Landon Faces Storm as G.O.P. Braces for 1936 Ticket
Washington reports swirl of anti Landon activity within the GOP as eastern leaders weigh alternatives including Arthur Vandenberg and L. J. Dickinson. Hoover era allies back Landon while others align with Knox and rival ticket contenders amid a fierce nomination battle.
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Washington
U.P
Alf M. Landon
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
One American Girl Over the Rockies No Lack of Fuel
Arthur Brisbane notes vast coal deposits in Colfax County could power U S machinery for a century if fully harnessed. He contrasts air travel speed with rail travel for continental insight and emphasizes viewing the country on long journeys.
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Rockies
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Colfax
United States
New York
San Francisco
Tornadoes KIll Two and Injure Many Across Texas
A tornado near Rockdale killed a woman Sullivan and her son on the Simms ranch, with three houses demolished and others damaged. Cuero suffered injuries as a twister struck, demolishing Louis Lindo’s home and injuring his family. Wharton County reported two killed and several hurt. A Houston windstorm wrecked houses, felled trees, and knocked out power to TV stations.
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Sullivan
Simms
Rockdale
Cuero
Louis Lindo
Lindo
Wharton Wharton
Wharton County
Young Brooks
Egypt
Minnie Brooks
Houston
Houston Lighting and Power Company
Deepwater
KTRH
KPRC
Rain Douses Much of Texas After Prolonged Dry Spell
Substantial rains soaked a vast area of Texas breaking a long spring drought. Eastern and southern regions saw showers boosting crops and pasture as Dallas Fort Worth and Galveston reported measurable totals. Del Rio and El Paso remained dry with scattered showers elsewhere.
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Texas
New Mexico
Associated Press
Panhandle
Galveston
Houston
Port Arthur
San Antonio
del Rio
el Paso
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Austin
Dallas
Fort Worth
Longview
Palestine
Shreveport
Corsicana
Fort Worth-Dallas
Paris
Sherman
van Alstyne
Denton
Gainesville
East Texas
West Texas
Zioncheck Seeks Marriage License to Wed Texan Woman
Rep Marion Zioncheck of Washington obtained a license to marry Rubye Louise Nix 21 of Texarkana Texas. He appeared at the license bureau in an old sweater and said he did not care who performed the ceremony selecting the first minister on a supplied list.
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Washington
Marion Zioncheck
Rubye Louise Nix
Texarkana
Texas
Zioncheck
Ballots Cast in Two States Show Early Primary Sentiment
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts held primaries to select delegates to both parties national conventions today. Roosevelt faced pledged delegates in both states while unpledged Republican delegates looked likely, with voters also expressing preference for presidential nominees.
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United Press
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Dream Foretells Death of Local Youth at Creek
Milton King 18 told his parents he dreamed of drowning in a creek. On Sunday he swung from a swing over Eagle Creek and fell in, unable to reach the bank. He died before companions could reach him.
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Blackwell
U.P
Milton King
Milton
Eagle Creek
Ford Motor Company
Germany
United States
Ford Company
Plea of Dying Child Told In Courtroom
In Greenville April 28 7 W W Dester McCasland recounted Dorothy McCasland 12 pleading not to be given rest medicine as her mother Velma Patterson faces a murder trial charged with poisoning Dorothy and her 11 year old sister Billie Fae the children who died earlier this year McCasland said Dorothy spoke the line February 17 hours before her death See PATTERSON Page 2
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Greenville
Dorothy McCasland
W. W
Dester) McCasland
McCasland
Velma Patterson
Dorothy
Casland
Billie Fae McCasland
Associated Press
Mysterious Leap Reported From Ship. Draper Missing
Conflicting accounts say Hazel Archibald Draper vanished after leaving a Katonah sanitarium on April 19 while aboard the Georgic near 150 miles off New York. New York police linked the disappearance to reports from Cunard liner. The Georgic arrived in Cobh Ireland April 19 night. no drowning report issued. Draper, 42, is the daughter in law of a former Massachusetts governor and wife of a wealthy former state senator.
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New York
Hazel Archibald Draper
Massachusetts
Cobh
Ireland
Draper
Katonah
N. Y
Mrs Bartholomew Fights Custody In New Suit
Mrs Lillian Bartholomew petitions Superior Court to set aside guardianship awarded to Freddie Bartholomew's aunt Miss Myllicent Bartholomew. She demands an accounting of Freddie's earnings and transfer of control. Hearing scheduled for May 6.
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Los Angeles
Lillian Bartholomew
Freddie
Superior Court
Myllicent Bartholomew
Bartholomew Freddie
Fort Worth man hunts for a winning political candidate
A Fort Worth man sought a job by helping a candidate win. He met County Judge Emmett Moore who proposed a joint effort, asking the hunter to find a sure winner and then report back so they could ride the candidate’s wagon together.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Emmett Moore
Moore
Tingley welcomes trippers by George May
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Hohenzollern visits Amarillo on an air travel tour observing American progress and the US air system. He tours Tucumcari and Conchas Dam, meets Governor Clyde Tingley, and travels with 337 Amarilloans aboard a large special train for a government project site inspection and related entertainment.
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Prince Louis Ferdinand Hohenzollern
America
Tucumcaril
N. M
Tucumcari
Amarillo
Panhandle Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Hold Opening Session
About 400 delegates from the Panhandle Plains attended the opening of a two day meeting marking 117 years of I O O F and 85 years of Rebekah Odd Fellowship. The session began at the Masonic Temple with remarks by Mayor Ross D. Rogers and entertainment by local speakers and performers.
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Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Panhandle
Panhandle Plains
Rebekah Odd Fellowship
America
Herring Hotel
Masonic Temple
Loretta Cowan
Cana*adian
W. F. Nix
Amarillo
Ross D. Rogers
8. A. Tibbitts
W. E. Gee
H. K. Dally
Borger
Motor Troops Near Capital in Ethiopian Campaign
Italy reports progress toward Addis Ababa with a motorized force from Dessye nearing two thirds of the distance to the capital. A second column from Varra Ilu advanced to the Vit River as Libyan detachments dispersed enemy groups in the Fafan valley. Air support operated effectively along the front.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Pietro Badoglio
Addis Ababa
Dessye
Varra Ilu
Uvacit
Baggamedo
Fafan River
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Brief
Fair tonight and Wednesday with slightly cooler Panhandle and New Mexico north portion unsettled tonight. Amarillo highs near 85 and lows around 51. Temperatures stabilize by Wednesday with cooler conditions in Panhandle and north New Mexico regions.
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Porecast
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Tentative approval of new tax bill on corporate rates
The House today gave tentative approval to the heart of the tax bill a system of rates for corporation incomes that would be graduated by the portion of earnings withheld from distribution to stockholders.
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Washington
The
House
Roosevelt returns to Washington after weekend in New York Hyde Park
President Roosevelt flew back to the capital after a weekend trip to New York City and his Hyde Park home. The return marks the end of a brief travel period with no additional details provided.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
New York
Germany
Washington
Roosevelt
Capital
New York City
Hyde Park
Death Coms to King Fuad I of Egypt
King Fuad I aged 68 and allied with Britain died today after a long illness. A gangrenous throat flare up worsened over the weekend, hindering nourishment. Crown Prince Farouk, 16, studying in England, expected to ascend the throne.
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Cairo
Fuad I
Egypt
Farouk
England
Dafoe Affirms Dionne Quints Well Fed Despite Parents Claims
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe said the Dionne parents charge that the quintuplets are underfed is contradicted by the girls' excellent condition. The 23 month old babies were reportedly fed a greenish mash mashed fruit oatmeal porridge barley and a third of a cup of milk daily.
Heavy quake hits Chungking amid famine warnings
Chungking in Szechwan Province, China, was struck by a heavy earthquake. The city lies amid famine sweeping Szechwan and North Henan, with estimates of dead or dying ranging from 10 to 30 million. Reports say hunger driven cannibalism and parents selling children to obtain food.
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Chungking
Szechwan
China
Henan
Kirby Muse Lose Standing With Texas Democrats
Dallas County Democrats call for Muse and Kirby to be barred from the Democratic party. They accuse the Houston figures of anti New Deal actions and distributing pictures of Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt with two black men at the Grass Roots convention. Muse testified to a Senate committee about circulating the images.
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Dallas
John Henry Kirby
Vance Muse
Houston
Texas
Kirby
Muse
Eleanor Roosevelt
Macon
Senate
Dallas County
United States
Royston mob lynches accused attacker Shaw near Colbert
In Royston Georgia a mob of about 40 men shot and hanged lint Shaw a Black farmer eight hours before his trial for alleged attempted criminal assault. Shaw had been held in Danielsville and Royston jails after stabbing officers. Judge Berry Moseley appealed for calm. National Guard was dispatched to Danielsville earlier to prevent lynching.
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Royston
Lint Shaw
Colbert
W. A. Dickerson
Danielsville
Berry T. Moseley
National Guard
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Coolidge
Kansas
By Lyle C. Wilson
William E. Borah
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Chicago
Landon
Kansas Coolidge
Topeka
Hearst-Merriam Forces
California
Arthur Brisbane
Globe
Brisbane
Quero
Wharton
Joan Maynard Lbr. Co
McMurtry Paints and Varnishes
Boy
Patterson
Bartholomew
Tingley
Prince
George May
Prince Louis
English Field
Wichita
Santa Fe
Walter Irvin
Harry Gardner
Ford
Texas Panhandle
Bill Bessire
Wilhelm
Louis Ferdinand
Jessie N. Ross
Rebekah Assembly
H. A. Shaw
Robert Axtell
J. 8. Pittman
Badoglio
Hamanlei
Air Corps
Heart of New
O.K
Fuad
King Fuad
Dr. Dafoe
PHA Loans, Long-Bell Lbr, Co
Dickerson
Shaw
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