Hoover mobilizes business leaders for national economic recovery
President Hoover convenes a White House conference for August 26 to craft a coordinated program to stimulate business, relieve unemployment, and restore agriculture. The plan covers credit facilities expansion, logistics to move commodities to consumption, airway maintenance, and wider employment programs, with federal reserve and Reconstruction Finance roles. Delegates include leaders from Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and advisory boards.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
White House
Federal Reserve Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporaton
Home Loan Lean Board
Federal Farm Board
Federal Farm Loan ‘Board
Federal Reserve
Dallas
Nathan Adams
F. FE
Florence
R. L. Thorton
J. G. Wilkinson
Fort Worth
F. M. Law
Houston
Walter P. Napier
San Antonio
Arthur L. Kramer
B. L. Anderson
Childress to Seek Lower Rates in New Telephone Franchise
Childress city council plans a new franchise with Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. to replace the expired one from four years ago. The council seeks reduced rates and explicit rate terms in the agreement and has invited company officials to discuss. The move mirrors Ernest O. Thompson’s Amarillo effort before his resignation to join the Texas Railroad Commission.
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Ernest O.thompson
Amarillo
Texas
Actors Warned Over Imitative Stuttering Practice
New York observers warn that mimicking stuttering to gain a passing laugh can create stutterers in impressionable children. James Sonnett Greene, director of the hospital for speech disorders, argues the practice also inflicts humiliation, fear, and shame on those who already suffer the condition.
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New York
James Sonnett Greene
Hospital For
Heer's 900-Year-Old Line Adopts 20-Pound Heir in Austria
In Moedling Austria Aug 15 former Princess Ileana of Romania and Archduke Anton welcomed a 20 pound boy. Dowager Queen Marie and Queen Marie of Yugoslavia attended, alongside the father in the household, as the newborn joined the historic Habsburg line.
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Moedling
Austria
Hapsburg
Ileana
Romania
Archduke Anton
Marie
Jugoslavia
Old Tascosa Trail to Be Highway Link
AMARILLO August 15 The historic Tascosa Trail is to be rebuilt and may be designated a state highway. Once used by Kansas freighters and as Potter County’s first maintained road, it could become a key link shortening travel to New Mexico and Colorado via Channing and Dalhart.
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Amarillo
Kansas
West Texas
Potter County
New Mexico
Colorado
Channing and
Dalhoit
Panhandle Cattle Auction Planned
Canadian Texas August 15 twentieth carloads of Teeder calves and yearlings to be sold at the Northeast Panhandle Teeders Association sale in Canadian on September 30. A sifting committee will pick the best animals for the sale the event last year was a standout with cattlemen selling both range stock and cattle offered on the block.
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Texas
Beaumont Decides Not to Seek Loan
Beaumont officials decide not to seek a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. City Manager Paul Millard says the city already carries sufficient bonded indebtedness and lacks acceptable collateral to qualify for a loan.
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Beaumont
Beaumon
Paul Millard
Brownwood Votes on Sunday Shows
Brownwood voters will decide August 22 whether Sunday picture shows are prohibited or allowed to operate from 2 to 11 PM. The referendum was ordered by the city council after two petitions with hundreds of signatures were filed.
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Brownwood
Tex
City Counci
Firemen Stop Flying Antswarm in Pampa Residence
Pampa Texas August 15 firemen were called to put out a swarm of flying ants that covered the feet walls and windows and door screens of a local residence. They were 80 thick on the screens and blocked air flow. A water hose was used to wash them off the building.
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Pampa
Texas
Mammoth Peach Weighs 13 Ounces in Brownwood Texas
In Brownwood Texas Mrs Henry Brill Inge recently weighed and measured a peach described as mammoth. The fruit reportedly weighed 13 ounces with a girth around 14 1 2 inches.
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Brownwood
Tex
Pune
Mra. Henry Brill
Inge
Trade accord reported at parley between Canada and Britain
Ottawa reports that Canada and Great Britain near an accord on empire Preferentials for farm products and reciprocal favors on iron steel and coal. Finishing touches expected as Bennett meets Baldwin. agreement envisages 4c bounty on foreign wheat and 2 1/4c preference, plus duties on lamb pork butter and more, with Britain seeking textile concessions and Canada eyeing coal steel and newsprint access.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Great Britain
Britain
Bennett
Stanley Baldwin
United States
Dominions
Empire
Buehel
Russia
United Kingdom
Phone rate cuts urged in San Angelo petitions
Petitions circulated in San Angelo call for radical reductions in telephone rates and for removal of lines. J E Hardgrave of the San Angelo Telephone Co notes the net revenue is under five percent. current rates include 7 dollars for business straight lines and 4.40 for party lines, with residence rates at 3 and 2.25 respectively. Signers threaten to discontinue their phones on August 23 if changes are not made.
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San Angelo
J. E. Hardgrave
Sa Angelo Telephone Company
John ¥. Rust
New York Distilleries Propose Whiskey Dividends to Stockholders
National Distillers Products Corp announces stockholders of record as of September 15, 1934 may receive one case of pre Volstead whiskey for every five shares of common stock if the Eighteenth Amendment is repealed. Preferred stockholders may take 0 cents or convert to common stock. Company says 700000 cases on hand and that whiskey was made before prohibition. warehouse receipts will be deposited as trust until bottling completes.
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New York
National Distillers Products ‘Corporation
Recordi
Stockohiders
Rommon
Rails Laid On Highway Spur In Jackson County Texas
The St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico railroad builders lay rails on the Hig the Coast highway in Jackson County, seven miles from La Ward toward the coast. Materials for paving will be shipped to La Ward and moved by spur to the highway.
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Jackson County
Texas
Jackcut
St. Louis
Brownsville
Mexico
la Ward
Deaf Smith County Confusion Draws Laughs in Hereford
Hereford Texas August 1 Deaf Smith county is often confused with Deaf Smith county and the county seat Hereford. Visitors and distant correspondents mix up the names mistaking the library for the county and a cattle breed for a place leading to a humorous error between place and person.
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Hereford
Texas
Smith County
Secant
First Hold Up Shakes Libertyville’s Clean Record
Libertyville residents despondent after two robbers loot a local establishment, stealing 80 dollars. The incident marks the town’s first major hold up in CAL history.
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Libertyville
CAL
Youngest girl gang leader held in New York
A 14-year-old girl described as New Yorks youngest gang leader was detained after police say she recruited three gun-toting companions to hold up a restaurant. Diners were robbed of $500 in cash and jewelry. suspects Joseph Viscoclia 19 Dominick Gravina 25 and Santos Lasen were arrested.
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New York
Lna
Marian Telefson
Po- Hce
Tell
Joseph Viscoclia
Dominick Gravina
Santos Lasen
Marion
Marriage Denied by Joan Blondel in Hollywood
Hollywood actress Joan Blondel denied reports she married Oregon photographer George Barnes. Studio friends said Blondel claimed she was only on a white vacation in Oregon, and her film contract requires she remain unmarried.
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Joan Blondel
Hollywood
Calif
TNS
Tim
Ghr
Oregon
George Barnes
Miss Blondel
Fort Worth Plans Banquet for Mabtrrn and Griffin
Fort Worth plans a banquet to honor Jimmie Mabtrrn and Bennett Griffin Wednesday. Flier distribution faced actions as organizers prepared the event. the flyers had recently returned home Sunday amid local activity.
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Fort Worth
Jimmie Mabtrrn
Bennett Griffin
Flers
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