Britain tells Hitler peace plea with conscription warning
London reports a forthright British message to Hitler stressing peaceful settlement of European problems, but warning Britain will resist domination by force and noting rising support for conscription. France to recall ambassador as measures to unify national Front and curb autonomy groups in Alsace Lorraine are outlined. In Bolivia, President Busch reshapes government into totalitarian state, suspending laws and elections while claiming Bolivian sovereignty. Col. Lindbergh arrives at Buffalo Airport after from Dayton flight.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Neville Henderson
Germany
Berlin
Chamberlain
Hitler
Reichstag
Roosevelt
Europe
France
Robert Coulondre
Alsace-Lorraine
Hermann Bickler
Maginot Line
la Paz
Bolivia
German Busch
Busch
Roosevelt to propose unified federal relief system
Senator Barkley said President Roosevelt would submit a plan to merge about six relief agencies into a single consolidated relief system. The proposal, to be sent to Congress, would centralize control without necessarily placing all agencies under one department.
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Washington
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Congress
Barkley
Senate
Byrnes
South Carolina
WPA
PWA
CCC
NYA
Bureau of Public Roads
Public Building Division
The
Treasury
Bankhead
Commission May Invoke Price-Fixing Power On Coal Prices
The National Bituminous Coal Commission considers using its power to set maximum prices to prevent coal price spikes during a prolonged mine shutdown and fuel shortage. Chairman Percy Tetlow said action could occur quickly if the deadlock between Appalachian Producers and the United Mine Workers continues after May 1.
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National Bituminous Coal Commission
Percy Tetlow
United Mine Workers Union
Legislative debate sparks cigar incident in Denver
In Denver on April 24 during a legislative debate, Representative Lambert Alden swallowed his lit cigar, saying it made him feel warm inside and sick. The odd moment occurred amid a debate noted as lively, with the scene labeled as the “Blind Men” arillo Shade & Equipment Co.
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Denver
Lambert Alden
Alden
Arillo Shade & Equipment Co
Amarillo Area Forecast With Cooler Temperatures
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Tuesday across Amarillo and the Panhandle. New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies, cooler east and central portions tonight, warmer Tuesday. Highs near 79 and lows around 60. Build Now session for estimates at 800 W Fifth, contact John Maynard Lumber Co. at 5353.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
John Maynard Lbr, Co
Texas House Passes Probation Bill for Convicted Offenders
The Texas House approved a probation system bill by a large margin. It creates a state supervisor of paroles and probation with county requests for more staff, allows probation for sentences up to ten years, repeals the existing suspend law, and ties to a 1935 constitutional amendment. A separate Senate bill would form a public lands leasing board for school lands.
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Austin
House of Representatives
Texas
Bowlen Bond
Fairfield
Bond
Senate
House
Board For Mineral Development
Railroad Commission
Speeding Car Raises Costs Across the Mile
Amarillo readers learn from Neely-Greenhill Insurance Agency’s booklet Lest We Regret that driving faster increases costs. A national survey shows fuel tires and maintenance rise with speed, saving time but costing money per hour, especially beyond 45 mph. figures cover 1000 mile trips and monthly costs.
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Amarillo
Neely-Greenhill Insurance Agency
Negroes Seek Emigration Back to Africa Movement Grows
In Washington on April 24, five hundred Chicago members of the Ethiopia peace movement filled the Senate gallery to hear Senator Theodore Bilbo introduce a bill for government aid to send American Negroes back to Africa. Mrs. M. M. Y. Gordon led the group declaring they are sick of America and relief and would leave on a boat if available. Bilbo claimed petitions signed by 2,500,000 Americans urged return to Africa.
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Washington
O.S
Chicago
Ethiopia
Capitol
Theodore F. Bilbo
Mississippi
Africa
M. M. Y. Gordon
Senate
America
Amarillo Helium Dirigible Crashes During City Flight
Amarillo's first helium blimp named Amarillo broke loose from the Gunn Hinerman station at West Seventh Avenue. It drifted across the city driven by a southwest wind, climbed to about 4000 feet, and burst as air pressure expanded the gas. No one was injured and the craft was planned to promote the Jaycee convention.
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Amarillo
Price Memorial College
Gunn-Hinerman
West Seventh Avenue
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth
Globe News
News Up
Charlie Boyd
Municipal
Bill Gunn
Akron
Ohio
Editorial contest calls for editor for a day
Amarillo Globe invites letters titled WHAT I WOULD DO IF I WERE EDITOR OF THE GLOBE NEWS with noontime Thursday deadline. Prizes include 5.00 for first and 2.50 for second. typing preferred. Rome government expels Richard Mowrer for unfriendly dispatches and alleged false news.
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Globe and the News
Amarillo Globe
Globe-News
Globe
THE
Rome
U.R
Richard Mowrer
Chicago Daily News
Unusual Industry Revealed by Man With Tow Sacks at Courthouse
A man bags grass and dandelion tops at the county courthouse lawn to feed worms for fishing bait. He plans a 60 000 worm bed to meet a spring fishing season demand, noting competition and grasshopper pests influence supply and prices.
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Lewis Nordyke
Sixth Avenue
Greatest Love Story Offered Jane Eyre at Municipal Auditorium
The Amarillo Little Theater presents Jane Eyre the 19th century romance tonight and tomorrow at 8:15 in the Municipal Auditorium. A strong cast performs against an elaborate Thornfield library set designed by Oma Link Rowley with antiques loaned by local shops and collectors.
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Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo Little Theater
Charlotte Bronte
Thornfield Manor
Oma Link Rowley
Jane Eyre
Edward Fairfax Rochester
Thornfield
Rochester
Jane
Adele Var- Lee
National Want Ad Week Observed Across the Nation
An advertisement announces National Wanted Week highlighting the value of want ads in community newspapers. It promotes bargain rates for 15 word ads lasting seven days or three days and invites readers to place classified notices during April 23 to 29.
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News and Globe
Globe-News
Sleepwalking 12-Year-Old Walks Four Miles Through Traffic
In Boston on April 24, 12-year-old Norma Keller of Brighton, an honor student, walked four miles in her sleep through busy intersections. Found on Frank Brown’s Newton doorstep, she had dressed beforehand and attracted no notice, with police unsure how long she wandered.
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Boston
Keller
Brighton
Frank Brown
Newton
Norma
Collman Forecasts Heat Near Season Record
Mr Collman predicts very hot weather with today’s high near the season’s record. Expect 85 to 90 degrees with partly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow. A 20 mph south wind will keep the horizon hazy.
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Mr. Collman
Johnson warns modern war would destroy U S democracy
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson told the Senate foreign relations committee that a modern war would destroy American democracy while testifying at hearings on proposed changes to the U S Neutrality Act.
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U. S
Johnson
Washington
Hugh
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Art Kassel Concert and Dance Tonight at High School
Art Kassel brings a concert and dance to the high school tonight with 50 cent admission for the concert and 75 cent for the dance. Doors open 7 30 while Milt Cox predicts dozens of waltz entries in the event at the Nat. Prizes: 25 15 and 10 dollars for first second and third place. Members of the JBL Club will usher.
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Art Kassel
Milt Cox
JBL
Odds Now For War
United Press survey across major capitals finds war odds rising as Hitler’s Reichstag speech approaches and a potential Nazi fascist clash looms. Britain France and allies see a united front but warn that massed war forces risk accidental ignition while Spain strengthens the totalitarian bloc.
Dies Predicts War Near Europe in Speech
Rep. Martin Dies of Texas told the East Texas Chamber of Commerce convention that war in Europe is looming and urged the United States to stay out of European affairs. He warned domestic enemies threaten democracy more than foreign fascists and warned against alien ideas gaining power in America.
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Beaumont
Martin Dies
Texas
Europe
United States
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Dies
Texan
House
Special Committee On un-American Activities
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
Negro Makes Grand Jury History in Potter County
Matthew Bones Hanks becomes the first African American selected for the Potter County grand jury, a decision justified by recent high court rulings. Judge E C Nelson notes this shows no racial discrimination, while urging jurors to probe rising drunken driving and marijuana cases.
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Potter Grand Jury
Potter County
Panhandle
Matthew
Bones) Hanks
E. C. Nelson
Sherwood Blasdel
Otto Eckert
C. N. Head
Johnson
Hill County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Nelson
Supreme Court
High Court
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Lindy
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Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dayton
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City of Amarillo
News Man
Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Soviet Union
Turkey
Italy
Spain
Neely Greenhill Agcy
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