Panhandle Bill Advances To Create Conservation Association
A Senate bill creating the Panhandle Water Conservation Association as a governmental unit moves from State Affairs committee on a unanimous vote. It carries a $5,000 appropriation and was introduced by Senator Clint C. Small with John McCarty, association president, presenting it.
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Senate
The
Panhandle Water Conservation Association
State Affairs Committee
Clint C. Small
John McCarty
Duke of Windsor plans trip to France within a month
SAINT WOLFGANG Austria March 31 The Duke of Windsor has decided definitely to go to France within a month Police Inspector Schober disclosed the plan and said the Duke will not permit photographs before his departure but will receive photographers at the end of April before leaving for France.
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Saint Wolfgang
Austria
Duke of Windsor
France
Schober
Walter Barlow Unanimously Chosen Amarillo Chamber President
Walter Barlow, general manager of the Great West Mill and Elevator Company, was unanimously elected president of Amarillo's Chamber of Commerce, succeeding Guy Saunders. Jack Cunningham and Roger Martini were named first and second vice presidents, with Jim Farwell as treasurer, all by unanimous vote. The new fiscal year starts April 15, and Carl Hinton’s services may be retained.
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Walter Barlow
Great West Mill & Elevator Company
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Guy Saunders
Barlow
Jack Cunningham
Roger Martini
Jim Farwell
Roy Cullum
Senate debate over court size and minimum wage ruling
Senators Schwellenbach and Minton attacked the Supreme Court for wielding power over economic and social laws, characterizing Roberts as decisive and calling for enlarging the court. Wheeler warned the plan could lead to packing, while Dorothy Thompson and Yale’s Edwin Borchard argued against the measure and its dictatorship risk.
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Minton
Indiana
Schwellenbach
Washington
Senate
Roberts
Wheeler
D-Mont
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dorothy Thompson
Edwin Borchard
Yale University Law School
Roosevelt
Borchard
Oldham Highway Letting May Be Delayed Over Easement
The last 17 mile gap on Highway 66 in Oldham County may not be let in April due to right of way issues. The Texas highway department said contracts could not be awarded unless deeds are recorded within two to three days. Chairman Wade Brymer and the chamber of commerce highway committee plan to travel to Vega on Thursday.
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Oldham County
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Highway Department
Austin
Wade Brymer
Highway Committee
Vega
High School Pupils Quizzed in Parties
Beverly Hills authorities questioned a group of wealthy high school girls and boys over a series of wild drinking parties. Sheriff juvenile squad head E. W. Graeb said the students came from highly prominent families and one girl received a large monthly allowance contributing to financing the parties.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
E. W. Graeb
Sheriff's
Secret Arsenal Found in Ireland Near Waterstown
Police in Dublin report discovery of a hidden arsenal at a Kilare farm near Waterstown containing twelve machine guns and 12 000 rounds. The find, timed to Easter disturbances and Ireland’s 21st anniversary of the Easter uprising, led to Dominic Collins being jailed at Bridewell with added guards.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Waterstown
Mayors Seek $2.2 Billion Work Relief Request
The United States Conference of Mayors urged President Roosevelt to propose a $2.2 billion work relief appropriation for the new fiscal year. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia delivered the appeal, aiming for a single request to help WPA plan a full year ahead amid budget balance concerns.
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Washington
United States Conference of Mayors
Roosevelt
Congress
WPA
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Hereford Electrification Project Approved in Washington
Hereford secures a $135000 rural electrification grant sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. The project will build 115 miles of power lines serving 220 farms and 150 irrigation wells, with power bought from the Texas New Mexico Utilities Company of Lubbock. United officials J M Carmody Marvin Jones and Morris Sheppard announce funds authorized and available. Secretary H V Henon advised of the approval.
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Hereford
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
H. V. Hennon
Jonn M. Carmody
Rural Electrification
Marvin Jones
Morris Sheppard
Texas-New Mexico Utilities Company of
Lubbock
Ball to give rail profits to charity
A source close to George A. Ball of Muncie Indiana said he plans to sell his near exclusive equity in the Van Sweringen rail empire and devote about 10 million dollars in gross profit to charity.
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George A. Ball
New York
Muncie
Ind
Glass Jor
van Sweringen
Farm Tenancy Defeated in Initial Test
Washington March 31 The House Agriculture Committee defeated 13 to 11 a Roosevelt tenancy plan to spend 50 million annually to buy land for resale to tenants on terms up to 45 years. Seven Democrats and six Republicans opposed the proposal, which aimed to aid tenants and sharecroppers in obtaining farms.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Budget Past Midpoint in Chamber Subscription Drive
The Herring Hotfl management joined the Chamber of Commerce with a $500 check, securing the largest share of year to date increases. By yesterday, $13,520 of the $25,180 annual budget was pledged, with Gilstrap leading in subscriptions and pledges and Mark Taylor’s division second as the sales army nears half the drive.
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Herring Hotf#l
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Gilstrap
Sales Army
Amarillo
Jim Florey
Activities Committee
Bill Gistrap
Mark Taylor
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and West Texas see partly cloudy and colder conditions. Thursday should bring fair skies in the west and cloudy in the east. New Mexico also remains fair Thursday. Hourly readings from yesterday show temperatures reaching a high around 71 and a low near 36 degrees.
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Amarillo
Padambona
Clouey
Texas
Oudy
Mexico
Seeeres
Missing Boy Scout Head Appears In Kidnapping Hoax
Robert Miller of Safford Arizona, a Boy Scout executive, admitted his week long search tale of abduction was a hoax. He appeared at a gas station north of El Paso and confessed he framed the story to avoid embarrassment, citing ill health and need for rest.
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EL Paso
Robert Miller
Safford
Ariz
Miller
Chris Fox
el Paso County
Early Arrest in Slayings Seen
New York March 31 A definite suspect emerged as District Attorney William Dodge predicted an early arrest in the Beekman murder mystery. He praised police progress after four hours of questioning three men at the East 5th Street precinct. Veronica Gedeon 20, her mother, and Frank Byrnes 35 were found slain in an East 10th Street apartment.
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New York
William ©. Dodge
Beekman
Veronica Gedeon
East 10Th Street
Frank Byrnes
East 5Let Street
Joseph Gedeon
Hus
Road Condemnation Upheld by Texas Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that Tarrant County had power to condemn land for public roads and that appeals proceed to the county court. The decision in Tarrant County versus S D Shannon reversed the Court of Civil Appeals, dissolved a prior injunction, and affirmed the district court’s authority to hear the appeal.
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Austin
Supreme Court
County Commissioners Court
Tarrant County
S. D. Shannon
High Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Italy Uncertain on Sending Troops to Spain
The press ministry said Italy does not plan to send troops now but may change its stance to block Bolshevik influence in Spain. It cited non intervention and noted hundreds of Italian volunteers among war casualties while denying large troop landings in Spanish Morocco. Tetuan reports on mutiny and arrests were unclear.
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Italy
Spain
Associated Press
Francisco Franco
Morocco
Juan Beigbeder
Aten
Spanish
Tetuan
Spanish Morocco
Federal Agents Quickly Vanish From Inquiry
Vern Chariton, a suspect in the Mattson kidnapping, was held briefly in Tucumcari jail and then cleared by federal agents who left for El Paso. Sheriff Pred White reported Chariton stayed to shave and eat before possible transfer, while Tucumcari officers admitted he is not the man sought. Chariton said he came to Tucumcari due to money concerns and had a letter from his mother with him.
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Armarillo
Conchas
Ross Rogers
Tucumcari
James L. Briscoe
Chamber of Commerce
Rogers
Briscoe
Amarillo
Fred White
Vern Charlton
Seattle
Wash
Mattson
N. M
Chariton
North Bonneville
Pred White
White
atPureka
Calif
Charlton
G-Men
Alex Street
M. C. Faulkner
el Paso
Thelma Pursiey
Pursley Hotel
Jaf
California
Justice Department Drops Kidnapping Case in Cumcart
The Department of Justice withdraws from the Verk Chariton kidnapping case. Sheriff Fred White of Quay County says the suspect, held since Saturday in El Paso with Bureau of Investigation involvement, will be released shortly after M. Faulkner and Alex Street from the bureau conferred. Continued on Page 11.
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Cumcart
Department of Justice
Verk
Chariton
Charles Mattison
Fred White
Quay County
M. ©. Faulkner
Bureau of Investigation
EL Paso
Alex Street
White
Slayer of Kings Adjudged Insane
Henry Grady Jordan a 42 year old World War II veteran indicted for the February 17 slaying of his stepdaughter Christel King was found insane by a county court jury. The panel had heard part of the case in his jail cell where he wore pajamas and had a two week beard. His wife, Christel King’s mother, had been granted a divorce from Jordan last week after he shot her daughter and then slashed his own throat.
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Fort Worth
Henry Grady Jordan
Christel King
Lhinacy
Jordan
Miss King
Ranch House Released by Zack Miller
PONCA CITY Oklahoma March 34 Zack T Miller last of the Miller brothers of wild west show fame gave up control of the historic 101 Ranch white house today ending a long fight to retain the house once headquarters for a 1014 000 acre spread Miller surrendered it to a United States deputy marshal and said he was heading for Oklahoma City to see about a job with the state board of affairs
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Okla
Zack T. Miller
Miller Brothers
101 Ranch
White House
Miller
U. S
Oklahoma City
State Board of Affairs
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