Roosevelt bids biggest peacetime arms buildup in U S history
In a Capitol Hill presentation President Roosevelt urged an 800 million dollar navy building program plus major army and air force increases. He proposed 20 percent naval growth and the immediate laying down of two battleships and two cruisers, with broad bills for arsenals, ammunition, and anti profiteering during war.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Senate
Critle
Vandenberg
Republcan
Michigan
United States of America
Vinson
Georgia
House Naval Committee
Thompson Hints Two Nay Oil Shutdown
Ernest Thompson, railroad commission member and chairman of the States Oil Compact, urged a Sunday shutdown of all Texas oil fields and hinted at a two day weekly shutdown. He argued a 14 percent cut may not equal a 27 percent demand gap but would align production with consumption. The banquet drew about 150 attendees with officials from Amarillo Shamrock and Pampa.
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Mclean
McLean Chamber of Commerce
Ernest Thompson
Railroad Commission
States Oil Compact
Texas
Thompson
Chamber of Commerce
Clint C. Small
Panhandle
Col. Thompson
Senator Small
Small
John Sturgeon
Pampa
Amarillo
Shamrock
W. E. Ewing
Gray County
Sherman White
Ray Johnson
Bill Walker
Eugene Worley
Lawrence Hagg
A. A. Meredith
Works Progress Administrator
Tingley invites Allred to Amarillo mother in law event
Governor Clyde Tingley of New Mexico challenges Texas Governor James Allred in a letter to attend the March 9 Amarillo celebration with Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt as guest of honor. He stakes a grand parade and offers riding lessons, urging attendance as the biggest Amarillo event ever.
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Santa FE
N. M
Clyde Tingley
James V. Allred
Texas
Tingley
Allred
Amarillo
Eleanor Roosevelt
New Mexico
Alfred
What Is Your News I Q
The feature presents a two part Q and A quiz. Questions ask identifying a woman and her royal friend. It asks to choose unemployment census figures and to name the Senate’s oldest member. It also asks if Nanking capture proved lack of communist support and inquires court salaries and retirement age for justices.
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Senate
Nanking
Supreme Court
Wind erosion districts report progress in Texas Panhandle
Nine counties including Moore Deaf Smith Oldham Hartley Dallas Sherman Hansford Ochiltree and Hutchinson announced marked gains against wind erosion at a January meeting in Hereford. Dreath remains severe but counties say cooperation and local districts will sustain long term conservation with funds and state tax remittance. Judge R A DeFee was elected director and executive committee member, while Moore County Judge Noel McDade chaired the session and praised local governance and SCS support.
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Texas
Hartley
Upper
Panhandle
R. I. Kimmel
Dust Bowl
Kimmel
McDade
DeFee
Judge DeFee
Wilson Cowen
Dallam
Farm Security Administration
J. O. Guleke
Amarillo
John E. Hill
Earl Wilson
Hereford
Judge Guleke
C. W. Humble
Deaf Smith County
SCS
Gulekie
Judge Humble
Soil Conservation Service
Ickes Fires West Office Staff in Washington Power Move
Secretary Ickes ousted most staff in Charles H. West interior undersecretary office in Washington. Only a receptionist remained. three aides were reassigned to the general land office while West himself kept his job. West, at home in Granville, Ohio, is said to be seeking another post as rumors of resignation circulate.
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Washington
Ickes
Charles H. West
Uwranci
West
James A. Rohrer
Mount Vernon
Ohio
General Land Office
White House
Granville
Charley
Prisoner Stabbed Over Doughnut Wager in Jail Fight
Toliver Towles a convicted robber lies in critical condition at Northwest Texas Hospital after a jail brawl over a breakfast doughnut. David Johnson 19 of Amarillo admits stabbing Towles claiming the wound was from a knife bought in El Centro California. Deputy Vaughn and Deputy Landis note a three inch blade was recovered. Towles already has a five year sentence for robbery by assault and Johnson faces charges pending Towles recovery.
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Toliver Towles
Texas
Towles
David Johnson
Dick Vaughn
Gib Landis
Johnson
Vaughan
Amarillo
el Central
Calif
California
Vaughn
Sheriff's Department
Former Mayor of Plainview Dies at 51
J M Jess Waller longtime Plainview leader and tailor died of heart failure at his home. He served as mayor for two terms after joining the aldermen in 1919 and later was street superintendent 1930 to 1936. He left a wife and ten children. Funeral plans pending.
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Plainview
J.M
Jess) Waller
Waller
Aldermen
Mae Jo Waller
Katherine Waller
H. G. Summers
D. E. Greer
Caroline Waller
Murray Waller
Los Angeles
Richard Waller
Jim Waller
Ed Waller
Robert Wayne Waller
Palmview
Green Says Howard Raises False Issues
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor challenged an ITU magazine article set for February that accuses the AFL of warping power over its international affiliates. Howard, ITU president and CIO committee secretary, released advance proofs and criticized the implications.
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Miami
Fla
William Green
American Federation of Labor
International Typographical Union Magazine
AFL
Charles P. Howard
ITU
Committee For Industrial Organization
Publi
Green
Howard
Mexicans to Alabama
Ten airplanes bound for Mexico City took off from Columbia airport at 1 15 P M today with Montgomery Alabama as the next stop. The planes were purchased for the Mexican government in Hartford Connecticut.
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Columbia
S. C
Mexico City
Montgomery
Ala
Hartford
Conn
Nippones Slap US Diplomat as Shanghai Says Sentry Acts Duty
In a clash over an assault on John M. Allison, third secretary and top US embassy official in Nanking, a Japanese sentry slapped him while he tried to enter a bar racks. Tokyo demanded a probe while Washington warned of strong representations to Tokyo.
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Washington
State Department
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
John M. Allison
Nanking
Allison
Shanghai
Lincoln
Neb
Charles H. Riggs
Army
Shinrokuro Hidaka
Japan
China
Shantung Province
Chapman Loses On Rehearing in Hutchinson County Murder
Special Judge Douglass refused to grant a new trial for Ben Chapman who was convicted of murder with malice aforethought in the shooting of Hutson the Hutchinson County constable. Chapman and Deputy Sheriff Warren were returning from Wheeler when Hutson was killed. Jurors deliberated over two hours before reaching the verdict and Chapman’s appeal was not pursued.
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Hutson
White Deer
Borger
Chapman
G. I. Warren
Hutchinson County
Wheeler
Locomotive boiler blast kills two in Melbourne
A boiler on a 100 foot locomotive exploded today in Melbourne, killing the engineer and fireman. The incident occurred this afternoon. The blast disrupted service as investigators began examining the wreckage and cause.
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Melbourne
Towa
U.P
New Deal Bulls Sold on Block in New Mexico Sale
Roosevelt and Garner Domino bulls sold for 135 dollars each to Park Springs Ranch Las Vegas N M in the Eastern New Mexico Hereford Breeders Assn seventh annual sale. Forty three bulls and five heifers grossed 7940 dollars averaging about 165 a head with bulls averaging 177.70 and top price 400 paid for two bulls. Buyers included Bob Horn Roswell John Derring Elida Prank Good Kenna and others across New Mexico and Texas.
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Roswell
Roosevelt
Garner
Roosevelt Domino
Garner Domino
Austin Reeves
Hope
Eastern New Mexico Hereford Breeders Association
Park Springs Ranch
Las Vegas
Park Springs
H. A. Thompson
San Antonio
Association
Imperial Domino
A. L. French
Elida
Charles FE. Heplar
Pinon
N.M
Mischief
Glenn Williams
Artesia
Scarborough Cattle Company
Lovington
Bob Horn
John Derring
Prank Good
Kenna
P. FE. Stoes
Hagerman
Brede Hurst
Dexter
Noble Dunlap
Encino
A. M. Turner
Ramon
N. M
Norman Dunlap
I. P. Johnson
Lake Arthur
Earl Sutherland
J. A. Andrews
Amarillo Forecast Sees Colder Weekend And Mixed Skies
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas notes partial cloudiness and colder temperatures Saturday with a split sky pattern north and east central areas. South reaches may stay partly cloudy while extreme west warms and livestock warnings apply northward. New Mexico also reports generally fair but colder conditions in the northeast Saturday. Temperature guidance is unclear due to garbled data.
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Amarillo
Eee
West Texas
100Th Meriaan
New Mexico
Jobless Carpenter Fasted 19 Days Demands Earned Hospital Aid
In Cleveland a 60 year old unemployed carpenter John Gaeder who had not eaten for 19 days began drinking broth and milk only if he could later earn the money. He refused to burn lights in his rented room and used his overcoat as a pallet. He insisted he could not pay but wanted to earn hospital expenses. The landlady Irma Crutch called police after hearing faint responses and found him weak behind a bolted door.
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Cleveland
W.P
John Gaeder
Irma Crutch
Gaetler
Famous Prison Cat at Folsom Dies
Rusty, Folsom prison's renowned cat, is dead after 16 years in the cellblocks. He earned his keep by locating hidden food, sitting at doors when he smelled meals, and ignored any bribes from inmates, according to Clerk Joseph H. Doherty.
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Folsom
SOM
Calif
Rusty
Folsom Prison
Joseph H. Doherty
Used Car Bargains Attract Interest
Mr. John Public draws buyers from Panhandle towns and as far as Oklahoma and New Mexico. The big citywide event reports many used car sales with cash buyers fueling the rush in the last two days. Check the Want Ad directory for bargains and visit the cars today.
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John
Panhandle
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Want
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