Wales Becomes King George V Last Official Act Sign Over Duties
King George V died after a four day illness at 11:55 P M in Sandringham. The Prince of Wales automatically became king at his death, the first bachelor on Britain’s throne in 176 years. The last act transferred authority to a council of state at a privy council held earlier today.
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Queen Mary
Princess Royal
Duke of York
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Texas
George
Britain
Council of
Privy Council
Sandringham House
Engineer Pins Nails to Hauptmann Ladder Lot
New York dispatch reports metallurgical engineer Stanley Keith asserting nails in the Lindbergh kidnap ladder and Hauptmann's nail keg came from the same Pittsburgh Steel Company lot. He noted a one in a million chance of coincidence and offered to testify or explain the markings to Governor Hoffman.
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New York
Stanley Keith
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Keith
Hauptmann
Hoffman
Blast Traps Eight Miners in Monarch Coal Mine Tragedy
Eight men entombed a mile underground after a massive blast at Monarch coal mine in Lafayette Colorado. Rescue teams faced slim odds as two miners escaped to the surface. The entombed workers are Kester Novington Ray Bailey Tom Stevens Leland Ward Steve Davis Louis Jaramillo Oscar Baird and Tony de Santis all from nearby towns. Jaramillo and de Santis have six children each. Ward is single.
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Lafayette
Colo
Monarch
Louisville
Kester Novington
Ray Bailey
Tom Stevens
Leland Ward
Steve Davis
Louis Jaramillo
Oscar Baird
Tony de Santis
Ward
Jaramillo
de Santis
Episcopal church chooses Big Spring for 1937 convocation
In San Angelo on January 20, the North Texas district of the Protestant Episcopal Church selected Big Spring as host city for the 27th convocation in 1937. Dr. G Warfield Hobbs of New York urged aggressive Christianity to meet today’s challenge as delegates closed the 1936 session led by Bishop E Cecil Seaman of Amarillo.
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San Angelo
U.P
North Texas
Protestant Episcopal Church Today
Big Spring
G. Warfield Hobbs
New York
E. Cecil Seaman
Amarillo
Senate approves soldiers bonus bill in $2.49 billion plan
The Senate sent a $2.237 billion appropriation with $254 million extra to fund World War II adjusted service certificates and $2.491 billion total cost for a $50 bond veterans bonus. About 3.5 million holders could redeem at post offices starting July 15, with House action expected Wednesday.
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House
Burns
Senate
Patman
Amarillo Area Forecast Hints Warmer Temperatures
Fair and slightly warmer conditions expected across Amarillo and West Texas on Tuesday. New Mexico also sees fair skies and a warmer trend east of the state line. Local hourly data from yesterday shows daytime highs around the mid 80s to near 90 and cooler nights, with regional warmth extending through the afternoon.
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Amarillo
Vicinte
Tuesay
West Texas
New Mexico
Creee
Ossaca
Roll Call on Bonus For the Bill Democ rats and party totals
Roll call tallies show Democrats 56 voting for the bill with Adams Ashart Bachman Bailey Bankhead Barkley Bilbo Black Bone Buron Byrnes Caraway Chavez Clark Coolidge Copeland Costigan Dietrich Donahey Duffy George Gore Guffey Harrison Hatch Holt Lewis Logan Lonergan Maloney McAdoo McCarran McGill McKellar Minton Moore Murphy Murray Neely O Mahoney Overton Pittman Pope Radcliffe Reynolds Robinson Russell Schnellenbach Sheppard Smith Thomas Okla Thomas Utah Trammell Truman Van Nuys Walsh with totals 56. Republicans 15 Frazier Capper Carey Davis Dickinson Gibson McNary Norbeck Norris Nye Steiner White. Farmer-Labor 2 Benson Shipstead Progressive 1 LaFollette Grand total 74. Against the bill Democrats Brown Bulkley Burke Byrd Gerry Glass Hayden King Wagner 9 Republicans Couzens Hale Hastings Johnson Keyes Townsend Vandenberg 7. Grand total against 16. Only pairs Metcalf for with Connally against Wheeler for with Pletcher against Not voting Tydings Vacancy one.
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Ashart
Bachman
Bailey
Bankhead
Barkley
Bilbo
Black
Bone
Buron
Byrnes
Caraway
Chavez
Clark
Coolidge
Copeland
Costigan
Dietrich
Donahey
Duffy
George
Gore
Guffey
Harrison
Hatch
Holt
Lewis
Logan
Lonergan
Maloney
McAdoo
McCarran
McGill
McKellar
Minton
Moore
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Murray
Neely
O’mahoney
Overton
Pittman
Pope
Radcliffe
Reynolds
Robinson
Russell
Schnellenbach
Sheppard
Smith
Thomas
Okla
Utah
Trammell
Truman
van Nuys
Walsh
Austin
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Borah
Capper
Carey
Davis
Dickinson
Frazier
Gibson
McNary
Norbeck
Norris
Nye
Steiner
White
Benson
Shipstead
Brown
Bulkley
Burke
Byrd
Gerry
Glass
Hayden
King
Wagner
Couzens
Hale
Hastings
Johnson
Keyes
Townsend
Vandenberg
Metcalf
Conally
Wheeler
Pletcher
Tydings
Japan Seeks Readjustment of Ties With China and Manchukuo
Foreign Minister Koki Hirota outlined a three point policy for relations among Japan China and Manchukuo. He called for China to halt unfriendly acts recognize Manchukuo and end Communist activities while offering a friendly stance toward the United States and Britain. China signaled willingness to negotiate along these lines.
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Tokyo
Koki Hirota
Japan
Manchukuo
China
Manchoukuo
Soviet Union
Russia
Siberia
United States
Great Britain
London
Hirota
Guardsmen Patrol Indiana Factories
In New Albany Indiana martial law was declared in Floyd and Clark counties after a clash between striking shirt makers and non union workers at the M Pine and Sons plant. Indiana National Guardsmen were ordered to guard the Fine factories at New Albany and Jeffersonville after several women were injured and the plant closed fourteen weeks over a wage dispute.
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New Albany
Ind
M. Pine and Sons
Indiana
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana National Guardsmen
Floyd and Clark Counties
Jeffersonville
Supreme Court orders immediate effect to invalidate AAA
The Supreme Court, opposing government objections, orders immediate effect of its ruling invalidating AAA and requires a refund of 200 million dollars in impounded processing taxes. The court rejects the administration's rehearing request in a sudden afternoon conference.
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Washington
Supreme Court
AAA
High Tribunal
Stanley Reed
Reed
Cummings
Tragedy in Retta: Child Found Drowned in Water Hole
Johnnie Utter, four, died en route to Fort Worth hospital after being found head downward in a water hole at his home in the Retta community two miles south of Forest Hill. The pecan-planting hole claimed the child during two hours of absence from his home. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Utter.
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Fort Worth
Johnnie Utter
Retta
Forest Hill
John Utter
State highway commission urges pressure to save federal aid
The Texas Highway Commission warned that ending regular federal highway aid next fiscal year could derail the entire construction program, risking about 7.5 million dollars. Gilchrist, state highway engineer, may visit Washington to press for continued aid, as Galveston causeway contracts await Public Works Administration approval. Local projects include road work in Cass County and surfacing on Highway 3 from Weimar to Schulenburg.
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Austin
Texas Highway Commission
Texas
Cmmission
Gilchrist
Washington
Gibb Gilchrist
American Association of State Highway Officials
Galveston County
Public Works Administration
Galveston Causeway
Cass County
Douglasville
Atlanta
Rodessa
Colorado County
Weimar
Schulenberg
Baird
Coyrell
Hamilton and
Mills
Holy City of Aksum Ringed by Ethiopian Warriors
Reports from Addis Ababa say the Holy City of Aksum and Makale are effectively ringed by thousands of Ethiopian fighters. A formal communique claims rebels slain or captured, while unconfirmed notices say Aksum may be partly reoccupied. Ras Ayale neared Aksum but is barred due to past banditry.
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Addis Ababa
Aksum
Makale
Gojjam
Ras Ayale
Haile Selassie
Holy City
Hamlin Collapses in Farwell Murder Trial
George Hamlin, 47, on trial for the murder of his wife Irene Hare of Amarillo, suffers an epileptic seizure in a Farwell courtroom during a recess at 5 15 p m. He writhes with distorted features and frothing at the mouth as doctors assist and the jury remains unaware of the incident.
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Gene Elo
Farwell
George
Hamlin
Irene Hare
Amarillo
W. Scott Johnson
Judge Denies Move in Scottsboro Case
Decatur Alabama January 20 judge W W Callahan denied a defense motion for change of venue in the Scottsboro case paving the way for the fourth trial of Haywood Patterson the first of the Negroes to face a jury since the US Supreme Court reversed a death sentence in the case last April.
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Decatur
Ala
W. W. Callahan
Scottsboro
Haywood Patterson
United States Supreme Court
Car salesman dies of crash injuries in Fort Worth
Fort Worth January 20 Elmer Andrew Thompson a 45 year old automobile salesman died here today from injuries suffered in a car wreck two months ago at Tyler.
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Fort Worth
Elmer Andrew Thompson
Tyler
Jones and Bankhead Plan New Farm Aid Legislation
Washington January 20 administration moves to replace the AAA with temporary farm aid legislation. Senators Jones and Bankhead expect to file bills in the Senate and House by Wednesday, proposing amendments to the 1935 soil erosion law to back government agreements with farmers, offering a bounty on the domestic portion of crops and placing the rest on world markets. The plan targets cotton and wheat but may vary by crop.
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Washington
House
Senate
Marvin Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Bankhead
Alabama
Jones
Four Charged In Death Case At Okla Hunting Trip
Four murder charges were filed in the slaying of Omar McNew a 40 year old Battiest farmer. Fred Bowers 30 his wife Inez McNew 25 and Jack Portlock 25 were named. Bowers confessed to the sheriff that he killed McNew at Mrs McNew s request while on a hunting trip. The body was found under a brush pile Saturday and the four are to be arraigned next Wednesday.
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Idabel
Okla
C. D. Wilkinson
Omar McNew
Farmer
Fred Bowers
McNew
Inez McNew
Jack Portlock
Wilkinson
Bowers
O. F. Stewart
Portlock
Joe Hough
Hough
Labor feud turns deadly clash at Vera Cruz docks
In Vera Cruz two police officers and a labor union secretary were killed as a riot between police and stevedores at Villa Card del escalated. Eight were wounded including six fighters and two babies struck by gunfire amid a long smoldering labor feud threatening further violence.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Villa Cardel
Meningitis Claims Life Of Texas Boy In Denison
Denison Texas January 20 Carl Arnold 17 died today from spinal meningitis his first case in the city. He was the son of L C Arnold district plant chief of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.
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Denison
Carl Arnold
L. C. Arnold
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Demand Grows for Tobacco Road Tickets Tonight
Demand for Tickets to Tobacco Road increases as sales continue. Unpaid reservations will return to sale tomorrow. The seat chart at City Drug No 1 Polk Street opens 9 am to 5 pm today and 9 am to 6 pm tomorrow before moving to the municipal auditorium box office. Ticket prices range 55 cents to 2 20 including tax. Reservations via mail can be picked up at City Drug No 1 before 6 pm tomorrow or at the box office after that hour. Curtain set for 8 45 pm tomorrow night.
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City Drug No. 1
Polk Street
Municipal Auditorium
Tobacco Road
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