New Deal War On Dole Ends As Bill Passes
The largest peace time appropriation in history, 4.88 billion dollars, is approved to fund direct and indirect labor on state projects. The Senate 66 to 13 backs the plan with House approval 317 to 70 as Roosevelt gains power to allocate funds for two years. A directorate will manage the program with Hopkins Tugwell Ikes and Peoples named among likely members.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dole
Congress
Senate
Capitol
House
Harry L. Hopkins
Rexford G. Tugwell
Agriculture
Ickes
Christian J. Peoples
Treasury Procurement Office
Vaughn Remains in Critical Condition at Baylor Hospital
Sam B. Vaughn stayed in extremely serious condition after an operation at Baylor Hospital Dallas Thursday. He remained in intensive care last night, with doctors stating his condition was still critical.
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Sam B. Vaughn
Baylor Hospital
Dallas
City riot in Gallup could lead to murder charges
Attorney General Frank Patton said he expected to charge up to twenty men with murder after a Gallup riot in which two men died. Evidence from a coroner's inquest named witnesses Dr P L Travers and Deputy Sheriff D W Roberts. Suspects include Ignacio Velarde, an unemployed miner, and Solomon L Esquibel who was seriously injured. the fight followed an attempt to deliver three prisoners held for trespassing.
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Gallup
N. M
Frank Patton
P. L. Travers
D. W. Roberts
Ignacio Velarde
Roberts
Solomon L. Esquibel
Bandits Fail in Robeline Bank Hold Up
Two men attempted a Robeline Bank of Robeline robbery yesterday asking to change a $5 bill. A burglar alarm failed to sound and the pair fled with 50 cents, pursued today by peace officers, citizens, aviators and bloodhounds.
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Robeline
George English
English
State begins rebuttal in Hamlin trial
Prosecutors in the Hamlin murder case present five witnesses in a bid to counter the defense claim of a second man at the Hamlin home the night Irene Hare was slain. Testimony concerns owners and drivers of a car tied to Lewis as witnesses dispute street locations and conditions during a party and a stalled motorist incident.
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George Hamlin
Hamlin
Irene Hare
E. T
Dusty” Miller
Emmett Goff
D. E. Willis
Magnolia Willis
Kenneth Busick
Ethel Carter
Busick
Lewis
Willis
J. W. Goff, Jr
Louisiana Street
Virginia Street
Carter
Lewises
Missing Florida citrus grower W A Lucas near Edinburg
Edinburg April 5 nearly 48 hours after he was last seen no trace had been found of W A Lucas a citrus fruit grower living one mile east of Edinburg. He was seen in his orchard at 1 PM Wednesday.
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Edinburg
W. A. Lucas
Here
New Donley Road to Opened Soon Through Donley county
Seven miles of the new Highway 5 route through Donley County will open soon between Memphis and Giles. Road bed construction is finished except for one bridge. The new route links Memphis with Amarillo via Clarendon, cutting about seven miles, over a dozen turns, and four grade crossings from the old Memphis Donley County road.
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Memphis
Donley County
Giles
Amarillo
Clarendon
Rural Rehabilitation Office to Open in Amarillo
J E Stanford announced a Texas rural rehabilitation branch will open in Amarillo within the next month to survey and assist Panhandle relief families. The plan aims to reintegrate farm families from direct relief by leasing or purchasing land at bargain prices while avoiding wholesale relocations.
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Amarillo
Texas Rural Rehabilitation Project
J. E. Stanford
North Panhandle
Rehabilitation Administration
Stanford
Panhandle
Government Moves To Minimize Dust Storm Effects
Government acts to cut wind and dust damage on the western Plains. The FCA offers $1 per acre loans for listing and plowing in distressed areas. Senate and House consider a permanent soil erosion program with bills from Dempsey Hatch Costigan Ashurst. Carl Hinton of Amarillo arranged a meeting with Soil Erosion Service director H. H. Bennett to discuss relief.
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Washington
Plains
Farm Credit Administration
Ferguson
Oklahoma
Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
FCA
Senate
Congress
House
Dempsey
New Mexico
Agriculture Department
Hatch
Costigan
Colorado
Ashurst
Arizona
Carl Hinton
Amarillo
H. H. Bennett
Amarillo School Board Election Encourages Voters
The Amarillo school board election fills two trustee seats with retiring members S. A. L. Morgan and T. B. Gallaher on the ballot no opponents listed. Patrons urged to vote to support or replace them, noting trustees oversee 10,000 students, 300+ staff, and about $600,000 annual expenditures.
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Amarillo
S. A. L. Morgan
T. B. Gallaher
Morgan
Gallaher
Shoul
Tragic Train Collision Claims Three Near Littlefield
Three people died when a southbound car was struck by a westbound Santa Fe passenger train one mile east of Littlefield. Victims were Sam Yandell aged 64, his wife 61, and their grandson Allen Lee Harp 5, all residents of Rockyford. The car rolled onto the track as the train passed, the vehicle dragged a quarter mile before rescue arrival.
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Littlefield
Santa Fe
Here
Sam Yandell
Allen Lee Harp
Rockyford
Galveston
Los Angeles
Clovis
N. M
Chicago
Panhandle
Texas
Yandell
Actress Elissa Landi's German Shepherd Shot Dead
Zack, a four year old police dog belonging to actress Elissa Landi, was found dead in a lemon grove 300 feet from her home after a three day search. The dog had been shot through the heart. In Kansas City a bank robber held up Chester Conrad, a 35 year old bank runner at the Commerce Trust Co taking $6000 in cash.
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Hollywood
U.P
Zack
Elissa Landi
Kansas City
Commerce Trust Co
Southwest
Chester Conrad
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Forecast shows Saturday fair and warmer for Amarillo and surrounding area. West Texas west of the 100th meridian expects a partly cloudy day with warmer conditions in the northern portion. New Mexico to have partly cloudy skies with little change in temperature. Hourly readings from Amarillo yesterday indicate variable temperatures around midday and afternoon, with notable warm spells and cooler portions later in the day.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Military Rule Declared for Stricken Area
A military rule is declared for a struck region to establish aid relief measures including a relief kitchen and essential services for civilians affected by the disaster. The move aims to stabilize access to food and shelter while operations continue.
Destructive Storm in Quemado Valley Hits Eagle Pass Area
A violent storm near Eagle Pass causes extensive damage to homes and crops with over 200 injured and 88 houses damaged. Fort Clark soldiers provide shelter and security while Red Cross coordinates aid and temporary HQ. No fatalities reported though several seriously injured. Continuous relief efforts face flooded roads and fields.
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Eagle Pass
Quemado Valley
Here
Fort Clark
Red Cross
Rio Grande Valley
Normandy
Quemada
Everett Woolridge
Claude Tankersley
Fred Rogers
J. R. Taylor
FE. F. Gates
Bev Hills Letter Mentions Sheep, Hogs and Lobbying
A Beverly Hills note from April 5 discusses shepherds and the sheep business as ancient and flavorful, praises hog meat rising in price driving Gentiles to kosher, and claims California lawmakers faced a lobbying bill that vanished amid votes. It compares firing a lobbyist to firing a boss.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
California
Hamilton Surrenders After Kidnap Interview
Raymond Hamilton once boasted he would not die in the electric chair. He yielded to officers last night, is in a Dallas County jail, after being found in a Houston area hideout following a kidnapping interview with a Houston newspaper reporter.
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Raymond Hamilton
Houston
Dallas
Sheriff Relates Capture of Raymond Hamilton in North Fort Worth
Dallas County Sheriff Smoot Schmid details the capture of Raymond Hamilton after deputies in West Dallas detained a taxi passenger who bore a nonhandwriting note. The note, linked to Ray, was connected to months of investigation and a confession from Alfred Allred about a planned meeting with Ray.
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Smoot Schmid
Raymond Hamilton
North Fort Worth
Texas
Associated Press
Dallas
Ed Caster
Bill Decker
Bryan Peck
Ray
Alfred
Noland Allred
Huntsville
Major Crowson
Clyde Barrow
Hamilton
Dallas County
Schmid
Lester
Noland Alfred
Tupelo
Miss
Fort Worth
Chester Reagan
Carl Harmon
Decker
Parmer Teacher Is Most Bossed Farwell
Miss Ruby McMillan, sole teacher at the State Line Common School, is believed to be the best bossed person in Parmer County. The school, though led by one teacher, has the required seven trustees.
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Farwell
Ruby McMillan
State Line Common School
Parmer County
McMillian
Voters Today Elect Two School Trustees
In Amarillo voters choose two school board trustees in a race featuring incumbents Judge A. L. Morgan and T. B. Gallaher. No write-in candidates were reported. Morgan, on the board since 1922 and president last year, and Gallaher, a Santa Fe Railway executive appointed in 1933, are the only names on the ballot.
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A. L. Morgan
T. B. Gallaher
Amarillo
Judge Morgan
Bragging outlaw captured in Fort Worth railroad yards
Raymond Hamilton, a former Barrow associate and outlaw, was taken without a shot in the Fort Worth railroad yards. Authorities plan to move him to Huntsville for electrocution for the murder of Major Crowson, with Decker and deputies staking out the area and recovering two handguns.
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Dallas
Raymond Hamilton
Fort Worth
Here
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