W Rogers notes sharp price shifts from lettuce to cattle
W Rogers reports in Santa Monica that Phoenix shipped 190 cars of lettuce from a valley at good prices while a Claremore cattleman sold steers to Kansas City for 128 dollars a head, a swing illustrating rapid market changes. He also notes mutton prices not rising, cautioning about sheep market outlook.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Phoenix
Arizona
Claremore
Kansas City
Allred appoints Massie as planning board chair in Texas
Gov James V Allred selects W M Massie Fort Worth banker as chairman and Wilbur C Hawk Amarillo publisher as member of the new nine member state planning board created to coordinate recovery programs It is to be non partisan and include representatives of labor agriculture and reforestation The board aims to speed recovery and work relief projects for the Panhandle and state prompting Hawk to accept the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
James V. Allred
W. M. Massie
Fort Worth
New State Planning Board
Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo
Massie
Rank
Board of Water Engineers
Allred
Hawk
State Planning Board
Panhandle
Relief Commission Drains Funds for Texas Counties
The Texas Relief Commission distributed 2,888,521 to county administrators for relief in early April. State director Adam Johnson warned officials to limit spending to budgets as further April grants depend on Washington. Only 30,000 dollars approved so far for a transient program amid pending Washington applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Relief Commission
Furtner
Washington
Adam Johnson
Texas
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook for Thursday
Partly cloudy conditions are expected Thursday across Amarillo and surrounding West Texas. General trends show little temperature change in New Mexico, with a mix of fair skies and slight variations in the hours ahead and a trace of precipitation totaling .01 inches in the last 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Doctor Finds Moral Idea Of Right Lacking In Hamlin Trial
In Oakland, Dr. N J Clecak declares George Hamlin has a legal but not a moral sense of right and wrong. The remark came during deposition as the state seeks admissibility of a hypothetical question in the wife murder case. The trial drags into a potential next week with six more depositions read and two days of rebuttal likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hamlin
N. J. Clecak
Oakland
Calif
E. A. Simpson
E. T
Dusty” Miller
L. D. Lewis
Miller
Lewis
Weagand
Hamlin
Endl
Roosevelt plans long range forest program to ease drought
President Roosevelt outlined a proposed long range forestry bill to supplement existing laws. Aimed at drought relief and dust storms, the plan envisions a shelter belt and public forest land acquisition to produce lasting employment and stabilize communities over 10 to 15 years. It follows reports of continued dry conditions in the northern Great Plains.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
West
Miami
Fla
Fletcher
Florida
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Kansas
South
Congress
Escaped Convict Admits Slaying Houston Man in $7 65 Robbery
A Chicago-New York wire reports an escaped convict admitting to killing a Houston man during a $7.65 robbery. The confession arrives amid a separate bridge game scene where The Four Aces issue a challenge to top players, raising stakes in a 150-rubber match. The article notes growing tensions and ongoing play on the bridge circuit.
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Houston
New York
Hal Sims
Ely Culbertson
Crockford
Culbertsons
Simses
Michael T. Gottlieb
David Burnstine
Howard Schenken
Oswald Jacoby
Aces
United States
Murder victim's suitcase found beneath cot in transient bureau
Hidalgo County jail held James McAllister an escaped convict and confessed killer of Percy A. Calkins of Houston. Arrested in San Antonio he confessed the $7.65 robbery slaying near Edinburg last Sunday. A sawed off shotgun a pearl pistol and Calkins' suitcase were found under his bed.
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Edinburg
Hidalgo County
James McAllister
Percy A. Calkins
Houston
McAllister
San Antonio
Calkins
Albert W. West, Jr
West
J. A. Goolsby
Cameron County
R. T. Daniels
N. K. Campbell
United States Border
Sheriff's Deputies
Daniels
Falfurrias
When He Said Rockefeller He Meant It
Houston report details a motor cycle officer stopping a young man in a blue shirt at a street intersection for speeding. The driver claims the name Rockefeller and, with sarcasm, identifies as J P Morgan before the exchange lightens the mood.
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Rockefeller
Houston
W. E. Sammons
Sammons
J. P. Morgan
Ranger Probes Brutalities at Retrieve State Prison Farm
Gov Allred orders Ranger Capt Fred McDaniel to investigate alleged brutal treatment of convicts at the Retrieve State Prison Farm in southeast Texas. prison board member W A Boyett reported disgraceful conditions, noting self-mutilation by inmates to avoid field work. Officials led by Lee Simmons and W W Ward conducted an on site check amid conflicting statements.
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Austin
Retrieve State
Texas
James V. Allred
Fred McDaniel
W. A. Boyett
Bryan
Lee Simmons
W. W. Ward
State Penitentiary
Simmons
Boyett
Retrieve Farm
Federal court for West Texas advances in House
A House judiciary sub committee approved Rep Mahons bill to carve a new federal district court for West Texas from the North Texas district. The proposal would cover Amarillo Lubbock Abilene and San Angelo with presidential appointment for the judge and court location.
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Washington
House
Mahon
Texas
West Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Lubbock
Abilene
San Angelo
North Texas
Levelland Man Held After Sheriff Threat Case
A Levelland man was arrested on the courthouse square for allegedly threatening Sheriff J. S. Crockett. He had a pistol and a rifle in his car. Charges, if any, will be decided Thursday.
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Morton
Levelland
J. S. Crockett
C. P. Green
Green
Husband tells torture tale in Kansas City shooting case
Nellie A. Hurd lay near death after being shot by her 77 year old husband Herbert a railway crossing watchman. He told detectives she tortured him seeking hidden wealth he never possessed and displayed wounds he claimed were inflicted by her with wire.
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Kansas City
Nellie A. Hurd
Herbert
General Hospital
Hurd
New High Reached by Cattle Market in Chicago
The cattle market rose with a load of 22 prime Nebraska steers averaging 1,205 pounds selling for 14.65 per hundredweight, 45 cents above recent quotes. Overall market strength to 25 cents higher reflected broad eastern demand for high dressing beeves.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Robbers' Victims Found Stashed in Farm Well
In Fredericksburg Virginia on April 3 the bodies of elderly couple Mr and Mrs John Thomas Coleman were found stuffed in a farm well. The pair were likely victims of robbers who ransacked their home on the farm.
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Fredericksburg
John Thomas Coleman
Britain to push pan European security at Stresa meet
Britain plans a Pan European security scheme at the Stresa conference to weld European nations into a enforceable system. Eden returns from Moscow Warsaw and Praha to draft detailed proposals with Simon’s notes as Germany and Lithuania actions loom over the talks.
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Associated Press
London
Austria
Stresa
Great Britain
Europe
Germany
Memel
Britain
Anthony Eden
Moscow
Warsaw
Praha
Simon
John Simon
Half Million New Farms in Five Years
Washington officials estimate half a million new farms have appeared in the United States in the past five years. Preliminary census returns suggest many new farming households stem from city workers returning to rural life after lost urban jobs. The farm census is nearing completion but full tabulations will take months.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Labor Compromise on Relief Measure Fails
Washington April 3. Renewed efforts to compromise the relief bill fell short as House managers balked at a Senate plan forcing one third of the 900 million dollars in state loans and grants to be spent on direct labor. The deadlock persists with Ickes and Roosevelt opposing the provision.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ickes
Roosevelt
Iun
Relief Drops Jobs Increase Washington
The administration cites a rise in employment for the week ending March 30 and a drop in federal relief rolls. February relief recipients total 4,485,076, down from January’s 4,544,933, with officials noting no substantial February rise in relief. Officials also highlight new security issues and a record month for securities filings, predicting over a billion dollars for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roper
Harry L. Hopkins
Securities Commission
Sam Vaughn in Serious Condition in Dallas Hospital
Sam Vaughn lies seriously ill in a Dallas hospital with a kidney infection. Doctors plan surgery today as Mrs. Vaughn and family members Dr. D S Marsalis and Arthur Ware remain at the bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Vaughn
Dallas
Edwin Arlington Robinson Hospitalized in Critical Condition
Edwin Arlington Robinson, noted poet and Pulitzer Prize winner, is critically ill at New York Hospital. His physician holds no hopes for recovery, according to hospital attaches today.
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New York
Edwin Arlington Robinson
America
New York Hospital
Todav
Texas House reverses on liquor bill and open saloon ban
The Texas House, in a 76 to 69 vote, adopted an amendment to make a state monopoly optional and ban open saloons. Earlier the chamber favored a strict monopoly in a close vote and then approved a 134 to 8 proposal to submit prohibition repeal to a popular vote with separate balloting for state control. Rep Ed Thornton of Galveston introduced the dual submission compromise.
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Austin
Texas House of Representatives
House
Ed Thornton
Galveston
Roosevelt hunts better fishing on Caribbean cruise
President Roosevelt reported poor fishing off Long Island in the Bahamas group and planned to anchor off Conception Island to continue his cruise toward Puerto Rico. He told his secretary Marvin H. McIntyre that he had fished all morning with little luck.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Long Island
Bahamas
Conception Island
Puerto Rico
Marvin H. McIntyre
Boy Walks Four Miles to School for Diploma
Ralph Scot near Slaughter Kentucky has walked about 7 488 miles over four years to graduate High school. He walks four miles each way daily except for a few rides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slaughter
Ralph Scot
Lilting Fio-Rito concert at Municipal Auditorium
Ted Fio-Rito brings 22 entertainers to the Municipal Auditorium on April 10 with Farewell Anna Belle and She's Way Up That. Spotlight acts include Muzzy Marcellino Candy the Comic and the Three Debutantes. Tickets from The News-Globe office at 1.75 and 50 cents. dance prices 1.50 and 2.50 for stays.
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Annabelle
The
Paramount
Ted Fio-Rito
Municipal Auditorium
Cocoanut Grove
Hollywood
Ambassador Hotel
Fio-Rito
Muzzy Marcellino
Candy the Comic
Wilbur C. Hawk
News-Globe
Louis Black
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Four Aces
Sims
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