RFC Committee Boosts Gold Price by 13 Cents
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation raised the price it pays for newly mined gold to 31.54 per ounce, effective today, as part of the Roosevelt administration's price support program. Chairman Jesse Jones and Henry Morgenthau Jr. reported the decision to Acting Secretary Dean Acheson and newspapermen.
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Washington
London
Jesse Jones
RFC
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Dean Acheson
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States
Treasury Department
Wall Street
Texas oil cut ordered to meet federal quotas
The Texas Railroad Commission received a telegram from Commissioners Thompson and Terrell ordering a reduction of 90 000 barrels per day in Texas crude output. The move aims to prevent federal intervention and aligns with the October 17 allocation of 957 555 barrels daily, 7 445 under federal quota.
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Austin
Texas
Lon A. Smith
Texas Railroad Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
V. Terrel
Smith
Chicago
Terrell
R. D. Parker
Oil and Gas Division
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Railroad Commission
Autumn Ga les Lash Atlantic Coastal Line
The North American continent felt a wintry blast with a Gulf coast to New Brunswick storm. A howling autumn gale and heavy rain and fog crippled shipping on the North Atlantic while seven lumbermen drowned on a Salmon River sandbar near St Martins New Brunswick. The cold belt stretched from Canada to the eastern United States with snow in New York, Vermont and the Midwest. Atlanta logged 44 degrees marking its coldest day since April.
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North Atlantic
St. Martins
St. John County
New Brunswick
Canada
Dixie
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Cleveland
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Minn
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Convict Road Gang Breaks Free In Oklahoma and Greenville
Six prisoners escape from a road gang in M Alemster Oklahoma and four more flee Greenville jail. Names include Estes Miller Ensure Oats Speed and Donovan Ross King Stewart Fitzgerald with injuries to some and recapture of Fitzgerald. Guards fired on the escapees and one guard was knocked unconscious during the Greenville breakout.
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Okla
McAllester
Estes
Oscar Miller
George Ensure
Craig County
Frank Oats
Oklahoma County
Harry Speed
Pittsburg County
Greenville
Frank Donovan
Bill Ross
Ralph King
Jack Stewart
Denver Fitzgerald
Dudding
Fitzgerald
Himsel
Burglars Loot Allis-Chalmers Office Safe
Burglars broke into the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company office at 99 North Street last night and took about $50 from a safe. The amount missing was scattered on the office floor as investigators search for how the entry was gained.
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YEGGS
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
North Street
Go Signal for Panhandle Road Relief Program
State and federal highway authorities are poised to approve the Panhandle road relief program as National Relief Administration funds become available. W. J. Van London reports that county projects have been submitted and awaiting formal approval to mobilize. Hopkins says the re employment funds amount is an outside estimate and trucking costs will be handled by state relief agencies to avoid delays.
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Federal Bureau of Roads
Panhandle
Washington
National Relief Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Public Works Administration
W. J. van London
van London
Marvin Jones
Hopkins
Youth Suffer Minor Injuries in City Car Crash
Richard Thomas son of N N Thomas former credit manager and Stop Shop Grocer West Tenth Avenue suffered scalp wounds in a collision at Eleventh Avenue and Jackson Street. A car driven by Thomas collided with a truck driven by Otho Shamblin Amarillo Armature Shop 309 West Sixth Avenue. Thomas was taken to St Anthony's Hospital by ambulance and walked in. doctors say injuries are not serious. Shamblin had only minor injuries. Both vehicles damaged.
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N. N. Thomas
Moore-Poston
Stop & Shop
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Eleventh Avenue
Jackson Street
Young Thomas
Otho Shamblin
Amarillo Armature Shop
West Sixth Avenue
Thomas
St. Anthony's Hospital
Shamblin
Cowboy Performer Dies of Injuries at Rodeo
Dock Lucas of Belton Texas died in Polyclinic Hospital from multiple injuries after a wild steer threw and trampled him during a rodeo Tuesday night. He was 20, with a brain injury akin to that suffered by boxer Ernie Shaaf.
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New York
U.P
Dock Lucas
Belton
Tex
Polyclinic
Lucas
Ernie Shaaf
Four Charged With Swindling Blind Man Here
Four individuals face Potter County charges in a swindle case involving John R. Osborn, a blind man at Mitchell Hotel. Joe Harper is jailed on a misdemeanor. Ed Barrow and two women, Miss Ivy Dukle and Miss Julie Naron, are at large. Osborn paid $30 for rent on a house at 512 Harrison Street after Barrow posed as owner J. A. Loving. The Texan Hotel deal occurred Tuesday night.
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Joe Harper
Ed Barrow
Ivy Dukle
Julie Naron
John R. Osborn
Mitchell Hotel
Harrison Street
Barrow
Crockett Street
Gold Market Oversight Draws Brisk Miner Reactions
Arthur Brisbane notes government moves to fix gold prices, urging simple sale rules for small miners. He warns against excessive affidavits and watches for bootlegging while anticipating gold rising to forty dollars an ounce and looming speculation.
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Chicago
Midway
Africa
United States
Americans Stand Trial for Assault in Mallorca Case
The Mallorca assault trial of five Americans began with Claude Dawson American consul general at Barcelona present. Defendants include Clinton B. Lockwood and his wife of West Springfield Mass Rutherford Fullerton of Columbus Ohio Roderick F. Fad of New York and Edmund W Blodget of Stamford Conn. Proceedings opened in like a See ASSAULT Page 2.
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Mallorca
Claude Dawson
Barcelona
Spain
Clinton B. Lockwood
West Springfield
Mass
Rutherford Fullerton
Columbus
Ohio
Roderick F. Fad
New York
Edund W. Blodget
Stamford
Conn
Farmers To Receive Large Wheat Bonus
About 80 percent of American wheat farmers promised to cut acreage under the farm recovery program and will receive a federal bonus totaling about 102 million dollars for this fall and next summer, announced Secretary of Agriculture Wallace.
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Washington
U.P
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Wallace
Graf Zeppelin Leaves Commander For Day At Fair
The Graf Zeppelin paid a dawn visit to the Century of Progress in Chicago then headed toward Battle Creek and Akron. Commander Dr Hugo Eckener and Envoy Dr Hans Luther visited the exposition while weather delays clouded planned Lake Michigan flights. Visibility was poor with rain forecast later.
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Germany
South America
Battle Creek
Mich
Akron
Ohio
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Glenview
Hans Luther
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Exposition Grounds
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Detroit
Cleveland
Graft Charge Found in Cuban Bank Letter
In Washington on October 26 1930 Senators investigating stock market abuses cited graft and waste of public funds by Cuban cabinet members under President Gerardo Machado. Ferdinand Pecora uncovered the letter in Chase National Bank files James Bruce a former Chase vice president wrote five months after the bank sold Cuban bonds totaling 40 million dollars relieving indebted Cuban government.
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Washington
Senate
Garardo Machado
Ferdinand Pecora
Chase National Bank
James Bruce
Chase
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Chase Bank
Bank
Ts Associates
Sarraut Forms Cabinet With Old Ministers
Paris October 26 Sen Albert Sarraut decided to become premier of France and a semic official cabinet was announced showing several old ministers retained but shifted to new posts Three former ministers were kept in government in different portfolios.
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Paris
Albert Sarraut
France
Wagoner Recovering After Illness Operation Reported
Art Wagoner Amarillo cattle man at 1829 Polk Street is recovering after an operation for a ruptured appendix. Relatives said he had a very good night and, if he continues to improve in the next 24 hours, the danger period will be over.
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Art L. Wagoner
Amarillo
Polk Street
Wagoner
Anmas Parley Quits Work for Six Weeks
The Disarmament Conference adjourned until December 4 after friendly references to Germany. The steering committee met and recommended the adjournment. Capt Anthony Eden said Germany's withdrawal would affect the conference but should not halt progress and pledged Britain’s wholehearted support.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Germany
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
Eden
Great Britain
Amarillo and region forecasted fair and colder
Weather forecast notes Amarillo and nearby areas will be fair with a dip in temperatures tonight and Friday. West Texas expected generally fair with cooler conditions in the west and north, while New Mexico remains fair tonight and Friday with cooler easterly areas. Temperature extremes today range from 52 to 61 degrees at 1 o clock.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Car Backed Into River Drowning Seven In New York Birthday Party
In Binghamton six adults and a child along with two 14 year old girls were drowned when a car carrying seven people slid into the Susquehanna River. The vehicle rolled down an embankment after backing from a driveway as a passerby later spotted the headlights protruding from icy water.
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Ireland
St Louis
New York
Binghampton
N. Y
Susquehanna River
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Avis Houston
Jacob Lord
Louis
Austin
Ardean
Lord
McAdoo Calls Roosevelt Russia Move Very Wise
United States Senator William Gibbs McAdoo returned from a Europe tour and said Roosevelt’s move to resume trade relations with Russia is very wise. He noted recognition by France England and Italy and stressed it does not imply approval of Russia’s government or domestic affairs.
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Attempt Made on Life of Nationalist Leader Mendieta
An early morning bombing targeted Carlos Mendieta Cuba's veteran nationalist leader. His wife narrowly escaped injury as a balcony collapsed from the blast. Mendieta offered no clue on who carried out the attack.
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Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Bank Robbers Use Tear Gas In Palestine TX Heist
Four men raided the Robinson State Bank of Palestine at opening time, herded staff into the vault, and fired a tear gas gun to drive them out. They escaped with about $2,000 while a maroon Ford sedan waited outside. Police pursued as a car plate was obtained. The vault time lock prevented access to larger funds until 10 o clock.
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Tex
Robinson State Bank of Palestine
Robinson
L. Robinson
Oilman's Condition Shows No Change
George W Pennington a 72 year old Amarillo oilman injured in a Tuesday Panhandle crash remains in serious condition at St Anthony's Hospital with a broken hip and deep cuts and bruises authorities reported this morning
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George W Pennington
Amarillo
Panhandle
St. Anthony's Hospital
Attendant Receives Five-Year Suspended Term in Hospital Death
Raymond Davia, 22, a Wichita Falls State Hospital attendant, was given a five-year suspended sentence after being convicted of murder with malice aforethought in the death of 71-year-old inmate H. T. Ryan. State witnesses testified Ryan died from internal injuries after being kicked and beaten on August 15 into August 16.
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Wichita Falls
Raymond Davia
H. T. Ryan
Wichita Falls State Hospital
Ryan
Davis
Officials Convene At Mineral Wells
Mineral Wells Oct 26 Mayor D C Harris welcomed 300 delegates as the annual Coun ty Judges and Commissioners Association convention opened. Otis Miller presided. Judge Ben Brooks read the secretary’s report and B D Sartin spoke on Statesmanship vs Policies. Other speakers included James A Tucker and Sid H Gross. Lawrence Westbrook wired a delayed arrival.
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Mineral Wells
C. Harris
County Judges and Commissioners Association
Otis Miller
Ben Brooks
Keufman
B. D. Sartin
Wichita Falls
James A. Tucker
Austin
Sid H. Gross
Houston
Lawrence Westbrook
Texas Relief
They're Finding Out What Crude Oil Is Made of
Chicago report notes chemist Edward W Washburn reports three new materials in crude oil Dimenthylcyclopentane Metyhlopane Hemmimethiine unknown to science. Washburn and a five person team have studied six years yet remain unsure how oil is formed and why gasoline is knockless and slick.
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Chicago
Edward W. Washburn
Washington, D. C
Washburn
American Petroleum Institute
Fiace Party Heads to Arlington Downs From Amarillo
Globe News sponsors a special Panhandle party to Arlington Downs with Pullman travel Fort Worth hotel rooms and reserved grandstand seats for two days. The Texas Derby race will be run Saturday at the $3,000,000 plant. Reservations extend to 9 p.m. by telephone at 6262 or 6396.
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the Panhandle
Globe News
Arlington Downs
Wilbur C. Hawk
Mason King
Fort Worth & Denver
Fort Worth
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Panhandle
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