Panhandle winds loom over park plans and Ford prophecies
The fragment notes a dry forecast with a shifting wind patterns and possible isolated storms. It discusses hopes for a Goodnight ranch to become a state park, the Biological Survey, migratory birds, and funding. It also includes optimistic frontier business views from Bascom Timmons and quotes Henry Ford on laws and future food production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodnight Ranch
Goodnight
Biological
State Game and Fish Commission
Hauptmann case active with expanded manhunt and court talks
New Jersey State police and New York City officials say more men are employed on the Hauptmann case. An early trial date for the extortion indictment in the Bronx is desired. Hauptmann remains jailed in Bronx County. a man was questioned by DOJ agents in Manhattan. Expert Koehler linked wood sources to the Bronx company where Hauptmann worked. Lilac bushes bloomed unusually in Kirksville during September.
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New Jersey
New York City
Hauptmann
Pawcett
Foley
Second Avenue
84Th Street
Manhattan
Department of Justice
Bronx
Yorkville
Trenton
N. J
Arthur Koehler
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
National Lumber and Mill Work Company
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Kirksville, Mo
W. F. Ketzier
Predictions of strong football and growing enrollment at West Texas Teachers College
The Canyon campus will soon field one of the Southwest's strongest football teams as enrollment passes 1,200 students. W H Puqua recites an original verse about Panhandle wind and sand, and Will Rogers will begin daily wire service coverage in The News next Monday.
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Canyon
West Texas Teachers’ College
Southwest
W. H. Puqua
What They Write To Tack More About Pensions
Dear Tack discusses a proposed pension law for everyone over 60, granting 6200 per month with the condition that the entire allotment is spent each month. The writer models widespread debate on old age support and fiscal feasibility.
Death Foiled for Sad Youth in Boston Area
John Leydeich Bauer a 21 year old from Millvale Pennsylvania attempted suicide with a home brewed poison to fund a butterfly expedition to Brazil for a Pittsburgh museum. He survived after a heavy meal counteracted the poison with physicians predicting recovery. He vowed to try no more suicides.
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Cambridge
Mass
John Leydeich Bauer
Millvale
Brazil
Pittsburgh
Bauer
Martin
Pennsylvania
Albuquerque
N. M
John
Albuquerque High School
San Diego
Calif
FDR Calls for Unified Effort Against Depression
President Roosevelt addressed the 1934 conference of the mobilization for human needs at the White House. He urged local communities to bear the primary relief burden and praised personal effort as key to national success in defeating Old Man Depression.
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Washington
Rooseveltt
White House
Kidnapper of Girl Given 35 Years in Texas Case
Aaron Burleson pleaded guilty and received a 35 year sentence for kidnapping University of Texas student Nago Alaniz and Miss Gail Sperry. The incident occurred near the university on the night of June 8 when a pistol was used to force them into a rented car on the drag.
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Austin
Aaron Burleson
Gail Sperry
Nago Alaniz
University of Texas
Alaniz
Burleson
Mrs Miller Proclaimed Insane in Texas Hearing
Testimony from Hospital Head Teifles J C Montgomery Deputy Sheriff Roy Brewer and County Jailer Gib Landid s along with doctors Castner Primer and Royce urged commitment to the asylum. Mrs Miller testified she was born in Idaho ran away as a boy hob o and married Lee Miller in Canyon after a nomadic life.
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J. C. Montgomery
Rock Island
Millers
Montgomery
Hobart Mansfield
Reese Wilson
Roy Brewer
Gib Landis
Miller
Charles W. Castner
State Hospital For the Insane
Wichita Falls
B. M. Primer
George T. Royce
Officials debate tax relief at county level convention
Judge W H McClintock opposes shifting relief back to counties while Judge C W Lewis urges penalties and interest on delinquent taxes be set aside. Delegates plan strong resolutions against state to county relief shift. Plainview civic leaders arrange events and Hale County club women host luncheon ahead of a banquet.
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W. H McClintock
Cattle County
C. W. Lewis
Sweetwater
Plainview
Grady Shipp
Board of City Development
H. M. LaFont
Hale County
Amarillo
Abilene
Brownwood Aire
Two Are Captured After Prison Break
McAlfsster Oklahoma September 28 Two of the seven tuberculosis convicts who tunneled out of the Oklahoma State Prison were recaptured at Halleyville as they tried to board a freight train. Jack Capps jailed 21 years for robbery in Choctaw County and Coney Coffey serving 25 years for robbery from Tulsa County were identified. Guards continue the manhunt for the remaining five fugitives as the escapees fled in a waiting automobile.
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Mcalfpster
Okla
Oklahoma State Prison
Halleyville Toay
Grady Anderson
Sam Brown
Jack Capps
Coney Coffey
Capps
Choctaw County
Coffey
Tulsa County
CWA Foreman Freed On Murder Charge In Texas Case
Albert Hall former CWA foreman was found not guilty in district court of murder in the slaying of A B Brooks. Hall testified he killed Brooks in self defense after the man attacked him in the basement of Marshall city hall where Brooks had come to collect his pay on December 30, 1933.
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Marshall
U.P
Albert Hall
CWA
Hall
A. B. Brooks
City Hall
Brooks
Governor Signs Oil Regulation Bill in Texas
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson signed Senate bill 21 giving the railroad commission power to regulate crude oil movement. The bill lacks a two thirds House majority, delaying immediate effect. it becomes law December 25, ninety days after adjournment.
Amarillo Group Arrives in Lubbock for Fair Plans
Carrie Nation and Bill Beechler led the arrangements as Amarillo residents headed by Wilbur C. Hawk president of the Tri State Fair traveled to Lubbock yesterday for the fair and to set up Amarillo’s visit there today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie” Nation
Bill Beechler
Woman on Trial in Banker Killing Cites Self Defense
In a courtroom narrative from Britain, Miss Britain testified she fired at banker Nichols in self defense after fearing he reached for a gun. Miss Couch and Nichols’s widow described jealousy and threats amid a love triangle as prosecutors seek the death penalty. The case also notes tree frogs borrowing pitcher plant leaves in a separate observed behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols
Miss Britain
Miss Couch
Miss’ Britain
County Judges Attend Meet in Plainview Records Set
Two hundred fifty registrations at the West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association convention in Plainview set a new attendance record. Leonard Westfall of Stonewall County spoke on proposed Texas Constitution amendments for November votes and Judge W H McClinto Cattle County outlined public charity financing. Charlies FE Lewis of Nolan County discussed delinquent tax collections and FE J Pitts of Lubbock presided with A O Newman of Coleman County as secretary in Judge Marrs of Wichita County being absent illness. The afternoon program included Miss Myrtle Murray and several county officials.
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Coleman County
John P. Marrs
Wichita County
Hot Oil Still Runs In East Texas Field
State Railroad Commission figures show over 59 000 barrels of untendered hot oil run daily to East Texas refineries for the week ended September 24. Auditor D W Power reports August total hot oil in the field at 1 712 031 barrels averaging 55 227 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilgore
State Railroad Commission
East Texas
D. W. Power
Commission
Fast Texas
Etex Oil Plans 1000 Wells in Texas Field
In Longview Texas on September 28 preparations for drilling 1000 additional wells at a cost of 12.5 million dollars were under way. Drilling contractors expect to start once water is available with most wells to be completed and turned into tanks by January 1, 1935.
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Longview
Tex
U.P
Texas
Italian inventor Me notti Nanni perfects submarine lifeboat
Italian inventor Me notti Nanni claims a lifeboat for submarines using cup fasteners to release a barrel shaped craft safely. He cites Otto von Guericke’s vacuum experiment in Magdeburg showing shells held by air pressure until air enters. The unsinkable boat would detach from a submarine via valves and sea pressure.
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Menotti Nanni
Nanni
Otto von Guericke
Magdeburg
Germany
Industrial Emergency Committee to Advise on NRA Policies
The article outlines the Industrial Emergency Committee as an advisory body to the President with authority to coordinate policies among NRA and other emergency agencies. It names the National Industrial Recovery Board and lists members including Clay Williams A D Whiteside Sidney Hillman Leon C Marshall Walton Hamilton Blackwell Smith and Leon Henderson with ex officio roles. It notes the committee does not direct agencies but aligns policies under presidential approval.
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Industrial Emergency Committee
NRA
National Industrial Recovery Board
Associated Press
Clay Williams
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Roper
NRA Industrial Advisory Board
A. D. Whiteside
Dun and Bradstreet
Publisers
INRA
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
NRA Labor Advisory Board
Leon C. Marshall
Johns Hopkins University
Old National Labor Board
Walton Hamilton
Yale
NRA Advisory Council
Consumers Advisory Board
Blackwell Smith
Leon Henderson
Blue Eagle Unit
Huey Indicted For A P Borger Death In Texas Town
Huey Hutchinson County tax collector Arthur Huey was indicted for murder in the August 31 Borger post office duel with A P Borger founder of the town. Huey also faces a murder charge in Lloyd J Duncan’s death from a stray bullet on September 4.
Nurse Confesses Slaying of Detective in Chicago
Detective Louis Kolb, 40, was shot and killed in Chicago as authorities announced a young nurse, Catherine Dunning, 26, had confessed to firing the fatal shot after the detective made advances. The case involves a married father of two and is being handled by Assistant State's Attorney John Boyle.
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Chicago
Louis Kolb
John 8. Boyle
Catherine Dunning
Texas To Defend New Relief Deal At City Managers Convention
Dallas city manager John N. Foly says Texas will push for a new federal relief policy. He declares demands for non discrimination in relief distribution will be presented to the International Association of City Managers at its St. Louis convention.
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Dallas
Texas
John N. Foly
Dalls
International Association of City Managers
St. Louis
Enrollments Rise Across Texas Colleges in Early Term
More than 600 students entered Hardin-Simmons Abilene in the first days of term with larger freshman and transfer classes noted at Abilene Christian McMurry College and others. Texas colleges report gains due to improved finances federal aid and higher employment prospects across institutions from Denton to Lubbock to San Marcos and Beaumont.
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Hardin-Simmons
Abilene
J. D. Sandefer
Abilene Christian
McMurry College
Southern Methodist University
FP. C. Belton
Texas A. & M. College
Texas Christian University
S. W. Hutton
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
North Texas Teachers College
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Bradford Knapp
San Marcos Teachers College
C. F E. Evans
NRA
John Tarleton College
Stephenville
H. F. Estill
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
Stephen F. Austin College
Nacogdoches
FERA
Howard Payne College
Daniel Baker
Kingsville
Texas
Low Morris College
Jacksonville Baptist College
College of Marshall
Southwestern University
Paris Junior College
Amarillo College
B. E. Masters
Southern Association of Colleges
Weatherford Junior College
Greenville
Wesley Junior College
Wayland Baptist College
Plainview
East Texas Teachers’ College
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Austin College
Sherman
Schreiner Institute
Beaumont
Lamar Junior College
New Orleans Cotton Opens Mixed as Hedge Selling Pressures
The New Orleans market opened steady to lower as hedge selling weighed on early trades. December touched 12.45 and March 12.47 after a morning lull, with prices easing a few points from yesterday's close before a late session rally.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Sedue
Sterling Exchange
Pricet
Federal Housing Administration to insure 100 percent loans
The executive committee reports the Federal Housing Administration will insure 100 percent of losses up to 20 percent of total funds advanced for property improvement. FHA risks are minimal, with past losses under three percent. Moffett urges sound, justified modernization loans. A mass meeting at Amarillo Senior High School will detail the housing program for locals, with Carl Hinton coordinating the Amarillo effort and Rotary Club backing outreach.
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Housing Administration
Federal Housing Administration
James A. Moffett
Amarillo
Carl Hinton
Rotary Club
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
The Kansas City livestock market shows cattle and calves with limited supply and mixed demand. Prices edge lower on early sales with most trades down 25 cents to 50 cents. futures include steers 6.50 to 8.50 and cows around 3.20 to 6.55, while sheep and lambs are uneven with natives higher on some lots.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
D. A
Hhe
Ewee
Wethers
Texas Governors Fight Federal Relief Rules
The Texas governor denounces a proposed resolution asking President Roosevelt to direct federal relief to coordinate with the Texas relief agency. The aim is to modify FERA rules to fit Texas conditions, arguing current regulations hurt agricultural and ranching sectors and push rural workers toward urban relief. Separately, the University of Kentucky has acquired 300 remains of Indians removed from the Tennessee Valley for dam project flooding preparations.
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U. S
Roosevelt
Federal Relief Agency
Texas Relief Agency
Texas
FERA
The
University of Kentucky
Tennessee Valley
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Will Rogers
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John Armitage Staunton
Sacred Heart Church of Notre Dame University
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Huey
A. P. Borger
New York
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Gillette Razor
Goodrich
Great Northern RR
Great West Sugar
Houston Oi Internat Harvester
Kelvinator
Kennecott Copper
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Mid-Cent
Texm RR
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North American Co
Remington Reynolds
Tobreco
Tjosenhead
Seaboard Oil
Cats Sears Rotbuck
oat South Pac_ RR
Southern Railway Standard
Aranda Stand
Gas & Elec
Stand
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Fesas Gorp
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Texas Gulf Sulfur BR
Bris Texm Pac Coal & Om
Timken
Bam Trans-America
Tnion Carbide
UW 1S United Corp
Lalo’ Gas Tmport
AE i & Rubber
Pasta & Raye Pass
US Steel
Western Union
Westinghouse
Woolworth Fendbasreigebausen
Gulf O81
Humble
Penn Road
Swift & Co
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Prey
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Amer
Armour & Co
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