Last door shuts on Insull extradition bid in Istanbul
Samuel Insull remains in Turkish custody as the third penal tribunal rejects any appeal overturning extradition. Greek and other lawyers rush to Istanbul to help in a final battle, while U S authorities prepare to stage the transfer to Illinois for fraud and larceny charges.
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Istanbul
Samuel Insull
United States
Third
M. Kena
Insull
Athens
House of Detention
Turkey
Illinois
M Insull
Ultimatum Issued to Hot Oil Producers in Texas
The Texas State Railroad Commission issued revised rules to curb hot oil practices with felony penalties. Effective April 9, the rules apply statewide, with specifics for East Texas and Conroe fields, including diary logs for switchers and require all oil handlings to obtain district permits and establish oil sources before processing.
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Austin
State Railroad Commission
Texas
East Texas
Conroe
Commission
Wei Wan
Tip outlaw seen in area sparks Texas pursuit
Police and Texas Rangers swarmed multiple counties after an anonymous tip led to a search for Clyde Barrow Bonnie Parker and Raymond Hamilton. Officers tracked a suspected Ford V-8 with license 786-524 west on Tenth Avenue as Barrow’s gang remained at large near Dallas Fort Worth.
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Tenth Avenue
Clyde Barrow
Texas
Dallas
Texas Rangers
Fort Worth
Bonnie Parker
Raymond Hamilton
Southwest Desperado
D. FE. Hamer
H. T. Odneal
FE. H. Hammon
Houston
Joe Brannon
W. R.todd
J. J. Shawn
Red Hannah
Weems
Williams
State Highway Patrol
E. B. Wheeler
H. D. Murphy
Alto
Grapevine
Barrow
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Hamilton
Trio Convicted in 72000 Mail Robbery Case Fort Worth
Federal jury finds O D Stevens W D May and M T Pettijohn guilty of the February 21 1933 Texas and Pacific mail holdup and conspiracy to rob the U S mails. Joe L Martin and Johnny Carson convicted of conspiracy only. others freed. The robbery carried a 25 year sentence. conspirary up to 2 years and 10000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
O. D. Stevens
W. D. May
M. T. Pettijohn
Howard
United States
Joe L. Martin
Johnny Carson
Federal Penitentiary
M. T
Blackie) Pettijohn
F. Claude Hill
Stevens
May
Ruth Winn Howard
Meg
Harry Rutherford
Jack Sturdivant
Sturdivant
Rutherford
J. B. Rutherford
Trinity River
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo vicinity shows possible light rain or snow and colder temperatures near freezing tonight with Wednesday mainly fair. West Texas across the Panhandle and southeast regions remains cloudy with rain or snow in the north and southeast, colder and freezing tonight, frost in the north and extreme northwest tonight. New Mexico remains unsettled tonight with rain or snow in the north, colder and generally fair Wednesday, frost in the north and freezing in the extreme northwest tonight. Temperature extremes through 1 o'clock range from 45 to 57.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Roosevelt extends fishing cruise into southern waters
President Roosevelt sails from Miami on a prolonged vacation cruise to southern waters aboard the Nourmahal. He avoids returning this week after talks with Congressional leaders, planning to base near Elbow Key light as sons James and Elliott travel by plane to join him. The destroyers Ellis and Tattnall accompany the yacht to extend contact with Capitol Hill by radio.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Nourmahal
Elbow Key Light
James
Elliott
Ellis
U. S. S. Tattnall
Congress
Capitol Hill
Bogus Bill Evidence Sought by CWA Men
New York April 3 A federal CWA project uncovered at Riverhead Long Island involved 25 workers digging for evidence in aU.S. government counterfeit scheme. The ring planned two million dollars in counterfeit five dollar notes and several suspects, including Frank Volkman, were arrested in Broklyn and Binghamton.
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CWA
New York
Riverhead
L. I
Brooklyn
Binghamton, N. Y
Frank Volkman
Volkman
Binghampton
William Wintermuth
Fish Biting and Wage Changes Reported in Miami
Arthur Brisbane notes brisk fishing as President reads greetings from Vincent Astor. General Johnson orders coal miners to seven hours daily at five dollars, promising equal pay for all employers, amid ongoing production improvements and past coal extraction hardships.
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Miami
Vincent Astor
General Johnson
Temperatures Fall as Region Braces for Freeze
Weather forecast shows temperatures dropping to freezing with possible light rain or snow tonight. Forecaster H. T. Collmah predicts little damage to fruit trees and shrubs, with a fair, warmer day ahead tomorrow and dry but dusty air.
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H. T. Collmah
Collman
Poles Break Balloon Duration World Record
In Warsaw on April 3 Captain Janusz and Lieutenant Warzak set a new world record for a 750 cubic meter balloon by staying airborne for 27 hours and 45 minutes.
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Warsaw
Poland
Janusz
Warzak
Tickets on Sale For Lombardo Concert and Dance
Reservations may be made for the Guy Lombardo concert and dance on April 16. Concert prices range from 50 cents to 2 dollars. dance tickets are 2 dollars per person. Tickets available at The Globe News. a limited number of dance tickets will be sold. Wilbur C. Hawk brings Lombardo and his Royal Canadians for the Tri State Fair Association.
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Guy Lombardo
The
Globe News
Royal Canadians
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri- State Fair Association
Lombardo
Weather roller coaster paths East West with floods and snow
Mid-summer heat in the East clashes with a west blizzard and flood fears in New England. States report record highs and snowdrifts as Wyoming sees a death after a car crash. Air mail ships grounded. passengers redirected. Utah receives three inches of snow. Montana delays due to drifts.
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Associated Press
New England
Impressario
New York
Montana
Wyoming
Washington
Boston
Massachusetts
Connecticut
J. Kent Kinniburgh
Casper Chamber of Commerce
Army Air Mail
Cheyenne
United Air Lines
Laramie
Utah
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Logan
Great Falls
Mont
Wickman Sentenced to Death for Wife's Murder
Carl Wickman an Albuquerque area case involved a Denver druggist found guilty of murdering his fourth wife Donalda Chicoine Wickman with a tire iron on a highway near Albuquerque on November 25 1933. A 40 minute jury verdict set execution for June 8 with the state alleging a life insurance motive.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Carl Wickman
Denver
Donalda Chicoine Wickman
Wickman
Here
Jail Men Indicted As Dillinger Aides
Crown Point Indiana April 3 Ernest Blunk fingerprint expert and Sam Cahoon jail employee were indicted for aiding John Dillinger to escape Lake County jail March 3. Dillinger awaited trial for the slaying of East Chicago police officer Patrick O Malley. Grand jury found no evidence of collusion by Lake County officials but faulted guards for jail rule violations.
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Crown Point
Ind
Ernest Blunk
Sam Cahoon
John Dillinger
Lake County
Desperado
Patrick O'Malley
Seabury Figure Farley Dies in New York
Former Sheriff Thomas M. Farley who provided the famous tin box episode in the 1932 Seabury graft inquiry died at Fifth Avenue Hospital after an appendicitis operation.
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Seabury
New York
Thomas M. Farley
Fifth Avenue Hospital
Maverick Club Tickets Push High Pressure Show
Youthful Amarillo prepares for a Maverick Club minstrel show at the Municipal Auditorium this Friday night. Howard Baskin, new president, promises a performance worth many times the admission price. Tickets go on sale at City Drug Store No. 1 for 15 25 and 35 cents or from Maverick Club and Federation of Women's Clubs members.
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Amarillo
Maverick Club
Municipal Auditorium
Howard Baskin
Maverick Organization
City Drug Store No. 1
Federation of Women's Clubs
Whitney Market Plan Rejected Margin Control Proposal
The House Interstate Commerce Committee rejected President Whitney's substitute stock market margin plan. Rayburn announced the bill will include specific minimum margin requirements and a statutory formula for margins to be drafted by a subcommittee. The current bill would fix margins while allowing reserve board adjustments.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Richard F. Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Federe' Reserve Board
Sam Rayburn
Reserve Board
Illinois coal mines closed in protest over seven hour day
About one third of Illinois bituminous coal mines shut down as operators protest enforce ment of a seven hour day. Some mines closed indefinitely pending April 9 hearings on code amendments. The action affected around 10,000 miners with 5,000 more expected to gain work under the change. The dispute involved the Progressive Miners of America and the United Mine Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dlinois
Tllinois Coal Operators’ Association
Progressive Miners of America
United Mine Workers of America
State Mining Department
Arctic Relief Plane Lands With 89 Russians Rescued
A wireless message from Siberia reports Pilot M. T. Sletneff landed safely at Eulen after a flight from Teller to aid 89 Russians adrift on Arctic ice between Wrangel Island and the mainland. The mission, second mercy plane of the relief expedition, left Nome and faced weather delays.
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Nome
Alaska
Siberia
M. T. Sletneff
Eulen
Arctic
Wrangel Island
Bletneff
Teller
Bill Lavery
Cape van Karen
Bering Strait
George Yustakoff
Prof
Yushakoff
Maj Shepard shocked at second murder trial
Major Chas A Shepard a retired army medical officer said he was shocked by government plans to retry him for the murder of his second wife Zenana at Fort Riley Kansas in 1929. U S District Attorney M M Brewster announced the Topeka trial timing and possible delays for distant witnesses.
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Denver
Chas. A. Shepard
Zenana
Fort Riley
Kans
M. Brewster
United States
Kansas
Kansas City
Topeka
Brewster
First Oil Skirmish Favors State's Law
In Tyler on April 3, a federal court preliminarily favored Texas by denying an extended delay in a case challenging the Texas railroad commission power to inspect oil refineries. Judge Randolph Bryant set a 1:30 P.M. hearing on Arrow Refining & Producing Company et al versus H H Welborn Gregg County district attorney et al, with only three days for briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
Texas Railroad Commission
Randolph Bryant
Arrow Refining & Producing Company Et al
H. HM. Welborn
Gregg County
Bryant
Sister of Will Rogers Fights Pneumonia
Chelsea Oklahoma April 3 Mrs Tom McSpadden sister of Will Rogers humorist appears to hold her own against an attack of double pneumonia. Family members said her condition was serious but improving.
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Chelsea
Okla
Tom McSpadden
Will Rogers
Governor OKs 25000 for Texas State Parks Equipment
Governor Ferguson approved a 25000 deficiency appropriation for the State Parks Board to buy equipment at CCC constructed state parks to keep CCC camps in Texas. An additional 15000 was authorized for the Agriculture Department to fund pink bollworm law enforcement. CCC expenditure plans and prior appropriations are noted, with total park-related spending projected at 2.8 million.
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Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
State Parks Board
CCC
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Park Board
D. E. Colp
Lald
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
State Land Office
State Board of Water Engineers
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W. Hi. McDowell
Bill Adams
Tucumecar
N. M. Vega
Canyon
Boyce Long
L. T. Keffer
H. Reissig
Bob Barnett
Randall County
Post Office
Handley
Byrd
Associated Press Service
and E. Byrd
South Pole
Equator
North
South Poles
Weather Bureau
Poles
Admiral Byrd
South Polar
By F. B. Colton
Arthur Brisbane
Iceland
King Feature Syndicate
Ine
America
Globe
Brisbane
U. S
Dillinger
Whitney
Dow Mcalester
U.P
McAlester
Maj. Shepard
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