New London Explosion Probes Seek Further Cause Clues
March 23. Community plans Easter memorials for victims of last Thursday’s school blast as experts probe for fuel gas causes. Mines Bureau drilled 400 subsoil holes while a military court weighs possible blame and calls for stricter rural school inspections in East Texas.
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New London
William T. Bratton
New London Baptist Church
Hillside
Bureau of Mines
Austin
Edward Clark
Texas
Negro Suspect Held in Slaying of Mrs Knox at Dallas
Dallas police hold a Black man as a possible suspect in the murder of 91 year old widow Mrs Mary S Knox killed March 12 in her home. Inspector Fritz declined to discuss connections while Mrs Lillian Knox, related to the victim, was freed after nine days on forgery charges and plans to offer a reward for the arrest of the slayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Mary S. Kinox
Will Fritz
Police
Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Lillian Knox
Flood Forecasting Will Be Revised
Washington report says the government flood warning service will be overhauled under Merrill Bernard new chief of the river and flood division. W R Gregg states Bernard will develop new forecasting methods and data collection on rainfall and river stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. R. Gregg
Weather Bureau
Government
Merrill Bernard
Bernard
M. W. Hayes
Gregg
Senate Panel Backs Kennedy Maritime Chair Choice
The Senate commerce committee reported favorably a resolution finding that Joseph P. Kennedy's appointment as chairman of the maritime commission does not violate the federal maritime act. Kennedy's stock holdings in a ship company had delayed the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Commerce Committee
Joseph P. Kennedy
Maritime Commission
Kennedy
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And Surrounding Regions
Partly cloudy and cooler Wednesday in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas area west of Meridian mostly fair and cooler in northern and eastern portions. New Mexico fair and colder in extreme eastern portions. Temperature readings show daily highs and lows with yesterday’s records for 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo de TA
SPM
Sk Usan
Goering Unveils Nazi Farm Self-Sufficiency Plan
Berlin March 23 Col General Hermann Goering as head of the four year plan announced measures to make Germany self sufficient in food through subsidies and controls. Decrees include fertilizer price cuts rye and potato price increases new credit measures limits on urban migration and promotion of farm mechanization. Government support will fund farm houses and related buildings to improve living conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.R
Hermann Goering
Germany
Goering
Petition for Naming Trustee Filed in Missouri Pacific Line
In federal court Irving Trust Company and a five member committee filed petitions to appoint a separate trustee for the New Orleans Texas and Mexico Railway, part of Missouri Pacific. Judge George H. Moore set a hearing for April 23 amid objections from Guy A. Thompson’s trustees. The petitioners claim unfair traffic distribution and excess charges for the railroad’s joint expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Railway Company
Missouri Pacific Lines
Irving Trust Company of
New York
George H. Moore
Guy A. Thompson
Missouri, Pacific
Moore
Thompson
New Orleans
Texas & Mexico
Engineer Dies at Fort Worth Federal Narcotic Farm
Thomas H. Flinn aged 58, a construction engineer for the U S Treasury Department, died in a Fort Worth hospital following abdominal surgery at the Federal narcotic farm near Fort Worth. The death occurred March 23 after an operation last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
U.P
Thomas H. Flinn
U. S. Treasury Department
Berlin Halts Quarrel With Churches in Truce
The Nazi government declares a halt in its fight with Protestant churches and preserves the status quo until church elections. Hans Kerrl orders pre Feb 15 evangelical governance restored and a freedom of faith and conscience amid debates over church state. Catholic leaders reject the move as a divide tactic during Vatican concordat tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hans Kerr
Reichsminister
Adolf Hitler
Kerrl
Pius
Germany
Vatican Encyclical Smuggled to Germany by Air
A source says Pope Pius XII's encyclical opposing Nazi doctrine was secretly flown to Germany. The Vatican declined to discuss delivery methods and confirmed a confidential audience with the pontiff. The messenger returned to the Vatican after the mysterious flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius
Germany
Vatican
Longshoremen Return to Work After Peace Conference
In SAN PEDRO Calif March 23 the dispute between employers and union longshoremen ended and the port of Los Angeles reopened. The joint labor relations board resolved differences after a shutdown that affected 27 general cargo vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Calif
Los Angeles
Joint Labor Relations Board
State Department Fund Is Approved for Next Fiscal Year
The House approved an $18,261,300 appropriation for the State Department for the next fiscal year. An amendment by Rep. Dempsey provided $500,000 for Rio Grande canalization to help fulfill treaty obligations with Mexico for river improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
State Department
Dempsey
Dem
N. M
Rio Grande
Mexico
Mussolini Attacks English Church Leaders On Ethiopia Peace Drive
Rome March 23 Premier Mussolini on the Palazzo Venezia balcony denounced English churchmen as hypocritical while praising fascists on the 18th anniversary of the Fascist party. He blamed British and French press attacks and defended Italy's conquest of Ethiopia, pledging against foreign sanctions and calling opponents pacifists disruptive to peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mussolini
Palazzo Venezia
Il Duce
Canterbury
York
Ethiopia
Marshall Rodolfo Graziani
Italy
Great Britain
France
Civic Boosters Launch Drive to Raise Chamber Budget
Civic boosters begin a membership drive to boost the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce budget from 17774 to 25180 for the next fiscal year. Mayor Rogers urged broad support ahead of the fiftieth anniversary celebration as water conservation and industrial programs were highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Guy Sickler
American City Bureau
Carl Hinton
Clipper Lands at Kingman Reef on Mid-Pacific Flight
Pan American Clipper completes first mid Pacific phase to New Zealand landing at Kingman Reef in a 7 hour 53 minute flight from Honolulu. Captain Edwin Musick leads a crew of five on the 1 067 mile leg as weather forces a low flight profile across the reef position in mid Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingman Reef
Pan American Airways
Coral Lagoon
South Seas
New Zealand
Honolulu
Australia
mid-Pacific
Tiny Kingman Reef
Edwin C. Musick
Aged Flying Duchess Of England Missing
London reports an alarm over the safety of England's 71 year old flying duchess of Bedford who disappeared on a routine flight. Royal Air Force planes joined scores of land and air searchers in a 60 mile square Bedford Fenlands area despite snow, after she took to the air at age 62 and has one child the Marquess of Tavistock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Duchess of Bedford
Bedford Fenlands
Royal Airforce
Marquess of
Italy's Attitude Seen As Peril To European Peace
Soviet ambassador Ivan Maiski warned that Italy's stance toward Spain's civil war imperils European peace. Dino Grandi of Italy refused to discuss withdrawing Italian volunteers, estimated at about 80,000 fighting with the rebel side against the popular front government Moscow supports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ivan Maiski
Italy
Spain
Europe
Moscow
Dino Grandi
Rome
Popular Front
Lewis and Chrysler Seek Detroit Peace Parley Amid Mass Labor Demo
Labor leader John L. Lewis and industrialist Walter P. Chrysler advanced toward a strike peace parley in Michigan as CIO UAW members gathered in Cadillac Square for a record labor display. Gov. Frank Murphy prepared a truce draft while sheriff help was feared to enforce writs for Lewis and Chrysler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Chrysler
Detroit
Associated Press
John L. Lewis
Walter P. Chrysler
Michigan
Chrysler Motor Corporation
Generalissimo
Committee For Industrial Organization
Frank Murphy
Lansing
CIO
Murphy
T. C. Wilcox
Inter
Labor Titan
Washington
New York
Hudson Motor Car Co
Reo Motor Car Co
Sit
Original Brain Truster Molds Court Bill Debate
Professor Raymond Moley urged a four point constitutional amendment to reshape the court and curb New Deal challenges. Representative William Lemke argued the fight is between the President and the people, not just the Court, as he warned of adding justices to reframe interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Raymond Moley
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Lemke
Moley
Public Law
Columbia University
News Week
Roosevelt
William Lemke
North Dakota
Union Party
North
Chief Executive Hopes No New Taxes Needed
President Roosevelt says there should be no new taxes at this session of Congress. He spoke during a second vacation press conference in Warm Springs Georgia and did not expand on the tax comment. He declined to comment on Chief Justice Hughes’s note about Supreme Court reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Marriner G. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Hughes
Supreme Court
Sales Tax Favorable Hint for Texas Pension Plan
A Texas Senate committee reported a sales tax in favor, tied to a constitutional amendment authorizing old age assistance not to exceed 15 dollars monthly for all over 65. The pension would be funded by the tax, but Sen. L J Sulak said no immediate Senate vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Texas
Senate Committee On
Sen. L. J. Sulak
la Grange
Senate
Kansas Pastures Begin Greening
Pastures in the blue stem Flint Hill region are greening as cattle from the Southwest are expected for spring and summer grazing. Santa Fe livestock agent Owen L. Cope says movement will start around April 10 with buyers active recently in Texas and Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottonwood Falls
Eas
Blue Stem
Flint Hill
Southwest
Owen L. Cope
Santa Fe
Texas
Louisiana
Steamer Sinks on Kunhu Lake Killing 150
An overloaded steamer sank on Kunhu Lake near Yunnanfu Yunnan Province killing 150 passengers and crew members. The tragedy occurred on March 23 when the vessel capsized and foundered, leaving many unaccounted for as rescue efforts began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yunnanfu
Yunnan Province
China
Kunhu Lake
Here
Rescued Crew Of Sinking Norwegian Steamer Bjerkli
The cutter Chelan saved 17 crewmen from the Norwegian steamer Bjerkli foundering about 500 miles east of Nantucket Lightship. City of Havre joined Chelan near the scene guided by an amateur wireless operator aboard Bjerkli who tapped distress signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coast Guard
Nantucket
Mackay
Havre
Signing of Pardon Bill Delayed in Texas
Governor James V. Allred said the pardon and parole bill, passed by the legislature, will return to the conference committee for corrections due to stenographic errors. He noted issues could let the governor and new pardon board act on clemency under unspecified legislative direction. The bill would create a new pardon board by constitutional amendment approved at the last election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.pi
James V. Allred
Conference Committee For
Pardon and Parole Board
Funds for Insect Control Approved
A conference committee of the House and Senate agreed on a 2,000,000 dollar appropriation for emergency grasshopper and other insect control measures this year. The Senate had favored 10,000,000 dollars. the House cut to 100,000 dollars plus funds the Agriculture Department might provide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Five Die As Orchestra Truck Collides Head On
A truck from the Glenn Lee orchestra and a sedan crashed nine miles south of Austin on the San Antonio highway in a night collision. Five killed: Sanford Hendry and Edgar Williamson from Utah, Ed Davenport owner of the sedan, Donald Tarr, Earl Roberts. Injured: Jewell Denton and John Heiden. Davenport died later. Denton and Heiden severely hurt.
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Glenn Lee Dance Orchestra
Here
San Antonio Highway
Sanford Hendry
Salt Lake City
Utah
Edgar Ewell Williamson
Ogden
Ed Davenport
Dallas
Texas
Donald Tarr
Kingsman County
Kan
Earl Roberts
Davenport
Jewell Denton
San Antonio
John H. Heiden
Freeport
Illinois
William Moon
Shreveport
Heiden
Russell Howland
Waco
Frank G. Goetzenberger
Claremore
Oklo
Miss Denton
Madrid Laughs at Insurgent Attack
Insurgent batteries shelled downtown Madrid but movie audiences and Gen. Jose Miaja laughed at the attack. Miaja said insurgents are only good for parading as shells fell near a cinema and fumes crept into the theater yet patrons remained for the rest of the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Jose Miaja
Marja
Patman Pleads for Reserve Bank Bill
Representative Patman and Binderup urged House members to back Patman’s bill for the government to take over Federal Reserve Banks and control the money supply. The push targets the creation of a central authority to oversee monetary volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patman
Reserve Bank Bill
Washington
Texas
Binderup
Nebraska
House
Old Time Sandstorm Sweeps Panhandle After Rain
A northeast Panhandle rain gave way to a heavy sandstorm blowing from the southwest. Winds reached 68 mph at Lubbock and 65 mph locally, with zero visibility at times. Flights by TWA were canceled and later resumed as conditions improved. showers were reported in Canadian and adjacent counties with rain totals of a half to a quarter inch in the northeast corner.
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Panhandle
Lubbock
English Airport
al Twa
New Mexico
Kansas
Adrian
TWA
Follette
Glazier
Mcbee
Wheeler
Clarendon
Clinton
Amarillo
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Duce
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John L, Lewis
Walter P
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Martha Wootton Collings
Hot Springs
Ark
Col
Lawrence Westbrook
National
WPA Advisory Board
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