Witness links L. D. Lewis to Hamlin murder case
Defense presses theory that L. D. Lewis knows about Irene Hare Hamlin’s death and was at the Hamlin home the night of the slaying. George Hamlin testifies, while Kenneth Busick identifies Lewis’ car but cannot swear to him as the driver. Depositions show Hamlin’s alleged insanity due to prior injury, as the trial continues with the jury, spectators, and attorneys present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Elo
L. D. Lewis
Irene Hare Hamlin
E. T
Dusty) Miller
Lewis
Hamlin
Kenneth Busick
Busick
Miller
Oakland
Calif
E. A. Simpson
Grady Hazlewood
Simpson Lewis
Amarillo
Tulsa
Oklo
Hamlins
Oakland Fire Department
Wilmoth
E. C. Nelson
Dyer
W. J. Flesher
Fred L. Stanley
Oakland Hospital
Allred backs bill to build huge Texas pipeline project
Governor Allred supports a $50 million Texas Gas Conservation Corporation pipeline from the Panhandle to St. Louis and Detroit. The project aims to conserve gas, create tens of thousands of job hours, boost steel mills, and deliver economic benefits with minimal tax impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allred
Bill
Detroit
ST. Louis
Austin
Texas Gas Conservation Corporation
Texas Panhandle
James V. Allred
Panhandle
Austria Demands Big Army RELIEF EFFORTS ARE FUTILE
Washington April 4 conferees on the work relief bill held a fourth inconclusive session. They reported no final agreement on the $4.88 billion measure despite some progress. Democrats debated loan and grant provisions for self liquidating projects, while separate discussions stalled progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Potter's on Texas Relief Honor Roll
Texas relief director Adam R. Johnson announced reductions in relief load across the state after listing 12 counties with more than 40 percent on relief, while five counties were on the honor roll with under 5 percent. Relief engineers approved 45 new work projects employing 1,936 daily at a cost of 125,875 dollars. Projects include Dallas County sanitation, Erath-City park beautification, Midland nutritional program, Potter-City street work, and Rusk home gardens road improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Texas
Adam R. Johnson
Johnson
Nueces County
Dallas County County
Erath
City Park
Midland
Potter—City
Rusk—Home Gardens
Barbara Hutton Mdivani Visits Reno on Divorce Hint
Barbara Hutton Mdivani, once courted by James Blakeley, travels to Reno with hints of divorce from polo-playing husband. Blakeley calls her poetry an attractive trait and says their visit is only as friends. Rumors swirl in the divorce colony amid lavish speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hutton Mdivani
Reno
Nevada
George B. Thatcher
Prince Alexis
James Blakeley
Hollywood
Woolworth
Blakeley
Alexis
Transcaucasian
Georgia
Blakely
Annual Style Show Here Monday Night
Amarillo merchants and Globe News present the annual Spring Style Show Monday evening with a Boy and Pet Parade sponsor Mavericks Club. The parade begins 7 30 p m and the show at 8 p m featuring live models and the latest fashions from local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Merchants and
The
Globe News
Maverick Club
Merchants of
Emmett Galloway
Mavericks
Rolla Townsend
United States
Fio-Rito to Perform in Panhandle Concert and Dance
Fio-Rito, famous radio stage and screen star, will headline a concert and dance in the Panhandle. Ted leads a 20 member band with Candy the Comic and Muzzy Marcellino. show at Municipal Auditorium and Nat Collins. Tickets 50 and 75 cents for concert, 3 dollars per couple or 2.50 per stag for dance. Sponsored by Wilbur C. Hawk, Tri-State Fair Association president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fio-Rito
America
Panhandle
Fio- Rito
Ted
Candy
Comic
Muzzy Marcellino
Municipal Auditorium
Globe News
Lois Black
Stags
Fio-Kito
Wilbur C. Hawk
Tri-State Fair Association
War talk and the drift toward conflict in Europe
Arthur Brisbane notes Lloyd George warns of no war this time while European leaders weigh risk. Mussolini seeks alliance with France and England to curb any outbreak. France moves troops toward the German frontier amid tension and speculation about war, air power, and long trench warfare becoming obsolete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Glass
Senate Appropriations Committee
Europe
Washington
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Lloyd George
Mussolini
France
England
Germany
Paris
Austria Moves to Scrap War Treaties and Rearm
Austria will send an envoy to Stresa to demand cancellation of army restrictions in World War I treaties. It seeks an army of 60 000 to 65 000 with 30 000 convicts to be conscripts, signaling broader scrapping of arms limits across Europe while Britain plans wider talks at Stresa.
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United Press
Austria
Stresa
Anthony Eden
Prague
London
Paris
Berlin
Moscow
Warsaw
Eden
Vienna
U.P
Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Roumania
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Czechoslovakia Reaffirms Peace Pact With Britain
Capt Anthony Eden received assurance from Dr Eduard Benes that Czechoslovakia remains in accord with Great Britain on safeguarding general peace. meeting noted as mutual pledge during April 4 communiqué in Prague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praha
Czechoslovakia
Anthony Eden
Eduard Benes
Great Britain
Union Pickets Knife Fight at Sand Springs Mills
Two union pickets were stabbed during a clash with company union employees at Commander Textile Mills in Sand Springs. Henry Bradfield, 20, and Ed Bruton, 21, suffered multiple wounds from a long knife and were taken to a hospital as deputies arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Commander Textile
Sand Springs
Henry Bradfield
Ed Bruton
Sheriff's
Wife Killed After Man Is Tortured
Kansas City report details the case of Herbert Hurd 77 and wife Nellie 67 from April. Police admit bafflement as they pursue motive in the fatal shooting amid claims of torture and a coerced confession involving adopted daughter and spiritualist elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.P
Herbert Hurd
Hurd
Nellie
Street Water Jobs Started in City Improvement Plan
City Manager H. R. Smith announced five ongoing improvement projects including three street jobs and two water line projects. The Thirteenth Avenue paving on the dirt strip, Ninth Avenue paving excavation completion, and Van Buren Street paving are among the street projects. Downtown water lines and a San Jacinto line are the two water projects with Panhandle Construction handling downtown work and the city overseeing San Jacinto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Smith
Thirteenth Avenue
Harrison and
van Buren Street
Ninth Avenue
Taylor
Fillmore Street
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Twenty-ninth Avenue
San Jacinto
Panhandle Construction Company
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity shows fair conditions and warmer temperatures tonight with a low near 56. West Texas regions expect partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday with warmer readings in the north and east. New Mexico remains generally fair to night and Friday with little temperature change. Today’s temperature extremes reach from 41 to 79.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Culbertsons Lead Halfway in Bridge Match
The Culbertsons lead Ely and Josephine Culbertson by 9 460 points at the halfway mark of a 150 rubber bridge match against Mr and Mrs P Hal Sims. Hal and Dorothy Sims posted a net gain of 1 880 points as the score moved 39 31 in rubbers and 61 250 to 51 790 in total points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hagenbuch
New York
Ely
Josephine Culbertson
Hal Sims
Hal
Dorothy Sims
Culbertsons
Simses
Crockford
Lee Cazort
Arkansas
Culbertson
Sims
Little Rock
Riots in Gallup Kill Sheriff and Wound Deputies
In Gallup New Mexico April 4 a mob of about 100 unemployed attacked as Justice W M Bickel heard an eviction. Sheriff M R Carmichael was shot in the head and died. several deputies and three unemployed men were wounded as the crowd clashed at the eviction scene and earlier tore off a seal and moved furniture from a house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R Carmichael
W. M. Bickel
Carmichael
Unem
Amarillo Chamber Plans Threefold Program Speech Tour
Charles E. Watkins of the American City Bureau outlines a civic campaign for Amarillo with talks to the student body, Rotary Club, and Radio KGRS. He urges development of natural resources through roads, tourism, and industry while naming group captains and speaking engagements through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Bill Beechler
Charles Green
C. T. Crowe
C. L
Bob Hill
Julius Dorenfield, Jr
Jack Cunningham
Albert Randal
First Methodist Church
Pampa
Norris Ewing
Watkins
Chamber of Commerce
Poison Death in Nazi Kidnap Case
London reports a death in a London flat of two German refugees amid a Nazi kidnap case. Investigators suspect poisoning, with police unsure if murder or suicide occurred, while Switzerland moves to curb Nazi activity and seek German satisfaction for the abduction of journalist Berthold Jacob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Switzerland
Germany
Scotland Yard
Dora Fabian
Mathilde Wurm
Reichstag
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Dallas
Small
Clint Small
U. K
Senate Finance
General Revenue
Potter ‘S On
Grocers
Ward
Princess Babs
Arthur Brisbane
King Femores Syndicate, Inc
Hie
Colump
Globe
Mr Brisbane
Associated Press
Griggs Ambulance
Dial
Gallup
Gallup, N. M
A.M
C. of C
S. A. L. Morgan
T. B. Gallaher
Britain
Judge Morgan
Gallaher
D. Roach
Amarilio
Berne
Matta Baumann
Department of Justice
Federal Council
Reich
Berthold Jacob
John Maynard
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