A Dog's Life by the Champion of Champions
The piece presents Flonnell Spicy Bit of Halleston a wire-haired fox terrier bitch and 2000s Westminster winner born in Stourbridge Yorkshire. It follows her lineage foster care and sales from Heathcote to Trowell and then James Parkington of Flornell Kennels Blackburn, noting posthumous canine lineage and fame.
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Flornell
Halleston
John Selby
New York
America
Westminster Kennel Club
Madison Square Garden
Flonnell
Stourbridge
Yorkshire
Wollescote Colleen
Talevera Simon
Beau Brummel
Wildoaks
England
Signal Warily
Signal Circuit
Heathcote
Trowell
James Parkington
Flornell Kennels
Blackburn
Westminster
Stanley J. Halle
Chappaqua
N. Y
Conference committee approves 5 million in new state bonds
In Austin the conference committee agreed to issue 5 million dollars of additional state securities to relieve the destitute. They also reported canceling half of the original 2.76 million issue with no bidders. The panel loosened funds rules and kept four percent interest to attract buyers while leaving relief commission personnel unchanged. John D. McCall was asked to review the bill before final adoption.
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Austin
House
Senate
State Relief Commission
John D. McCall
Dalles
Roosevelt urges creation of federal communications commission
President Roosevelt asks Congress to form a federal communications commission to oversee wires cables and radio by merging powers from the interstate commerce and federal radio commissions. He proposes a three field government structure with continued study and recommended legislation next session.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
Radio Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Adpers
Federal Power Commission
Federal Radio Commission
Family killer held in jail in Oklahoma City case
Oklahoma City February 26 John A Cane confessed shovel slayer of his wife and three children faces formal murder charges drafted by County Attorney Lewis R Morris. Four skulls and bones were found in a tunneled grave near a telegraph pole east of the city. One body tentatively identified as Gracia Cane, the missing wife, with the others believed to be the Cane children. Morris says Cane appears sane to him and very smart. jury to decide sanity.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
John A. Cane
Lewis R. Morris
Cane
Gracia Cane
Pilot thoughts on air liner wreck in Wasatch mountains
United Air Lines chief pilot H P Lewis offered a guess on why the air liner piloted by Lloyd Anderson and Eric G Danielson crashed near Par key Summit Utah. He suggested Anderson attempted a climb out of a storm and may have pulled up too sharply. The wreckage shows the throttle wide open but investigators found no proof of top speed.
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Salt Lake City
Lloyd Anderson
Eric G. Danielson
Parkey
Wasatch Mountains
Here
H. P. Lewis
United Air Lines
Anderson
Light in the Mountains and the Glory of Tallulah Falls
Arthur Brisbane describes a Georgia mountains school in Tallulah Falls and the nearby Stone Mountain as a symbol of eternity. He links the scene to The Globe readers with reflective imagery and notes the column’s editorial disclaimer.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Borger Oil Worker Dies in Fire Injuries
Hiram G. Smith 31 an oil and carbon black worker died from burns after a fire destroyed his home west of Borger yesterday. He succumbed today in Borger hospital.
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Borger Oil
Borger
Hiram G. Smith
Britain May Contest Byrd's Pole Claims
British officials reportedly plan to remind the United States that King George claims three Antarctic sectors around the South Pole including Little America. London would assert British title by discovery if Byrd claims areas already claimed by Britain. The 1928 note cited Coats Land and other Antarctic regions as British possessions.
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Washington
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
Great Britain
United States
George
South Pole
Byrd
England
State Department
Ross Dependency
Falkland Island Dependencies
Antarctic
Coats Land
Austria vows to stamp out Nazi and other movements
Vienna February 26 The Austrian government declared it will stamp out Nazi Communistic or Socialistic movements in any form. Emil Fey, vice-chancellor and power behind Chancellor Dollfuss, announced the move today.
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Vienna
Austria
Emil Fey
Engelbert Dollfuss
Lawyer Digs Dies in Court at Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
E. E. Diggs a 71 year old pioneer lawyer and Republican leader of Childress collapsed while arguing Kreis vs Kreis before the Seventh Court of Civil Appeals. He died moments later, believed from a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been ill a week after flu and left his bed last day. He leaves a wife and several children. He had lived in Childress 44 years and was formerly partner to A J Fires. He had sought state and national offices and had traveled here by train with local associates.
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E. E. Diggs
Childress
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Griggs & Sons
Judge Diggs
A. J. Fires
Texas
Marvin Jones
Kreis
Do. A. Williams
J. Ross Bell
Post Office Committee Eyes Air Mail Bid Rules
Washington report on the House and Senate post office committees debating new rules for airmail bidding. Mead says aviation companies with cancelled contracts could bid again pending a two mill per pound mile rate and possible competitive bidding. Senate clashed over cancellations and deaths of army fliers while Clifford Ball accused Walter Brown of pressuring a sale to Pittsburgh Aviation. current law bars re bids for five years.
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Washington
Mead
Mouse Post Office Committee
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Post Office Committee
Robinson
Indiana
Clifford Ball
Pittsburgh
Six Men Die in Marrone Hotel Fire Utica
A morning blaze tore through the Marrone Hotel in Utica killing six men and possibly a seventh. Four bodies were identified: Salvatore Troja, Dominick Belilacova, Joseph Paladino, and Peter Gillis. Steve Salvone survived after leaping from a second story window. Fire Chief C. J. Marrone and family escaped with assistance from the fire escape.
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Utica
N. Y
Marrone Hotel
Salvatore Troja
Dominick Belilacova
CWA
Joseph Paladino
Peter Gillis
Steve Salvone
C. J. Marrone
Marrone
Fort Worth Jewelry Store Robbed Of $1800
The Halton's Jewelry Store in downtown Fort Worth was robbed before daylight by bandits who smashed a window to gain entry and stole 1800 dollars in small diamonds. An adjacent-store employee discovered three diamond rings on the sidewalk outside the store.
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Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
Halton’s
Amarillo Weather Outlook and West Texas Brief
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with Tuesday becoming fair and warmer. West Texas will be fair but colder in the south with freezing conditions there and rising temperatures later. north stays not so cold. New Mexico to night and Tuesday shows generally fair skies with temperature rise in the east.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Tornado Toll and Cold Wave Strain Deep South
Tornadoes left 16 dead across Mississippi Alabama and Georgia with many injured and property loss. Two more deaths raised Lauderdale County Mississippi tolls while Alabama reported deaths in Clay County and Calera. A new cold wave chilled the Panhandle with temperatures near six degrees above zero and trace snow from Liberal Kansas to Tucumcari New Mexico.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louisiana
North Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Lauderdale County
Miss
Martin Brown
Kewanee
Harold Harper
Meridian
Clay County
Calera
Shady Grove
Millersville
Bethel Camp Ground
Carrollton
West
Panhandle
Amarillo
Liberal
Kan
Tucumeart
N. M
Rock Island
Spanish Vets Get Place in Pension Plan
Washington February 26 The Senate administration expands its veterans benefits bill to include Spanish War veterans. Senator Byrnes mid level bill would restore 75 percent of former pensions under limits. Steiner and McCarran push for 90 percent payments as alternative.
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Washington
Senate
Byrnes
South Carolina
Steiner
Oregon
McCarran
Nevada
Steiner-McCarran
Plan To Reopen Wheat Cut Drive
Chester C. Davis of the Farm Administration said the campaign to sign up wheat growers to cut production would be reopened. The move covers about 13 million acres of uncontracted normal wheat land and follows strong farmer requests from states across the wheat belt.
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Washington
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Texan fatally shoots Chicago man at directors meeting
Seguin Texas February 26 a 67 year old farmer Tom Hollamon shot and killed Gerald W Peck president of the Texas Audio Electric Company and wounded A J Wertz former Texas State Senator at a directors meeting Hollamon attempted to shoot two other board members and was subdued by H B Hunt and S G Chamberlain He was charged with murder The shooting stems from a five year dispute over dam construction on the Guadalupe River and a flood of Hollaman's land resulting in a temporary settlement of about 3000 two years earlier.
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Seguin
Tex
Gerald W. Peck
Chicago
Texas Audio -Electric Company
A. J. Wertz
Texas
Tom Hollaman
Peck
Wertz
H. 8. Hunt of Jackson, Mich
G. Chamberlain
San Antonio
Hollamon
Wirtz
Hunt
Chamberlain
Sheriff
Guadalupe River
Hollaman
New Mexico Teachers Colleges Suspended by National Body
The American Association of Teachers Colleges suspends Las Vegas and Silver City State Teachers Colleges for one year for not meeting standards. Maj. William C. Ocker, oldest air corps pilot by service, to face general court martial in San Antonio Wednesday over charges of conduct unbecoming and derogatory remarks about a superior.
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Cleveland
New Mexico
Las Vegas
Silver City
American Association of Teachers Colleges
Association
Ocker
San Antonio
William C. Ocker
Air Corps
Wright Brothers
Philharmonic Rehearsal Tonight at Municipal Auditorium
The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra will hold a special rehearsal at the Municipal Auditorium tonight. Conductor Ellie B Hall asks strings to report at 7 o clock and others at 7 29. The orchestra will perform its next concert Thursday night.
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Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Municipal Auditorium
Ellie B. Hall
Desperate Aviator Causes Fatal Flight Ends in Poison
Denver police report 41 year old aviator Donald D. Bennett of Tulsa pursued his wife Clara from their apartment then fired a shotgun and ingested poison after a failed attempt to kill himself. Bennett died en route to Denver General Hospital.
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Denver
Colo
Donald D. Bennett
Tulsa
Okla
Clara
Bennett
Denver General Hospital
Aid Delay After Panhandle CWA Demobilization
Officials in the Panhandle await a response from the Federal Relief Administration on rescinding CWA demobilization during the drought. Delegates at a regional relief rally urged continued CWA and a drought and storm authority. Mayor Ross D. Rogers reported no reply as of noon, while noting 632 workers were dropped last Friday and about 300 more face demobilization this Friday.
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King Winter
Hell
Fred De@bater
Community Chest
H. T. Collman
U. S
Panhandle
Texline
Federal Relief Administration
Panhandie
Drouth
Maas
Ross D. Rogers
Rogers
Three Killed as Train Crashes Into Truck in Delphos
Three people died and four were injured when the Pennsylvania Flyer Dearborn collided with a truck at Delphos Ohio main Street crossing. The locomotive overturned and seven cars derailed. Victims were George Lehman and Andrew Palmer both of Fort Wayne Indiana engineers and fireman, and Phillip Lang of Chicago the truck driver.
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Delphos
Dearborn
George Lehman
Fort Wayne
Ind
Andrew Palmer
Phillip Lang
Chicago
Death Hovers Near Mon Adrift on Ice
In the Caspian Sea 145 fishermen and 320 horses drift on two ice floes after a sudden warm spell broke up the ice near Dolgiy and Kulali Islands. An airplane from Moscow carries food and medicines to aid them, with rescue efforts planned from Astrakhan. Separately, 101 people aboard the Cheliuskin survivors on Wrangel Island await relief as dog teams and planes fail to reach them.
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Moscow
Caspian Sea
Dolgiy Island
Kulali Island
Astrakhan
Volga River
Bering Straits
Wrangel) Island
Otto Schmidt
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