Amarillo Fights for Home Loan Bank Branch
West Texas leaders declare Amarillo and nearby areas were ignored in federal plans and push for a branch of the Home Loan Bank for the Southwest. Wilbur C. Hawk Mayor Ross D. Rogers and Dr. R. P. Parcells lead the campaign, with Nathan Adams on the national board.
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Little Rock
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Mississippi
Nathan Adams
Dallas
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Hawk
Ross D. Rogers
R. P. Parcells
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma Bank Robberies Spook Dallas Visitors
A Dallas banking party, touring Oklahoma, entered Mill Creek’s First State Bank to find bank officials with guns drawn in a robbery drill. In a following town a similar scene occurred as bank staff inside faced armed robbers while one Texan waited in the car, mistaken for the getaway man. Separately, E C Pearson of Chula Georgia reports two peach crops this year with the second likely failing to ripen.
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Experts Urge Roosevelt Victory As West Swing Grows
Roosevelt barnstorms the West boosting belief he will win in November. Analysts note widespread anti Hoover sentiment, with experts predicting Roosevelt carries key states and possibly the Solid South. Hoover faces weak business signals and limited campaign gains despite efforts by Coolidge and Ogden Mills.
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NEA Service, Inc
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Man Swallows Razor Blade During Shave At Sea
John Pugh allegedly swallowed a razor blade while preparing to shave in Sydney. Doctors found no internal injury and the blade remained in his mouth as he was hospitalized. The Citadel in Charleston reports a student body of 518 for the current year with representation from 25 states.
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Military School
Texas Cities Seek $1 756 000 in Reconstruction Aid
Jewell P. Lightfoot for Governor Sterling and the Texas Association of Community Chests asked the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for 1,756,000 in relief funds for 11 Texas cities. Original city requests were trimmed and exact figures could not be named. figures reported included Houston 475,000 and Dallas 225,000.
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Jewell P. Lightfoot
Governor Sterling
Texas Association of Community Chests
Reconstruction Corporation
Houston
Dallas
Texas Cities Seek Loans for Projects Across State
Fort Worth seeks 340000 dollars while Austin 75000 and San Antonio 300000 plan loans. Waco requests 80350 and Beaumont 200000 and Port Arthur 75000 and Amarillo 75000. Hearne and Palestine also ask loans but exact amounts are not recalled by Lightfoot.
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Hearne
Palestine
Lightfoot
Alcohol seized in St Louis sent to midwest for anti freeze use
Federal agents seized 2 109 gallons of bootleg liquor in St Louis and ordered it shipped to post offices and customs in Nebraska Minnesota and North Dakota. The denatured alcohol will be used as anti freeze in government cars and trucks.
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Auxiliary to War Vets to Meet Thursday Night
Members of the Auxiliary of the Spanish American War Veterans will meet at 8 o clock Thursday night at the American Legion Home in Municipal Auditorium.
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Mispelled name leads to bigamy charges in Pittsburgh
Ed win J Crater told an alderman he thought his marriage wasn’t binding due to a mispelled license name. He married again and is now jailed on bigamy charges. The first license read Carter and the second Grater. Wife No. 1 filed the charges.
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Edwin J. Crater
Carter
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