Air Mail Operates Amid Weather and Mishap
The air mail faced heavy weather as planes were grounded in the East while western routes saw limited service. A Greenville Maryland crash damaged a plane but its pilot escaped injury, as Gen. William Mitchell urged indefinite government operation of air mail.
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Associated Press
Air Mai
Army
Farley
Greenville
D. C
E. T. Gorman
Newark
N. J
George Sulgen
Washington
Thayer Olds
Ten Aged Women Die in Inferno at Pennsylvania Infirmary
Ten aged women aged 64 to 94 died in a fire at the Pennsylvania Memorial Home infirmary in Brookville Pennsylvania amid 18 below zero weather. One resident was slightly burned and four others were saved as nurse Ella Hulings fought through smoke to rouse residents and two women escaped. Firefighters blamed a short circuit and containment was impossible in the 18 room one story frame building.
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Pennsylvania Memorial Home
Ella Hulings
Mary B. Hutchinson
Deadly Northeastern Blizzard Strikes Aided by Ice
A frigid wave and blizzard swept the northeastern states causing at least 17 deaths and crippling travel and shipping. Three vessels faced distress off Massachusetts with two grounded, another near Long Island Sound. A hospital fire last night killed ten bedridden patients.
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United Prowes
Massachusetts
Long Island Sound
Solons Act On Trio of State Topics
Texas repeal advance and centennial commission expansion move through the legislature. House committee backs a local option liquor repeal plan for the November general election. Senate adds 19 members to the Texas Centennial Commission in a bill for initial planning funds. Senator Tom Deberry protests the size increase.
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Texas
Austin
House Committee
U.P
Senate
Texas Centennial Commission
Tom Deberry
Bogata
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Forecast shows unsettled conditions with rain tonight and Wednesday, slightly warmer tonight. West Texas and New Mexico expect rain and snow in portions, with warmer to the east. Temperature extremes reach 30 to 46 by 1 PM. Guaranteed Oils at 1900 W. 3rd.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Panhandle
HW. T. Coleman
U. S Weather Bureau
Stratford
Guymon
Okla
Liberal
Kaw
Baker
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Denver
Army Air Mail and Corrections From Arthur Brisbane
The column discusses a correction about Napoleon and Marshal Ney. It notes 148 army planes will carry the mails with more to come and argues pilots should be paid well. It reflects on Roosevelt and Farley suspending private air mail contracts as potential boosts to a future U. S. air force and national defense.
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Army Air Mail
Army Air Mail Service
Roosevelt
Farley
U. S
Beauty Parlor Experts Feted At Three Day Trade Convention
Delegates at the three day trade convention at the Herring Hotel honored beauty parlor experts as demonstrations and lectures highlighted the schedule. Dorothy Kelly was set to hear addresses tonight as part of the event.
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Herring Hotel
Beauty Culturists
Dorothy Kelly
City of C. of C. Amarillo Plots Temporary Chamber
Directors assure Amarillo will have a chamber of commerce. A noon vote created a committee to raise 200 to 300 dollars to fund operations until April 15 with about 750 dollars needed overall. Volunteers have donated over 400 dollars. The mass meeting steering committee remains as temporary directors and will plan for the next year after April 15.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Jury Ordered In Murder Case Fort Worth
In Fort Worth on February 20, District Judge George E Hosey denied venue change in the murder trial of W D May for a triple slaying last July and ordered jury selection to begin. Defense sought delays. dispute arose over removing witnesses O D Stevens and M T Howard from Dallas County jail amid claims of possible shenanigans.
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George E. Hosey
W. D. May
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Hosey
O. D. Stevens
M. T. Howard
May
Ing
Dallas
Herbert Wade
Harvey Bailey
Wade
Bailey
Charles F. Urschel
Stevens
Howard
Austria Faces European Tension Over Dollfuss Government
The piece surveys Italy Hungary and Czechoslovakia responses to Dollfuss Fascist backed Vienna rule. Italy aims to keep Austria independent while Paris allies fear conflict. Hungary cites Czech fears of a Hapsburg restoration. Czechoslovakia denies aiding Austrian Socialists as unions show solidarity with Austrian workers.
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Associated Press
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Engelbert Dollfuss
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Italy
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Rome
Adolf Hitler
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Edouard Benes
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Rumania
Trades Uions
Governor Ferguson Pushes Four Legislative Proposals
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson sent four measures to the Legislature. They include standardizing certain vegetables to protect growers shippers and consumers under state crop grades, investigations of wholesale agricultural buyers, licensing bonding and regulating dealers, and a game law for Brazos County. The package also validates a district consolidation of Buffalo Independent School District in Leon County, Concord Common School District No 41, and Martin Common School District No 8 in Freestone County.
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Leon County
Concord Common
Martin Common
Freestone County
Monarch Albert I Laid In State In Brussels Tolling of Torches
Crowds gathered in Brussels to mourn King Albert I of Belgium after his death while climbing a mountain. Royalty and subjects filed past the bier as the palace opened for viewing. The body will be moved Thursday to Saint Gudule Cathedral for burial.
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Saint Gudule
Dr Dean to Voice Her Version of Poisoned Highball
In Greenwood Mississippi on February 20 194? Dr Sarah Ruth Dean plans to tell her own account from the witness stand as chief defense witness in the case charging her over the death of Dr John Preston Kennedy. Defense counsel A P Gardner announced the plan at court opening.
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John Preston Kennedy
A. P. Gardner
8. F. Davis
NRA Chief Speaks On Radio Tonight
General Hugh S. Johnson plans a 10 30 pm EST radio address on the NRA, saying the message will be of exceptional importance to the country and encouraging citizens, employers and workers to express their views about the NRA.
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Washington
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
Amarillo
Johnson Calls 6000 NRA Campaign Units Back to Duty
Hugh S. Johnson asked six thousand Blue Eagle campaign committees to resume work to mobilize public and industrial support for NRA before the March code authorities assembly. He directed NRA state directors to inform regions about next week sessions to critique progress and flaws. Johnson will headline a radio address at 9 30 PM over National and Columbia networks.
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Blue Eagle
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
March Assembly of Code
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National
Columbia
Amarillo
Paul Mitchell Due to Die Tonight in Texas Execution
Huntsville Texas February 20 W W Ward state penitentiary warden announced Paul Mitchell of Amarillo faces electrocution early Sunday unless Governor Miriam A Ferguson intervenes Mitchell was sentenced to death for the slaying of Robert Tharp during a grocery store robbery in Lubbock over a year ago The initial date was December 26 with two 30 day reprieves granted by the governor
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Paul Mitchell
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Robert Tharp
Lubbock
Final Labor on Debt Plan Up to Solons
Austin February 20 final work on the legislature debt relief plan opened with the House substituting a moratorium bill for the Senate draft to aid debtors in saving real estate. The Senate refused concurrence and called for a conference committee to harmonize positions. A separate unemployment bonds bill was revised by a Senate committee after House approval and awaits floor action in the Senate. The emergency relief special session ends by constitutional limit in a week.
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Austin
House
Senate
Austria faces showdown over Nazi or Fascist government
Ambitious pressure from Austrian Nazis and Italian and German actors triggers a demand for Dollfuss to concede within eight days. Habicht urges inclusion in government as Paris and Rome warn about Austrian independence amid rising Austrian socialists and fascist forces.
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Associated Press
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Germany
Italy
Dollifuss
Munich
Theodore Habicht
Dollfuss
Paris
Hitler
Mussolini
Rome
France
Great Britain
Ezio Garibaldi
Exchange man tells of pool profits in American Commercial Alcohol
Charles C. Wright, NYSE specialist, testifies before the Senate Banking Committee, says he personally made 138000 on American Commercial Alcohol during spring and summer pool operations. He calls the July crash a nightmare and notes stop loss orders aided the decline, while praising trader Thomas F. Bragg as the cleanest on the street.
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Charles C. Wright
New York Stock Exchange
Senate
Wright
Senate Banking Committee
Ferdinand Pecora
Thomas FE. Bragg
Pecora
Rain and Winter Storm Reach Panhandle and East Coast
A winter storm threatens the Panhandle with rain and unsettled skies. Snow and cold blast across New York and Pennsylvania causing transport delays, with subzero readings in parts of New York and heavy drifts in western New York, Connecticut reports 20 to 30 inches. Coast guard aided grounded ships Northern Sword and Hope Leslie as crews battled high seas and lengthy rescue efforts.
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Memorial Home For the
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Stock Exchange
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Connecticut
Buffalo
Motorista
Northern Sword
Hope Leslie
Winthrop Head
Coast Guard
Dix
Cuttyhunk Island
Mass Meeting Set To Plan CWA Demobilization Relief
A regional mass meeting will be held Thursday at Municipal Auditorium to oppose CWA demobilization in the Panhandle drought area. Relief adminstrators were ordered to begin demobilizing Friday, affecting 19 counties. Officials from local government and relief agencies are urged to attend and coordinate appeals to national and state leaders, including President Roosevelt, Austin officials, and others. Julius Dozenfield Jr., county relief chairman, cited a 10 percent weekly demobilization pace.
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Drouth
Roosevelt
Austin
Grouth
Municipal Auditorium
Julius Dozenfield, Jr
Four U.S. billions spent as deficit debate grows
Washington reports federal outlays nearing four billion for the fiscal year with a House recommendation to fund the Agriculture Department and Farm Credit Administration at about sixty-two million. Roosevelt focuses on recovery plans as talks continue on Navy, tax bills, and air mail law.
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Farm Credit Administration
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