Knife-Fork Tickets on Sale Today
Reservations for the Knife and Fork Club dinner lecture featuring Sir Charles Morgan-Webl are available today at Maxor Drug in the Fisk Building and at the Amarillo Hotel news stand. The dinner is set for Wednesday night at the Country Club. Late tickets will require seating delays. The Country Club asks reservations be made by mid morning Wednesday. Sir Charles Morgan-Webb’s books are widely used by bankers and economists worldwide. He spoke to Congress in Washington and to the Byrnes committee in the U S Senate on unemployment. He addressed the British monetary question in February. He was named honorary secretary to the monetary of the British House of Commons and knighted for transforming Rangoon, Burma. He will discuss “What Will Happen to Your Money” as part of “An Englishman Discusses Family Matters With His American Cousins.”
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Country Club
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Burma
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Demos Facing Trial
Harrisburg reports the Coughlin County grand jury recommended indictments against 13 prominent Pennsylvania Democrats including three former cabinet members of Gov. Earle's Little New Deal. Judge Schaeffer ordered bills drawn. Named: David L. Lawrence of Pittsburgh, Ralph M. Bashore, Roy E. Brownmiller.
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U.P
Coughlin County
Grand Jury
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
Earle
Paul N. Schaeffer
David L. Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Commonwealth
Ralph M. Bashore
Fottsville
Labor and Industry
Roy E. Brownmiller
Pottsville
Highways
Dogs Guard Recluse and Keep Off His Rescuers
Fort Payne Alabama February 27 A reclusive 63 year old Fletcher Murphy had eight guard dogs that protected him during a pine shack fire but also kept away would be rescuers. The dogs barked and blocked access as firefighters fought the blaze.
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Fletcher Murphy
Exum Named Leader of GOP in Texas
Hugh E. Exum of Amarillo was elected chairman of the Texas Republican Executive Committee by acclamation at a Dallas meeting. He succeeds the late Thomas P. Lee. Exum, introduced by R. B. Creager and Orville Bullington, pledged to defeat the New Deal in 1940. C. O. Harris was elected vice chairman.
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U.P
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Amarillo
Republican Executive Committee
Thomas P. Lee
Houston
Exum
R. B. Creager
Brownsville
Fom Texas
Orville Bullington
Wichita Falls
C. O. Harris
San Anegro
Supreme Court condemns sit down strike actions
The Supreme Court ruled against the Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation employees who seized plant buildings during a 1937 sit down strike. Chief Justice Hughes said employers may strike but cannot violate law by force or plant seizures, upholding the firm’s right to discharge involved workers. Two other labor rulings followed, led by Justices Stone and Roberts.
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Supreme Court
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Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
High Tribunal
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Stone
Roberts
Japanese Toys Get Thumbs Down From Amarillo Shoppers
Amarillo shoppers boycott toys from Japan and Germany, seeking American made products. Clerks note questions of origin, with Usa marked items often chosen to avoid imported goods. U S manufacturers like Holgate push durable educational wood toys as a year round American alternative.
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Amarillo
U. S
The
Holgate Company
Plains Land In Question Plains Land In Question
The Interior Department asks Congress to settle a strip between Western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle where about several dozen residents are landowners without a state. Texas or Oklahoma should claim the land and federal mineral rights, with Texan ties to mineral ownership. The 4900 acre strip lies north of the Texas boundary due to survey errors.
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Congress
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Texas Panhandle
Texhoma
Texas
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Interer Department
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Cimarron Base
Federal troops kill six rebels near La Palma Sinaloa
Federal troops overtook a band of fleeing rebels near La Palma Sinaloa today, killing six and wounding several. The clash marked the third battle in five days between troops and rebels as authorities continued efforts to quell insurgent activity in the region.
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Sinaloa
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LaPalma
Thompson Demands Correct Southwest Freight Rates
Texas railroad commissioner Ernest O. Thompson urged Congress and the Interstate Commerce Commission to instruct railroads to fix discriminatory freight rate differentials harming the Southwest. Speaking at a Senate hearing, he argued for flexible rules that address regional needs without locking in rigid formulas.
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Ernest O. Thompson
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Southwest
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Thompson
Trans
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Legal Battle On for Hines in New York
In New York on February 27, Tammany district leader James J. Hines faced possible long term prison terms after a Saturday conviction for selling political protection to a numbers racket. Judge Capshaw urged an appellate review while Mayor LaGuardia pressed for resignation or impeachment. Stryker, Hines' counsel, prepared to seek bail pending appeal as two Schultz gangsters faced sentencing delays due to illness.
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F. H. LaGuardia
Hulan Capshaw
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Supreme Court
Capshaw
Thomas EF. Dewey
Dutch Schults
Hines
Public Enemy
No. 1
Schultz
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Harry Schoenaus
Ferdinand Pecora
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Stryker
National Guardsmen Granted New Status
The War Department announced federal recognition for National Guard officers. Brigadier General Harry Knox Jr, adjutant general of Texas, and Major Carl Eugene Nesbitt of the Adjutant General's Dept., 36th Division, at Camp Mabry in Austin Texas are now commissioned as officers of the National Guard of the United States.
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Harry Jr
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Texas
Camp Mabry
Austin
Nesbitt
Carl Eugene
Adjutant General's Dept
Train Wrecked in Panhandle Blizzards Shut Rail Roads
A severe Panhandle blizzard snarled travel as Fort Worth and Denver No. 1 plowed into drifting cattle twenty miles from Texline. The engine and ten cars derailed, no passengers injured though fireman sprained an ankle. Rescue crews evacuated 55 passengers to Dalhart, while highways from Dalhart to Texline and into New Mexico faced closures and heavy snow. The weather stretched across Amarillo and Clovis regions with 3 to 5 inches in Dalhart and 12 inches in outlying areas, as officials warned travelers to seek updated road conditions.
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Texline
J. S. Hudson
Amarillo
A. W. Walker
Dalhart
de Soto
Collman
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Clovis
N. M
Waynoka
Okla
Boise City
Oklahoma
Santa Fe
Dalbart
New Mexico
Clayton
Lamar
Col
Weather Bureau
Canadian River Gas Company
Bivins Lee
Souvenir Hunters Barred From Boothill Cemetery
State police routed souvenir hunters from Boothill Cemetery and Mrs. Mickey McCormick’s dobie house near Old Tascosa yesterday as about 150 visitors were dispersed. Over 1,000 people visited the town and cemetery last week. A dress kept 30 years for a burial robe was stolen and is under investigation with a plea for its return on a no questions asked basis. Captain Jim Line said patrols would continue to guard private property, cemeteries and vacant dobie houses.
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Mickey McCormick
Old Tascosa
Tascosa
McCormick
Weather sketch for Amarillon and Panhandle areas
Partly cloudy and colder tonight then fair and warmer Tuesday across Amarillon area. West Texas expected generally fair and slightly cooler north and east portions tonight, warmer Tuesday. New Mexico forecast partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with colder east portion tonight and warmer east and north central areas Tuesday. Temperature extremes 36 maximum 27 minimum.
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Panhandle
New Mexico
Britain and France Recognize Franco Regime in Spain
London reports Great Britain and France recognized the Franco government in Spain as the civil war nears an end. Chamberlain announced recognition citing Barcelona’s fall and Catalonia’s overrun. Franco’s ministers extended de jure recognition while pledging no reprisals against Republicans with possible tribunals for criminals.
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France
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Council of Ministers
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Barcelona
Catalonia
Paris
Juan Negrin
Madrid
United States
Munich Peace Aided Germany and Broke War Fever
United Press summarizes the Munich peace impact from 1938 to early 1939, detailing Germany's restored parity, the two blocs of dictatorial and democratic nations, and Mussolini's moves in the Mediterranean and Spain. It notes Britain's push for peace, Japan's expansion, France and Italy arming in North Africa, and Hitler's mixed signals. The piece warns of rising tensions and the danger of accidental conflict as the world reorders before spring.
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Mariano Gomez
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