Ferguson veto stalls plan to fund city projects in Texas
Gov. Miriam A Ferguson vetoed Senate Bill 78 blocking municipal federal aid loans without elections, a move Amarillo hoped would unlock a $170000 Public Works loan to upgrade its water system. Mayor Ross D. Rogers welcomed the veto as regional offices await Washington approval. In Chicago, Harold Ickes warned oil producers to curb cheating or face licensing powers, signaling potential November 1 action to limit crude output.
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Austin
U.P
Miriam A. Ferguson
Amarillo
Ross D. Rogers
Texas Regional Office
Rogers
San Annio
Texas League of Municipalities
League
Ferguson
Fort Worth
Chicago
Harold Ickes
Ickes
American Petroleum Institute
Ranger charges Arkansas man as job seller
Dallas Texas October 25 Formal charges were to be placed here today against William McGlothlin of Little Rock Arkansas jailed yesterday on a complaint of state job selling sworn to by Ranger H Graves District Attorney Robert L Hurt after the complaint was accepted the case will be forwarded to the Dallas County grand jury
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Dallas
U.P
William McGlothlin
Little Rock
Ark
H. Graves
Robert L. Hurt
Dallas County
Women Hunters Get Preserve
Hartford announces a women’s hunting preserve for this season a 300 acre tract in Farmington formerly a public shooting ground. Edith Stoehr of West Hartford is named game warden after winning a casting contest to select a trout stream guardian for women.
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Eden
Farmington
Edith Stoehr
Wethersfield
Stoehr
Branford
Roosevelt inaugurates gold buying policy at $31.36 per ounce
The Roosevelt administration launched a gold buying policy with the government paying $31.36 an ounce, 27 cents above London quotes, as part of a. managed currency program. Officials set the price at the Treasury with RFC debentures used for payment and Morgenthau Jr. heads the effort alongside Jones and Acheson. Speculative fever in markets subsides as the policy signals conservative dollar management.
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Washington
Roosevelt
London Gold Exchange
London
Treasury
RFC
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Credit Administration
Jesse H. Jones
Dean Acheson
New York
Suspect Held in Lindbergh Kidnap Case
Boston October 25 suspect John Gorch held as a Lindbergh kidnap case suspect. Bail raised from 10000 to 50000 as New York and New Jersey officers depart to pursue a clue. Gorch arraigned on three fugitive warrants for larceny and impersonating an officer.
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Boston
John Gorch
Lindbergh
New York
New Jersey
Gorch
James J. Finn
William FE. Horn
Helen Kamiski
Theodore Demchuk
Newark
N. J
Mary Butryan
Hudson City
Gorek
South End
Goren
Charles Street
Philadelphia
Finn
Goreh
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday in Amarillo area. New Mexico sees unsettled conditions tonight with generally fair Thursday and little temperature change. Temperatures today range from 44 to 60 degrees by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Nazis Promote Peace Image While Dismissing Armament Allegations
Berlin dispatch reports Nazi propaganda extols Germany’s peaceful aims and amity while denying secret arming and trooper training. It notes foreign outlets and photo radio film channels spread the message under Munich’s German Academy auspices, forming country committees to foster relations.
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Berlin
Germany
German Academy At
Munich
Code changes retail hours in Amarillo under new NRA code
Horace Russell, NRA general council chairman, says the retail code can take effect within a week replacing the blanket code for towns over 2,500. Stores may move to 48 hours per week from 40, with a prolonged start in the next week to ten days. The NRA compliance board meeting was postponed to Thursday due to key members' absence.
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Amarillo
NRA General Council
Horace Russell
Mr. Russell
PRA
NRA Compliance Board
Roy Cullum
Rolla Townsend
Fire Alarm at 1215 Taylor Street No Damage Reported
Chief George B. Cooper said a waste basket fire at 1215 Taylor Street set off an alarm early today but caused no damage. He noted today’s call was the first in several days besides a Tuesday afternoon alarm from a burning motor car.
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Taylor Street
George B. Cooper
Dallas Merchand ise Hijacking Ring Probe Nears Indictments
North Texas rangers say a sweeping merchandise hijacking ring with political implications may yield grand jury indictments. Over 25 men are jailed in separate cities to guard against leaks as the headquarters are in Dallas and Fort Worth.
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Dallas
UPA
Texas
Ring
Fort Worth
Joe Osoba
Chicago
Theft Ring Tied to Rail Freight Bands Active Nationwide
Osaka said the group stole general merchandise from railway cars and hijacked freight trucks and stores. The ring used Dallas and Fort Worth as hubs and reached as far as Houston Kansas City East St. Louis to dispose of stolen goods in the past year.
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Osaka
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Kansas City
East St. Louis
Federal wheat purchase nears seven million bushels
The Federal surplus relief corporation has bought 6,800,500 bushels of wheat to date, including 700,500 bushels in cash wheat, with the total approaching 7,000,000 bushels.
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Washington
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Quake Jolts Los Angeles Foothills No Injuries Reported
An earthquake struck the foothill areas north and east of Los Angeles around 11 p.m. last night with lesser shaking in the city center. No injuries or damage were reported. Separately in Copenhagen a missionary held by Chinese bandits since April 11 was released, per a telegram from Dr. Neils Nielsen to the Danish Missionary Society.
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Los Angeles
Copenhagen
Neils Nielsen
Danish Missionary Society
Msingen
Farm Strike Picketers Defy Reno Instructions
The piece reports farm strike picketers who ignore Reno guidance amid President Roosevelt’s push for economic reform. It notes his radio address claiming a coming temple of social justice and a sound economic life, challenging critics who equate the administration with money changers.
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Reno
United States
America
NRA
Wall Street
Farm strike pickets flare coast to coast across Midwest
Picketing spread from Wisconsin to Northwestern Iowa as Milo Reno's National Farmers' Holiday Association urged a no sell policy. The move drew mixed support with dairy embargo attempts in Wisconsin and North Dakota still under way and tens of thousands of pounds of milk dumped at a Milan plant.
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Mile Reno
National Farmers Holiday Association
Chicago
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of
Whitney
Associated Press
Des Moines
Towa
Wisconsin
Iowa
Milo Reno
Reno
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
Omaha
Pottawattamie
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wallace
Sioux City
Co- Operative Milk Pool
Pool Executive Board
Milan
North Dakota
Directors of new Texas Depositors Insurance Corporation convene in Austin
The Texas Depositors Insurance Corporation board, created to back deposits in member state banks, will meet in Austin with appointees M. C. Driscoll T. H. Heard C. S. E Holland Charles A. Fisk Dan E. Lydick John I. McAdams. noted by State Banking Commissioner E. Co. Brand. The plan covers a 25 million dollar guaranty and excludes Federal Reserve member banks. Fisk departs Amarillo for the first directorate session.
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Austin
New State Bank Deposit Insurance Corporation
E. Co. Brand
M. C. Driscoll
Houston
Miriam A. Ferguson
T. H. Heard
Bell County
Edgar E Witt
E Holland
Charles A. Fisk
Amarillo
Coke Stevenson
Dan E. Lydick
Fort Worth
John I. McAdams
Winters
Federal Reserve System
Federal System of Deposit Guarantee
Amarillo Bank & Trust Company
Texas Depositors Insurance Corporation
Disarmament Parley May Be Adjourned
Geneva October 25 The steering committee of the World Arms Conference recommended adjournment of the general conference until December 4.
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Geneva
U.P
Lebrun Asks Sarraut to Form New French Cabinet
President Albert Lebrun asked Senator Albert Sarraut to form a cabinet to replace Edouard Daladier’s. Sarraut agreed to undertake the task amid a chamber showdown over budget balancing, franc protection, new taxes, and government economies.
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Paris
Albert Sarraut
Albert Lebrun
Edouard Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Parking Laws Clarified by Supreme Court Edict
Amarillo police debunk ex cuses for double parking asserting a car is parked whenever stopped. The ruling clarifies double parking status as illegal. In Brownfield on October 25 another town approved 3.2 percent beer by 145 to 82, allowing sale after licenses.
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Supreme Court
Amarillo
Fimner Green
Corporation Court
Auto smash up fatal to one man near Panhandle
Samuel Ernest Woods a 54 year old former Amarillo businessman died in a head on collision two miles west of Panhandle with an automobile driven by George W. Pennington 72 of Amarillo who suffered a fractured hip and deep cuts. Woods body was taken to Amarillo by Boxwell Brothers and funeral arrangements will be announced after relatives arrive from Clovis New Mexico.
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Panhandle
Samuel Ernest Woods
Amarillo
George W. Pennington
Puneral
Clovis
N. M
Woods
Mr. Woods
Buchanan’s Appeal Dismissed by Court
Habeas corpus appeal of George B. Buchanan from Potter County was dismissed by the Criminal Appeals Court this week due to a defect in the form of appeal papers. He was arrested here in August by Sheriff Bill Adams on extradition papers from Missouri where he faced a grand larceny charge in Kansas City.
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George B. Buchanan
Potter County
Criminal Appeals Court
Buchanan
Bill Adams
Missouri
Kansas City
Meeting Notice for Ameri can Commonwealths Stock Holders
A meeting will be held at the Herring Hotel Thursday afternoon at 2 oclock. All holders of the preferred stock in the American Commonwealths Company, sold through Southwestern Public Service Company, are urged to attend. The proposal to exchange this old stock in a defunct company for stock in a new company will be explained in detail.
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Herring Hotel
American Commonwealths Company
Southwestern Public Service Company
Premature Winter Snow Sweeps Across North America
Strong October snow bands spread from the Midwest to Canada with Duluth recording 12 inches the heaviest October fall in 47 years. St Paul and Minneapolis saw only a trace while Saranac Lake reported a two inch layer. Pittsfield and Berkshires enjoyed roses as snow fell. Ontario and Chicago faced cold winds and a Graf Zeppelin landing delay in Akron.
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Canada
Lake Superior
Duluth
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Pittsfield
Mass
Berkshires
Ontario
Chicago
Akron
Macon
Graf Zeppelin Reaches Akron After 33-Hour Storm Run
The Graf Zeppelin docked at Akron early today after a 33 plus hour voyage from Miami amid autumn gales. 21 passengers and 47 crew aboard, 170 ton mooring mast dragged the hull into the dock. Dr Hugo Eckener announced plans to depart for Chicago at 11 tonight weather permitting.
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Miami
Fla
Hugo Eckener
Globe-Girdting
Graf
Chicago S
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