Stock Market Chief Defends Pool Activity
Richard Whitney president of the New York Stock Exchange told the Industrial Club and the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce that pools are not all evil and that many pools operate properly. He defended floor specialists, pledged tighter rules, and dismissed bear raids and short selling as primary causes of price declines. He said inflation came from broad market speculation and emphasized public protection and open markets.
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ST. Louis
PIA
New York Stock Exchange
Richard Whitney
Whitney
Industrial Club
Chamber of Commerce of
Exchange
Ralph Carroll arraigned on U S liquor charge
Ralph Carroll appeared before a United States commissioner and pleaded not guilty to possession of nine gallons of whiskey. Bond was set at 300 dollars. he expected to make it. Agents Tibbetts and McCall arrested him while he was loading up at 710 South Madison Street.
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Ralph Carroll
United States
Carroll
South
Madison Street
S. A. Tibbetts
R. C. McCall
Violence in Oklahoma coal strike hits miner home
First outbreak of violence in the southeastern Oklahoma coal strike reports an attempted bombing of miner Roy Green’s home near Hartshorne. No injuries occurred, attackers fled in a car. Separate note says H Russell of McCamey died after a two-car collision eight miles east of Abilene in fog.
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Hartshorne
Okla
Oklahoma
Roy Green
Abilene
UPJ
H. Russell
McCamey
Here
Japs Ideas of U S to Russia Rail Link Amuse Officials
Washington reports in a Tokyo daily claim that the United States plans a railroad under the Bering Strait to connect Alaska with Moscow. Officials privately mock the project as infeasible both engineeringly and diplomatically, noting the vast Arctic terrain and political obstacles.
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Washington
Kokumin
Tokyo
America
Asia
Berling Strait
United States
Moscow
Bering Strait
Northerica
Crackling Voice of Statesman Williams Stilled
Former Senator John Sharp Williams died at his Mississippi plantation home near Yazoo City at age 78 after a slow decline. A Mississippi native and long time senator, Williams rose to national prominence in the Woodrow Wilson era and retired in 1923 after nearly three decades in public life.
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Yazoo City
Miss
John Sharp Williams
Congress
Here
South
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
League of Nations
Wilson
Mississippi
United States Senate
Senator Williams
Memphis
Shiloh
Tennessee
Governor race testimony hints at three week trial span
An attorney for the governor projected a three week trial. Mrs. McCallum, an appointee of Sterling and foe of the Fergusons, refused to clearly commit to certifying Mrs. Ferguson as the nominee, leaving possible court action by the Fergusons uncertain.
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Mrs. Ferguson
Mrs. McCallum
Machine Gun Massacre Wallops Cuban Politics
Havana reports martial law as police hunt assassins after four Cuban leaders were gunned down by a passing car. Dr Clemente Vazquez Bello president of the Senate and Machado ally died in a rain of bullets. Three Freyre de Andrade brothers, opponents of the regime, were killed in their home in what investigators call reprisal.
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Havana
Cuba
Machado
Clemente Vazquez Bello
Senate
Gonzalo
Guillermo
Leopoldo Freyre de Andrade
Vazquez Bello
Can't Find Kin of Man Who Fell Dead
Police in Amarillo sought relatives for a man found dead Tuesday night in his Littlefield hotel room. The 60 year old, short, heavy man had a wart on his upper lip and was described as an Amarillo painter named Nelson who once told attorney Paul Speer he was from Beaumont.
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Amarillo
Littlefield
Nelson
Paul Speer
Beaumont
Texas Pioneer John J. Culbertson Dies in San Diego
John J. Culbertson 79 a Texas cotton oil magnate and Dallas Fed board member died of a heart attack in San Diego after a bladder ailment. Born in Cincinnati he moved to Texas as a traveling salesman and built a large fortune. Survived by wife Emily a son and two daughters with burial planned in Paris Texas.
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San Diego
Cal
John J. Culbertson
Texas
Southwest
Cincinnati
Ohio
Culbertson
Federal Reserve Bank of the
Dallas
Paris
Emily
John
A. B. Potter
Eugene Whittington
Oklahoma City
Puerto Rico Hit by Severe Hurricane Devastation
A hurricane plowed across the island five miles inland destroying citrus crops and likely coffee, leaving thousands homeless. Fajardo Tao Alto areas report no intact houses, with widespread ruin in towns and countryside. The insular government and an emergency committee race to feed and shelter victims as the scale overwhelms local resources.
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Fajardo
Tao Alto
Woman Is Killed Three Others Hurt in Collision
Mrs. C. H. Cunningham of Stamford died en route to Floresville hospital after a head on crash on the San Antonio Corpus Christi highway. Three others, including her husband and Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Cook, were seriously injured. W. R. Ely of Corpus Christi faced negligent homicide charges and posted a 200 bond. The truck driver was uninjured after attempting to pass a funeral procession.
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Floresville
Tex
C. H. Cunningham
Stamford
San Antonio Corpus Christi
W. R. Ely
Corpus Christi
M. H. Cook
M. H. Cook, Jr
Smith's Son and Wife Reported Separated
Alfred E. Smith Jr. and his wife Bertha Gott Smith are said to have separated. Curtin and Glynn lawyers are drafting a separation agreement. Mrs. Smith, daughter of a Syracuse locomotive engineer, was wed in a secret civil ceremony eight years ago and later in Holy Cross Church.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Curtin
Glynn
Judge Wilson Plans Rest Before Courthouse Market Opening
United States District Judge James C. Wilson travels from Colorado Springs to Fort Worth with family for a short stay before court opens in Amarillo. The four week term begins after a light fall docket. grand jury starts Monday and a petit jury is set for October 10. Courthouse Market opens with free Yellow Cab rides and ginger ale for shoppers. The market is led by Stuart Miller as president with Ray Pool vice president and John Novakovich as manager.
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Wilson
United States
James C. Wilson
Amarillo
Colorado Springs
Fort Worth
Courthouse Market
Southwest Corner
Fourth Avenue
Fillmore Street
Stuart Miller
Pioneer Ranch
Ray Pool
Tucumcari
N. M
W. 8. Birge
John Novakovich
Millionaire Inventor Named in Patent Fraud Suit
Mrs. Rose Lorraine filed a suit in Los Angeles seeking a receiver for the Lorraine Corporation alleging that David G. Lorraine, noted Texas and Oklahoma Oil Apparatus inventor and manufacturer, attempted to defraud her in a $1,000,000 patent matter.
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Los Angeles
David G. Lorraine
Texas and Oklahoma
Rose Lorraine
Lorraine Corporation
They Write To Tack Student Seeks Aid For College
A 20 year old man asks Tack for help finding work in exchange for room and board so he can attend junior college. He says he is eager to study and asks if someone could provide him a chance. The note references Tack letters continuing on Page 10.
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Tack
Renominates Chavez and Seligman in New Mexico
Delegates at the Democratic state convention in Santa Fe renominated Congressman Dennis Chavez and Governor Arthur Seligman after greeting Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt at Lamy Junction. The state central committee planned to pick a state chairman and secretary the next day.
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Santa FE
N. M
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lamy Junction
Dennis Chavez
Arthur Seligman
State Central Committee
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest
A short poem depicts a pale worn man under a tree who points to a flower and says joy is yours today. The speaker reflects that no one knows what lies ahead and that noticing beauty along life’s path is a lucky day.
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Edgar A. Guest
Road funding moves to ease congestion on U.S. 66
The commission considers routing U.S. 66 traffic west of Tenth Avenue to the Rock Island railroad to relieve congestion on West Sixth Avenue. Bids for core drilling tests for a new bridge across the Canadian River on Highway 5 are expected this week. The state highway improvement program focuses on paving, reshaping curves, widening shoulders, and upgrading drainage where rights of way permit.
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van London
Commission
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Rock Island Railroad
West
Sixth Avenue
Canadian River
Highway No. 5
Texas Highway Department
New York
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F. Clark & Co
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TBS
Allied Chemical
Allis Chalmers
Amerada Corporati
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Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
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Bohn Aluminum
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chesapeake Corporation
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Awards Court for Girls Friday in Fellowship Hall
Girl Scout Leaders Club plans autumn court of awards for Friday at 7 30 p m in Polk Street Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. J D Thompson to award merit badges, Clint Small to give principal address. Advanced leaders training resumed with sessions at Central Presbyterian Church.
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Alice and
Louise Mulkey
Harrison Street
Fellowship Hall
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J. D. Thompson
Clint Small
Alice Mulkey
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R. C. McCall
Henry Lepp
Mary Knate McDonald
George Erlandson
Lucyle Veale Houser
J. Florey
C. W. Seibel
L. V. Cradit
R. A. Burnett
Erin Campbell
A. E B. Gosnell
Fern Williams
J. L. Coss, Jr
Velma Reed
Mary Louise Mulkey
B. H. Brands
H. O. Wagner
Daffin Lowrey
Oil Theft Conviction Ties to Photographs in Longview
In Longview Texas a jury convicted C. A. Parker of oil theft, the first under the state’s new felony oil theft law. He faces two years in prison after the 40 minute deliberation and presentation of photographs the state said proved oil transfer from Atlas Pipe Line Company tanks near Gladewater to Parker’s truck.
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Longview
Sept
C. A. Parker
Atlas Pipe Line Company
Gladewater
Chicago Board of Trade Appeals U S Row Closure Case
The Chicago Board of Trade filed a brief in the U S court of appeals denying the federal commission had jurisdiction over its case. The brief argues the matter should be handled by a court of competent jurisdiction rather than the Secretary of Agriculture, a party to the action, in a dispute over a 60 day closing order linked to the farmers national grain corporation.
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Farmers National Grain Corporation
Chicago Board of Trade
United States Court of Appeals
Commission
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Secretary of Agriculture
Hoover Takes Farm Aid Lead
President Hoover moves to ease farm debt with a plan allowing the Agriculture Department to accept 25 percent of crop production loan amounts while delaying the remaining 75 percent until Congress acts. He met with Gardner Cowles of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation ahead of a Chicago conference on mortgage relief as wheat prices stay low.
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U.P
Hoover
Gardner Cowles
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chicago
White House
Congress
Raids target Oak Tavern and Merchant Lunch amid gambling crackdown
Deputy Administrator George P. Small led a raid that seized a roulette wheel and gambling paraphernalia at the Oak Tavern as six couples and three arrivals were detained for hours and released after giving names. The Merchant Lunch bar was ordered uprooted and moved to a government warehouse. agents faced bribe offers and were sometimes mistaken for hijackers.
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George P. Small
Oak Tavern
Vandeventer
City explores sale of land in five and ten acre tracts
AID land could be sold readily if divided into five and ten acre tracts with water and power. A lumber company official said the city could net $100,000 from the sale while keeping water rights. The McDonald site, bought about a year ago, contains five wells each capable of producing a million gallons daily.
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McDonald
Two Years for Burglary in Amarillo
Pete Hackney was found guilty of burglary in a south Amarillo area case and received a two year penitentiary sentence after a night district court session. Another burglary charge linked to a separate home looting led to trial. Odus Alexander’s theft case was dismissed for lack of evidence. Horace Wells also earned a two year sentence for a liquor violation related to delivery and sale of whiskey to federal agents. Pee Wee Cantrell faced charges with Wells but remained at large.
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Pete Hackney
Amarillo
47Th
Odus Alexander
Horace Wells
Pee Wee Cantrell
Wells
Monterrey Flood Drowns Streets Forces Roof Relocations
A Monterrey dispatch reports heaviest rains in years inundating undated city areas. Water reached second stories prompting families to move from roofs to safety as floods spread through several districts.
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Monterrey
Mexico City
Barber Must Pay 25 for Accidentally Trimming Mustache
Providence Rhode Island September 28 A Superior Court judge ruled barber Phillip Reitano must pay 25 dollars for accidentally chopping off Francesco Mastrostefano's 41 year old handlebar mustache. Mastrostefano demanded 2000 dollars for the loss of time required to regrow the handlebar.
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Providence
R. I
Superior Court
Phillip Reitano
Francesco Mastrostefano
Mastrostefano
Markets Report From Kansas City and New Orleans
Agricultural prices show hogs steady to strong in Kansas City with top at 3.90 for choice 150 298 lb hogs while cattle and calves trend steady to lower across killing classes. In New Orleans cotton opens steady with later weakness on hedge selling and tropical storm concerns, December sliding to 7.38 before a late rally to 7.50.
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Liverpool
West Indies
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