in Texas and Oklahoma. Strong hints of an area wide price rise follow Sun Oil's 12 cent raise in East Texas. Consoli dated Oil sets a $1.12 top in the Mid Continent and adds a 12 cent hike on all grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
U.P
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
East Texas
Sun Oil Company
E. B. Reeser
Barnsdall Corporation
American Petroleum Institute
Reeser
Thurman Hill
Kansas Public Service Commission
California
Consolidated Oil
Tulsa
Okla
Mid- Continent
Consolidated Oil Corporation
Sun Oi
North
Florida Winter Warmth Draws North Visitors And Debate
Miami notes sunny winters and easy living as Florida lures New Yorkers with warm climate travel by train or future flights. The piece discusses school for winter, rising horse interests, and Helen Wills, while judging repeal prospects for Prohibition and Florida’s stance amid national signs of change.
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Miami
Fla
New York
Florida
California
Helen Wills
Miss Harris
Ater Nee
Colts and Children Dinner and a Large Hail Stone
Arthur Brisbane discusses a regular dinner priced at 15 cents and remarks on saving the heathen while noting an unusually large hail stone during the period.
Rebellion and Civil Strife Take Big Toll
News from Shanghai reports widespread civil war across China and Manchuria with hundreds of thousands of soldiers in northern Manchuria Szechuan Fukien Shantung and Fukien. Forces clash around Chengtu and Peiping fears grow while Japanese actions border on two campaigns in Manchuria against insurgents under Henry Pu Yi.
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Morris J. Harris
Shanghai
China
Manchuria
Fukien
Szechuan Province
Shantung
Chihli
Peiping
Peng Yu-Heiang
Kalgan
Northwest
Chang Haiao-Thang
Szechuan
Chengtu
Nanking
19Th Route
Henry Pu-Y ¥i
Changchun
Building Bond Case On Trial In Las Vegas Post Office Contract
Trial of James Oliver Pierson began in federal court on a charge of forging three sureties on a government performance bond tied to a Las Vegas Nevada post office contract. The bond was forged allegedly for a Plains Construction Company project in 1931.
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James Oliver Pierson
Las Vegas
Nevada
Federal District Court
E. R. Annis
James Leland
J. M. Boling
Bureau of Investigation of
Dallas
I. D. Porter
Treasury Department of Dallas
C. W. Johnson
E. T. Miller
Homer Callaway
Amarillo
Hereford
Pierson
Plains Construction
Zaharoff Emerges in Billion-Dollar Utilities Collapse
Chicago dispatch reports Sir Basil Zaharoff, renowned Anglo Greek financier, enters the scene as the billion-dollar crash of Samuel Insull's utilities empire deepens. The shadowy figure's role remains unclear amid the unfolding melodrama surrounding the collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.R
Kingdom
Samuel
Ride murder shocks Brooklyn mother of five
The body of 36 year old housewife Gemma Pignataro was found in a wrecked car after she left to care for a neighbor’s sick child. A red handled dagger lay by her body. detectives questioned her husband and two men who denied involvement.
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New York
Brooklyn
Gemma Pignataro
Youthful Magnate of Chicago Kills Self
Sewell L Avery Jr., son of Montgomery Ward chairman, 31, was found dead in his Chicago apartment from gas asphyxiation after turning on gas from a burning log. Police report death by his own actions while despondent. he had suffered a nervous collapse and heart ailment under care of a physician. He managed United States Gypsum Company, where his father was president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sewell L. Avery, Jr
Montgomery Ward and Company
Avery
Geary
United States Gypsum Company
Lake Shore Drive
Vera Cruz Hit by Gulf Storm Winds
Vera Cruz was lashed by strong winds as a Gulf storm neared the port last night. Forecasters warned the storm could intensify into tornadic proportions today and ships were cautioned about a prior storm reported in Yucatan moving westward.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Yucatan
Gulf Gale Subsidizing Focuses Weather Advisory
The Weather Bureau issued a storm advisory at 10:30 A.M. noting no reports of a tropical disturbance near Campeche, Mexico, but indicating a likely center a short distance south of Campeche moving west or northwest with diminished intensity.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Campeche
Mexico
Librarian Inspects Potter County Library in Amarillo
Miss Edna Goree of the state library commission visits Amarillo today to inspect the Potter County Library infrastructure and operations.
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Edna Goree
The
State Library Commission
Amarillo
Potter County
Amarillo Fire Loss Totals Three Lives and $52002 This Year
Chief George B. Cooper reports Amarillo has three lives lost and 52002 dollars in property loss in the first nine months amid Fire Prevention Week. The city logged 257 alarms, 42 false, with premiums totaling 414000 last year and a 12 percent credit. The result leaves 368538 paid to insurers and funds department salaries, a low loss ratio of 22 percent versus 75 statewide.
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George B. Cooper
Amarillo
Old Line
Cooper
Texas
Open G.O.P. Battle Boosts Hoover Bid With Coolidge
New York October 11 WPRI A reports a Republican drive to win New York and New England for Hoover led by Calvin Coolidge and William J Donovan. They will speak tonight at Madison Square Garden before a crowd of over 50 000 of 21 000 seats. Coolidge returns to public political life with a speech broadcast about 7 45 P M. Central time.
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New York
New England
Herbert Hoover
White House
Calvin Coolidge
William J
Wild Bill) Donovan
Madison Square Garden
Coolidge
Reed Denounces Hoover In Des Moines Speech
Iowa voters faced a sharp political clash as James A. Reed attacked President Hoover over agriculture policy and the gold standard claim. He challenged Hoover’s disastrous phrasing and cited Carter Glass on monetary facts while protesters and supporters filled the auditorium.
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Reed
Hoover
Des Moines
Iowa
U.P
James A. Reed
Carter Glass
Virginia
Jury Selected in Trial for Wife Slaying
Breckenridge, Oct. 11. Selection of a jury for Doyle Arnold, 25, charged with killing his former wife Zelma Morgan, 28, continued in the 90th district court. Five jurors were chosen from 40 veniremen. Defense lawyers will argue insanity. alienists have been summoned as witnesses by both sides.
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Breckenridge
Doyle Arnold
Zelma Morgan
Arnold
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo area pair tonight and Wednesday, slightly warmer tonight. West Texas generally fair and warmer north portion tonight, Wednesday partly cloudy. New Mexico fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Today’s temperature extremes from 42 to 65 by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Senate to probe foreign dumping with Capitol Hill exhibit
A Smoot led move shows the Treasury display of duplicate dumping exhibits including pots, rubber boots, mandarin coats and more. Items from Czechoslovakia Germany Japan and China are shown alongside American goods to reveal underpricing impact. Senator Reed safeguards the collection as dumping worries rise with currency depreciation and tariff-linked trade concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
U.pr
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
Treasury Department
Finance Committee
Customs Bureau
United Press
Capitol Hill
China
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Japan
Reed
Pennsylvania
Congress
Senate
Tariff Commission
United States
Weather Forecast Goes Cold Then Warm Misses Its Mark
The weatherman’s forecast failed by 12 degrees as the first freeze of the year did not arrive Monday night. The minimum reached 42 degrees, with warming expected Tuesday night and Wednesday. Frost nipped crops in Oklahoma City but experts saw little cotton damage.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Belfast Riots Turn Violent as Police Fire on Mob
In Belfast on October 11 police fired on a mob of unemployed men after being stoned by demonstrators. Five people were hospitalized with bullet wounds as the crowd attacked trolley cars looted shops and seized a city bus. Passengers crouched on floors as tram lines were barricaded and drivers fled.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Governor signs bills creating two East Texas district courts
Governor R. B. Sterling signed measures from the special session establishing two district courts in East Texas. One court will sit in Upshur and Smith Counties, the other will have jurisdiction in Rusk and Gregg Counties.
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Austin
R. 8. Sterling
East Texas
Upshur
Smith
Rusk
Gregg
Judge Denies Defense Plea in Prison Death Case
Judge George Gibbs denied defense motions for a directed verdict in the murder trial of former prison guards George Courson and Solomon Higginbotham charged in the death of Arthur Mailiefert in a sweat box. Defense lawyers argued insufficiency of evidence and lack of ties to Higginbotham. the judge denied the motions after the opening of court.
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Jacksonville
Fla
George ©. Gibbs
George C. Courson
Solomon Higginbotham
Arthur Mailiefert
C. A. Arriett
Courson
Garner predicts possible beer return before March 4
New York October 11 Speaker John N Garner Democratic vice presidential candidate says there is a distinct possibility of modifying the Volstead act to permit beer before March 4. He expects action in the short December session and notes House prospects while cautioning on the Senate.
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New York
John N. Garner
House
Senate
Congress
Garner
McCoy burglary trial begins in Potter County Court
G W McCoy, an Amarillo man, faced burglary charges for the Clowe and Cowan plumbing shop break in Potter County. The trial opened in 47th District Criminal Court after his arrest in Dumas and return to the county. Irma Pinkard was found not guilty by a jury of murder in a separate case involving her husband Frank Pinkard.
Japs press assault on 30000 Chinese rebels in Manchuria
Japanese forces advance with bombing planes cavalry infantry and light artillery against 30000 former Chang Hsiao Liang troops in Tungpien near Mukden. In initial clash at Hāleng the Chinese left 46 dead while fleeing. Most Chinese lack weapons as Koreans in Tungpien face pressure.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Chang Hsiao~Liang
Tungpien
Hallung-Mukden-Antung
Halelung
Muleshoe Lad Shot While Playmates Touch Trigger
Kenneth Hogan seven-year-old son of Mr and Mrs L Bil Hogan of Muleshoe Texas remained critical after a 22 caliber rifle fired at his home in Clovis New Mexico. He was with several playmates when one child pressed the trigger thinking the gun unloaded and the weapon discharged.
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Clovis, N. M
Kenneth Hogan
What Makes a House a Home in Amazillo’s Want Ads
The piece explores the idea of home as permanence and safety rather than construction or luxury. It highlights Amazillo's selected properties as accessible, advertised in the Want Ads on page 12, offering a range from mansions to cottages.
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Amazillo
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