Cabinet List Completed by Roosevelt Aide Expect Cabinet Changes
Washington reports President-Elect Roosevelt has finalized a national pattern Cabinet with ten members and three from the East three from the South two from the Midwest and two from the West. Daniel C. Roper was named Secretary of Commerce and Homer Cummings touted for Governor-General of the Philippines.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House Council
Middlewest
Daniel C. Roper
South Carolina
Homer Cummings
Connecticut
Philippines
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Cordell Hall
Tennessee
Treasury
William H. Woodin
Pennsylvania
New York
George H. Dern
Utah
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Postoffice
James A. Farley
Navy
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Harold Ickes
Illinois
Henry A. Wallace
Town
Frances Perkins
Capitol Hill
Woodin
Ickes
Wallace
Harding
Hoover
Hiram Johnson
Rep
California
Senator Johnson
Reconstruction Loans Pass $1.79 Billion in Payouts
The Reconstruction Corporation reported $1,788,666,009 paid to borrowers and $347,237,111 in repayments through Jan 31. Total loan authorizations exceed $2 billion, with 105 railroad loans listed for January and the Baltimore & Ohio named as the largest borrower at $67,125,000.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Baltimore & Ohio
Secretary of Agriculture
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Congress
Crude Bomb Sent Roosevelt Seized By Secret Service
Washington report says a crude two part explosive addressed to Franklin D. Roosevelt was seized in the Washington post office after being removed from a mail sack. Postmarked Watertown New York the device carried a shotgun shell wired like a J. Secret Service guards tightened after prior Miami assassination attempt.
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Roosevelt
Secret Service
Washington
Postal Inspection Service
Franklin D. Roosevelt
D. C
Washington Post Office
Watertown
N. Y
Navy Department
White House
Miami
Guisseppe Zangara
Mr. Roosevelt
W. H. Moran
Prominent Names Circulate for Post in Senate Department
Report lists Judge Robert W. Bingham Clark Howell William Phillips Frank Polk and Sumner Welles as leading candidates for high posts abroad. Felix Frankfurter of Harvard Law School is mentioned as potential solicitor general in the Justice Department.
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Senate Department
Robert W. Bingham
Kentucky
Clark Howell
Atlanta
William Phillips
Massachusetts
Frank Polk
New York
Sumner Welles
Maryland
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard Law School
Justice Department
British Railways Handles 140 Million Parcel Posts Last Year
British railways processed about 140 million parcel post packages in the previous year, reflecting a steady demand for mail and goods transport across the network. The figure underscores the vast scale of delivery services handled by the rail system.
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British Railways
British Racer Sets 272 MPH World Speed Mark at Daytona Beach
Sir Malcolm Campbell drove the Bluebird to a new world automobile speed record of 272.108 miles per hour over a measured mile on Daytona Beach. He also set 271.636 mph over one kilometer and described the rough ride as the worst in his life amid surf, dunes, and poor visibility.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
England
Malcolm Campbell
Campbell
Governor Asked to Trade Horse for Four Year Term
An unnamed applicant in Jefferson City offered to trade a horse for a four year job with Governor Guy B. Park. A picture of the animal accompanied the offer as inducement for swift action. The Sun notes the unusual exchange amid the governor’s search for appointees.
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Jefferson City
Guy B. Park
Trades Day Draws Largest Crowd Of Any Yet Held Here
The February trades day attracted a 50 mile radius crowd and a busy trading lot with horses mules cows pigs firearms and other items. Entertainment included band music rodeo trained horse stunt flying and a parachute jump. The next trades day is set for Monday March 20 with expectations to expand the event.
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Ravenna
D. A. Ray
Otto Russell
B. R. Fritz
Sherman
Barney Barnard
Gene Lee
Mr. Lee
East Main Street
Tom Barbee
Dallas County
Dallas
Silver Legislation Tabled by House Coinage Committee
The House Coinage Committee voted to table all silver remonetization legislation Tuesday by a substantial majority. The move effectively serves as an adverse vote on the pending bills.
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Washington, D. C
House Coinage Committee
Postmasters to Hold Posts Through Term Expirations
Republican postmasters in office March 4 will keep their jobs until their four year terms end. Appointments made by Franklin D. Roosevelt after his oath will only apply to offices with vacancies.
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Hull
Walsh
Swanson
Wash
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Raymond S. Moley
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ripley’s 1932 Best Believe It or Nots Revealed
Ripley lists ten top Believe It or Not items for 1932 after five fact finding trips spanning 60 000 miles. Highlights include the Glowworm Grotto of New Zealand the Blushing Vase of China and the gold plated Vatican. Also noted are the Skeletons ship Marlborough Liszt with water balanced hands and a 2300 mile funeral procession.
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Bob Ripley
New Zealand
China
South Seas
Orient
Aukland
Waitomo
Peiping
Forbidden City
Emperor Song
Citta del Vatican
Pontifical
Ripley
Marlborough
Franz Liszt
el Cid
Benedict Carpozy
Germany
Washington, D. C
Ysi Chun
Dallas Times-Herald
Egg Producers Face Uncertain Spring Outlook
U S egg producers face uncertain spring prospects as record small egg storage stocks offer little price protection. Prices dipped from mid-December to mid-February and the peak production period in the next three months is not expected to improve the outlook. Case eggs on Feb 1 totaled 76 000 cases, well below a year ago and below the five year average, while frozen egg holdings stood at 83 percent of average.
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United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Pioneer Citizen Answers Final Call
Mrs. A. I. Bowles of Whitewright dies at 95 after 76 years in the community. The eldest local resident and last charter member of the First Baptist Church here, she was born in 1837 in Virginia and came to Texas in 1852. Funeral held at her residence with Oak Hill burial.
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A. I. Bowles
Bowles
Whitewright
First Baptist Church of
Meddlintown
Baptist Church
The
Avington
Texas
Malcomb
Sarah Bronaugh
Honey Grove
Franklin P. Bowles
David Bronaugh
Potomac River
W. L. White
T. R. Davidson
Comanche
Okla
Bettie Malock
Manamee
Ida Lewis
Wichita Falls
Carl Frank Alverson
Lubbock
W. W. Davidson
Dallas
Austin Bowles
John Malock
Wichita
Kan
J. E. Johnson
L. A. Hutchins
Guthri
W. A. Bowles
G. L. Hall
B. F. Pinson
Caddo
Lawton England
Durant
R. O. Pietzsch
L. C. Hampton
Sherman
Plea of Guilty for Passing Worthless Check
A defendant pleaded guilty in Guy Stedham's justice court to passing a worthless one dollar check. Fined $1.00 with costs totaling $16.50. The check was given to a Bells merchant. More related charges were mentioned and to be heard soon.
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Guy Stedham
Justice of the Peace
Stedham
Friday Parents Day at Public Schools in Whitewright
Friday February 24 has been designated Parents Visiting Day at Whitewright public schools. The Parent Teacher Association urges all parents to visit to learn about school work. A PTA meeting at the high school Thursday featured a patriotic program led by Miss Gladys Ray with readings, sketches, talks on Washington, a novelty dance, piano, and a candle lighting ceremony.
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Whitewright
Parent-Teacher Association
Parent
Gladys Ray
Dorothy Medearis
Julia Ann Pritchett
Sarah Janway
Frances Pope
Emma Claire Vestal
Billy Earl Montgomery
Robert Long Bow
J. B. Cates
Washington
Monabelle Biggerstaff
Sonny Hancock
Elizabeth Sears
Dorothy Tapscott
P.T. A
C. P. Johnson
Rham Pennington
Sarah Belle Gillett
Aileen Pennington
Central Christian Church Revival Begins March 8
The Rev. E. C. McConnely of Denison First Christian Church will lead a revival at Central Christian Church starting next Wednesday evening March 8 and continuing through Sunday March 19 with possible extension. City churches are invited to participate in the services. McConnely is described as a fluent speaker and capable preacher, appointed by the evangelistic board of the Disciples of Christ.
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E. C. McConnely
First Christian Church
Denison
Central Christian Church
Syn
McConnely
Evangelistic Board of
The
Disciples of Christ
State Senate Votes to Raise Governor and Other Salaries
The Texas Senate approved abolishing the fee system for officers and advanced constitutional amendments to raise salaries. Governor from 4000 to 12000, Comptroller, Treasurer, Land Commissioner from 2500 to 6000, Attorney General from 4000 to 10000. Votes ranged 22–6 for governor and 15–8 for others, 23–7 for AG.
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Austin
Texas Senate
Legislative Committee On
House
J. T. Holbrook
Walter Woodul
Houston
Bill would make liquor drinkers of people’s cars
Rep Wm F Hull Illinois proposes a bill to require motor fuel to contain at least 10 percent alcohol made from farm products. He argues the intoxicating gasoline will add pep to cars and expand farm product demand.
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Washington
Wm. EF. Hull
Illinois
Hull
Jesuit Archaeologists Seek Language Clues From Sodom Inscriptions
Archaeologists from Jesuit institutions try to decode ancient scripts said to reference Sodom and Gomorrah but report obstructions from counterfeit inscriptions placed by prank workers.
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Sodom
Gomorrah
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Mellon
Patman
Dem
Andrew Mellon
the Sun
Ripley’s
Pioneer
Central Christian Church Revival
Senate
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