Mussolini to Build 29 Warships This Year
Rome reports the Italian government will lay down 29 new warships totaling 42,900 tons this year. The plan includes a 11000 ton cruiser 25100 ton scout cruisers 4 1240 ton destroyers and 22 submarines with varied sub tonnages. The move aims to parity with foreign fleets and is praised by fascist organs. In Washington the London treaty of 1930 is in President Hoover's hands as he contemplates next steps.
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Associated Press
Rome
Council of Ministers
Sirianna
London
Giornale d'Italia
Italy
Lavoro Facista
Sirianni
Dino Grandi
Chamber of Deputies
France
Deliberative Assembly
Washington
Hoover
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Fair and cloudy conditions expected across Amarillo and western Texas with fair south and unsettled north in New Mexico. Little temperature change anticipated. hourly readings show highs near 78 and lows around 54, with inconsistent formatting in the source.
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Amarillo
Cinity
West
Texas
New Mexico
Senate vote on Parker 18 likely today
Washington April 30 another day of debate in the Senate brings Parker to the brink of confirmation as supreme court judge from North Carolina. Two Democrats oppose with Wagner and McKellar joining, while Hastings and Hebert lead Republicans in support. Campaign charges swirl around a socialist driven effort to influence court independence, contrasted with Democratic focus on Parker’s record including mine workers injunctions. Amarillo shows strong Clinton Small support with 250 on the reception committee for tomorrow night’s rally at 7:45 at the Auditorium led by local manager Grover Hill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Wagner
New York
McKellar
Tennessee
Parker
Hastings
Delaware
Hebert
Rhode Island
Amarillo
Clint Small
Grover B. Hill
Senator Small
Plains
Hill
Small
Mr. Hill
Hoover address on air tonight at 9 30 p m
President Hoover’s address to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States will be carried nationwide tomorrow night by NBC and CBS from Washington. The talk at the eighteenth annual convention begins at 9:30 p m eastern time, introduced by Richard F Grant of New York with Merle Thorpe as announcer.
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Associated Press
New York
President Hoover
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Washington
Chamber
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Mr. Hoover
Richard F. Grant
Merle Thorpe
Fear Felt As Young Transcontinental Flier Not Reported
El Paso Texas April 30 Frank Goldsborough left Midland at 615 pm en route to El Paso on a New York Los Angeles attempt to set a junior transcontinental record. He had not arrived by 10 pm. Midland lies about 230 miles from El Paso. Route treacherous deserts and mountains lie along the way. Texas and Pacific officials checked Odessa Toyah Pecos and Sierra Blanca for news with none found. Pecos airport reported no word.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Texas
Frank Goldsborough
Midland
New York
Texas and Pacific
Odessa
Toyah
Pecos
Sierra Blanca
Miiland
Farm Board Denounced at Chamber Meet
Washington report on the Chamber of Commerce of the United States annual meeting where officials and businessmen clash over the Farm Board and the Farm Marketing Act. Delegates debate government role in business, with critics urging reforms as supporters defend activities and funding.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Board
Senate
Hyde
Daniel Millett
Denver Stockman
Legge
Farm Board
Julius Barnes
National Business Survey Conference
Fort
New Jersey
House Agriculture Committee
Agricultural Marketing Act
Congress
Chamber of Commerce
Dairy Show Opens at Panhandle with Parade Feature
Dairy show kicks off in Panhandle today for the second annual Carger county event running through Saturday. Fifty entries, ten from Potter county, will compete alongside the Merchants carnival. A Saturday parade features pioneers in a covered wagon followed by descendants in late model cars and a large herd of dairy cows. Champions from the Plainview show will be shown. An implement show follows the parade.
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Panhandle
Carger County
Potter County
Plainview
Paducah Population Doubles Since 1920 Census
Paducah’s preliminary 1920 census shows 2,741 residents, a 101.08 percent rise from 1920 when the city had 1,257. Estelline records 950 people, up 556 since 1920, a 141.12 percent gain, with Plainview district supervisor OM Unger releasing the figures.
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Plainview
Paducah
M.unger
War Hero Found Dead in Algiers Prison report
Merlen Pritchard, a war veteran reportedly killed in action, allegedly buried in Vin cengs Indiana, was found in a French Legion prison in Algiers. Mrs. Etfan Pviteh- Okla and other veterans seek President Hoover's aid for a large release.
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Tted
Vincengs
Ind
Merlen Pritchard
Algiers
French Fogga Legion
Etfan
Mrs Fesler Held In Kidnapping Case In Pot ter County
Friends report husband of Mrs D A Fesler jailed on kidnapping charges and believed located in Hooser Kansas where he works for Missouri Pacific. Mrs Fesler remains in county jail after being arrested Tuesday morning at her parents in law home for taking seven day old infant of Mr and Mrs L M Darnell to pose for a photo for a Sunday school class acting as god mother.
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R. B. Darnell
L. M. Darnell
Claude A. Gray
Northwest Twelfth Avenue
D. A Fesler
Hooser
Kansas
D. A. Fosler
Potter County
Kans
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Hoogser
Feslers
Fesler
W. J. Fesler
Northwest
Fifth Avenue
Monay
Architects to Speak on Potter County Courthouse Plan Today
Commissioners hear a formal report from architects hired last week to assess remodeling the old Potter County courthouse. They were instructed to inspect the existing structure to judge feasibility of adding onto it. Protests filed with County Clerk Ted Blackburn over hiring an out-of-town architect will also be reviewed, with no clear statement expected.
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Potter County
Ted Blackburn
Bastrop Merchant Killed by Train in Texas
Alfred Knitt a 69 year old pioneer shoe merchant of Bastrop Texas was killed when struck by a passenger train late today as he returned from his farm near town where he picked dewberries. He was almost deaf and did not hear the approaching train according to friends.
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Associated Press
Bastrop
Texas
Alfred Knitt
Guardsmen Placed Within Walls of Pen
Guardsmen are stationed inside a pen or enclosure, with duration of confinement for prisoners at work on a hole not known. The report notes uncertainty about how long inmates have faced labor in a restricted area.
Digging Found as Ohio Penitentiary Guards Reinforce
Ohio National Guard officers at White City penitentiary uncover a hole being dug in the wall toward Warden Thomas residence. They seize a crow bar and torn wash basin suggests escape plan. Sixteen guards and 610 prisoners placed under heavy stockade. 4060 soldiers deployed inside walls.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
White City
Ohio Penitentiary
WP. E. Thomas
Robert Haubrich
Ohio National Guardsmen
Passion Play Ends Return Engagement in Amarillo
The Freiburg Passion Players closed a successful Amarillo run with over 2 000 attending the final performance at the city auditorium. Attendance across two shows topped 15 000, with a matinee drawing schoolchildren and a sold out three Tech gym performances planned in Lubbock. Tri-State Fair manager Wilbur C. Hawk praised the production and expected a pleasing profit from the proceeds.
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Freiburg Passion Players
Amarillo
City Auditorium
The
Panhandle
Lubbock
South Plains
Texas Tech College
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair
Hawk
Testimony in River Road and Pleasant Valley sewer suits
In Amarillo district court, about 20 combined suits claim over 90000 dollars in damages from sewer flood waters feeding Amarillo creek. Jury selection began after a two-year filing gap since the city’s storm sewer system was completed. A motion to move trials was overruled. sixty jurors were summoned.
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River Road
Pleasant Valley
Amarillo
Amarillo Creek
Strong Earthquake Felt at Tokyo
A powerful earthquake struck Tokyo shortly after midnight, with no casualties or major damage reported. The central meteorological observatory located the activity center about five miles northeast of Tokyo at sea. The quake began at 12 53 a m and recorded on seismographs for thirty minutes.
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Associated
Prem
Tokyo
Central Meteorological Observatory
Thousands of Troops Guard Paris on May Day
London reports warn of orderly processions as Communists and labor groups plan marches while Paris deploys thousands of troops and police for May Day security. Berlin allows protests if orderly. Russia readies large public displays of propaganda and parade activity.
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Paris
London
Europe
Socialista
Arma
Paria
L'Apostrophe
Berlin
Russia
May Day in Union Square to Host Rallies and Police Pullback
New York voters and radicals prepare for May Day events in Union Square with the Veterans of Foreign Wars set for a noon to 2 pm patriotic rally. Police Commissioner Grover Whalen directs about a thousand officers to stand without night sticks, aiming for an orderly day. Continued coverage on page 19.
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Associated Prez
New York
Union Square
Grover A. Whalen
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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