Tennessee Tornado Trail Leaves City Deaths And Destruction
A tornado path across Tennessee from Arkansas to the Cumberland Mountains leaves 34 dead and about 200 injured. Nashville reports at least 10 fatalities. other towns hit include Pruden Lebanon Kingsport Osego Millpoint Harrogate Rogersville Jellico and more. Guardsmen Red Cross and medical teams aid relief as widespread damage is tallied.
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Tenn
Tennessee
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Missouri
Cumberland Mountains
Pruden
Tennessee-Kentucky
Lebanon
Kingsport
Cumberlands
Bellwood
Harrogate
Rogersville
Osego
Millpoint
Toe
National
Red Cross
Middlesboro
Oswego
Jellico
Holton
Antras
Eagan
Clairfield
Valley Creek
Fonde
Newcomb
Wooldridge
Proctor
Clear Fork Valley
Market Rally Grips NYSE Shattering Records
The Senate approved an economic bill as shares surged across the New York Stock Exchange. Prices jumped with a 16 percent gain from March 3 levels, while bond values rose sharply and commodity futures also advanced, signaling restored financial confidence after the banking holiday.
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Claude A. Jagger
Associated Press
New York
New York Stock Exchange
United States
Chicago Grain Pit
New Orleans
National Metal Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Governors of oil states to seek output regulation
Secretary Ickes calls governors of oil producing states to meet in Washington on March 27 to consider curtailing oil production. Texas Oklahoma Kansas and California have agreed to attend or send representatives to discuss regulation and benefit all involved.
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Washington
Ickes
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
California
Temperature by hours at Amarillo in 1982 summary
The torn snippet shows hourly temperature data for Amarillo with ranges from a minimum around 10 a m to a maximum near 80. It includes scattered figures 1982.76 and 1932.50, suggesting archived daily readings and year markers. The legible elements indicate a weather log style record rather than a narrative.
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Amarillo
Cain Sy
Flood Damage High in East Rivers Peak in Pittsburgh
March 15 river men faced losses estimated in the hundreds of thousands as the Allegheny Monongahela and Ohio ran floodward. Three derrick boats sank on the Monongahela and the P M Pfeil was smashed. Bridges and basements flooded, schools dismissed, and Wheeling prepared for worse as water rose.
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Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio
West Virginia
P. M. Pfeil
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fort Wayne
Allegheny River
Ohio Valley
Wheeling
W. Va
Seventh Ward
Panhandle lawmakers split over repeal vote in Texas House
AUSTIN March 15 Panhandle members of the Texas House split on a resolution to submit the repeal question of the prohibition amendment. Representative Rogers supported the measure while Representative Puryear opposed it and Representative Stanfield was absent.
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Austin
Texas House
Rogers
Representative Puryear
Stanfield
Beau Gwen 50th Hereford Grand Champion Sells at Fort Worth Show
Beau Gwen 50th, grand champion Hereford bull of the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show, sold for 1200 dollars at the Hereford auction today. Brought by W H Banker III of Wharton and sold by Joe E Davidson of Ozona.
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Beau Gwen
W. H. Banker
Wharton
Joe E. Davidson
Ozona
Roosevelt Finishes His Farm Aid Plan
President Roosevelt and his agricultural advisers completed a new farm relief plan based on farm leaders’ agreement. The plan centers on leasing farm land to reduce surplus production and raise prices, with an anticipated retirement of 9,000,000 acres, about 3 percent of cultivated land. The program foresees acreage cuts in corn and wheat while tobacco rises. cotton planting estimates were not made.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Farm Organization
Wallace
Cattle Raisers Pick San Antonio for Next Meet
The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association selected San Antonio as the 1934 meeting site after re-electing officers. Dolph Briscoe of Uvalde remains president with W T Coble Amarillo as first vice president and J C McGill Alice as second VP. San Antonio won next year’s convention 57 to 45, as officers and committees were named.
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San Antonio
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Dolph Briscoe
Uvalde
W. T. Coble
Amarillo
J.C. McGill
Alice
W. E. Connell
E. B. Spiller
A. J. Swenson
Stamford
R. J. Kleberg, Jr
Kingsville
R. H. Harris
San Angelo
J. D. Jackson
Alpine
T. E. Hobart
Pampa
W. P. H. McFadden
Beaumont
Federal Loan Committee
H. L. Kobernot
Hal L. Mangum
Eagle Pass
Coble
McGill
J. M. West
Houston
West Leads In Texas 15th Congressional Primary
In San Antonio on March 15, with 23 305 votes counted in the 15th district Democratic primary Milton West of Brownsville led Gordon Griffin of McAllen 12 484 to 9 821 and held a 2 663 edge over Griffin for the nomination to face Republican Carlos Watson in the April 22 special election to succeed John N Garner. Hidalgo County votes favored Griffin but not enough to alter the outcome.
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Milton 8S
West
Brownsville
Gordon Griffin
McAllen
Carlos Watson
John N. Garner
Hidalgo County
Griffin
Hidalgo
Cameron
Acreage of Spring Wheat Is Reduced
The department of agriculture reports 3.5 percent fewer corn acres for harvest than last year based on March 1 intentions. Corn acreage stands at 103,934,000 vs 107,729,000 last year. Spring wheat totals show 20,986,000 acres, Durum 2,983,000, and other spring wheat 18,003,000, with last year’s figures 21,521,000. 3,863,000. and 17,658,000 respectively.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Texas House Passes Foreclosure Relief Measure
The Texas House of Representatives approved a bill by 102 to 22 to suspend real property foreclosures for 120 days starting March 16. The measure applies only to real property, with an amendment excluding personal property from the protection.
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Austin
Texas House of Representatives
Senate approves bill giving Roosevelt power to cut veterans benefits
After three days of debate the Senate voted 62 to 13 to approve a bill granting President Roosevelt authority to reduce veterans benefits and federal pay by as much as 500 million dollars. It sent the measure back to the House for action on Senate amendments with possible conference. House previously passed it 266 to 138.
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Senate
President Roosevelt
House
Roosevelt
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Legion Head Agrees Washington Pledges Roosevelt Support
Louis A. Johnson national commander of the American Legion pledged support for President Roosevelt after the Senate approved a drastic economy bill that cuts veterans benefits. He urged all 10,709 Legion posts and about a million members to uphold the pledge and back the President’s handling of the issue.
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American Legion
Roosevelt
Louis A. Johnson
Senate
Johnson
Legion
Lawmakers split over measure as billions eyed
The debate centered on a $10,000,000 provision while total economies hovered near $500,000,000. Final roll call shows four Democrats and nine Republicans voting against. 43 Democrats and 19 Republicans voted aye. Senator Hayden of Arizona sought excuse from voting due to constituent pledges. Huey Long of Louisiana appeared in coverage.
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Arizona
Huey Long
Louisiana
City Banks Take Million and Half In New Deposits
Amarillo banks reopened after the 14 day moratorium to absorb 1 435 000 in new deposits. Thousands of citizens fed confidence by moving idle money into banks, with deposits more than doubling withdrawals and total deposits rising by 775 000.
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Amarillo
Treasuries
Banking Reopens Rapidly As Federal State Officials Permit Largescale Resumption
U S banking activity surged toward normalcy as federal and state authorities expanded the reopening of member and nonmember banks. Governors in Federal Reserve districts broadened bank reopenings while stock exchanges revived trading, with large turnover and renewed sugar futures activity.
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Roosevelt
New York Cotton Market
Chicago Board of Trade
Indictment of Ex Sheriff in Counterfeit Case
Federal grand jury in New Orleans returns indictments charging 199 persons with national prohibition act violations and 20 with other offenses. Former Texas sheriff Bob Miller is charged with conspiracy to possess and pass counterfeit money totaling 10 600 dollars.
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Federal
Q. R
Bob) Miller
Foard County
Texas
City Today To Greet Special Player Train
The Warner Brothers-General Electric special train with picture stars and executives arrives this morning for a several hour visit. Mayor Ross Rogers and Amarillo Chamber of Commerce president Dr. R. P. Parcells plan to host. The 42nd Street Special will park at the Santa Fe depot and may offer rides around the city.
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Warner Brothers
General Electric
Warner
Ross Rogers
R. P. Parcells
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Jack L. Warner
Panhandle Oil Field Opened
The Texas Railroad Commission ordered all wells in the Panhandle oil field to produce without proration for three weeks to align with a federal court order that opened 42 wells of the Danciger Oil Company. The commission said equitable treatment required the entire field to run open for the same period.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Panhandle
Danciger Oil Company
Danciger
Ferguson Highway Case Is Dismissed
Texas Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by James E. Ferguson and associates seeking to halt pledges of road funds by the State Highway Commission. The court found lack of jurisdiction on the appeal from the Third Court of Civil Appeals which dissolved a temporary injunction by Travis County District Court restraining the commission. Ferguson filed suit before his wife Miriam A. Ferguson became governor, claiming the fund was pledged beyond its ability to pay.
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Texas Supreme Court
James E. Ferguson
State Highway Commission
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Travis County District Court
Ferguson
Miriam A. Ferguson
Taylor Pioneer Buried Abilene
Funeral held at Merkel for B C Gaither early resident of Taylor County for over fifty years. He died at a son's Merkel home Tuesday night from a heart attack aged 81, about to be 82 in June. Born in Lawrenceburg Tennessee he came to Texas nine years ago and is survived by two sons and a daughter.
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Merkel
B. C. Gaither
Taylor County
Mr. Gaither
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Texas
Amarillo Want Ads advertise bargains in autos and house clears
The notice highlights daily deals in Amarillo Want Ads including a 1931 Ford coupe for 235 dollars under Automobiles, house clearing tips from furniture repair ads in 32-A, baby chicks under 43, and used auto parts under 55-C.
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