Arraignment Delayed for Zangara in Roosevelt Attempt
In Miami on February 17 Judge E C Collins postponed the arraignment of 83 year old Giuseppe Zangara without a hearing to tomorrow at 10 o clock. He named three lawyers to defend the Italian and ordered Zangara held at the county jail pending formal arraignment. The judge spoke briefly to quiet the courtroom as spectators waited for a hearing.
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Miami
Fla
E. C. Collins
Giuseppe Zangara
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Collins
Collings
Lewis
Senate undecided on inquiry into highway funds loss
Austin Feb 17 The Texas Senate sitting as a committee of the whole debated whether to investigate governor Miriam A Ferguson's charges that the State Highway Commission lost road funds. Senator Will Martin urged sending the matter to the House as only an indictment could come from that body. Senator Grady Woodruff proposed inviting the attorney general to explain a $1,000,000 loss claim tied to escrowed county bonds.
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Austin
Texas Senate
Miriam A. Ferguson
State Highway Commission
Will Martin
Hillsboro
House of Representatives
Legislative
Grady Woodruff
Decatur
Attorney General's Department
Martin
Walter Woodward
Coleman
Board of Managers
Woodward
Black-and-Tan Revue Opens at Municipal Auditorium
Tickets on sale for the Brown Skin Models all Negro musical revue coming to the Municipal Auditorium Monday night February 7. All seats reserved at Globe News with balcony reserved for Negroes. Prices 25 35 55 and 85 cents. main floor whites 55 85 and 110. Show booked by Wilbur C. Hawk.
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Municipal Auditorium
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Chicago
The
Globe News
Wilbur C. Hawk
Moore Area Hearing Opens on Shamrock Field Proration
Judge C V Terrell and Col Ernest O Thompson of the Railroad Commission opened the hearing on Shamrock Oil and Gas Company's petition to declare the northeast Moore County area a separate field for proration. Shamrock indicated witnesses would appear Friday and the session could extend to Saturday if needed.
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C. V. Terrell
Ernest O. Thompson
Railroad Commission
Shamrock Oil and Gas Company
Moore County
General Panhandle
Shamrock Company
Foundry Protest Grows Near Thirteenth Avenue Site
Property owners near the planned Aver Foundry at Thirteenth Avenue and Johnson Street vow to fight any permit changes. Mrs. J F Utter and Mrs. A N Finklea warn construction could cut property values by as much as 50 percent. They spoke at city meetings opposing Lowell Stapf and Star Machine Shops seeking a permit to build east of his shop. zoning board and city commission face the issue.
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Thirteenth Avenue
Johnson Street
J. F. Utter
A. N. Finklea
Lincoln Street
Utter
England War Debts Plan Sparks Brisk Debate
Arthur Brisbane notes Washington waits on England's debt proposal. Illinois politician Rainey predicts a ten percent settlement or payment in depreciated currency, with possible silver. He warns any party accepting a small settlement risks losing power.
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Miami
Fla
Washington
England
Rainey
Illinois
Sam
Real Estate Board to Meet at Cotten Company Offices
Amarillo Real Estate Board schedules its regular bi monthly meeting Friday night at 17 30 in the offices of T W Cotten and Company located at 1113 West 6th Avenue. President Homer Wheeler says vital questions will be discussed.
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Amarillo Real Estate Board
T. W. Cotten and Company
West 6Th Avenue
Homer Wheeler
Police Captain Pres Burnam Improves Amid Illness Report
Police Captain Pres Burnam, long seriously ill and feared to have pneumonia, was reported somewhat better on Friday according to medical briefings.
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Pres Burnam
Bandits Fire Victim Dies After Torture
Lee Marshall a 50 year old home steader died after two masked men bound him with a chain poured gasoline on his clothing and set him afire during a robbery attempt in Tucumcari New Mexico. Sheriff Ira Allen ordered caution to prevent lynching as search continues for the assailants.
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Tucumcars
N. M
Lee Marshall
Ira Allen
Marshall
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity expect fair and slightly colder tonight and Saturday. West Texas west of the 100th meridian sees partly cloudy skies and colder nights with a colder southeast portion. New Mexico remains fair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Temperatures today reached 34 to 42 degrees by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Amarillo Chamber Probes Texas Million Dollar Caliche Highway
Amarillo chamber highway committee questions Texas Highway Commission about spending one million dollars on 170 miles of caliche base in the Panhandle and protecting the roads. They seek an immediate yes or no on plans to cap the unprotected highways to prevent further destruction from heavy traffic and winds. Officials will obtain an official answer.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Texas Highway Commission
Panhandle
W. J. van London
Carl Hill
Chamber
van London
Repeal Vote Seen In House In Prohibition Debate
Washington and Houston reports show Arkansas delegation voting 6 to 1 for repeal, boosting the Blaine amendment path to resubmit prohibition to the states. Senate approval earlier 63 to 23. leaders predict passage in the House with strategic caucus moves. Fire in Temple Lumber warehouses causes $100,000 damage in Houston.
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Washington
House
Arkansas
Senate
Garner
Houston
U.P
Temple Lumber Company
Not Guilty Verdict in Potter County Truck Law Case
Reen Morrison was found not guilty by a Potter County court jury of violating highway truck laws in a report published Friday.
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Reen Morrison
Potter County
Bridge Tourney Entries Mounting for Amarillo Event
A growing list of entrants forms for the Junior League Bridge Tournament in Amarillo. Mrs. Dwight Newby chairs the arrangements with entries due Sunday night. Fee is 50 cents with prizes offered. call Mrs. Newby 2-3549 or Mrs. Wales Madden 6855 or Green Brothers Store 2-2293 to enter.
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Dwight Newby
Amarillo
Newby
Wales Madden
Green Brothers
Nettie Walden
Frank Wolflin
Buford Avery
Frank Jones
Walter Browne
Henry Gooch
Tom Lumpkin
Mortimer Denton
Sharpe McCullough
George Kinsey
Merle Neely
Frank Allen
Roosevelt and Hull Near Final Cabinet Deal On Tour
President Elect Roosevelt and Senator Cordell Hull traveled from Richmond to Washington and were believed to have reached a definite understanding on his cabinet with Hull possibly becoming secretary of state or treasury. Security increases surround Roosevelt after the Miami shooting as guards limit public access during the inauguration planning and New York movements.
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New York
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Hull
Treasury
Richmond
Washington
Capital
Miami
Secret Service
Mr. Roosevelt
Gus Gennerich
Last clue in Boettcher's search proves elusive
Four days after the kidnapping of Charles Boettcher 2nd police and Mrs Boettcher report no word from the abductors who sent a $60 000 ransom note. Attorney James B Grant and Police Chief Albert T Clark voiced cautious optimism amid futile mountain cabin searches and waning leads. A movie ad follows.
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Denver
Charles Boettcher
Albert T. Clark
Zangara Hearing Delayed as Cermak Remains Stable
In Miami on February 17 Mayor Anton Cermak was described as very satisfactory after a shooting attempt on President-elect Roosevelt. Zangara appeared uninterested, received legal counsel, and a court recess was set for 10 a.m. tomorrow while attorneys negotiate representation for the defendant. Arrangements for Zangara’s arraignment on counts of intent to murder others were postponed.
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Cermak
Miami
Fla
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Twyman
Dade Counnty Bar Association
J. McCaskill
Alfred A. Raia
Collins
Zangara
FE. C. Thomas
Zangata
Roosevelt
Margaret Kruls
Newark
N. J
William Sinnott
New York
Russell Caldwell
Cocoanut Grove
Florida
Anton J. Cermak
Panhandle Speech Tourney draws area students
About 100 high school students from eleven Panhandle cities compete in Amarillo High School’s two day speech tournament. Events include declamation dramatic reading oration extempore debate and one act plays with finals at 8 PM Friday in the senior high auditorium. Also entered are Amarillo junior and senior high schools and a Friday banquet at 6 30 PM in the high school cafeteria.
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Panhandle
Amarillo High School
Canyon
Pampa
Friona
Childress
Hereford
Lubbock
Floydada
Quanah
Plainview
McLean
Amarillo
Oretha Cornelius
Olver Again Is Leader Of Amarillo Country Club
The Amarillo Country Club will be managed through 1933 by the same officers and directors as 1932. At the annual executive meeting on Thursday night A. N. Olver was re-elected president J. B. Dooley vice president and H. J. Farwell secretary. Gaines D. Whitsitt and John C. Fain filled the two director vacancies with Whitsitt also re-elected. Directors plan immediate landscaping around the new club house.
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Amarillo Country Club
A. N. Olver
J. B. Dooley
H. J. Farwell
Gaines D. Whitsltt
John C. Fain
Whitsitt
Oil Industry Backed to Curb Proration Says Thompson
Commissioner Ernest Thompson cited major oil firms pledging to enforce proration and halt hot oil as the basis for his forecast that oil will reach 1.50 a barrel within 50 days. He noted heads of big companies agreed to quit buying hot oil and to aid state commissions, aiming to end illegal production and bootlegging.
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Associated Press
Ernest O. Thompson
New York
Thompson
Japan envoy rejects League report on Manchuria dispute
In Geneva Yosuke Matsuoka rejects the League of Nations plan for Manchuria settlement and defends Japan's Jehol invasion prep. He cites possessing Jehol's chief town to secure peace while labeling Chinese forces as bandits. The assembly report denounces Japan and upholds Chinese sovereignty over Manchuria.
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Matsuoka
Japan
Geneva
League of Nations
Jehol
Manchukuo
League Assembly
United States
League
China
Manchuria
Stimson
Lytton Commission
Assembly
Lytton
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Texas
Solon
Ferguson
Guiseppe Zangara
NEA
Moore Area
Terrill
Moore Field
Aver Foundry
Arthur Brisbane
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
America
Globe
Brisbane
the Globe
Officer Burnam
Tucumcari
Taylor
Query Austin
Boettcher
Night Texas Theater
Olver
Yosuke
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