Huey Long Threatens Impeachment Of Louisiana Justices
In Baton Rouge on April 16 Senator Huey P. Long vowed to advocate impeachment and removal of three Louisiana Supreme Court justices Chief Justice Charles A. ONeill Wynne G. Rogers and Justice Fred M. Odom. He signaled possible action this session after accusing the court of opposing his will.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Legislative House
Ways and eMans
Long
Charles A. O'Neill
Wynne G. Rogers
Fred M. Odom
Ickes
Washington
Senator Long
PWA
Huey Long
State of Louisiana
New Orleans
Secretary in Plea for Bill to Curb Flow
Secretary Ickes outlined the creation of the Federal Petroleum Supervisory Agency to oversee East Texas oil investigations. The agency will coordinate with the federal tender board and oversee Glavis while directing file transfers, with G. W. Van Fleet leading as director and supervisor of investigators. He urged the Thomas Oil Control bill to permanently regulate production and testified before a Senate subcommittee.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Federal Petroleum Supervisory Agency
East Texas
Federal Tender Board
Louis R. Glavis
Interior Department
G. W. van Fleet
Winnekga
Ill
Federal Tender Group
Texas
Charge Ickes
Ickes
Senate
Federal Petroleum Board
Doctors Hear Welcome for Panhandle Medical Session
Physicians from the Panhandle territory gather for annual spring sessions of the Panhandle District Medical Society. Over 50 registered in welcome ahead of an expected 200 attendance at the Crystal ballroom Herring Hotel. Dr Roy L Vineyard delivers welcome. Dr B L Jenkins presides. eye ear nose and throat specialists participate.
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Panhandle
J. P. Lattimore
Lubbock
A. J. Streit
Amarillo
F. A. White
Childress
Potter County Medical Association
Prison inquiry probes self maiming by convicts in Texas farm
An angleton Texas prison farm faces a House committee inquiry into reports that convicts maimed themselves to gain hospital time amid alleged guard brutality. Convicts testified while others were treated for injuries. officials confirmed self inflicted injuries but cited inmate pain as motivation.
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Angleton
Tex
Texas
House of Representatives
Tea
Organic Operation Fatal for Rhode Island Youth
William Spriegelblatt nine of Newport Rhode Island died at Truesdale Hospital today after an operation for a disarrangement of internal organs similar to Alyce Jane McHenry. The death occurred at 5 A M following the procedure a few days earlier in Fall River Massachusetts.
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Fall River
Mass
William Spriegelblatt
Newport
R. I
Alyce Jane McHenry
Truesdale Hospital
Indian Commission Head Is Attacked
Washington April 16 Bruner head of the American Indian Federation accused Commissioner John Collier of atheistic and communistic tendencies before a House Indian affairs subcommittee in a bitter attack.
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Indian Commission
Washington
John Collier
House Indian Affairs
Joseph Bruner
Amerecan Indian Federation
Kane seeks divorce from Max Hoffman Jr in Chicago filing
Hollywood reports Helen Kane, the baby faced singer, has filed for divorce from actor Max Hoffman Jr. in Chicago and asks to hold hearings until she can transfer to western courts. She suggests Hoffman is involved with another woman, making Mrs. Hoffman No. 4. Dust storms are predicted to fade as spring vegetation rises and rain returns later.
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Hollywood
O.R
Helen Kane
Max Hoffman, Jr
New York
Miss Kane
Hoffman
Chicago
Film Colony
Max
Mr. Collman
One Prison Break Ends in Slayings at Fort Worth Jail
April 16 Fort Worth report: Jail Guard Charles B. Miller opened fire during an attempted break of eight prisoners at Tarrant County jail. Melvin Bowes 33 a fugitive from Florida state prison was killed. Clarence B. Billingsley 23 and James Lawrence Kirk wounded. Eight prisoners had tried to flee after sawing bars and manipulating a master lock box.
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Fort Worth
Charles B. Miller
Tarrant County
Melvin Bowes
Florida State
Clarence B. Billingsley
James Lawrence Kirk
Miller
E. M. James
Bowes
Billingsley
Kirk
James
Rural School Heads Meet for Conference in Abilene
Rural school supervisors of Texas opened a two day annual conference in Abilene with rural supervision and curriculum the theme. Mary Shipp Sanders is chairman R E L Jones vice chairman and Mrs Claude D Cotton secretary. Madge Stanford serves as official hostess and visiting speakers include Anne Workman and L A Woods.
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Abilene
Rural School Supervisors of Texas
Mary Shipp Sanders
Johnson County
R. E. L. Jones
Bell County
Claude D. Cotton
Tom Green County
Madge Stanford
Taylor County
Anne Workman
East Texas State Teachers College
Commerce
L. A. Woods
Harvard brain currents traced by pencil study
Harvard scientists at Henry Ford Hospital Detroit demonstrate in lab that the human brain generates electrical currents which, when harnessed to a pencil, produce tracings. The finding is presented alongside Arthur Brisbane’s Globe column as a notable day’s news.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Mr Brisbane
Editore Nota
Harvard
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit
HAWK COTTEN TAKE PLANE FOR PARLEY
Amarillois Wilbur C. Hawk and Tom Cotten flew to Washington this morning for an interstate conference on the Conchas Dam project. Mayor Ross D. Rogers canceled his flight due to a family illness. Ed Hardin and Carl Hinton of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce are already there, with Gov. Clyde Tingley, Sen. Carl Hatch, Rep. J. J. Dempsey and Arch Hurley expected to attend. The conference is set for tonight.
Ten Colonels Named on Acting Governor Staff
Acting Governor Walter F. Woodus appointed ten colonels to his official staff on April 16. Named were Tom Gooch of Dallas J A Elkins J W Neal J A Phillips Russell Jacobe Roy Atterbury of Houston George S Butler and William T Kelley of New York Wallace Beery of Hollywood and Rice M Tilley of Fort Worth.
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Austin
Walter F. Woodus
Tom Gooch
Dallas
J. A. Elkins
J. W. Neal
J. A. Phillips
Russell Jacobe
Roy Atterbury
Houston
George S. Butler
William T. Kelley
New York
Wallace Beery
Hollywood
Rice M.tilley
Fort Worth
Dust storms sweep Oklahoma Panhandle amid cloudy sky
A dust storm blanketed Boise City and the Oklahoma Panhandle with visibility down to about 300 yards. Officials predicted no rain and a continuation of partly cloudy and cooler conditions into Wednesday as moisture clouds formed and light dust storms were expected to ease later.
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Mr. Collman
Hamlin’s Fate Still Unknown After Deadlocked Trial
After a five week and two day trial in the 47th District Court, George W. Hamlin’s guilt or innocence remains in doubt as jurors remain deadlocked eight to four for conviction. Judge E C Nelson discharged the jury at 6 30 p m after 40 to 50 ballots with no change. A new trial may be sought with a possible April 29 term or change of venue.
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George
Hamlin
Irene Hare
47Th District Court
E. C. Nelson
Potter County
A. R. Morrison
Morrison
District Court
Grady
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a slight cooling trend. West Texas expects mostly cloudy skies and warmer conditions in the east, followed by cooler temperatures. New Mexico remains generally fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Nudist play in New York faces anti nudism bill
Albany April 16 legislative action moves to curb nudism after a private New York premiere ends with nudist actors in attire removal. The bill, backed by Alfred E. Smith, would criminalize nude performances by both participants and venue owners, awaiting Gov Lehman’s signature or veto.
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Albany
N. Y
Theaters Guild
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Legion of Decency of New York
Assembly
Senate
Herbert H. Lehman
John F. Killgrew
Great Britain France and Italy press for strong League action on Germany
In Geneva on April 16 the Big Three rallied to push through a League of Nations condemning Germany for re arming. The council adjourned pending a vote likely to pass with Denmark and Poland abstaining. Britain also announced a new department to defend the British Isles' 46 million people from air raids.
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Geneva
Great Britain
France
Italy
Council of the
League of Nations
Germany
Denmark
Poland
Britain
London
British Isles
Opening Day Cold Delays Two Major League Openers
Detroit and Chicago postponed as cold weather halts the opening AL game. Washington and Philadelphia also called off with President Roosevelt to throw the first ball if weather improves. Temperature barely above freezing with a cold west wind.
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Detroit
U.P
Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Washington
Washington Senators
Philadelphia Athletics
Roosevelt
Georgia Governor Fights Cotton Tax
Governor Eugene Talmadge announced he would stamp the cotton belt to stop the processing tax, saying he is preparing to take action against the levy in Georgia. The April 16 report frames it as a statewide challenge to the tax policy.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Veteran Creek attorney found dead in office
E W VanCourt aged 58 a veteran attorney for the Creek nation was found dead from a pistol wound in his Eufaula Oklahoma office today authorities reported the death is being investigated as a possible suicide or foul play.
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Eupaula
Okla
U.P
E. W. VanCourt
The
Fear Seven Dead in Coal Mine Explosion
Seven men were trapped and believed killed while 189 escaped after an explosion at the Allan shaft of the Acadia Coal Company Mine in Stellarton Nova Scotia. The blast collapsed tipple supports and flooded the shaft with coal. In Texas, Gov Allred and Acting Governor Woodul oppose a CCC camp near Sweetwater, objecting to its placement and citing previous protests.
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Stellarton
N. S
U.P
Allan
Acadia Coal Company
Sweetwater Camp
Austin
James V. Allred
Walter F. Woodul
Sweetwater
Allred
War Department
Washington
Laura Ingalls soars east in Vendetta monoplane from Albuquerque
Laura Ingalls lifts her black Vendetta monoplane at 3 10 Amarillo time from Union Airport and heads east toward Floyd Bennett Field New York aiming to break Amelia Earhart Putnam’s 1933 record. The Lockheed carries 575 gallons of fuel for a bid to 35 hour transcontinental flight.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Laura Ingalls
Amarillo
Union Air Terminal
Burbank
Cal
U.P
Lockheed
Miss Ingalls
Floyd Bennett Field
N. Y
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Erosion relief forms ready for Texas Panhandle drive
Chief Accountant Landers of the State Relief Commission prepares application forms for a federal wind erosion program. County farm agents will distribute forms to wind eroded counties, with farmers soon able to apply. A $500000 fund for fuel or feed will be disbursed as outright grants under the program.
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Texas Panhandle
Landers
State Relief Commission
Martin T. Kansas
O. B. Martin
Texas Extension Service
College Station
Washington
Garden City
Kans
Mr. Landers
Adam Johnson
Panhandle Plains
The
Relief Commission
Clipper Ship Ready To Hop Toward China
The giant four motor airliner Oriental Clipper at Alameda Airport poised for a 3:30 to 5:00 P M takeoff for Honolulu marking a new era in transpacific flight. The Pan American Airways craft aims to reach China, about 8500 miles away, weather permitting.
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China
Alameda Airport
Canf
U.P
Pan- American Airway
Balboa
Panama
Beauties of Dairy Show Open Parade
Guernsey dairy cattle selection at the Panhandle Plains show in Plainview highlighted Sunset Golden Jason of Texas Tech as senior and grand champion. E. E. Prosser and Son won four-year-old bull, while Jean Duluth Farm took two-year-old honors and Heartbreakers Jewel led four-year-olds. War Bread’s Fairy Fern claimed the production award with 45.9 pounds milk and 2,827 pounds butter fat.
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Plainview
Guernsey
Panhandle Plains
Sunset Golden Jason
Texas Technological College of Lubbock
Blarney
Mineral Point
E. E. Prosser
Hale Center
J. D. Heartbreakers
Strongheart
Jean Duluth
Panhandle
Prossers
Mays Martha
Heartbreakers
Jewel of Carson
War Bread
Fairy Fern
Sprague and
Eliff
Tulsa
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Rome
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Dial
H. T. Collman
Hoffmans IN
John Maynard
King Festures Syndicate, Inc
Hawk
Cotten
Boise City
Oklahoma Panhandle
Hamlins
Lbs
Steam Roller
Laura
Honolulu
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