Today by Arthur Brisbane on fire and war themes
Brisbane discusses the Ohio penitentiary fire with 317 convicts burned and 157 injured, urging investigation into cell openings and unsafe design. He links humane aims in submarines and war to broader questions of law, power, and international finance. He notes Gates W. McGarrah’s selection as head of a new world bank and Pierre Quesney’s prominent French role.
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International World Bank
Gates W. McGarrah
Pierre Quesney
Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Preston E. Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary
Board of Inquiry
Gilbert Bettman
House bill would shift prohibition enforcement to Justice
The judiciary committee unanimously reported to the Senate that a House bill transferring prohibition enforcement from the Treasury to the Justice department is favored. The move aims to consolidate federal enforcement under a single agency.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Treasury
Justice Department
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Return Man to Oklahoma for Desertion
C. W. Bessire, accused of wife and child desertion at Sayre Oklahoma, was returned to the state today after arrest by the sheriff's department. He is the third person arrested in a week on such desertion charges.
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C. W. Bessire
Sayre
Okla
Sheriff's Department
Bessire
Associated Press
Simla
India
Peshawar
Field
Miami
Fla
Portes Gil Denies More Cabinet Changes
Emilio Portes Gil announces anticipated resignation as interior secretary and denies widespread charges of imminent cabinet reshuffles. He asserts the administration has stabilized after ongoing conferences in Mexico City.
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United Press
Mexico City
Emilio Portes Gil
Passion Play Tickets on Sale at City Drug
Hundreds of Amarillo residents bought seats at City Drug Store 517 Polk Street as a Freiburg invasion play returns to Amarillo next Tuesday and Wednesday. The matinee at 2 15 p.m. Wednesday features the German cast. School children pay 50 cents, teachers 75 cents, adults 1 50 or 2. Tickets are numbered 91 for Tuesday, 94 for Wednesday matinee, and 99 for Wednesday night.
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Amarillo
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Panhandle
Prison Fire Probe Sees Guard Contradict Open Door Claim
Ohio penitentiary fire probe hearings reveal guard Richeson testified the door to burning ranges was open during the blaze, contradicting other guards. The inquiry weighs wardenship removal, with death toll rising to 320 after James Andrews dies of pneumonia.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Hubert L. Richeson
Ohio Penitentiary
Associated P
Ohio
James Andrews
Highway 66 Boosters Convene in Tucumcari
U S Highway 66 Association holds its annual one day convention in Tucumcari New Mexico with delegates from Illinois Missouri Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico. Amarillo figures prominently with W W Chilton and a host of road enthusiasts including special Globe News representative Henry Ansley. Delegates began arriving yesterday by plane and bus and the session is to adjourn late this afternoon.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Chicago
Los Angeles
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
W. W. Chilton
Highway Department
The
Chamber of Commerce
W. A. Palmer
Fred Gallo
J. A. Bush
W. N. Cooper
Ben Manning
Griggs
Bill Lampe
W. H. Woodlief
W. E. Oliver
W. O. Gatton
Carl Hill
W. M. McCarty
Henry Ansley
Amarillo Daily Globe News
Bank Robbery in Tonkawa Nets About 15000 Dollars
Two men robbed the First National Bank of Tonkawa shortly after opening, forcing four employees and five customers to lie on the floor and locking them in the vault. They escaped in a blue coupe seen by a passerby, while police hunted nearby roads for the suspects.
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Associated Press
Tonkawa
Okla
First National Bank of
Ralph Gummerson
Plains Rain Boosts Wheat Prospects Across Panhandle
Heavy showers in the South and West Panhandle and across West Texas broke droughts and lifted spirits for a possible record Plains wheat crop. Reports from Amarillo to Lubbock, Shamrock to Clovis, show half to an inch of rain with pockets of an inch. Farmers say new moisture should improve wheat condition after weeks without rain.
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Panhandle
West Texas
South
West Panhandle
South Plains
Plainview
Lubbock
Snyder
Sweetwater
Amarillo
New Mexico
North Plains
Santa Fe
Fort Worth
Denver
Western Union
Slawton
Tulin
Crosbyton
Floydada
Bovina
Muleshoe
San Angelo
Banton
N. M
Farwell
Clovis
Portales
Shamrock
Sayre
Memphis
Childress
Hedley
Pampa
Cky
Dalhart
Rock Island Railroad
Bowen Urges Rendition of Taxes May 15
City taxes need not be paid before May 31 but residents are urged to render taxes by mid May, says City Tax assessor James Bowen. The tax office faces a last minute rush in May and hopes to reduce workload. About half of assessed taxes have been paid to date. Griggs ambulance. Phone 4311.
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James Bowen
Desertion of Child Charged to E C Smith
Sheriff arrest on a Tennessee warrant accuses E C Smith of child desertion. Smith may seek a writ of habeas corpus instead of returning to Tennessee and waived extradition. Authorities reported the Paris Tennessee sheriff is en route to Amarillo.
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E. C. Smith
Sheriff's Department
Tennessee
Nine Directors Named to City Development Board
The City Commission announced the appointment of nine new directors to the Board of City Development to serve two years, replacing Howard Ferguson who resigned to join the Board staff. The new appointees include Neal Ainsworth R Martini W E Herring R P Parcells W H Hayman Wilbur Hawk J W Mode and W P Lampe with Lampe serving one year. additional members with longer terms are Tom Cotten Dean Kirk Walter Barlow Lawrence Nobles Oscar Randall and John K Boyce. Each appointee has accepted, and the board maintains a perpetual holdover system to ensure continuity.
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Board of City Development
City Commission
Howard Ferguson
Board of
City Development
Neal Ainsworth
R. ©. Martini
W. E. Herring
R. P. Parcells
W. H. Hayman
Wilbur Hawk
J. W. Mode
Earl
Census chief urges Amarillo cooperation for complete count
C Ray Smith Amarillo census supervisor appeals for help to finish the count. He urges residents and hotel operators to return forms and cites citywide efforts by civic clubs at a Chamber of Commerce meeting to plan inclusive action for those missed or away.
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Amarillo
C. Ray Smith
Federal Building
Chamber of Commerce
Rioters Clash With Police Near Calcutta
A 4000 strong mob demonstrated for Nationalist independence at Nella near Diamond Harbour. Police fired buckshot with few casualties reported. Diamond Harbour lies 34 miles from Calcutta.
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United Press
Calcutta
India
Nella
Diamond Harbor
Kidnapped on First Date Near Walnut Springs
A young man and a woman on their first date were abducted by two men with guns south of the Baptist seminary near Walnut Springs in Bosque County. They were beaten with rocks, the woman is reported in serious condition, and both were hospitalized after the incident that included a robbery of about $1.50. The couple were forced to lie in the road as the assailants discussed killing them.
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Associated Prews
Fort Worth
Baptist Seminary
Walnut Springs
Here
Bosque County
Audrey Caviness
Arthur L. Patillo
Lewis
Patillo
Miss Caviness
Cleburne
Maj Wood Picked as Amarillo City Plan Expert
Maj Wood was chosen by the plan commission after evaluating four applicants to design Amarillo's city plan. The commission expects action by the City Commission next Tuesday. Wood bids up to 6350 for a lump sum plan. daily rates apply for staff including 50 a day for Wood and 15 for his assistant. A draughtsman and stenographer would cost 4.33 and 5.0 respectively. Most work would be done with city engineering data and little external help.
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Amarillo
John 8. McKnight
Major Wood
City Commission
Wood
Plan Commission
Huge Paving Program Up In Amarillo
Amarillo reports a fiscal year paving cost of 49 566 95 for street work with total project cost 270 762 08 involving city and property owners. City Engineer FE N Stanley says current year paving could double last year if funds are available. Bond proposal May 27 would authorize 600 000 in paving costing the city about 150 000. See PAVING Page 2.
Petitions Filed Over Out of Town Architect for Courthouse
Hundreds of Amarillo residents sign petitions protesting Potter county commissioners choice of an out of town architect to assist in drawing plans for a new courthouse. Four petitions are circulated by local architects, one by lumbermen, one by contractors, one by union carpenters, one by the Real Estate Board, and two by private individuals. Call local architects or lumbermen to sign. See COURTHOUSE Page 2.
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Amarillo
Ted Blackburn
Potter County
Union
Rea
Amarilo
Amarillo to Host 1931 Peace Officers Convention
Amarillo was chosen as the 1931 convention city for the peace officers organization of North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. Sheriff Will N. Thompson and Chamber of Commerce official Mason King announced the invite, with help from Sheriff Thompson Police Chief W R McDowell and Ed Halloway. The two day meeting will bring officers from North Texas and Southern Oklahoma, with the Amarillo delegation returning tonight.
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Amarillo
Peace Officers Organization of
North Texas
Oklahoma
Wichita Falls
Will N. Thompson
Mason King
Chamber of Commerce
Thompson
W. R. McDowell
Ed Halloway
Police Department
Texas
West Texas Sees Wide Rainfall Breaking Drought
A broad rain event swept West Texas last night ending weeks of drought and reaching into New Mexico. The rainfall broke a dry spell from Vanhorn to Baird with thunderstorms reported near Hobbs New Mexico and first showers at Sweetwater.
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West Texas
Associated Press
New Mexico
Vanhorn
Baird
Hobbs
N. M
Hold-Up Man Returns To Bradford Grocery
A man with a sawed off shotgun robbed Bradford Grocery Tuesday night. A separate break-in occurred last night at the back door but the extent of the loot is unknown. Owner L H Bradford says burglaries are piling up, noting this is the store’s first burglary yet two hold-ups in a year.
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Bradford
L. H. Bradford
Bradford Grocery
Jealousy Blamed in Laguna Beach Artist Murder Case
Laguna Beach authorities cite jealousy over social positions as the motive in the murder of Mrs. Doray Palmer, an artist from Chicago, and the subsequent death of Guy Bates Post, a former associate.
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Doray Palmer
Chicago
Wey Guy
Bates Post
Laguna Beach tragedy ties jealous feud to actress and artist deaths
Two women, Adele Ritchie and Mrs. Palmer, were found dead in Laguna Beach with gunshot wounds and a revolver at the scene. Police say jealousy sparked by an invitation to luncheon led to the killings, with Adele Ritchie reportedly heard threatening to shoot.
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Palmer House
Palmer
Francis Berie
Post
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Passion Play
City Drug
Myers Y. Cooper
John Hall
Thomas Atkinson
William Baldwin
Thomas F. Little
Albert Nice
Columbus Fire Department
J. C. Woodard
Tonkawa Police
Ohio State Penitentiary
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Gaeta
George W. Keil
Dr. Keil
Ben Radner
Canton
Don Mellett
West Plains
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Bowen
Griggs Ambulance
Berry's
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
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Ernest C. Thompson
Lindy
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bolling
Lee News
Boxwell Bros. Ambulance
Maj
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Amarillo Lands
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