Re-elected MacDonald in Seaham Harbour Race
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald was reelected to the House of Commons from Seaham Harbour in a three cornered contest against William Coxon and George Lumley. His majority was 5 951. In 1929 he polled 35 615 votes for a 28 794 majority as Labour.
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Durham
Eng
J. Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
William Coxon
George Lumley
National Labor
Stock Exchange
MacDonald
London
Jimmy
J. H. Thomas
Labor Party
Thomas
Derby
D Andrea gets six months in pistol toting case
Phil D Andrea, gun toting bodyguard of Al Capone, was sentenced to six months in county jail by Judge James H Wilkerson for carrying a loaded pistol into federal court. He admitted daily possession of the weapon behind Capone during the trial for tax evasion. Capone remained jailed with bail denied awaiting Supreme Court action.
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Chicago
Phil D'Andrea
Scarface
al” Capone
James H. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Capone
D'Andrea
D’andrea
Michael Ahearn
Supreme Court
Leavenworth
Eats
Ahearn
Washington
Justice van Devanter
Seventh Judicial Circuit
Ahern
Lee%fnworth
Caliche Road Plan Spurs Panhandle Growth
The Texas Highway Commission approves caliche type all weather roads for Northwest Texas and expands to Donley and Moore counties with Oldham. Amarillo leaders plan a key meeting to detail the program while officials from Clarendon Dumas Dalhart and Abilene praise the plan and its financing prospects.
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Panhandle
Texas Highway Commission
Texas
Amarillo
Donley
Moore
Oldham
Sam Braswell
Clarendon
E. Harris
Donley County
Moore County
M. A. Turner
Dumas
Commission
Bill Lampe
Amarillo Weather Forecast and Temperatures Summary
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas favors fair skies with colder southeast areas and frost likely tonight into Thursday. New Mexico sees fair conditions with little temperature change. Record daily extremes reach 58 degrees high and 42 degrees low.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Is It Worth It Walrus and Carpenter and Danger of Gold
Arthur Brisbane reflects on wars and crime with a cautionary tone. He cites West Point tragedy and warns about the costs of glory, while noting political missteps and economic views on gold, silver, and fiat currencies. He forecasts silver’s rise and urges readers to study expert opinions.
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Richard B. Sheridan
West Point
Army
Yale
Rene Leon
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
France
America
Stolen Car Found Near Dimmitt. Tack Motor Recovered
Police recovered Old Tack's stolen Graham-Paige sedan Tuesday, abandoned 12 miles from Dimmitt after theft Monday night. Keys remained in the vehicle and damage was minimal. Am arillo police were alerted via Castro County Sheriff Flannigan. A second theft, B. F. Beale's Oakland coupe, was also recovered near the business district after a radio broadcast.
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Old Tack
Dimmitt
Flannigan
Castro County
Amarillo
B. F. Beale
Panhandle women lead home canning and sewing drive
In Amarillo District 1 reports show 10 families now can vegetables and meats up from one last year, with onhand can counts six to ten times higher. More farm women and girls sew their own clothing, and a Live at Home plan rallies some 50 agents and 15–20 bankers to boost home industry.
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Panhandle
W. C. Dickey
Amarillo
Minnie Mae Grubbs
Miss Grubbs
John R. Edmonds
Dr. Dickey
Earl Fuqua
Agricultural Committee
Chamber of Commerce
British election yields giant victory for M Donald
London reports a decisive general election result with the national coalition government and Conservatives winning a sweeping mandate to pursue economic rehabilitation. Labor leaders including Arthur Henderson suffer crushing losses as the party collapses in Parliament.
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London
Great Britain
Socialist Labor Party
National Coalition
Labor
Arthur Henderson
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
Conservatives
National Liberals
National Labor
New Party
Urchin Killer Goes On Stand In Sheriff Slaying Trial
In Asotin Washington Hubert Niccolls a 12 year old killer testified amid a courtroom scene marked by his insanity plea. He admitted robbing a store and shooting Sheriff Wormell but said he did not want to shoot him. He spoke clearly and even played a harmonica during recesses as his trial neared its end.
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Hubert
Wayne Bezona
Soviet Warned by Japs About Troop Moves
Tokyo reports Japanese foreign minister Shidehara sent a friendly note to Moscow urging the discontinuance of troop demonstrations along the Manchurian Siberian border. Moscow officials deny mobilizations and say they have no information about Japan's request for restraint.
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Tokyo
Baron Shidehara
Moscow
Siberian
Manchuria
Manchurian
Japan
Texas Bank Looted as Posse Pursues Bandits
Texarkana dispatch reports two men robbed the State Bank of Omaha of 2500 dollars and fled in a small car. Officers tracked the vehicle to White Oak creek bottoms north of Naples and then north toward Oklahoma as a posse from Morris County, aided by Griggs ambulance, sought the suspects.
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Texas
White Oak Creek
Naples
State Bank of
Omaha
J. P. Ponder
Morris County
Ponder
Oklahoma
Trio of American Crusoes on Way to War Ship
BALBOA Canal Zone Oct 28 Three Americans rescued from a six month shipwreck on a Pacific isle aboard the gunboat Sacramento headed for this port. Castaways Paul Stadhwick Gordon Brawner and Elmer Palliser survived on coconuts and roots, built a hut, and found wreck remains of the yawl West Wind. They miss tobacco and clothing provided on arrival.
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Canal Zone
Sacramento
Pacific
Cocos
Pamana
Julius Fleischman
Cincinnati
South Seas
Paul Stadhwick
Huron
Gordon Brawner
Springfield, Jr
Elmer J. Palliser
San Diego
Calif
Flying Aces Aerial Circus Heads For Amarillo Sunday
Thrilling air show featuring The Flying Aces led by Lady Red Bird Jessie Martin and Jimmie Woods arrives at Harding's Ranch for a Sunday performance as part of the Tri State Fair Association. Aircraft stunts include balloon ascension barrel rolls parachute leaps and wing sittings atop planes.
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Flying Aces
Tri- State Fair Association
Jessie Martin
Lady Red Bird
Jimmie Woods
Yesteryears
Air
Air Circus
Amarillo
Bunday
Miss Martin
Woods
Gun
Date for oil case hearing remains indefinite
Beaumont Texas October 28 The date for hearing Brocklee Oil Company's suit for permanent injunction to restrain enforcement of probation against wells in the East Texas field was left undecided at a conference between Federal Judge Randolph Bryant and attorneys. A continuance was granted when the case opened yesterday before a three judge Federal court. The company had secured a temporary injunction last week restraining military officials the railroad commission and the attorney general from enforcing proration rules.
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Beaumont
Tex
Brocklee Oil Company
East Texas
Randolph Bryant
Bryant
State Railroad Commission
High Court Affirms Conviction of Neal Cobb
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Neal Cobb's conviction for violating liquor laws. Cobb, convicted in Potter County for the December 17, 1936 offense in Amarillo, was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.
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Globe
Austin
Neal Cobb
Amarillo
Court of Criminal Appeals
Cobb
Potter County
Fritts Denied Death Verdict Rehearing
The Court of Criminal Appeals denied a motion for rehearing in Will Pritts case. Pritts, convicted of killing D. W. Hamilton and his son Earl Hamilton in Haskell County on October 24, 1928, was sentenced to death in Huntsville. He was tried in Kent County.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Will Pritts
D. W. Hamilton
Haskell County
Huntsville
Pritts
Earl Hamilton
Kent County
Texan jury sentences Savalia for year-old Slaying
In Travis County a district court jury sentenced 26 year old Thomas Savalia to two years in the penitentiary for the killing of Frank Cantu in Austin a year ago. The case was tried today with the defendant found guilty of murder under the Stickler standard.
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Austin
Thomas Savalia
Travis County
Frank Cantu
Wudds First Wife a Texan
In Menard Texas Dr William Judd husband of Winnie Ruth Judd who is charged with murdering two Arizona women. He married 17 year old daughter of Mrs Dollie Colwell in Kimble County courthouse at Junction with Mrs Colwell as witness. They went to Phoenix where the bride died within a month and Judd claimed death due to acute indigestion and heart disease.
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Menard
Texas
William Judd
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona
Dollie Colwell
Kimble County
Junction
Colwell
Judd
Phoenix
Judd's First Wife Death Linked to Narcotic Poisoning
Examination of records in Phoenix reveals that the first wife of Dr. William Judd, husband of Winnie Ruth Judd who is charged with killing Miss Hedvig Ramuelson and Mrs. Agnes Le Roi, died in July 1920 in Phoenix. A deceased Phoenix physician signed the death certificate listing narcotic poisoning as the cause.
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Phoenix
Ariz
William ©. Judd
Winnie Ruth Judd
Hedvig Ramuelson
Agnes le Roi
Judd
Post office to hire 176205 temporary workers for Christmas
Washington reports 176205 temporary employees will be used starting December 13 to handle Christmas mail with wages totaling 8132123. Hoover says credit extension plan boosts confidence and organization ready to function by week’s end.
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Washington
Hoover
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oe Ig
Washington—Post Office
Salt Lake City
Philadelphia
Samuel M. Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works Board
Little Rock
Ark
Chicago
New York
Hollywood
MacDonald sweep shocks Labour in sweeping victory
Law laws of Prime Minister J Romony MacDonald swept constituencies winning Labour seats won in 1920. Returns were amazing with Trade Union headquarters stunned as Labour collapsed and Lloyd George repudiated. Conservatives gained, tariffs likely, stock market rally. J H Thomas praised Derby voter loyalty to Jimmy.
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J. Romony MacDonald
Labor
Transport House
Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
Liberal Party
Simon
Samuel
Newspaper Headlines Mount for Socialist Party Defeat
London reports on October 28 show Daily Express and Daily Mail declaring the Socialist party wiped out or swamped by a wave of patriotism. Both papers credit imperial protection and tariff enthusiasm as factors in a sweeping electoral result.
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London
The
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
Socialist Party
Daily Mail
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