Speedy finish seen for wife murder trial
District Attorney Grady Hazzlewood closed his case against George S. Hamlin 46 accused slayer of his wife Irene this morning and a verdict was seen by Saturday night as the trial neared its end. The state rested and defense promised a short rebuttal with expert sanity testimony to follow.
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Gene Elo
Grady Hazzlewood
George S. Hamlin
Irene
E. A. Simpson
E. T. Miller
Hazlewood
Hamlin
R. D. Gist
Jessie Short
Woodmen Circle Lodge
E. C. Nelson
47Th District Court
Dr. Gist
Relief Money Starts Flowing To Needy In 1930s Plan
President Roosevelt signed the $4 88 billion work relief bill aboard his train en route from Florida to New York. The program aims to employ 7 million people with rapid dispersal of funds across all sections, including $125 million for feeding and clothing the needy and $155 million immediate allocations through the Emergency Relief Administration and CCC.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Florida
New York
Harry L. Hopkins
CCC
Robert Fechner
Revision of Gas Measure to Halt Texas Waste
Governor Allreds plan to curb daily waste of a billion cubic feet of natural gas in the Texas Panhandle by pipelines to St. Louis and Detroit at a cost of 60 million dollars is under revision by a House sub committee. A five member panel will consider amendments after a three hour hearing and report Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
James V. Allred
Texas Panhandle
St. Louis
Detroit
House Committee On Oil, Gas and Mining
Gene Worley
Shamrock
Morris Roberts
Pettus
R. C. Lanning
Jacksboro
B. E. Quinn
Beaumont
W. O. Reed
Dallas
Alfred
James E. Ferguson
R. B. Anderson
Ickes
PWA
George Sears
Houston
Houston Pipe Line Company
Fans Await Fio Rito Band At Municipal Auditorium
Hundreds of admirers await Ted Fio Rito and his band here tomorrow night for a concert at the Municipal Auditorium and a dance at the Nat. The group leaves Hollywood this morning and arrives tomorrow. Concert starts 8 15 pm, dance 10 15 pm. Tickets on sale at City Drug Store 1. Concert tickets 50 and 75 cents and 1.00. dance tickets 3 per couple and 2.50 for stags. Nite Club surcharge 50 cents per person at the Nat.
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Ted Fio-Rito
Municipal Auditorium
Nat
Hollywood
City Drug Store
No. 1
Last surviving Lee staff officer recalls Civil War end
Lee staff veteran Major Giles Buckner Cooke, age 96, recounts General Lee's calm under fire and the last days of the war on the 70th anniversary of surrender. He describes Lee exposing himself to heavy enemy fire at Petersburg and reflects on the doomed, loyal army as memories from Mathews Courthouse, Virginia.
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Lee
Petersburg
Appomatox
Cooke
Giles Buckner Cooke
Robert E. Lee
Appomattox
Heavy guard on Hamilton Culbertsons stretch lead
The Ely Culbertsons hold a 14 640 point edge with 38 rubbers left in their 150 rubber bridge marathon against Mr and Mrs P Hal Sims. They added 600 points last night after three sessions, aided by two small slams from the Sims team.
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Tom Hagenbuch
New York
Ely Culbertsons
P. Hal Sims
Simses
Culbertsons
Sims
Freighter Aids Sought As Nor'easter Pummels Atlantic
The worst Nor'easter in years hits the North Atlantic and coastlines from Long Island to Jersey. The British freighter Badagry, 200 miles east of St. John’s, N F, sent an SOS as crews head to assist. Coast guardsmen search Long Island Sound after a four man launch is reported adrift. Floods threaten Mississippi Louisiana and Kentucky regions with hundreds displaced.
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Associated Press
North Atlantic Seaboard
North Atlantic
Badagry
St. John’s
N. F
Long Island
Jersey
Ceast
Long Island Sound
New London
Conn
Staten Island
Mississippi
Louisiana
Kentucky
Dust Predicted to End if Rain Arrives
Weatherman H. T. Collman extends dust forecast another day. He said there is a chance of rain tonight which could end the dust storm for the time being tomorrow night.
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H. T. Collman
Mr. Collman
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Outlook Tonight through Wednesday
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for light showers tonight, with Wednesday partly cloudy and colder, a low near 40. In West Texas expect mostly cloudy skies with local showers in the north and east, warmer southeast areas, then a cooler Wednesday. New Mexico sees unsettled tonight with snow flurries in the north and freezing in the northwest, colder southeast, and a partly cloudy, colder Wednesday. Daytime high to low temperature range 49 to 68.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Europe Moves Toward Crisis on Armament
Europe edges toward a potential arms showdown as Britain plans to join France and Italy at the Stresa conference to seek German agreement and curb action against Germany. Berlin quietly advances with two pocket battleships surpassing Versailles limits.
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Europe
Britain
Stresa
France
Italy
Germany
Berlin
Erich Ludendorff
French Climbers Seek Blond Sirens in Hoggar Mountains
Lieut Maurice Coche and Roger Frison of the French Alpine Club begin a 745 mile desert trek from Tesnou in a scientific expedition to the Hoggar region seeking the legendary blond sirens said to lure men to ruin in the Gara Ti Djanoun peak gardens amid blue skinned Tournegs.
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Algiers
Hoggar Mountains
Gara Ti Djanoun
Maurice Coche
Roger Frison
French
Alpine Club
Tesnou
Conserve Soil Watkins Addresses Amarillo Chamber
Charles E. Watkins of the American City Bureau told the Lions Club that Amarillo and the Panhandle region are advancing a wind erosion control program. He noted federal adoption of the Panhandle plan and said funds will soon flow to protect farm and pasture lands as Carl Hinton leads the effort in Washington.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Washington
Carl Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
Ousted Phi Beta Delta Defies Closure At Iowa City House
Members of the ousted Phi Beta Delta at the University of Iowa refused to close their residence deemed a disorderly house. An order suspending 23 members on moral charges required closure, but the house stayed open as members protested perceived unfair treatment. Mayor Thomas F E Martin leads a drive to eradicate vice in the college town.
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Iowa City
U.P
Phi Beta Delta
University of Iowa
Thomas FE. Martin
Will Hays Stand Firm as Studios Stay in Hollywood
Hollywood news reports the film industry will remain in California despite state income tax plans. Will Hays says producers will push lawmakers in Sacramento to resist tax measures while MayerGoldwynSchenck threaten relocations, with Merriam to be lobbied further. A bookie offered odds on the tax failing to pass.
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United Press
Hollywood
U.P
California
Louis B. Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Florida
Samuel Goldwyn
England
Joseph M. Schenck
United Artists
Lor
20Th Century
Will Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of
America
Hays
Czar
Frank F. Merriam
Sacramento
Parrot Dust Storm Delays Vanderbilt Party in Amarillo
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr delayed by dust storms while traveling from Florida toward California on a cross country drive with her chauffeur. They paused in Amarillo and planned to continue toward Albuquerque as part of a speaking and touring trip with her journalist husband.
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Amarillo
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Capitol
Vanderbilt
Albuquerque
Kansas City
Rail Workers Die in Storm Near Roseville
Ten railway section hands working late to repair storm damage were killed when their light motor car crashed into a Southern Pacific gravel train near Roseville California. Nine others died in drowning as heavy rains lashed the state and one worker was fatally injured.
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Sacramento
Calif
Roseville
Southern Pacific
Hoover and Smith Share Platform for Salvation Army Drive
Herbert Hoover and Alfred Smith spoke on a shared Salvation Army fundraising platform in New York. They urged continued private charity support to balance a $1,887,725 annual budget, stressing relief alongside government aid. Griggs Ambulance is listed with contact Dial 4311.
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New York
Herbert Clark Hoover
Palo Alto
Calif
Alfred Emanuel Smith
Citizens’ Appeal
Salvation Army
Sewing Machines and Suit Sold Through Local Want Ad
A seven day want ad reports all sewing machines sold including a Singer portable and a White Console model. Also a three day ad notes a suit size 38 double breasted Cambridge Grey selling for 7.50. Contact N94 or dial 6262 to cash in with want ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer
Sewing Machine Exchange
Taylor
DIAL
Amarillo hosts API delegates for three day mid-continent meet
Amarillo prepares to host the American Petroleum Institute mid-continent district convention with 800 delegates from Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado and Arkansas. Speakers include Harry Woodring and Col. Ernest Thompson. Events include a barbecue at Jack Hall ranch a Herring Hotel banquet and a musical comedy show. Sessions begin 9 30 a m Wednesday in the Crystal ballroom.
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Amarillo
Mid-West
American Petroleum Institute
Mid-Continent
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Arkansas
Harry F. Woodring
Washington
Ernest O. Thompson
Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Herring
Panhandle
API
Jack Hall
Herring Hotel
Jay Taylor
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company
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Huntsville
Raymond Hamilton
Atlantic
London
House of Commons
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
Katherine Marsh
Richland Springs
Tex
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John Maynard
Will Mays
Arthur Brisbane
King Festores Syndicate, Inc
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Brisbane
E Ditore
Miami
Fia
Hoover and Smith
Griggs Ambulance
Globe-News
Hughes
Han Powell
A.P
Co. O. Rison
Oklahoma City
The
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Jimmie Johnston
Borger
Charlie Daniels
Colonel Thompson
Mr. Woodring
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