Italians Reach Lake Tana as Haile Rumors Fly
Italian forces pressed toward the Ethiopian capital as reports spread that Dessye had fallen to a motorized column. Badoglio claimed rail and lake access and warned of a possible advance on Addis Ababa to topple Emperor Haile Selassie, with droves of Ethiopian bands fleeing northern fronts.
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Dessye
Haile Selassie
Benito Mussolini
Addis Ababa
Pietro Badoglio
Gallabat
Lake
Badoglio
Aosta
Gondar
Mussolini
Italy
Duke of
Harar
End erosion focus on abandoned land amid Dust Bowl drive
Ending erosion on abandoned land has become a core objective of the regional drive against Southwestern dust storms. Reseeding with native grass and returning badly eroded areas to pasture are planned as immediate measures. The Dodge City meeting of the Dust Bowl Committee drew representatives from Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Colorado and Kansas to coordinate soil conservation efforts and align with the AAA program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
Kan
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
AAA
Southwest
Soil Conservation Service
Resettlement Administration
Ousted Army Man Is Given New Command
Major General Johnson Hagood restored to active duty in charge of the Sixth Corps Area at Chicago effective May 2. He had been removed after criticizing WPA funds. Hagood will replace Major General Frank R. McCoy in Chicago and McCoy moves to New York to command the Second Corps Area. Roosevelt ordered the change after a White House conference. Hagood, third highest ranking general, sought the Second Corps Area but faced opposition. He will command the second army including troops in the Fifth and Sixth Corps Areas, with maneuvers planned late summer. He has about 14 months before retirement unless he retires earlier with full pay.
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Washington
Johnson Hagood
Sixth Corps
Chicago
Hagood
Eighth Corps
Roosevelt
Frank R. McCoy
McCoy
Second Corps
New York
Dennis F. Nola
White House
United States
Malin Craig
Three Behind Tons of Rock at Moose River Mine
Rescue efforts in Moose River Nova Scotia directed by J P Messervey as miners and 75 mules work to save three Toronto men trapped by a rock collapse in the Moose River gold mine at the 350 foot level last night. Magill Robertson and Scadding are connected through ownership and employment at the mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose River
Toronto
J. P. Messervey
Halifax
R. E. Magill
D. FE. Robertson
Alfred Scadding
Magill
Dr. Robertson
Cadding
Jefferson Day Dance Honors Father of Democracy in Amarillo
Amarillo residents will honor Thomas Jefferson with a Jefferson Day dance at Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel tonight sponsored by the Young Democratic Club with Carlton Scales Orchestra. Admission 75 cents per couple. proceeds go to the Democratic National Committee and the club's national organization. About 2,000 similar parties expected nationwide.
Horseman Has Right Over Auto
Austin report explains a new license law allowing a rider to signal a vehicle to stop or slow down. Drivers who fail to comply risk losing about one third of their license. The rule requires caution near horses and horse drawn vehicles and to stop when signaled if the animal is not under control.
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Austin
Homer Garrison, Jr
Public Safety Department
Sally Rand Faces Nudist Picketing at Exposition
Sally Rand denounced nudist picketers from the Exposition Nudist Colony after they blocked her fan dance. Publicist David Lipton warned of legal action to protect her performances. Mary Pomeroy led a younger faction in confronting Rand and accusing her of ignorance of nudism.
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San Diego
Calif
Sally Rand
Sally
David Lipton
Mary Pomeroy
Miss Rand
Six Manchukuo officials arrested for subversion plots
Six high officials of the Manchukuo provincial government, all Mongols, were arrested at Hailar and taken to Hsinking to face a court martial. Ling Sheng, governor of North Hsingan, allegedly headed a plot to oust Japanese influence in northwestern Manchukuo and provide Soviet military information. The dispatch ties the incident to Mongol policy and tensions with Soviet Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Tokyo
Manchukuo
Domei
Soviet Russia
Ling Sheng
Hsingan
Hailar
Hsinking
Manchoukuo
El Paso Labor Protests After Extradition to New Mexico
El Paso labor unions protested Governor Allred’s extradition of seven El Paso Electric workers to New Mexico. The men, arrested after a February 28 strike, face charges of conspiracy and embezzlement over a turbine generator part removal.
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Austin
Wallace Reilley
Texas Federation of Labor
James V. Allred
el Paso
New Mexico
el Paso Electric Company
Allred
Dona Ana County
W. E. Brown
Max Rau
R. L. Kendall
Curtis M. Bozeman
C. A. Hays
H. W. Hantsche
Joe C. Blansit
U.P
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
el Paso Electric Co
Gov. Allred
Roy L. Kendall
C. A. Hayes
Harry Hantsche
Joe Blansit
Las Cruces
N. M
Rio Grande
Poison trial postponed to April 23 in Greenville
Mrs Velma Pattersons murder trial for the poisoning of her two daughters was continued to April 23 due to illness in the defense attorney's family. Judge Charles Berry granted the delay. The state remains ready for trial.
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Greenville
Texas
Velma Patterson
Charles Berry
E. J. McKinney
Cooper
C. C. McKinney
Henry Pharr
House Pushes Earmark Plan for Half of Public Works Funds
A House bloc advances a plan to earmark about 700 million of the 1.5 billion relief fund for projects overseen by Interior Secretary Harold Ickes. The group, led by Alfred Bieter, forms a 15 member panel to circulate the petition and present it to President Roosevelt. A Workers Alliance delegation urged Hopkins be removed as relief dictator and backed a worker board to supervise the program.
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Washington
U.P
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Workers Alliance
House Appropriations
Hopkins
Public Works Bloc
PWA
Alfred Bieter
New York
Ickes
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Bieter
Appropriations Committee
Airway Lighting Funds For Amarillo Fort Worth Route
House funds approved to light the Amarillo Fort Worth airway. Secretary Carl Hinton of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce told President Roy Cullum. Hinton said Senate approval is required. Hinton and Congressman Marvin Jones urged the House committee. Commerce officials will start work once funds are available. Chambers of Commerce in Amarillo Wichita Falls and Fort Worth have led the lobbying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo- Fort Worth Airway
House
Carl Hinton
Amarillo
Court Delays Ruling On Lindbergh Kidnap Law
Supreme Court defers decision on constitutionality of the Lindbergh kidnapping act in the case of Arthur Gooch who faces the death penalty. The court also plans to rule later on the Guffey coal act and the 1934 municipal bankruptcy law involving debt restructuring for counties cities and districts. Bondholders from a Texas irrigation district attend the hearing.
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Washington
Arthur Gooch
Ost
Supreme Court
Texas
Congress
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
High Tribunal
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Bathtub Slaying Triggers New York Police Hunt
Police seek two unidentified men in the slaying of Mrs. Nancy Titterton in her Beekman Place home. One suspect is tall and under 24, the other stocky and coarse appearing. Witnesses describe the men as attempting entry to the Lambert residence near Park Avenue.
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New York
Nancy Titterton
Margaret Arbeiter
J. D. Wooster Lambert
Lambert Chemical Company
National Broadcasting Company
Beekman Place
Helen Meyer
Park Avenue
CCC Camp at Faqua Ranch Is Continued
The CCC camp at Fuqua Ranch will stay open for six more months with Company 1828, about 200 World War veterans, continuing erosion control on government land. The project, run by the Soil Conservation Service under H. A. Finch, includes cooperative work on Weymouth and Bivins properties.
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CCC
Puqua Ranch
Company 1828
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
H. A. Finch
C. E. Weymouth
Bivins
Egg Roll Opens With Warm Sun At White House
The Easter egg roll began under a bright morning with rainbows in the fountain on the south lawn. Early arrivals were mostly first timers and tourists while policelimited admission for adults started at 3 PM and Girl and Boy Scouts joined Red Cross volunteers on duty for the children event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
South Lawn
Boy
Red Cross
Amarillo Weather Forecast Short on Details
Fair tonight with a low around 54 in Amarillo and Tuesday remains fair and cooler. West Texas stays fair and cooler Tuesday. New Mexico unsettled tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. High today reached 86 in Amarillo, low 56 tonight.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Finest Cooking Expert Arrives for Globe News School
Mrs. Martha McDonald arrives in Amarillo to lead the Globe News Cooking School starting tomorrow at 2 PM in the Municipal Auditorium. The free two hour class runs daily this week covering new dishes, display of kitchen equipment, and time saving devices with merchant gifts for enrollees.
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America
Amarillo
Martha McDonald
Globe News
Municipal Auditorium
Panhandle
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United Press
Rome
Ethiopia
Lakena
Nile
Couny
John Maynard Lbr. Co
McMurtry Paints and Varnishes
Lee Hagood
Jefferson
Young Demos
Herring
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
Ussuri
Hulin
EL Paso Unions Protest Action
Charles R. Gay
New York Stock Exchange
Amarillo-Fort Worth
Gooch
Tub
Faqua Ranch
Arthur Brisbane
the Lens
Joe Louis Jefferson
The
Globe
Brisbane
Plainview Pat
Kansas City
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