Senate Deficiency Bill Includes 171 Million Measure
The Senate appropriations committee reports the first deficiency bill with an extra 100 million requested by President Hoover for the federal farm board, part of a 171,863,377 package. It adds 7,000,900 for seed loans to drought and flood stricken farmers across several states.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
House
Jones
Farm Board
Senate
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Ohio
Oklahoma
Indiana
Two Arrested for Msystem Burglary Caught In Action
Police arrested Marvin Lan ning and George Gray for burglary at the M System store on Twenty Fourth avenue and Polk street last night. One suspect inside handed goods to the other outside as officers arrived. Ray Morris of Twenty Fourth Street Drug Store reported the break in. Captain Cain and officers Moore Johnson Burnham Hayden aided in the capture.
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M System
Twenty-Fourth Avenue
Polk Street
Marvin Lanning
George Gray
Clark Cain
Ray Morris
Twenty-Fourth Street
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Fair and warmer conditions are expected across Amarillo and West Texas on Wednesday. The New Mexico forecast notes fair weather with little temperature change and a possible light frost in the south-central area. Yesterday’s highs in Amarillo reached 65 and 72 with a low of 44.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Young People 300 Years Ago Drank Hot Waters
United Press reports a Boston 300th anniversary dinner reveals John Winthrop journal entries from 1630 noting youths in the Massachusetts Bay colony drank hot waters and became intoxicated at sea. The account frames drinking as a long standing issue among early settlers and colonial youth.
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United Press
New York
America
John Winthrop
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Boston
Mit
Nemie
Mother slashes three children then kills self
In Elizabethton Tennessee Mrs. Lillian Masengill, 32, killed her three young children with a razor and then took her own life with the same weapon. The report notes the incident occurred today with further details continued on page 15.
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Associated Press
Elizabethton
Tenn
Lillian Masengill
Last day to file income tax returns in Amarillo district
Saturday marks the final day to submit income tax returns at the Federal building in Amarillo. No time extensions are allowed this year, with only five issued in the district previously. About half of local taxpayers have filed, and lines are forming outside the collector’s door as the deadline nears.
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Internal Revenue Office
Federal
Panhandle
Amarillo
Collector of Internal Revenue
Federal Building
Swisher Co Club Boys Win Honors At Ft Worth Show
Swisher county 4-H club boys took top honors at Fort Worth, winning first, second, third and twelfth in the senior class, first in the beat group of five calves, and second in county car lot. Howard O Daniel of Talia led with the senior calf, Reidl Williams of Kress earned second and third with calves, Horton Hamilton of Kress placed twelfth, under County Agent Cc. B. Martin guidance.
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Fort Worth
Swisher County
Howard O’daniel
Talia
Amarillo
Reidl Williams
Kress
Horton Hamilton
Swisher County Club Boys
Cc. B. Martin
Surprising More Don t Get Paralyzed Report Of Chemist Indicates
City chemists warn that some drinkers cum alcohol from wood alcohol denatured fluids and flavorings may cause paralysis. Only one fatality in city jail in recent years, with officers recalling many intoxicated individuals arriving limp and out.
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Amarillo
E. G. Green
Police Department
Taft Laid to Rest Beneath Arlington Oaks in Simple Farewell
Associated Press dispatch from Washington recalls the funeral of William Howard Taft. Rain soaked sod and a towering oak overlook his grave in Arlington as the nation honors a president and chief justice famed for loyalty, humor, and lasting friendships across parties. The procession faced cold, windy March weather as thousands gathered.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Washington
William Howard Taft
Arlington National Cemetery
Potomac
Taft
Ohio
William Taft
White House
Wharf Fire Destroys New Orleans Munson Line Hub
A 1,100-foot Mandeville wharf in New Orleans burned, consuming cargo of staves lumber coffee sugar and linseed oil. The Munares steamship was seriously damaged and a million-dollar loss was estimated by the fire marshal. Oil casks exploded as flames spread, the ship was cut loose and towed away, and city fire crews fought to prevent wider damage.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mandeville
Munson Flame
Munaires
Thomas Pushes Oil Tariff Amendment With Original Rates
Washington March 11 Senator Elmer Thomas Oklahoma author of the failed original tariff amendment reconsiders and drafts a new measure keeping the $1 crude and 60 percent refined product rates. The plan would earmark tariff revenue for highway improvements and empower the tariff commission to study the petroleum industry and advise on rates.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Senate
Treasury Department
United States Tariff Commission
Byrd Greets States From 10000 Miles Away New Zealand
Admiral Richard E. Byrd spoke from Dunedin New Zealand in a radio greeting to America as Adolph S. Ochs welcomed him back to civilization. The exchange used an elaborate two way radio hookup with short wave links and rebroadcasts across the United States.
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Associated Prensa
New York
Richard E. Byrd
America
Dunedin
New Zealand
South Polar
Adolph 8. Ochs
New York Times
Byrd
Ochs
United States
Admiral Byrd
National Broadcasting Chain
Pacific Coast
Locomotive Explosion Kills Roper At Eastland
In Eastland Texas Mardille L C Roper died from burns after an engine of the Eastland Wichita Falls and Gulf Railroad exploded while firing up. Fellow worker 8 B Jones was hospitalized in critical condition and H E Fox sustained lesser injuries. Jones recently moved from Ardmore Oklahoma. No damage estimate given.
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Associated Press
Eastland
Texas
Mardille
L. C. Roper
Wichita Falls
International Women's Missionary Society Meet Opens in Amarillo
The preliminary sessions of the Women's Missionary Society convention opened in Amarillo with the council executive board meeting at the Herring Hotel led by Mrs F F Stephens of Columbia Missouri. Delegates from foreign posts are expected as five days of meetings and luncheons unfold at Polk Street Methodist Church with Dr Sidney L Gulick of New York City to address the opening session.
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Polk Street Methodist Church
International Convention of the Women’s Missionary Society of the
Southern Methodist Church
Herring Hotel
F. F. Stephena
Columbia
Missouri
General Council of the Church
Capital Hotel
Northwest Texas
Amarillo
Sidney L. Gulick
New York City
Commission of International Justice and Good Will
Churches of Christ In America
Convention
Nine Bellboys Sent Back To Jail After Bond Failure
Nine bellboys from a local hotel were sent back to county jail in default of bond after arraignment on charges of possession and sale of liquor before the United States commissioner’s court. Clyde Clark’s charges were dismissed. The arraigned men were Frank Richardson, Al Josephson, W. Stapher, Clifford Hill, Max Roblin, L. F. P. Houghton, R. C. Aver y, Charles Roskinson and Jack Richardson.
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United States Commissioner’s Court
Clyde Clark
Frank Richardson
al Josephson
W. Stapher
Clifford Hill
Max Roblin
L. F P. Houghton
R. C. Avery
Charles Roskinson
Jack Richardson
Rail Hearing for Santa Fe Set March 20
The Interstate Commerce Commission moved to speed hearings on the Santa Fe extension across Texas New Mexico Colorado and Oklahoma with oral sessions set for March 28 before division four. The plan adds nearly 400 miles of new main line from Las Animas to Amarillo linking Panhandle to Denver. One disputed segment is Dumas to Spearman opposed by Rock Island.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
Marc
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Las Animas
Amarillo
Panhandle City
Denver
Division Four
Commission
Dumas
Spearman
Rock Island
I. C
Lag Animas
Felt
Connor
Eastman, Woodlock and Myer
Desolate Fourth Victory for Marshall Children in Court
Four Marshall siblings face separation after father desertion. The children, ages 6 to 14, live on a farm under three uncles while Vera Mace stays with a local family. Virginia, J J and J G, 11, 10, and Howard 4 endure halted schooling and uncertain meals as they plead to stay together. Their mother died three years ago and they earlier lived in Amarillo and Illinois before returning to Texas.
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Bleau County
Marshall
Sunshine
Howard
J. G
Virginia
Vera Mace
Margaret Wills
J. J
Amarillo
Ilinois
Wilson
MacDonald’s Labour government defeated in Commons
London March 11 Prime Minister MacDonalds second Labour government faced its first Commons defeat by a 282 to 274 margin as Liberals and Conservatives united to push through an amendment to the coal mines bill. MacDonald vowed to press on with the bill despite the setback and challenged Baldwin to a broader censure vote.
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Associated
London
MacDonald
House of Commons
Liberala
Labor
Maac-Donald
Baldwin
Mr. Baldwin
Fort Worth Girl Crowned Americas Sweetheart
Janet Eastman of Fort Worth was chosen as Americas Sweetheart at the first national bathing beauty pageant in Miami. She represented Texas among 44 states and the District of Columbia contestants. Eastman is 20 and a blonde.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Janet Eastman
Fort Worth
Texas
States
District of Columbia
Mins Eastman
Man Found Dead at Shamrock Identified
The man found dying in a Shamrock hotel from drinking canned heat is identified as Charlie Williams of North Carolina. A message from Williams mother asked the mortuary to hold funeral services at Shamrock.
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Associated P. Shamrock
Shamrock
Charlie Williams
North Carolina
Williams
Edward Albee Dies Suddenly in Palm Beach Florida
The Associated Press reports Edward S. Albee theatrical magnate died here tonight from a heart attack. He was 72 years old.
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Associated Press
Fla
Edward S. Albee
Heo
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