Treasury funds for Texas WPA projects announced
The Treasury Department released funds for H. P. Drought to start selected Works Progress Administration projects in Texas totaling 19,035,328 dollars with 9,716,554 dollars in sponsor contributions. Counties listed include Dallas, Harris, Potter, and Willacy among others, with 319 workers already on site and 670 projected for Potter County.
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Washington
Treasury Department
H. P. Drought
Works Progress
Texas
Anderson County
Bosque County
Bowie County
Brown County
Cameron County
Dallas County
Eastland County
el Paso County
Galveston County
Gregg County
Harris County
Hidalgo County
Johnson County
McLennan County
Marion County
Nolan County
Potter County
Shelby County
Smith County
Wichita County
Willacy County
Williamson County
Treasury
A. A. Meredith
Potter County Relief Officers
Cadet at Randolph Killed in Smashup
SAN ANTONIO Oct. 29 Flying Cadet Rhoe H. Harris of Cleburne Texas was killed and Lieut Walter S. Lee instructor a native of Modoc Ind was injured in a plane crash near Randolph Field. Randolph Field officers opened an investigation Paint & Glass. John Maynard the Co.
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San Antonio
Rhoe H. Harris
Cleburne
Texas
Walter S. Lee
Modoc
Ind
Mandolph Field
Randolph Field
Wrong Driving Traffic Warnings and Violations Summary
Traffic counts report arrests and fines for running red and amber lights. Violations include double parking overtime parking and general citizen diligence on road rules.
Japan Demands Immediate Action Against Anti-Japan Elements in North China
Japanese authorities in Tientsin issued a formal ultimatum to Chinese officials, demanding prompt measures to eradicate anti-Japanese groups in North China. Major General Haruo Tada warned of risks to regional peace, citing the welfare of China’s 400 million people, and accused regional leaders of lukewarm control over anti-Japanese blueshirts.
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League
Il Duce
Geneva
Pierre Laval
France
Britain
Russia
Samuel Hoare
Anthony Eden
League of Nation's Affairs
Laval
Foreign Office
London
Tientsin
China
Haruo Tada
Japan
Orient
S. Kawagoe
Yoshijiro Umetsu
North
Ho Ying- Shin
North China
Shang Chen
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Peiping
Kuomintang
Chinese Nationalist Party
Guffey coal control act attacked in DC Supreme Court
In Washington on October 29 the Guffey coal control act faced a challenge in the District of Columbia Supreme Court with lawyers calling it a gigantic conspiracy in restraint of trade. The Carter Coal Company sought injunctions to halt a 15 percent penalty for non compliance while defending the act’s constitutionality. Justice Jesse Adkins urged an early ruling on the act’s validity as both sides pressed to move toward the Supreme Court.
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Carter Coal Company
William Whitney
James W. Carter
Whitney
John Dickinson
Jesse Adkins
Adkins
Supreme Court of the United States
Showers Forecast as Temperatures Slump in Amarillo
Weather forecast warns a cooler period with a 42 degree low and partly cloudy skies. Forecasters expect possible showers today and Wednesday as a Canadian storm shifts away from the region.
Man Admits Assaults in Fairfield and Livermore
Auburn Maine October 29 1924 Sheriff says Guy Cressey 28 confessed to killing and choking 12 year old Annie Knights of Fairfield on October 7 and to tying her to a stump with a rope after also admitting criminally assaulting a 14 year old Livermore schoolgirl.
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Auburn
Guy Cressey
Wanderer
Ralph Riley
Annie K. Knights
Fairfield
Riley
Cressey
Livermore
House Passes Bill to Boost Racing Taxes
The Texas Legislature advanced a measure to raise the state tax on horse race wagers. The proposal scales the levy from two and a half cents per dollar up to four cents on higher amounts, with the state claiming the odd cents previously kept by track operators. The House diverted the omnibus tax bill to act on the racing tax.
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Austin
House
Senate
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Partly cloudy and colder tonight and Wednesday with probable showers. West Texas mostly cloudy with showers possible in the north tonight and Wednesday and in the south on Wednesday with colder air in the Panhandle and extreme west tonight. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with possible rain or snow in the northwest and colder in the east on Wednesday. Temperature extremes up to 73 today. FHA Loans and Long-Bell Lbr Co.
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Amarillo
West Texas
North
South
Panhandle
New Mexico
Northwest
East
Bonfils Paid for Favorable Gas Rate Post
A federal trade commission report alleges Frederick G. Bonfils, publisher of the Denver Post, received 350000 in October 1927 to secure a favorable Denver natural gas rate ordinance for the Public Service Company of Colorado. Sworn statements contest the claim and assert no such payment appeared in the Post records. The report cites Colorado Interstate Gas Co. data and other records as sources.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Trade Commission Today
Frederick G. Bonfils
Denver Post
Post
Public Service Company of Colorado
Denver
Colo
Lewis G. Prichard
Colorado Interstate Gas Co
Cashier Admits He's Shielding Others in Missing Funds
William B. Shearer the 74 year old California state cashier admitted to shielding others in the disappearance of $24 000 in missing state funds. He said he would name those involved only after returning home and noted that the affair could influence upcoming elections and investigations into California treasury shortages.
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Shearer
Babcock
California State
Fort Worth
Texas
U.P
William B. Shearer
California
Otis Babcock
Sacramento
Two Dead Five Burned In Ballinger Fire
An early morning blaze destroyed the home of R. A. Duckworth in Ballinger killing Duckworth and his week old infant. Five others including Mrs. Duckworth and relatives were hospitalized with burns. one infant survived and several Stiles family members are among the injured.
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Ballinger
Babe
R. A. Duckworth
Duckworth
A. J. Stiles
Clara Tyler
Bridgeport
Stiles
John Franklin Stil
Recaptured Convict Dies in Ambulance
Henry J. Midget Fernekes, a diminutive desperado who escaped Joliet pen August 3, was recaptured in Chicago yesterday. He was found in his Detective Bureau cell unconscious and frothing at the mouth, and police believe he swallowed poison. He died en route to a hospital in a police ambulance.
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Chicago
Henry J.midget Fernekes
Texas Planning Board Urges Panhandle Livestock Station
The Texas Planning Board recommended creating a single livestock grazing experiment station in the Texas Panhandle to serve the high plains with sub stations for the Edwards Plateau and Gulf Coast areas, presented to the U S Resettlement Administration.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Panhandle
High Plains
Edwards Plateau
Gulf Coast
U. S. Resettlement Administration
Texas Planning Board
Beloved Columnist John Moore Dies During Arkansas Visit
John Moore veteran railroad man and columnist for The Globe and rail labor journals has died while vacationing with his wife in Hot Springs Arkansas. He began writing a daily column for The Globe eleven years ago and was known for stories about railroads unions and the common people Funeral services are planned for Thursday in Pine Bluff Arkansas.
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John Moore
Globe
Pioneer Railroad
West
Hot Springs
Ark
Grace Apartments
Georgia
South
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Moore
Union
Pine Bluff
New York Gang Killers Feature Ethiopian and Italian Ties
The Brisbane column explores the rise of gang violence in New York linked to Ethiopian and Italian factions in Addis Ababa and beyond. It discusses criminal overlords, killings, and the broader implications for city crime dynamics.
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New York
Honor Fliers For Courage
President Roosevelt awarded seven pilots medals for heroism during perilous mail flights. Recipients include Wellington P. McFail of American Airlines, Edward A. Belland of Transcontinental and Western, Gordon S. Darnell of Braniff Airways, and Touls S. Turner of Bowen Airlines, recognized for landing burning planes and saving lives and mail.
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Roosevelt
White House
James A. Farley
Wellington P. MecFail
American Airlines
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Texarkana
Ark
Edward A. Belland
Transcontinental and Western
Hollywood
Cal
Bakersfield
Gordon S. Darnell
Braniff Airways
Kansas City
Goodland
Kan
Touls S. Turner
Bowen Airlines
Fort Worth
Tex
Hoover's Strategy Begins Next Month
Former President Herbert C Hoover plans a pivotal speech in New York City on November 16 before the Ohio Society as part of his bid to shape the 1936 Republican platform or secure the nomination. A national radio broadcast and Ohio society events would extend his reach coast to coast. In Austin, Howard Pierson was committed to the Austin Hospital for the Insane.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
New York City
Friends
Hoover
Ohio Society
Roosevelt
Republican Jeader
Austin
Howard Pierson
Austin Hospital For
KGNC Plans Big Celebration of New Antenna
KGNC in Amarillo launches a two day open house on Saturday and Sunday to mark the completion of its new vertical antenna the first and only one of its kind in Texas. KGNC will broadcast 40 hours of continuous programs with more live talent than ever before and prize drawings for listeners as businesses and institutions present elaborate programs.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
KGNC
Texas
Ambitious Pen Break Stopped at McAlister Prison
In McAlister Oklahoma five convicts were placed in solitary for a year after officials uncovered a six month tunnel plot to breach the west wall of the state penitentiary. The tunnel bore electric lights and a wagon system to remove dirt, hidden in a sealed underground room from a steam tunnel buildup.
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Oklahoma
Mcalister
Okla
U.P
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