Treaty Repeal Reactions Spur Air Alliance Plan
London reports on Britain inviting Germany Belgium and Italy to join a military air pact with France and the UK. Reactions from Germany Italy and Belgium were said to be not unfavorable, while Italy opposed defense commitments. The Netherlands was not invited as the plan centers on Locarno signatories.
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Albert W. Wilson
London
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Great Britain
France
League of Nations
Berlin
Brussels
Rome
England
Europe
John Simon
Netherlands
Anti politics bill proposed for post office control
Senator Norris of Nebraska introduced a plan to remove the post office from partisan politics. The bill would name a ten year term Postmaster General chosen by the President with Senate approval and merit based appointments for all post office staff. The Postmaster General would be barred from political committees and campaigns. The President could remove officials engaging in political activity.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Nebraskan
Post Office Department
Byrd Party Plans Departure From Pole Home
Members of the Byrd Antarctica Expedition expect to leave for home on Thursday. The Bear of Oakland s ferries cargo to the larger Jacob Ruppert, which due to its steel hull cannot pass the Bay of Whales because of ice.
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Little America
Antarctica
U.P
Bear of
Hardware Men Debate Texas Sales Tax At Panhandle Meet
At the Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association convention in Amarillo 152 dealers and guests gathered as J W Hill urged stopping leakage in tax collection while opposing new sales taxes and Dan Wilmot defended the New Mexico style plan. Hill cited a 12 million deficit and 20 million delinquent taxes, arguing tax fairness and collection changes are needed. Wilmot praised the New Mexico system.
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Texas c
The
Panhandle Hardware and Implement Association
J. W. Hill
Amarillo
Retail Furniture Association of Texas
Dan Wilmot
Roswell
N. M
Texas Panhandle Plains
New Mexico
Sid Mr. Hill
Sarah T. Hughes
Dallas County
Hill
Wilmot
Hauptmann alibi is challenged in Lindbergh case trial
In Flemington New Jersey on February 4 1932 the defense failed to prove Hauptmann was not seen near the Lindbergh estate with a ladder. Kloppenburg testified they played music at Hauptmanns home April 2 1932 while Lupica testified a man with a ladder car was seen March 1 1932 near the estate but could not identify Hauptmann.
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sCoanyright
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hans Kloppenburg
Hauptmann
John F
Jassie) Condon
Bronx
Sebastian Benjamin Lupica
Princeton
Mercer County
New Jersey
Lindbergh Estate
Kloppenburg
Isador Fisch
Fisch
Lupica
Court warns on newsreels at Hauptmann trial
Justice Thomas W. Trenchard orders Hauptmann trial officers to exclude all newsreel and talking pictures. He cites secret filming and warns agents and employees of film companies will be barred from the courtroom. He pledges to investigate the defiance and urges vigilance to prevent such contrivances.
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Flemington, N. J
Thomas W. Trenchard
Hauptmann
Bus Passenger Resists Thugs Wounded Near Tyler
Joe Logan a 28 year old Tyler butcher was badly wounded after resisting two masked robbers who boarded a Sunshine bus five miles south of Winona Texas. The robbers escaped in a car that followed from Gladewater and stole 40 dollars from eight passengers. Logan knocked the pistol from one robber but was struck and knocked unconscious as a negro passenger kicked the gun away.
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Tyler
U.P
Joe Logan
Tyler Butcher
Sunshine
Winona
Gladewater
Logan
Thugs Strike Again Take Rope Burglars Nab Safer Loot
Whiskey burglars struck twice at Fox Drug Store No 7 on Line Avenue and Furr Food Piggly Wiggly at West Sixteenth Avenue. About 400 dollars in cash and goods were taken from Fox and 800 dollars from the Furr store. Authorities suspect the same gang. a 600 pound safe was wheeled away in East Amarillo. Police found the damaged safes and noted several men participated.
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Fox Drug Store
Line Avenue
Furr Food
Fox
Bryan Bates
Furr Food-Piggly Wiggly
Glenwood
East Amarillo
Marshall Turner
W. M. “Buster” McGough
Furr
Scout Car
Five Million Budget Call for FBI Division of Investigation
The Appropriations Committee urged the House to overrule President Roosevelt and allocate 5 million dollars to the Justice Department's Division of Investigation for the next fiscal year. J. Edgar Hoover praised recent gains in apprehension and conviction of major criminals and cited 80 robberies since the last law, with 18 convicted, 52 awaiting trial, and four killed by local officers.
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Washington
Appropriations Committee
House
Roosevelt
Justice Department
Division of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Jast Congress
Nelson
Justice
Hoover
Wilbur Underhill
John Dillinger
Baby Face Nelson
Pretty Boy Ployd
It's Big Night For Rogers Clan Mary Debuts on Broadway on Will Rogers's Legacy
Mary Rogers makes her Broadway debut in the comedy On To Fortune at New York's Will Rogers era. The event marks her first major stage appearance with Roy Atwell Hira Chase and Glenn Anders in leading roles. Her father will not attend the opening as he travels to the West Coast after rehearsals. Mary previously acted as Mary Howard in the film My Weakness, aligning with her long held stage ambitions.
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New York
Will Rogers
Mary Rogers
Fortune
Rogers
West Coast
Mary
Mary Howard
Lilian Harvey
Lawrence Langner
Armina Marshall
Roy Atwell
Hira Chase
Glenn Anders
Supreme Court backs contempt power over Senate jail decree
The Supreme Court ruled Congress and the courts may punish for contempt. It affirmed a ten day jail sentence for William P. McCracken Jr former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics for failing to produce data to the air mail investigating committee. L H Brittain former vice president of Northwest Airways served the sentence without appearing in court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Senate
William P. McCracken, Jr
Slippery Rights and Governments In Today by Arthur Brisbane
A compact column by Arthur Brisbane comments on government overreach and the idea of freedom under changing political powers. The piece critiques centralized authority and echoes debates on individual rights amid evolving governance.
Fight on Pay Inquiry Dims as Texas House Drops
Austin Feb 4 The House sponsor Rep Traylor Russell Mount Pleasant said he would drop the resolution to investigate corporate connections and income of members as the Senate broadened the inquiry to cover nearly all government departments and campaign expenses of top elected officers. Griggs Ambulance. Dial 4311
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Austin
House
Senate
Texas
Traylor Russell
Mount Pleasant
Russell
Globe-News Want Ads Offer Quick Cash
Need extra cash? Use Globe-News Want Ads to rent spare rooms or sell household goods at low cost. A few cents can rent property or move furniture, with 3 day and weekly rate options and charge available. Hundreds use them monthly. Dial 6 62 for details.
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Globe-News
Notches on watch reveal Floyd killings claim
Hoover testified that the outlaw Pretty Boy Floyd kept notches on his watch to mark ten killed men. The same hearings noted that total federal expenses for the year reached 98 million, with boosts to anti crime efforts and labor statistics.
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Washington
Floyd
Congress
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Division of Investigation
Hoover
Brisbane column on Colorado River power play
The Globe notes Arthur Brisbane’s column reflects his views and not the paper’s. It describes a Friday event where a 12 foot thick steel gate weighing 3,000,000 pounds was closed to harness the Colorado River, turning water and power into a controlled force, with Boulder Canyon and Black Canyon referenced as the river’s course.
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Colorado
Boulder Canyon
Black
Mystery Shrouds Bartender Slaying at Saddle and Cycle Club
Chicago reports a baffling night-club murder as Louis K. Straub a 46 year old bartender is found shot in the Saddle and Cycle Club basement. Police suspect vengeance or passion behind seven heavy caliber shots. Also noted is the death of oil man J W McGill of Corsicana after a prolonged illness.
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Chicago
Louis K. Straub
Dr Hugo Junkers dies at 76 pioneer aircraft maker
Dr Hugo Junkers, renowned aircraft pioneer and founder, died last night on his 76th birthday in a Munich hospital where he had undergone an operation. The veteran German engineer shaped early aviation and left a lasting impact on air transport.
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Dessau
Germany
Hugo Junkers
Munich
Stalcup Trial Delayed by Court Motion in Lubbock
In Lubbock on Feb 4 jurors for Virgil Stalcup Texas-Oklahoma desperado charged with jail escape murder of Dickens County Sheriff W B Arthur faced delay as a court motion on Dickens orders required the Dickens County clerk to bring records. Judge Mullican opened 99th District Court and began readings for a 100-man venire as Brown’s case also summoned 100. A witness, Stalcup’s Houston companion, was jailed as a material witness and Brown’s wife remained in jail.
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Lubbock
Virgil Stalcup
Dickens
Mullican
Brown
Stalcup
Houston
Dionnes to Chicago On First Vacation
Mr and Mrs Oliva Dionne parents of the quintuplets travel from Callander Ontario to Chicago for their first holiday since 1925. Accompanied by Olivas brother and a Dionne adviser the trip is social with unconfirmed rumors of stage appearances in Chicago.
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Callander
Ont
U.P
Oliva Dionne
Chicago
Oliva
Dionne
Dionnes
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Forecast
Forecast for Amarillo and area: fair tonight and Tuesday. West Texas wide fair with slight warmth in the east. New Mexico fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Temperature extremes recorded: 34 and 58 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Bank Robbery In Carthage Involves Three Men
Three men robbed First National Bank of Carthage of about 1000 dollars. They entered with pistols, forced cashier A. L. Ross to open the vault, but fled with cash on the counter as customers entered. No violence reported. Rangers and some 100 officers joined the search, pursued toward Henderson and Shreveport, abandoning the car sixteen miles from Carthage.
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Carthage
First National Bank of
Henderson
A. L. Ross
G. W. Cook
Robert Moss
J. W. Bryan
G. C Hooker
Texas Rangers
Shreveport
East
Texas
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