Amarillo Weather Patter and Local Happenings Stir Town
Long column recounts weather quips by S. P. Britt and local chatter. Notes trips to Trinidad for 3.2 beer, drought talk, a judge case, a cinema plan, a postmaster salary cut, and a May 1 bridge event hosted by Mrs. Georgine Roach with 100 000 players and 350 prizes.
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Amarillo
Georgine Roach
Roach
Amarila
New York
Culbertson and Wertz
Tack
Mrs. Roach
J B Fine Convicted of Arson in Fort Worth Jury Verdict
Fort Worth April 12 J B Fine real estate dealer received a two year penitentiary sentence after a District Court jury found him guilty of arson. Prosecutors argued an electric iron ignited a pool of gasoline and burned a home.
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Fort Worth
J. B. Fine
Proclamation for Good Friday Observance April 14 1933
Mayor Rogers urges proper observance of Good Friday in the afternoon of April 14 1933 as part of the city proclamation. The note mentions next Friday the 18th centenary of the Death.
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The
Globe-News
Rogers
Mystery Visits Stir Rome as Axis Leaders Meet Mussolini
In Rome on April 12, Captain Hermann Goering Franz Von Papen and Chancellor Dollfuss met Mussolini and said they would see the Pope. Observers weigh talks on Austria Germany union and a four power peace plan amid French notes.
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Dollfuss
Italy
Austria
Germany
Nazi Party
Hitlerftes
Goering
Mussolini
Henry de Jouvenel
Japanese Offensive Along the Great Wall Moves to Dent Chinese Pressure
Brigands report the 33rd brigade under Maj Gen Kaoru Nakamura sweeping into a city from Chiehlingkow inland near the Yellow Sea. The Tokyo war office said the Great Wall operation aims to ease Chinese pressure and would not seize the Swan River or hold it, with forces returning to the Wall after achieving local objectives.
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Kaoru Nakamura
Chiehlingkow
Great Wall
Yellow Sea
Taitonying
Tokyo
Swan River
War Office
Meyer Resigns as Federal Reserve Governor
Eugene Meyer quits as governor of the Federal Reserve Board and President Roosevelt seeks a successor. The New Yorker says Meyer wants to return to private business. Roosevelt asks him to remain until a replacement is chosen.
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Washington
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt
New Yorker
Fourth Street Men Welcome Plains Chevrolet at Herring Hotel
Merchants on Fourth Street plan a Friday dinner in the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel to greet the Plains Chevrolet Company at its new Fourth Avenue location. W M Freeman of the Fourth Street Service Station leads arrangements for the get-together expected to attract a large crowd.
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Amarillo
Fourth Street
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Fourth Avenue
Plains-Chevrolet Company
W. M. Freeman
Herring
Chicago Schools Face Immediate Shutdown Amid Unpaid Salaries
April 12 report says a total closure of Chicago schools could happen due to financial troubles. Trustee H Wallace Caldwell plans to seek board support for an immediate shutdown as back salaries to teachers reach about 28 million dollars.
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Chicago
H. Wallace Caldwell
Board of Education
Beer runs below legal strength in New York tests
Tests of major breweries reveal New York beer at 2.2 to 3 percent alcohol by weight rather than the 3.2 percent permitted. The city has issued 23 833 permits to sell beer. The Soviet government plans a scouting expedition to the Kara Sea to promote Arctic air routes.
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New York
Arctic
Karsky Sea
Doctors- Continued from Page 1 Ver
The article outlines a medical convention program in Amarillo with talks on sinus treatments pediatric diseases surgery and prostatic resection. Banquet music by Joe Norman's orchestra and a Tuesday gala at the Amarillo Country Club are noted along with officer elections for 1934 and listed attending doctors from multiple Texas cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Country Club
Joe Norman
W. J. Shudde
Roy L. Vineyard
Amarillo
Don 8. Marsalis
Vineyard
Marsalis
A. I. Fulson
Baylor Medical School
Dallas
A. O. Singleton
University of Texas At
W. L. Baugh
Lubbock
Keys
F. B. Malone
E. W. Jones
Wellington
W. 8. Miller
Estelline
W. E. Cravens
R. L. Powers
San Angelo
E. W. Moss
R. B. Anderson
Ft. Worth
P. C. Anders
Lockney
Allen T. Stewart
R. T. Canon
O. W. English
E. 0. Nichols
Plainview
J. T. Kanatser
Wichita Falls
O. R. Goodall
Memphis
Sam G. Dunn
G. F. DeGrassi
Hereford
J. W. Norvell
Stratford
Guy Owens
E. P. Stewart
Oscar M. Marchman
Galveston
J. W. Gooch
Shamrock
Winifred Wilson
Ambition, Romance and Rivalry Behind the Headlines
In a scene from the play, Hildy Johnson longs to quit journalism and marry while Walter Burns fights to keep him writing. The action shifts from farcical humor to stark realism as Johnson’s idealism clashes with Burns’s ruthless drive. Fred Post plays Hildy and Wer Izzard portrays Burns.
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the Globe
Burns
Washington proposes production control to spread work
The White House is advised on a plan to curb surpluses by distributing production across industries rather than consolidating in large units. The exploratory proposal aims to spread employment and avoid idle factories. Secretary Perkins and Secretary Roper are reviewing possibilities.
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White House
Perkins
Commerce Roper
Nazi Rule Seeks Church Approval
Vatican City April 12 Vice Chancellor Franz Von Papen of Germany sought church approval for the Nazi government and met the Pope in private for about thirty minutes. Hermann Goering also was received by the Pope in a separate audience.
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Vatican City
U.P
Franz von Papen
Germany
von Papen
Hermann Goering
Toll value set for Red River Bridge Co. Denison to Durant
A federal jury fixed the toll structure value at 167000 for the Denison Texas to Durant Oklahoma span of the Red River Bridge Co. franchise validity will be argued later before Judge John C. Pollock who has reserved judgment.
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Muskogee
Okla
Red River Bridge Company
Denison
Texas
Durant
John C. Pollock
Child Dies In Dairy Barn Accident In Fort Worth
Roy D. La Faver Jr., 5, was found strangled while trying to crawl through a hole in a dairy barn wall in Fort Worth. The fatal mishap occurred late yesterday as the boy played in the barnyard and his father discovered him too late. Gorillas are shy and retreat usually from man.
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Fort Worth
Roy D. la Faver, Jr
Panhandle Plains show selects Jersey champion entry
Ex ibitors at the Panhandle Plains Show in Plainview prepare for three events including the grand champion Jersey cow selection by Judge Joe W Ridgeway of Fort Worth, with more than 100 entries. Edith Merrill of Lubbock County wins the queen crown after a pageant, while R C Buttercups Raleigh takes grand champion bull in the Jersey division for the third year. Hare County women win dairy products honors with homemade butter milk cheese and posters.
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Harry Montgomery
Plainview
Panhandle Plains Show
Joe W. Ridgeway
Fort Worth
Fontaine
Lubbock
Lubbock County
R. C. Buttercups
Raleigh
E. W. Wester
O'Donnell
Jersey
Agathas Gamboge Fox
Tierra Blanca Farms
Hare County
Women’s Council
Spy Plea Reveals British Ties in Russian Sabotage Case
The indictment alleges William MacDonald admitted acting under Thornton to collect military and political data and plot the Zlatoust plant sabotage. Kathleen Kutuzova testified a Metropolitan-Vickers official met Russian figures in 1930. Thornton and Monkhouse denied wrongdoing as the trial opened with MacDonald entering a dramatic plea.
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William Strang
Metropolitan-Vickers
MacDonald
Thornton
Zlatoust
Urals
England
Kutuzova
Monkhouse
Richards
Russia
Favorable March Range and Cattle Conditions Reported
The federal division of crop and livestock estimates issued a March livestock outlook from Austin noting range conditions at 81 percent of normal, cattle at 80 percent, identical to last year, and sheep at 82 percent up from 77 percent a month earlier.
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Austin
U.P
Federal Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates
Two Convicted But Escape Execution
In Bossier Parish Louisiana a jury found Charles Frazier age 35 and Erbe Harbey age 22 guilty of shooting with intent to murder during the February bank robbery at Plain Dealing. The verdict stated they were guilty without capital punishment.
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Benton
Bossier Parish
Charles Frazier
Erbe
Dirg) Harbey
First State Bank
Plain Dealing
Texas beer survey and state legislative clashes reported
The Texas and Oklahoma items describe senators split on a beer bill with 11 for, 6 against, and 13 undecided in Texas, plus hospital building plans and an eight million dollar two year appropriation. A lobby registration fight dominates Texas House action with a quip about meals for lobbyists. Oklahoma aims to put 3.2 beer to a public vote, with a near unanimous support forecast in the Senate.
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Lsts
House
Senate
Clint Small
Amarillo
Tennessee Senate Approves 3.2 Percent Beer Bill
The Tennessee Senate votes 22 to 11 to legalize 3.2 percent beer effective May 1. ending the state’s bone dry status since 1909. The bill had earlier cleared the House. Local observers note the milestone marks a shift in state beverage law.
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Nashinuwok
Tenn
Senate
Tennessee
War Flier Son of Utah Solon Killed
Captain Paul B. King 38 World War aviator and son of Senator William H. King of Utah was found dead in a seventh floor hotel room in Washington in an apparent accidental fall from a window. He had been a Langley Field test pilot until six months ago when he entered a sanitarium in New York.
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Washington
Paul B. King
William H. King
Utah
King
Langley Field
Virginia
New York
Reversal of Ex-Sheriff Christian Conviction
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded ex sheriff A S Christian of Hall County for ex tortion after a two year sentence. The case goes back for retrial due to improper jury charge on falsity and lack of malice definition. Christian was tried in Travis County.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Christian
Hall County
Travis County
Kansas City Movie Theaters Shut After Strike Vote
Forty Kansas City cinemas including all downtown houses closed indefinitely after union workers rejected a salary cut proposed by theater operators. The move comes as theaters face strike action and local impact spreads across Kansas City, Missouri.
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Kansas City
Poker Bandits Loot Dallas Apartment Game
Two armed men entered a Dallas apartment poker game, warned players not to move for 15 minutes, then fled with 138 dollars from five victims. They commandeered the living room card table scene during the robbery.
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Dallas
Liberty
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest
A short verse by Edgar A Guest speaks of staying steadfast at home and cherishing simple comforts. It reflects on family, friends, and endurance through hardship with a gentle tone.
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Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Potter County court costs shift cash payable on filing
Law officials held several meetings of the bar to discuss retrenchment and a proposed abolishment of the Potter County Court-at-Law. The economy resolution sent from Austin targets court costs, now payable in cash or via bond and guarantee. The House approved a bill granting the 47th District Criminal Court civil jurisdiction with the 108th District Civil Court to ease docket load, while Judge Nelson’s salary remains four thousand dollars annually.
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Austin
Amarillo
Potter
House
47Th District Criminal Court
108Th District Civil Court
Potter County Court-at-Law
Nelson
Roosevelt pushes to drop trade barriers Pan American Day address
President Roosevelt urged immediate removal of artificial trade barriers between American republics in a Pan American Union address. He called on all Western Hemisphere nations to act without delay during Pan American Day celebrations before the union's governing board. The speech was translated into Portuguese and Spanish.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pan-American Union
Western Hemisphere
Governing Board of the Union
Kansas City Live Stock and New Orleans Cotton Market Roundup
Hogs 4,000 head slow uneven steady price range 8.25 8.36. Cattle 4,000 steady with steers 4.00 6.50, cows 2.75 3.15, vealers 8.00 6.50. Sheep 9,000 native lambs 7.00, spring lambs 6.25 7.00, ewes 1.50 2.40. New Orleans cotton weak on lower cables. May 6.51 July 6.68 Oct 6.90 then steadied. New York stock letters show mixed moves. AT&T dip then partial recovery. steel outputs near February peak.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
New Orleans
Brakesphere offers low price brake repairs
A rough sale pitch by Brakesphere promises quick brake fixes at low prices. The client is urged to bring brake troubles for prompt service and affordable rates.
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Trinidad
Colorado
S. P. Britt
Hoover
Mississippi Valley
Conway
Detroit
News-Globe Force
Reuter. Parcells
Paramount Theater
Panhandle
G. C. Boswell
McLean
Abilene
Boswell
Mr. Boswell
Frank Wilson
A. Shaw
Duce
Rome
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Engelbert Dollfuss
Chevrolet
Champ Jersey
Plainview Show
Texas Beer
Solon Austin
Texas House of Representatives
Cecil A. Lotief
Cross Plains
J. W. Adamson
Louis
Lotief
Adamson
A. G. Walker
Vernon
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Ciry
Oklahoma Senate
Allen G. Nichols
Wewoka
Solon
LAW Court
American Telephone
Corn
Allied Chemical
Case
Gulf States
Inland Steels
Woolworth
Continental Can
John F. Clark A Co
John F. Clark & Co
Juneau Goldsheere
Allegheny Corp
Allis Shalmers
Am International
Essecene Am Locomotive
AT & SF Ry
Atlantic
Eateweeenee
Cerro de Pasco
Cme
St Paul
C&n W Ry
Als
Saceene Ord Chrysler Moe
Coca Coineeree St
Colo Fuel & Tron
Colo Gas & Electric Ory M1
Colo Carbon
Com
Comwith
Congoleum & Nairn
Con Gas
Enbeeenses
Coty Inc
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Curtiss Wright A
del & Lackawanna
Dome Mines
Dupont de Nemours
Eastman
Ooh Pow & Light
Everese Fit’ Nail Stores
Foster Wheeler
Fox Film
Freeport Texas
Asphalt Gen Baking
Gen Electric
Gen Foods
Gen Mills Motors
Gen Ry Signal
Goodyear Tire
Granham-Paige
Mtrs
Northern
West Suger Grigsby & Grunow
Houston Oil
Hershey Chocolate
Houston Oil New
Hudson
Ind
Rayon Weep
Int Harvester
Nickel Weeeerters
Shoe ‘ Seneeesane
Tel & Teltee
Bly Johns Manville
Kelvinator Corp
Kennecott Copper
S Kresge
Oteedenes
Kroger Groc & Bak
Lehman Corp
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Loews Inc
Loose-Wiles Biscuits
Sho P Lorillard Tobacco
Lou Gas & Electric
McKeesport Tin
Mack Trueeter
R H Macy
Mathieson Alkali
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Mo Pacific Pfd
Waeee Ory Montgomery Ward
Nash Mtrseeee
Otis Elevator
Pac Gas & Electric
Packard Mtrseee
Penn
Peoples ‘Gas Lt & Coke Veteasees
Petroleum Corp Eobvessennseecase
Phillips Pet
Public Service Corp
Eaceeee Wa
Pullman Corp
Eeteee
Radio Co Purity Bakeries
Edererese
Keith Orpheum Cobbee
Remington Raw Oreeere
Republic Steel
Reynolds Tobacco
Richfield Oil
Royal Dutch
Safeway
St Joseph
Aeese
Sears Roebuck
Peee
Servel Corp
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Shell Union Oil
Aetee Aeaeneere
Simmons Corp
Fanee Eeeeese
Simms Pet Venees Thaeeves Sig
Southern Pacific Ry
Southern Ryery
Southern Brands
Tenner
Stand Gas & Electric
Stewart & Warner Stone & Webster
Eester
Gtynthe
Texas Cowees Eweeraus
Texas Gulf Sulphur
Bell
Texas & Pacific Coal & Oil
Texas & Pacific Land Trust
Tidewater Bay
Pansamerica
Union Carbide
Union Oil
Union Pacific
Uni
Uni Corp
Utils
Pow. & Light
Vanadium Corp
Warner Bros
Big Western Union Warren Bros . R A
Westinghouse Electric Woolworth Corp
Worthington Pump Aoe
Yellow Truck & Cab
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Gis Alum Co. of America
Sere Ark
Nat Gas
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Penn Road
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Tim-Buck
Fowler
Fillmore
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