Sterling Signs Bills Duvall Brings Vote Probe Up Again
Gov. Ross Sterling signed bills expanding state banks powers to participate in the Federal Home Loan Bank relief program and a hurricane relief appropriation of 13 775 for the West Columbia school district. The measures carry emergency clauses and take effect immediately. Rep. J C Duvall reopened the investigation into the recent primary by moving a resolution for a House inquiry into election irregularities and state departmental activities, with a substitute offering Speaker led appointment and prioritizing vote casting overrun.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Ross S. Sterling
West Columbia
J. C. Duvall
Fort Worth
House
Duvall
Fred Minor
House Committee On Privileges and Elections
Harold Kayton
San Antonio
Santa Fe seeks to quit Borger motor car train
The Texas Railroad Commission will hear next Friday an application by the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway to discontinue motor car trains numbers 28 127 and 124 27 between Amarillo and Borger.
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Borger
Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
The
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company
Amarillo
First Solo Flier Irene Irvin of Borger Plans Career
Borger Texas Sept 9 Irene Irvin a former society editor now seeks a transport pilot career in Alaska where she earned flying experience. Born Aurenea Laukki in Boston her father Leopold Laukki a Moscow University professor, now teaches at Harvard. She hopes to obtain a commercial license and pilot with a passenger line.
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Irene Irvin
Alaska
Miss Irvin
Aurenea Sine Silma Laukki
Esther Irvin
Miss Irvine
Boston
Leopold Laukki
University of Moscow
Harvard University
Man survives plane crash by belt in Guadalupe Mountains
George A. Davidson of Richmond California survived a crash that killed pilot W J Robbins co pilot Francis Briggs and Victor Ellman. The wrecked American Airways plane was found two pilots Ira Mc Conaughey and Victor Miller located the site near El Paso Texas. Davidson tight ened his safety belt as foggy weather challenged the flight and used a fire to stay warm after leaping free moments before the craft burned.
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George A. Davidson
W. J. (Bryant) Robbins
American Airways
Francis W. Briggs
Victor Ellman
St. Louis
Ira McConaughey
Victor Miller
Davidson
Richmond
Calif
Guadalupe Mountains
Robbins
Guadalupe Chain
Reg. L. Robbins
Briggs
Dallas
Gloom Follows Pilot W J Robbins Death At Everman Home
In Everman Texas Air Pilot W J Robbins died in a crash yesterday and his 10 year old son Byron survived. The family endured a sad scene as authorities and neighbors gathered at the home today. Further details were expected on page two.
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Everman
Tex
W. J. Robbins
Byron
Floods Threaten Texas Communities As Rivers Rise
Unprecedented rains inundate lowlands from Big Bend to West Texas as rivers overflow. Rescue teams save Col Penick and family atop a Leuders River house while crews work to reach others. Sun ends downpour. lower Rio Grande Valley flood losses appear limited though towns reassess damage.
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United Press
Texas
Big Bend
Rio Grande
Rio Grande Valley
Abilene
Col
R. L. Penick
Lilias
Charles O’brien
Penick
Leuders River
Gales Spread Loss In East Nassau Bahamas
A hurricane struck Abaco in the Bahamas causing feared loss of life and extensive damage. Communications with Abaco were down, gales reached 90 mph along the Atlantic coast, and warnings stretched from Cape Hatteras to Eastport. The storm moved northeast into the Atlantic with the center about 450 miles east of Washington and 250 miles south of Nantucket as New England ports held coastal shipping.
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Texas Cotton Crop Estimate Increase
Texas state and federal agriculture departments estimate the year crop at 4,092,000 bales versus 5,320,000 last year. September 1 crop condition placed at 61 percent normal, up from 67 percent last year and 52 percent of the 10‑year average. Increase follows expected higher yields in the northwest, north, west, and west central Texas regions.
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U.P
Departments of Agriculture
Texas
Prohibition Board Plans Third-Party Candidate Move
The prohibition board of strategy meets in Washington to consider a definite proposal for organizing a third party and placing a dry candidate in this year's elections.
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Washington
Prohibition Board of Strategy
Fairies Spain and Stock Market Echoes in Brisbane Column
Arthur Brisbane notes belief in fairies, Spain abolishing the death penalty and equalizing punishment, Germany Paris quarrel over army. Rudy Vallee’s wife refuses divorce. Spain stock gains amid idle unemployment costs. Duesterberg resigns leadership in Germany Stahlhelm after wartime fame.
Chorus Dances on Burning Stage to Avert Theater Panic
In Chicago the Garrick Theater fire prompted patrons to exit calmly as chorus girls and musicians carried on with performances. Fire officials blamed defective wiring. damage was estimated at 15600 dollars. Lottie Kroll led a chorus number as smoke filled the Rialto venue and flames broke from the basement.
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Chicago
Garrick Theater
Rialto
Lottie Kroll
Question on timeliness of court act in Ferguson case
The Texas Supreme Court heard Miriam A. Ferguson's application for a writ of mandamus to compel the state Democratic executive committee to certify her gubernatorial nomination. Attorneys argued the relief sought was premature, with committee leaders Sterling and McCallum opposing action as hasty. The courtroom gathered as legislators debated alleged irregularities in the Ferguson Sterling runoff.
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Austin
State Democratic Executive Committee
Miriam A. Ferguson
State Supreme Court
W. ©. Huggins
R. 8. Sterling
Jane Y. McCallum
Ferguson
Sterling
Coast
C. M. Cureton
Pacific Coast
Texas
Cureton
James E. Ferguson
Commissions of Appeals
Ocie Speer
Can
Public waste of funds hit Texas economy reform
Civic leaders from South, West and East Texas met in Fort Worth to curb state and local government costs, noting 1931 expenditures exceeded the combined value of key crops by 19 million dollars. They pressed for county home rule, major budget cuts, and state economies with Wilbur C. Hawk chairing the economy group and Gus F. Taylor, Frank Kirk, and C. A. Jay as officers.
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Sept
U.P
Texas
Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo
Gus. F. Taylor
Tyler
Frank Kirk
Houston
C. A. Jay
Dallas
Double shooting near San Marcos ruled accidental
Adjutant General W W Sterling and Rangers Frank Hamer and George Allen reported the deaths of Arthur 15 and Harry 14 Morton were accidental. Justice Ramsay said a hair trigger pistol discharged during a scuffle caused the fatalities. No witnesses. The crime scene showed a struggle, blood, a bloodstained handaxe, and displaced gun. Rangers remained silent on findings.
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U.P
W. W. Sterling
Frank Hamer
George Allen
Arthur Morton
San Marcos
Sterling
Tex
Arthur
Harry Morton
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Ramsay
Ramsay
Harry
Prohi Sleuths In Robins Hunt
Washington dispatch reports Attorney General Mitchell saying special investigators from the Prohibition Bureau were assigned to search for Col. Raymond Robins a noted prohibitionist and social worker. He warned no evidence yet of a gang or ransom. A Chicago sighting of Robins by a friend was reported, while Robins feared bodily harm ahead of his return to see President Hoover.
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Mitchell
Prohibition Bureau
Col
Raymond Robins
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
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Robins
J. Edgar Hoover
United Press
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Maine
Belton Girl Dies After Gasoline Fire Accident
In Belton Texas on September 9 Miss Doris Yarbrough 16 a Belton high school student died from burns suffered when her dress caught fire while her father Cal Yarbrough tried to help by dousing her with what he believed to be water but was gasoline. He collapsed from shock and is under physician care.
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Tex
Doris Yarbrough
Cal Yarbrough
Missing noted mission worker Col Raymond Robins
Col Raymond Robins a friend of President Hoover and social worker who addressed a conference here last spring of Allied Forces of Prohibition is missing. Federal prohibition agents have been called to investigate the disappearance.
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Mission
Hoover
Prohibition
Bishop Boaz Urges Added Effort for Amarillo Church
Houston bishop H A Boaz urged Amarillo district ministers and laity to greater effort in the church. He framed the parable of the talents as ownership by God of all, including material possessions, and stressed spiritual and financial work as essential to the Kingdom. Judge Otis Trulove was slated as main afternoon speaker, followed by a covered dish luncheon in Fellowship Hall.
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Houston
Amarillo
Polk Street
Methodist Church
Boaz
Kingdom of God
Otis Trulove
Fellowship Hall
Legion for bonus claims big lead at Portland convention
Washington officials predict advocates of immediate bonus payments will command more than four fifths of votes at the American Legion convention in Portland Oregon next week.
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Washington
American Legion
Portland
Ore
Ancient boat blast on East River kills many workers
In New York the wooden Observation exploded in Hell Gate passage, throwing 165 iron workers into the water as crews frantically retrieved bodies and injured. Fire, investigations, and high casualty estimates followed, with connections drawn to the Slocum disaster past at the same ferry dock.
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East River
Hell Gate
Riker'’s Island
Ferry House
Joseph Rogers
Greenwich Village
Smithereens
East 134Th Street
Slocum
Mulrooney
General Slocum
Further Rail Cut Planned
Chicago reports a railway executives committee urging notice to all railway workers that a 20 percent cut in basic pay will take effect February 1. The Brotherhood and union workers had agreed to a temporary 10 percent cut last February for one year. They now seek no further temporary cut but signal a permanent wage reduction of 20 percent to be final if accepted.
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Spain
France
Chicago
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight, Saturday fair and cooler for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with possible showers in the southeast tonight and Saturday, cooler conditions in the north. Temperatures ranged from 55 to 75.
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Amarillo
Vicinit
West Texas
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