Senate Rejects Denison for State Highway Chair
The Texas Senate in secret session rejected Gov Miriam A Ferguson's pick F L Denison of Temple for chairman of the State Highway Commission. The body confirmed R L Daniel as state life insurance commissioner. A boundary dispute with Oklahoma prompts a House committee to negotiate a compact for ratification.
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Austin
Senate
Miriam A. Ferguson
F. L. Denison
Temple
State Highway Commission
Denison
Ferguson
R. L. Daniel
Victoria
Daniel
Insurance Commission
House
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Congress
H. K. Stanfield
Amarillo
John Puryear
Wellington
A. M. Aikin
Paris
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Board of Water Engineers
Reclamation Department
State Park Board
Henry Mackey
Galveston
Conservation Commission
Forestry Division
Texas A. and M
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Legislatire
Nall Colson
Iola
G. W. Winningham
Mexia
A. B. Tarwater
Plain
Hitler In His Stride Fencing Out Genius
Arthur Brisbane argues that Hitler acts decisively by dissolving the Reichstag and planning a March 5 election, drawing parallels with Mussolini and Cromwell. He questions Germany's viability under Fascist rule and notes the regime's violent clashes with Communists amid a wary American outlook.
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Hitler
Insurance Company
Germany
Mussolini
Cromwell
Reichstag
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Japan Builds Mighty Armies of the Air in Prewar Era
The article notes Japan under War Minister General Sadao Araki plans to vastly expand its military air force to counter the Soviet Union. It cites domestic aviation growth since 1918, civilian flight clubs, foreign instructor exchanges, and an armed force air fleet swelling from about 500 aircraft in 1931 to an estimated 1,500, with a large military budget anticipated in the next Diet session.
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Japan
Sadao Araki
Nippon
Soviet Russia
Manchukuo
China
Soviet Union
Korea
Sea of Japan
Siberia
Army
Navy
Japanese War Ministry
Record cold grips Texas as icy storm hits all regions
The Associated Press reports a blast of record cold sweeping Texas from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande and Gulf Coast. The Rocky Mountain storm caused cattle casualties, damage to early fruit crops, and widespread hardship for the needy as frigid conditions spread across the state.
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Associated Press
Texas
Rocky Mountains
Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf Coast
Cold wave grips Amarillo with record low below zero
Amarillo and the Panhandle endured a brutal cold snap with eight degrees below zero, then rising to 11 above by noon. The dry, rapid warmup limited damage to crops, with no fatalities, minimal moisture, and wind and dust storms ending after six weeks. Roadways opened as buses resumed routes and the area recovered.
Chicago Blizzard Strikes Nation as Bitter Cold Spreads
Winter storms and sub zero temperatures sweep the nation from the Northwest to the Great Lakes with 11 000 homeless in Chicago and at least six deaths. Schools closed, transportation crippled and rail air and bus traffic stalled across the region. Temperature plunges reach 50 below in parts of Canada and the U S with multiple fatalities and widespread freezing conditions.
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Great Lakes
Canada
Texas
Chicago
Teulon
Manitoba
Leask
Saskatchewan
Moran
Wye
Remidji
Minn
North Platte
Neb
Sioux City
Iowa
Des Moines
Nashville
Tenn
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Peninsula
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Midwest
Utah
Idaho
Antonio Barrientos
Bayage
Mont
Pike's Peak
Colorado
New Mexico
Gallup
N. M
Eagle Nest
Oklahoma
Kansas
Ozarks
Kansas City
California
Fever Surges To 110 Degrees, Baby Rebounds
After a 110 degree fever, 17 day old William Oliver Priola of Amarillo begins recovery from an intestinal disorder. Doctors, including his father Charles Priola, note it is an extraordinary case as such high temperatures are usually fatal.
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Amarillo
William Oliver Priola
Charles R. Priola
West Sixth Avenue
Charles Priola
West
Sixth Avenue
Favor Keeping Uncle Sam Out as Competitor Washington
A special committee urges erasing government competition with private business, citing 232 items affected nationwide. It backs 27 unanimous recommendations including ending Farm Board stabilization operations and raising parcel post rates, with Cox of Georgia opposing inland waterways barge line sale.
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Washington
House
Committee
Farm Board
Cox
Georgia
Inland Waterways
Parcel Post
Slamming Door Blamed for Fatal Shooting of Baby
In Edinburg Texas a gust of wind slamming a door caused a rifle cartridge to discharge. Joyce Looney seven months old died and her brother Marion Jr six was lightly wounded. The coroner's verdict by Justice J Loy Ramsour ruled the death accidental.
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Edinburg
Tex
Joyce Looney
Marion Looney
Marion, Jr
J. Loy Ramsour
Communists redeployed to lead grain sowing drive across Soviet farms
Thousands of Communist Party members and youth volunteers were moved from cities to the agricultural front to supervise spring sowing in key grain regions. Stalin inspired drive targets collective farms in the Caucasus Ukraine lower Volga and other areas with weak productivity as party leadership likened to civil war era deployments.
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Moscow
U.P
Communist Youth Society
Josef Stalin
Young Communist Organization
Caucasus
Ukraine
Lower Volga
Gandhi's Wife Sentenced to Six Months Jail
Gandhi's wife, arrested last week for illegal political activities, was sentenced to six months imprisonment and fined 500 rupees. If the fine is unpaid, the jail term extends by six weeks. Her husband has been in Poona prison since January 1932.
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Mbay
Mahatma ‘Gandhi
Poona
Of Thee I Sing Ticket Board Moves to City Drug Store
The ticket board for the musical satire Of Thee I Sing will be moved from The Globe News office to City Drug Store at 517 Polk Street on Thursday morning. Wilbur C. Hawk urges reservations be converted to tickets promptly as many require choice seats. Mail orders will be filled. prices range from 1.10 to 3.30 dollars including tax.
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Globe News
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Wilbur C. Hawk
Panhandle
Hawk
Barry Has Last Laugh As Senate Ousts Him
The Senate ousted Barry, formerly sergeant at arms and now a commentator, by a 53 to 17 vote after a lengthy debate he wrote in New Outlook accusing some congressmen of selling votes. The episode included President Pro Tem Moses threatening to clear galleries while New Outlook arranged Barry’s salary for the month.
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Barry
Senate
Lyle C
Wilson
Washington
U.P
David
Alfred B. Smith
Francis Walton
Robinson
Indiana
Peru Colombia clash looms over Leticia dispute
Information to the League of Nations warns of an imminent armed clash between Peru and Colombia over Leticia. Peru shows no moderation, and the League Council has cabled two warnings about the dispute.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Peru
Colombia
Leticia
Train Derailment Kills Beck, Wounds Three Near Sobieski
In Wisconsin near Sobieski, Otto Beck, a brakeman, died and three passengers were injured when a northbound Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific train derailed at 6 30 this morning two miles south of Sobieski.
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Green Bay
Wis
Otto Beck
Weeks Freed After Questioning in Rhome Deputy Slaying
Doyle Weeks of Hedley was released after two weeks of detention while being questioned in the fatal shooting of Deputy Sheriff Joe Brown at Rhome. The 25 year old man had been held since January 25 and was at liberty today.
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Decatur
U.P
Doyle Weeks
Hedley
Liberty
Joe Brown
Rhome
Robbers Target Marble Machine At Crystal Cafe
Burglars rifled a marble shooting device at the Crystal Cafe in the 490 block on Taylor Street late Tuesday night. Police said the loot appeared small and only money from the marble game was taken.
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Taylor Street
Chicks bring checks make your spring order now
Side Glances notes from the want ads highlight hatchery orders for spring, a well equipped laundry in a Panhandle town offered for trade for Building and Loan stock, painters and paperhangers advertise low prices, a man seeks a job, and a standard size pool table offered for sale under Classification 35.
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Panhandle
Old-Time Doctor Rides Mare For Rounds In Cold
In Lubbock on February 8 Dr. O W English a longtime local physician rode a mare for bedside rounds after failing to start his car and distrusting taxis. He wore a muffler over his ears and tied a pill satchel to the saddle horn as he rode out into frigid weather.
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Lubbook
O. W. English
Lubbock
Lubbock 17 Below as Cold Snap Hits Texas Panhandle
Temperature readings across the region show 17 below at Lubbock rising to 30 above in Brownsville, with Midland 11 below the coldest since 1898 and Pampa Amarillo at 10 and 8 below. A Texas & Pacific train stalled near Big Spring, needing an emergency locomotive. Livestock suffered only lightly as cattle on the South Plains are feeders.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Midland
Pampa
Amarillo
Texas & Pacific
Big Spring
Abilene
Mander proposes lump sum to settle Britain debt to US
London debate considers paying 100,000,000 pounds in one lump sum to the United States as full settlement of wartime debts. Neville Chamberlain aides note he would not commit until Washington negotiations conclude next month. Britain’s debt to America stands near 4.4995 billion dollars. proposal implies under ten percent of total.
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London
United States
Great Britain
House of Commons
Geoffrey Mander
Neville Chamberlain
Borah Opposes Lump Sum European War Debt Settlement
Chairman Borah of the Senate foreign relations committee opposed a lump sum cash settlement of European war debts and any settlement lacking trade concessions for the United States.
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Washington
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gasoline Tanks Explode Threaten Roxana Town
Four large gasoline tanks at the Shell Petroleum plant in Roxana Oklahoma exploded and caught fire last night. Firefighters controlled the blaze with no injuries. Officials estimated damage at $50,000.
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Roxana
Okla
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Organized Kidnaping Gang Suspected in California Case
In Los Angeles authorities probe an organized gang suspected of abducting Mrs. Mary B. Skeele wife of USC Music College dean. They also investigated an attempted kidnapping of Miss Isobel Smith daughter of Rev Merle N Smith After a January 27 ruse a fake moustache was noted and the woman fled home Skeele was held 24 hours and released without payment of the $10,000 demand.
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Los Angeles
Mary B. Skeele
University of Southern California Music College
Isobel Smith
Merle N. Smith
California
Miss Smith
Hore
Mr. Johnson
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Fair and warmer tonight and Thursday across Amarillo and West Texas. West of the 100th meridian expect fair conditions and gradual warming. In the Panhandle not so cold tonight and Thursday with fair skies. New Mexico regions also fair tonight and Thursday as temperatures rise. Extreme readings show a day range from 8 below to 11 above at 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Panhandle
New Mexico
Probe into Communist activity amid Detroit auto strikes
A federal investigation of alleged Communist influence in two Detroit strikes was raised after Cal Weideman asked Secretary Doak to intervene. The move followed a 3,000 worker walkout at Hudson Motor Car and a Briggs plant strike in its third week with violent incidents including shootings and stabbings. Streetcars were halted as tensions rose while production at Briggs neared normal.
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Detroit
William N. Doak
Cal M. Weideman
Congress
Weideman
Washington
Hudson Motor Car Company
Briggs Body
Briggs
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