Move to Seek New Air Mail Bids in Congress
In Washington, the House moves to compel the Post Office Department to discard last week’s air mail bids and solicit new ones under Roosevelt’s wishes. A one year contract plan is approved while a commission form for air mail policy is studied. Senate debate centers on the Black McKellar bill and opposed commissions.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Roosevelt
House Post Office Committee
Senate
Depute
Mead
Democrat
New York
House
Post Office Committee
Austin
Republican
Vermont
McKellar
Demrat
Tennessee
Robs Wilcox Bank and Abducts Two Employees
A masked bandit robbed the Bank of Wilcox in Arizona of about $3,500 and kidnapped two bank employees, cashier W. D. Scott Jr. and assistant cashier H. B. Carey, forcing them from a car about two miles from town on the Fort Grant road.
Cooking School To Open Today And It's Free
Miss Christeen Chitwood of the Chitwood School of Cookery will open the twelfth annual News Cooking School in the Municipal Auditorium at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Amarillo housewives should attend early to secure seats as prizes from local merchants and national advertisers will be awarded. The event promises a full program of news and information for homemakers.
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Christeen Chitwood
Chitwood School of Cookery
Amarillo
State and Federal Highway Heads Parley in Austin Call
State and federal highway officials planned a drought relief fund conference in Amarillo and Austin but the meeting was canceled when no relief commission representative appeared. Gibb Gilchrist led the delegation with two assistants and two U S Bureau of Roads officials joined en route to Austin.
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Austin
Amarillo
Texas Relief Commission
Relief Commission
Washington
Harry Hopkins
Gibb Gilchrist
Hopkins
Federal
U. S. Bureau of Roads
C. E. Swain
Fort, Worth
T. C. Thee
Labor strike widens across Cleveland and St Louis
In Cleveland and St Louis 13 000 workers face off in a pivotal conflict between unions and capital over auto and oil industries. About 8 000 Fisher Body workers in Cleveland strike after walkouts by 2 000 filling station attendants. Chevrolet and Fisher Body employes total 31 100 on strike as they demand bargaining with Federated Automobile Workers of America and reemployment of 118 workers. The Labor Board convenes in St Louis to address the dispute.
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Cleveland
St. Louis
National Automobile Labor Board
Fisher Body Company
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
Federated Automobile Workers of America
Labor Board
Immedi
Butterfly peddler to die for slaying
D B Napier alias Fred Lockhart, 38, a paper butterfly peddler, was sentenced to hang for the murder of Mae Giffin in Caddo Parish. A jury found him guilty after five minutes of deliberation and the judge set the execution date, with the death penalty mandatory.
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Shreveport
D. B. Napier
Fred Lockhart
Mae Giffin
Caddo Parish
Lockhart
Robert Roberts
Burroughs Testifies in Cannon Conspiracy Trial
Ada L. Burroughs co defendant with Bishop James Cannon Jr. in the 1928 campaign contribution case testified she made errors in reporting funds. She said loans Bishop Cannon made to the headquarters committee were itemized as anonymous and noted a $10 782 total. The government centers on Edwin C. Jameson's $65 300 contribution as the key disputed amount.
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Washington
Ada L. Burroughs
James Cannon, Jr
anti-Smith Democrats
Bishop Cannon
Jameson
Edwin C. Jameson
New York
Miss Burroughs
Silver Remonetization Drive Deepens Split in Senate
The Senate silver bloc moved to back the Dies bill mandating silver coinage and monetary backing, rejecting Roosevelt’s preference for permissive action. Debate centered on tax funding, government ownership of silver, and tying price to gold, with boosters arguing for inflationary gains and broader circulation.
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Washington
Senate Silver Bloc
Roosevelt
Treasury
Senate Committee
Senate
Thomas
HiJackers Hold Up Two In Same Block
Two men held up a Gulf Refining Company station at Fourth Avenue and Harrison Street about 11 PM. They took 17 dollars from Beuman Newby, then encountered Oscar Johnson of Clarendon a half block away, who surrendered 2.80 dollars.
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Beuman Newby
Gulf Refining Company
Fourth Avenue
Harrison Street
Oscar Johnson
Clarendon
Johnson
Dallas retailers vote to raise gasoline price at 7 A.M
Four Dallas East gasoline retailers voted to raise prices by 15 cents a gallon effective tomorrow at 7 A.M. A clearing house will issue clearances only to trucks refusing to sell at the local price-cutters.
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Dallas
Texas
Jury Discharges After 140 Hours as Judge Expresses Alarm
In Austin jurors who deliberated 140 hours on Cal B. Yarbrough murder trial were discharged with criticism. The case involved the death of his adopted daughter Doris 16 from a gasoline blaze blamed on Yarbrough. A Crockett courtroom shooting killed Frank Brisby while courtroom activity occurred. Ben Ellis quickly posted bond for the slain suspect.
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Austin
Cal B. Yarbrough
W. F. Robertson
Ellis
Ben Ellis
Brisby
J. M. Bliix
Five Jurors Seated for Lamesa Slaying Trial
April 23 trial of John Johnson Lynn County deputy sheriff charged with killing B. O. West on a state highway six miles north of Lamesa began today. Five jurors were selected when court adjourned. A hung jury occurred when Johnson was tried last November.
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Lamesa
John Johnson
Lynn County
B. O. West
Here
Johnson
For Rent Ad Urges Early Placement Before Move
The Globe urges landlords to place Want Ads early as tenants plan ahead for a first of month move. A sample listing notes a furnished downstairs room with private bath becoming vacant Monday morning at 323 Wentoth.
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Globe and News
Trio Jailed Here In Theft Of Auto
Three Electra men were arrested in Amarillo and a stolen car recovered from Rev. E. B. Crump pastor of the Assembly of God Church in Electra. The vehicle came from the parsonage garage Saturday night. Two suspects were convicts and another a youth. Potter County sheriffs reported three men held for Electra officers after Texas Highway Patrol detained them this afternoon.
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Electra
O. BE. Whisnand
Amarillo
E. B. Crump
Assembly of God Church
Potter County
Police Seek Clues in Bonham Slaying
Dallas reports a murder case as Theddie Branch 27 was found shot in a car near Bonham after borrowing the vehicle from Dallas Assistant Fire Chief Nor man W DeBorde. Branch last seen with Eloise DeBorde at her home before he took the car to visit his parents in Wylie Collin County.
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Dallas
Theddie Branch
Bonham
Branch
Norman W. DeBorde
Wylie
Collin County
Brance
Eloise DeBorde
Hamilton Kin Denied Bail in Dallas Robbery Case
Floyd Hamilton brother of Raymond Hamilton was returned to Dallas and jailed after denying involvement in the Grand Prairie bank robbery. Steve Davis, his stepfather, was granted bond and released. Hamilton claimed he was moved to Floresville and held separately as Dallas County seeks a habeas corpus hearing in Dallas.
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Yarbrough
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dallas
Floyd Hamilton
Raymond Hamilton
R. A. Schmid
Grand Prairie
Hamilton
Steve Davis
Floresville
San Antonio
Austin
Schmid
Dallas County
Davis
Karl Wallace Named Coleman County Relief Administrator
Coleman County in Texas announces the appointment of Karl Wallace as relief administrator succeeding the resigning Arthur L. Lockhart. Wallace takes over duties effective immediately as the county reorganizes its relief efforts.
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Coleman
Tex
Karl Wallace
Coleman County
Arthur L. Lockhart
Verdict in relief case removes Dorenfield from commission
Austin April 24 Formal judgment in the suit over Texas Teener Commission membership ousted and removed Col Julius Dorenfield Jr Amarillo from the commission and declared R L Holliday duly appointed acting and qualified. Dorenfield’s attorneys superseded the judgment pending higher court decision and he will continue to serve. The case began when Coke Stevenson removed Holliday and appointed Dorenfield to succeed him and the attorney general filed to oust Dorenfield. The parties plan to seek Supreme Court questions via the Third Court of Civil Appeals.
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Dorenfield
Holliday
Coke Stevenson
Texas House
Attorney General
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Supreme Court
Cadet James Pennington Rescues Self In Plane Incident
Cadet James Clifton Pennington of Randolph Field jumped from his aircraft as it entered a dangerous power dive near clouds. He landed uninjured. the plane burned after the crash about three miles north of Randolph Field. Pennington hails from Davidson, North Carolina.
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San Antonio
James Clifton Pennington
Randolph Field
Pennington
Davidson
North Carolina
Dillinger Gang in Wisconsin Resort Battle Rife With Death
John Dillinger and five outlaws seized a Mercer Wisconsin resort wounding four and killing two. Federal agent W Carter Baum and Eugene Boisoneau died. constable Carl Christensen and others wounded as pursuit continued through a snowbound northern Wisconsin landscape. Investigations traced the gun battle to a rapid escape and split pursuers.
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Bey
Mercer
Wis
John Dillinger
Wisconsin
Eugene Boisoneau
Mellen
Carl ©. Christensen
Spider Lake
Baum
John Hoffman
Boisoneau
John Morris
Poisoneau
J. 8
Newman
Tip
Chicago Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Dillinger
Includ
Amarillo Forecast Low Clouds and Cooler Tuesday
Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas calls for a cooler Tuesday with partial cloud cover and cooler conditions across central and northern areas. New Mexico readings show variable hours with periods of sunshine and cooling trends through the day.
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Amarillo
Vie Cinity
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Amarilla
Resort Proprietor Tells How He Revealed Dillinger Whereabouts
Emil Wanatka, owner of a northwoods Wisconsin resort near Mercer, recounts in a Minneapolis Tribune interview how he conveyed Dillinger’s location by placing a note in a cigarette package. Dillinger and his gang stayed at Wanatka’s lodge during a tense weekend before federal agents arrived.
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Minneapolis
Dillinger
Emil Wanatka
Northwoods
Mercer Wis
Minneapolis Tribune
Wanatka
The
Tribune
Little Bohemia
Jg John Dillinger
Pinger
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Rhinelander
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POSAL
Senate Agriculture Committee
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Senator Borah
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J. M. Futrell
Governor Futeell
Doris
Garland Ellis
J. M. Ellis
Crocket State Bank
Houston County
Hamilton Kin
Desperado
J. D. Moore
Adjutant General
D. E. Hamer
Outlaws
Leutenant
John Hamilton
North Woods
Bt. Paul
W. Carter Baum
Chicago
Via
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