New Tax Bill Recommended to the House
The Ways and Means Committee majority urged passage of a new tax bill to the House estimating a revenue yield of 803 million dollars. Democrats argue the plan fixes the defect of avoiding surtaxes by corporate surpluses while addressing inequities between corporate, partnership, and individual forms of business. The Republican minority calls the proposal vicious threatening business and employment, as debate looms.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
Roosevelt
Democratic Committee
Rescue Crew Reaches Two Men in Moose River Mine
Rescue teams breaking through a 141 foot wall reach Dr. D. F. Robertson and Charles Alfred Scadding, both alive after nine days entombed in the Moose River Gold Mine. Their companion Herman Magill died. crowds cheer as stretcher units prepare to raise the men and a geologically unstable shaft is shored for the ascent.
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Associated Press
Moose River
Charles Alfred Scadding
Nova Scotia
The
Draegermen
Toronto
Herman Magill
Dr. Robertson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
F. R. Davis
Fiorenza inched to the electric chair after confession
New York AP report notes John Fiorenza 24 confessed to killing Mrs. Nancy Titterton in a frenzy of brutal lust and was booked for arraignment. District Attorney Dodge expects an indictment soon as detectives consider other alleged crimes by Fiorenza in the same neighborhood.
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New York
U.P
John Fiorenza
Nancy Titterton
Fiorenza
Dodge
John
Selassie Holds Firm Against Italian Advance in Highlands
Emperor Haile Selassie commands a reorganized Ethiopian army and holds a mountain pass at Warra Hailu 70 miles south of Dessye. The defense calms Addis Ababa population fears as Italian forces push from the north, with banks and shops reopening. Italian troops advance on all sectors of the Southern front in Ethiopia.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Warra Hailu
Dessye
King of Kings
Ethiopia
Farlier
Rome
U.P
Amarillo Girl Wins Third in Texas Bluebonnet Contest
Mary Utterback of Amarillo placed third among 300 entrants in the Texas Centennial Bluebonnet competition in Dallas. Top honors went to Frances Nalle of Dallas who becomes official Centennial hostess, as Miss Irene Caldwell of Dalhart resigns to wed W H Coon. Miss Nallie is a blonde who won second place.
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Mos
Texas
Mary Utterback
Amarillo
Dallas
Irene Caldwell
Dalhart
Miss Utterback
Frances Nalle
Caldwell
W. H. Coon
Amarillo High School
A. A. Utterback
North Taylor Street
Southwest
Nallie
Georgia Carrol
Townsend To Appear At Probe
Dr. F E Townsend founder of the plan to pay 200 monthly pensions to all over 60 has been subpoenaed to appear May 5 before the House committee probing the Townsend movement. Sheridan Downey said the subpoena was served at Townsend's Washington hotel and Townsend insisted on testifying at the first opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
F. E. Townsend
House
Townsend
Sheridan Downey
California
Downey
Amarillo High Band to Close Season With Free Concert
Amarillo High School hosts the last concert of the season featuring band directors and young players from the Panhandle. Oscar Wise, conductor, said attendance was strong at the previous concert and the free performance starts at 8 15 p m in the high school auditorium.
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the Panhandle
Amarillo
Oscar Wise
Report Cash Surplus At Methodist Parley
The 26th annual Northwest Texas Conference Woman's Missionary Society meeting opened at Polk Street Methodist Church with about 275 workers and pastors attending. Reports show growth in offerings and settlement of obligations as Mrs Nat G Rollins chaired the session and Mrs Morris Randal spoke on conference work.
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Woman's Missionary Society of the
Northwest Texas
Polk Street Methodist Church
W. M
Nat G. Rollins
Abilene
Rollins
California
Morris Randal
Seymour
Allred to Visit West Texas Chamber Convention in Amarillo
Gov James V Allred plans a trip to Amarillo for the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention May 11 to 13. Col Ernest See has accepted to deliver the welcome address. Also invited are Gov Clyde Tingley of New Mexico and Gov E W Marland of Oklahoma with Congressman Marvin Jones attending to explain recent farm legislation.
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James V. Allred
Amarillo
West Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Clyde Tingley
New Mexico
Gov
E. W. Marland
Oklahoma
Governor Allred
Marvin Jones
House Agricultural Committee
Col
Ernest O
Panhandle gas allowables set by Railroad Commission
The commission ordered May production levels for Panhandle sweet gas and raised the sour gas allowance. East Panhandle sweet gas is set at 110 494 000 cubic feet daily versus 133 874 000 in April. West Panhandle sweet gas drops to 525 355 000 from 574 279 000. Total Panhandle sour gas daily allowables rise to 446 000 000 and 403 310 000 for new and old respectively. Howard Hughes breaks 1 196 mile record with a four hour 21 minute 32 second flight in the Northrop racer.
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Austin
Panhandle
Railroad Commission
East Panhandle
West Panhandle
New York
Howard Hughes
Miami
Northrop
Los Angeles
Meet Me at Midnight Chapter
Garret Cassidy longs to call and visit Caroline Jay despite her mother Mrs. Jay’s strict ban. Caroline, housed at Avon Home for the Aged, is kept apart to align with her mother’s hopes. Garret frets under the clock and plans a late call as the August street hums outside.
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Garret
Tories
Garret Cassidy
Caroline Jay
Caroline
Three Amarillo Homes Targeted by prowlers at night
Prowlers raided three Amarillo residences last night in separate districts, stealing cash, jewelry, watches, clothing and food. Loot totaled not yet determined. At 10:30 p.m. Mr and Mrs J L Williams 2117 Polk Street reported a break in after returning from a show. A few minutes later Allen Shafer 1009 Bonham Street reported entry and theft of three watches and other jewelry plus a shotgun. At 1:30 a.m. Frank Galbreath 605 Pierce Street found his home entered and $7 to $8 stolen from a dresser. Entries were by cutting screens and breaking windows.
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Amarillo
J. L
Joe” Williams
Polk Street
Williams
Allen Shafer
Bonham Street
Galbreath
Amarillo Chamber Directors Meet New Leaders
Newly elected Amarillo Chamber of Commerce directors met for the first time this afternoon. Guy Saunders, elected president to succeed Roy Cullum, called the gathering in the Capitol Hotel dining room.
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Amarillo
Holt presses inquiry into WPA activities in Senate speech
Sen Rush D Holt of West Virginia renews call for congressional probe into WPA actions accusing WPA Administrator Harry L Hopkins of undermining President Roosevelt. Henry Methvin, once linked to Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, granted a second execution stay by Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals.
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Washington
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
WPA
Senate
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Methvin
Oklahoma City
Henry Methvin
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Criminal Court of Appeals
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather: Fair and Warmer
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair conditions and rising temperatures tonight, with warmer Thursday and partly cloudy afternoon. West Texas and New Mexico regions show fair weather through Thursday with gradual warmth, and a high near 57 degrees in Amarillo by early afternoon today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Eighth District PTA Conference Opens At Pampa
The thirteenth annual Eighth District Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers opens at the First Methodist Church in Pampa with expected attendance over 500 led by Amarillo president Mrs J E Griggs. San Antonio’s Mrs A Y Troutman spoke at pre conference session. hotels and homes prepared warm hospitality as rain-free weather is noted versus past storms.
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Pampa
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
First Methodist Church
J. E. Griggs
Amarillo
Canyon
Pampans
District Board of Managers
A. Y.troutman
San Antonio
Health Education
Shamrock
Astor's Cormorant and Arthur Brisbane in The Globe
Vincent Astor returns from a 9000 mile cruise aboard his yacht carrying exotic creatures including a flightless cormorant. The piece previews a column by Arthur Brisbane and notes the birds may be presented to Uncle Sam as a humorous commentary on taxpayers.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Vincent Astor
Uncle Sam
Panhandle youths sign for tree army CCC service
Seventy six Panhandle youths are to depart for Silver City New Mexico to join the CCC. A total of 90 boys, including 50 Potter County youths, will enter the Silver City camp with recruits from Oldham Hutchinson Gray Sherman Dallam Armstrong Deaf Smith and Swisher counties. Captain James A Woodworth leads the Palo Duro State Park recruitment. Additional 30 recruits from Memphis follow en route. Participants range from 17 to 28 years old and hundreds are expected to enlist in coming days.
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Potter County
Oldham
Hutchinson
Gray, Sherman
Dallam
Armstrong
Deaf Smith
Swisher
Memphis
New Mexico
CCC
Panhandle
Local Man Charged in Attempted Assault Case
N. L. Lamar is jailed on an attempted criminal assault charge. The complaint, filed by a mother of an eight year old girl at police headquarters, was transferred to county authorities and filed in the county attorney Howard Anderson’s office.
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N. L. Lamar
Howard Anderson
Rewards Offered For Information On Outlaw Alvin Karpis
The U S attorney general set a 5000 reward for information leading to the capture of Alvin Karpis Public Enemy No 1 and 2500 for Campbell. The notices feature pictures and follow Karpis being named in the Hamm kidnapping plot.
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Washington
Cummings
Alvin Karpis
Harry Campbell
Burau
Campbell
Karpis
William A. Hamm, Jr
St. Paul, Minn
Brewer
Last rites for Howe bring Roosevelt entourage to Fall River
The body of Louis McHenry Howe, longtime White House secretary and confidant to President Roosevelt, was taken to Fall River for burial. A special funeral train carrying the President, Mrs Roosevelt, Howe’s family and close friends arrived from Washington shortly before 10 A.M. in a ceremony marking the 25 year association.
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Pall River
Mass
U.P
Louis McHenry Howe
White House
Roosevelt
Colonel Howe
Fall River
Washington
Oklahoma Fugitive Arrested After Shootout in Wichita Falls
Arthur Spencer alias Gene Spencer, an Oklahoma fugitive involved in a gunfight with Wichita Falls officers, was captured at Iowa Park after his car left a muddy road. His accomplice Pete Traxler remains at large for the murder of a policeman in Pauls Valley. Local officers hold two women linked to the pair as Spencer is questioned about a Bellevue Branch bank robbery and other hijackings.
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Wichita Falls
Arthur Spencer
Gene Spencer
Oklahoma
Iowa Park
Pete Traxler
Pauls Valley
Okla
Liberty
Traxler
Spencer
Holdenville
Nelly Traxler
Myrtle Gutshall
Bellevue
Henrietta Pirst National Bank
Amarillo Seeks Buchanan Street Underpass with Fort Worth & Denver
City commissioners authorize Mayor Ross D. Rogers to apply to the State Highway Department for federal approval of a Buchanan Street underpass. The city agrees to share $15,000 of property damage for a proposed half‑million dollar project and to maintain the structure if built.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Amarillo
Buchanan Street
City Commission
Ross D. Rogers
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Rogers
Vault Door Swing Underway At Amarillo Bank
Work began this morning to swing the 15 ton door of the new vault at Amarillo National Bank. The Mosler safe door arrived Tuesday night and the vault contains 40 tons of steel plus 30,000 pounds of reinforcing steel in the walls. The steel plating grill work safety deposit boxes and cash boxes total about 20,000 pounds.
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Amarillo National Bank
Mosler Safe Company
Dozier Bus Crash Claims Two Lives in Shamrock Area
Alma Sechrist age 19 and Gyron Laycock age 22 died in a school bus wreck 14 miles southwest of Shamrock. Eleven others were injured among 20 to 30 students aboard the Sumnerwood rural bus bound for a Collingsworth County high school. The driver apparently failed the curve and struck an iron bridge rail. Billy Cunningham 15 and Josephine Neece 16 were among the most seriously hurt. all other injured were expected to recover.
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Shamrock
Alma Sechrist
J. W. Sechrist
Dozier
Gyron Laycock
Sumnerwood
Here
Collingsworth County
Billy Cunningham
Josephine Neece
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Minority Report
Pulance
Titterton
BY Robert Musel
Highlands
Bonnet
Methodist
John P. McKnight
Mexico City
Mexico
Plutarco E. Calles
Vera Cruz
Viva Calles
Christ
FHA Loans
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
Methodists
Allred
Jimmy Page
Ruth Louise Ayer S
Guy Saunders
Holt
Astor
Hitler
England
Rich
Tree Army
Louis Howe
Fall River, Mass
John Maynard Lbr. Co
McMurtry Paints
Dads
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