Court Martial of Ocker Opens
Maj. William C. Ocker oldest army pilot pleaded not guilty at his court martial trial on charges he spoke disparagingly and profanely of a superior officer. The charge was brought by Lieut Col Henry A Clagett at Kelly Field. The trial began with opening procedure as Ocker in uniform listened.
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Fort Sam Houston
Texas
U.P
William C. Ocker
Henry A. Clagett
Kelly Field
Ocker
Charles W. Anderson
Ralph M. Pennell
15Th Field Artillery
Businessmen clash with NRA over wages and codes
Washington reports protests as businessmen accuse NRA code efforts of racketeering and wage cuts. Mary Dewson cites sweat shop evasion and failed wage protections affecting Pennsylvania silk, hosiery, and other factories. George Cohen attacks used car appraisal books as monopolistic practice. Ruth Scott pleads for longer hours to support a Massachusetts theater worker and his family.
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Washington
Mary W. Dewson
Democratic National Committee
Raleigh
Change Sweat Shops
Dewson
NRA
National Consumers League
George A. Cohen
Boston
National Automobile Dealers Association
Cohen
New England
New York
New Jersey
Ruth Scott
Massachusetts
Texas Legislature Ends Special Session Adjourns After Relief Measures
Governor Ferguson calls a special session to pass unemployment relief bills. The session adjourns after 2:05 PM with bills to issue state relief bonds and a moratorium on foreclosures. Sen Margie Neal of Carthage named president pro tempore ad interim. Bond issue set at 5 million dollars with 4.5 percent rate to boost marketability.
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Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
Hills
Sine
Margie EF. Neal
Carthage
Texas Senate
Senate
Miss Neal
Japan protests Soviet air incursions over Manchuria and Korea
Tokyo lodges a formal protest to Moscow demanding an end to Soviet flights over Manchuria and Korea, citing two Russian attacks on Japanese planes and a possible downing near the Manchukuo border. Moscow counters that Japanese planes entered Soviet airspace and denies Soviet air losses or incursions into Korea or Manchukuo.
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Tokyo
Japanese Foreign Office
Moscow
Manchuria
Korea
Koki Hirota
Ota
Foreign Office
Hsinking
Changchun
Manchukuo
War Office
Honchun
Keigen
Keiko
Yuki
Rashin
Amur
Manchukuan
Japan
Pogronichnaya
Iman
John J. McGraw dies at 60 as Pu Yi marks birthday
Arthur Brisbane notes McGraw, famed baseball figure, has died at age sixty. Pu Yi, ruler of Manchukuo, observes his twenty eighth birthday with prayer and fasting, seeking favor from multiple deities in his new domain.
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Pu-Yi
China
Republic
Japan
Manchuria
New York
Woman smiles at love quiz in murder trial
Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean smiled on the witness stand as the prosecution pressed her about keeping two admirers at once. She testified she planned to marry Captain Franklin C. Maull after a fatal illness struck Kennedy last summer and Kennedy had threatened to kill them both if she wed Maull. She recalled Kennedy wanted her to marry him and said he wouldn’t let her go.
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Greenwood
Miss
Sarah Ruth Dean
Franklin C. Maull
Lewes
Del
Kenedy
Kennedy
Maull
Captain Maull
Fred Witty
Dr. Kennedy
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Thursday. West Texas mainly partly cloudy with warmer southeast portion. New Mexico expects occasional showers this afternoon and tonight with warmer east portion. Thursday generally fair. Temperatures today through 1 PM range from 20 to 39.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Explosion Injures Oklahoma Miners in Kali-Inla Mine
A flash explosion 3 000 feet underground in the Kali Inla coal mine at Cambria Oklahoma injured six men. Fred Ward was seriously hurt. others, John Detheridge George Kinikin Otto Pearce Tony Simonoski and Gus Tomasella, were taken to McAlester hospital after on site treatment.
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Cambria
Okla
Kali-Inla
Fred Ward
McAlester
John Detheridge
George Kinikin
Otto Pearce
Tony Simonoski
Gus Tomasella
Six Film Stars Nominated for Academy Awards
Hollywood, February 28. The Academy nominated six performers for 1933 best actor and actress honors. May Robson, Katharine Hepburn, and Diana Wynward are the actresses, for Lady for a Day Cavalcade and Morning Glory respectively. Leslie Howard Paul Muni and Charles Laughton are the actors, for Berkeley Square Ilama Fugitive From a Chain Gang and Henry the VIII.
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Hollywood
May Robson
Katharine Hepburn
Diana Wynward
Leslie Howard
Paul Muni
Charles Laughton
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Miss Robson
Miss Wynward
Miss Hepburn
Muni
Howard
Tension rises in Austria amid border shooting rumors
Reports from Vienna say fear of dis orders grows as Nazi ultimatum nears expiration. Officials deny planned violence though border skirmishes on February 12 left a gendarme and Heimwehrman wounded.
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Vienna
Theodore Habicht
Munich
Habicht
Engelbert Dollfuss
Heimwehr
Dollfuss
Austria
Upper Austria
Bavaria
Rasputin Death Tale Told in Libel Suit Film
Princess Youssoupoff testified in the libel suit against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, recounting Rasputin’s assassination with poisoned cake and wine, a revolver shot, and final fatal blows. The trial adjourned as she denied Natasha resembled another court woman, amid Panhandle Music Festival notices.
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London
Rasputin
Russia
Felix Youssoupoff
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Company
Russian Empire
Patrick Hastings
Dimitri Pavlovich
Puriskevitch
Hastings
Natasha
Rain Gods Relieve Drouth Areas in Panhandle and Oklahoma
Snow fell across parts of the Panhandle and Oklahoma, bringing relief to drouth areas. Higgins reported one inch, with two inches in the Waynoka to Woodward corridor. Clarendon and Canadian saw slight falls, while Amarillo anticipated warmer, partly cloudy weather tonight and tomorrow as Warner weather looms.
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Amarillo
Gobi Desert
Panhandle
Higgins
Santa Fe
Shattuck
Okla
Waynoka
Woodward
Oklahoma
Clarendon
Canadian
Warner
Snow Graces North Texas Towns Then Melts
The first snow of the winter touched several North Texas towns including Paris Bonham Clarksville Longview and Waco. Three inches fell at Paris and Bonham while Clarksville reported one inch. Tyler Sherman Dallas and Fort Worth saw light wet snowfall that melted quickly. Sleet at Waco turned to rain and then snow briefly.
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Dallas
Texas
Paris
Bonham
Clarksville
Tyler
Sherman
Fort Worth
Waco
Longview
Enraged Posse On Trail Of Brutal Double Killers
In Wellington Colorado on February 2 a mob forms to pursue a robber gang that killed a man and a boy and wounded a woman. Sheriff George Saunders says three suspects are in custody and two more are being sought. Clifford Smith Mrs. Smith and Robert Griffin 16 lived with the Smiths. The raid occurred as they returned home with a burst of rifle fire killing the man and boy. Mrs Smith was shot while fleeing and saw the attackers attempt to burn the bodies.
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Wellington
Colo
George Saunders
Clifford Smith
Robert Griffin
Smiths
Marooned Soviet Fishermen Rescued by Plane
An air plane rescued 20 of 500 fishermen marooned on Caspian Sea ice floes. The plane landed on an ice patch carrying over 100 men, distributed food, and guided 20 to shore. Ice-breaker Ettwo and additional aircraft search for remaining mariners amid improving weather.
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Astrakhan
U. S
8. R
Caspian Sea
Woman Dies After Burns From Gas Stove Fire
Abilene, Feb 24. Mrs. Kate Evans aged 80 died in a hospital from burns suffered when her clothing was set alight by a gas stove in her room yesterday. She had lived in Abilene for 20 years and will be buried today.
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Burns
Abilene
Kate Evans
Hawk Party Back After Pacific Tour
Mr and Mrs Wilbur C Hawk and Mrs Marie Ansley of Amarillo and Mr and Mrs T F Snowden of Atchison Kan returned home after a 16 day Pacific Coast and Hawaii visit The Globe News general manager and party stayed 16 days in Honolulu then toured California and Agua Caliente Mexico They reported a marvelous trip and noted Caliente thriving with busy hotels and strong business.
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Wilbur C. Hawk
Marie Ansley
Amarillo
T. FE. Snowden
Atchison, Kan
Pacific Coast
Hawaiian Islands
Hawk
The
Globe News
Honolulu
San Francisco
California
Agua Caliente
Mexico
Mr. Hawk
Caliente
Lower
Pu-Yi Bids For Foreign Recognition Before Entourage
Pu-Yi, about to be enthroned as emperor of Manchukuo, issued a statement to the Associated Press arguing for foreign recognition. He contrasted two years of Manchukuo rule with China under Republican governance, claiming peace and welfare for 30 million people under his regime. He then met American and other reporters as Mr Pu-Yi after purification ceremonies.
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Associated Press
Hsinking
Changchun
Manchukuo
Peb
Henry Pu- Yi
Asia
China
Confucius
Pu-Yi
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Iowa Park
Panhandle Music Teachers Association
Panhandle Art Association
Panhandle Speech Arts Association
Panhandle Dancing Teachers Association
First Baptist Church
Academy of Music
Amarillo Conservatory of Musical Arts
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