Plan to Build Submarines Is Reich Proposal
London April 29. Germany plans a revolutionary submarine program with a 6000 mile cruising radius and hydrogen fuel propulsion. Capt Erwin Wassner met Admiral Chatfield to discuss an Anglo German naval conference agenda. Sir John Simon said twelve 250 ton submarines were ordered and under consideration.
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London
U.P
Germany
Great Britain
Erwin Wassner
Ernle Chatfield
Adolf Hitler
Plea to spare McGee as execution nears
In Jefferson Missouri on April 29 a woman pleads to Governor Park to commute Walter McGee’s death sentence for the Mary McElroy kidnapping to life imprisonment. Miss Lillie Knight also argues the record shows no aggravating circumstances and that the victim was unharmed, seeking mercy before the May 10 hanging.
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Jefferson, Mo
Walter McGee
Mary McElroy
Kansas City
Guy B. Park
Lillie Knight
McGee
United States
Jackson County
Amarillo
Texas
H. F. McElroy
Orchards Uprooted By Texas Bluster Near Kirbyville
A short tornadolike storm from the northwest struck the Bon Ami community five miles north of Kirbyville. Houses lost their roofs and orchards were uprooted. A farmer named Luther Owens reported his tethered yearling calf lifted by the wind and carried out of sight as the rope snapped. The storm lasted about 20 minutes and brought heavy rain.
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Associated Press
Kirbyville
Luther Owens
Clemency pleas denied for Hamilton and Palmer
Gov Allred received an adverse report from the State Pardons Board on clemency applications for Raymond Hamilton and Joe Palmer who face electrocution May 10. District Attorney Max Rogers urged against clemency, arguing testimony was unsworn and conflicting and that lives of Texas citizens would be jeopardized.
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Hamilton
Palmer
President's Fire Side Chat Seen as Weapon Against Rebels
Roosevelt pushes four bills amid congressional dissent while page notes describe a tense political war and dissident cliques influencing strategy. May Day tensions loom in Europe as readers digest work relief drive details.
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Washington
Sigrid Arne
Roosevelt
Europe
Navy launches largest peacetime fleet exercise to date
At San Pedro California on April 29 the United States mobilized 150 wardogs of the sea to participate in Fleet Problem No 16. The vast task covers five million square miles from California to Mid Pacific and from Hawaii to the Sub Arctic Aleutians. The fleet sails toward Puget Sound and will return by June 10 to test war readiness and vulnerability of a giant 1300 mile front.
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San Pedro
Calif
U.P
America
Pacific
Navy
Pacific Ocean
California
San Diego
Puget Sound
United States
Mid- Pacific
Hawaii
Aleutians
Will the United States Have a Dictator Soon
Arthur Brisbane reflects in The Globe on April 29 in Miami about whether the United States might adopt a dictator and, if so, who would take that role and when. He notes the question is timely and significant for Americans as the country faces major political questions.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Amarillo Chamber Campaign Pushes Toward 30 000 Goal
The Amarillo Chamber campaign to raise 30000 continues under C M Yount of American City Bureau. About 21500 was subscribed today as business and professional volunteers handle unworked cards and solicit more workers to finish the drive for a Washington allotment and public works program needs.
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Amarillo
Public Works Program
Byrns Pledges Quick Aid to FDR Program in Congress
Speaker Joseph W Byrns pledged full cooperation to speed Roosevelt’s must legislation. He forecast the House will pass NRA extension, utilities regulation, banking, and transportation control bills by June 10 or 15, despite Republican opposition.
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Washington
Joseph W. Byrns
Roosevelt
Burns
House
Prolonged Texas Legislature debated revenue bills and utilities
Governor James V. Allred backed extending the session past May 7 to around May 17 and pressed for a package including prohibition repeal, a gas pipeline financing agency, public utilities regulation, tax measures, and labor proposals. The Senate appeared likely to prolong the session, while tax bills remained unpassed.
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Austin
James V. Allred
House
Senate
Panhandle
St. Louis
Detroit
King's Horses Run Away but King Is Not Present
London reports a royal Windsor gray runaway during Jubilee season drills. The royal coach struck a bus and a coster’s cart, escaping with a slight scratch to its frame. No injuries occurred and the calmed coach returned to Buckingham Palace. no king was aboard.
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King
London
England
Windsor Grays
Park Lane
Buckingham Palace
Send a Dime craze reaches Amarillo in chain letters
A postman delivered 51 letters to a Amarillo woman each supposedly containing a dime. Thirty two letters went to an Amarillo man as part of the send a dime chain. Postmaster W D De Grassi notes the mania has not greatly burdened local men in gray. Federal officials weigh the legality as to whether the scheme violates postal laws absent an element of chance. See SEND-A-DIME Page 2.
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Amarillo
W. D. de Grassi
Harper Sibley Expected To Lead U S Chamber Of Commerce
Harper Sibley a 50 year old banker miner lawyer and farmer from Rochester New York is expected to be elected president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States this week. He attended Groton School and Harvard with President Roosevelt and since 1912 has developed model farms and ranches.
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Washington
Harper Sibley
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Rochester
N. Y
Groton School
Harvard
Roosevelt
Two Citizens Named by Anonymous Donor as Nations’ Exhausted
An anonymous donor labels two people as the nation’s tired workers, stating “You and I and I’m all tired out” as a reflection on labor and production. The quote frames citizen effort amid national output concerns.
Food relief crisis as Chicago aid depots run low
Police guard crowded relief depots in Chicago and Cook County as food orders for one million indigents were cut off. County boards distributed part of a 1.2 million dollar fund while downstate areas lacked emergency funds. Hopkins refused extra FEDERAL aid until Illinois legislature funds 3 million monthly. Tailinois relief workers face layoff awaiting Gov Horner guidance.
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Chicago
U.P
Cook County
Harry L. Hopkins
FERA
Tailinois Emergency Relief Commission
Henry Horner
Washington
Extra Man Helps On School Taxes
Mark Hardin the school tax assessor will have an extra man in his office today and tomorrow to assist. The closing tax assessments for 1935 are set for April 30. His team is canvassing houses to collect returns from those missed in the business district.
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Mark Hardin
Hardin
Campbell fined for speeding near Southampton in England
Sir Malcolm Campbell, holder of the world automobile speed record, was fined one pound for exceeding the 30 mile an hour limit in a residential area near Southampton. The report notes Campbell’s driving in Eastleigh.
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Campbell
Eastleigh
England
U.P
Malcolm Campbell
Southampton
Six Sentenced in U S Court for liquor and vehicle charges
Six defendants pled guilty in United States District Court before Judge James C. Wilson. Five were fined or jailed for liquor violations, one for transporting a stolen car. Jail terms ranged to 30 days with two suspensions. Mabel Edmondson of near Fairfax Oklahoma got 18 months suspended.
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United States
James C. Wilson
Potter County
Mabel Edmondson
Fairfax
Okla
el Dorado
Kansas
Pampa
Wilson
Clyde O. Eastus
Joe H Jones
Joe Gonzales
Amarillo
Emmett Romine
Wellington
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Surroundings
Fair tonight and Tuesday with possible frost in exposed areas and lows around 40. West Texas will be fair and colder in the southeast with frost in the Panhandle tonight and fair Tuesday. New Mexico expects generally fair conditions east and south with possible showers in the northwest tonight and Tuesday. Temperature range today 41 to 54.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Housing Projects Ready for 16 Cities Under New Program
President Roosevelt said work could start soon in 16 cities on proposed low cost housing under a four billion dollar program. He warned of a fight and delay if action stalls. House leaders push fast on related utility measures while Republican members question clarity on eliminating unnecessary holding companies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Carl E. Mapes
Mich
Interstate Commerce Committee
Henry B. Steagall
Alabama
House Banking and Currency Committee
Attempted assassination thwarted at State House ambassdor visit
Italian ambassador Augusto Rosso narrowly escaped harm as a man near the Hall of Flags in Boston produced a spring knife. Detectives rushed in and seized Eugenio Camini 42 of Boston as he tried to attack the envoy after a visit to Gov. James Curley. The ambassador remains in the city for a two day stay.
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Boston
Augusto Rosso
State House
James M. Curley
Eugenio Camini
Police
Grayson Elected Red Cross Chief
Admiral Cary T. Grayson was elected president of the International Red Cross in Paris succeeding John Barton Payne. The announcement came April 29 as officials outlined the transition and Grayson’s prior service.
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Grayson
Red Cross
Paris
U.P
International Red Cross
Cary T. Grayson
John Barton Payne
Body of 4-year-old Richard Perrot found in Chicago River
The body of Richard Max Perrot, missing since April 4, was recovered from the Chicago River near his home. Investigators noted a prior sighting with a thin man and money demands from hoaxers. Search efforts included Coast Guard divers, city workers, Legionnaires, and Boy Scouts, with leads extending to Michigan before the body was located.
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Chicago
Richard Max Perrot
Max Parrot
Max Perrot
Perrot
Richard
Coast Guard
Legionnaires
Michigan
Traverse City
Joseph Bothe
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