Congress Weighs Prayer as Answer to Farm Problems
Washington faces bewilderment over U S farm policy as debates continue on a two price system and a domestic allotment plan. Congress eyes existing farm legislation while government holds roughly 750 million dollars in cotton related loans amid talks of dumping wars and international marketing deals. Senator Lee proposes a quota based scheme with 1250 per bushel price for wheat and 20 cents per pound for cotton to curb surpluses and shift costs from government loans.
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Agriculture
House
Senate
Congress
Farm Security Administration
Hoover Farm Board
Ean
Department
U. S
United States
Lee
Oklahoma
Gandhi Orders Wife to Jail During Fast Unto Death
Mohandas K. Gandhi ordered his wife back to prison as he neared the third day of his fast to press for constitutional reforms in Rajkot. The 69 year old leader, weakened and under medical care, faced rising blood pressure and swelling while supporters prayed the hunger strike would not end in tragedy.
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Rajkot
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Thakore Saheb
Dharmendrasinhji
Mrs. Gandhi
Gandhi
Panhandle Snow Drifts Across North Plains
Cloudy skies and a moving snow storm swept the Panhandle with light snow on the North Plains and scattered showers on the South Plains. Winds reached 32 mph at Amarillo and 55 mph at Tucumcari as temperatures slipped to 34 degrees before midnight.
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Panhandle
North Plains
South Plains
Texline
Iskies
Amarillo
Tucumcari
Babe's Skull Fractured in Austin Auto Crash
Elizabeth Guterrez a one month old child died from a basal skull fracture suffered in an automobile collision in Austin today. The report notes the infant perished from injuries sustained in the crash.
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Austin
Elizabeth Guterrez
Dollar Day In Amarillo Offers Bargains Across Stores
Amarillo merchants promote Dollar Day with spring merchandise on display. Shoppers are urged to take advantage of special values and to shop early due to large crowds and crowded counters in local stores.
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Amarillo
Riots in Benares and Other Indian Cities Leave Dozens Dead
British troops fired on rioters in Benares as violence spread from Moharram clashes. Officials report about 30 killed and 100 injured locally with similar bloodshed in Cawnpore where eight died and 12 were wounded. Disorders erupted also in Lucknow Buduan Amritsar and Rangoon.
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Benares
India
Cawnpore
Lucknow
Buduan
Amritsar
Rangoon
Burma
Servitude to Job Seen as Menace
Dr. C. C. Grimes, pastor, warns that a growing class of glorified servants threatens democracy. He cites unemployment and the loss of freedoms in Germany as a caution, argues Jeffersonian ideals favored small landholders, and laments urban concentration harming farmers and small towns.
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Job
C. C. Grimes
Polk Street Methodist Church
Germany
America
Thomas Jefferson
Lost Village Found In Lost World Near Roraima
Union College researchers announce a discovered lost village of unusually content aboriginal people in a gorge above sea level near Mount Roraima. A two-inch “four-sting” ant monster and two new waterfalls were observed along a misty river traverse by Dr. Paul Zahl and guides.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Schenectady
N. Y
Conan Doyle
Union College
T. Roraima
British Guiana
Venezuela
Doyle
Paul A. Zahl
Haskins Laboratory
Earth
Zahl
Roraima
Niagara
George VI Falls
Driverless car plows into Pampa home injuring man
In Pampa at 3 AM C P Roop, 75, was seriously hurt when a driverless automobile crashed into his two story house while his wife was slightly injured. Elmer Poe, the car’s driver, freed the vehicle then it sped forward striking the Roop home. Poe was taken into custody on drunkenness charges.
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Pampa
C. P. Roop
Roop
Poe
Sooner Suspect Purkhiser Found Dead in Missouri
William P. Purkhiser, 52, sought in the killing of Haselteen Black, a 13 year old Oklahoma City student, was found dead from a self inflicted pistol wound in a St. Joseph rooming house. Coroner Tadlock identified him by papers on his clothing. Purkhiser had registered under his name and had been linked to the slain girl’s stepfather and mother through business ties and a money request.
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ST. Joseph
William P. Purkhiser
Haselteen Black
Oklahoma City
B. W. Tadlock
Tadlock
Purkhiser
R. W. Scharber
Charles Ryan
Scharbers
Weather Outlook For Three States
The bulletin forecasts partly cloudy conditions in Oklahoma Monday through Tuesday with a warmup Tuesday. West Texas expects fair weather Monday and Tuesday with higher temperatures in the Panhandle on Tuesday. New Mexico will see fair skies Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change.
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Oklahoma
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Public To Learn Of New Tax Plan
Austin March 5 The two House committees worked late to finish a constitutional tax plan likely including a 2 percent general retail sales tax and similar levy on non sale transactions plus a small rise in natural resources impost. The plan aims to fund expanded pensions and social security with about 25 million dollars annually.
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Austin
House
Senate Constitutional Amendments Committee
House Appropriations Committee
House Highways and
Senate
O'Daniel
Senate Highways and
V. Lee O'Daniel
James Owen Curtis Pioneer Texas Cattleman Dies
James Owen Curtis, 68, pioneer Texas cattleman and Panhandle resident, died at his home on Polk Street after a weeklong illness. Born September 6, 1870 in Weatherford, he helped shape Texas cattle industry with his family, attended Mansfield College and Virginia Military Institute, and managed ranching ventures across West Texas and New Mexico. He married twice, first to Carlie Higgins and later to Sadie Eppler, leaving a daughter, Care. Funeral arrangements are pending with N.8S Griggs and Sons.
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James Owen Curtis
Texas
Panhandle
Polk Street
N. 8S, Griggs and Sons
Weatherford
William R
Alice V. Curtis
Curtis
Big
Wichita River
Clay County
West Texas
Diamond Tail
Groesbeck Creek
Quanah
Buck Creek
Collingsworth
Donley
Childress
Jim Curtis
Mansfield College
Tarrant County
Virginia Military Institute
Eastman Business College
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Port Townsend
Washington
Carlie Higgins
Care
Fortification of Guam Dropped From Roosevelt Defense Plan
Washington March 5 Administration leaders moved to quiet Senate criticism by excising the Guam harbor fortification from the 552 million defense program. Walsh said there is no pressing need for harbor improvements at the Pacific possession and urged not pressing the item.
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Washington
Senate
Guam
Congress
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Pacific
House
Naval Air Base
Japan
William D.leahy
Naval Operations
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
LaFollette
Far East
Powerful Nazi Bombs Studied and Debunked
Washington reports say air corps and naval officials solved the German aerial bomb mystery seen in Spanish Barcelona raids. The weapon uses ammonium nitral mixed with charcoal and aluminum in a light magnesium shell, lacking liquid oxygen, with limited penetrating power and no effective impact on dug-in troops or shelters.
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Washington
Army
Barcelona
Navy Journal
Germany
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Henry H. Arnold
Air Corps
Clark
Missouri
Arnold
War Department
Army and Navy Journal
Military Service
Wooing Too Noisy in Cleveland Case
Two young men faced a Cleveland judge on disorderly conduct charges after they honked a car horn for four hours outside a home where two women sought refuge from their advances. The incident highlights persistent harassment during pursuit.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Tornado Strikes Northwest Arkansas Killing One
A tornado hit Berryville area and Alpena vicinity causing one death and dozens injured. George Ward, 22, died from falling debris. six homes destroyed and property damage pegged around $46,900, with overall losses near $100000.
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Berryville
Ark
Arkansas
Here
Alpena
George Ward
Hawks Death Attributed To Gusty Air And Low Engine Power
The air safety board of the Civil Aeronautics Authority reports that gusty conditions and low engine horsepower likely caused the fatal crash of famed pilot Frank M. Hawks in East Aurora New York last August. The August 23 demonstration killed Hawks and passenger J Hazard Campbell during a demonstration of a new aircraft type.
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Washington
Air Safety Board
The
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Frank M. Hawks
East Aurora
N. Y
Hawks
J. Hazard Campbell
Amarillo Fat Stock Show Opens With Record Entries
The ninth annual Amarillo Fat Stock Show begins today after a strong Sunday crowd. Martin and Mason County entries draw attention as breeders and club boys prepare calves for judging. Calves are divided into senior and junior classes, with grand championship to follow. Swine show fills all pens, with many pigs set for Wednesday auction. Judge W L Blizzard will oversee cattle, carrot bulls, and heifers. The event includes a Panhandle Livestock Association convention with dances and a busy program through Tuesday.
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Tri-State Fair
W. L. Blizzard
Oklahoma A. & M. College School of Agricultur
Herring
Milner
Jess Hill
Association
Amarillo
U. S. Bureau of Entomology
Texas Extension Service
Emmett Morse
Texas House of Representatives
Clarence Roberts
Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman
Grover C. Hill
Jay Taylor
Chansier Weymouth
Fat Stock Show Schedule At Amarillo Race for Entries and Judging
The notice lists a two day Fat Stock Show schedule in Amarillo with entries for swine cattle judging contests at the cattle barn and livestock arena. Activities include pig club judging carrot bull and heifer placements and safe cattle placing, followed by dances at the Amarillo Herring and Milner hotels. A Panhandle Livestock Association business session and Lamb club judging are planned at the Amarillo Hotel with a banquet and officer election.
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Safe Cattle Livestock Arena
Amarillo
Herring and Milner
Panhandle Livestock Association
Blue Room
Lamb Club
Livestock Arena
Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
Herring and Milnér
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Department of Agriculture
Mahatma Gandhi
Wife
Babe
Falls
Dr. Zahl
Mt. Roraima
Art Williams
Mazaruni River
G. T. Chislett
Chislett
Mr. Curtis
Chaves County
N. M
Sadie Louise Eppler
Henrietta
Boston
Lundeen
Fl.minn
Frank Hawks
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