Plains wind erosion conference opens two day program
Forty soil conservation experts meet to coordinate technical phases of the Plains wind erosion program. Since the region's creation six months ago the effort expanded to 14 demonstration projects in Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado and New Mexico. Attendees include H. H. Finnell and regional planners from Amarillo Dalhart Clayton Hereford Vega and other sites.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
H. H. Finell
Mr. Finnell
J. G. Wayne
Clayton
N. M
B. H. Hopkins
Dalhart
Dewey Reed
Amarillo
James A. Jackson
C. Luker
Oscar T. Williamson
Hereford
Glenn Burrows
Vega
British delay on Rhineland sanctions buys time
March 13 London reports Britain seeks to stall in order to give Hitler a final chance to reconsider French demands for sanctions. Locarno powers plan a brief League council meeting as France and Belgium press for aggressive punishment of Germany. Britain, France, Italy and Belgium will review recommendations after Hitler’s response.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
League of Nations Council
Germany
Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Hitler
Locarno
Paris
Berlin
Soviet
Russia
Leopold von Hoesch
League
Woman Fatally Burned After Wreck Near Hollywood
A collision near Hollywood California left Mrs. C. D. Matheson of St Paul dead from burns after a 100 gallon gasoline tank exploded from the crash. Injured include Mr. Matheson Sidney S. Porter of Evanston and Mrs Porter. Porter not expected to survive.
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Hollywood
C. D. Matheson
St. Paul
Matheson
Sidney S. Porter
Evanston
Porter
Weather Summary For Amarillo And West Texas
Partly cloudy with little temperature change forecast for Saturday across West Texas and New Mexico. Temperature readings from yesterday show highs around mid 60s and lows near 40s with a steady rise into the late morning hours reported in Amarillo.
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West Texas
West 100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Amarillo
Penney Life Defies Fiction From Farm Boy to Retail Titan
A profile of J. C. Penney, founder of the Penney stores, tracing his rise from a poor farm boy to leading 1,489 stores in 48 states. The Amarillo visit highlights his motto play square and belief in leisure through creative work, with a note on continued business ambitions. The piece ends with a page reference.
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McCormick Co
J. C. Penney
Amarillo
G. W. Luke
Amarillo Penney
States
Mr. Penney
Unmasked Robber Steals $1500 in San Antonio HoldUp
An unmasked gunman robbed four people in the Merchants Transfer Company office in San Antonio on March 13, escaping with 1500 dollars. Victims included auditor F. M. Daugherty and clerks Elizabeth Robinson and R. T. Strong, who were joined by G. A. C. Hail who was lined up during the holdup. The suspect fled on foot.
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San Antonio
U.P
Merchants Transfer Company
F. M. Daugherty
Elizabeth Robinson
R. T. Strong
G. A. C. Hail
Underpass Solution May Be Found Today
Buchanan Street underpass problem moves to a morning special City Commission meeting at 10 oclock. Mayor Ross D Rogers seeks a definite grade separation plan acceptable to both railroads to use federal mileage funds. Rock Island rejects Plan No 2, Fort Worth and Denver agrees, Plan No 3 preferred by Rock Island would raise costs by about 100000 federal and 10000 to 12000 city funds. Fort Worth and Denver eager to cooperate, with J D Farrington likely to share costs.
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Buchanan Street
Ross D. Rogers
City Commission
Rock Island
Fort Worth
Denver
L. C. Fritch
Chicago
J. D. Farrington
Road Worker Dies in Crash Near Haskell
A truck carrying road construction workers overturned near Haskell killing Alonzo Dunn and injuring eight others. Dunn died beneath the truck. the injured include J. T. Tucker Fred Bishop Jess T. Cook and seven others all from Haskell. Ambulances transported the victims to Stamford for treatment.
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Haskell
Here
Alonzo Dunn
J. T. Tucker
Fred Bishop
Jess T. Cook
Frank Reynolds
G. W. Ammons
W. E. Brock
Jesse Childress
A. R. Graham
Dunn
Stamford
Firecracker Plant Blast Kills 23 in Macao Area
An explosion at a firecracker factory on Taipa Island near Macao killed 23 Chinese workers and injured 67, mostly women and children. In a separate case, George W. Borg lost custody of his 15 month old grandson to his daughter in law Juanita Borg.
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Hong Kong
Taipa Island
Macao
Chicago
George W. Borg
Borg-Warner Corporation
Michael Feinberg
Pretty Juanita Borg
Look for Your Name on Want Ad Page
Daily list runs 12 Amarillo names entitled to a pair of free tickets to Hands Across the Table at the New Rialto Theater starting Sunday. Find your name on the Want Ad Page classifications and claim tickets at the Globe News Office.
Banks Guilty of Murder in Tahoka Deputy Slaying
Elmo Banks, jailed in Lynn County, is sentenced to death by electric chair after a swift trial that lasted about 16 minutes. He claimed self defense, testifying that F. E. Redwine drew a gun and moved toward his hip before Banks fired.
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Tahoka
F. E. Redwine
Lynn County
Elmo Banks
106Th Judicial District
Banks
Lubbock County
Redwine
Nolan County
Probe Ordered in Banker’s Death in Texas Camp
Sherman Pyle a 48 year old former Gainesville and Ardmore banker was found dead at a tourist camp in Gainesville Texas An inquest was ordered by Justice C N Jones Attendants were drawn to the cabin by water flow under the door and found him lying face down with the faucet running
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Gainesville
Texas
Sherman Pyle
Ardmore
Okla
C. N. Jones
Pyle
Anti Superstition Club advocates end to Friday the 13th myths
Chicago on Friday the 13th sees the Anti Superstition Club push a national campaign to eradicate superstitions. Nathaniel Leverone, club president notes five years of defying omens with no bad luck among original members. He cites business losses from superstition and urges more clubs to join.
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Chicago
Nathaniel Leverone
Chicago Crime Commission
Leverone
Northeast Flood Toll Climbs as Ice Thaw Swells Rivers
News brief notes rising flood death tolls as ice thaws swell new rivers in the Northeast. Parole chiefs gather in Austin to discuss guidelines for released convicts and the program overseen by Gov. Allred to supervise 700 parolees, with county boards in 132 of Texas’s 254 counties.
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Austin
U.P
North Texas
James V. Allred
Allred
Agents Catch Pal of Kelly in Tear Gas Raid
Edward Bentz, associate of "Machine Gun" Kelly and other gangsters, was arrested in Brooklyn after federal agents shelled his apartment with tear gas. The raid uncovered two machine guns a rifle three pistols hundreds of rounds and a bullet proof vest. Bentz hid in a dumbwaiter and surrendered saying I guess you ve been after me a long time.
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New York
Edward Bentz
Machine Gun
Bentz
Louis Phillips
Phillips
Flood Waters Hit Northeast with Heavy Losses
Floods across the northeast Friday night caused nineteen deaths, left hundreds homeless, and damaged millions in property as relief funds of 6 334 000 were authorized. Frozen streams subsided in parts while rising again elsewhere amid crippled transport links and ice jam chaos. Coast Guard planes and boats prepared for rescue as five major rivers threatened to break bounds. Deaths were recorded across New England, Pennsylvania, Quebec, New York, New Jersey and Ontario.
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Roosevelt
New England
Middle Atlantic
Coast Guard
Merrimac
Connecticut
Passaic
New Jersey
Hudson
New York
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania
Quebec
Ontario
D Annunzio Ill With Pneumonia On 73rd Birthday
Italian writer Gabriele D Annunzio, famed novelist and dramatist, fell ill with influenza which developed into pneumonia in Cardone Italy. Doctors expressed optimism despite his 73rd birthday having just passed as friends worried about his age.
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Cardone
Italy
U.P
Gabriele D'Annunzio
D’annunzio
Antonio Duse
D'Annunzio
Osborne Sale Sets Young Stock Record
Hereford breeders from seven states attended the J. P. Osborne sale in Miami on March 13 as prices hit new highs for young stock. The top 38 head averaged $478, with 23 females totaling $11,500 and 15 Osborne bred bulls averaging $441. Belle Domino 107th sold for $1,500 to W. T. Smoot. Gwendoline 68th bought by G. P. Mitchan for $740, and Domino Prince 43rd at $800. Eight calves reached $500 plus, led by four females and six bulls overall, signaling a record market for the line.
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Miami
J. P. Osborne
Belle Domino
Prince Domino
W. T. Smoot
Reydon
Okla
Gwendoline
G. P. Mitchan
Dallas
Domino Prince
Gwendoline 55Th
Calved
W. W. Nelson, Jr
Los Angeles
Dutchess Domino
Californians Seek Landon Delegates in California Primary
Ross G. Marshall announces Gov. Alf M. Landon has authorized entry of pledged delegates in the California primary. Landon himself will not enter delegates, but a campaign organization in Southern California operates on his behalf.
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Los Angeles
Ross G. Marshall
California
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
Marshall
Doctor Condemned for Wife's Murder
Dr Buck Ruxton, accused of killing his wife and later charged with bludgeoning a nursemaid, was convicted by a jury in Manchester and sentenced to hang. The case drew immediate sentencing after a swift trial, with the doctor denying the charges throughout.
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Manchester
Eng
Swift
British Justice Tonight
Buck Ruxton
Singleton
Mary Jane Rogerson
South proposes bill to establish American Legion cemetery in Texas
Rep. Charles L. South of Texas introduced a bill urging the creation of the American Legion national cemetery in Legion Texas. The measure seeks federal authorization for the new cemetery site and activity.
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Urges Legion Cemetery
Washington
Charles L. South of
Texas
American Legion National Cemetery of
Legion, Texas
Publishers File Suit To Block Lobby Probe
Hearst seeks a sweeping injunction in Washington DC to bar the Senate lobby committee from seizing or copying Hearst telegrams. Jerome D. Barnum backs the suit for the American Newspaper Publishers Association as the FCC is named a party for allegedly delivering telegram copies to the committee. Edisha Hanson argues jurisdiction questions as the case heads toward court.
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Washington
William Randolph Hearst
Senate Lobby Committee
Jerome D. Barnum
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Hearst
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Federal Communications Commission
Edisha Hanson
Newspaper Publishers Association
Black Committee
Black
The
Lobby
Stroke Sways General Sneed at Lawton Visit
General R A Sneed 91 former national commander of the United Confederate Veterans and Oklahoma home secretary of state, suffered a paralytic stroke in Lawton Oklahoma described as critical. He had traveled from Oklahoma City to visit his son Frank Sneed and was too ill for hospital transfer.
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Lawton
Okla
R. A. Sneed
United Confederate Veterans
Oklahome
Firemen Escape Death in Dallas Apartment Blaze
Three Dallas firemen narrowly escaped death as a blaze driven by a brisk west wind threatened a block of apartment houses. Damage was estimated at 10000 dollars. a two story servants quarters of a sixteen unit building was destroyed and four cars in a garage under the structure were demolished.
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Dallas
U.P
Soviet Link With Rumania Charged
Bucharest March 13. Liberal leader George Bratianu told parliament he has secret documents showing Rumanian railways were ordered to be ready to move Soviet troops into the country. Government supporters denied the orders existence.
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Bucharest
Rumania
George Bratianu
Marvin Jones To Speak On Farm Hour Today
Representative Marvin Jones, chairman of the House agricultural committee, will discuss the new farm program in a national farm and home hour speech on NBC. He will speak from 12 noon to 12:20 Texas time, following the 11:30 start.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
House Agricultural Committee
NBC
Jones
Texas
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