Human engineering praised at Conchas Dam project
About 1600 workers, led by Captain Hans Kramer, advance Conchas Dam near Tucumcari with no labor trouble. Townsite plans include housing for 3,000 workers, a hospital and theater as construction begins in earnest toward a 12 million dollar, multi-year lake project.
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Conchas Dam
Hans Kramer
United States Engineering Corps
Amarillo
Tucumcari
Kramer
Conchas
H. V. Pittman
Civil Service
L. H. Foote
Grand Coulee
Northwest
Appreciation for Tucumcari Chamber trip success noted
Bill Beechler expressed grateful appreciation for all who helped make the Chamber of Commerce goodwill trip a big happy success. The Tucumcari trio group assisted Beechler with numerous members named. Citizens praised Amarillo Chamber’s aid in securing the Conchas Dam appropriation for New Mexico workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Beechler
Beechler
Jack Allen
Hubert Cole
Glen Miller
Julius Dorenfield
R. R
Carrie” Nation
Herb Budke
Avery Rush
A. A. “Doich
Kaufhold
Herman Clutter
W. J. Kelly
Clay Thornton
R. H. Epperson
E. R. Thompson
Wilson Ballew
Jim Florey
W. B. Futral
Garford Wilkinson
Amarillo
Italian Army Presses South in Ethiopian Campaign
Italian forces in Africa faced heavy rains slowing the southern drive toward Addis Ababa as three southern columns halted to rest. Marshal Badoglio’s main 15,000- strong northern spearhead moved along the Central Plateau, claiming 140 kilometers advance from Dessye with aims to occupy Haile Selassie’s capital within days.
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George C. Jordan
Coorricht
Rome
Africa
Sasa Baner
Addis Ababa
Pietro Badoglio
Dessye
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Odd Fellows Frolic and Degrees at Panhandle Convention
The Panhandle Association of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs held the second day of its two day meeting with conferring of assembly and grand lodge degrees though Grand Master H L Carpenter could not attend. A humorous barnyard side degree followed at 11 o'clock and a 1 30 pm business session preceded an evening program and dance at 9 o'clock.
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Panhandle Association of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Assembly
Frances Thompson
Rebekah Assembly
Grand Lodge
H. L. Carpenter
Carpenter
Odd Fellows
Washington Rep Zioncheck Marries Rubye Luise Nix
Washington state congressman Marion Zioncheck quietly wed Rubye Luise Nix, 21, a former stenographer, amid immunity debates and a day after a publicized speeding and contempt incident. He joked about the marriage while denying details, remarking on a “commotion in the ocean” and delivering eccentric claims about juggling politics and hobbies.
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Washington State
Washington
Marion Zion
Ree
Rubye Luise Nix
PWA
Paul R. Diehl
Annapolis
Zioncheck
Dies of
Texas
Capitol Hill
Repre
Panhandle Music Festival Draws 1000 Players for Openin
More than 1,000 young musicians from Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico gather for the Panhandle Music Festival opening with 25 bands and orchestras about 200 solo instrument players and 300 piano entrants. Judges include A B McAllister R J Dunn and D O Wiley with events at Municipal Auditorium and Polk Street Methodist Church.
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Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Panhandle
A. B. McAllister
Joliet
Prof. McAllister
R. J. Dunn
College Station
Texas A
D. O. Wiley
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Municipal Auditorium
Polk Street Methodist Church
G. C. McDaniel
Mark Wessel
Horace Jones
Pair Charged With Slaying Center
The slaying of Morlie Childs wealthy ex treasurer of Shelby County is charged today to his widow Mrs Reba Childs and Terrance Bramlett and they were secretly moved to an unnamed jail. A bullet through his bathroom window as he brushed his teeth last Thursday night killed Childs 35 Investigators found powder burns on the window screen indicating a close range shot Bramlett 21 described by Sheriff J B Sample as a discharged Civil See SLAYING Page 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morlie Childs
Shelby County
Reba Childs
Terrance Bramlett
Childs
Bramlett
J. B. Sample
New Jersey legislators seek relief for 300000 without new taxes
In Trenton on April 29 lawmakers pressed a relief plan for 300000 destitute residents while avoiding new taxes. They planned to mirror prior meetings and caucuses that followed October’s repeal of the sales tax funding relief. State relief funds had run out, shifting needs to municipalities and townships.
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Trenton
N. J
U.P
Assembly
Senate
State House
Weather forecast for Amarillo and nearby areas
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Thursday across West Texas. New Mexico shows generally fair skies in the south with unsettled north, cooler tonight and Thursday east and south portions. Amarillo's temperature extremes reach 56 degrees at night and 88 degrees by afternoon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Youth in Bronte Job Accuse Suspect in Robbery
San Angelo April 29 reports identify Charles Franklin White a youthful Amarillo mechanic as the man who held a gun on a female witness during a Bronte robbery. The witness linked the gunman to the Bronte incident as details emerge on page two.
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San Angelo
Charles Franklin White
Amarillo
Roosevelt Landon win big in write-in primaries
In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania the write-in presidential primaries produced large margins for Franklin D Roosevelt and Alf Landon. Final Massachusetts totals show Landon leading with 76 710 while other names received smaller counts. in Pennsylvania Democratic entries Roosevelt led with about 312 288 to 17 204 for Breckinridge. The results reflect write-in ballots without official candidate names on the ballot.
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United Press
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Breckinridge
Administration approves 803 million tax bill in House
The administration's 803 million tax bill passed the heavily Democratic House today despite Republican opposition. The vote consolidates partisan support for the measure amid broader fiscal debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Young Parker Named As Kidnap Director
In Brooklyn on April 29 District Attorney Geoghan named Ellis Parker Jr as directing the Wendel kidnapping. Weiss, indicted for abduction, gave a story of torture and confessions, with Parker allegedly guiding abductors in Manhattan. Parker and Murray Bleefeld are under indictment and at large.
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Young Parker
Brooklyn
N. Y
William F. X. Geoghan
Ellis Parker, Jr
Harry Weiss
Paul M. Wendel
Weis
Parker
Wendel
Sheepshead Bay
Geoghan
Weiss
Manhattan
3000 Mile Movie Wealth Hard To Fight
A feature examines three kinds of gold in a sprawling journey film. It tracks the pursuit of wealth across vast landscapes and follows protagonists as they navigate temptation, risk, and changing fortunes. The piece highlights themes of ambition and moral choice amid travel.
The Globe Columnist Promotes A Cross-Country Train Myth
Arthur Brisbane notes in his Globe column the elation of a new ocean-to-ocean air conditioned train. William N. Packer, a known automobile salesman, travels by plane to Kansas City after missing the Chicago run and boards the train, praising its speed and romance from Cajon Pass to Los Angeles.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Fadstor
Los Angeles
Ocean
Cajon Pass
San Bernardino
William N. Packer
Detroit
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Packer
Richard Taylor Punished in Kidnapping Case
Richard Taylor 42 of Akron Ohio was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison for kidnapping Henry T Koch Jr 10 son of an Allentown department store executive The sentencing took place in Philadelphia with the case reported by United Press International. Parrafin Oil 18¢ gt 1900 W. 3rd
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Richard Taylor
Philadelphia
U.P
Akron
Henry T. Koch, Jr
Allentowtn
Nazi Leaders Arrested in Budapest Plot to Putsch
Police in Budapest raid several districts exposing a Nazi plan to attempt a putsch about May 1. Eighteen Hungarian Nazi leaders are named, including Dr. Zoltan Bostermeny, with an issue of the Doodlebug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Zoltan Bostermeny
Turner’s Racer To Be Tops In Speed Race Plans
Fort Worth reports Col. Roscoe Turner, famed speed flier, says a new ship capable of 400 mph will be ready soon. His current plane tops 330 mph and Turner hints at a possible England flight for King Edward VII’s coronation. Turner and screenwriter Stanley Genton head to Los Angeles after Dallas talks on a Texas Centennial Exposition involvement.
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Fort Worth
Roscoe Turner
America
Turner
England
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Stanley Genton
Los Angeles
Dallas
Will Rogers
Motive in Patterson murder trial hints at love affair
Witness Annie Cooper testifies that Velma Patterson spoke repeatedly of being deeply in love with Jimmy Wallace, a Lone Oak cattleman, and that Wallace visited the Patterson home from January 7 to February 10, 1936, fueling speculation about a love motive in Dorothy Patterson's poisoning.
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Velma Patterson
Dorothy
Annie Cooper
Patterson
Commerce
Jimmy Wallace
Lone Oak
Wallace
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J. R. Noyes
Oklahoma City
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Pops
Georgia Farber
Charles
Pops) Parker
Michael Feinberg
Columbia, S. C
Lonnie Goodwin
Columbia Canal
Bronte
C. F. White
Landon
Fdr
Henry Breckinridge
Borah
Hoover
Knox
Vandenberg
Mately
DEATH
the Globe
Texas Supreme Court
Austin
Supreme Court
FHA Loans
Long-Bell Lbr, Co
Houston
J. Courtney
Edward Fein
New York
Joan Maynard Lbr. Co
McMurtry Paints
Greenville
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