136 Calves Sell At Top Prices In Two Hours
A national record for speed was set at the Amarillo Fat Stock Show as 136 baby beeves sold in under two hours. The sale averaged 13.14 cents per pound, above Kansas City top cattle. Victor Lehmberg earned 66 cents per pound for the grand champion, winner’s prize $569.90, from Phillips Petroleum. The Junior Welfare League benefited from three quick sales totaling $657.40, with the final buyers returning the calf to the league.
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Amarillo
Kansas City Exchange
Victor Lehmberg
Phillips Petroleum Company
Mark Taylor
Phillips
Art Wagoner
M. T. Johnson
League
Dean White
White
Kirk
Ray Pinkney
Pinkney Packing Company
Furr Food Stores
Young Lehmberg
Joe Sneed
Panhandle
Hereford Breeders’ Association
Porter Shahan
Higgins
Tri- State Fair
Borger Chamber of Commerce
Eual Chisum
Pringle
Jack Keim
Tulsa
Earl Gartin
America
Frank Farley
American Hereford Journal
Kansas City
Vandenbush Pleads Guilty in Katonah Bank Robbery Case
Merrd Vandenbush known as Public Rat No 1 pleaded guilty today to the February 25 Katonah Bank robbery of 17600. He was remanded for sentencing with accomplices Anthony and George Bera.
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White Plains
N. Y
Merrd Vandenbush
Katonah
Vandenbush
Anthony
George Bera
Nazi Envoy Shakes Hands at Buckingham Palace Tea
German envoy Joachim von Ribbentrop surprised ambassadors in London by greeting King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with a handshake at Buckingham Palace. He and Frau von Ribbentrop joined the tea party, departing from his usual Nazi salute.
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London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
George VI
Buckingham Palace
von Ribbentrop
Frau von Ribbentrop
Race Question Slated Again in Texas Legislature
In Austin on March 11 AP reports the Texas Senate may hear a resolution to speed a repeal bill on race horse wagering. Senator G. H. Nelson of Lubbock gathered 16 signatures to back the measure, showing majority support. The Senate earlier sent another repeal bill back for public hearing after opponents argued they had no chance to oppose. A separate tax remission proposal for ad valorem taxes faces heavy Senate opposition as the four month session nears midpoint.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
G. H. Nelson
Lubbock
Senate Committee On Criminal Jurisprudence
House of Representatives
House
Treasury
Soldier's Death Sparks Coroner's Probe at Fort Lawton
Everett news reports coroner Challacombe investigating a Fort Lawton soldier death found in a roadside ditch near Everett. Private Gerald Weaver, 19, identified tentatively, drowned with hands strapped behind his back by belt. his auto and papers were scattered nearby.
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Everett
Wash
Stowell Challacombe
Fort Lawton
Seattle
Gerald Weaver
Challacombe
Missing Lubbock Banker Sought in Fort Worth Search
Fort Worth today hosts a formal search for Burns Kittrell a 25 year old cashier at Lubbock National Bank missing since Sunday. Lubbock officer joined the hunt fearing foul play after a man resembling Kittrell was seen at Amarillo bus station buying a Fort Worth ticket.
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Fort Worth
Burns Kittrell
Lubbock National Bank
Lubbock
Kittrell
Amarillo
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast and Temperatures
Fair and slightly colder Friday in Amarillo and vicinity with a southeast portion slightly cooler. West Texas and New Mexico expect fair conditions with little temperature change. Hourly readings show highs near 70 and lows in the 40s, with yesterday’s max around 70 and min near 31.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Getto
Britain Reveals Vast Coastal Defense Plan
Britain's naval program outlines a major build up aimed at protecting empire trade routes and Mediterranean interests. Sir Samuel Hoare told Parliament that by year end 148 new warships would be under construction with 80 more planned at a cost of 525000,000. He warned delaying naval expansion would leave Britain weak against powers building battleships. He extended a gesture of goodwill to the United States and Germany while stressing a non rival stance going forward.
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Great Britain
Sir Samuel
Italy
Mediterranean
Commons
U. S
Britain
United States
Germany
Settlement of Strike Delayed in GM Talks
Detroit reports the General Motors strike remains unsettled as union demands delay final approval. 75,000 Michigan workers stay idle while GM vice president E Wilson and UAW vice president Wyndham Mortimer dispute wording, delaying a tentative pact until at least tomorrow.
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Detroit
General Motors
Othr
Michigan
United Automobile Workers of America
E. Wilson
Wyndham Mortimer
Union and Corporation Charge
New Mexico Enacts Severance Levy
The New Mexico Legislature enacted a state severance tax on natural resources and sent it to Governor Clyde Tingley. Senate concurrence with a House amendment raised gas and oil rates from one to two percent and extended taxes to metals polish lumber and similar resources.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Clyde Tingley
Senate
Rattlesnake Fraternity Man Studied By Utah Professor
Salt Lake City March 11 A University of Utah biologist Professor Angus M. Woodbury set out to uncover why the rattlesnake is described as the fraternity man of the reptile world. He notes rattlers gather at dens in September live amicably for weeks hibernate and reassemble in spring then scatter mating not the cause of their sociable nature.
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Reptile World
Salt Lake City
Angus M. Woodbury
University of Utah Biology Department
Woodbury
Two Convicted in Wendel Kidnaping
In New York on March 11 Harry Weiss and Martin Schlossman were convicted of kidnapping Paul H. Wendel, a former Trenton lawyer. A Brooklyn court heard the case after a previous jury had deadlocked, with the judge calling the proceeding an inquest rather than a trial.
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New York
Harry Weiss
Martin Schlossman
Paul H. Wendel
Trenton
N. J
King’s Courty Court
Brooklyn
John Pitzgerald
Schlossman
Weiss
William J. Millard
18 Missing in Mine Explosion Near Logan
Charleston March 11 N P Rhinehart head of the state mines department said one man was found dead and 18 were missing after the McBeth mine explosion of Hutchinson Coal Company near Logan. He noted 22 men were in the mine and three escaped. The body recovered was the mine motorman. He called the blast localized in the mine headings and blamed probable accidental ignition of gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
N. P. Rhinehart
State Mines Department
McBeth
Hutchinson Coal Company
Logan
Rhinehart
Suspects Held After Sheriff Brown Slaying
Jefferson March 11 Twelve suspects in the midnight slaying of Sheriff Alex Brown of Marion County were reported held in nearby county jails tonight as officers continued the search for the killer. Ranger Capt. H B Purvis from the State Department of Public Safety and peace officers from East Texas joined in the hunt.
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Jefferson
Alex Brown
Marion County
H. B. Purvis
State Department of Public Safety
Austin
East Texas
Brown
Purvis
Washington protests Nazi articles from Berlin and New York
Ambassador Dodd was instructed to lodge emphatic representations with Germany over slurring anti American Nazi press articles. The U S action followed a German protest against Mayor LaGuardia comments on a Hitler statue at the New York world fair. Mrs Stephen Wise led the protest on behalf of the American Jewish Congress and noted insults to American womanhood.
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Washington
U.P
William E. Dodd
Berlin
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Stephen Wise
American Jewish Conference
Hull
Wise
American Jewish Congress
Dodds
Dodd
State Department
Former Film Star Given Jail Term
Hollywood report says Alice Lake once a film star sat in a jail cell and admitted a long period without alcohol. She was booked as a common drunk and given a 20 day jail term after a drunken driving incident near Hollywood.
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Hollywood
U.P
Alice Lake
Brooklyn
Fire Breaks Out On British Ship in Pacific
Globe wireless reports a second blaze on the British steamer Silverlach, 330 miles northeast of Honolulu. Coast Guard cutter Roger B. Taney and the S. S. Lurline maintained contact as the fire, once controlled, rekindled in the hold.
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San Francisco
Globe Wireless
Silverlach
Honolulu
Coast Guard
Roger B. Taney
Lurline
Musical Programs Highlight Education Conference In Canyon
The Northwest Texas Conference for Education opens at West Texas State College in Canyon with music featuring the Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra and school bands from Amarillo Canyon Pampa Hereford Dalhart Shamrock and more. A 200 voice choral concert with directors from Tulsa Hereford Dalhart Panhandle Claude and Shamrock is planned along with speeches by Dr. Harold C. Hand and Dr. Carleton Washburn.
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Northwest Texas Conference For Education
West Texas State College
Can
Plains
Amarillo
S. M. Bagwell
Canyon
R. G. Stevenson
Tulsa
Hereford
Dalhart
Panhandle
Claude and
Shamrock
Canyon Elementary School
Gwendolyn Black
Harold C. Hand
Arithmetic Nut Bread Class Sparks Roslyn Controversy
In Roslyn New York parents clash over progressive education using nut bread baking to teach arithmetic. A 400 strong protest before the Board of Education questions the method while Superintendent Wegner defends it as practical math practice. Bakers remove nut bread from windows amid the dispute.
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Roslyn
N. Y
Long Island
Board of Education
Eugene McLean
Roslyn Heights
Frederick Wegner
Northwest Texas Educational Conference Dulls area schools
CHILDRess and several county districts will dismiss Friday so teachers can attend the Northwest Texas Educational Association conference at Canyon. A W Adams leads the city delegation and speaks on the program. MEMPHIS and area schools follow suit with W C Davis presiding and Memphis High School Choral Club performing.
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Memphis
Memphis Public Schools
Canyon
W. C. Davis
Memphis High School
Senate approves Stokes action in Texas court shift
In Austin on March 11 the Senate approved Governor Allred’s nomination of Judge W. N. Stokes of Vernon to the Amarillo Court of Civil Appeals to replace Judge A. B. Martin, effective April 1. The action also ratified the appointment of Y. Welch, former Hardeman County judge, to succeed Stokes.
Vernon jurist W N Stokes hailed for reform work
W N Stokes, a Vernon judge and stenographer, joins Amarillo's Seventh Court of Civil Appeals succeeding A B Martin. Renowned as a Northwest Texas jurist, he led Texas court reform efforts and won a 1933 National Flag Award for judiciary law changes. He advocated eliminating special venue to speed jury selection and reduce reversals, with many proposals endorsed by state bar groups.
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W.N. Stokes
Vernon
Amarillo
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
A. B. Martin
Texas
Forty-sixth Judicial
Texas Bar Association
Texas District Judges' Association
97 Year Old Man Fights Alimony in Court
In Los Angeles on March 11, Hosea Q. Morton 97 appeared in Superior Court to contest alimony payments of 35 dollars monthly to his wife Sarah F. Morton. She alleged 145 dollars in arrears and asked contempt sanctions. Morton recounted Civil War service and voting for Lincoln as part of his defense.
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Los Angeles
Hosea Q. Morton
Superior Court
Sarah F. Morton
Morton
Abraham Lincoln
Guffey Vinson coal bill passed by House
The House approved the Guffey Vinson bill to regulate the 11 billion dollar bituminous coal industry with price fixing aims to raise labor standards for about 500000 miners. Speaker Bankhead supported the measure in his first floor speech of the session. The plan follows the Supreme Court ruling against the original Guffey Little NRA bill.
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Washington
U.P
House
William B. Bankhead
Supreme Court
Senate Action on Mooney Delayed
Senate action on a resolution to grant Thomas J Mooney a legislative pardon was deferred until Monday to allow the Senate to seek legal rulings on the constitutionality of legislative pardons.
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Sacramento
Cal
U.P
Senate
Thomas J. Mooney
Reorganization Plan Backed By Witness
Washington March 11 Robert Jackson assistant attorney general backed the Roosevelt court reorganization bill before the Senate judiciary committee. He warned that Congress bears responsibility for abuses in the Supreme Court and argued that the court has become a super government through power. He urged congressional action or constitutional amendment as necessary. Opponents pressed the plan’s fate depends on the political lines of future Supreme Court appointees.
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Robert Jackson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Congress
Connally
D. Tex
Senate Confirms Guleke Successor
The Senate confirms Governor Allered's nominations to the state board of education. Dr. J. C. Blair of Kernes and D. F. Youngblood of San Antonio will replace F. L. Hencer son of Bryan and J. C. Guleke of Amarillo respectively.
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Austin
Allered
J. C. Blair
Kernes
D. F. Youngblood
San Antonio
State Board of Education
F. L. Hencerson
Bryan
J. C. Guleke
Amarillo
Pease River Bill Advances to Senate
The Texas House approved a bill by Rep. George Moffett to aid the Pease River flood control district. It proposes two years of tax remission for Hardeman Wilbarger Foard and Cottle counties. The Public Works Administration announced a $1,600,000 grant to begin a $5,000,000 Willacy County irrigation project in Texas.
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Austin
House
Senate
George Moffett
Chile
Pease River
Hardeman, Wilbarger
Foard
Cottle
Washington
The
Public Works Administration Today
Willacy County
Texas
Kaufman Exile From Colony Likely End
Los Angeles March 11 The exile of playwright George S. Kaufman from Hollywood over the Mary Astor custody case appears likely to be ended today Attorneys for Dr. Franklyn Thorpe Astor’s former husband will move to dismiss contempt of court charges against Kaufman He fled California last summer before testimony about Astor’s famous diary was to be given and the contempt citation has lingered since.
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Los Angeles
George S. Kaufman
Hollywood
Mary Astor
Franklyn Thorpe
Miss Astor
Kaufman
California
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Albbentrop
Sonja Henie
Screen Actors Guild Today
Guild
Henie
Benito Mussolini
Libya
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Miami
Mary Dillard Perrine
Associated Press
Wendel
Leland Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Carleton Washburn
Childress
W. N. Stokes
Stokes
Guffey
Mooney
Witness
Guleke
George
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