Lines Drawn in Bonus Pay Fight in Congress
Inflationists and antis in Congress ready for a clash over tax legislation and farm debt relief. Supporters of the Lemke plan seek up to 3 billion in new money to refinance farm indebtedness and push for a vote in the House. Father Coughlin backs the effort promising relief and price goals like 1.50 wheat and 20-cent cotton.
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Washington
Congress
Thomas
Oklahoma
Patman
Texas
Charles E. Coughlin
Coughlin
Detroit
Light Snow Signals Return of Winter in Panhandle
Panhandle and northeastern New Mexico expect light snow with subfreezing temps. Forecaster H T Collman predicts a new season low tonight as temperatures plunge to near nine degrees, with 1 inch or less of snowfall. Amarillo records show 1.02 inches of January moisture, double normal, amid 69 degree high and 11 degree low in a colder month.
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H. T. Collman
U. S
North Plains
Panhandle Plains
New Mexico
Amarillo
North Panhandle
Rockies
Hardware and Implement Dealers Converge in 27th Annual Conference
More than 100 dealers registered as the Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association opened its two day 27th annual convention. Talks centered on competition and better merchandising with T C Lively urging dealers to emphasize service and quality rather than relying on tradition.
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the Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association
T. C. Lively
Pampa
Anti New Deal Sentiment Rises in Amarillo Poll
The Literary Digest poll shows Amarillo residents split 366 for the New Deal and 195 against, a swing from 1934 when 381 supported and 61 opposed. Similar shifts appeared in Pampa Plainview and other Panhandle towns with 1936 figures 56 for 22 against in Pampa versus 67 for 13 against in 1934.
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Amarillo
Literary Digest
Pampa
Plainview
Panhandle
Food Dropped to Tangier Islanders by Dirigible
The Tangier Island community in Chesapeake Bay received 1800 pounds of food to endure a harsh winter. A Goodyear dirigible piloted by Karl Lange delivered 1000 pounds and an Easton Maryland plane captained by Forrest Wenyon contributed 800 pounds.
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Washington
Tangier Island
Chesapeake Bay
SOS Message From Unknown Vessel Intercepted
The Coast Guard reported the naval radio station at Coco Solo intercepted an SOS signed S-55. Officers could not determine if the distress came from aircraft or submarine, and receivers along the Southern Atlantic seaboard were tuned but produced no further transmission.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Naval
Coco Solo
Canal Zone
Atlantic Seaboard
Strikes Threaten Peace in New York City
Two large labor actions threatened New York today as 40 000 workers faced strikes. Police mobilized 900 officers in Lower Manhattan while 20 000 building service workers prepared five minute notice walkouts risking 1 200 buildings losing elevator or janitorial services. Millinery workers were set to strike at 10 AM tomorrow.
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New York
Lower Manhattan
Suicide by pistol shocks 16 year old sweetheart
Arthur Silleck of Glen Gove New York killed himself with a pistol after removing the clip and telling his 16 year old sweetheart she did not love him enough He pulled the trigger forgetting one bullet remained in the chamber the gun fired killing him.
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Glen Gove
N. Y
U.P
Arthur Silleck
League debates oil embargo as Italo Ethiopians clash
Geneva hosts a League of Nations committee to assess an oil embargo against Italy amid Italo Ethiopian war. Addis Ababa reports 60 000 troops moving to Ras Desta Demtu forces as Italian advances push toward the capital 225 miles away. In Washington critics attack the neutrality bill as senators weigh extending the current law.
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Charles E. Harner
Associated Press
League of Nations
Geneva
Italy
League
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Ras Desta
Washington
John Bassett Moore
World Court
Senate
Child Welfare Talk Set At Amarillo Meeting
Amarillo and surrounding area will discuss child welfare problems at a meeting in the Amarillo Hotel tomorrow at noon. Principal speaker is Mrs. Violet Greenhill of Austin, chief of the State Board of Control Child Welfare Division. Potter County board chairman F M Bralley is coordinating invites. county chairmen and others interested are urged to attend. In a separate note, Sen Robert M LaFollette announces birth of his seventh child, a seven pound boy.
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Amarillo
Violet Greenhill
Austin
Greenhill
State Board of Control
Panhandle
Boy Dies in Sand Cave Collapse Near Anaheim Landing
Eight year old Billy Taylor was buried alive when a sandhill cave near Anaheim Landing collapsed after recent rains. Seven boys aged 14 to 8 had dug to rescue him. Billy was freed but died after being pulled from the mound. Fellow player Jackie Ward had reportedly gone home earlier.
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Seal Beach
Calif
Jackie Ward
Anaheim Landing
Bill
Stewart Lawhead
Billy Taylor
Jackie
Billy
Farm Plan Gets House Approval
The House agriculture committee approved a combined substitute farm plan for the AAA. The 17 to 6 vote limits temporary subsidies to soil conservation and land use, delaying full permanent measures for two years. A permanent crop control proposal via federal purchase of surplus acreage gains support.
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Jones
Amarillo
Norbeck
South Dakota
Senate
Senator Bankhead
Alabama
Mystery Handkerchief Man Name Near Lindbergh Kidnapping
Two major stories unfold as Parker Dam fire claims eight lives with many others injured and a wind driven blaze damages dormitory and mess hall. In Trenton, Gov Hoffman readies to identify the mysterious man with the handkerchief linked to the Lindbergh kidnapping and push for arrests or exoneration.
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Parker Dam
Colorado River
Metropolitan Water District
Boulder Dam
Colorado
Metropolitan Water District of
Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Raymond's Cemetery
Bronx
John F
Jassie) Condon
Hoffman
Col
H. Norman Schwartzkopf
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col. Schwartzkopf
Amarillo and West Texas Colder With Snow Possible
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for no snow this afternoon, then a cold wave tonight with a low around 9 degrees. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies and continued cold. West Texas stays cloudy and colder with snow in the Panhandle and a northward cold wave, temps down to 4 to 10 degrees tonight. New Mexico trends fair tonight and Tuesday, with possible snow in extreme northeast tonight, colder Tuesday and tonight east. Temperature extremes today range from 44 to 21.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Eccles Appointed As Bank Chairman
President Roosevelt today designated Marriner S. Eccles of Utah as chairman of the board of governors of the federal reserve system for a four year term. The Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional retroactive changes in paying off withdrawing members of building and loan associations under a 1932 Louisiana law.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Marriner
Eccles
Utah
Federal Reserve System
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Hamlin Trial Nears Verdict As Judge Delivers Charge
District Attorney Jimmie Witherspoon argues for the death penalty in the Hamlin murder case as jurors from Palmer County hear the judge's charge. The defense contends the confession was improperly obtained and questions the wife's alleged misconduct. The judge sets a possible verdict of murder without malice if the defendant knew of his wife’s conduct, with potential penalties from two to five years for such a finding.
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Globe
Farwell
Jimmie Witherspoon
George 5
Hamlin
Palmer County
Witherspoon
Irene Hare
Amarillo
Reese Tatum
Tatum
State
Says
Potter County
Oakland
Calif
Amarillo Man Chosen to Lead Old Age Grant Districts
Orville Carpenter named administrator for 20 districts handling old age assistance grants set to take effect February 14. Two supervisor posts remain unfilled and only eight cities chosen as district headquarters. Districts cover Armstrong to Wheeler counties and include Amarillo with supervisor J B Fischer listed as 16 J.
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U.P
Orville
Carpenter
Fischer
Amarillo
Armstrong
Carson
Collingsworth
Dallam
Deaf Smith
Donley
Gray
Hansford
Hartley
Hemphill
Hutchinson
Lipscomb
Moore
Ochiltree
Oldham
Potter
Randall
Roberts
Sherman
Wheeler
Former Amarilloan Is Taken by Death
Obituary notice of Mrs. Carl Simon formerly of Amarillo who died in Mansfield Ohio from injuries after being dragged from a moving car. Survived by husband Carl Simon Jr and two daughters Martha Louise Kathleen Lenore and son Carl E Simon Jr with husband employed at Keystone Steel and Wire Company in Mansfield.
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Carl Simon
Amarillo
Mansfield
Ohio
Simon
Will H. Dity League
The
News-Globe
East
Martha Louise
Kathleen Lenore
Carl E. Simon, Jr
President Roosevelts Repeal Request For Three Acts
Roosevelt asked Congress to repeal the Bankhead Cotton Act Kerr Smith tobacco act and potato act of 1935 as the agricultural production adjustment program ends He notes the three acts were auxiliary to the 1933 agricultural act and cites Supreme Court actions including the unconstitutionality ruling on AAA and a Georgia challenge to the Bankhead Act.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capital Hill
AAA
Supreme Court
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Supreme Court Delays TVA Constitutionality Ruling
The Supreme Court finished opinions without ruling on TVA constitutionality guiding next Monday as the earliest date for a final decision. The delay keeps the TVA issue unresolved as justices conclude sessions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
TVA
Court agrees to test of New Deal securities act
The Supreme Court today agreed to review the constitutionality of the Securities Act of 1933. The act provides federal control over sales of securities as part of New Deal reforms.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Earle Praises NRA as Nation’s Greatest Law
Governor George H. Earle of Pennsylvania addressed the United Mine Workers convention in Washington on February 3 stating that the NRA, constitutional or not, must be followed. He argued the program created equal chance for labor and industry as machines increased productivity.
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Washington
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers’ Convention
NRA
America
Earle
Hunt Kidnapper After His Pal Ties in Wreck
Officials searched Texas for a second highwayman after a stolen car wreck near Waurika Oklahoma killed Thaddeus Mitchell 30 of Pampa who was linked to the kidnapping of Sam Ellis of Devol Oklahoma. Sheriff McAffee reported two other occupants Pete Morton 35 of Vernon Texas was killed and Ralph Stowe 16 of Vernon Texas was injured lightly.
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Frederick
Okla
Texas
Oklahoma
Sam Ellis
Devol
W. A. McAffee
West Texas
McAffee
Thaddeus Mitchell
Pampa
Ellis
Waurika
Pete Morton
Vernon
Ralph Stowe
Mrs. Greenhill To Talk Here Tuesday
Mrs Violet S Greenhill of Austin will speak to Federated Church women at 10 am in the Social Center for Girls 501 Lincoln Street She heads the child welfare division of the state board of control All women interested in child welfare urged to attend Also Will Buy 12 and 24 ounce Ginger Ale Bottles 320 W 4th
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Violet S. Greenhill
Austin
Federated Church Women
Social Center For Girls
Lincoln Street
Hobart Rakes Arrested by Federal Agents in Danville Va
The justice department reports Hobart Rakes was captured by federal agents and Virginia state highway patrolmen at 6 A.M. in Danville Virginia after forging a federal attorney's name to obtain release from Atlanta Penitentiary. The notice ends with an advertisement for Build now number prices at John Maynard Lumber Co.
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Washington
Justice Department
Hobart Rakes
Atlanta
Rakes
Virginia
Danville
Legion Office Will Remain Open Late
The American Legion offices will stay open tonight from 7 to 9 to help veterans working days with their bonus applications. Extra clerical staff assist Han son Post adjutant Lloyd Sloan in handling the rush of veterans seeking aid during the push. Night hours will be observed each Monday to aid applicants.
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American Legion
Lloyd Sloan
Hanson Post
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Huey P. Long
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Robert M. LaFollette
Progressive
Wisconsin
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