Allred Urges No New Oil Legislation In Congress
Governor James Y. Allred of Texas met with President Roosevelt and addressed the Senate mines subcommittee urging Congress not to enact new oil laws this session. He also discussed flood control projects and soil erosion with officials including Rexford Tugwell before a White House conference.
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Washington
James Y. Allred
Texas
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Allred
Clyde Tingley
New Mexico
Democratic Party
Ickes
Texas Panhandle
Detroit
St. Louis
White House
Colorado
Oklahoma
Kansas
Capitol
Wright Patman
Rayburn
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
McFarlane
Buchanan
Jones
Maverick
Patton
Lanham
Burns
O’connor
House Rules Committee
Rep
Boland
Pennsylvania
House
James A. Moffett
Housing Administration
Wilbur C. Hawk
Amarillo
Texas Planning Board
Rexford G. Tugwell
Bailey County 10 Get Road Project Details
Texas highway department adds three national recovery projects with bid date April 30. Bailey project covers 11.5 miles on highway 7 from Muleshoe to Parmer County line including base reshaping and triple asphalt surface.
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Austin
Texas Highway Department
Bailey
Muleshoe
Parmer County
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Partly cloudy conditions expected Friday across West Texas west of the 100th meridian with generally fair skies in New Mexico. Temperatures show hourly readings for Amarillo with highs near 85 and overnight lows around 46 to 49 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Hines Approved for State Highway Commissioner Post
The Senate confirmed Harry Hines of Wichita Falls for a six year term as state highway commissioner. The body suspended routine business to approve all pending gubernatorial nominations, with Hines set to chair the post for the first two years. Also confirmed were Harry L. Howard as district judge for the 37th District, Joe Utay, F. M. Law, Walter Lacy as A and M College directors, and W A Collins as a State Teachers College regent.
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Harry Hines
Senate
Wichita Falls
State Highway Commission
Hines
W. R. Ely
Abilene
37Th District Court
Joe Utay
Dallas
F. M. Law
Houston
Walter Lacy
Waco
Agricultural and Mechanical College
W. A. Collins
Livingston
Ten Thousand Dollar Bond For Hamilton's Ally
Gilbert Sanderson, former running mate of Raymond Hamilton, held on $10,000 bond after a Dallas jail escape attempt. He faces assault to murder charges and is also charged with robbery of the Beaumont National Guard Armory along with Hamilton and Estelle Davis.
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Dallas
Gilbert Sanderson
Raymond Hamilton
Justice of the Peace
E. John Baldwin
Dick Warren
Sanderson
Hamilton
Estelle Davis
National Guard
Beaumont
Pioneer trail driver dies in Oklahoma City
W. T. Hart, 86, pioneer Oklahoma and Texas cattleman famed for guiding herds over the Chis holm trail from Texas to Dodge City and Hunnewell Kansas, died in Oklahoma City today.
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Oklahoma City
W. T. Hart
Oklahoma and Texas
Texas
Dodge City
Hunnewell
Kansas
Hitler drafts statement on League edict to England
The article reports Hitler considering a reply to the League of Nations censure of Germany’s rearmament. Britain and Italy pledge to honor Locarno obligations as diplomatic talks continue. Bernard von Buelow protests the League action to Sir Eric Phipps amid a tense Geneva situation.
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Berlin
Great Britain
League of Nations
Germany
Geneva
Foreign Office
League Council
Bernard W. von Buelow
League
Eric Phipps
Wilhelmstrasse
Plainview Receives PWA Power Loan for Diesel Plant
The Public Works Administration approved a loan and grant totaling 423346 dollars to Plainview for a diesel electric generating plant and city distribution system including street lighting. About 108000 dollars comes as a direct federal grant. Construction is expected to take nine months and employ about 130 workers.
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the News
Washington
Plainview
Public Works Administration
Bombs explode in Zaragoza during Holy Week
Four bombs detonated in Zaragoza Spain killing Dionisio Salvaterra a 37 year old man and gravely injuring Valentin Lopez 47 while aiming to disrupt the Holy Week procession. One blast occurred behind the Church of San Pablo.
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Zaragoza
Spain
Church of
San Pablo
Moreira Street
Dionisio Salvaterra
Valentin Lopez
Dirt Farmers To Thank President For His Aid
A trainload of Texas dirt farmers plans to travel to Washington on May 23 to thank President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace for the agricultural recovery program. They seek continued processing tax support for rental benefits and oppose diverting part of the work relief fund to farm aid. C. H. Day J. R. McCrary and W. C. Marshall lead the group assisted by Texas A and M Extension.
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Dallas
Texas
Roosevelt
C. H. Day
Plainview
J. R. McCrary
Calvert
W. C. Marshall
Heidenheimer
H. H. Williamson
Texas A. & M
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Day
Conchas Boosters Tie Talk With President To Water Plans
A delegation from Amarillo and New Mexico and Texas officials met with President Roosevelt expressing high hopes for approval of Conchas Dam and related projects in New Mexico Kansas and Oklahoma. Officials including Governors Alfred and Tingley Senators Gore Hatch and Dempsey and Representative Hope attended a dinner outlining final arguments to the president.
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Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Reno
Marvin Jones
Wilbur Hawk
Tom Cotten
E. W. Hardin
Carl Hinton
Amarillo
Roosevelt
Texas
Conchas
Amar
Sheppard
Gore
Dempsey
Hatch
Clifford Hope
Messrs
Fawk
Hardin
Alice
Mayflower Hotel
Hugh Johnson Urges Congress to Preserve Blue Eagle Recovery Act
Hugh S. Johnson, former head of the NRA, asked Congress to renew the recovery law arguing it sits between economic collapse and totalitarianism. He defended his role in drafting the act, reading an 88 page statement as the Senate Finance Committee wrapped its six week NRA inquiry. Johnson acknowledged errors in administration while urging continued support for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Congress
Blue Eagle
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Senate
Johnson
State Planning Board Opens First Session in Austin
The new state planning board convened its inaugural meeting in Austin with Secretary of State Gerald Mann calling the session. Hull Youngblood presided as vice chairman in Massie’s absence, as Vincent Miles and Marvin Nichols spoke on the board’s creation and its governing law.
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Austin
New State Planning Board
James V. Allred
Gerald C. Mann
Hull Youngblood
San Antonio
W. M Massie
Fort Worth
Vincent M. Miles
National Resources Board
Marvin C. Nichols
Old State Planning Board
Money Trouble at Yonkers Bank Liquidation
Arthur Muth, federal receiver for First National Bank and Trust Company, struggles after 16 months to pay 40 percent of claims. He has failed to attract 4,000 depositors to come and collect about $228,000.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Arthur Muth
First National Bank and Trust Company
Pension plans lose in House amid liberalizing bids
The Democratic House pushed through or defeated amendments to the social security bill with a swift majority, fending off Townsend 200 a month, Lundeen aid, and Pope age pension plans. Republicans cried steam roller as the day closed with a Republican balk.
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Washington
Payroll reveals relatives among U S lawmakers staff
The House payroll shows one in twelve representatives employed a clerk with the same name as the congressman. About 36 clerks share a surname with their boss, with in laws and trades suggesting broader connections beyond identical names.
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Washington
House
Wallace Aide Seeks Farm Relief for Wind Ravaged West
M L Wilson assistant secretary of agriculture visited Amarillo decrying wind erosion on the Great Plains. He tours the drought stricken Middle West seeking local input on a permanent wind erosion control program and a proposed 150 million dollar federal aid request. He stressed Panhandle conditions as severe and urged local farmers to share views.
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Great Plains
M. L. Wilson
Amarillo
Wilson
Middle West
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
TH. L. Wilson
New Romance Rumors Surround Constance Bennett Arrival
Hollywood gossip swirls after Constance Bennett returns from New York and is whisked to her film colony home. Rumor links actor Gilbert Roland as her travel companion on the transcontinental flight and hints at a budding romance.
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Hollywood
Constance Bennett
New York
Gilbert Roland
Roland
Miss Bennett
Voters Defeat Gas System Bond Issue in Lubbock
Lubbock voters reject 1,300,000 bond issuance for a municipal natural gas system. The April 18 vote totals 869 against to 371 in favor, with the city commission backing the issue.
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Lubbock
Ickes Attacks Huey and Long in Sharp Speech
Secretary Ickes launched a fierce assault on Senator Long calling him suffering from halitosis of the intellect and criticized Governor Talmadge of Georgia. He paused Louisiana PWA approvals and cancelled four Georgia allotments totaling 210000 after Talmadge vetoed a bill to validate sale of state highway certificates to the federal government.
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Washington
Ickes
Long
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Talmadge
Georgia
PWA
Senate
Farmers Sign Up For Emergency Wind Erosion Aid
Farmers across 46 Panhandle Plains counties began filing forms for a federal wind erosion emergency aid program funded by a $500,000 grant. Most aid will cover fuel rather than feed as relief officials negotiate low price contracts. gasoline and lubricants will be purchased with tax exemptions to keep costs down. District offices opened in Amarillo Plainview and Lubbock to speed purchases.
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Panhandle-Plains
Relief Commission
Texas Relief Commission
Amarillo
Plainview
Lub
Bandit Pair Take Auto From Gabby
Two youths who were "hot and wanted to get miles behind them" stole a taxicab in Fort Worth today after forcing driver James Berry from the car at pistol point. The pair hired the cab, fled toward Denton, and got 85 cents from Berry.
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Fort Worth
W.P
James Berry
Denton
Pistol Point
Berry
Loss By Breakage At Bethany College Safe
Safecrackers breached three doors and detonated nitroglycerine to blow Bethany College safe. Sheriff Robert Lowe reports loot worth 100 dollars and damage totaling 1400 dollars.
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Bethany
Bethany College
Robert Lowe
Panhandle weather map shows scattered showers across wide area
Sprinkles and downpours dotted the Panhandle with heavier rain in the southeast where Childress and Kerr counties listed two to three inches yesterday. Central Panhandle saw general showers with Floyd and Crosby counties on the South Plains receiving light to moderate rainfall.
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Panhandle
Childress
Kirkland
Central
Floyd
Crosby
South Plains
Rain Douses Chil dress as Dust Storms Fade
Citizens of Childress switched on lights as a black cloud loomed, only to receive a heavy downpour. More than two inches of rain drenched the city, ending a month of dust storms and bringing immediate moisture.
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Childress
Rain Dampens Panhandle Farmlands Amid Misty Forecast
Rainfall spread across the Panhandle with Wellington over an inch and Floyd County inches in spots. Showers from Clovis to Waynoka drenched areas including Friona and San Jon while Clarendon and Memphis saw light showers. Forecasters expect partial cloudiness with further moisture possible as warm fronts move through.
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Panhandle
Wellington
Floydada
Floyd County
Santa Fe
Clovis
Waynoka
Friona
San Jon
Glen Rio
Amarillo
Groom
Jericho
Shamrock
Sayre
Rock Island
Clarendon
Plainview
Tulsa
Ralls
Crosbyton
Memphis
Fort Worth
Denver
Wichita Falls
Quanah
Crowell
Altus
Okla
H. T. Collman
Hammer Slayer Is Assessed 75 Years in Wichita Falls
Fred L. Johnston was convicted and sentenced to 75 years for the hammer slaying of Mrs. Maude Hefley in Wichita Falls on March 8. Johnston had pleaded insanity as the state pursued the death penalty.
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Wichita Falls
Fred L. Johnston
Maude Hefley
Johnston
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