Senate Lobby Fund Faces House Resistance in Washington
A House revolt blocks a $10,000 fund for the Senate lobby committee’s legal work amid probes into telegrams and House member activities. The resolution, led by Chairman Black, follows Hearst’s injunction bid and echoes broader inquiries linking the Farmers Independence Council and the American Liberty League. Lawmakers question Patton over a mysterious box as inquiry resumes with farm groups tomorrow.
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Washington
House
Senate Lobby Committee
Black
Democrat
Alabama
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Farmers’ Independence Council
AAA
Schwellenbach
American Liberty League
New Deal
League
Lammot du Pont
Trence
Patton
Texas
Photographers Held By Oklahoma Guards Released
Two newspaper photographers detained during the Oklahoma oil war at the state capitol were freed after four hours in the custody of Gov. Marland and his National Guardsmen. They had been arrested for disobeying an order barring photography in the statehouse military zone. Marland refused to appear in district court to answer an injunction suit filed by the city to halt drilling of five wells on statehouse land.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Capitol
Stanley Rogers
Dan Kean
Marland
Statehouse
Ross Routh
President Roosevelt surveys Georgia tornado disaster route
President Roosevelt returns to Washington after visiting flood affected areas in Georgia. He rode through Gainesville where nearly 200 deaths are reported and joined a conference with federal and local relief leaders. Major General Van Horn Moseley accompanied the President from Atlanta to Gainesville.
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Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Georgia
Gainesville
van Horn Moseley
Fourth Corps
Atlanta
Mr. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Prosecution Restes in Ritter Impeachment Trial
The House prosecution in the impeachment trial of Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter of Florida rested its case. Overnight conferences planned on stipulations about evidence on Ritter Rankin finances at dissolution and the Whitehall Hotel receivership steps.
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Washington
House
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
Ritter and Rankin
Whitehall
Husband Held in Slaying Case Involving Wife and Daughter
Wilbur Garton, accused of killing his wife Leta Bell Garton and her daughter Joyce Lynn Roberts and dumping their bodies in the Pecos River six years ago, waived examining trial on two charges. Bond set at 5000 on each. he remains jailed while bail is arranged.
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Fort Stockton
Wibur Garton
Pecos
C. E. Casebier
Corpus Christi
Garton
Ozona
Will Rooney
Texas Rangers
Leta Bell Garton
Joyce Lynn Roberts
Wink
Oklahoma
Tierra Blanca Jersey Tops Plainview Dairy Show Sale
The ninth Panhandle Plains Dairy Show closed with 43 head sold. Top Jersey cow from Tierra Blanca Jersey Farm brought $175 to Roy Wood of Oklahoma City. Jersey bull from Jim D Parker sold for $110 to Joe Vaughn of Tulsa. Shorthorn and Holstein offerings averaged in the $50s to $64 range. Auction by Ed F Herriff of Oklahoma City, managed by Joe W Jennings of Lockney.
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Plainview
Panhandle Plains
Tierra Blanca
Jersey Farm
Canyon
Roy Wood
Oklahoma City
Jim D. Parker
Anton
Joe Vaughn
Tulsa
M. Heaston
Panhandle
Dan Milhoan
Frank Weil
S. M. Roden
Floydada
Jersey
Ed F. Herriff
Joe W. Jennings
Lockney
Allred appoints Richardson to Public Safety Commission
Governor Allred names W H Richardson of Austin to the Public Safety Commission to fill the post vacated by D D Baker. The UT ex‑student and hardware firm manager declined to apply but accepted the draft for duty after the governor persuaded J W McCormick to stay on as senior Ranger captain.
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Austin
Allred
W. H. Richardson
Public Safety Commission
Richardson
D. D. Baker
Seguin
J. W. McCormick
University of Texas
Albert Sidney Johnson
Dallas
George W. Cottingham
Houston
Rites Concluded for Holy Thursday in Vatican City
Holy Thursday ceremonies ended at St. Peter's with the annointing of the central altar stone with wine and water symbolizing Christ's blood and water. Cardinal Pacelli conducted the rite at sundown as hundreds witnessed the traditional ceremony.
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Vatican City
St. Peter's
Christ
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Mexico to Assist in Centennial Fete
In Galveston on Monday the centennial charity ball will feature The Fall of the Alamo with participation by the Mexican consul and roles for Santa Anna General Almonte and Mexican soldiers. In San Antonio Second Lieutenant M Simons leaped to safety at Randolph Field after a fire broke out aboard his aircraft.
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Mexico
Galveston
San Antonio
U.P
M. Simons
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Randolph Field
Glass Snorts His Disdain of Ear Stoppers
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia mocked modern devices to prevent noises in Washington. He displayed 10 pink cotton-like objects from a tin and noted a letter from Dr. George Ruhland proposing their use for house ventilations.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
George C. Ruhland
District of Columbia
Italians Bomb Ethiopian Positions on Somaliland Front
Dispatches report repeated Italian air strikes over Ethiopian positions at Sasa Baneh Daggah Bur Daga Ha modo Bullaleh Segag and Bircut from Italian headquarters in Somaliland. An April front dispatch says Dessye could not be occupied only due to road shortages while roads are being rebuilt.
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Priday
Sasa Baneh
Daggah Bur
Daga Hamodo
Bullaleh
Segag
Bircut
Rome
Dessye
Patrol clashes in Manchoukuo leave five missing
April 94 fresh border fighting between Soviet and Japanese forces reported by Harbin Manchoukuo Domei. A Japanese lieutenant was killed and five soldiers listed as missing after a patrol near Sui fenho encountered 14 Russians on Manchoukuoan soil. Tensions rise along Soviet Manchoukuo and Mongolian borders amid such incidents.
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Tokyo
Harbin
Manchoukuo
Domei
Far East
Russia
Mongolia
Izvestia
China
Japan
Upside-Down Stomach Girl Now Normal
Alyce Jane McHenry, once treated for an upside-down stomach in Fall River, Mass, is now a healthy 12 year old in Omaha. She weighs 96 pounds, up from minimal intake, has grown three inches, and attends a private girls' school.
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Omaha
Neb
Alyce Jane McHenry
Fall River
Mass
Alyce Jane
East
Dobie to Speak at Panhandle Plains Society Meeting
J Frank Dobie noted Texas University historian will headline the Panhandle Plains Historical Society annual meeting in Canyon. He is to speak at a 6 30 banquet in Cousins Hall for about 200 attendees. The program includes a 2 30 session at West Texas State College Education Building auditorium.
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Dobie
Cousins
West Texas State College
W. H. Patrick
Penitent hunting rites stagger across New Mexico mountains
In the Southwest, Spanish American Penitentes reenact Christ’s crucifixion with brutal lashings and thorn crowns. The ritual, carried out by Los Hermanos De Sangre Cristo across Colorado and New Mexico ranges, draws lookouts and wary secrecy as winter snows mingle with blood and faith.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Southwest
el Calvario
Colorado
New Mexico
Sange de Cristo
Sandia
Envoy Denies Instructions From Il Duce
Baron Aloisi reports that an envoy denies receiving directives from Il Duce. The denial frames diplomatic channels and source connections amid heightened war era tensions.
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IL Duce
Italy bars talk on East Africa war halt terms at Geneva
Italy's delegate to the League refuses to discuss with Salvador de Madariaga terms for Premier Mussolini to halt the war in East Africa. Madariaga shows dejection after the meeting. he plans to consult the League committee again. Aloisi says Rome may send a delegate after Foster and wishes to know Madariaga's intent. Britain presses for peace anew as Locarno powers meet in Geneva.
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Geneva
Italy
League of Nations
Mussolini
East Africa
Salvador de Madariaga
League
Karon Pompeo Aloisi
League Committee of Thirteen
Madariaga
Rome
Aloisi
Foster
League Committee
Addis Ababa
Britain
Locarno
Rhineland
Ethiopia
Great Britain
Engineer Says Wife Innocent In Plot To Wreck Train
In Pensacola on April 9, authorities pursue new charges against a housewife, her admitted lover, and two black men accused of plotting to wreck a Louisville and Nashville passenger train. The motive cited is $3,000 in life insurance and freedom to wed. the husband R. W. Vann stands by her as bond is sought.
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Pensacola
Fla
Escambia County
Louisville and Nashville
It's Dark Inside of Street Sweeper
Twelve year old Alfred Zuh in St Joseph Michigan was swept into a street sweeper’s dust box after a bicycle skid blocked an intersection. Driver Bert Johnson stopped quickly but needed city mechanics to free the boy who emerged unharmed aside from scratches. He recalled the machine’s interior being very dark.
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ST. Joseph, Mich
Alfred Zuh
Alfred
Bert Johnson
Johnson
Alefred
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