Dillinger aide Youngblood dies after Michigan gun battle near border
Sheriff and deputies near Port Huron exchange fire with Herbert Youngblood, ally of John Dillinger, during a cross border manhunt. Undersheriff Charles Cavanaugh and Howard Lohr are wounded, Sheriff Van Antwerp injured but directing search from hospital as police patrol roads in Michigan and Ontario seeking the fugitives.
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Port Huron
Mich
Charles Cavanaugh
City Hospital
Herbert Youngblood
John Dillinger
Crown Point
Ind
Howard Lahr
Indiana
St. Clair County
Dillinger
William L. van Antwerp
Youngblood
Howard Lohr
van Antwerp
Insull Arrest Imminent After Escape Attempt
Samuel Insull was captured near Crete after trying to flee on a Greek tramp steamer. Greek authorities plan to hand him to American officials, with his return to follow on a voyage to the United States.
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Associated Press
Athens
Samuel Insull
NRA Truce In Five Day Auto Labor Battle Averts Strike
Washington March 16 NRA mediation yields a five day truce in the auto industry labor dispute. The plan proposed by recovery administrator Hugh Johnson aims to form a board to hear complaints or to hold a worker representative election for bargaining. Leaders warn that plant closures could follow if no satisfactory agreement is reached.
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Washington
NRA
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Hugh 8. Johnson
William Collins
Detroit
American Federation of Labor
Johnson
Texas 36 Fete Gets Approval
Governor Miriam A Ferguson signed a bill appropriating 100000 for prelim inary Texas Centennial expenses and creating a state commission to plan a 1936 exposition. The commission will select a site with greatest financial backing, seek federal aid, and stage central and auxiliary celebrations in San Antonio and Houston around Texas independence events.
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Austin
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
San Antonio
Houston
Des
British killed in Chinese independence row turmoil
Reports from Tashkent say several British consulate staff were killed or wounded and 2000 Uygurs were massacred in Dashgar as Tungan forces clash with the newly proclaimed independent government in Sinkiang. Kashgar was sacked during the fighting.
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Moscow
Dashgar
Sinkiang
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Briefly Cool and Wet
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for Saturday light rain and a cooler feel. West Texas area east of the 100th meridian shows mostly south clouds to the south and rain to the north with possible rain or snow in extreme north portions, colder conditions inland. New Mexico expected generally fair and cooler on Saturday with temperatures down northward.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Texas to Open Bond Bids for Relief Fund
Bids for 4 million dollars in Texas state bonds to aid the needy will be opened tomorrow. The State Bond Commission reported envelopes that appeared to contain bids, while earlier attempts to sell bonds were discouraging. The legislature raised the interest rate half a percent to 4 1 2 percent and removed prohibitions on investing surplus state school and charitable funds in the securities.
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Austin
Texas
State Bond Commission
Lindbergh tells Senate panel air mail acts violate rights
America's famed aviator Charles A. Lindbergh addresses the Senate post office committee arguing the cancellation of air mail contracts violates fundamental American rights. He urges restoration of contracts to private firms pending full review, defends the aviation industry, and notes his role as a technical adviser to Transcontinental & Western Air Express.
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Washington
America
Charles A. Lindbergh
Senate
Lindbergh
Air Mail
Farley
Post Office Committee
McKellar
Logan
Democrat
Kentucky
Transcontinental & Western Air Express
Aeronautics
Dern
Army Aviation
House Insists on Bonus Cut Vote Narrowly Passes
The House, by 190 to 189, insisted on trimming veterans' allowances below Senate approval. Kennedy of New York shifted from aye to no, altering the outcome and approving the smaller $90,000,000 figure over the Senate's $118,000,000.
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Washington
House
Senate
Kennedy
New York
Widow of Pipes Named Sheriff in Gray County
Mrs. Pan nie Pipes was appointed sheriff of Gray County to fill the unexpired term of her husband C. E. Tiny Pipes who died yesterday of pneumonia. Funeral services for Pipes will be held Sunday.
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Pampa
Pannie Pipes
Gray County
C. E
Tiny) Pipes
Pipes
Martin Insull Extradited Back to United States
Martin J. Insull brother of Samuel Insull in vast utilities holdings faced extradition to Chicago on embezzlement and grand larceny charges after a months long legal battle. Chief Justice Mulock approved the order while Insull’s appeal contended. An earlier ruling had deemed the charges as theft in Canada. Bail was raised from 10000 to 20000.
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Martin
Toronto
Martin J. Insull
Samuel Insull
United States
William Muloch
Insull
Cook County
Haineis
Chicago
Orit
Ontario
Justice A. C. Kingstone
Canada
Woman Who Planted First Tree in Amarillo Dies at 70
Marie Bynum Smith, long time Amarillo resident and charter First Baptist Church member, died at 7:40 AM at a local hospital at age 70. She planted Amarillo’s first tree, helped found women’s clubs, and was married to James Lowry Smith. Interment at Llano Cemetery.
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Amarillo
First Baptist Church
Marie Bynum Smith
James Lowry Smith
Howard Trigg
Frank M. Butler
Llano
Griggs & Sons
Marie Bynum
William Joseph
Katherine Walker Bynum
Virginia
DeSoto County
Mississippi
Horn Lake
Miss
Smith
Burns-Walker Company
Smith-Walker Company
Texas
Mrs. Smith
Arnold again sentenced to death for Breckenridge murder
Arnold was sentenced to death for the beating death of his former wife Zelma on a Breckenridge street Sept 10 1932. The jury deliberated almost a day before returning the verdict. Defense planned an appeal as prior trials included a hung jury and a first death penalty.
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Arnold
Insull fugitive near Crete turned back by Greek authorities
The former financier Samuel Insull, wanted in the United States for embezzlement and larceny, was intercepted near Crete as authorities ordered the freighter Maiotis to return. A Greek destroyer was sent to meet the vessel and Insull would be handed to American officials at the first opportunity. Mrs. Insull and her governess were declared undesirable aliens and were expected to depart Greece. The arrest may rest on a port code violation since Maiotis is a cargo ship with no passengers.
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Insull
United States
Crete
Ira
Maiotis
Tsaldaris
Greece
Spring Styles Suit West Texas Breezes
West Texas breezes inspire new spring fashions in Amarillo. A 7:30 p.m. Polk Street Spring Style Show will unveil shop windows and display live models. The Amarillo High School Band and Dave Derden's band will perform and merchants will hold open houses.
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Panhandle
West Texas
Polk Street
Amarillo
Dave Derden
CWA Strikes Hit Upstate New York Across State
Strikes by CWA laborers spread through New York with 4500 workers in Syracuse and 2000 in Buffalo, 400 at Solvay, 350 at Rome, 200 at Batavia, and 40 at Glens Falls. Buffalo workers returned after an order limiting shifts was withdrawn. Rome workers also agreed to resume pending readjustment talks.
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Syracuse
N. Y
CWA
New York State
Solvay
Rome
Batavia
Glens Paris
Buffalo
William A. Wolff
J. T. Owens
San Antonio bankers convicted in $546000 bond disposal conspiracy
Former Commercial National Bank president D B Bonner and attorney John H Cunningham were found guilty by a federal jury of conspiracy in disposing of bonds stolen in New York and Chicago. Co-defendant June B Morrow also convicted. others acquitted or accepted no contest. Jury deliberated under two hours after long arguments.
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San Antonio
Mareh
D. Bonner
Commercial National Bank
John H. Cunningham
New York
Chicago
June B. Morrow
BR. J. McMillan
Jimmy Diaze
Jimmi Degrassi
Sol Stern
Bonner
Harry N. Royster
Tulsa
Nollo Contendere
Cunningham
Morrow
Chicago Loop
Texas Rangers
State rests case in hatchet killing trial
San Marcos March 16 The state rested late today in the trial of Mateo Cuellar and Julian Ybarra for the hatchet slaying of Claude E. Kelly in Weslaco. Court adjourned until tomorrow to give the defense time to prepare a motion and arrange its order of testimony.
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San Marcos
Mateo Cuellar
Julian Ybarra
Claude E. Kelly
Weslaco
Want Ad Columns Bring Hundreds of Offers Saturday
Want Ad Headquarters schedules a big day with 300 to 400 offers presented to the public through Sunday columns. The notices reach over 32,609 families, indicating substantial prospects per ad. Readers are urged to phone in ads with same day closing at 6 30 this evening.
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Want Ad
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