Interscholastic League Regional Meets Set This Saturday
Public school champions compete across six cities Canyon Abilene Denton Longview Kingsville and Alpine to determine regional entrants for the 24th annual state meet. Regional winners join past records holders from Kaufman Sunset Luling Yoakum and more as Roy Henderson notes new names may rise in Austin next month.
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Austin
Huntsville
Canyon
Abilene
Denton
Longview
Kingsville
Alpine
Stepheville
Texas
Jess Petty
Kaufman
Rice Institute
R. L. Bush
Sunset High
Dallas
Taylor
Luling
D. C. O'Neil
Yoakum
Roy B. Henderson
Dear Tack Iden Itinerary On Soil Erosion In Texas Panhandle
A reader writes about soil erosion in the Texas Panhandle claiming about 50 million acres of fine farming land could be irrigated by placing irrigation wells. The letter frames irrigation as a solution to land loss and highlights agricultural concerns.
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Panhandle
Texas
Housing Project Film Shown At Theater
A 10 minute newsreel from the Federal Housing Bureau in Washington is being shown at the Pair Theater. It highlights nationwide FHA efforts to raise American home standards and who benefits from the housing projects.
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Federal Housing Bureau
Washington
Pair Theater
FHA
Easter Services Across Churches Mark Holy Day Observances
Easter observances span multiple churches with Pontifical High Mass at 9:30 and sermons at St Andrews Episcopal and First Baptist sunrise pageants and cantatas, sunrise services at Central Presbyterian, and a Rome Good Friday reflection with Stabat Mater and seven last words at churches across the city.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Central Presbyterian Church
R. Thomson
Pontius Pilate
Rome
Eternal City
Sistine Chapel
St Peter's
Jesus
Mary
St. John
Federal income doubles low year figures in 9 months
Federal income for the current fiscal year to date stands at 3.02 billion dollars for the nine months and 16 days ending April 16, 24 percent above the prior year and 97 percent over the 1933 period. Officials expect full year receipts to exceed the 3.711 billion budget and top 1930 levels.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury
Hitler Birthday Celebrated as German Realm Leader
The piece recalls Adolf Hitler's rise from a 1919 party founder to chancellor in 1933. It notes the beer halls as Nazis' platforms, the 1923 failed putsch, his 1928 return, 107 Reichstag seats, 1932 presidential run, and his January 30 1933 appointment as chancellor, marking his 46th birthday.
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National Socialist Party
Munich
Nazis
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
von Hindenburg
Germany
Hitler weighs response to Rhineland rebuke in Berlin
Berlin reports Hitler deliberates on a stand after Britain and Italy vow to oppose any move to re fortify the demilitarized Rhineland zone. Mussolini and Von Starhemberg meet in Venice to discuss Austria Hapsburg restoration and Danubian conference plans. Soviet air force chief warns of potential German use of aerial chemical and bacterial warfare.
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Great Britain
Italy
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Geneva
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Austria
Venezia
von Starhemberg
Mussolini
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Germany
Riechfuehres
Moscow
M. Klirpin
Pravda
Diermany
Pranco Ruessian treaty draft sent to cabinet for approval
A draft treaty between France and Russia was submitted to the cabinet for approval, with expectations it will be finalized soon. Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov was invited to initial the accord, and President Pierre Laval was expected to sign after Dayan’s visit to Moscow in late May.
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Paris
Psd
Maxi Linviinov
Colige
Pierre Aval
Dayal
Mystery Twenty Win Passages Aboard Normandie
Jersey City April 19 twenty Americans win ocean cruise aboard the Normandie via Colgate Palmolive Peet Company in a letter writing contest. Winners travel July 31 to September 2 for four weeks in seven European countries then return to New York.
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Jersey City
N. J
Colgate-Palmolive- Peet Company
New York
FERA Students Debate Pension Plan Tonight
FERA adult night school hosts a public debate on the Townsend Old Age Revolving Pension Plan. Government students will advocate the plan with George Cox and A B Stovall for. C W Long and Lewis C Griffin for the negative. C E Turner leads as government instructor.
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FERA
Townsend
George Cox
A. 8. Stovall
C. W. Long
Lewis C. Griffin
C. E. Turner
Texas Delegation Seeks Washington Cooperation at Parley
The meeting highlighted harmony between Texas state officials and Washington lawmakers. Governors and senators covered the Thomas oil bill, social security changes faced by the House, and states rights debates. House Republicans labeled the process a steam roller as 26 amendments were blocked amid upcoming votes.
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Texas
Austin
Parley
Allred
Alfred
Morris Sheppard
Tom Connally
House
Representatives Dies
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Eagle
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House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Senate
Shooting Incident Ends with Suspect Hospitalized
The report describes a pursuit after a car stolen by a youth named Collie. An officer fired at the vehicle as Collie rammed toward a pole before crashing. Collie, injured, said he had been returning from a dance with friends when the police halted the pursuit.
Annual meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers Association continues
The American Newspaper Publishers Association holds its annual meeting with publishers editors and advertisers preparing to reassemble for business sessions. The Editor and Publisher offers best wishes to attendees as the press marks another milestone in the fourth estate.
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American Newspaper Publishers Associator
Ap- Pti
Five Telltale $1 000 Bills Put Kidnaper in Gallows Shadow
Kansas City dispatch details how five $1,000 bills hidden behind photos led to Walter H. McGee’s conviction for the Mary McElroy kidnapping. The case tied to a $30,000 ransom paid by H. F. McElroy. McGee faces death May 10. attorneys seek a rehearing while three alleged accomplices seek further action and McElroy’s daughter endures health strains.
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Kansas City
Walter H. McGee
America
McGee
State Supreme Court
H. F. McElroy
Mary
McElroy
Texas
Amarillo
Leavenworth, Kas
W. H. McGee
George McGee
Clarence Click
Miss McElroy
Clarence Stevens
Virginia
Click
Stevens
State Line
Kansas
Mary McElroy
Dust storms ease as rain aids Panhandle crops
Eastern seaboard dust storm eases after heavy dust and scattered showers across North Texas Panhandle. In Clarendon Amarillo and Childress rains boost wheat and cotton prospects. grain and livestock regions report improving soil moisture while drought areas suffer damage from wind and flooding.
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Clarendon
Amarillo
W. B. Amacker
the Panhandle Automobile Club
South Plains
P. C. Ben-nett
Panhandle
West Texas
Paris
T. V. Roberts
Howland
Brookston Drug
Roosevelt Appeals for Press Cooperation in Recovery Drive
Franklin D. Roosevelt urges continued press cooperation in governing during a period of rain and dust storms across West Texas. He speaks of improving conditions, expanded benefits in the coming year, and a national recovery on all fronts.
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Tus
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Legislature Struggles Over Centennial Bill and Wagering Law
Lawmakers debate the centennial bill with opposition to a horse race wagering measure. Dallas allies may block other bills if the centennial plan fails, while Houston and San Antonio representatives oppose funding gaps for the Alamo and San Jacinto sites. Rep E D Dunlap says the Hug The Coast Highway right of way in Kenedy County is now secured after receiving the final deed from A J Turcotte.
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San Jacinto
E. D. Dunlap
Kingsville
Kenedy County
Dunlap
A. J. Turcotte
Kenedy Rancher
King and Ickes Dead as Control Bills Pass
Amid political turmoil, debates over state control of federal work relief funds and primary election machinery proceed. References to the king and Ickes hint at a dramatic power struggle and shifting loyalties, with distrust of centralized authority and hints of lethal stakes.
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Long
Moscow Brain Trust
King
Mng
Question boy in ransom plot shocks Chicago
Federal agents and police questioned 17 year old Lee Magnus who said he acted for a thrill while writing two ransom notes demanding 150 dollars for four year old Richard Max Perrot who vanished April 4. Magnus claimed he did not kidnap the boy and police noted he might be uninvolved in the disappearance.
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Chicago
U.P
Richard Max Perrot
Max Perrot
Lee Magnus
Justice Department
Magnus
Dan Gilbert
Prehistoric Mosquito In Amber Auctioned in Saint John
Saint John New Brunswick April 19 A pre Christian era mosquito dated around 600 B C is owned by jeweler H C Page. The insect is perfectly preserved in amber with hairs visible. Amber source is the northern coast of Russia where large areas were once submerged.
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Saint John
N. B
U.P
B. C
H. C. Page
Saint John Jeweler
Page
Russia
Drought Threatens Wheat Regions Across Midwest
The 1934 drought endangers March rains with well below normal precipitation in Kansas New Mexico Colorado Nebraska and Texas while Oklahoma shows heavy damage. If drought returns to the Dakotas Montana Minnesota Iowa and Missouri a national food shortage is possible. Corn stocks on farms April 1 were 438 million bushels versus 1.13 billion in 1933 and wheat stocks 93.7 million versus 183.2 million two years earlier. Dust storms loom as 25 million acres face erosion unless grasses are planted.
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Kansas
New Mexico
Colorado
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma
Dakotas
Montana
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
W. J. Humphreys
Bureau
Midwest
105Th Meridian
Map guides cops to liquor still found near Elizabeth City
An anonymous letter to county police in Elizabeth City North Carolina led deputies to a backwoods liquor still. Using a map from the note, three deputy sheriffs located and destroyed an 80 gallon still in the area.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
U.P
Girl 14 becomes ordained Nazarene minister in Arkansas
Eugenia Hilton, aged 14, is ordained as a minister of the Nazarene Church in Little Rock Arkansas. This unusual call to religious service notes her young age and chosen path within the church community.
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Girl
Little Rock
Ark
U.P
Eugenia Hilton
The
Nazarene Church
Kansas City livestock market mixed as cattle and sheep trend weak
Markets report from Kansas City on April 10 shows cattle and calves generally steady to higher in some lines, with stock cows and vealers mixed. Hogs weak to higher. leaner weights and light steers attract limited demand while sheep demand remains slow with native lambs and yearlings uneven in price.
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Kansas City
Nebraska
Enid Girl Louise Massingale Runs Away to Texas
Enid Oklahoma police were informed this morning that Louise Massingale, 13, fled her home. Description lists brown eyes, medium brown hair, 5 feet 5 inches, about 110 pounds. She wore a black coat with gray fur trim and a blue gingham dress. Enid police believe she was headed toward Texas.
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Louise Massingale
Enid
Okla
Amarillo
Texas
Texhoma Worker Attends Funeral for Father in Durant
Anne Mathers of Texhoma Oil and Gas Company left last night for Durant Mississippi to attend the funeral of her father C. E. Mathers who died yesterday. Funeral services for Mr Mathers will be held Saturday.
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Anne Mathers
Texhoma Oil and Gas Company
Durant
Miss
C. E. Mathers
Mr. Mathers
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