Predict April adjournment spurs $2.5 billion tax relief plan
Washington predicts Congress will adjourn in April and send a combined $2.5 billion tax and relief package to the Capitol within 10 days. A $2 billion relief appropriation is targeted for the next fiscal year with $500 million for farm relief. President Roosevelt will discuss tax plans in a conference with Morgenthau and other experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Thompson
Washington
Congress
Capitol
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Gas explosions rock Utica business district
Leaking gas mains caused new blasts in downtown Utica New York as five workers were inside a telephone conduit when a blast occurred Police and National Guardsmen sealed the area and gas was shut off then reopened as fears of further explosions lingered Firefighters reported a single large flame jet from a pavement hole and by noon most shops were closed with district workers assessing the danger.
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Utica
N. Y
U.P
Akron Goodyear Plants Shut as Strike Paralyzes Operations
Akron Ohio February reports say three Goodyear Tire and Rubber plants halted by a strike. Pickets blocked gates as non-striking workers were turned away for a second day. Officials and some staff were inside the plants while production remained idle across the facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
U.P
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Goodyear Hall
Quarter Inch of Moisture Boosts Crop Hopes
Snow fell briskly over Amarillo bringing February precipitation for the area. Two and a half inches of snow covered the ground by noon, with a forecast of squalls as the storm moved north. Moisture yield was about one quarter inch, leaving a 46 inch deficit from normal for the region. Wheat prospects revived as grain men spoke of a bumper crop amid previous dust storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Amarillo
White Belt
North Plains
Market Surges as Buying Wave Sweeps Wall Street
A strong buying wave hit the New York market on February 19 lifting prices one to over three dollars a share. Rail, motor, and industrial stocks led gains while utilities steadied after a TVA ruling. brokers cited no single news trigger, but rising industrials boosted sentiment amid profit taking in steels.
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New York
Supreme Court
TVA
High Court
Flying Cadet Barnett Dies in Randolph Plane Crash
Flying Cadet Wilkes S. Barnett of Greenville South Carolina a Randolph Field student was killed when his plane crashed four and a half miles northeast of Lavernia near San Antonio. He was 24 and nearing graduation to Kelly Field. Barnett attended The Citadel and Greenville High School. His father resides in Greenville.
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San Antonio
Wilkes S. Barnett
Greenville
S. C
Randolph Field
Lavernia
Kelly Field
Barnett
Citadel
South Carolina Military College
Fountain
8. C
Greensville
Dynamite Grabbed In Lap To Prevent Explosion
Tulsa police report Lee Smith a power company employee grabbed the dynamite from his car in a crash to prevent a blast. He held it in his lap and kept it from a larger jar while an other driver Charles Laughton of Claremore was involved. Smith faced reckless driving charges.
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Tulsa
Okla
Lee Smith
Power Company
Mitch
Charles Laughton
Claremore
TVA Is O K The Other Cheek Queer Mosquitoes Great Mussolini Day
Supreme Court upholds TVA as constitutional for government power to develop create distribute and sell electricity. Brisbanes column notes in Today editorial context that ruling could let government enter business beyond postal and military realms.
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TVA
Supreme Court
Army
Exiled War Hero To Lead Paraguay Provisional Regime
Paraguay's exiled Chaco War veteran Franco returns from Buenos Aires to assume power. He will head a provisional regime replacing President Eusebio Ayala after Monday's military rebellion. Revolution chiefs expect Franco to arrive soon and form a military council or allied political group.
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Asunccion
Paraguay
Chaco
Buenos Aires
Eusebio Ayala
Franco
Ayala
Free Guest Tickets Offer With Want Ads
Advertisers placing seven regular bargain rate Want Ads receive a pair of Mission Theater tickets. A three day Want Ad grants one admission ticket to see Fang and Claw, a Frank Buck production. Show starts Saturday and offer lasts four days.
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Mission Theater
Frank Buck
Africa
Mrs Liggett Fears Gangland Vengeance After Acquittal
Edith Liggett widow of murdered editor Walter Liggett plans to flee Minneapolis with her children fearing retaliation after Isadore Blumenfeld known as Kid Cann is acquitted of the murder. She said she may go to New York to stay with relatives while continuing to push for justice.
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William McCall
Minneapolis
Minn
U.P
Edith Liggett
Walter Liggett
Isadore
Kid Cann
Arthur Selover
Liggett
Marda
Wallace
Wisconsin
Testimony at Hewitt trial details sterilization claim
Ann Cooper Hewitt asserts she was tricked into a sterilization by her mother in a Mayhem hearing for Dr. Tilton Tillman and Dr. Samuel Boyd. Florence Slavich, a former companion to Mrs. Hewitt, testified the mother called Ann a nut and planned the operation as a trust-control move. Police have not located Mrs. Hewitt. extradition was refused.
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San Francisco
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Florence Slavich
Tilton E. Tillman
Samuel G. Boyd
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
Ann
Tillman
Miss Slavich
Hewitt
Boyd
Miss Hewitt
New York
Mrs. Hewitt
Baby of Heiress Will Be Guarded
The baby born to American heiress Countess Barbara Von Haugwitz Reventlow will be protected by a designated special agent from birth. Access to the home will require credentials and the nursery will be in a secluded germ proof four-room suite with double doors and windows. Two doctors and a nurse staff have been hired for the countess.
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London
Barbara von Haugwitz-Reventlow
Daily Express
Barbara Hutton
Talk Gets Hotter in Coin Toss Controversy
Washington reporter Eddie Gilmore describes a heated debate over the constitutionality of a coin toss challenge involving George Washington Rep Sol Bloom Walter Johnson and Barney Thames of Wellington Kansas Thames cites a foxed legend about Washington throwing a silver cartwheel across the Rapidan hearing Bloom dismisses the tale and bets 20 to 1 that Johnson cannot see coin toss page 2
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Washington
Hts
George Washington
Rep
Sol Bloom
Walter Johnson
Barney Thames
Wellington
Kansas
Rappahannock River
Redericksburg
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas
Forecast shows fair and warmer tonight with a low near 20 degrees. Thursday will be partly cloudy and colder by evening. In West Texas expect cloudy skies and warmer in the north and east, with cooler Panhandle later. New Mexico anticipates snow in the north and east, rain in the southwest tonight and likely Thursday, with colder north-central tonight. Temperatures reached 12 to 18 earlier today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Duce's Troops Advance in Northern Ethiopia
Italian military command in Rome reports another infantry penetration behind air bombs in northern Ethiopia. The move is seen as a prelude to a new major offensive before spring rains. Rome also notes France pledges mutual Mediterranean aid with Britain, while Britain contemplates broader defense needs amid fears of an arms race.
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Associated Press
Ethiopia
Rome
Italy
France
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Three Point Agreement in Early Stage Revealed
In Florence Italy on February 19 a high authority disclosed that a three point agreement among Italy Germany and Austria is in formulation. Winter Oils 10 cents per quart at 1900 W. 3rd.
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Florence
Italy
Germany
Austria
Night air drills claim three RAF fliers in two crashes
Three airmen died and three more were missing after Royal Air Force night bombing drills. A bomber crashed near Petersfield Hampshire. another plane went down in the English Channel off Le Havre, France. One crewman swam ashore from the Channel wreck. the Channel bomber sank after surfacing.
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London
Royal Air Force
Petersfield
Hampshire
English Channel
le Havre
France
Channel
French
School Children To Hear Byrd Tomorrow
Panhandle students travel for Admiral Byrd's 3:30 PM lecture at Municipal Auditorium with 9,000 feet of motion pictures. A separate adults’ talk follows at 8 PM with reserved seating at City Drug No 1 on Polk Street. Matinee prices range 25 40 55 cents and 1 10. evening prices 55 85 1 10 and 1 65.
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Panhandle Plains
Admiral Byrd
Municipal Auditorium
City Drug No. 1
Polk Street
Snow description and totals across Panhandle and surrounding towns
A weather summary reports snowfall across the Texas Panhandle with two and a half inches in Amarillo and up to four inches in the southeast from Amarillo to Memphis. Heaviest amounts appear in the southeast and near Clovis with lighter or spotty falls elsewhere. Light moisture and flurries follow, with several towns listed for precipitation amounts.
Winter Storm Shelters Central Panhandle With Snow
A weather note reports January and February totals for Amarillo and nearby areas with 1.27 inches in January and 1.22 inches for the two months. Snowfall ranged from one to four inches across the central Panhandle, heaviest southwest toward Clovis NM, with Farwell TX area receiving four inches. Livestock owners welcome the snow for late winter pasture. one casualty is noted. Weather Page 2.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Clovis
N. M. Farwell
Texas Line
Canadian River
Five Firefighters Die In Ice Sheltered Collapse
In Columbus Ohio five firemen died while battling a blaze at the Odd Fellows temple when a wall collapsed under ice coated debris. Capt. Otto Ignatze Lieut. Harry McFadden Capt. Robert Welsh Firemen Herbert Harrington and Oliver W Metzger perished. two others injured. Temperature 3 to 6 below zero as 17 fire companies fought the inferno. Early loss estimated at $250000.
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Columbus
W.P
Odd Fellows Temple
Otto Ignatze
Harry McFadden
Robert Welsh
Herbert D. Harrington
Oliver W. Metzger
Ignatze
Harrington
Welsh
Metzger
Lieut
McFadden
William Donahoe
Thomas
Stringer
Arm Amputated From Crane Cab in Subzero Rescue
A 47-year-old crane operator named John McCoy was amputated of his right arm at the shoulder by Dr Norman Gillmor Long working left handed through a cab hole high in the air. Firemen and a rigger aided the extraction in Lowell Massachusetts as subzero temperatures persisted.
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Lowell
Mass
U.P
John McCoy
St. Joseph’s Hospital
McCoy
John Regan
Norman Gillmor Long
Dr. Long
Doc
Hauptmann case may sway New Jersey vote in 1936 election
Bruno Hauptmann faces execution on March 31 after a March 30 death sentence, a development seen as shifting New Jersey toward Roosevelt. Governor Hoffman’s reprieve and the case’s national attention spark Republican concern and Democratic hopes, with observers predicting possible statewide political realignment.
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Robert Musel
United Press
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
New Jersey
Charles Quinn
Democratic State Committee
Harold G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Roosevelt
Wilson
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Mrs, Liggett
Mrs Liggett
Girl
FHA Loans
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
By Eddie Gilmore
Duce
John Maynard Lbr. Co
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Groom
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Spearman
Carrouzett
Booker
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Dumas
Dalhart
Channing
Texline
Pampa
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Mobeetie
Waynoka
Shattuck
Oklo
Clarendon
Claude
Silverton
Dimmitt
Hart
Hereford
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Tion
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Texhoma Natural Gas Co
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Vember
John F. Condon
Bronx
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