Hoover Debt Plan Gains Mixed Praise Abroad
Britain and France react to President Hoover's proposal to study war debts and world economic issues. Albany hints Roosevelt may resist, while Washington delays Ways and Means consideration until January. Paris papers emphasize potential impact on the Boncour cabinet and the December payment issue.
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Buenr
Executive
President Fever
Presidentelett Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hoover
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Collier
Wars and Means Committee
Congress
Paris
Paul- Boncour
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Rail and road in competition sparks debate on transportation taxes
A column discusses the balance between highway and rail services amid auto growth, arguing against subsidizing any transport form. It calls for an impartial study, urges railroads to focus on long hauls, and stresses highways for short hauls while protecting consumer costs and agricultural interests.
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Arbitration Questioned Over Hoover Machinery for France
Officials consider whether Mr Hoover's international machinery can apply to France amid eight technical problems from the December payment. Proposals discuss placing $20,000,000 in a bank for international settlements pending a broad economic solution, possibly via arbitration.
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Hoover
France
Bank For International Settlements
Bagg Trial Postponed and Bragg Held in Bank Robbery
The Bragg case led to the delay of the Gill trial after a Houston shooting. Bragg, arrested in Dallas for the South San Antonio First State Bank robbery, is jailed in Bexar. Miss Bertha Knippa’s statement links Gill to three San Antonio robberies while investigators weigh further charges and possible prosecutions.
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Frank Gill
Bragg
Houston
Tynan
Plaza Hotel
Hausser
South San Antonio
F. C. John
Thomas J. Martin
Gill
Bufald
Dallas
Dallas Brage
First State Bank of South
Mondey
Bertha Knippa
Water Street
Galveston
Sheriff's Department
Miss Enippa
Post Office Honors Penny Postcard Record
Washington D C December 20 officials hailed a penny picture postcard as a striking economy exhibit it carried 701 legible words on a single side setting a word record. The card mailed from New Orleans by F D to Miss H Lee Maverford Pennsylvania was kept as exhibit with F H Titton the third assistant postmaster general noting the department would retain it for reference.
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Post Office Department
Mia
HI. H. Lee
Maverford
Pennsylvania
F. D
New Orleans
Post Office
F. H.titton
Bandit Bragg Implicated in Local Robbery and Murders
Sheriff probes Bragg and Gill in connections to a midnight murder of taxi driver Robert H Tamplin and an attempted robbery of Mrs Leota Mowers in the Milam building. Dorris King names Bragg as the party leader in a December 15 bank robbery aftermath party at Cable ranch.
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Brage
Texas Finance Company
Milam
Leota Mowers
Albert Bausser
Bragg
Gill
Robert H. Tamplin
Herbert Wallace
Ninety Fourth District Court
Oil Company
Wallace
Dorris King
East Nueva
Bob
South San Antonio
Cable Ranch
Jack
State Moves to Fight Flu
A widespread influenza outbreak prompts Texas towns to close schools or dismiss early. Beaumont, Wichita Falls, Harlingen, Le Peria, Abilene, Corpus Christi, Gainesville, Rio Grande City, and San Saba report high illness rates among students and staff with several deaths from pneumonia. Schools schedule January reopenings as the epidemic abates.
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Beaumont
E. Byrne
Galveston Catholic
Wichita Falls
Harlingen
le Peria
Abilene
Corpus Christi
Gainesville
Corpus Christ
Rio Grande City
Ban Saba
San Saba
W. M. Campbell
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United States Executive
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America
Sloan
Pennslvania
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Eizon
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P. O. Has. Champ Postcard
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Fannin
KTBA
Dial Fannin
Texas
M. Lee Hayden
A. & M. College
Fayma
Texas Farms
Texas Gulf
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