Cold Panhandle air stalls at 38 after warm afternoon
The Panhandle Plains endured a rapid temperature swing as temps fell from 60 at Amarillo to 38 by 8:30 P M with the cold front. Snow and freezing conditions were reported in nearby towns while flights from the east were canceled and other routes delayed due to lingering low pressure. Local cities including Dalhart Texline and Canadian logged chilly and overcast or light snow conditions with temperatures ranging from the mid teens to the 20s in surrounding areas.
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TWA
Los Angeles
Montana
Panhandle Plains
Amarill
Dalhart
Texline
Amarillo
Waynoka
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Wichita
Kansas City
Dalhart Dalhart
Petition Seeks Nevada Tax on Steamship Lines Vessels
Wa shoe County district attorney and Nevada attorney general file in district court a petition to compel United States Steamship Lines to pay $9,608.75 in taxes for 1934 in Nevada. The Leviathan is assessed at $50,000 and nine other vessels at $37,158, though all ships are registered in New York.
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Reno
United States Steamship Lines
Nevada
Washoe County
New York
Supreme Court Word on Gold Standard Could Come This Week
Washington January 19 A panel of nine justices debated the constitutionality of a key Roosevelt monetary measure. If a decision is reached today it may be announced Monday with the written opinion released later. A February timing is possible if the court recesses.
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Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
Hughes
Handley Bank Robbed by Armed Bandits
Two bandits armed with submachine guns and automatic pistols robbed the Handley Bank of 500 dollars this morning. One man entered the bank, menaced three employees and two customers, scooped the money, and fled with a confederate to a waiting car. A bank employee fired as the robbers sped toward Grapne.
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Handley, Tex
U.P
Handley Bank
First White Woman To Settle in Swisher Area Taken by Death
Mrs. T. A. Gray 74 died at her Swisher County home after months of illness. She and husband settled in 1887 near Tule Creek, later moving to Tulsa. Survived by husband and two children, Nate Gray and Mrs. Mamie Cochran, both of Amarillo. Funeral at Presbyterian Church at 2:30 Sunday. Rev. J Hoytt Boles officiating. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Swisher Area
Tulia
Swisher County
T. A. Gray
Plains
Mr. Gray
Tule Creek
Tulsa
Nate Gray
Mamie Cochran
Amarillo
Presbyterian Church
J. Hoytt Boles
Rose Hill Cemetery
English Rites to Be Monday for Harold English
Funeral services for Harold English pioneer aviator and Amarillo airport official will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at N. S. Griggs and Sons chapel. Rev. E. B. Fincher will officiate. English, 32, was killed Friday morning driving from the airport to Amarillo. Burial in Llano Cemetery. Pallbearers are close friends including J. Malcome Shelton and James M. Shelton. His mother Mrs. V. J. Angelo of San Diego arrived yesterday.
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Rev. Fincher
Griggs
Harold English
Amarillo Airport
N. S. Griggs and Sons Chapel
E. B. Fincher
Elwood Park Presbyterian Church
English
Amarillo
V. J. Angelo
San Diego
Calif
J. Malcome Shelton
James M. Shelton
E. C. Houghton, Jr
Sid West
Jay Taylor
H. H. Cooper
Earl Puqua
Lowell Stapf
Llano Cemetery
Governor Revokes Hobrecht Furlough in San Antonio Case
Governor James V. Allred voided the six months furlough granted to Joe Hobrecht of San Antonio by former Gov Miriam A. Ferguson. The action announced in Austin reverses the prior clemency and ends the furlough.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Joe Hobrecht
San Antonio
Miriam A. Ferguson
Teachers Urged to Revise Curriculum Not Textbooks
Dr. H. B. Bruner of Columbia University urged the Panhandle-Plains Superintendents Association to adopt broad curriculum revision from kindergarten to adult classes. He warned that current economic upheaval demands teachers study education's raw materials and expand vision to prevent political dictatorship and social unrest.
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H. B. Bruner
Columbia University
Panhandle-Plains
Louisiana
Dr. Bruner
Four ex-convicts plead guilty to bank robbery and abduction
In Oklahoma City four men linked to the People's National Bank of Kingfisher robbery last May admitted guilt on robbery and abduction charges. Jim Clark Frank Delmar Aubrey Ansell and Ennis Smiddy Clark and Delmar face multi year terms with concurrent sentences totaling up to 99 years in some counts and fines.
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Oklahoma City
Uncle Sam
People’s National Bank of
Ennis Smiddy Clark
Delmar
Ansell
Smiddy
Sentinel
Byrd Expedition Prepares Return From Antarctica
Members of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition prepare to start home from Little America as the Bear of Oakland is due to pick up personnel and gear. The Jacob Ruppert sails to retrieve crew and equipment, while storeroom tunnels are being dismantled and supplies may need to be hauled six miles to the ships if ice does not loosen.
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Little America
Antarctica
U.P
Bear
Oakland
Jacob Ruppert
Lubbock Boy Hurt in Grade Accident
Lubbock January 19 A college student George Thompson 17 was seriously injured in an automobile train collision at a crossing near Lubbock. He drove a dairy company's delivery truck and stopped to open a gate then moved onto the track without seeing the approaching train.
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Lubbock
Highway
Here
George Thompson
Texas Technological College
Thompson
Legislature Aims to Pass One Bill in Two Weeks
Lawmakers push to pass a single bill within two weeks as votes loom. Officials say action will focus on core policy, with members signaling readiness to move quickly.
Texas Legislature Near Weekend Action After Slow Start
Lawmakers adjourned until Monday as committees finalize organization in both chambers. The only passed bill appropriated 250 000 to salaries and expenses while plans for emergency and revenue measures move forward. Governor Allred backs a state planning board as the Senate weighs Ferguson appointments to the State Board of Education.
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Austin
Texas
House
Coke R. Stevenson
Senate
James V. Allred
Smith and
Rusk
Alfred
Walter F. Woodul
Stevenson
Miriam A. Ferguson
State Board of Education
Ferguson
R. S. Sterling
Ben G. O'Neal
Wichita Falls
Washington
Allred
Amarillo Weather Forecast and Snow Likelihood
Forecasts for Amarillo and West Texas call for a cloudy Sunday with probable snow and colder conditions. The region west of the 100th meridian expects snow north and rain southeast, with livestock warnings in the northern portion. Much colder air and a cold wave are noted for New Mexico’s north and west portions. Temperature data from yesterday shows highs near 60 and lows around 38. The week ahead favors rain early on the coast and cooler, unsettled conditions across the Southern Plains and West Gulf, with below normal temperatures early and a warming trend later.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Rie
West Gulf
Youth Die? In Car Crash On Way To Dance
Archie Rivers Shamblin 25 of 4235 West Tenth Avenue died when his roadster overturned at Fifth Avenue and Pierce Street while en route to Rainbow Gardens. Driver Buster Cooper 23 and cousin Henry Cooper 8S escaped with minor injuries. Archie was pinned and head injuries proved fatal before ambulance arrived.
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Archie Rivers Shamblin
West
Tenth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Pierce Street
Buster Cooper
East Fourth Avenue
Henry
Cooper
Hedley
Shamblin
Coopers
Rainbow Gardens
Radio Rink
Buster
Henry Wood
Wood
Archie Shamblin
St. Anthony's Hospital
Henry Cooper
Jack Harrison
Square Dealists Form East Baton Rouge Shock Troop
In Baton Rouge 340 citizens gathered at the airport to form the Square Deal Association's East Baton Rouge Headquarters Battalion. Led by Ernest Bourgeois, they pledged direct action against Huey Long and repealing dictator laws, stressing roster buildup over drill.
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Square Dealers
Shock Troop
Huey
Baton Rouge, la
East Baton Rouge Parish
Square Deal Association of Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Parish
Square Deal Association
East Baton Rouge
Citizens’ Organization
K. Allen
Ernest J. Bourgeois
Square
Burgeois
Whiteside Stars In Ballantrae At Amarillo Theater
Whiteside, renowned dramatic actor, presents The Master of Ballantrae in Amarillo with a selected cast. Tickets are 50 75 cents 1 1 50 and 2 dollars with no tax at City Drug No 1 517 Polk Street. Mail orders to Miss Lois Black News-Globe. Show starts 8 15 p m under Tri-State Fair Association.
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Walker Whiteside
America
Amarillo
Robert Louis Stevenson
Ballantrae
Whiteside
City Drug
Polk Street
Lois Black
News-Globe
Wilbur C. Hawk
Five Car Pileup Sends Denison Youth to Grave
Dense fog on the Denison Sherman highway caused a five car collision. Harold Ransom 19 Denison was killed instantly. Eleven others injured including Gene Legg Roy Moore Leonard Nelson Price Parker Tom Ferguson Harold McKinney Jim Andrews Glyndon Boothman Price Carter David Roach M Earl Williams. Several victims treated at Sherman hospitals and Denison hospital. Williams, a wartime aviator, drove in the initial crash.
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Denison
Tex
Denison-Sherman
Harold Ransom
J. W. Ransom
Gene Legg
Roy Moore
Leonard Nelson
Price Parker
Tom Ferguson
Howe
Texas
Harold McKinney
Sherman
Jim H. Andrews
Glyndon Boothman
Price Carter
David Roach
Eliasville
M. Earl Williams
Williams
Carter
Ferguson
McKinney
Andrews
Boothman
Roach
Parker
Legg
Moore
Nelson
Hauptmann Case Focuses On Ladder Evidence In Kidnapping
State claims bank credits exceeded amount for $49 600 and accuses Hauptmann of buying a $400 radio while wife traveled to Germany. The ladder used to descend with the Lindbergh baby is highlighted as key evidence, previously excluded, in the prosecutorial case unfolding in Flemington New Jersey.
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Flemington, N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Haupt
Hauptmann Proceedings Force Paper Transfer to Defense
The Appellate Division in Brooklyn orders James H. Fawcett to turn over all papers in Bruno Hauptmann's murder kidnapping case to Edward J. Reilly for Hauptmann's defense. Papers to be held by the defense through trial. Fawcett retains custody as security for $4,221 in fees. Presiding Justice Edward Lazanksy announced the unanimous decision.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
James H. Fawcett
Edward J. Reilly
Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Bronx
Fawcett
Edward Lazansky
Brimmed with Ransom Clues Hauptmann Trial Focuses on Letters
The state seeks to prove Hauptmann authored ransom letters after a $50,000 payment to a mysterious "John" by Dr John F Condon acting for Col Charles A Lindbergh. Condon and Lindbergh insist "John" is Hauptmann as experts testify. The prisoner sat tonight in his cell.
Four Bits for Coal
Governor Hoffman of New Jersey met with Relief Administrator Hopkins in Washington to discuss relief problems. On Pennsylvania Avenue he was accosted by a panhandler who asked for a nickel for coffee. The governor said he was there seeking relief and the panhandler retorted with four bits for that coat.
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Washington
Hoffman
New Jersey
Hopkins
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pension Revival Debated For Forty Plus Workers
In Washington on January 19 Representative Lewis of Maryland proposed that states raise their share of old age pension funding via income and inheritance taxes. He spoke as other congressmen weighed changes to Roosevelt’s plan to aid unemployed adults over 40 but under 65. Many business groups limit hiring beyond 35, intensifying job scarcity for 40 to 65. Continued on Page 2.
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Washington
Lewis
Maryland
Roosevelt
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Colo
Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
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Llano
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TION
Homer Leonard
McAllen
House Appropriations Committee
John Reduitt
Lufkin
Senate Finance Committee
State Claims Bank
Germany
Jersey
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