Britain presses Austria on Rome accords for air pact
London reports Britain will insist Germany sign the Rome accords guaranteeing Austrian independence as a condition for Reich’s admission to the proposed defense air pact. Sir John Simon told Austrian leaders he will stress this point during bilateral talks in Berlin and seeks simultaneous agreement on security pacts, armaments, and Germany’s return to the League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Wilson
London
Great Britain
Austria
Germany
Rome
Reich
John Simon
Kurt Schuschnigg
Egon Berger-Waldenegg
John
Berlin
SMU and Baylor Clash In Southwest Conference Showdown
In Dallas on February 26, Southern Methodist and Baylor meet as part of six games deciding the SWC title. SMU tied with Rice and Arkansas for first. a win could put them in the lead. SMU misses guard Paul Briggs who is out with mumps.
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Dallas
U.P
Southern Methodist
Baylor
Rice
Arkansas
Methodists
Paul Briggs
Two Old Swimming Records Are Broken
Johnny Macionis of Philadelphia Yale freshman swam 300 yards in 3 18 clipping 5 3 5 seconds from a record and 300 meters in 3 36 1 5 beating the old 3 41 1 5 as New Haven hosts AAU sanctioned meet.
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New Haven
Conn
U.P
Johnny Weismalier
Johnny Macionis
Philadelphia
Yale
Cowboys Beat Rival In Conference Game
Hardin-Simmons University of Abilene crushed Southwestern University 58 to 25 in Georgetown. The Strong play by Benson and Harris led Hardin-Simmons with 16 and 15 points as Southwestern suffered its first home loss.
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Georgetown
Tex
U.P
Hardin-Simmons University of Abilene
Texas
Southwestern University
Southwestern
Hardin-Simmons
Benson
Harris
Simmons
Change Date in U. S. Amateur Qualifyings
The USGA moved qualifying for the U S Amateur Golf Championship to August 20 in all districts except Denver where it will be August 13 to avoid conflict with the Colorado championship. The announcement came last night in New York.
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New York
U.P
Denver
United States Golf Association
Colorado
Allyn Stout Absent From Training Camp
Allyn Stout, acquired by the New York Giants from Cincinnati last December, was the only pitcher absent from the spring camp at Miami Beach. Carl Hubbell was the first to pitch in the opening drills yesterday as the rest of the staff limbered up.
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Miamt Beach
Fla
U.P
Allyn Stout
New York Giants
Cincinnati
Carl Hubbell
Wrestling Results From United Press Report
News from multiple cities reports bouts with winners like Maurice La Chapelle, Dave Levin, and Frankie Makiewicz. Notable outcomes include Paul Jones defeating Chief Chewicki and Sol Slagel throwing ls Bashara while Harold McTheany drew with Herb Peitenberg.
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United Press
New York
Maurice la Chappelle
France
Dave Levin
Hans Schnabel
Germany
Hymie Fishman
Chicago
Bill Wagner
Sam Kosch
New Jersey
Phoenix
Strangler
Pete Peters
Frankie Makiewicz
Ernie Peterson
Omaha
Neb
Paul Jones
Houston
Tex
Chief Chewicki
Ardmore
Okla
Sol Slagel
Ls Bashara
Tulsa
Okia
Harold McTheany
Herb Peitenberg
Pipestone
Minn
Panama Canal Rent Row Rages Over Gold Coin Demand
Washington reports a rent dispute with Panama over annual ground rent for the canal zone. The United States wants to pay by check. Panama demands gold coin or equivalent, citing the 1903 treaty. Both sides say the issue is principle, not amount, with the figure around 425000 in current currency.
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Washington
U.P
Uncle Sam
Panama Canal
Panama
United States
U. S. Treasury
Elliott Roosevelt Promotes South America Air Race Plan
Elliott Roosevelt outlines a tentative 18 000 mile air derby from Washington through South America returning via San Francisco with $100 000 in prizes. Captain Hawks to inspect routes. entries expected from several nations. race set for 1936 with backing from the National Aeronautical Association.
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Elliott Roosevelt
South America
Fort Worth
W.P
Roosevelt
United States’ Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Frank Hawks
Washington
United States
San Francisco
Miami
Panama
Santiago
Chile
Buenos Aires
Rio
Natal
Caracas
Mexico City
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
United States Department of Commerce
Captain Hawks
Latin America
National Aeronautical Association
William Gibbs McAdoo
Notice of Shareholders Meeting for Amarillo Lenders
A special meeting of the shareholders of the Great Plains Building and Loan Association will be held at 406 Polk Street Amarillo Texas at 10 o clock A M Saturday March 9 1935 to accept a Federal Charter and convert to First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Amarillo and to adopt by laws elect directors and conduct business per federal rules. W H Brymer Secretary.
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Great Plains Building and Loan Association
Polk Street
Amarillo
Texas
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Washington, D. C
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Federal Savings and Loan Associations
Dancer Claims Brit Aviator Loved Her As Inquest Hears
Kathleen Blakely testified she and Flying Officer J A C Forbes planned to marry Jane Du Bois had loved Forbes, and a letter read at the inquest stated Forbes would marry Jane instead of Blakely. The Du Bois sisters died after a London Paris airliner plunge.
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London
Jane
Elizabeth du Bois
Naples
Kathleen Blakely
J. A. C. Forbes
Jane du Bois
Forbes
Miss Blakely
Transportation plan debated by national groups in Washington
In Washington on February 26 a coalition of over twenty groups convened to craft a transportation program for Congress. They backed expanding the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate land sea and air transport and urged federal rate control for major carriers including trucks buses ships and rail. They favored shifting subsidies from ocean mail contracts and awaited a presidential message on the matter next week.
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Washington
Congress
Conerrss
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
Roosevelt
Fastman
Highway Suit Power Given To Anderson
County Attorney Howard Anderson holds authority to file condemnation suits on property adjoining Highway 5 for a mile east of radio station KGRS as Potter County commissioners move to secure right of way for state widening. A 20 foot strip on the highway’s south side is needed and the court also set last year’s tentative tax rate and approved a $35 county property claim for a typewriter.
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KGRS
Howard Anderson
Potter County
Anderson
Laura Hamner
Grady Hazlewood
California
George S. Hamlin
Missing Man Asks Cash To Get Home
R T Brock Bowie grocer missing since his car and a boat were found at Lake Wichita. He called from San Antonio asking that his wife be located and sent fare home, saying he was well but refusing to discuss his disappearance. Mrs Brock aided search in Wichita Falls and a reward had been offered.
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Wichita Falls
R. T. Brock
Bowie
Lake Wichita
Charles Jackson
San Antonio
Jackson
Brock
Marshal Jackson
Frede Named to National Automobile Code Board
Flmer Frede an Amarillo Hudson and Terraplane dealer was appointed as one of seven Texas automobile dealers on the National automobile maintenance code. The appointment came via M. L. Clayton of Dallas, regional code authority for Kansas Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico.
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Flmer Frede
Amarillo
Terraplane
Texas
Frede
M. L. Clayton
Dallas
Clayton
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Ohioan Who Looks Like Fisch Recalled in Investigation
In Sandusky a theater manager named Jerry Scholer was mistaken for Isador Fisch due to likeness to the Hauptmann trial figure. A local paper ran a Fisch photo prompting amateur sleuths to probe. Scholer withdrew from the inquiry and established his identity.
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Sandusky
Jerry Scholer
Isador Fisch
Hauptmann
Fisch
America
Scholer
Bricker Calls for State Safety Council to Reform Law Enforcement
Ohio Attorney General John W Bricker urged creation of a state public safety council to divorce law enforcement from political racketeering. The proposal would include the governor, attorney general, and chief justice of the state supreme court as members.
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Cleveland
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
State Council of Public Safety
Horsefeathers and the Southern Reaction in Reagan Era Satire
A political spoof argues that the word Horsefeathers exposes a gulf between American rhetoric and Latin American attitudes, noting how audiences react with laughter and mockery rather than support. The piece portrays protests, cheers, and a volatile crowd ready to act, reflecting satirical distrust of authority.
Gordon to Give Hall Tells of Piano Concert
Marcus Gordon the youthful pianist, praised for Grieg concerto with the Philharmonic Symphony, will perform at Amarillo College of Music tonight benefiting the Philharmonic Orchestral Association. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents students. tickets at the door.
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Marcus Gordon
Grieg
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Amarillo College of Music
Fourteenth Avenue
Taylor Street
Philharmonic Orchestral Association
Rescue craft scramble as multiple ships in distress rally
The 2190-ton German steamer Europa sent an SOS off the Spanish coast near Villano and rolled in heavy seas as a tug approached. Salvage vessel Seefalke towed the Greek freighter Delphos toward Corunna while British steamer Ottinge neared Brest in tow of Abeille. others, including Caterina Madre and San Pietro, reported dangerous conditions with urgent salvage needed.
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Europa
Spanish
Villano
Svithred
Spain
Seefalke
Delphos
Corunna
Ottinge
Brest
Abeille
Caterina Madre
San Pietro
Estvchia Vergotti
San Mello
Ile-d'Yeu
United States
Salvage
King
Cape Flattery
Caribbean
Hope
Santa Lucia
Glasgow
Eastern Temple
Boston
Newport News
Chatham Bars
Mass
Buckeye State Officials Call For Criminal Identification Bureau
The president of the Buckeye State sheriffs association and the chairman of the prosecuting attorneys section of the Ohio Bar Association urge creation of a state bureau for criminal identification investigation and statistics.
Court upholds transfer of radio station KWWG to Port Arthur College
The U S Court of Appeals affirmed the FCC ruling approving the transfer of KWWG from Brownsville to Port Arthur College after a hurricane forced a shutdown. The Magnolia Petroleum Co and Sabine Broadcasting Co had protested the move, with Sabine lessee of KFDM in Seaumont, Texas.
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Washington
United States Court of Appeals
Federal Communications Commission
KWWG
Brownsville
Texas
Port Arthur College
Port Arthur
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Sabine Broadcasting Company
KFDM
Seaumont
Former Constable Farrish Faces Second Murder Trial
W O Farrish former Palestine constable goes to a second trial on murder charges over the death of Charles Murphy injured in a courthouse corridor row last July. A jury in the first trial was discharged after failing to reach a verdict. The retrial is scheduled for the July term.
Long Presses Louisiana Oil Tax Rebate Plan
Senator Huey P. Long directs a Louisiana Public Service Commission hearing on telephone rates from Baton Rouge. He calls for a one day special session to authorize a four cent oil tax rebate under a compromise with Standard Oil to spur use of Louisiana crude.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Long
New Orleans
Washington
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Commission
Standard Oil Company
Louisiana
Barnett Burglary Case Is Dismissed
A burglary charge against F. C. Barnett was dismissed for lack of evidence and he was released from Potter County jail after being held since mid December. Duncan Thomas, indicted on the same offense for the Schulte United Department Store burglary, is serving two years in the penitentiary with a five year suspended sentence.
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F. C
Sky) Barnett
Potter County
Grady Hazlewood
Duncan Thomas
Schulte United
Thomas
Insurors Attend Mardi Gras as Firm Guests
Mr and Mrs Floyd V Studer Mr and Mrs Will M Benton Mr and Mrs J K Blythe and Dan Thomson of American Central Life will attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans as guests. The American Central Field Club convention runs March 1 to 6 with Benton as second vice president. Studer and Blythe and Thomson are joining the trip. Studers visit Houston before. Approximately a billion dollars is spent annually by the US government on insect poison with 40 million pounds of calcium arsenate used yearly against boll weevil.
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United States
Cal Fariey
Latin America
America
Floyd V. Studer
Will M. Benton
J. K. Blythe
Dan Thomson
American Central Life Insurance Company
New Orleans
Insurance Company
American Central Field Club
Benton
Field Club
American Central
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W. H. Brymer
Sherman
Jodie T. Lloyd
Lloyd
Lacy Wingfield
Walter Enloe
North Texas Teachers College
Denton
Austin College
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Denton Teachers
Missing Man
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Hall
Will Amarillo
Supreme Tribunal
Josef Shevinne
Mr. Gordon
Berkeley
Calif
Supreme Court of the United States
R. Walker Hall
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Kiwanis
Judge Hall
L. A. Swann
Gilbert “Gill” Woods
W. D. DeGrassi
W. H. McAdoo
Roy Shields
John K. Boyce
Arya
Price
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Diy Astaire Ker
Gay
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Bad Boy
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Ben Bernie
Jack ‘Tiakie
Dorothy Dell
Huey
Wadi
Universal Mills
Carl Brisson
Mary Ellis
Edw. E. Horton
Eugene Palletie
Lee Tracy
Sally Eilers
Jimmy Durante
Capitol Hotel
PTT A
Errata
Black Mask
Tommy” With
Aubrey Jackson
Ridgeway
Zelley
Margaret Rawley
R. P. Parcells
Jean Epperson
Verlon Twaddell
Alan Clark
Helen Anderson
Sandie
Paramount
Charles Laughton
Henry Will
Jeasie Mathews
Evergreen
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Lloyd Snyder
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