Senate floods bill seeks 305 million for Eastern reservoirs
Senate commerce committee shapes a 305 million flood control bill to fund dykes on the Susquehanna and a 10 reservoir system on the upper Connecticut. The plan requires Army engineers approval before any project and aims to end pork barrel funding. Hopkins says state aid may rise if needed as Red Cross passes 2.03 million toward a 3 million goal.
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Senate Commerce Committee
Army Board of Engineers
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania
Connecticut River
New England
Copeland
New York
Senate
Army Engineers
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Massachusetts House
Democratic
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Red Cross
Todeg
Reeve
Filmland Romances On Rocks
Hollywood report says Arline Judge and Wesley Ruggles plan separate quarters soon as divorce rumors swirl in Los Angeles. Judge reveals they will remain friendly and share custody of their three year old son Charles Wesley Jr while Ruggles may direct her next film.
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Hollywood
Calif
Arline Judge
Wesley Ruggles
Charles Ruggles
Miss Judge
Helen Twelvetrees
Brentwood
Beverly Hills
Jack Woody
Los Angeles
Ruggles
Charles Wesley, Jr
Pageant Opens Baptist Meet Draws 300 Youths
Easter pageant at First Baptist Church capped the opening day of a two day Panhandle conference for Sunday school and Baptist Training Union leaders. Organist John Josey directed the production before a large crowd at the church in Houston. The conference runs with programs from 9 to 4 today as venues are considered. The BTU president H. H. Huber presides. In Houston on March 25 Vince Ross, 20, faces April 13 trial for the slaying and robbery of Brenham cheese salesman R. W. Albert, 33, as announced by District Attorney K. C. Barkley after presenting the case to the grand jury.
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Baptist Training Union
Panhandle
John Josey
First Baptist Church
H. H. Huber
B. T. U. Organization
Style show to spotlight men in Amarillo windows
Downtown Amarillo stores host an annual pre Easter style show Friday night at 7 30 with living models presenting men and women fashions. Displays run Saturday for shoppers and business visitors with tickets to The Country Doctor at Paramount Theater offered as inducement.
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Amarillo
Paramount Theater
House subcommittee rejects new processing taxes on farm goods
The Ways and Means subcommittee backed three main revenue ideas including a revised corporate tax and a 90 percent windfall levy on processors, to raise about 799 million dollars. It rejected adding processing taxes and will file the report for full committee hearings starting Monday.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Treasury
Full Ways and Means Committee
Subcommittee
Samuel B. Hill
Presidential Corporation
Sanderson Gets Two Five Year Penitentiary Terms
Gil bert Sanderson, convicted accomplice of Raymond Hamilton in the Feb 16 1935 National Guard armory robbery, received two five year sentences to run concurrently with an existing 10 year term. Estelle Davis, acquitted yesterday, remained jailed with release expected soon.
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Beaumont
Gilbert Sanderson
Raymond Hamilton
National Guard
Sanderson
Estelle Davis
Hitler’s Rhine March Halts Soviet Trade Talks
The Rhineland occupation by German troops derailed Soviet German trade negotiations that were nearing a 1936 loan deal. Hitler addressed 200,000 supporters at Ludwigshafen while European capitals awaited his peace proposals after rallying to back the Reichstag election.
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Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
the Rhine
Dr. H. Jalmar, Schacht
David Kandelaki
Germany
der Fuehrer
Ludwigshafen
Bank of Rhine
Hitler
Hindenburg Park
Rhine
Panhandle Winds Slow After Weekend Gale
Wind, which blew through the Panhandle at 55 miles an hour yesterday, fell to 25 miles an hour last night as the gale shifted from the northwest. Forecasters predicted a dustless day with clouds but no rain possible for the Panhandle.
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Panhandle
House panel to probe veterans deaths after Keys hurricane
The House authorized its veterans committee to investigate the causes of deaths among World War veterans in the hurricane that struck the Florida Keys last year.
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Washington
House Today
Veterans Committee
Florida Keys
Hordes Flee Before Fresh Flood Waters
Thousands migrate from the Ohio Valley as tributary headwaters push the Ohio River above flood level from Pittsburgh to Parkersburg. Officials report 10 feet above the 40 foot mark at Gallipolis and Point Pleasant, with 8 feet near Cincinnati. Relief workers delay rehabilitation after last week's disaster.
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Cincinnati
Upper
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg
W. Va
Works Progress Administration
W. C. Devereaux
Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Ohio
Portsmouth
Devereaux
Killer Denied New Hearing in Texas Death Case
Virgil Stalcup, sentenced to death for fatally shooting Sheriff W B Arthur during a jail break, lost a motion for rehearing in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The court also affirmed three death sentences and granted another defendant a new trial, citing no reversible error and noting the punishment was richly deserved.
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Austin
Virgil Stalcup
W. B. Arthur
Dickens County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Stalcup
Lubbock
Clarence Brown
W. J. Yarborough
Lubbock County
Humphrey Henderson
Galveston County
Five Days Remain for Auto Licenses
Miss Jewell Davidson, Amarillo tax collector, urged residents to renew auto license tags and driver certificates within five days. State law requires timely purchases by April 1 with heavy fines for driving without a permit after that date. Over 1,000 tags and 2,000 permits per day are needed to meet the deadline. extra clerks were added to handle the rush.
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Jewell Davidson
Three Power Naval Limits Treaty Signed
London March 25 a stop gap naval treaty was signed by the United States Great Britain and France to replace the expiring Washington pact for five years Japan and Italy did not sign. The agreement raises no fleet size limits but preserves parity between the U S and Britain while allowing escape clauses. Italy voiced opposition citing Mediterranean pacts and political relations.
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London
United States
Great Britain
France
Britain
Italy
Japan
Dino Grandi
Washington
Grandi
United States Senate
Norman H. Davis
Roosevelt
William H. Standley
Senate
Congress
Davis
Anthony Eden
Guards Around Kay Francis Home Are Removed
Hollywood police lifted guards around Kay Francis after an alleged death threat was traced to a case of mistaken identity. James Crawford, 23, confessed he had a grudge against a Kay Francis but said he meant Kathleen Francis, not the actress. He was jailed on suspicion of robbery as investigators review the incident.
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United Press
Hollywood
Calif
U.P
Kay Francis
James Crawford
Crawford
Kathleen Francis
Black Gold Rush launches near Oklahoma Capitol
Oklahoma City voters opened the northeast residential district to oil drilling with 13 permits issued to one company. A derrick cellars rig to be set opposite the statehouse within days, while state bids on state land near the Capitol and governor’s mansion await. Regulators seek cash bids and an attorney general opinion stalls actions.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
City Hall
Statehouse
Hall and Briscoe Oil Company
Capitol Building
E. V. King
Company
Lincoln Terrace
State Capitol
State Board of Affairs
Capitol
E. W. Marland
Marland
National Guard
Santa Fe Extends Boise City to Las Animas Main Line
ATCHISON TOPEKA AND SANTA FE president T Bledsoe announced plans to start 11.26 miles of new main line track from Boise City Oklahoma to Las Animas Colorado at a cost of 3 750 000. The project completes a through line from Colorado to Texas and will shorten freight routes, saving 142 to 226 miles on the Santa Fe system.
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Chicago
T. Bledsoe
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Boise City
Okla
Las Animas
Colo
Santa Fe
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
Colorado
Bledsoe
Santa Fe Railroad
Boise City-Las Animas
Train injures Hereford man at grade crossing
D. R. Gass an 88 year old retired merchant suffered crushed hips when his auto was struck by a Santa Fe passenger train at a southwest Hereford crossing. Witness Leonard Curtsinger said the car moved into the locomotive’s path as it dragged the vehicle more than 30 yards to the west toward Clovis. Gass, who came to Hereford in 1898, was hospitalized at Deaf Smith County Hospital.
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Hereford
D. R. Gass
Gass
Santa Fe
Clovis
N. M
Deaf Smith County Hospital
Charlie Bennett
Leonard Curtsinger
Hale County
Deaf Smith County
Thugs Escape With Baking Firm Funds in San Antonio
Three bandits held up the Fehr Baking Company forcing the bookkeeper to open the safe and fled with 1190 dollars after intimidating five employees in San Antonio on March 25.
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San Antonio
Fehr Baking Company
Bond Hearing Delayed In Murder Case Of 11 Year Old
Habeas corpus hearing on Velma Patterson to determine bond in murder by poison of her daughter Bilie Fae McCasland was postponed until tomorrow in Greenville.
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Greenville
Velma Patterson
Bilie Fae McCasland
Amarillo Forecast Thurdays Cool, Fair With Clouds
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas indicates fair skies with a slight cooling trend Thursday. West Texas west of the 100th meridian expected to be partly cloudy and cooler, New Mexico generally fair with snow possible in the northwest. Temperature outlook shows lower highs and cooler nights, with hours listed for noon and afternoon values.
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Amarillo
West Texas
West Point
New Mexico
Hoffman Says Action Is Final In Hauptmann Case
Gov Harold G Hoffman declared he will not act on Hauptmann's mercy again unless a judicial intervention occurs He reaffirmed his January 17 position and noted that eight jurists will decide if the pardon case is reopened Hauptmann's latest bid for clemency followed a second appeal for commutation to life imprisonment.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Huptmann
Court of Pardons
Amarillo News Promises Service To Southwest Readers
The Amarillo News positions itself as a regional daily devoted to Southwest interests. It aims for national leadership in public service and pledges to serve the people and territory it covers. Subscribers are urged to connect with a News agent.
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Amarillo
Southwest
Amarillo News
Donley Road Bids Opened for Donley County Surfacing
The Public Construction Company of Denton submitted the low bid of 66150 for 13 miles of quadruple asphalt surfacing on Highway 5 between Clarendon and Hedley in Donley County. Federal emergency construction bids totaling 920434 were tabulated by the highway commission, part of 7 million dollars in bids received this month across 15 counties, with J E Barnhill of Plainview among low bidders at 47339 for 6.2 miles of gravel base and double asphalt surfacing in Johnson County between Cuba School and Cleburne.
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Austin
Public Construction Company of
Denton
Highway 5
Donley County
Clarendon
Hedley
Highway Commission
J. E. Barnhill
Plainview
Johnson County
Cuba School
Cleburne
Eden says Italian replies unsatisfactory on Red Cross bombing
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Britain found Italy s replies to representations over the bombing of British Red Cross units in Ethiopia to be in no way satisfactory. The disclosure came in a written answer to a parliamentary question.
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London
U.P
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Red Cross
Ethiopia
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