Two Fine Trains and a Global Look in Brisbane
Arthur Brisbane muses on pleasantries of rail travel in Chicago and New York, pairs of distant express streams, and the idle sentiment of a quiet city. He weighs American debates among Ruth Hanna McCormick and James Hamilton Lewis, bootlegging and prohibition, and European moves from France to Berlin. He mocks pacifism, contemplates a constitutional ban on war, and reports on a cocktail contest and naval parity talk.
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Chicago
Illinois
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Kenedry
James Hamilton Lewis
McCormick
Deneen
Morini praises Jimmie Walker as she announces concert
Rosa Morini, coloratura soprano, says Jimmie Walker reminds her of New York mayor Jimmy Walker and previews her Municipal Auditorium performance tonight. She endorses merit over hype and notes a Baton Rouge offer for a return engagement.
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Jimmy Walker
New York
Tack
Rosa Morini
Jimmie Walker
Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association Adjourns
The Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association adjourned at noon after electing officers for the 1931 term. Dan H. Wilmot of Roswell was chosen president. H. E. Williams of Lamesa named vice president. Directors include Sid Nolen Clarendon W H Rhodes Roswell Ed N Neer Portales Travis Lively Plainview and W S Kerr Hereford.
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Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association
Dan H. Wilmot
Roswell
N. M
O. W. Kirk
Floydada
H. E. Williams
Lamesa
H. C. Stoakes
Amarillo
Dealers’ Association
Mr. Kirk
C. M. Williams
Sid Nolen
Clarendon
W. H. Rhodes
Ed N. Neer
Portales
Travis Lively
Pampa
T. C. Meinecke
Plainview
Kerr
Hereford
Mitchell says U S pens are overflowing
Attorney General Mitchell told the Senate Judiciary Committee that prison congestion will hinder enforcement and that federal prisoners rose by 6 277 in nine months. He cited 1 811 of 1 999 new inmates as prohibition violators and named the Dyer Automobile Theft Act and Mann Act as key congestion drivers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mitchell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Panhandle Music Festival opens with 1200+ contests
Panhandle Music Festival begins in the Municipal Auditorium with over 600 solo entrants and as many in ensembles across three states. The event features three days of school contesting and recitals by renowned artists including Rosalinda Morini and Joseph Rosenstein.
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Panhandle
Rosalinda Morini
Joseph Rosenstein
Morini
Paul van Katwijk
Hall Axtell
Probe Plot to Slay Jurists in Fort Worth
The Fort Worth investigation into an alleged plot to kill Judge James E. Mercer and attorney Dexter Scurlock proceeds in two venues. Witnesses include Hugh B. Smith and Scurlock before a grand jury, with George Thompson set to testify, as Sam Prather testified about being approached by Miss Stevenson to “take Scurlock for a ride.”
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United Press
Fort Worth
James E. Mercer
Dexter Scurlock
F. Houtchens
Z. B. Stevenson
Hugh B. Smith
Scurlock
Walter Prichard
George Thompson
Tarrant
One Dead and 33 Injured as Indian Court Stormed in Riot
Reports from Bombay and Calcutta detail rioting sparked by Gandhi era civil disobedience. One killed, seven seriously injured, 26 lightly in Bombay court attack. Americans Baudin and Nelson injured in Calcutta unrest.
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Associated Press
Karachi
India
State Department Today
Calcutta
Houston Man Slays Baby Girl and Wounds Wife
In Houston on April 16 Charles H. Whitelock, 52, killed his five year old daughter Carolyn Louise and wounded his wife with a hammer before shooting himself. The coroner ruled death by self infliction. A note explained he acted from discouragement and asked for a cheap funeral, begging no undertaker to charge for their bodies.
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Burbank
Calif
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Wichita
Kansas
Houston
Associated Press
Charles H. Whitelock
Carolyn Louise
Houston City
City Hospital
James 3. Allen
Christ Episcopal Church
Curran Says 3 and Oppose Dry Laws
Henry H. Curran testifies before the Senate lobby committee that a plurality oppose Prohibition and that his Association Against the Prohibition Amendment spent 427213 dollars last year to repeal the dry laws. He notes efforts in Western Massachusetts and potential activity in Illinois and Pennsylvania elections.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
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Association Against the Prohibition
Senate Lobby Committee
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Ciry
James Hamilton Lewis
Wet
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Wife on trial for slaying in Durant Oklahoma
Mrs. Tia Hughes faces a death penalty trial for murder in Bryan County as an accomplice to A. J. Eastep in the November 27, 1929, farm slaying of her husband. Eastep, already serving life, allegedly beat the man and plotted to marry Hughes after the killing. Jury selection from a panel of forty began as public interest ran high.
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United Press
Durant
Okla
Tia Hughes
Bryan County
Hlughes
Here
Hughes
Eastep
Tishomingo
Federal convict Panzran condemned to death at Leavenworth
Carl Panzran a 40 year old federal convict and seaman was found guilty of murder and sentenced to be hanged September 5 at Leavenworth penitentiary. Federal attorneys pressed for the death penalty for killing R G Warnke the prison laundry superintendent at Leavenworth last June. The jury verdict was “without mercy” after a sanity commission cleared him as sane.
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Jane
Carl Panzran
Panzran
R. G. Warnke
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
Sanity Commission
Richard E. Hopkins
Warnke
Grand Jurors Called For Court Term
Deputies from the sheriff's office are summoning grand jurors for the April term of criminal district court starting April 28. Named jurors include W. M. Gouldy J. W. Lee D. W. Davis G. C. Nobles J. H. Paul 8. D. Vaughan John Cowan L. L. Ferree Hub Foster John Mc Knight Guy Saunders John Boyce W. E. Herring James A. Bueh 8. F. Sullenberger and Howard Williams. Petit jurors will be summoned later.
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Criminal District Court
W. M. Gouldy
J. W. Lee
D. W. Davis
G. C. Nobles
J. H. Paul
D. Vaughan
John Cowan
L. L. Ferree
Hub Foster
John McKnight
Guy Saunders
John Boyce
W. E. Herring
James A. Bueh
F. Sullenberger
Howard Williams
Berry's Dry Cleaning and John Maynard Ltr Co Address
Berry's dry cleaning at 9056 W Tenth. See John about building. John Maynard Letter Company located at 800 W 5th. Phone 6285.
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Berry
John
iJohn Maynard
Lubbock Youth Held on Forgery and Theft Charges
Maborn Tomerlin of Lubbock is jailed on forgery and theft charges involving checks over 50 dollars. He allegedly took a Rule office check, forged a signature, and stole a check protector. McGrath says the youth has confessed.
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Lubbock
W. S. Rule
Dan McGrath
Policewoman Motz Fired for Sitting On Men's Laps
New York policewoman Louise Motz quit after being told Police Commissioner Grover Whalen would seek her resignation. Motz, famed for patrolling subway crowds, was found guilty on 11 of 17 charges including petting and drunkenness stemming from incidents with a married man who testified his wife complained.
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New York
Louise Mots
Grover Whalen
Mots
Whalen
Love v Love ballot access in Texas Supreme Court case
Arguments over mandamus to place Sen. Thomas B. Love on the 1980 Democratic primary ballot were heard as the Texas Supreme Court reviewed jurisdiction and the new law governing such appeals. Love had not supported Alfred E. Smith in 1928, now seeking ballot placement.
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Austin
Thomas B. Love
Dallas
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Supreme Court
F. A. Williams
Galveston
D. W. Wilcox
Georgetown
State Committee
Love
Mandamus
Courts of Civil Appeals
J. W. Hassell
Alfred E. Smith
New York
United States Catholic Population Totals 20 Million
United Press reports that about 20,078,202 Catholics live in the United States according to the Catholic directory released today. The directory lists four cardinals twelve archbishops and 102 bishops in the country with 26,025 ordained priests serving under them.
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United Press
New York
United States
Radio Features Tonight Across the NBC Columbia Chains
Radio listings show tonight's schedule with multiple network programs and stations. Programs include Shilkret Orchestra, Old Counselors, Olive Palmer, Voice of Columbia, Topnotchers, The Roustabouts, Amos ’n’ Andy, plus local features WDAG and KGRS.
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WOW
WOC
National Broadcasting Co
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Voice of Columbia
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WRCM
WISN
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WKY
K&l
KTHS
WSH
Amos ‘Sn
Andy
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WBAP
WREN
WDAG
KGRS
Forest fires sweep Kentucky hillsides
Forest fires raged along eastern Kentucky hillsides near Irvine and other points after days of burning in Virginia and North Carolina. A sawmill was destroyed with lumber worth several hundred dollars threatened oil tanks at Bear Tracks. State forester W. E. Jackson said wardens were active in other districts and rain could end the menace.
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Associated Press
Irvine
Virginia
North Carolina
Kentucky
State Forestry Department
Lexington
W. E. Jackson
John N Janes Dies Sudden in El Paso
Panhandle cattleman John N. Janes died suddenly in El Paso at 1 o clock today. A Amarillo resident on and off for 26 years, he owned the Rocking Chair ranch near Muleshoe and was widely known in the region.
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John N. Janes
el Paso
Mr. Janes
Amarillo
Muleshoe
Graf Zeppelin lands in Seville before Brazil flight
Seville Spain April 16 Graf Zeppelin lands at 5 45 p m after a flight from Friedrichshafen Germany en route to Brazil The dirigible left Friedrichshafen yesterday afternoon.
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Zeplands
Seville
Assoc
Spain
Brazil
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Want Ads seek handy carpenters for spring repair jobs
The Globe News promotes using the Want Ads for business service notices. Ambitious carpenters are urged to list their skills to connect with Amarillo readers in need of odd jobs and repairs this spring.
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Amarillo
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