Macon disaster prompts review of lighter-than-air policy
President Roosevelt said the government will not build more airships the size of the ill fated Macon for now. Helium storage at Amarillo will be used for scientific needs, and the name Macon honors Georgia politics. Navy officials, including Swanson, met privately to discuss crash causes and future lighter-than-air policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bascom Timmons
Washington
Macon
Roosevelt
Amarillo
Vinson
Georgia
House
Naval Affairs Committee
NAVY
High Command
Secretary of Navy
Claude A. Swanson
Ernest P. King
Naval Aeronautics
See
Hauptmann jury hour by hour trial notes February 13
A detailed timeline records the 7 hour session with Justice Trenchard directing the Hauptmann case. Activities include jury entry at 9 55 AM hearing the charge at 10 03 AM presenting the case against Brano Hauptmann at 11 15 AM, jurors awaiting in the grand jury room, exhibits discussion, a one hour jury recess, and a two hour afternoon period with a light lunch ordered by the judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hauptmann
Thomas W. Trenchard
Brano Richard Hauptmann
Rain and Snow Bring Moisture to Panhandle Plains
Rain and snow last night and yesterday added moisture across the Panhandle Plains with totals from .22 inch in Amarillo to 2 inches near Lubbock Slaton and San Angelo. Most precip soaked into farm and pasture lands as snow melted on contact and the Santa Fe and Fort Worth Denver lines reported three quarters of an inch over the South Plains. An inch of moisture fell along the Denver from Fort Worth north to Childress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle Plains
Amarilla
Lubbock
Slaton
San An
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Fort Worth
Denver
South Plains
Childress
Pampa
Alice Joy Arrives in Amarillo for Week at Universal Mills
Dream Girl Alice Joy arrives in Amarillo at 12 15 PM from Wichita Falls to stay a week and help launch the Universal Mills program at 7 PM next Tuesday. The NBC Prince Albert Dream Girl mixes charm with radio fame as she jokes about singing amid a windy day and her paid performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio
Alice Joy
Amarillo
Miss Joy
Wichita Falls
NBC
Universal Mills
America
Fay Vallee Loses Bid for Higher Alimony
Fay Webb Vallee failed in New York Supreme Court to obtain more alimony from estranged husband Rudy Vallee the crooner Justice Salvatore Cotillo granted a dismissal finding no proof the separation agreement was imposed by coercion or duress The agreement currently provides Mrs Vallee with 100 dollars weekly maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fay Webb Vallee
Supreme Court
Rudy Vallee
Salvatore Cotillo
Vallee
Court affirms deaths for two murder cases in Texas
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirms the death sentence of Louis Cer noch, a Granger farm hand, for murdering a Williamson County constable. It also upholds a ten year term for C. E. Heidings felder, a Houston lawyer, for embezzling 34,500 dollars from Mrs Adele Pipkin in Harris County. Richard Charles Rehm was sentenced to death in a separate Dallas case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Louis Cernoch
Williamson County
C. E. Heidingsfelder, Sr
Houston
Harris County
Adele Pipkin
New York
Richard Charles Rehm
Dallas
State Starts Source of Vote Data
Newshawk Dick Vaughan of the Houston Press was asked to testify before the Texas Senate to reveal sources for his roll call on Judge Sarah T. Hughes confirmation. The vote summary by wire services showed total ballots without naming individual senators, as the bar process proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newshawk
Austin
U.P
Dick Vaughan
Houston Press
Texas Senate
Senate
Sarah T. Hughes
Hughes
Bob Barker
United Press
Associated Press
International News Service
Texas
Ken namer murder case witness threats arise
In Pawnee Oklahoma on February 12 Floyd J Huff Kansas City witness testified that Phil Kennamer threatened to kill Gorrell, the student dentist, as Mrs O L Harmon later told a court she had been threatened with death within 24 hours if she testifies in the case.
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Pawnee
Okla
O. L. Harmon
Phil Kennamer
Kennamer
Gorrell
Floyd J Huff
Kansas City
Star State
Huff
Follies Arrive for Show at Municipal Auditorium
The Follies special arrived by train from San Angelo and will be presented at 8:15 pm at the Municipal Auditorium with Fannie Brice Willie and Eugene Howard as leads. Tickets range from 1.19 to 3.30 dollars and many seats remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will R. Winch
Joe Morrison
Hollywood
Mary Louise Walliser
San Antonio Evening News
Billie Burke
Classified business notices blend and address lines
Griges Ambulance dial 4311 plumbing repair (McCrady) phone 4071 Guaranteed Oil ten cents per quart 1900 Ward FHA loans Long Bell Lumber Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHA
Long-Bell Lumber Co
Governor opposes sales tax plan in Texas debate
Texas Governor James V. Allred, at a press conference in Austin, voiced opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that would authorize a sales tax to retire bonded debt of political subdivisions. He noted he cannot veto amendments and anticipated an interstate compact conference in Dallas. He doubted imminent chaos and favored constitutional solutions.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Dallas
Will Speed Planting of Tree Belt Across West
Washington February 13 Acting director Paul H Roberts said actual planting of trees for the proposed federal shelterbelt across the semi arid west will begin within a month with 100 miles of plantings the first year’s goal. Planting would start about March 1 and be finished by May 1. For 1936 the forest service aims to plant 100000000 seedlings with 20 to 25 miles in Nebraska, about 15 miles in Kansas and roughly 10 miles in Oklahoma and Texas combined.
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Washington
West
Paul H. Roberts
Forest Service
Nebraska
Roberts
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Meteor Sightings Reported in West Texas
A resident, George P. Grout of Panhandle, claims he saw a flaming object near 7 am. A Amarillo garbage man described something drum sized moving east to west with a four mile fire trail. Weather officials did not record any sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
George P. Grout
Panhandle
Amarillo
Airport Weather Bureau
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity: fair and slightly warmer tonight, Thursday. West Texas: fair, warmer north portion tonight and Thursday. New Mexico: generally fair to night and Thursday, warmer east portion tonight. Temperature extremes 46 and 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Hauptmann jury begins deliberations in Lindbergh case
The jury in the Hauptmann trial begins deliberations after jury instruction offering three verdict choices murder in the first degree with or without a life recommendation or acquittal. The court notes focus on witness reliability Dr. John F. Condon and Amandus Hochmuth and the defense claims of a gang and ransom payment. Defense exceptions and arguments follow the charge as the jury retires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Kinney
Associated Presse
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
John F
Jassie) Condon
Amandus Hochmuth
Isidor Fisch
Hauptmann
Comment on Charge in Trenchard Case at Flemington
At Flemington New Jersey February 13 the chief prosecutor and defense counsel commented on Justice Thomas W. Trenchard’s charge. The judge’s brief yet sharp direction covered reasonable doubt and the burglary murder link, with jurors adjourned at 12 09. The defense objected to 12 missing instructions as the jury retired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington
N. J
Thomas W. Trenchard
David T Wilentz
Edward J. Reilly
Trenchard
Sour Gas Law Adds Revenue to Wheeler County
A staff correspondent reports at Austin on February 13 that the sour gas law has generated 11,048,350 dollars in new revenue for Wheeler County. Clayton Hearne testified before the oil and gas committee, representing American National Gasoline stripping plants and local landowners, presenting verified records. He broke down the figures into construction investment, labor costs, annual operations, and gains to producers, royalty owners, railroads, and leases. The session shifted from carbon black to Wheeler County to hear local statements before resuming carbon industry hearings later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Wheeler County
Clayton Hearne
Oil and Gas Committee
American National
Italy to spend vast funds on Africa campaign
Rome reports Italy ready to spend 850 million dollars over two years for a potential war against Ethiopia. Negradas Yesus and Fulvio Suvich discuss tensions after Haile Selassie accuses Italy, while Ethiopia calls the envoy move undiplomatic. Italy mobilizes 5000 physicians for colonial service as 300 Fascist militia depart Rome toward Sicily. Graziani joins De Bono in Massawa, signaling command setup for the Eritrean theater.
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Poperight
Rome
Africa
Ethiopia
Negradas Yesus
Fulvio Suvich
Haile Selassie
Italy
Sicily
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Knell
Akron
Gelo
Fay
Hunterdon
Cernoch
Arnold
Lee
Arthur Brisbane
King Fertures Syndicate, Inc
Globe
Mr Brisbane
Lindbergh
Colonel Lindbergh
Lee Newshawk
Floyd J. Huff
Griges
Dial
McCrady
Ward
Rio Grande
John Maynard
W. 5Th
Hunterdon County
By N. D. Bartlett
Itary
London
Paris
Geneva
Rodolfo Graziani
Cyrenaica
Massaua
Eritrea
Emilio de Bono
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