Fracas Over Tax Bill Settles in Senate Action
April 6 in Washington the Senate moved toward progress on the income tax bill as personal clashes cooled. Huey Long and Bennett Clark sought expungement of their earlier exchanges while Pat Harrison pressed for a vote before adjournment. The House interstate commerce debate continued.
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Senate
House
Huey Long
Pat Harrison
Bennett Clark
Long
Clark
Hoover
Harrison
Barrow Trio Involved In Killing And Abduction In Oklahoma
In Miami Oklahoma on April 6 outlaws Clyde Barrow Bonnie Parker and Raymond Hamilton shot Constable Cal Campbell and Chief of Police Percy Boyd and abducted them after forcing witnesses to help free their car from a mudhole. Boyd possibly died from wounds. The trio fled westward after the incident, aided by a farmer and pursued by Sheriff Watters and officers.
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Miami
Okla
Cal Campbell
Percy Boyd
Boyd
Campbell
A. N. Butterfield
Butterfield
Dee Watters
Chetopah
Kan
Andy Walker
Timber Hills
Commerce
Notl
Roy
Charles Dodson
Dodson
Five Seek School Board Seats as Charges Fly
On the eve of a pivotal school trustee election five candidates face off over issues centering on Supt. W. A. McIntosh and the renewal of his contract. E. R. Cox and C. T. Crowe oppose McIntosh, joined by W. L. Speer Jr., while Fancher Upthaw and T. J. Byers pledge fair consideration of all issues.
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W. A. McIntosh
Amarillo College
Cox
E. R. Cox
McIntosh
C.T. Crowe
W. L. Speer, Jr
Fancher
Mrs Massie Tries Death Aboard U S Roma
Mrs Thalia Fortescue Massie, linked to the 1932 Honolulu assault case, attempted suicide by slashing both wrists and leaping from the top deck of the U S Roma on a New York to Genoa voyage. Doctors in Genoa said she acted after divorcing Lt. Thomas Massie.
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Italy
U. S. Roma
Thalia Fortescue ‘Massie
Honolulu
New York
Carrio Borelli
Massie
Thomas Massie
Reno
Borelli
Steamhip Company
Nuul
John R. Putnam
Ili
Ossie
Maverick Club Family Show At Municipal Auditorium
The Maverick Club presents a minstrel show at 8 pm tonight in the Municipal Auditorium. About 200 boys and Amarillo businessmen perform. Dress rehearsal called a hit of the first dimensions. Dr. R. P. Parcells praises the youngsters. Tickets on sale at City Drug Store No. 1. Shows move to the Auditorium an hour before start. Seats cost 15 25 and 35 cents.
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Maverick Club
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
R. P. Parcells
City Drug Store
U S Officially in War at 1 18 P M April 6 1917
Army Day marks the 1917 moment when President Wilson signed the war resolution. The White House signal announced America’s entry into World War I, as naval officer and Franklin D Roosevelt quickly coordinated defense. Army Day reflections emphasize gratitude to the nation’s soldiery.
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U. S
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
America
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Navy Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Texan Attacks NRA Oil Code on Washington Stage
W G Williams of Fort Worth Texas testifies before the NRA Review Board denouncing the planning and coordination committee. He labels Wirt Franklin and Charles F Roeser as pseudo independents and claims independent associations are subsidized by major oil firms. He lists the Independent Petroleum Association of Texas and Danciger Refineries among his clients.
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Washington
Petroleum Code
J. Edward Jones
NRA Review Board
W. G. Williams
Fort Worth
Texas
Williams
Planning and Coordination Committee
Wirt Franklin
Oklahoma
Charles F. Roeser
Youths Melt in Robbery of Bank
Sheriff Barnett of Barnet County filed charges in a $1,788 robbery of the Home State Bank of Marble Falls after a statement from 24 year old Raymond D. McCarty of Marble Falls. McCarty was taken into custody in a Marble Falls beer garden and said he entered the bank through an unlocked front door at noon yesterday while the cashier was at lunch.
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Austin
H. A. Barnett
Barnet County
Barnet
Marble Falls
Raymond D. McCarty
McCarty
Amarillo Weather Forecast With Frost Tonight
Partly cloudy and slightly colder tonight with frost. Saturday fair and warmer. West Texas fair and colder in north and central portions. New Mexico fair southwest unsettled north and east tonight, Saturday fair with rising temperatures in north and east portions, freezing temperatures in extreme north tonight. Temperature extremes today 41 to 48.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Camera in the Stomach and Moscow Embassy Question
The text notes a miniature stomach camera capturing 16 images in a single flash and asks if U.S. taxpayers should fund a one million dollar Moscow ambassadorial home as a symbol of recognizing Russia, raising policy questions of the day.
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United States
Moscow
Russia
China protests Manchukuo throne plan at League meeting
Geneva reports China denounces Japan’s move to enthrone Henry Pu Yi as emperor of Manchukuo and vows new proposals at the May 14 commerce committee meeting to oppose recognition. Wang Ching-wei invokes treason over the puppet title while Wellington Koo presses for firm collective action.
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Geneva
Japan
Peiping
Kang Teh
Manchukuo
China
Wellington Koo
League of Nations
League
Henry Pu-Yi
Wang Ching-Wei
Pu- Yi
Koo
Dun and Bradstreet Projects Strong Second Quarter Trade
Dun and Bradstreet reports promising second quarter prospects with manufacturing and retail sectors showing resilience. Apparel leads demand while furniture housewares and home goods rise, aided by pay raises and ongoing spring buying. Shipping and garden goods also exceed last year’s spring totals, signaling continued consumer strength.
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DUN & Bradstreet
New York
Feudal Army Scales Walls To Sack City
Feudal bands led by Mongolian General Liu Kwei Tang scale the walls of Kingyu city 300 miles north of Shanghai. The 2000 bandits loot burn and seize the town using ladders and flaming brands. Liu’s horde advances from Bhantung province toward Shanghai amid renewed bandit activity in northern China.
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Kingyu
Here
Liu Kwei-Tang
China
Europe
Liu
Bhantung
Fleres
Rollin Pease Opens Tri-State Music Festival Contests
Rollin Pease of the University of Arizona presented a beauty filled program to open the Tri-State Music Festival in Canyon. Mrs. J Francis Brown accompanied. Hundreds of young musicians from three states entered contests to conclude tomorrow night with piano and other sections continuing today and tomorrow. The Madrigal Club performs tonight at West Texas State Teachers College.
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Canyon
Rollin Pease
Radio
University of Arizona
J. Francis Brown
Madrigal Club
West Texas State Teachers College
Clint Small Opens Campaign at Mexia
Amarillo businessman Clint C. Small will open his campaign for governor in Mexia on April 20. The announcement was made in Austin.
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Clint Small
Mexia
Austin
S8en
Clint C. Small
Amarillo
Bybee Trial Under Way in Throckmorton Texas
Veniremen questioned for Hilton Bybee's robbery trial as jury selection proceeds. State overrules change of venue. Bybee claims insanity. He has a violent escape history including Eastham prison break and a Crockett jail slugging incident.
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Throckmorton
Tex
Veniremen
Hilton Kybee
Texas
J. L. Etroud
A. B. Hughes
Bybee
Oodoon
John Lee Smith
Clyde Barrow
Eastham
Raymond Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Hamilton
Palmer
Amarillo
Houston
Crockett
Woodson
Santa Fe Brakeman Killed in Yard Accident
W R Gainor of Slaton a Santa Fe brakeman was killed early today when caught beneath the wheels of a freight train in the Plainview yards during switching maneuvers.
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Plainview
Tex
W. R. Gainor
Slaton
Santa Fe Railroad
Lombardo Contest Offers 10 Free Tickets at Globe
Readers may win ten Lombardo concert tickets by writing a 100 word letter on which tune they most want to hear. Entries must reach The Globe Amarillo by 6 p.m. Friday April 13. Concert and dance tickets on sale at Globe News office. prices 50 cents to 2 dollars.
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Guy Lombardo
Royal Canadians
Lombardo
Wilbour
Hawk
Globe News
The
Globe
Amarillo
Meanwile
Globe News Office
Lois Black
Flood toll tops twenty as floods sweep Oklahoma Texas
Grim searchers count more than twenty dead and damage over a million dollars as floods roar through Oklahoma and Texas. Twelve bodies are recovered from the Washita River near Hammon Oklahoma with several missing. In Texas four die near Menard and Talihina reports another drowning. An Elk City aviator surveys the Washita Valley as residents evacuate Hammon.
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Okla
Oklahoma
Texas
Washita
Hammon
Menard
Tex
Chickasha
Dewey Mauk
Wheeler, Tex
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