Prolonged Senate Debate Scrambles AAA Reform Plan
A stormy closed session of the Senate agriculture committee faced sharp opposition as the Jones Bankhead bill, amended by the Agriculture Department, expanded powers for the secretary of agriculture. Lawmakers differed over constitutionality with action deferred until Monday for legal guidance from Secretary Wallace.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
South Carolina
Wallace
Supreme Court
AAA
Bankhead
Alabama
Murphy
Iowa
Two Given Death in Poison Killing in Mineola
A Nassau County jury voted death by electric chair for Mrs. Mary Frances Creighton and Everett C. Applegate in the poisoning of Ade Applegate, after Applegate admitted relations with Creighton's 15 year old daughter Ruth but denied involvement in his wife's death. Creighton testified she added poison to an eggnog for Mrs. Applegate, as the two families shared the quadrangle house in Mineola.
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Mineola
N. Y
Mary Frances Creighton
Everett C. Applegate
Applegate
Stout
Ade
State braces for renewed cold snap across Texas
The Associated Press reports a sharp cold spell sweeping Texas with forecasts of freezing temperatures. Sunday night could bring a killing freeze to the winter garden truck farming area about 600 miles south, while northern Panhandle areas may fall to around two degrees above zero. Corpus Christi expected a low near 30 degrees.
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Associated Press
Texas
Mercury
Panhandle
Winter Garden
Corpus
Cold spell grips Amarillo region with low near 22
Forecasts show continued cold in Amarillo vicinity with yesterday morning at 21 degrees and a rapid rise to 40 by midday. Dallas Fort Worth expected to wake to 12 to 20 degrees while Austin at 64 briefly and Temple at 42 with further drops. Livestock warnings issued for northern and eastern West likely extending to page two.
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Amarillo
Dallas
Fort Worth
Austin
Temple
Amarillo Weather Forecast Outlook for Southern Plains
Meath reports Sunday in Amarillo and surrounding counties will be partly cloudy and cold with Livestock warnings in the north and east. New Mexico forecasts fair weather with little temperature change while the week opens generally fair and cold, warming midweek with rain chances.
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Amarillo
Vicinty
West Texas
West 100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Southern Plains
West Gulf Stater
Bonus Bond Measure Up in Senate Monday
In Washington on January 25 a sharp clash over new taxes or inflation framed today’s prelude to the Senate vote on Roosevelt’s bonus veto. The baby bond bill would authorize 2.491 billion dollars, to be voted on in the Senate Monday after House and Senate leaders pledged to avoid new levies. Senate Finance Chairman Harrison and Speaker Burns denied knowledge of any downtown tax plans, arguing the income tax base should not be expanded and suggesting tax proposals had not been organized.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Todry
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Burns
Two Army planes collide near Luke Field in Honolulu
Two Army bomber planes collide near Luke Field on Ford Island causing a massive fire that likely killed or wounded six crew members while two men parachuted to safety. The wreckage fell between two 55 000 gallon tanks as spectators watched a basketball game. Private B E Taylor crew chief jumped but landed amid the flames.
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Honolulu
T. H
U.P
B. E. Taylor
Taylor
Luke Field
Ford Island
Pearl Harbor
Farm cash income rises to 1935 total of 6.93 billion dollars
Washington reports 1935 cash income from farm product sales estimated at 6.932 billion dollars, up from 1934's 6.387 billion. December income reached 598.001 million, with November at 660.009 million and December 1934 at 473.5 million. AAA benefit payments in December were 47 million, versus 56 million in November and 53 million in December 1934.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
AAA
Gray County Votes Against Rum in Local Option Result
Southern Gray County voted against sale of liquor 202 to 50 while Alameed went dry 49 to 3 and McLean box outcomes 88 to 17 and 65 to 30. Northern half including Pampa voted wet. Question raised over 1903 McLean district No 5 error as injunction denial cited. Commissioners court to meet Tuesday to consider the issue.
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Pampa
Gray County
Alameed
McLean
Commissioners Court
Wickersham Dies Sudden in Taxicab
George Wickersham former attorney general and later head of the prohibition commission died suddenly in a New York taxicab. The 78 year old was en route to a club luncheon when the driver found him dead at his destination.
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New York
George W. Wickersham
United States
Henry L. Taft
Wickersham
Taft
Henry P. Cunningham
Prosecution Seeks To Impeach Hamlin Witness Testimony
The state in the Hamlin murder trial moved to impeach defense testimony as cross examination of Horace Wells revealed conflicting statements by J W Welch. Wells said Welch dated Mrs Hamlin in 1933 and took her to isolated lanes, while Wells claimed Welch spoke of taking her to Stinnett and staying away all night. Jack Phillips, the druggist neighbor, testified he returned home about 10 pm January 4 and saw a small car near the Hamlins home.
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Farwell
George 8. Hamlin
Horace Wells
Denver
J. W. Welch
Hamlin
Welch
E. A. Simpson
Wells
Jack Phillips
Phillips
Hamlins
Blue Steele Band at The Nat Tomorrow Night
The Blue Steele recording orchestra performs at The Nat tomorrow night at 9:30. Peggy Moore and Sonny Richardson join the act with singing sensations. Tickets are $1.10. club reservations cost 35 cents. The band, booked by The Tri-State Fair, travels from St Louis and Chicago venues.
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Blue Steele
Peggy Moore
Sonny Richardson
Steele
NBC
CBS
Mutual
Amarillo
Marine Room
Claridge Hotel
St. Louis
Trianon Ballroom
Chicago
Texas Taps New Revenue From Duty Free Liquor
State liquor enforcers estimate duty free imports from Mexico could bring Texas about 100000 dollars in liquor taxes. An attorney general ruling says the quart a minute border trade is taxable, with unstamped liquor subject to seizure. Enforcers note 700 to 800 quarts daily cross at Juarez, threatening larger revenues if continued.
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Austin
Mexico
Texas
Leon Moses
el Paso
Juarez
C. R. Miller
Laredo
Brownsville
Ice field found far out in sea Caspian
An ice field located 150 miles out in the Caspian Sea marooned 1,825 fishermen for ten days after shore ice broke away January 16. An airplane dropped medical supplies and reported the field had stopped drifting. The castaways, using a portable wireless set, confirmed the report while noting improved fishing at the site.
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Moscow
Caspian Sea
Carlucci in Serious Condition After Nightclub Shooting
Victor Carlucci a 24 year old jewelry salesman from Los Angeles remains in critical condition at Northwest Texas Hospital after being shot in the neck during a nightclub affray. Horace Miles was killed and J E Johnnie Cullen is jailed in Potter County on the case.
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Victor Carlucci
Los Angeles
Texas
Horace “Dude” Miles
J. E
Johnnie” Cullen
Potter County
Hoffman Asks Attorneys to Try Lie Test in Hauptmann Case
Gov. Hoffman invited Hauptmann's prosecutors and defense to agree on a lie detector test to resolve puzzling aspects of the Lindbergh baby kidnap case. He has voiced doubts about guilt, while legality and binding power remain unclear. Warden Kimberling notes it could be a mental examination and Fisher demands the test be conducted by the best authority.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Hoffman
New Jersey
Col
Mark ©. Kimberling
C. Lloyd Fisher
Actor Renaldo released after federal imprisonment in Washington
Duncan Renaldo a Roumanian actor known for Trader Horn completed a prison term at McNeil Island and arrived in Steilacoom. Immigration authorities planned his deportation after release on $1500 bond. inspector Mc Cartneyn advised release in Seattle where formalities would be arranged.
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Steilacoom
Wash
Duncan Renaldo
Trader Horn
Fortune
McNeil Island
Renaldo
Bureau of Immigration
Roumania
Hugh McCartneyt
Seattle
French Barristers Fight Sword Duel in Paris
In Paris two lawyers Marcel Mourand and Yvon Le Bris abandoned the courts and dueled with swords over a lawsuit dispute in Parc des Princes. Le Bris sustained an arm wound as seconds separated the combatants after a furious, rule bending confrontation.
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Paris
U.P
Marcel Mourand
Yvon le Bris
le Bris
Parc Des Princes
Colonel McMullen Faces Court Martial in Washington
Colonel Joseph S. McMullen of the judge advocate general's office heads to a February 17 court martial in Washington. He is charged with accepting compensation for legal services to a civilian involved in army contracts and was previously indicted for lobbying against a tax bill. The 17 officer panel is led by Major General Upton Birnie Jr. Palo Alto, California, is his home.
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Washington
War Department
Joseph S. McMullen
Judge Advocate General's Office
McMullen
Palo Alto
Calif
Upton Birnie, Jr
Field Artillery
District of Columbia
Secretary of War
Limit to Loyalty demands Democrats heed platform rules
Alfred E. Smith, speaking against the New Deal, urged the Democratic party to reestablish the Chicago platform and abide by its principles. He warned of class war and bureaucratic control, saying there is a limit to blind loyalty and declaring there can be only one capital Washington or Moscow. He vowed to walk if the Philadelphia convention renominates the Roosevelt-Garner ticket under a vindicated platform. He urged Congress to forget elections and do the right thing, defended constitutional independence, and criticized the unbalanced budget and rising deficits. Continued on page 2.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Philadelphia
American Liberty League
Moscow
Democratic Party
Chicago
Supreme Court
Jefferson
Jackson
Cleveland
Congress
Executive
Smith
Mlean Goes Dry In Precinct Vote
Unofficial returns show drys winning by 153 to 47 in the local option vote. If official, the south part of Gray County in the McLean vicinity stays dry. Also in Cristobal Panama Canal Zone, Jan 25, electrical chief Thompson shot aboard the Grace Liner Santa Elena and died, with second officer Boyd held pending investigation.
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M'Lean
Drys
Gray County
McLean
Master of Ill-Fated Morro Castle Found Guilty of Negligence
An executive of the Morro Castle’s owners and two officers were convicted of negligence for the 1934 shipboard fire that killed 124 off the New Jersey coast. Acting Captain William F. Warms Chief Engineer Eben Abbott and Henry F. Cabaud face fines up to 10,000 dollars and 10 years in prison, with the corporation possibly fined 10,000 dollars. Sentencing set for Tuesday morning after a lengthy federal trial that closed a grim maritime episode.
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New York
Morro Castile
New Jersey
William F. Warms
Eben 8. Abbott
Henry F. Cabaud
New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company
Twelfth accident victim succumbs in Fort Wayne crash
Phyllis McBride five year old child and last of a family of twelve died from injuries after a speeding passenger train crashed into their automobile. She was the sole survivor to reach the hospital.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Phyllis McBride
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