Vast Ruined Towns Revealed in Formosa Quake Survey
A survey of the April earthquake in Taichu and Shinchiku provinces reports vast areas of ruined villages and desolated countryside. Officials estimate 3,053 dead and 5,260 injured with fires and pestilence threats. property losses around 28 million dollars amid widespread disruption of water and roads.
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Taihoku
Formosa
Ers
Taichu
Shinchiku
Karakento
Byoritzu
Converting Palestine and the Mount Carmel Note
The column by Arthur Brisbane discusses Palestine missions and a South Carolina missionary Royall visiting the U S after 50 years of work. It notes Elijah and Mount Carmel as referenced sites and hints at broader wartime topics.
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Mr. Royall
South Carolina
America
Palestine
Mount Carmel
Elijah
Indictment Names Sheriff Irvin in Lamb County Liquor Ring
A federal indictment charges Lamb County Sheriff J L Irvin and 25 others with untaxed liquor dealings from 1926 to 1935. The document alleges protection of bootleggers and sale of liquor privileges, with 84 overt acts and multiple counts of violating internal revenue laws.
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Fort Worth
J. L
Len) Irvin
Lamb County
U.S. Internal Revenue Law
Irvin
Bill Herman
Herman
Amarillo Business Men Rally for $30,000 D C Fund
Nearly 200 business and professional men in Amarillo and the Panhandle mobilize to raise a $30,000 chamber budget. A 5 pm Tuesday report meeting in the Red Room of the Amarillo Hotel kicks off the drive as Carl Hinton cites public works prospects and wind erosion relief via emergency grants.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Chamber of Commerce
Volunteer Army
Carl Hinton
Washington
Mae West Denies Milwaukee Marriage Certificate Link
Hollywood reports Mae West jokes about a supposed 1911 marriage to a Milwaukee hoofer Frank Wallace. She says the license likely belongs to another Mae West, noting her own spinster status and questioning the parents named on the record.
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Hollywood
Cal
Mae West
Frank Wallace
Milwaukee
Les of Milwaukee Register of Deeds
Allred Reaffirms Opposition to U.S. Oil Rule Bill
Governor James V. Allred, back in Texas after a Washington trip, bitterly opposes the federal oil control bill in Congress. He says Texas lawmakers will not permit the measure and warns it could open the door to regimentation of all business.
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Austin
Washington
James V. Allred
Congress
Texas
Allred
Outlook Brightens for Panhandle Moisture Tuesday
Weatherman H. T. Collman forecasts best chance for rain in the Panhandle. A dust storm may bring dust in Amarillo while western Kansas and Nebraska clusters push moisture south. Light sprinkles were noted in Dumas Channing Amarillo Canyon Hereford Texico Clovis, with a quarter inch at Glen Rio, N. M.
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Panhandle
H. T. Collman
Mr. Collman
Amarillo
Woman killed by sleeping son in Texas incident
In Caddo Mills Texas Sylvester Darden reports his eight year old son Jackie killed his wife while the child slept holding a shotgun. The boy woke, returned the gun to the bedroom and fired. The mother died the shooting occurred as two other children slept nearby.
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Caddo Mills
Tex
U.P
Sylvester Darden
Jackie
Darden
Gerald
Gaynor
Doctor Worried Over Marie Dionne Quint’s Health
CALLANDER Ont April 22 Marie the smallest of the Dionne quintuplets showed a fever around 100 and did not respond to treatment as quickly as her sisters. Dr Allan Roy Dafoe expressed concern while also nursing a head cold.
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Callander
U.P
Marie
Allan Roy Dafoe
Emilie
Annette
Cecile
Americans and Canadians Stay At Chengtu Hospital Posts
Two American women Beulah Bassett and Esther Nelson and three Canadian colleagues A E Best E C Wilford and E N Meuser refused to flee Szechuan province Chengtu amid rebel advances. They stayed on duty delaying evacuation as rebels swarmed the region pillaging refugees and seizing possessions.
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United Press
Shanghai
Szechuan
China
Chengtu
Beulah Bassett
Los Angeles
Esther Nelson
Minneapolis
A. E. Best
Oshkaka
Ont
E. C. Wilford
Toronto
E. N. Meuser
Chengtu Women's Hospital
Nelson
Miss Bassett
American Baptist Foreign Missionry Society
Longchueuni Hills
Ickes Flays Huey New York Share the Wealth Plan
Public Works chief Harold L. Ickes condemned Huey P. Long's share the wealth idea as despicable and demagogic. Speaking at an Associated Press luncheon, he warned Long would blast back in the Senate while tearing the proposal as a dangerous scheme harming the underprivileged and American ideals.
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New York
U.P
Harold L. Ics
Associated Press
Huey P. Long
Ickes
Louisiana
Long
Washington
Senate
Ickes criticizes Townsend pension visions as impractical
A national figure denounces the old age pension scheme proposed by Dr. F. E. Townsend as unserious and unachievable. The commentator argues that promises of $200 monthly at age 60 rest on unreal sources and an implausible utopia, referencing Ickes and the Townsend plan.
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Ickes
F. E. Townsend
Record Shows Vast National Benefit From CCC Expansion
Washington reports the CCC enrollment will double to over 600,000 with up to 2,900 camps as part of a $4.88 billion work relief plan for the coming year. Director Robert Fechner calls the program a bridge during job gaps and notes its tangible public improvements and potential permanence.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Ickes
CCC
Robert Fechner
Fechner
Erosion Takes Huge Toll as Texas Lands Suffer
Wind and water erosion devastate ten million acres in Texas, with 65 percent of the state's land showing active erosion. The USDA report notes sheet erosion and topsoil loss across 111 million acres, highlighting regions from the Panhandle to the Edwards Plateau and stressing overgrazing, burning, and inadequate farming practices as key factors.
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Washington
Texas
Soil Erosion Service
United States Department of Agriculture
H. H. Bennett
High Plains
Panhandle
Edwards Plateau
Spur
Vernon
Allred Opposed to Special Session in Texas
Governor James V. Allred reiterated opposition to a special session unless necessary. He praised progress since his return from Washington and thanked acting Governors W dal and Regan for cooperation. He favored swift enactment of anti tax-dodger measures though warned a single bill won’t meet the state's financial needs.
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Austin
U.P
James V. Allred
Texas
Washington
W Dal
Regan
Amarillo Area Forecast With Light Showers Possible
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with possible light showers Tuesday. Lows around 56. West Texas mostly cloudy and warmer in the southeast. north portion may see showers. New Mexico partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Temps reached 51 to 71 earlier today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Kennamer Testifies Before Tulsa Grand Jury on Murder Claim
Phil Kennamer, released from prison for a day, told the Tulsa County Grand Jury that Sidney Born Jr. was murdered and identified his suspected killer. Kennamer arrived from McAlester state penitentiary with officers and entered the grand jury room as the panel investigates Tulsa crime conditions and the death of Born, a 17 year old friend.
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Tulsa
Okla
Phil Kennamer
Tulsa County Grand Jury
Sidney Born Jr
McAlester State Penitentiary
Grand Jury
Born
Kennamer
Hitler Parley Grows Remote In Paris Clash
France rebuffed direct talks with Reichsfuehrer Hitler today as authorities warned of a German bid to split the three power front at Stresa and Geneva. Paris said the plan stood against united Britain France and Italy and urged continued cooperation.
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Paris
France
Fire destroys nine business locations in Seminole
A morning fire in Seminole destroyed nine business locations starting at the Palace Cafe building and swept the south half of the block. With no firefighting equipment, locals saved only a few items as flames spread to multiple structures and caused an estimated damage of 30 000 to 35 000 dollars.
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Seminole
Palace Cafe
Courthouse Square
Barbara Leads Reno Divorce Rush in 1935
Reno Nevada opens its spring divorce season led by Barbara Hutton Mdivani and a crowd of socialites. By April 22 713 suits filed this year versus 637 last year signaling broad national and international participation in the divorce capital.
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Reno
Nevada
Barbara Hutton Mdivani
United States
White House Easter Egg Hunt Draws Thousands
Thousands of children filled the White House lawns for the annual Easter Monday egg rolling. Weather rewarded visitors with sunshine as Mrs. Roosevelt greeted guests from the south portico while President Roosevelt spoke to the crowd. Children rolled colored eggs down the slope and attempted to hit eggs at the bottom, continuing a capital tradition.
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Washington
White House
President Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Capital
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