Germany pushes big army plan as three powers seek unity
Berlin reports indicate Germany would draft all 21 year olds this September and may abrogate the left bank Rhine demilitarization. France Italy and Britain weigh an emergency conference to resolve tone disputes in the British protest note while Mussolini's possible participation emerges from Rome. A possible delay in U S talks is noted as Sir John Simon prepares to visit Berlin.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
France
Italy
Britain
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Il Duce
Rhine
Rhineland
Berlin
John Simon
Farm youths present lamb to Vice President Garner
The Future Farmers of America presented a lamb with a blue ribbon won at the Houston Fat Stock Show to Vice President John Nance Garner in Washington. Garner joked that he would eat lamb chops, posing with Mr and Mrs Garner and Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman as the gift was photographed.
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Washington
U.P
Future Farmers of America
John Nance Garner
Garner
Oscar Chapman
Houston
Comment on World War II Draft and Protests
Beverly Hills column notes relief at avoiding protests as Germany sends extra help. The piece jokes about Mussolini and Hitler, discusses conscription timing and compares to the Versailles Treaty, concluding many worries are tax related.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Germany
Mussolini
Hitler
West Texas Chamber backs one per cent tax limit proposal
From its Stamford headquarters the West Texas Chamber of Commerce endorsed Sen. Roy Sanderford’s one per cent overall ad valorem tax limit amendment. The group urged passage before the Texas Legislature and noted current statewide and West Texas tax levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Roy Sanderford
Belton
Senate
Committee On
Sanderford
West Texas
West Texas Chamber
James D. Hamlin
D. A. Bandeen
E. J. Blackett
Victoria
Coairman
T. J. Holbrook
Galveston
Arthur P. Duggan
Texas Oil Allowables Cut by Railroad Commission
The Texas Railroad Commission reduced allowable oil output from 1,044,000 to 1,017,109 barrels daily effective April 1. East Texas was cut to 345 percent of hourly potential to curb waste. Other district changes include West Texas down 1,477 barrels and Gulf Coast down 3,079, with Panhandle, Moore County, North Texas, Foard County, and West Central Texas remaining unchanged. The action aligns with federal guidance from Secre tary Ickes and aims to balance market demand with production limits.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Ickes
Gordon Griffin
West Texas
Southwest Texas
Government Wells
Gulf Coast
Nye Led Senate Panel Pushes War Profits Tax Plan
Senate munitions committee members reported President Roosevelt appeared to approve a plan to end war profits by taxing earnings and salaries and drafting high salary industrialists at army pay. The Nye group said the program would be completed within three weeks and followed a 12-point scheme to take profits out of war.
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Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
White House
Roosevelt
Nye
Republic
North Dakota
John T. Flynn
New York
Flynn
Train Hits Truck Injures Panhandle Youth
Special to The News Jess Ketchum 21 of Panhandle was injured when an eastbound Santa Fe passenger train struck the truck he was driving near Panhandle shortly before 10 pm. He was unconscious an hour later and receiving medical care. extent of injuries undetermined.
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Panhandle
Jess Ketchum
Santa Fe
Ketchum
Rivers Break More Levees Near Devalls Bluff
Floods from the Cache River breach levees 15 miles north of Devalls Bluff Arkansas, inundating more than 10 000 acres of farmland and displacing about 200 families. In Monette Arkansas water backs against State Highway 139 as Sheriff Houston Johnson warns residents against dynamiting the highway to divert flow. More than 15 000 people were said to be homeless in the region.
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Memphis, Tenn
Cache River
Devalls Bluff
Ark
Memphis-to-Little Rock
St. Francis
Monette
Houston Johnson
Craighead County
Man Rescues Child From Broadway Pipe
A Broadway crowd of 1500 watched Mehemed and Mama Hussein react to a danger as Abe, five, cried out. A machinist acted quickly to pull Abe’s hand from a trap in a pipe, saving him amid the uproar.
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New York
Mehemed Hussein
Mama Hussein
Abe
Broadway
Senate Downs Moves 10 Cut Relief Money
Senate administration forces beat back three conservative attempts to slash the $4.88 billion work relief bill. Byrd Adams and Copeland proposals failed as Democrats and some Republicans backed keeping funding. silver purchases and greenback options loom next as lawmakers aim to vote by Thursday.
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Washington
Senate
Tydings
Maryland
Glass
Byrd
Virginia
Adams
Colorado
Copeland
New York
Dole
Thomas
Oklahoma
Wheeler
Montana
Farmer
Finding of Torso Adds 10 Mysteries
A torso with head and legs missing was found in the Grand Union Canal near Brentford, spurring a new torso murder case for English police. The discovery follows two severed legs found on a Waterloo station train three weeks earlier, reviving memories of Brighton’s unsolved trunk murders from last summer.
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London
Grand Union Canal
Brentford
Waterloo
Brighton
Hanna Sworn In As Texas House Member
Sam Hanna was sworn in as a Texas House member succeeding Sarah T. Hughes. A former assistant reading clerk, Hanna won a special election Saturday from a field of 60 candidates in Austin.
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Austin
Sam Hanna
Texas House
Sarah T. Hughes
Dallas
Hanna
House
Texas Refusal Threatens Panhandle Tooth Stain Study
Dr. John W. Brown reports federal support for a Panhandle tooth stain study could end if Texas lawmakers do not provide $10,000 in state funds. The measure would be matched by federal funds, shielding ongoing research and related health services. Mayor Ross Rogers plans a regional meeting to press for the appropriation.
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Panhandle
Texas
Amarillo
John W. Brown
Austin
Brown
West Texas
Legislative Committee On Appropriations
Department of Health
Ross Rogers
Panhandle-Plains
New Mexico
Tucumcari
Texas State Health Department
B. M. Primer
Primer
New Mexico Health Department
Tucumcari and
Endee
Ama
Belgian premier resigns over gold standard clash
Brussels reports Premier Georges Theunis resigning to avoid a split over maintenance of the Belgian gold standard. Observers expect King Leopold to name a new government, possibly a tri party cabinet, to defend the belga and restore confidence amid Germany's rearmament moves.
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Brussels
Georges Theunis
Chamber of Deputies
Leopold
Theunis
Emile Francqui
Triparty
Belga
Germany
Bad Medicine Row Highlights Indian Chief Case
In HONESDALE Pennsylvania on March 19 70 year old Indian chief Wolf Sopachy claimed a treaty exempted him from hunting fishing and practicing medicine license fees. Judge A E Sweyer disagreed sentencing six months in jail and a one dollar fine.
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Honesdale
Sopachy
Wiliam Penn
A. E. Sweyer
Smith electrocuted for Houston grocer murder at state penitentiary
Gabe Smith, a Black man, was executed by electric chair at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the 195? murder of Alvin Legate, a Houston grocer, during a robbery last year.
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Huntsville
U.P
Gabe Smith
Alvin Legate Houston
I'll Never Die in the Electric Chair Hamilton Declares
Interview with Raymond Hamilton, previously condemned to death, recounts his escape and claim of innocence. He tells Houston Press reporter Harry McCormick he seeks humane treatment and wants Texans to know his side. The piece notes his vow to survive execution and his aim to tell his story.
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Hamilton
Harry McCormick
Houston Press
United Press
Raymond Hamilton
Harry M’cormick
Houston
U.P
Walker County
Gulty
Mero
M. E. Foster
the Press
Classified Want Ad Tips For Daily Successful Results
A promotional note highlighting the value of the classified want ad section to sellers. It emphasizes constant reader traffic and gratifying outcomes, encouraging patrons to imitate proven success strategies in their own listings.
Perjury Plot Charge in Hamlin Murder Trial
Carl Hare, first witness for the State in the George Hamlin murder trial, faces a contempt of court fine of 25 dollars after shouting You're a liar at defense counsel Dusty Miller. The day centered on transfer of the Hamlin honeymoon home to Hare as Hare testified Hamlin wanted Mrs. Hare to have it. Sheriff Bill Adams and DA Grady Hazlewood testified as the tense proceedings continued with the judge weighing admissibility of Hamlin's statements. The courtroom was crowded with spectators throughout the day.
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E. T
Dusty” Miller
Carl Hare
George Hamlin
Irene Hamlin
Hare
E. C. Nelson
Hamlin
Miller
Cliff Hudspeths
L. D. Lewis
Mississippi
Bill Adams
Honeys Moon
Hamlins
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