Reorganized Army to Cost Taxpayers Less, Solons Told
Amarillo civic leaders form the American Legion backed Amarillo Community Council to coordinate local clubs and charities. The council will act as a clearing house to reduce duplication and enable major civic projects with by laws approved pending ratification. Washington hearing features Maj. Gen. Hagood proposing a leaner War Department with five divisions to cut costs by about 50 million annually.
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Fred FE. Young
Hanson Post
American Legion
Mr. Young
Broome
Washington
Johnson Hagood
House Military Committee
War Department
Congress
Seventh Corps
Omaha
Neb
Hagood
Douglas MacArthur
West Point
MacArthur
Vague OCR Snippet Reflects Unclear Timing Text
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Roosevelt Nominates Owen and Curley for Diplomatic Posts
President Roosevelt named Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida for minister to Denmark and James M. Curley mayor of Boston for ambassador to Poland. He also sent Frank T. Bell of Washington state to the Senate as commissioner of fisheries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
Denmark
James M. Curley
Boston
Poland
Senate
Frank T. Bell
Washington State
F D R Pushes Labor Aide 30 Hour Week Plan
President Roosevelt and Frances Perkins endorse 30 hour week and urge states to act. He telegrams 13 industrial governors, highlighting New Yorks pending minimum wage law as a model. Perkins supports the principle as a means to widen employment opportunities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Coney
New York State
White House
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Maryland
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Delaware
North Carolina
Alabama
New York
Miss Perkins
House Labor Committee
Governor threatens martial law over relief bill at capitol
Governor Fleyr E. Olson warned a crowd at the state capitol that martial law could be declared and wealth confiscated if the legislature does not pass pending relief legislation. The threat was made before several hundred marchers gathered in St. Paul on April 12.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Fleyr E. Olson
Briton Boubly Admits Charge of Sabotage
Briton W. H. MacDonald, among six British engineers on trial for sabotage bribery and espionage in Moscow, pleads guilty as the session opens. Witnesses and other defendants deny charges while British diplomats observe the proceedings. testimony ties MacDonald to payments from Thornton and Gusev’s spy role.
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Moscow
W. H. MacDonald
MacDonald
Allan Monkhouse
Charles Nordwell
L. C. Thornton
A. W. Gregory
John Cushny
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company
W. A. Gusey
Zlatoust
Kilchak
Gusev
Audrey Vishinski
Thornton
Gusey
Metropolitan-Vickers
William Strang
England
Front Page play tickets go on sale at City Drug and box office
The News-Globe staff present The Front Page at the Paramount Theater tomorrow night. Tickets cost 50 cents and go on sale at City Drug, 517 Polk Street, from 9 a.m. Tomorrow tickets move to the Paramount box office about an hour before show. The 20 member Amarillo newspaper cast directed by Dr. R P Parcells performs a three act comedy drama with John Josey providing music. The Chicago press room set is being built with an extensive list of properties for this non professional production.
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Paramount Theater
News-Globe
City Drug Store
Polk Street
City Drug
Paramount
Brent Page
Las
Amarillo
R. P. Parcells
John Josey
Wurlitzer
Criminal Courts
Chicago
Planned Airship Repairs On Akron Flight
The U S S Akron naval court of inquiry heard plans to reinforce the airship at the buckle point where a survivor saw the girder bend during the fatal dive. Lieut. Com. Edwin F. Coch rane and nautical engineer Thomas L. Blakemore testified the fixes were set for April 7 and 8 during a preflight overhaul overseen by Commander McCord.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Akron
Naval Court of
Edwin F. Cochrane
Naval Air Station
Thomas L. Blakemore
Cochrane
Com. F, OC
McCord
Cult group in Kentucky convicted in killing of mountain woman
Four of nine relatives tied to a cult were convicted in Inerz Kentucky for the murder of 67 year old Lucinda Mills killed after a religious ceremony near Tomahawk on February 8. John Mills Jr. received a life sentence while Ballard Mills and Blaine McGinnis got 21 years each. two daughters were acquitted.
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Inerz
Lucinda Mills
Tomahawk
John Jr. Mills
Ballard Mills
Blaine McGinnis
Mollie McGinnis
Ora Moore
Fred Mills
Tommy Boyd
J. F. Bailey
Commonwealth
John H Mills
John
McGinnis
Wheat Hurt by Sand Storms in Oklahoma
April 12 reports say 4% sandstorms driven by a 30 mile gale swept across Oklahoma injuring wheat in the panhandle and northwestern growing areas. Federal crop statistician K D Blood cited deep sand coverings on crops while forecaster H F Wahlgren predicted another dusty day.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
K. D. Blood
Federal
Panhandle
H. F. Wahlgren
Panhandle Plains dairy group names new officers and directors
George Grout of Panhandle was elected president of the Panhandle Plains Association at the breeders banquet. Joe Vaughan of Tulia was named vice president, Grady Shipp re elected secretary-treasurer. Five new directors include Herman Schultz Hereford W Holbrook Plainview J J Atchley Tulsa R H Timmons Meadow C Garner Amarillo. Re elected are B F Hobson Paducah R W Smith Lockney J J Jenkins Lorenz Lee McSpadden Amarillo and Jake Tarter Wheeler. Grout to be replaced on board by Mason King Amarillo and Vaughn by R Sprague Tulsa. More than 75 breeders attended.
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Henry Ansley
Amarillo
Grout
Mason King
Vaughn
R. Sprague
Tulsa
Stangel
Sanity Hearing Ordered for Mrs Judd in Trunk Murder Case
Winnie Ruth Judd received a potential reprieve as a sanity hearing was ordered in Florence Arizona to decide if she is insane and can dodge the death penalty. Judge L Green scheduled twelve jurors to determine mental status within days with execution set if sane. The Arizona supreme court had denied a habeas corpus petition challenging the death sentence.
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Florence
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Superior Court
L. Green
Agnes Anne Leroi
Arizona Supreme Court
Phoenix
Judd
A. G. Walker
State Prison
Legislature Acts on Several Amendments
The Texas House approved a Senate amendment to allow two thirds votes to create or redraw counties and permit county mergers. Other amendments passed include taxing UT lands for local use, allowing charter cities frequent charter elections, and four year terms for elected city officials.
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W. R Poage
Waco
House
Senate
University of Texas
Farm Aid Paring Proposed in Senate Debate
Senate Democrats proposed trimming provisions of the Roosevelt farm program that guarantee farmer production costs as currency expansion advocates offered their first inflationary plan. House debate continued on the 2 billion dollar farm mortgage refinancing bill while senators opened discussion on agricultural aid amid talks on Russia recognition and the Black five day week. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma urged adding a section to empower the President to broaden currency expansion.
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Washington
Senate
House
Thomas
Okishoma
Roosevelt
Texas House backs lobbyist registration to curb influence
Texas lawmakers pass a resolution requiring lobbyists to register and disclose employers and other details to the House chief clerk. Cecil Lotief and J W Adamson push the move citing interference by lobbyists in a highways and motor traffic tax bill. Some members note lobbyists block doorways and demand time limits while acknowledging they benefit from meals.
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Austin
Texas House of Representatives
Cecil A. Lotler
Cross Plains
J. W. Adamson
Denison
House
Lollef
Lotief
Adamson
George W. Wineningham
Mexia
Panhandle
Stanfield
Puryear
Trogers
Henderson's Fast Start in Murder Trial Moves Swiftly
Tom Henderson, a Schleicher County ranchman, faces murder charges for killing 23 year old Alven Armen Armentrout at the Henderson ranch on January 30. Eldorado witnesses testified Henderson heard Armentrout and Mrs Henderson had been over friendly at the Duncan cafe. The trial heard that Henderson bought a new gun in San Angelo the afternoon of the killing and described seven bullet wounds to Armentrout.
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Eldorado
Tom Henderson
Schleicher County
Henderson Ia
Alven Armentrout
Henderson Ranch
Lee Duncan
Eldorado Cafe
Henderson
Armentrout
Borger Man Robbed and Kicked by Pair
Two heavily armed bandits robbed Borger resident L. C. Sole near Afton at dawn taking 14 dollars and kicking him for no more money. They disabled Sole’s car before fleeing into the morning.
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Borger
Miami
Okla
L. C
Sole
Afton
Treasury receipts and expenditures for April 10 and 10 days
Treasury reports show April 10 receipts of 7.842 million dollars and expenditures of 23.797 million. The balance stands at 510.925 million dollars. Customs duties for the first ten days of April totaled 5.737 million.
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Washington
Treasury
Validity Doubtful Move In Senate On Beer Amendment
Debate heats in Texas Legislature over legalizing 3.2 percent beer with House action to place a legalization bill on call. Senator Poage advances a constitutional amendment to allow manufacture and sale pending a November referendum or July date, with 20 plus senators backing the measure amid conflicts with dry Texas factions.
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Austin
Texas
Commonwealths
John M. Mathis
Houston
Crysn
Senate
W. 8. Poage
Waco
Poage
Ben G. O'Neal
Wichita Falls
Wilborne B. Coille
Fastland
Arthur P. Duggan
Littlefield
Walter Woodward
Coleman
J. W. E. B. Beck
de Kalb
Will D. Pace
Two Arkansas men receive life in Louisiana bank robbery case
Charles Frazier aged 35 and Erbe Harbey aged 22 were found guilty of shooting to murder during the February 6 hold up of the First State Bank of Plain Dealing Louisiana. They each drew life terms plus additional sentences for second offenses. Frazier 18 to 28 years before life begins Harbey 10 to 20 years to run concurrently with life.
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Frazier
Harbey
J. F. McInnis
Crafting a Rebus Puzzle Requires Clever Thinking
A rebus uses pictures and words to form a sentence combining visuals with text. It challenges solvers more than typical jigsaws and offers a distinct puzzle experience.
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McCormick Co
Panhandle Historical Museum
West Texas
West Texas State Teachers College
Canyon
Clyde Warwick
J. D. Hamlin
Farwell
Civic Council
Secretary of War
Air
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Infantry
Field Artillery
Coast Artillery
Chaplains
Signal Corps
Chemical Warfare Service
Philippine Scouts
War Department and
General Staff
Air Corps
Militia Bureau
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Vane
Gurley
F.D.R
Boubly
Russia
George Grout
Dairy Men
Joe Vaughn
Shipp
C. R. Garner
Lee M'Spadden
Plainview
George FP. Grout
Panhandle Plains Association
Texas A. & M
Jean Duluth
W. J. Granger
Texas Technological School of Agriculture
Lubbock
Solon
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