Doumergue Forms Cabinet as Paris Reels From Riots
Premier-designate Gaston Doumergue moved to form a new cabinet in Paris as two days of rioting left 12 dead and thousands injured. He urged a truce among parties while Socialists called for a government wresting power from factions and fascists.
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Paris
Gaston Doumergue
France
Albert Lebrun
Elysee Palace
Senate
Chamber
Daladier
Chamber (of Deputies
Wil
Socialist Party
Republic
Edouard Daladier
Lebrun
Veterans of the
National Union
Doumergue
Amarillo contracts loan grant for water project
The city commissions a loan and grant totaling 186000 from the Public Works Administration to improve Amarillo water distribution. The plan includes a new reservoir, a duplicate supply line, and 20000 feet of distribution pipe. Wages range from 40 cents an hour for laborers to one dollar for skilled workers. Washington approval pending, with bids to follow.
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Amarillo
The
Public Works Administration
Ross D. Rogers
Washington
H. R. Smith
Mercantile District
Rogers
Banker's 23 Days Captivity Ends in Minnesota Return
Edward G. Bremer, president and owner of Commercial State Bank, was released after 23 days in captivity by a gang demanding $200,000. He arrived home in St. Paul reportedly exhausted but recovering, with ransom details and gang movements under investigation by authorities. A note delivery and a purported two salt box bundles were cited in ransom communications.
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ST. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
Joseph Sprafka
Commercial State Bank
Bremer
Douglas Street
Waltman Walters
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Lewiston
Minn
Walter Magee
Magee
L. J. Mosher
Chicago Northwestern Railroad
Owatonna
Merrit Horn
H. T. Nippert
Bremers
Amarillo swears in new city officials during Boy Scout week
Roy Cline Jr is named mayor and Henry Siemantel and Jack Ratcliff become commissioners. The first acts include arresting Old Tack of the Globe News. Officials sworn in at 10 am and to assume at 4 pm for an hour as International Boy Scout week peaks with a Municipal Auditorium rally.
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Roy Cline, Jr
Amarillo
Henry Siemantel
Jack Ratcliff
The
Globe News
Cline
Sea Scouts
Ratcliff
Siemantel
Joe McNeill
Ney Morgan
Clank Wagner
Houser Basham
Gea
Paul Smyer
George Wiseman
Jack Rushme
Bedford Johnson
Gordon Weills
Dick Carpenter
Wade Holman, Jr
Mrs. Walter Cline Seriously Injured in Car Crash
Mrs. Walter Cline of Wichita Falls Texas was severely cut and bruised in a collision on the Marshall road eight miles west of Shreveport. Dr Cline and L Knuse escaped injury. Knuse was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
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Shreveport
Walter Cline
Wichita Falls
Texas
Marshall Road
Tri-State
Cline
Centenary College
L. Knuse
Greenwood Road
Dr. Cline
Knuse
W. Prudhomme
Vienna Under Armed Police In New Police Drive
In Vienna troops with fixed bayonets occupied socialist centers as Austria’s government intensified actions against Nazis and Socialists. Soldiers and police seized several buildings including the Zeitung newspaper office which was heavily guarded. An AP reporter was admitted only to stay, with exits barred. Districts were cordoned off as troops patrolled the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
the Zeitung
Associated
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity expect fair skies with slightly colder tonight and a fair but warmer Friday. West Texas regions show fair conditions with a dip tonight then warming Friday. New Mexico follows with fair weather tonight and Friday, cooler in the southern regions. Temperature extremes reach 38 to 43.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Jim Ferguson Predicts Gubernatorial Field Narrowing
Former Governor James E Ferguson assesses the Texas gubernatorial race from his Forum broadside. He cites Edgar Witt with anti-prohibition backing and potential wet voters, while Maury Hughes begins with a 25 minute Adolphus Hotel speech drawing a sizable crowd of about four to five hundred attendees.
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Austin
U.P
James E
Jim
Ferguson
Teday
Edgar Witt
Edgar
Maury Hughes
Adolphus Hotel
Maury
Rioting in Paris royals clash with Republic amid ministry fire
A Paris upheaval sees rioters attack the ministry of marine at Place de la Concorde and burn the Hotel Crillon and Jockey Club while seeking weapons. The episode is described as a political demonstration by royalists rather than a people’s uprising, with loyalty of the army cited as the decisive factor.
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Paris
Ministry of Marine
Place de la Concorde
Hotel Crillon
Jockey Club
Lord Northcliffe
Truckers Fight Pay Issue On CWA Jobs In Potter County
A statement by L. R. Bridenstine secretary of the Pan handle Truck Owners and Drivers Union outlines a wage and hour dispute on CWA projects in Potter County. About 200 truck operators have been forced out as overhead exceeds income with reduced hours. They say operating costs have long exceeded 65 cents per hour yet support labor needs. See TRUCKERS Page 2.
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L. R. Bridenstine
The
Panhandle Truck Owners and Drivers Union
Potter County
Roosevelt backs cotton control bill and tax repeal moves
Washington reports: Senator Bankhead and Representative Bankhead reaffirm support for compulsory cotton control after a White House call. The House Ways and Means Committee votes to repeal the two cent bank check stamp tax effective Jan 1 1935 reducing expected revenue. The panel nears completion of the 300 million tax bill as labor leaders propose unemployment relief and consumer power measures. Senate air mail probes and talks with Postmaster General Farley set a tense day ahead.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senator Bankhead
Representative Bankhead
Alabama
White House
House
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Labor Committee
Albert L. Deanne
General Motors Holding Company
Green
Senate Air Mail
Senate
Farley
CWA Students to Perform at Amarillo Assembly
Mayor Ross D. Rogers will speak at Amarillo CWA General Assembly tonight at 7 40 in the Senior High School Auditorium. The gym class performs with W H Wright presiding and a tumbling group featured. Each week a different group will perform and the public is urged to attend.
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Ross D. Rogers
Amarillo
CWA
W. H. Wright
W. A. McIntosh
Plainview Women Injured in Raton Auto Crash
Mrs Josephine William of Plainview Texas was seriously injured and Mrs Mel Self of Plainview suffered minor injuries and shock when their automobile plunged off the highway near Raton New Mexico about 22 miles south of here early today. A search failed to locate a missing girl at Fort Lewis Washington where Eleander Darnell, 15, niece of Captain and Mrs Charles Perfect, has been missing since Sunday.
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Tacoma
Wash
Fort Lewis
Eleander Darnell
Charles Perfect
V C Nelson of Sudan dies at 57 in Lubbock hospital
The death of V C Nelson of Sudan, 57, in a Lubbock hospital shocked North Plains friends. Nelson served as Panhandle postmaster, later moved to Fort Worth end Sudan to enter real estate, was mayor, relief chief, and First National Bank president. He was a Republican candidate against Marvin Jones four years ago. Funeral services are planned in Sudan Friday between 12 and 4 PM with attendees from Amarillo.
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V. C. Nelson
Sudan
Lubbock
North Plains
Nelson
Panhandle
Fort Worthend
First National Bank
Marvin Jones
Congress
Propose New CWA Members in Texas Legislature
In Austin on February 8 a debate arose in the Texas House over a bill to replace the Texas Relief Commission with a new body and to authorize additional state relief bonds. Governor Miriam A. Ferguson urged harmony, criticizing current commission deliberations and accusing some members of opposing her administration. The measure would allow the governor to name two members, with an amendment seeking to strike out sections establishing the new commission and preserve the existing board.
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Austin
Texas Relief Commission
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas House of Representatives
Texas
Sarah Hughes
Private Bills Engage House in Washington
In Washington on February 8 the Senate clashed over loyalties linked to the CWA while the House kept a light mood. Lawmakers pressed a $950 million Relief Civil Works appropriation, with the Labor Committee active as the House majority moved to act on long- delayed measures that could aid home districts.
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Washington
Senate
CWA
House
Labor Committee
Bremer Family Reports Ransom Paid for Banker
A ransom of $200,000 was reported paid for the return of Edward G. Bremer, a St. Paul banker. The payment was made by his father, Adolph Bremer, to the kidnappers.
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Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Adolph Bremer
Three Are Charged In Paducah Robbery
Vernon reports two men and a woman arrested on grand jury indictment for robbery with firearms in the hijacking of Paducah cotton truck driver John Gilbert near Oklainton December 18. Heber Johnson Gladys John Everett Flowers Leon Ruby James faced charges with accessories and receiving or concealing stolen property. Bonds set at $3000 each.
Pappas Sentenced to Death in Houston Slaying
After more than 36 hours of deliberation the jury issued the death penalty for James Gus Pappas 40 a waiter and former Galveston confectioner charged with murdering Mrs Bess Burt 33 in front of her home on January 6 in Houston Texas The verdict marks a lethal sentence in a high profile case.
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Houston
James
Gus) Pappas
Galveson
Pappas
Bess Burt
Northeast Plains Get Rain for Farmers in Panhandle
A soaking rain reached scattered north and east Panhandle sections last night, with Amarillo missing out. Falls ranged from a half inch to an inch, notably near Wellington Stratford Perryton and parts of Oklahoma. Rain aided winter wheat. Amarillo had only a light shower.
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North
East Panhandle
Amarillo
H. T. Collman
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mr. Collman
Wellington
Stratford
Perryton
Oklahoma
Clarendon
Hedley
Fort Worth
Denver
Shattuck
Okla
Spearman
Santa Fe
Pampa
Clinton
Rock Island
Goodwell
Guymon
Optima
Texhoma
Grover
Hitchland
Panhandle
Dalhart
Sunray
Baker
The
Globe
Ochiltree County
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Earl Carroll
Hollywood
Inez Howard
Tex
Gladys Young
Sacramento
Calif
Iris Lancaster
St. Petersburg
Fla
Zameera Garnett
San Francisco
Billy Huber
Cumberland
Blanche McDonald
Augusta
Diane Hunter
Camden
Ala
Tulsa
Oklo
Josh Cosden
New York
Stanley
Cosden
Grillon
City Commission
Tion Job
Minnesota
Socialist Ac
Jim Page
News and Globe
Want
Cantor
the Paramount
Arthur Brisbane
Lively
St. Lawrence Treaty
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
America
Brisbane
Truckers
Plainview
Raton
V.C. Nelson
Hawaii
Honolulu
United States
William B. Lymer
Lela Farley
Gail Forrest
Patricia Ryan
Jacqueline Ryan
Federal Grand Jury
James O’brien
Parley
Solons
Senators
Edward G Bremer
Paducah
Morse
Sayre
Groom
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