Amarillo to train traffic officers and tighten rules
The City Commission will send Capt. Sid Harper to a Texas traffic officers training school in Austin starting May 1. The move aligns with Mayor Rogers and City Manager Smith plans to revamp Amarillo traffic control. A state highway department survey outlines improvements including more officers, revised traffic signals, and updated markings.
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City Commission
Sid Harper
Police Traffic Squad
Austin
Texas Traffic Officers Training School
Texas Department of Public Safety
Harper
Amarillo
Rogers
Smith
Traffic and Safety Division
State Highway Department
Sixth Avenue
Georgia
McMaster Streets
Stuccoed Hats March Through Amarillo Spring
Gray tan stucco coats cover cars homes and hats as a spring “equalizer” muds the town. Car washes window washers taxi fleets and boot blacks boom while residents rush to clean and restore color, hoping for rain and brighter days.
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Paul Timmons
James L. Gordon
Taylor
James L
City Water Department
Mr Jamiresco’s Ceiling Cat Plastering Fiasco
In Jersey City James Jamiresco struggles to fix a kitchen ceiling with a hole in the plaster. After plasterers finish the job the family is relieved until the cat becomes stuck in the fresh work and police reopen a hole to free the feline.
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Jersey City
N. J
U.P
James Jamiresco
Jamiresco
Age Beginning To Impair 90 Year Old Fisherwoman
Rebecca Edwards of South Sterling at 90 still fishes trout but says age is dulling her technique. She appeared at the Wayne County courthouse for a new license and told the clerk she has not missed a trout season in years yet cannot wade the streams any more.
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South Sterling
Rebecca Edwards
Wayne County
Britain and France push anti aggression front with force
Britain and France pursue naval defenses and diplomatic warnings amid Roosevelt peace appeal. Chamberlain notes Dutch Swiss and Danish independence as vital. Hitler moves fleet toward Spain as Mussolini looms in Rome. Jugoslav troops rise. Tangiers tensions loom near Gibraltar. Amarillo building costs reach 819235 with hospital addition and new homes signaling a strong boom potential.
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Great Britain
France
Roosevelt
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Denmark
Russia
Turkey
Britain
Mediterranean
Adolf
Paris
Francisco Franco
Tangiers
Gibraltar
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Hitler
Reichstag
Circus Tickets Mistaken Identity Prompts Kid Plot
Twelve East Side boys seized 900 circus passes by using a forged letter of authorization and planned profits of 1500 dollars. After confusion in Central Park and at Madison Square Garden, the scheme unraveled when a missing letter surfaced. They received subway fare home and a small bonus.
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New York
U.P
East Side
Central Park
Johnny Minutoli
Madison Square Garden
Danny O'Rourke
Tom Wynn
Catholic Charities
Tom
Danny
Should the old folks live with married children
Contest notice in Amarillo Globe invites letters arguing whether elderly parents should live with their married children. Prizes of 5 dollars or 2.50 dollars for the best 300 word letters due by 12 o clock Thursday. Typewritten preferred. legible longhand accepted.
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Amarillo Globe
GLOBE
Governor Grants 30 Day Stay in Fort Worth Rape Case
Governor W. Lee O'Daniel announced a customary 30-day stay of execution for James Ervin of Fort Worth who was set to die tonight for raping a 64-year-old white woman. Pardons Board chair J. C. Andrews said the board unanimously supported the execution delay after reviewing the case with no mitigating factors found.
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Austin
Goveror
W. Lee O'Daniel
James Ervin
Fort Worth
Jr. C. Andrews
Pardons Board
Andrews
Inspections Begin At Plainview Dairy Show
Judges started inspections of four major dairy cattle breeds at the Plainview show with Jersey Holstein Freisian Guernsey and milking shorthorn classes to parade Saturday morning. The queen will be crowned at tonight’s pageant The Blindmen have shades Amarillo Shade Equipment Co.
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Plainview
Jersey
Guernsey
Amarillo Shade & Equipment, Co
Al Capone seeks immediate release from federal prison
Al Capone petitions for habeas corpus claiming he has overrun his 11 year tax case sentence by more than a month. The government counters the term began at Atlanta on May 4 1932 with good behavior credits. Health reports from Alcatraz vary as officials note hes in good health despite earlier paresis.
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Los Angeles
al Capone
Chicago
Atlanta
Capone
Abraham Teitelbaum
U. 8S
Maurice Norcop
Scarfecell
Alcatraz
Panama Canal Bill Favored by House Committee
The House Merchant Marine Committee approved a bill to enlarge and improve the Panama Canal. It aims to strengthen defense and boost capacity for future inter-oceanic shipping, authorizing up to 277 million dollars, with an initial 15 million dollar appropriation for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Washington
House Merchant Marine Committee
Panama Canal
Partial Eclipse Visible Tomorrow Across Nation
A partial solar eclipse will be visible in the Northern United States tomorrow morning with no more than half the sun obscured. The Pacific Coast may see about half covered, Texas about one fifth. In Central Standard Time zone eclipse hours run from 9 30 A M to 11 00 A M.
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New York
United States
Pacific Coast
Texas
Further Rain May Increase Flood Danger
The Ohio River and its tributaries rose above flood stage after fresh rains. Forecasters, led by U. S. Forecaster C. A. Donnel, warned conditions could worsen with more rain in the East and upper Ohio valley. At Louisville the river reached 30 feet, Cincinnati 56.39 feet, with crest expected in 2-3 days if rain stays light. About 2,000 people displaced in four states. five deaths from floods and dozens in weekend storms nationwide.
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United Press
Ohio River
U. S
C. A. Donnel
Chicago
East
Ohio Valley
Louisville
Cincinnati
Missouri River
Wilmington
Del
Portland
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ohio
Red Cross
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Iown
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Middle West
Address for Return Reaps Big Reward
A Philadelphia hotel desk received three letters marked returned for better address. Inside were $500, $500, and a $1000 bill totaling $2000. Secret Service agents said the rightful owner must be found. if not, Shapiro would receive the reward.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Philip Shapiro
Shapiro
Secret Service
Cities Service Chief Attacks Government Policies
Henry L. Doherty president of Cities Service Company assailed fiscal and regulatory policies urging reduced federal spending to balance the budget and lower taxes in New York on April 18.
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New York
U.P
Henry L. Doherty
Cities Service Company
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Surrounds
Amarillo and vicinity expect frost in low spots tonight then a fair warmer Wednesday. West Texas fair with frost north portions tonight and warmer north and southeast portions Wednesday. New Mexico fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Extremes from 32 to 62 degrees. Insurance notice for Neely-Greenhill Agey.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
New Mexico
Globe tips prize goes unused in weekly news contest
Readers filled the tip line after a Fowler family triple murder and a death by own action, but no tip qualified for the prize. Last week’s winners included Gus Ballew for a boy run over, Mrs. C. L. Giles for an Easter hen egg story, and W. H. Gordon for a Perico boy’s automobile wreck death.
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Globe
Fowler
Gus Ballew
C. L. Giles
W. H. Gordon
W. H. Williams
Mabel Dodson
Humpy Campbell
C. G. Landiz
Hugh Tolleson
Jimmy Davis
Denzal Teague
Miles Morton
J. T. Swink
F. E., Coan
O. F. Weatherall
Pauline Thompson
Joe Kimble
I. Q. Jonas
Donald Stinson
Arra English
LaVerne Wilmeth
Margaret Wyatt
Texas Senate Rejects West as Highway Commission Chairman
The Texas Senate rejected James M. West Sr of Houston for chairman of the State Highway Commission, Gov. O Daniel’s third choice after Carr P. Collins and J C Hunter. West had a delayed hearing as he prepared to appear before the nominations committee.
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Austin
U.P
Texas Senate Today
James M. West, Sr
Houston
State Highway Commission
W. Lee O’daniel
West
Carr P. Collins
Dallas
J. C. Hunter
Abilene
Senate
Senate Committee On
Irish Thrush Jack Doyle Announces Three Items
Crooner and heavyweight Jack Doyle, facing U S immigration issues, announces three items from Tijuana. He says he married Movita in California, will sail to England May 2 for a fight with Len Harvey, and has a patchy boxing record in America. Movita accompanies him amid prior marriages and legal scrutiny.
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Tijuana
Mexico
U.P
Jack Doyle
U. S
Mareried Movita
England
Vera Cruz
London
Len Harvey
Hollywood
Doyle
Movita
California
America
Judith Allen
Train Fare Cut Aims To Discourage Driving To Dallas
Two Texas railroads announce a five month fare experiment lowering Houston to Dallas Fort Worth one way to 4 and round trip to 6 with 15 day return limit. They operate Rocket Zephyr Sunbeam Hustler Owl trains and will offer half fare for children with stopovers and checked baggage.
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Houston
U.P
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Burlington-Rock Island
Southern Pacific Lines
Texas Railroad Commission
Southern Pacific
Frank Hester
Burlington General
Heafer
Mr. Collman Forecasts Warmer Weather Tonight
Mr Collman predicts fair and warmer conditions for tonight and tomorrow with light northwest wind. He notes little dust potential and says damage from the freeze should be slight as the cold was in the air. Low temperature around 37 degrees with light frost in low areas expected.
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Mr. Collman
The Girl Was Guilty and The Magistrate Nonplussed
In Santa Fe on April 18 Magistrate Lorenzo Gutierrez confronts Rosie Gutierrez who admits guilt for parking in a prohibited zone. The magistrate then pays his daughter's fine from his own pocket. A brief local item noting a small court scene and a family interaction.
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Santa Fe, N. M
Lorenzo Gutierrez
Rosie Gutierrez
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