Texas Senate backs one fourth cotton planting limit
Gov Ross S Sterling refused to submit revenue or tax measures to the cotton session and urged quick completion of cotton legislation. The Senate by 15 to 12 favored a one fourth planting limit for next year, signaling a split with the House which had backed one third. No final action on cotton relief bills, debates focus on whether to substitute the one fourth plan for the Long bill.
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Austin
Ross S. Sterling
Senate
Texas Senate
House
Texas
Archie Parr
Benavides
Hearst On Europe Borah Says Save Woodpeckers and Elephants Gandhi and His Shawl
Hearst voices Europe critique and U S spending on peace vs debts. Borah urges a five year arms halt to reset world finances. Betsey the circus elephant and Bailey’s monument are noted. Gandhi criticizes Western industrialism while traveling in England with simple shawl and home spun remedies. Telephone line included.
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Hearst
Europe
Borah
Gandhi
W. R. Hearst
Mr. Hearst
England
Lord Beaverbrook
Lord Rothermere
Senator Borah
Pirates Alive Myth Ended as Engineer Is Found Dead
The body of civil engineer Benjamin P. Collings, allegedly killed by pirates in Long Island Sound, was found on Lloyd's Point beach. His hands and feet were bound and the skull fractured, corroborating his wife's five day account of attackers boarding her boat and throwing him overboard.
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Mineola
N. Y
U.P
Benjamin P. Collings
Long Island Sound
Lloyd's Point
Long Island
Harold R. King
Nassau County
Collings
King
Lloyd's Neck
Aviators Missing on Tokyo to Seattle Flight Found Safe
Soviet vessels report Cecila Allen and Don Moyle are safe on an uninhabited island in Kamchatka Gulf near Behring Sea. Coast Guard confirms. message to Moyle's fiancée Frances Bresson says they will reach Seattle by September 22.
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Seattle
Japan
America
Cecila
Allen
Don Moyle
California
Olutorski Gulf
Kamchatka
Coast Guard
Moyle
Naval Radio
St. Paul Island
Behring Sea
Frances Bresson
Riverside
Cal
Aleutiana
Dutch Harbor
Samushiro
Tokyo
Los Angeles
H. D. Hinckley
Northern Division
Burtat
St. Paul
Cordova
Alaska
Hinckley
Bering Sea Coast Guard
Beattle
Naval
Bremerton
Kamchatka Peninsula
Naval Radio Station
Gulf of Olyatovski
Arlington
H. Campbell
Seattle Naval District
Cecil A. Allen
Aleutian
Burial
Love
Don
Chilton Named Secretary-Manager for US 66 Western Division
W W Chilton of Amarillo named secretary manager of the western division of the US 66 Highway Association. He will direct activities along the Federal 66 route west from the Oklahoma line through Texas New Mexico Arizona and California with headquarters in Amarillo. The appointment boosts Amarillo plans to pave Highway 66 from Chicago to the west coast within 24 months. The association will push immediate paving of the western division.
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W. W. Chilton
Amarillo
U. S. 66 Highway Association
Chamber of Commerce Highway Department
Charles H. Thompson
el Reno
Ohlo
National Association
Chilton
Chamber of Commerce
America
Chicago
Courts Will Aecess Opening Day of Fair
Potter County courts will nearly halt Monday at noon to aid the Amarillo Tri State Exposition opening. Most county offices will observe a half day, with several officials closed and others limited to essential duties. Citizens are urged to file business before noon and note the fair events in the courthouse schedule.
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Potter County
Henry S. Bishop
W. J. Flesher
Court of Civil Appeals
J. W. Minter
C. G. Landis
Rhea C. Myers
J. W. Collins
H. E. Kinkead
Mark Hardin
W. E. Blackburn
Court House
Flaming Plane Falls Four Die in Bay Crash
A Pacific Air Transport passenger mail plane caught fire after takeoff from Oakland and plunged into San Francisco Bay. Pilot Ray Boudreaux of Medford and three passengers Kirk Herre W H Bisse1 FP Sheahan perished. The plane sank in about 30 feet of water. A diver reported mangled bodies and a mysterious fire after the crash.
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Calif
Pacific Air Transport
San Francisco Bay
Portland
Ray Boudreaux
Medford
Ore
Kirk Herre
Seattle Star
Seattle
W. H. Bisse
San Francisco
Navy relief plane crashes in Panama City scene kills two
A United States Navy amphibian en route to Belize from Colo Solo air field with medical supplies crashed at David Panama. Two crew members were killed Chief Pilot J L Jenkins and A A Miller and two were injured Lieut C A Langford co pilot and J R Miller radio operator.
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Panama City
U.P
United States Navy
Belize
British Honduras
Colo Solo
David
Panama
J. L. Jenkins
A. A. Miller
C. A. Langford
J. R. Miller
Talley silent on potential Bank of America chair role
Dallas on September 16 Lynn P Talley governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said any announcement about his appointment as chairman of the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association of San Francisco must come from association officials He had returned to Dallas from a vacation in Michigan.
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Talley
Dallas
Lynn P. Talley
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association of
San Francisco
Michigan
Overpass Bid Docket Set For West Eighth Avenue Viaduct
City plans to award contracts for viaduct materials including reinforced steel sand gravel cement and lumber with Rock Island right of way overpass to be completed by Armistice Day. Rock Island Co agrees to contribute 5000 dollars. Bids for paving projects tied to a charter amendment allowing 10 year payment terms at 6 percent interest.
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West Eighth Avenue
Rock Island
Bill Durham
Relief Plans Stalled in Belize After Devastating Hurricane
Belize, British Honduras, Sept 16. Rehabilitation plans remained at a standstill as residents deal with the hurricane shock. Official death toll 1500 to 2000. nearly 1000 bodies burned on five funeral pyres. City of 13,600 faces uncertain rebuild as relief efforts await the gunboat Danae.
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Belize
British Honduras
Danae
Cotton Pickers Sought as Houston Empl Bureau Calls 5000
Houston city employment bureau announced 5000 cotton picker jobs with plentiful work in the area. Wages ranged from 35 to 40 cents per 100 pounds, with one location offering 50 cents.
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Houston
City Employment Bureau
Nine bidders bid on ten 35 knot destroyers
Washington reports seven private shipbuilders and five navy yards submitted bids to build ten destroyers with a top speed of 35 knots at an estimated cost of about 50 million dollars.
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Washington
Navy Yards
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday for Amarillo and West Texas. New Mexico mostly fair with cooler north and southeast areas Thursday. Temperatures ranged from 68 to 86 degrees at 1 PM today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
North
Wife presses case to save husband in girls' murder
Newkirk Oklahoma. Sept 16. Mrs Jean Quinn declares she will prove Earl Quinn innocent in the murders of Jessie and Zexia Griffith and have the real slayer behind bars by Earl's trial on Sept 22. Attorney J H Mathers represents them.
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Earl Quinn
Oklahoma
Mrs. Quinn
J. H. Mathers
Jean Quinn
Zexia Griffith
Jessie Griffith
Cramer's Plane Picked Up at Sea
Prison guards searched for more weapons at the Kansas state prison after a planned massacre and escape was thwarted. Eight convicts planned delivery of rifles shotguns and homemade weapons, with bells and ladders, while seven guards were marked for death. In New York a seaplane wreck was found in the North Sea identified as Parker Cramer and Oliver Pacquette who vanished after leaving the Shetlands en route to Europe.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas State
New York
North Sea
Parker Cramer
United States
Europe
Edo Aircraft Corporation
Cramer
Oliver Pacquette
Detroit
Greenland
Shetland Islands
Shetlands
Scandinavia
Pacquette
Copenhagen
Wide search for bank bandits in Texhoma robbery
Panhandle and Western Oklahoma officers hunted two men suspected of robbing the First National Bank of Texhoma Oklahoma of 5000 dollars. Arthur Littel the bank vice president was kidnapped but released near the city’s eastern edge. The getaway light coupe was found abandoned eighteen miles east of Texhoma.
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Borger
First National Bank of
Texhoma
Okla
Panhandle and
Western
Mutiny in British Navy Is Overcome
London reports the British government will consider sailors claims after a wage cut triggered a naval mutiny. The Atlantic fleet, blocked off Scotland by a refusal to work, is ordered to return to home ports as Sir Austin Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons amid loud opposition and cheers.
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London
Scotland
Austin Chamberlain
House of Commons
Austen
The Late Mrs. Tut Benefit Pep Squad Show
A Black Mask Production at the High School Auditorium presents a Friday evening benefit show featuring the Sandies Pep Squad in a fundraising performance for the late Mrs. Tut.
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Mrs. Tut
Sandies
Four robberies and a burglary hit Amarillo late Tuesday
Police report a hectic night with four robberies and a burglary within a half hour near 11:30 to midnight. Liquor laden cars were seized after a chase and scuffle injuring two officers. Victims include Van Holcombe at North Fillmore Street and John Humphrey near Fourteenth and Buchanan. Fields lost $2. Further details to come.
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Amarillo
van Holcombe
North Fillmore Street
English Airport
Holcombe
John Humphrey
Fourteenth and
Buchanan
D. Fields
Talmage
van Buren Street
Fields
Roger Smith
Grand Jury Delays Report As Investigations Continue
The federal grand jury deferred its term report until Thursday morning with many matters still incomplete. Investigations include alleged violations of the Dyer Act, impersonation of federal officers, witness intimidation, bank embezzlement, and postal defalcations. Judge James C. Wilson accepted Kate Nicholson’s guilty plea on possession and transportation of liquor, imposing a $500 fine and a six month sentence suspended for two years.
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Federal Grand Jury
Alex M. Moon
James C. Wilson
Kate Nicholson
Nicholson
Colonel Zack Mulhall critically ill in Mulhall Oklahoma
Word reached here that Col Zack Mulhall pioneer rancher and wild west show man is critically ill at his Mulhall ranch home. Col Zack Miller of the 101 Ranch was called to Mulhall last night and said he was not expected to live through the day.
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Mulhall
Ponca City
Okla
Zack Mulhall
Zack Miller
101 Ranch
Earthquake Shakes Tokyo with Minor Damage Report
A sharp quake struck Tokyo and nearby areas at 9 45 this evening local time. No damage was reported as far as could be learned. The event occurred at 6 45 A M Central Standard Time.
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Tokyo
Lisbon braces for attempted revolution as troops mobilize
In Lisbon on September 16, soldiers surrounded government buildings and artillery moved into place as crowds awaited a possible uprising that ultimately did not occur.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Amarillo Day Proclamation for Tri-State Fair
The city proclaims Monday September 21 1931 as Amarillo Day at the Tri-State Fair. An official half holiday is declared for the afternoon and night to allow all residents to attend the fair. The proclamation is signed by Mayor Ernest O. Thompson in the September 15 1931 regular commission meeting.
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Tri-State
Amarillo
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