Fagg Succeeds Vidal as Head of Agency
Washington reports a major Bureau of Air Commerce reorganization ordered by Secretary Roper. Fred D. Fagg Jr. becomes bureau director after Eugene Vidal’s resignation. Rex Martin J Carroll Cone ship to foreign aviation study. Schroeder becomes assistant director.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Roper
Bureau of Air Commerce
Fred D. Fagg, Jr
Northwestern University
Eugene Vidal
Rex Martin
J. Carroll Cone
R. W. Schroeder
Air Line Inspection Service
Senator Cutting
R.N.M
Only Top Calves Go at Auction
The Amarillo Fat Stock Show will auction only top calves in the club boy division as individuals this year. Mason King, chairman of the calf sales committee, said the change aims to help boys fattening calves break into better prices while benefiting buyers. Judges will select better beef types for individual sale, with remaining calves grouped by entry numbers and sold at equal per calf price.
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Amarillo
Mason King
King
Pittman Proposes Permanent Neutrality Plan Against War
Foreign Relations Chairman Pittman urges a Senate debate on a permanent neutrality bill to keep the United States out of future wars. He argues the nation must avoid past entanglements while Senator Vandenberg pushes to remove discretionary powers allowing the President to limit cargo shipments to belligerents.
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Pittman
America
Vandenberg
Bill
Washington
Senate
R-Mich
Bank Nights banned by Louisiana Supreme Court
Louisiana Supreme Court decided that theater bank nights are illegal lottery events under state criminal law. The ruling confirms Orleans Parish Court of Appeals December decision, affecting New Orleans neighborhood theaters including the Fiorito Theater run by Lewis Amusement Company. Charles G. Shandell filed the suit for his minor son Joseph.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Orleans Parish Court of Appeals
Louisiana
Charles G. Shandell
Joseph
Lewis Amusement Company
Fiorito Theater
Floating Mines Threaten Spanish Waters as Eden Seeks Peace
A French freighter Marie Therese Le Borgne hit a mine off Spain near Palamos, the third in five days. Eden told Parliament Britain plans new mediation once the neutrality committee arms embargo tightens, aiming to end the Spanish conflict, with completion likely after the upcoming deadline.
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London
Spain
Marie Therese le Borgne
Palamos
Llandovery Castle
Anthony Eden
Commons
Eden
European Neutrality Committee
Neutrality Committee
Bodies of Slain Family Found in Auburn
Police from Auburn uncover the remains of Mrs. Einichi Kato and her four children from a shallow grave near their shack. Tom Tsuchida, 16, led authorities to the site claiming Kato planned to travel to Portland to visit a sister named Arai who ran a fruit stand. Each body showed head wounds. the family had disappeared a fortnight earlier.
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Auburn
Wash
Ed Norris
Irs
Einichi Kato
Norris
Tom Tsuchida
Kato
Portland
Ore
Arai
Sam Kato
Tom
Mary
Amy
Roosevelt Signs Reciprocal Trade Extension Bill
President Roosevelt signed a three year extension of authority to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements with foreign nations. The law allows pacts without Senate ratification and preserves tariff adjustment power up to 50 percent. Sixteen nations have already signed pacts under the program aimed at boosting American living standards through foreign trade.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Denver Negro Kills Three Wounds One
Denver police detained 59 year old Frank Bailey after he shot and killed three WPA offices clerks and wounded a woman in the county relief offices. He claimed he was tired of being put off. The dead were James Tunnell Oliverr Milliken and Carl Dedio. Miss Ramond Chambers was critically wounded.
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Denver
Frank Bailey
WPA
Bailey
James Tunnell
Oliverr Milliken
Carl Dedio
Ramond Chambers
Supreme Court Upholds $10,000 Seduction Judgment
The Canadian Supreme Court rejected an appeal and upheld a $10,000 judgment awarded to Miss Vivian Macmillian for alleged seduction by John Brownlee, former premier of Alberta.
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Ottawa
Canadian Supreme Court
Vivian MacMillan
John Brownlee
Alberta
Texas Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Sweet Gas for Carbon Black
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a Texas law banning burning sweet gas for carbon black. The ruling upheld a federal court decision denying Henderson Company an injunction against enforcement. The law limits uses to light fuel and chemicals, requiring carbon black from sour gas after gasoline processing.
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Texas
Supreme Court
Washington
Henderson Company
Sanford
Brandeis
Hutchinson County
March 5 Proclaimed Mother-in-Law Day in Texas
Governor James V Allred proclaimed March 5 as Mother-in-Law Day in Texas. He urged citizens to honor these unselfish, kindly and patriotic women of Texas as Amarillo Mother-in-Law Club plans its annual ceremony. The proclamation praises the mother-in-law role in family life and thanks her for sympathy, long suffering and help to newlywed couples.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Texas
Amarillo
Solon's Widow May Seek Vacated Post
BRENHAM March 1 Mrs. James P. Buchanan widow of the Texas Congressman said she was considering entering an election to succeed her husband. She did not indicate when she would decide.
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Brenham
James P. Buchanan
Texas
Sit-Down Act Launched by Young Stone
Oklahoma City March 10 Miss Fern Rudolph 18 began a one woman sit down strike in the office of A E Perry president of the Concho Sand and Grave Company demanding a $10 raise after her plea was rejected she placed a cushion on the floor and refused to move Perry locked the door to onlookers and urged her to be reasonable she said she would stay until she got the raise and continued to sit on her chair cushion while coworkers urged sense and left.
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Oklahoma City
Fern Rudolph
A. E. Perry
Concho Sand and Grave Company
Miss Rudolph
Perry
Husky
Judges Retirement Bill Signed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed into law the Sumners bill allowing Supreme Court justices to retire voluntarily at age 70 with full pay. The measure, not part of the court reorganization plan, had his endorsement and aims to ease Senate concerns over expanding the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sumners
Supreme Court
Bids To Be Opened On Amarillo Tract
The Treasury will open bids on April 2 for a 16 acre tract in Amarillo Texas formerly used by the Air Commerce Bureau as a radio station. Improvements on the tract will also be sold.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Amarillo
Texas
Air Commerce Bureau
Nation's Largest Steel Producer Faces CIO Bargaining Push
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation acknowledged the CIO driven bargaining push led by John L. Lewis' committee. Philip Murray presented worker proposals to president Benjamin F. Fairless as major producers plan a new wage rise. Independent firms including National Steel, Republic Steel, Inland Steel, and Youngstown Sheet & Tube set a minimum five dollars per day and overtime pay starting March 16. The industry group faces a potential year rise of about 100 million dollars amid a 48 hour week with current pay at 4.20 per hour.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Philip Murray
Steel Union
Benjamin F. Fairless
Carnegie-Illinois
National Steel Corporation
Republic Steel Corporation
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Strategy of Pretty House Wife Conquers 'Peaches'
In Albuquerque a five foot male cougar named Peaches, trapped under a house for two weeks, was lured out by a clever tactic from a housewife. Glenn A. Valentine, a machinist, found the cougar in a wooden crate at lunch. The wife used liver and an ironing board to trap Peaches, ending the creature’s underhouse standoff.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Peaches
Glenn A. Valentine
Valentine
Bond Set After Torch Death Waiver In Torch Case
Leonard Flack 18 waived preliminary hearing before County Judge R A DeFee on a murder charge in the November torch death of Buddy Stoner 20. Bond set at 2000 likely to be posted Tuesday. Stoner's charred body found in a ranch camp after a fire reported near the Coon and Culbertson Ranch. A heart wound indicated a jagged edged instrument.
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Channing
Mar
Leonard Flack
R. A. DeFee
Buddy Stoner
Ralph Queen
Flack
Centerville
N. M
Potter County
Stoner
Here
Luther Thomas
Coon and Culbertson
Widow Speaks On Pearson Shooting Theory In Riverside
Mrs. Humphrey Pearson gave authorities a hospital statement that partly supports the idea her scenarist husband was accidentally shot during a struggle over a revolver. Sheriff Carl Rayburn said both had been drinking and that she hid the gun after taking it from him. She found him unconscious and believed he had passed out from liquor before discovering his death.
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Riverside
Calif
Humphrey Pearson
Carl Rayburn
Death of Ben Leider, Flying Reporter, in Spain
Ben Leider known as the Flying Reporter died February 19 while fighting with loyalist forces in Spain. The death was announced in Brooklyn today by his brother Dr. Morris Leider.
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New York
Ben Leider
Spain
Brooklyn
Morris Leider
Roper Order Upheld By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today approved Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper's orders that instruct Gulf Coastal Conference members to end contract rate agreements granting lower rates to shippers using their lines to the Pacific Coast.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Secretary of Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
Gulf Coastal Conference
Pacific Coast
Measure Barring Other Tax Bills Killed by Body
The Texas House rejected a resolution that would have blocked new tax measures except for old age pensions until a liberalization bill passed. Gov Allred warned against privileging elderly assistance over other needs and urged lawmakers to focus on revenue measures.
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Austin
State House of Representatives
James V
House
Allred
Ross Hardin
Gold Contracts Ruled Invalid by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in a five to four decision, ruled that contracts demanding payment in gold bullion or its currency equivalent are barred by New Deal emergency gold legislation. The case involved a $1,500 rental agreement between Holyoke Water Power Co. of Holyoke, Massachusetts, and American Wrapping Paper Co. Justice Cardozo authored the ruling.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Holyoke Water Power Co
Holyoke
Mass
American Wrapping Paper Co
Benjamin N. Cardoz
Wile
Hopkins WPA Appeal Strikes Capitol Amid Propaganda Charges
In Washington on March 1, Sen Robinson accuses an organized effort to thwart Roosevelt’s court plan with alleged unfair propaganda. Sen Burke counters that Hopkins radio appeals to WPA workers are no more dangerous. President Roosevelt signs the Burns Act allowing full pay retirement for justices at 70, as leaders hope for easing tensions.
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Burke
Capitol
Washington
Roosevelt Court
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Roosevelt
D-Neb
White House
Robinson
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Supreme Court
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