Eden Sees Germany Key to Europe Future
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons Germany could shape Europe’s fate by choosing full cooperation with Europe. He voiced optimism on Spain and said Britain’s stance toward Italy was settled by the Mediterranean accord. He warned against a single power dominating Spain and urged cautious policy.
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London
Germany
Europe
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
House
Britain
Italy
Eden
Spain
Hereford steer Typ wins 4 H grand championship at National Western
Jean Minish a 19 year old from Hudson Iowa trained and groomed Typ the Hereford steer for the National Western Stock Show grand championship. She sacrificed movies and social life to win and says the victory gives her a sense of purpose beyond marriage and housework.
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Denver
Jean Minish
Hudson
Iowa
Jean
Typ
Indicted Denhardt Charged With Willful Murder In Kentucky
Indictment by Henry County grand jury charges General Henry H. Denhardt with willful murder in the death of Verna Garr Taylor near New Castle Kentucky. The 61 year old veteran and former lieutenant governor was released on 25000 bond and awaited arraignment with possible motions for change of venue.
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New Castle
Verna Garr Taylor
Henry H. Denhardt
Henry County
Price Watkings
Charles C. Marshall
Denhardt
Commonwealth
W. Clark Otte
Pilot Blamed In Braniff Air Crash In Dallas
Washington reports by the Bureau of Air Commerce say the December 23 Braniff crash in Dallas which killed six employees was probably caused by inexperience of pilot Don S. Walbridge. The bi motor plane failed to maintain altitude after the right engine quit. The left engine alone could not sustain flight.
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Washington
Bureau of Air Commerce
Braniff
Dallas
Don S. Walbridge
Walbridge
Air Commerce Bureau
Blind Solon Seeks Ban on Display of Women’s Legs
A Texas Senate petition from Honey Grove requests halting public press displays of women's naked legs. Presented by blind Senator Olan R. Van Zandt of Tioga, the measure aims to curb such images in state publications.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Senate Today
Honey Grove
Texas
Senate
Olan R. van Zandt
Tioga
Justice of the Peace Faces Trial for Misapplying Funds
Fort Worth on January 19 Justice of the Peace Marvin Beaty stood trial in Criminal District Court after Judge Willis McGregor overruled his motions to bar prosecution and to quash the indictment on a charge of misapplying county funds.
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Fort Worth
Justice of the Peace
Marvin Beaty
Criminal District Court
Willis McGregor
Amateur flier Hughes halves West East record in 7 hours 28 minutes
Howard Hughes, 34, set a new West East air record flying Los Angeles to Newark in 7 hours 28 minutes 25 seconds at 515 miles per hour average. He reported oxygen failure at 20,000 feet near Winslow Arizona, suffered paralyzed limbs before restoring consciousness with an oxygen tube, then resumed the 2,490 mile flight with a tailwind and fuel efficiency of about ten miles per gallon.
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New York
Howard Hughes
Sportsman
Los Angeles
Newark
Hughes
Newark Airport
Winslow
Ariz
Hell's Angels
Kansas City
Talking man held as suspect in Mattson kidnapping
In Tacoma a man who ranted about wealthy families and a prisoner growing a beard was taken as a suspect in the Charles Mattson kidnapping. Federal agents formed flying squads to check tips while in Portland Detective Keegan detained George Wilson, 38, who closely matched the kidnapper’s description and mentioned Dr. W. W. Mattson’s family.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Portland
Ore
J. J. Keegan
George Wilson
Charles
Keegan
W. W. Mattson
Parking spaces reserved around Texas Capitol for lawmakers
The Texas Senate and House agreed to reserve 100 parking spaces around the state capital for legislators. Senator Eph Davis of Brownwood protested that his constituents deserve access to a space as much as any senator.
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Austin
Jas. 19
O.R
Eph Davis
Brownwood
Texas Senate Today
House of Representatives
Davis
Ranchers to Get Benefits Under 1937 Soil and Water Plan
Extension of the AAA conservation program announced in Washington offers Plains ranchers cash payments for pasture improvement and grazing practices. Payments reach 1.50 per head per year, with five sheep or goats equal to one cow or horse, potentially totaling 1500 for 1000 cattle. Up to one quarter of pastureland may be deferred, stock kept off for six months from May 1 to qualify. Continued on Page 11, Col. 4.
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Washington
Panhandle
Deadlock in GM strike persists as peacemaking efforts resume
Detroit reports Governor Murphy in Washington with a plan of procedure as he meets Labor Secretary Perkins and John L. Lewis to advance a settlement in the General Motors automobile workers dispute. Earlier in Briggs Manufacturing Detroit, a disorderly attempt to reopen prompted tear gas and a temporary shutdown, though not linked to GM.
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General Motors
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Washington
Labor Department
Perkins
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
McCandless Sentenced to Life for Slaying Bride
Wellington McCandless, 36, confessed killer of his bride Vanthelia Hippe McCandless, was sentenced to life in Folsom prison after a Superior Court spared him the death penalty due to insufficient evidence. He pleaded guilty to first degree murder. the body was found in their apartment in Los Angeles after his capture in St. Louis last fall.
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Los Angeles
Wellington McCandless
Vanthelia Hippe McCandless
Folsom
Dudley S. Valentine
McCandless
St. Louis
Bureau engineers plan Colorado River survey in Texas flood controls
A crew of 34 United States Reclamation Bureau engineers prepared to survey the Colorado River from its mouth at Matagorda upstream to Columbus to determine best flood control methods.
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Bay City
United States Reclamation Bureau
Colorado River
Matagorda
Columbus
Pope Pius Weaker After Bad Day In Vatican
Pope Pius suffered painful swelling in his legs and was reported considerably weakened after a bad day at Vatican City. The update notes a recurring illness as officials monitor his condition closely.
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Vatican City
Pius
Italy Invites Britain and France to Align Against Communism
A Rome government official stated Italy seeks a three power alignment with Germany to avert a general European war, urging Britain and France to choose sides. He cited Goering and Mussolini on democracies as danger spots open to Communist influence, citing Spain as an example and Russia’s propaganda aims.
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Rome
Italy
Great Britain
France
Germany
Britain
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Reichsuehrer
Hitler
Mussolini
Spain
Russia
Death penalty urged in Colorado kidnapping bill
Denver Jan. 19 report says Rep. Irving Grimes introduced a bill to make the death penalty mandatory for kidnappers who inflict bodily harm on their victims, applying to Colorado's general assembly.
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Denver
Colorado
General Assembly
Irving Grimes
Inmate Missing as Riots End at Guelph Reformatory
One inmate remains unaccounted for at Guelph reformatory after 21 escapees from riots Sunday were recaptured or surrendered. Authorities cite ongoing manhunt and security reviews as the facility reports progress in recaptures.
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Guelph, Ont
Guelph Reformatory
Roosevelt to Take Office Oath Today in Capital Parade
Crowds fill Washington as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s second inauguration looms with an estimated 250000 gathering for ceremonies and a celebratory parade despite unsettled weather forecasts.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt to be eleventh two term president
Franklin D. Roosevelt will become the eleventh president to be inaugurated twice joining Washington Jefferson Madison Monroe Jackson Lincoln Grant Cleveland McKinley and Wilson. Rain fell as crowds gathered and Roosevelt spent inauguration eve quietly at the White House with campaign leaders and staff amid a busy pre event schedule.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
Lincoln
Grant
Cleveland
McKinley
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Harding
Roosevelt
White House
Inaugural Day Programs and Attentions of Roosevelt Era
On January 19 the House and Senate convene at the inaugural platform at different times. Roosevelt arrives with his cabinet, Garner is sworn in by Robinson, and Hughes administers the president's oath. A subdued gala night follows with Hoover at the White House and Roosevelt at the Mayflower Hotel as bankers gather in New York Chicago and Washington.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Robinson
D-Ark
Garner
Hughes
Hoover
White House
Mayflower Hotel
New York
Chicago
Treasury
Two Surrender in Banquet Slaying
Two men sought for questioning in the knife murder of a trucking executive at the Manhattan Opera House banquet surrendered to police. Gabriel Klar and Joseph Berger, still in tuxedoes, turned themselves in for questioning over the slaying of Frank Cicero.
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New York
U.P
Manhattan Opera House
Gabriel Klar
Joseph Berger
Frank Cicero
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surroundings
Unsettled and cooler conditions expected Wednesday across Amarillo and nearby areas. West Texas west of the 100th Meridian should see partly cloudy skies with possible rain in the southeast and colder conditions in the west and north. New Mexico experiences unsettled weather as well with snow in the north and warmer, but cold conditions in the south and across the state on Wednesday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Miercrussyse
Bishops Crusade Opens In Amarillo On Foreign Missionary Work
The Bishops Crusade 1937-38 opened in Amarillo with over 1,700 Northwest Texas Conference ministers and laymen attending at Polk Street Methodist Church. Bishop Paul B. Kern of Durham spoke on foreign and domestic missions, warning that the old order cannot meet new civilizations and religious shifts. Additional speakers included Miss Daisy Davies of Nashville and Bishop H. A. Boaz of Fort Worth.
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Amarillo
Texas
Northwest Texas
Polk Street Methodist Church
C. C. Grimes
Paul B. Kern
Durham
N. C
Kern
Daisy Davies
Nashville, Tenn
H. A. Boaz
Fort Worth
Inaugural Excerpts From Wilson to Roosevelt
The 1925 inaugural remarks praise economy as a means to protect the people. The speaker asserts government costs fall on workers and emphasizes economy as practical idealism, framing fiscal restraint as a safeguard for citizens.
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Wilson
Roose
Gooch Baby Still in Critical Condition
Crawford Gooch four year old son of Mr and Mrs C S Gooch remained unconscious and in critical condition at Northwest Texas Hospital after an auto accident Sunday. Elizabeth Nunn was discharged after a deep head cut and slight concussion. Robert Gooch and Marianne Peters suffered minor cuts and shock.
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Crawford Gooch
C. S. Gooch
Northwest
Texas
Elizabeth Nunn
Robert
Marianne Peters
Sanity Trial Opens in Slaying Case
Fort Worth January 19. Sanity hearings opened for Noel Cowden Jr Arlington College student who admitted taking part in the hold up slaying of Roy Tipton Fort Worth cement contractor November 17. A six man jury for the lunacy trial was chosen at noon. Prosecutors seek to refute the sanity plea and move Cowden to trial on staying charges. Kenneth Eberly 17 also signed a statement that he was with Cowden when Tipton was killed.
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Noel Cowden, Jr
Arlington College
Roy Tipton
Fort Worth
Kenneth Eberly
Cowden
Tipton
Women attacked during garment strike violence in Dallas
Three women workers were stripped and spanked as they arrived at the M Siegel Manufacturing Company plant in Dallas amid ongoing gar ment strike activity by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Police report beatings and torn clothing with similar past incidents noted during last year’s picketing of multiple plants.
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Dallas
U.P
M. Siegel Manufacturing Company
Siegel Company
Jeanne Dress Manufacturing Company
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Man from Meridian charged in Kansas shooting
Floyd Smith a 33 year old Negro from Meridian Mississippi waived preliminary hearing on assault with intent to kill in the Tuesday shooting of Grover C. Luce Katy Railroad brakeman. Smith and companion George K Williams Ottawa Kansas Negro held as a material witness could not post $10 000 bonds and were returned to jail with Smith later moved to an undisclosed county jail amid fear of violence from Luce's fellow workers. Luce is reported improved at Katy employes hospital.
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Parsons
Kan
Floyd Smith
Meridian
Miss
Grover C. Luce
Katy
Smith
George K. Williams
Ottawa
Kannegro
Viol Jence
Luce
Jury Selects Panel In New York Shake Down Racket Trial
In New York on January 19, jurors neared completion for the trial of eight defendants accused in a 3,000,000-a-year restaurant shake-down racket. Special Prosecutor Dewey hinted that high ranking figures may be implicated as Louis Beitcher, a former henchman of Dutch Schultz, pleaded guilty at the close of the first day. The defendants and the Metropolitan Restaurant and Cafeteria Association face a 49-count indictment alleging conspiracy and extortion.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Louis Beitcher
Schultz
Bietcher
Metropolitan Restaurant and Cafeterial Association
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Blind Solon
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Coolidge
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