Labor Calls for 30-Hour Week and Six-Hour Day
Washington reports AFL President William Green urging 30-hour weekly codes and a six-hour day five-day week. He faults current Recovery Act codes as insufficient and warns labor may press Congress to adopt shorter hours if codes are not modified. He also calls for government leadership to raise wages and reduce unemployment quickly.
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Washington
NRA
American Federation of Labor
Metal Trades Department
William Green
A. F. of L
Congress
Courthouse records and real estate transfers listed
F H Klein to Guaranty Staite Bidg and Loan lot 10 block 134 S J H 1800 Amarillo Lamber Co to Mayme Black N lot 3 block 20 Wolflin Place 400 Guaranty State Bidg and Loan to P M Lefforge lot 10 block 134 San Jacinto Heights 10 Car registrations to Oldsmobile Co Oldsmobile Mary King Hollis Oklahoma Chevrolet J Shelby Jersig Bovina Plymouth.
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F. H. Klein
Guaranty Salu
Guaranty Staite Bidg
Amarillo Lamber Co
Mayme Black
Wolflin Place
Guaranty State
P. M. Lefforge
San Jacinto Heights
Oldsmobile Co
Oldsmorte
Mary King
Hollis
Oklahoma
Chevrolet
J. Shelby Jersig
Bovina
Plymouth
Gold Hoarder Pleads Not Guilty in Anti Hoarding Case
Frederick B. Campbell a New York lawyer pleaded not guilty to violating anti hoarding regulations in U S district court and received a week to argue the unconstitutionality of emergency laws. Bail set at 1000 dollars. He seeks 27 bars of gold bullion valued at about 200 thousand dollars from Chase National Bank claiming custody.
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New York
Frederick B. Campbell
United States District Court
Campbell
Chase National Bank
Writer Jeanie MacPherson files voluntary bankruptcy
Jeanie MacPherson a former top Hollywood scenario writer filed a voluntary bankruptcy schedule listing debts of 32537 dollars with no cash on hand and assets including a wardrobe valued at 343 dollars. Her largest debt is 7215.58 dollars in income taxes for 1928 through 1931.
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Los Angeles
Jeanie MacPherson
Hollywood
Bailey Loses Spectacles Amid Souvenir Theft
Harvey Bailey, defendant in the Charlies F Urschel kidnapping trial, reports his eyeglasses vanished during a jail booking at Ardmore Oklahoma. Police chief Hale Dunn said the missing specs were among personal belongings left on a sergeant’s desk and could not be found after a Labor Day crowd watched Bailey’s transfer.
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Oklahoma City
Harvey Bailey
Charlies F. Urschel
Bailey
Dallas County
Ardmore
Okla
Hale Dunn
Dunn
Federal Court Room
Urschel
Uve
Charlotte Henry Wins Alice Role in Wonderland Film
Charlotte Henry, 17, was chosen from 57 final screen tests to play Alice in the film version of Alice in Wonderland. She cried after signing a contract and begins a promising screen career with Gary Cooper and Bing Crosby in the cast.
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Hollywood
Charlotte Henry
Alice
Charlotte
Miss Henry
Gary Cooper
Louise Fazenda
Jack Oakie
Skeets Gallagher
Alison Skipworth
Charles Ruggles
Bing Crosby
Talent Night at Fair Theater Showcases Local Acts
At the Fair Theater on Friday at 9 PM local amateurs perform in Talent Night. Georgene Issitt will perform an acronatic routine, Betty Sue Ludden sings, Bill and Boots provide harmonica and guitar, Charline Wilson tap dances with Tabby Sue Walker, and one act remains unfilled. The event features cash prizes and screens Tarzan the Fearless with Buster Crabbe.
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Fair Theater
Little Georgene Issitt
Kansas City
Betty Sue Ludden
Bill and
Boots
Charline Wilson
Miss Wilson
Tabby Sue Walker
Mike Hollander
Tarzan the Fearless
Buster Crabbe
Film Stars' Mother In Serious Condition
Hollywood reports Mrs. Margaret Talmadge mother of Norma Constance and Natalie Talmadge is gravely ill with flu developing pneumonia. She was hospitalized last week and all three daughters are at her bedside, according to Dr. P E Ayer.
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Hollywood
Margaret Talmadge
Norma
Constance
Natalie Talmadge
P. E. Ayer
Ninth Guest Opens Season by Black Mask Players
The Black Mask Players begin their sixth season with The Ninth Guest at Amarillo High School Auditorium on October 3 at 8 30 for the Sandie Pep Squad. Owen Davis mystery drama features nine characters led by Grace Rye Aubrey Jackson and Darrell Jackson under Dr R P Parcells. Admission 15 and 30 cents, season coupons 2 dollars.
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Amarillo High School
Sandie
Black Mask
Owen Davis
Grace Rye
Aubrey Jackson
Darrell Jackson
Allen Clark
Cecil Eaton
Ridgeway Zelley
Regene Weatherby
Rue Paula Parcells
Virgie Ballew
R. P. Parcells
War Worries and Airship Plans Stir Global Headlines
The piece surveys global tension with Paraguay lining up Cossacks to fight Bolivia in the Chaco, mass Chinese flood casualties, and a saber-rattling mood in Europe. It notes Dr Hugo Eckener courting transatlantic airship service and a German expert defending wartime methods, while U.S. naval restraint mentors future aviation ambitions.
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Paraguay
Russia
Bolivia
Chaco
Hugo Eckener
Germany
Brazil
Chicago
United States
Europe
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Bugler Boy Horace Griggs Jr Injured. Emil Hertner Steps In
Horace Griggs Jr of Troop 1 Boy Scouts was the official bugler for Tri State Fair horse races until a bicycle accident on Tuesday left him with a broken arm. Emil Hertner filled in at the races. The snippet also notes family ties and various public opinions on military spending and cockfighting in Puerto Rico, along with brief obituaries of industrialists.
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Horace Griggs
Emil Hertner
Horace
Ong Street
Government power to seize private property questioned
The passage cites PF B Campbell who owns gold bars worth 250000 and argues the government could demand confiscation without due process. It warns once the state gains a right to take property at its own price, broad confiscations could follow, contrasting with communist critics who seek property seizure.
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PF. B. Campbell
Fort Worth Man Resigns From Advisory Post
J Elmer Thomas of Fort Worth Texas has left his post as technical adviser to the petroleum administration board Secretary Ickes declined to explain the resignation and said Thomas is no longer with the organization. Unclear who will succeed him. Tests are under way on a diving suit to allow deep sea divers to reach a quarter mile down.
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Washington
J. Elmer Thomas
Fort Worth
Texas
Petroleum Administration Board
Ickes
Thomas
Asieceed Thomas
Walton Fears Loss of Prestige for Women at A and M
Dr. T O Walton president of Texas A and M College warned that allowing women to enroll would damage the college’s prestige. He spoke with Judge Nelson Phillips and secretary A G Bailey about a suit by women seeking admission. Also notes airlines carried 195 874 passengers in the first half of 1933 in continental U S.
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Dallas
T. O. Walton
Texas A. & M. College
Walton
Nelson Phillips
Texas Supreme Court
College Board of Directors
Dr. Walton
G. Bailey
Continental United States
Constipation Relieved by Black-Draught Remedy
Mrs. George W. Tackett of Ashland Kentucky reports relief from chronic constipation after trying Black-Draught syrup. She says it eased her headaches and fatigue, and she now relies on the product. The advertisement notes the syrup costs one cent or less per dose and mentions seven children liking the new pleasant tasting syrup.
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George W. Tackett
Ashland
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