Interscho lastic meet fuels West Texas rally in Canyon
The Canyon event draws 750 contestants from 21 counties as amateur public school students compete across declamation, extemporaneous speaking, and debate while wind driven sandstorms sweep the stadium. Amarillo’s Lawrence LaCoss wins senior boys declamation and Lloyd Lipscomb takes senior boys extemporaneous speaking as debate semis approach.
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Canyon
West Texas State Teachers College
W. F. Lockhart
Panhandle
Amarillo Temperature by Hours Yesterday
Readable fragments show hourly temperatures for Amarillo yesterday with values around 60s to mid 80s. Data includes times such as noon and afternoon with maximum around the mid 80s and minimum near the mid 60s to 70s.
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Amarillo
Try Out Newest Dirigible In Maiden Flight
The Macon, largest airship and sister to the Akron, completed a nearly 13 hour maiden cruise over Northeastern Ohio and Lake Erie before sunset. Built by Goodyear Zeppelin, it will undergo tests to decide Navy service, with Capt. Alger H. Diesel describing the ship as handling well.
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Akron
Macon
Ohio
Lake Erie
United States Navy
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Alger H. Diesel
Relief Grant Success in House Passes Wagner Lewis Bill
The House approved a federal relief measure granting 500 million dollars to states and possessions for relief until October 1. The bill allocates one federal dollar per three locally spent, with 250 million to states under this rule, and 250 million free of strings thereafter. States may receive up to 15 percent each, while Republicans urged repayable loans instead.
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Washington
House
Senate
TWO HOUSTON BOYS DROWN IN CHANNEL
In Houston on April 21 Roy Mantell Cary 12 and Hugh Elmore 13 drowned after falling into the ship channel while a witness 11 year old Leon Elmore brother of one victim reported the events. Searchers found the bodies hours later as authorities reviewed the bank and water edge where the tragedy occurred.
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Houston
Roy Mantell Cary
Hugh Elmore
Leon Elmore
Roy Cary
Poth
Texan Killed in Auto Upset Near Houston
I C Simmons city water inspector was killed and two others injured when an automobile overturned at Fairbanks north of Houston. Injured include Miss Ernestine Haney 20 of Corpus Christi in critical condition and Stanley Simmons son of the deceased.
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Houston
I—C. W. Simmons
Fairbanks
Here
Ernestine Haney
Corpus Christi
Stanley Simmons
Three School Tots Killed in Collision Near Salisbury
At Woodleaf near Salisbury North Carolina on April 21 a head on crash between two school buses killed three children aged 10 to 12 and injured four others. The dead were Mary Broadway 10 Frances Broadway 12 and Curtis Hartley 12. The accident occurred on a curve.
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Salisbury
N. C
Woodleaf
Mary
Frances Broadway
Curtis Hartley
Commandant Georges Ledoux Dies at 58 in Cannes
Georges Ledoux former head of French counter espionage who supervised the arrest and conviction of Mata Hari died in Cannes at age 58. His career marked by the Mata Hari case ends with his death in France on April 21.
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Cannes
France
Georges Ledoux
Counterespionage Service
Mata Hari
Graduate oil tax voted by Texas House
A Texas House vote approved a graduate oil tax measure, advancing debate over fiscal policy and energy sector contributions. Lawmakers backed the proposal amid discussion of potential budget impacts and industry effects.
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Texas House
Texas House approves crude oil tax and raises questions
The Texas House passed a graduated tax on crude oil production by a 65 to 47 vote and approved the education appropriation bill though funding differs from the Senate. The session saw an engrossment of a bill to cut marginal oil well allowances, with hours of debate on filibuster accusations against Senator Moore. Governor Ferguson signed foreclosure relief for property owners, and a relief commission bill gained a $100,000 annual appropriation. The tax bill sets rate steps from 1 to 20 cents per barrel with a 5000 foot depth exemption.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
Joe M. Moore
Greenville
Moore
Railroad Commission
East Texas
House Appropriations Committee
State Relief Commission
Walter Woodul
Houston
Miriam A. Ferguson
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Natural Resources Commission
House
Libby Reynolds children to share estate evenly
Libby Holman Reynolds’ child and Anne Cannon Reynolds would share equally in the estate of their father Smith Reynolds. Each would ultimately receive $2,000,000 under an agreement revealed in a Concord court action.
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Concord
N. C
Libby Holman Reynolds
Anne Cannon Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
Texas House panel opposes summer school funding bill
A Senate bill to allocate 375000 dollars for summer school expenses at state higher education institutions received an unfavorable report from Texas House appropriations. The measure faces a minority report and could block summer sessions at state colleges if not passed.
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Austin
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Texas House
House
Child prodigy recalls states and capitals at age two
Charles Hill Jr., a Canadian two year old, can name every state in the Union and its capital. He learned the list by listening to his father teach his seven year old sister Pauline. He was two on January 23 and could recite most states and capitals before his birthday. He also can recount a story Pauline has read and identify every automobile part by name.
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Charles Hill, Jr
Charles Hill
Union
Pauline
Charles
Run Off Ballot Today Expects Higher City Vote Total
Interest in the run off for two city commissioners rises after a quiet campaign as 3,600 votes were cast in the April 4 general election. Political observers anticipate heavier balloting today while Mayor Ross D. Rogers spoke last night on WDAG radio.
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Ross D. Rogers
WDAG
Voting Places Listing for City Precincts
Polls open at 8 A M and close at 7 P M with eight precincts in city facilities. Precinct 1 at Courthouse Precinct 2 at Central Fire Station City Hall Precinct 3 at North Buchanan Street School Precinct 4 at Sanborn School Precinct 6 at Sixteenth Avenue Fire Station Precinct 7 at Wolflin Precinct 8 at San Jacinto.
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Central Fire Station
City Hall
North Buchanan Street
Sanborn School
Wilson School
Sixteenth Avenue
Wolflin School
San Jacinto School
Local City Commissioner Election Preview Opens At 8 A M
Campaign interests shape the eight precinct vote with polls opening at eight and closing at seven. Candidates on the ballot include Joe Jenkins and M. N. Twaddell for Commissioner No 1 and H Ernest Smith and John Winters for Commissioner No 2. Early results expected with four officials at each box. winners to join Mayor Ross D Rogers after canvass next Tuesday for two year terms. J N Vernon retires after two terms as commissioner No 1. Dr C W Baynham sought the seat.
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KGRS
Joe Jenkins
M. N. Twaddell
H. Ernest Smith
John Winters
Ross D. Rogers
Rogers
Expert ad promises car repair at low price
A Want Ad notices a classified entry under 55- B praising an expert mechanic. It claims whether a carburetor adjustment or a complete overhaul, the ad offers competent work at a very low price to revitalize an old bus.
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Want
Young Factor Back At Home
Jerome Factor, the 19 year old kidnapped university student, arrived safely at his home after eight days of captivity in Chicago. His father John Factor vowed to continue pursuing the abductors and asserted he knows the guilty parties. The elder Factor detailed a police underworld alliance and said about 500 men aided the search, with Jerome leaving with $14.05 in his pocket for taxi fare and denying any ransom payments.
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Chicago
Jerome Factor
John
Factor
Jerome
Leonard Marcus
John Factor
Underworld
Joe
Mary
Soviet Retaliates Against British Trade Embargo
The Soviet government answered Britain's 80 percent embargo on Russian goods by banning purchases in England and imposing further restrictive measures. London had barred Russian imports to shield British subjects tried in Moscow for sabotage bribery and espionage in electrical construction in the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
England
Soviet Union
Quiet talks begun by MacDonald with Roosevelt open work
Ramsay MacDonald and President Roosevelt began informal, cordial discussions at the White House to seek currency stabilization and end world economic ills. The British prime minister denied enmity toward the United States for abandoning the gold standard, stressing international cooperation over economic conflict. He downplayed disappointment at the U.S. embargo on gold, framing the talks as a path to jointly ease global distress.
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Washington
Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
White House
Michief
New York Harbor
Great Britain
Washing
Tornado toll rises in Ninnekah Oklahoma area
Ninnekah and nearby rural areas face mass shelter needs after Wednesday night tornado. Two people died when a home collapsed killing Mr. and Mrs. Jake Mutz, while about 200 residents received Red Cross aid for injuries and losses.
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Chickasha
Okla
U.P
Ninnekah
Jake Mutz
Frenzied Increase Stopped in Decline of Stocks and Bonds
New York April 21 A rebound in the dollar cooled inflation fears in stocks and bonds. High grade bonds led a brisk recovery while rails failed to sustain early gains. Industrial and utilities fell back about 1 to 5, and commodity markets eased. Wheat retreated from a peak, silver futures dropped, and copper edged up nearly a cent in two days.
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New York
Recess in Judd Sanity Trial Delays Arizona Hearing
Florence April 21 Winnie Ruth Judd's sanity hearing was recessed until tomorrow after plans for a night session were dropped. The delay was due to Assistant County Attorney Charles Reed's physical inability to present arguments. State and defense counsels agreed not to call further witnesses as experts clashed over Judd's insanity.
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Florence, Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
BE Ll. Green
Charles Reed
O. V. Willson
Agnes Anne Lerol
Hedvig Ramuelson
Alienista
Republicans Denounce Roosevelt Inflation Plan With Silent Opposition
A four Republican signatory statement denounces the Roosevelt inflation plan as dangerous and unconstitutional while Democrats insist they have sufficient votes to push approval in the Senate and House. The group condemns three billion dollars of new currency and a gold-content reduction as inflationary and dangerous to prosperity.
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Washington
Senate
Hoave
Reed
Pennsylvania
Walcott
Connecticut
Rep
Snell
New York
Lace
Massachusetts
Oyden Mills
Hoover
Capitol Hill
Con B
Aleready
Robinson
Roosevelt
Engineer Recovering After Arkansas Crash Hero
Charles Ledbetter a veteran Missouri Pacific engineer and hero of a tran truck crash on the Missouri Arkansas line yesterday lay in a Little Rock hospital today recovering from burns and looking forward to returning to his post. Hospital attendants reported his condition not serious.
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Little Rock
Ark
Charles Ledbetter
Missouri Pacific
Oklahoma Senate kills proration control bill in oil case
Oklahoma City April 21 the state senate voted 21 to 4 to kill a resolution by Senator Al Nichols of Wewoka aimed at taking control of oil proration from the corporation commission. The defeat ends the measure to shift regulatory authority.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Senate
al Nichols
Wewoka
Corporation Commission
Inflation Q and A on gold standard abandonment
Washington explains inflation basics in a Q and A format. It notes food prices rise first as the dollar loses gold backing, with food expected to climb about ten percent, cloth and rents likely to follow, and general price increases for goods and property while wages lag.
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Washington
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