Amarillo youth sentenced to death for Tharp slaying in Lubbock
Paul Mitchell, 24, was sentenced in 72d District Court to die in the electric chair for robbery with firearms tied to the October 15, 1932 killing of Robert Tharp, a Lubbock grocery clerk. Clyde Shaffer faces accomplice charges in the holdup slaying.
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Lubbock
Paul Mitchell
Robert Tharp
Amarillo
Homer L. Phar
J. E. Vickers
Ckers
Mitchell
Tharp
Clyde Shaffer
Shaffer
Lubbock County
Dan Blair
J. C. Anderson
Kingsville
Gas Stripping Hearing Ends After Two Day Session
Testimony completed in a two day hearing on 34 applications to strip gas in the Anadarko gas field. Deputy Supervisors J T Elliott and J N McDonald of the Texas Railroad Commission’s oil and gas division led the proceeding. A total of 204 wells listed for stripping would produce 2 682 929 000 cubic feet daily, with potential processing of only 669 130 000 cubic feet daily under current orders if all permits granted. The major claim was lack of market for As production and drainage from adjacent wells.
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Anhandle
J.T. Elliott
J. N. McDonald
Oil and Gas Division
Texas Railroad Commission
Chang resigns as war chief amid Chinese retreat from Japanese forces
Marshal Chang Hsiao-Liang quits as commander in chief of China’s northern armies facing Japan, saying he is unfit to lead after successive setbacks since 1931. He asks the government to appoint a capable successor as Chinese troops withdraw toward Peiping.
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Jehol
Kupeikow
Great Wall of China
Peiping
Tadashi Kawahara
Congress to Open Extraordinary Session on Banking Crisis
The Seventy third Congress convenes in an extraordinary session to enact Roosevelt emergency banking measures. Democrats and Republicans organize rapidly in both chambers with a joint committee to notify the White House that Congress is ready to act. Roosevelt will address Congress with a banking focused message seeking broad powers to stabilize finances.
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Washington
Seventy-third Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Capitol
Congressional
White House
Congress
Texas senate bids death penalty for attempted assassinations
Senators Clint Small of Amarillo and Walter Woodul of Houston introduced a bill in the Texas Senate to impose the death penalty for attempted assassinations including the Roosevelt plot. They argued that the current assault to murder penalty of 15 years is inadequate. The measure notes President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner would likely visit Texas during their terms.
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Austin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Texas Senate
Clint C. Small
Amarillo
Walter Woodul
Houston
Small
Roosevelt
John Garner
Borger Celebrates Seventh Birthday With Full Town Parade
Borger marked its seventh birthday with a daylong celebration led by the fire department and featuring a color guard from Hutchinson County Post 412 American Legion, Chamber of Commerce band, Boy Scouts, students, and civic floats. Schools recess and business slowed as Newton P Willis of Pampa spoke and Mayor John R Miller gave the welcome.
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Hutchinson County
American. Legion
Borger Chamber of Commerce
J. Gordon Burch
Boy Scouts
Newton P. Willis
Pampa
Main Street
John R. Miller
Drastic Pay Cut in Films Shocks New York Workers
New York on March 8 reports an immediate pay reduction by the motion picture producers and distributors of America. The 25 to 50 percent cuts affect staff in New York offices and exchanges nationwide, including Will Hays. The eight week measure lowers salaries of 50 dollars and up by 50 percent with a 37.50 minimum. those under 50 face a 25 percent cut with a 15 dollar minimum.
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New York
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Will H. Hays
Producers and Distributors Organization
Admits Typing Kidnap Notes In Boettcher Case
Carl W. Pearce confessed to writing ransom notes for Charles Boettcher 2nd while copying penciled notes from Verne Sankey. Authorities seek Sankey and Gordon Elkhorn as the actual kidnappers, with clues including a letter intercepted in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
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Denver
Dakotas
Charles Boettcher
Carl W. Pearce
Burlington
Colo
Boettcher
Claude K. Boettcher
Pearce
Aberdeen
Evening News
Sankey
Arthur Youngberg
Minneapolis
Injunction Filed Against Murray's Oil Sealing Oklahoma Field
W. L. Murphy filed a federal injunction in Oklahoma City seeking to bar Gov. William H. Murray and the National Guard from enforcing a military shutdown of the Oklahoma oil field. Judge Frankline Kenner set Thursday for a hearing. The shutdown followed a governor order claiming it was needed to prevent probation breach tied to Sinclair interests violations.
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Oklahoma City
William H. McMurrAy
National Guard
Oklahoma Oil Field
W. L. Murphy
Westgate Oil Company
Frankline Kennamer
Sinclair
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
Fair and colder Thursday across Amarillo and West Texas with partly cloudy skies in New Mexico. Southeastern portion may feel cooler. temperatures by hour are unreadable, but yesterday’s high reached 60 with a prior record high noted as 1932.27.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Fair End
New Mexico
Thursay
Amarillo Yessay
Premium Baby Beeves to Headline Amarillo Show Auction
The Amarillo Fat Stock Show closes its Blue Ribbon Day with the Baby Beet Club sale featuring 125 plus 4-H members. Grand champion baby beef from Milne land New Mexico goes on the auction block at 9 am, Col. Fred Reppert auctioneering. Yesterday's fat stock sales totaled 2262.50 with 24 head of blooded Herefords and prize meats selling high. The day includes auto show close and final Auto Follies at 2:30 pm with dances and Wortham carnival attractions downtown.
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Nelson Ainsworth
Milneland
N. M
Fred Reppert
Decatur
Ind
Panhandle
Amarillo
Sayre
Oklahoma
Eugene Green
Luther England
Jess Karbre
Howard Pogue
Tulsa
Swisher County
W. A. McSpadden
Jersey
Randall County
Tri- State Fair Association
McSpadden
Col. Erasmus Tack
Golf Ball Fatal Near Abilene Claims Life
Cecil H. Folliard a 33 year old retired representative in Abilene died after a golf ball driven off a tee struck him behind the right ear as he stooped to place his ball. D. M. Dickey of Anson made the drive. Physicians cited a brain clot as the cause of death at 3 PM Tuesday.
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Abilene
Cecil H. Folliard
Folliard
D. M. Dickey
Anson
Basic Raw Materials Show Gains Across Several Days
New York March 4 Basic raw materials have risen in price over the last two to three days with small but broad gains. Non ferrous metals led today while some quotes held or slipped slightly. The brief rise is considered potentially essential to recovery, though its cause remains unclear amid emergency factors.
Average Citizen Not Perturbed by Crisis
New York report notes American households feel minimal disruption from the banking holiday. While cash is scarce checks circulate in good faith and most debts show moratoriums beyond bank withdrawals. Insurance payments and other charges face delays as Alabama considers six month foreclosures pause.
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New York
John Doe
Alabama
Kansas
Bank Robbery Suspects Nabbed by Texas Rangers
Three men linked to the $12,000 Grandview bank theft were escorted to Austin for questioning after arrest by Texas rangers and a county sheriff. An acetylene torch used to cut the vault was found on a suspect’s farm. loot was not recovered. A night watchman and safe operator were bound and gagged but later captured by the gang.
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Uvalde
First National Bank
Grandview
Austin
J. M. Robbing
Gib Abernathy
Texas Rangers
W. E. Anglin
Zavalla County
Crystal City
Grandview Bank
B. C. Hibbitt
Earl Brockette
Roosevelt seeks emergency powers to navigate banking crisis
President Roosevelt pledges rapid banking resumption through an emergency bill backed by Congress. Officials outline currency expansion plans while the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and White House coordinate to stabilize gold flows and monetary policy during the four day banking holiday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Reserve Banks
Reserve Board
White House
Rootervelt
Treasury
Woodin
Indians raid bank holiday run reaches Black Mountains
News of the banking holiday reaches the Black Mountains in the Navajo reservation as a messenger seeks to know if Uncle Sam is in trouble. An Indian trader reports a rush on his store with customers paying in gold after he refused barter with goats, lambs, rugs, and jewelry.
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Gallup
N. M
Black Mountains
Navajo Reservation
Sam
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