Kidnapping Ends in Tragic Death of Charles Mattson
In Everett area a 10 year old boy Charles Mattson was found murdered after a kidnapping. A hunter located the nude body in snow near the Pacific Highway, prompting a massive manhunt led by police. Maternal family and authorities confirmed the identity. the father Dr R W Mattson traveled to the scene as an investigation intensified.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Everett
Charles Mattson
Paul Sceva
Mattson
R. W. Mattson
Dr. Mattson
Gordon Morrow
Justice Department
Charles
William
Muriel
Charles Morrow
W. W. Mattson
Paul H. Sceva
Matison
Calvert to be elected speaker as Texas legislature opens
The 49th Texas Legislature convenes for a four month session with Robert W. Calvert of Hillsboro poised to become Speaker of the House after Rep Albert G. Walker withdrew. Governor Allred plans a message likely Wednesday addressing the state deficit near 15 million dollars. Proposals for a general retail sales tax and new revenue sources loom as lawmakers brace for long committee battles and potential debate over hard liquor sales.
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Robert W. Calvert
Hillsboro
House of Representatives
Senate
Will Pace
Tyler
Olin van Zandt
Tioga
James V. Allred
Walker
Albert G. Walker
Vernon
Calvert
Homer Leonard
McAllen
Emmet Morse
Houston
Allred
Relief fund of 750 000 100 requested
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a deficiency appropriation of 790 million dollars to provide winter work for about 2.58 million people, noting a longer work week’s effect on reemployment. He urged private industry to hire more workers while Congress weighs relief needs and potential WPA rule relaxations for drought refugees.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bankhead
House
Drouth
Pope
Works Progress Administration
Missing Man Found on Cypress Prairie
Houston date unknown. County officers announced a searching party found Fred Laird, 39 year old plumber, missing since Saturday night, at a farm home on the prairie near Cypress north of here. Laird was suffering exposure after his auto stuck in a muddy ditch. He said he spent Saturday night with the machine and had been hunting birds.
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Houston
U.P
Fred Laird
Cypress
Here
Laird
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity expect fair skies with light to moderate southerly winds on Tuesday and Wednesday. West Texas west of the 100th meridian will be fair and warmer in the east portion. New Mexico forecast calls for fair Tuesday with little temperature change. Local hourly observations show yesterday’s high near 87 and low around 53 with varying conditions across the day.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Midnight Buried On Plains of Colorado
In Johnstown Colorado a new headstone marks a lonely grave on the plains. Midnight the buckingest rodeo horse is honored as the arch enemy of top hands in the rodeo circuit. Only once in 14 years did a rider stay on Midnight, then he was old and tired.
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Johnstown
Colo
Colorado
Plains
Midnight
Cold Disrupts Power Service Across Texas
Ice bound regions and a spreading cold wave crippled communication lines and power across East Texas. Long distance lines failed, isolating Dallas to San Antonio with outages lasting days. Crews worked as Southwestern Bell reported many repairs were immediately broken by ice. Damages in East Texas oil belt were projected above one million dollars as Tyler remained without power since Saturday night. Continuous coverage continues on Page 11.
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East Texas
Dallas
San Antonio
Southwestern Bell Telephone
West Texas
Kilgore Daily News
Dispatch
Tyler
Ama
Directors defend child actors amid studio tour
Hollywood figures contest Northwestern professor Hubert Huffner who called child players animated dolls. Bordon Douglas of Our Gang and Norman Taurog defend directing children, arguing coaching by memory is not how successful child casts are formed.
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Hollywood
Calif
Hubert C. Huffner
Northwestern University
Bordon Douglas
Norman Taurog
Shirley Temple
Douglas
Monzingo Relieved of Prison Duties
Huntsville reports Captain B B Monzingo longtime Eastham Farm manager is relieved of duties. Jack Ellingson Texas Prison System general manager names Captain J H Midkiff Blue Ridge Farm manager as successor while declining to explain the dismissal. Monzingo will start a private venture.
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Huntsville
Jack Ellingson
Texas Prison System
B. B. Monzingo
Eastham Farm
Ellingson
J. H. Midkiff
Blue Ridge Farm
Monzingo
Blue Ridge
Eastham
Monsingo
Citrus production hits new high
The federal crop reporting board forecasts 1936-37 orange production at 61,119,000 boxes, up from 52,283,000 in 1935 and above the 1928-32 five year average. Grapefruit is estimated at a record 28,383,000 boxes, surpassing 1935 and the five year average. Temperature damage in California since January 6 not yet included.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board Today
Crop Reporting Board
California
Mrs Lena Brooks Dies Tale of War Department Link
Mineral Wells January 11 Lena Brooks mother of Lieut Col John Brooks of Washington War Department official died here today.
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Mineral Wells
O.R
Lena Brooks
John Brooks
Washington
War Department
France demands Spanish insurgents purge Germany ties in Morocco
Paris reports official France gave Spain's Franco regime days to remove any German influence from Spanish Morocco while French and British naval forces bolster Mediterranean presence. Combined land air and sea maneuvers could seize Spanish Morocco within 36 hours if needed.
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Paris
France
Spain
Spanish Morocco
Mediterranean
Francisco Pranco
Africa
Reichsfurther
Hitler
Berlin
Spanish
Morocco
Germany
Britain
Samuel Hoare
Admiralty
Ernle Chatfield
Anthony Eden
Gibraltar
Rock
Banquet for Amarillo High and Yannigan squads at Harvey House
More than 50 members of the Amarillo High School football squad and the Yannigan squad will be guests of the Sandie Mothers Club at a 7 o'clock Friday banquet at the Harvey House. Cal Farley will be toast master, with an address by a well known university coach. A dance will follow at the Santa Fe Building auditorium, with Ex-Sandies and their ladies invited and dancing starting about 9:30.
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Amarillo
Sandie Mothers Club
Harvey House
Sandie Mothers
Cal Farley
Santa Fe
Sandies
Yannigans
Transport Missing In Mexico Sector
A transport plane operated by the Mexican Aviation Company disappeared en route from Mexico City to Minatitlan in Vera Cruz with six passengers and three crew aboard. The Lockheed Electra last communicated at 10:17 A.M. amid bad weather after departing Central Airport at 8:29 A.M.
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Mexico City
Mexican Aviation Company
Minatitlan
Vera Cruz State
Alfonso Rodriguez
Central Airport
Fascist consul named for Mukden Manchukuo
Count Cortese, tied to the Italian foreign office, is named Fascist consul at Mukden in Manchukuo after Italy and Japan agreed to establish consulates in Japanese sponsored Manchukuo and Italian annexed Ethiopia.
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Rome
Count Cortese
Foreign Office
Mukden
Manchukuo
Italy
Japan
Ethiopia
Hoover backs child labor amendment for orderly change
Palo Alto report quotes former President Herbert Hoover urging ratification of the child labor amendment to the federal Constitution as an example of orderly constitutional change. He presents the proposal as a prudent step in national policy amid ongoing debates on workers’ protections and federal power boundaries.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Norfleet Plans Trip to Phoenix in Swindle Case
Norfleet will view suspect Frank Douglass in Phoenix where James C. Douglass alias William Arnold Rush is held on a swindling charge. Douglass is the last of five men accused of swindling five Nebraska men of $172,000.
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Hale Center
D. Frank Norfleet
Phoenix
Ariz
James C. Douglass
William Arnold Rush
Douglass
Nebraska
Norfleet
Man Killed Woman Hurt In Accident Near Victor
In Beaumont on January 11 Miss Louise Gentry, 20, suffered severe lacerations and bruises at her Victor home after an auto collision in which Otis Earll Revia, 22, was killed yesterday. The two were returning from a dance when their car collided with a produce truck near Victor. Revia was employed at a Beaumont shipyard.
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Beaumont
Louise Gentry
Victor
Otis Ear! Revia
Revia
Auto Buried in Heavy Snows Near Las Vegas
A low-flying plane found a stranded automobile 120 miles from Las Vegas, nearly overturned and half-buried in snow. Nevada-Maryland mine operator Lee Prettyman identified the car as his and feared all occupants had perished including his wife and others. tractors will search for bodies.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Lee Prettyman
Nevada-Maryland
Prettyman
James Coe
Doris Dunn
Negro Cook
Fred Miller
Edison Nominated for Assistant Secretary of the Navy
President Roosevelt transmitted to the Senate the nomination of Charles Edison of New Jersey, son of Thomas Edison, for the post of assistant secretary of the navy. The move highlights a family legacy in science and public service as the Senate considers confirmation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Charles Edison
New Jersey
Thomas Edison
Navy
Third Tacoma kidnapping ties city to horror
Tacoma prints recounts a third kidnapping in thirteen months. Ten year old Charlies Mattson was seized from his home on December 27, following two earlier high profile cases: George Weyerhaeuser, abducted May 24, 1935, and Mildred Hook seized by Douglas Van Viack. Van Viack received the death sentence after three deaths in the Hook case.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charlies Mattson
George Weyerhaeuser
Mildred Hook
Douglas van Viack
van Viack
Twin Falls
Idaho
Miss Hook
Mattson
Theater project praised by Eugene ONeill in California
Oakland report notes playwright Eugene ONeill hails the federal theater project as a major American stage development and hopes federal acting companies will nurture new writers rather than echo New York. He recovers from appendectomy while wife battles a cold and awaits a California home, delaying eight full length plays.
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Oakland
Calif
Eugene O'Neill
Federal Theater Project
New York
Strike Peace Moves to Washington Amid GM Walkout
Union officials directing widespread GM strikes flew to Washington Monday night to chart next steps with John L. Lewis and CIO leaders. Edward F. McGrady planned to join the talks, as nearly 112000 GM workers were expected to be idled by Tuesday night. Pontiac and Oldsmobile plans to curtail output prompted layoffs and two Fisher Body plants would close due to glass shortages.
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Associated Prean
General Motors Corporation
Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Edward F. McGrady
Automobile
United Automobile Workers of America
Lewis
Homer Martin
John Brophy
General Motors
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Olds Motor Works
Lansing
Mich
Fisher Body
Barbara Hutton to sail up Nile for two weeks
Cairo January 11 Barbara Hutton Countess Haugwitz von Reventlow and her husband plus baby left Cairo aboard a river steamer for a fortnight’s Nile voyage. She will remain in upper Egypt for a month before returning to the city.
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Cairo
Barbara ‘Hutton
Haugwitz von Reventlow
Nile
Upper
Egypt
Count Court Haugwitz von Reventlow
Chavez and Sheppard Propose Senate Measures in Washington
In Washington on January 11 measures were introduced by Chavez of New Mexico and Sheppard of Texas. Chavez would authorize the Agriculture Department to establish an experimental station in the middle Rio Grande conservancy district at a cost not to exceed $50,000. Sheppard would provide for payment of U S citizens' claims against Mexico and protection of government rights arising from railroad land grants.
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Washington
Senate
Chavez
N. M
Agriculture Department
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District
New Mexico
Sheppard
Dem
Texas
United States
Mexico
Beat the Real Estate Price Rise Boom
Real estate is on the threshold of the biggest boom in history. Buyers are urged to act quickly to secure homes at today’s low prices or risk paying much more later. Watch the Want Ads of the News and Globe for the best home buys each day.
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