Washington Of the Kkecord column highlights high society quirks
Ambassador Troyanovsky leads a Soviet embassy concert party to Constitution Hall while noting the venue’s DAR ownership and past stance on recognition. The piece blends political irony with social anecdotes about Hopkins, Cummings, Huey Long, Gen. Hugh Johnson dialogue, Senator Sheppard’s speed tests, Mrs. Roosevelt’s Puerto Rico visit, Daniels’ gentlemanly ardor, post repeal cocktail rooms, and Mrs. Barbour’s trio of dogs.
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Sigrid Arne
Troyanovsky
Soviet Republics
Constitution Hall
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy and colder tonight and Tuesday. West of 100th meridian mostly cloudy with possible showers southeast tonight and Tuesday. colder north and west portions tonight and Tuesday. New Mexico unsettled tonight and Tuesday with frost possible in extreme northwest. Temperatures today up to 75.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Easier Money Seen by RFC Leader in N Y News
In Washington April 2 Jesse H. Jones head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation said banks are loosening credit and fewer people seek federal loans. He expected RFC outlays for the year to be $500,000,000 less than projected, as Congress debated a $330,000,000 tax bill and sugar quotas while a special committee was to be appointed to investigate claims about presidential advisers.
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Reconstruction Corporation
Jesse H. Jones
Edward W. Poll
North Carolina
Joint Services
House
Senate
Hapser
Mississippi
Rainey
William A. Wirt
Indiana
Terror Reign Across Texas by Barrow and Hamilton
Elusive Clyde Barrow and Raymond Hamilton blamed for a wave of crimes across Texas. State and federal agents chase leads from Grapevine to Blanket, with a $1,500 reward offered for Barrow and Parker sighting. Reports tie Barrow to Wheeler and Murphy killings and a Blanket gas station hold up.
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Associated Press
Clyde Barrow
Raymond Hamilton
Texas
Department of Justice
Barrow
E. B. Wheeler
H. D. Murphy
Grapevine
Rob
Bonnie Parker
Blanket
Brownwood
Howard Strickland
Strickland
Hamilton
West
Cam Gunter
Mexia
Houston
Wheeler
Murphy
Abilene
Denton County
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Wichita Falls
L. G. Phares
Highway Patrol
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Auto Ditch Near Claude Kills Borger Man
A Borger youth, James Elmore Eubanks, 22, was killed and his sister Dorothy, 18, severely injured when their car overturned seven miles south of Claude on Highway No 5. Eubanks died instantly. Dorothy was trapped and later rushed to Northwest Texas Hospital. The siblings had been visiting in Wichita Falls. Eubanks worked for Gulf Production Company at Borger and was due at work at 8 this morning.
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James Elmore Eubanks
Dorothy Eubanks
Miss Eubanks
Amarillo
Northwest Texas
Griggs
Wichita Falls
Eubanks
Gulf Production Company
Berger
Dorothy
Mra
Pearl Bubanks
Borger
Marcus Eubanks
B. H. Eubanks
Electra
N. C. Strait
Los Angeles
Harmon Bonds
Amarillo Adult School Will Continue Pending Decision
The Amarillo school board voted to allow use of the high school building while clarifying whether the program will be permanently cut or due to a misunderstanding between relief authorities in Washington and Austin. Teachers volunteer their services. About 1000 students urged continuation through their student council led by Claude McDaniel.
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Amarillo
Washington
Austin
Claude McDaniel
Three Die In Bus Garage Fire In Havana
In Havana Cuba at the Havana Bus Company's Cerro garage three people died and one crewman was missing after a fire destroyed thirty four buses. The cause was not determined but may have been incendiary.
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Havana
Cuba
Cerro
March Snowy Month Delivers Above Normal Moisture
March brought 2.83 inches of moisture, with 21.5 inches of snow on the 25th and 26th, boosting total precipitation to 2.83 inches for the month and 3.01 inches since January 1, while temps averaged 3.4 degrees above the 46.9 normal. High of 84 and low of 18 were recorded with multiple frosts including killing frosts on the 8th 10th and 18th.
Cadman to Perform in Amarillo High School Auditorium
Exponent of lyric music Cadman appears tonight in Amarillo with chorus and vocal arrangements. Charles Wakefield Cadman, famed composer and folk song student, will be featured at 8 30 p m in the high school auditorium. Tenor Clyde Neibarger from Pittsburg Kansas, touring with Cadman, will join Mrs Neibarger as accompanist. They traveled from Emporia Kansas. Cadman visits Texas for the first time in years.
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Gene Elo
Cadway
Neibarger
Emporia
Kans
Cadman
Amarillo
Texas
Dallas
Hollywood
San Diego
Calif
Kansas
Insull extradition cleared as treaty ratified in Turkey
Samuel Insull Sr. was extradited to Chicago after the Turkish National Assembly ratified a U S extradition treaty. Turkish police arrested him at the Hotel London and held him at the House of Detention while indictments for embezzlement and grand larceny were pending in Cook County Illinois.
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Istanbul
Turkish National Assembly
United States
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Cook County
Ilinois
London
Quarrel Ends In Death On Easter Eve
The report covers two intertwined tragic cases. Former utilities czar Samuel Insull faces extradition and legal maneuvers in Istanbul as Greek lawyers seek to stave Chicago charges. In a separate city incident, 15 year old Lee Ola Doster ends her life after a quarrel with her boyfriend Herschel Cruson following a dance, using poison procured for rats.
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Lee Ola Doster
Pope seals Holy Year with gold trowel ceremony
Pope Pius XI wore an apron and used a gold trowel to wall up the Holy Door at St. Peter's, closing the Holy Year. A crowd of cardinals, dignitaries, hundreds of prelates and about 50,000 faithful attended. Bishops Frances C. Kelley of Oklahoma City and Edward Joseph Kelly of Boise City were among the attendees as pilgrims totaled 1.2 million.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
St. Peter’s
Eternal City
Frances C. Kelley
Oklahoma City
Edward Joseph Kelly
Boise City
Idaho
Otto H. Kahn Dies in New York Banker's Death
Otto H. Kahn, prominent New York banker, is dead amid depression era losses and a collapsing market in 1929. He helped finance the Metropolitan Opera House and contributed lifelong public service despite significant fortune erosion.
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Otto H. Kahn
New York
Mr. Kahn
Metropolitan Opera House
Orphans Seek Stable Home For Nelson Children
Audrey Nelson nine, with younger siblings Arthur Jr and Eilene, live with neighbor after parents vanish. Father deserted last year, mother disappeared recently. County wards cared for by Mrs. J F Henry at 305 Cleveland St. Probation officer Misa Hattie Simpler leads case. Audrey pleads not to be separated as adoption chances rise.
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Audrey Nelson
Audrey
J. F. Henry
Cleveland Street
Misa Hattie Simpler
Potter County
Arthur, Jr
Eilene
Life verdict may be final
Indications today were that the life sentence to the penitentiary assessed against Frank Crutchfield of White Deer by a jury in 47th See CRUTCHFIELD Page 2
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Frank Crutchfield
White Deer
Cline Clings to Life After Hotel Shooting
W S Cline Omaha cattleman lay semi conscious at St Anthony s Hospital after a Friday afternoon gun battle in a local hotel. Gerald Knapp of Dixon was killed in the exchange. Cline s condition was expected to be decided at nine tonight. Knapp s bride Mrs Cline and their son William B. arrived from Nebraska.
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Bil” Cline
Omaha
St. Anthony's Hospital
Cline
Gerald Knapp, Dixon
Knapp
Dixon
Relief Set-up Begins Operation Now Relief Set-up Begins
Washington reports that 1.5 million men move from CWA jobs to relief work as state administrations take over ensuring 24 hours weekly labor for the hungry. Hopkins notes the transition after the Civil Works program, with about 300,000 CWA workers slated for dropping in four weeks.
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Washington
Civil Works Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
CWA
Federal Administration
Six killed at gay party in Bremerton home
Police hunt killers after six party guests are slain in a Bremerton summer home. Three men in custody questioned. robbery suspected due to missing diamond rings. Victims include Frank Flieder, Anna Flieder, Eugene Chenevert, Peggy Chenevert, Mangus Jordan, and Mangus Balcom.
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Bremerton
Wash
Frank Flieder
Frank Fiieder
Anna Taylor Flieder
Eugene Chenevert
Bert Vincent
Peggy Chenevert
Mangus Jordan
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