Hauptmann seeks chance to cross examine Condon
In Trenton on February 21 Bruno Hauptmann asked to interview John Condon from his death cell. Attorney Fisher urged Condon’s return from Panama to answer four questions about trial testimony and possible accomplices. Governor Hoffman weighs further action as Hauptmann faces execution in late March.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
John
Jafsie) Condon
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Condon
Panama
Mark O. Kimberling
C. Lloyd Fisher
John Condon
Fisher
Hoffman
Jassie
Ransom
Warden Kimberling
Kimberling
State
Negro Suspect Shot by Posse Near Blair Okla
A negro suspect in the attack on Mrs. Alice Wilson and her six year old daughter near Blair Oklahoma died of gunshot wounds while being rushed to an Altus hospital. Willie Jones, 32, was shot three times as he fled from tall grass four miles southeast of Blair. Sheriff Henry A. Savage rushed him to the car. undersheriff Ernest Hathaway said a posse of several hundred men first found him in a barn and wounded him fatally.
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Altus
Okla
Blair
Altus Hospital
Ernest Hathaway
Jackson County
Willie Jones
Alice Wilson
Marcus O. Wilson
Henry A. Savage
Mangum
Assassination Attempt Hits Japanese Official Minobe
Tokyo February 21 Juzo Oda and a companion presented a card said to be signed by a judge at Dr Tatsuki Minobe home then fired two pistol shots wounding Minobe in the leg a nearby policeman was lightly wounded Police arrested the assailants and questioned them
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Tokyo
U.P
Tatsukchi Minobe
Minobe
Juzo Oda
Pukuoka
Board of Introduction
Redfern Fate Still Veiled in Brazilian Jungle Mystery
Georgetown British Guiana February 21 Art Williams, who taught Redfern to fly, says Redfern’s fate from the 1927 Brunswick Georgia to Rio flight remains a mystery. Williams reports ten new Indian villages contacted and evidence suggesting Redfern did not land in the interior area. He sent photographs of the findings to Redfern’s father in the United States.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Art Williams
Paul Redfern
Redfern
Brunswick
Rio de Janeiro
Williams
United States
Texas Demos Protest Name of Roy Miller
Herman Wright of Amarillo state secretary announces a resolution by the Progressive Democrats of Texas protesting Roy Miller as director of organization and finance in the Texas Democratic campaign. The group calls Miller a lobbyist and urges a replacement to avoid harming liberal Democracy ahead of Roosevelt’s renomination.
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Austin
U.P
Herman Wright
Amarillo
Progressive Democrats of
Texas
Roy Miller
Houston
Corpus Christi
Miller
Roosevelt
John Nance Garner
Wright
Young Democrats
A. B. Wacker
San Antonio
Dallas
Georgetown
San Marcos
Canyon
Congress approves consumer protection add on farm bill
The House adopted a McCormack proposed consumer protection amendment directing the Agriculture Secretary to seek prewar parity income for farmers without undershooting 1920 29 consumption averages. The measure passed by voice vote as protests from several groups noted lack of hearings.
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Frank B. Harper
Washington
House Today
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Secretary of Agriculture
Jones
Amarillo
Agriculture Committee
Senate
McCormack
House
People’s Lobby
Bankhead
Alabama
Snell
New York
Benjamin C. March
National Committee On Rural Social Planning
Farm Research, Inc
Southern Tenant Farmer's Union
The
Worker’s Allance
League For Industrial Democracy
Hearing Called Over Josefowitz Gold Seizure Dispute
The United States seeks return of 10 000 $20 gold pieces seized from a bank deposit vault as part of a larger $338000 gold hoard and $1,000,000 in taxes and penalties. A hearing is ordered to show cause why the coins should not be returned amid challenges to Roosevelt era seizure orders. The Josefowitz family, wealthy European financiers, claim aliens may be exempt from the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Josefowitz
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Zelik Josefowitz
Escape fugitive Louie Reneau culprits cuffed after fence snag
Louie Reneau, a convicted robber who escaped Titus County jail last Thursday, was recaptured in Dallas last night when his pants snagged on a fence as he attempted to flee. Officer J I Adams arrested him.
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Dallas
Louie Reneau
Titus County
Reneau
J. I. Adams
Dollar Toss Again: Johnson Faces Tough River Test
Walter Johnson aims to throw a silver dollar across the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg amid thaw concerns and a broader river than today. Snow and ice on banks hinder footing while two locals have already slipped trying washers.
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Washington
Walter Johnson
Rappahannock
Fredericksburg
George Washington
Sol Bloom
New York
Johnson
Waves Will Be Style for Men
The National Beauty Congress ordered permanent waves and styled eyebrows for men this spring. About 3,000 beauticians left the convention. Ted Carrol said men demand style and want waves to keep hair from the eyes. A male model had eyebrows plucked. crowds watched. A greaseless makeup for beards, by Harry Seilgiman, was showcased.
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Seattle
National Beauty Congress
Ted Carrol
Harry Seilgiman
Hollywood
Disease epidemics sweep U S prompt quarantines and closures
Federal health officials report a severe winter driving widespread quarantines as spinal meningitis peaks in five years. Widespread illness from influenza pneumonia and mumps prompts university and school closures from Mississippi to Texas. New cases rise with 234 in the week ending Feb 15 and 1243 since January 1 nationwide.
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United Press
Washington
UPR
Federal Public Health Service
Virginia
Mississippi
Texas
Ohio
Oxford
Miss
University of Mississippi
Starkville
Mississippi State College
Longview
Tex
Austin
University of Texas
Coshocton
New York State
New York City
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Kentucky
Iowa
Missouri
South
Large confiscation of 273 cases of wine in garage raid
State Liquor Control officers raided a garage at 735 North Williams Street and seized 273 cases of wine valued at about 3276 dollars. No arrests were made as ownership was undetermined. The wine was moved to a courthouse vault and the raid marked the week's third liquor seizure.
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State Board of Liquor Control
North
Williams Street
Ivy Wilkinson
Potter County
Markets to Close in U S on Washington's Birthday
All domestic financial markets in the United States will be closed tomorrow February 22 in observance of Washington's birthday. All livestock markets will operate as usual.
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New York
United States
Washington
Globe-News Want Ads Offer With Free Guest Tickets
Advertises a limited two free guest tickets with every seven time Want Ad today or tomorrow and one free ticket with every three time ad. Tickets gain admission to the Mission Theater for Frank Buck in Fang and Claw starting Saturday, praised by authorities. Dial 262 to place a Want Ad.
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Globe-News
Globe- News
Mission Theater
Frank Buck
Fang and Claw
Townsendite Demanded On Pension Body
Representative John Steven McGroarty urges adding a Townsend supporter to the eight member House investigation panel into old age pension plans. Speaker Byrns considers eight names and vows the panel will focus on fund sources and spending, not the plan merits.
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Washington
Townsend Block
House
John Steven McGroarty
California
Townsend
McGroarty
Joseph W. Byrns
Rep
C. Jasper Bell
Missouri
Burns
Congress
Protect Wildlife Will Be Dings Motto In Ohio Speech
Jay N. Darling famed cartoonist and conservation advocate told the League of Ohio sportsmen in Columbus that the government has destroyed ten times as many wildlife and fish areas as it has created. He heads the American Wildlife Institute and formerly led the U S Biological Survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Jay N
Ding) Darling
Darling
American Wildlife Institute
United States Bureau of Biological Survey
League of Ohio Sportsmen
Non-Strikers Defy Guards At Akron Tire Plant Demonstration
In Akron Ohio today non striking workers marched into the National Guard guarded armory with about 2 000 participants to protest union picketing that barred access to three Goodyear plants for four days A man in the crowd died of a heart attack during the confrontation as the mob surged into the building.
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Akron
National Guard
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Dutch tanker sinks after Weser collision in fog
A Dutch tanker sank near Bremerhaven after colliding with the British steamer Lagosian in fog on the Weser River. Four crewmen were reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremerhaven
Germany
Weser
Woman Laborer Detected in Boston Snow Shovel Crew
A snow shoveler on a Boston and Maine Railroad crew was revealed to be a woman when a gust blew off her cap. Dressed as a man, she worked with the crew for three days at 40 cents an hour until payroll checks failed to identify her. The foreman discharged her after her sex was revealed. Officials noted it violates railroad policy to employ women in that work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston and Maine Railroad
Dalhart Eagles and Canyon Triumph in District One Opener
Dalhart Wolves blasted Adrian 65 to 25 as Fox led with 23 points and a 41 11 halftime lead. Canyon defeated Channing 38 to 18 with Dobbs scoring 13 and Taylor 11. Hereford fell to Tulsa 53 to 19 as Edwards led Tulsa with 10. Games held at Amarillo College Gymnasium.
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Canyon’'s Eagles
Dalhart
Tulsa Hornets
Amarillo College
Dalhart Wolves
Adrian
Oldham
Fox
Canyon
Channing
Hartley County
Eagles
Taylor
Dobbs
Hornets
Hereford
Edwards
Tulsa
Clayton
Italian Force Takes Aderat in Northern Ethiopia
Advance columns of the Italian army reported to headquarters that they captured Aderat, 20 miles south of Makale. Ras Mulugheta said Ethiopian forces suffered 147 dead and 268 wounded in a strategic retreat as Italian bombing planes operated over the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ethiopia
Aderat
Makale
Ras Mulugheta
Addis Ababa
Another Cold Wave Menaces Plains States
A new cold wave threatened the Plains states with forecaster Donnel saying colder yet today. Sub-zero temperatures were not expected immediately but deaths from weather remained, including three in Wisconsin from frozen parts, a Chicago rail inspector from gas exposure, and two Detroit gas-poisoning deaths.
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Chicago
Plains States
C. A. Donnel
Chicago Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Chicago Railroad
Detroit
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Forecast covers Amarillo and West Texas with fair conditions tonight and Saturday. Temperatures rise slightly tonight with a low near 24 degrees and extremes reaching 21 to 46 degrees earlier today. Nearby New Mexico also fair to tonight and Saturday with cooler southeast areas.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Chauffeur Held for Murder in Rooming House Slaying
A 25 year old chauffeur named Fred Stettler was arrested on suspicion of murder in the bludgeoning deaths of Carl Barbour and his wife Dorothea at a Chicago area rooming house. Investigators said Stettler, a former lodger with technical knowledge of electricity, used an improvised time clock device to destroy clues and was found with an electric soldering iron and wire.
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Los Angeles
Lloyd Patton
Fred Stettler
Carl 8. Barbour
Dorothea
Stettler
Patton
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