Compromise 5 Seen In Probe Of NRA Regime
In El Paso and Las Cruces New Mexico and Texas, a power workers strike paralyzed hospitals and industry. Governor Tingley warned he would call national guards if needed while meditating with officials on labor demands. The IBEW seeks recognition and a closed shop amid hospital power needs and incubator losses.
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Tingley
New Mexico
EL Paso
U.P
Clyde Tingley
Las Cruces
N. M
el Paso Electric Company
Joseph McGill
R. F E. Sherman
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
McGill
Sherman
Hotel Dieu
M. C. Smith
Electric Company
Income tax on Texas purses moves in House
The Texas House received a state income tax bill. Individuals would pay tax after the first 1000 dollars. singles 1 to 7 percent above thresholds, married and dependents add sums. Corporations taxed from 2 to 6 percent. Revenue splits allocated to state, schools, Confederate pensions, and counties. A second bill seeks undiluted natural gas delivery with minimum heat content. Additional bills address restoring sanity of insane-convicted offenders and anti open-saloon measures amid prohibition repeal debate.
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Austin
Texas House of Representatives
J. Bryan Bradbury
Abilene
Texas
Bradbury
Rep
C. F. Farmer
Fort Worth
Tragedy Leaves 5 Year Old Mary Robbins Alive
In Wichita Falls Mary Robbins, five, is the sole survivor after her father W R Robbins shot his wife and their three year old son and then killed himself. The three victims were found with shotgun wounds to the face as Mary returned home with two uncles. The family had moved to Wichita Falls last July from Hill County.
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Wichita Falls
U.P
Mary Robbins
W. R. Robbins
Mary
Hill County
Disbarment Order Blocked by Cutten
CHICAGO Feb 28 Arthur W Cutten famous Chicago grain trader won a court order blocking for two years the grain futures commission ban on him for violating the grain futures act.
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Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Grain Futures Commission
Cutten
It Happened One Night Dominates 1934 Oscar Wins
Hollywood February awards spotlight Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable for best on screen acting. It Happened One Night leads with top honors. Shirley Temple receives a special award as the Academy honors notable achievements in film.
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Hollywood
Calif
Claudette Colbert
Clark Gable
Movie World Today
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy
Shirley Temple
Sabotage claim casts shadow on Post flight plan
Wiley Post charged that two pounds of steel filings and emery were placed in his Winnie Mae engine likely by another pilot to ruin his stratosphere flight. He said the sabotage caused overheating leading to a forced landing near Muddy Dry Lake California after takeoff from Los Angeles. Laboratory tests allegedly confirmed the foreign matter in the oil during the Los Angeles investigation.
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Kansas City
Wiley Post
Post
New York
Mudoc Dry Lake
California
Los Angeles
Planes Join Hunt For Kidnapped Missionaries In China
In Shangai February 28 United Press reports planes aiding government troops in chasing bandits who abducted two British missionaries in Nang Chiang China. Mrs B C Frencham, pregnant, is believed alive though uncertain. her husband, a Melbourne native, was captured with another group. The bandits fled westward pillaging as soldiers pursued.
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U.P
Shengi
C. Frencham
Melbourne
Australia
Nang- Chiang
Sian
Guerrilas
Frencham
Second Car Accident Victim Dies. Driver Charged
A second victim of an automobile crash in the 1900 block of East Tenth Avenue died at a local hospital. Enrique Montanes, 45, a Mexican relief worker of 1511 Garfield Street, died at 6 am. Enrique Torres, about 48, of 1308 Cleveland Street, died instantly. Arless L. Hooks, 24, of Houston, who drove the car, was charged with murder and is under guard at Northwest Texas Hospital. Witnesses said Hooks drove east on Tenth Avenue at high speed and lost control, with the car zigzagging off the pavement.
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Enrique Torres
Cleveland Street
Arless. L. Hooks
Houston
Montanes
Torres
Bob Clark
Hooks
Northwest, Texas Hospital
Arless Hooks
Northwest
Tenth Avenue
Cat-Like He Crept Into Society Champion Buttons Triumphs
A stray black tomcat from Brambach New York impressed judges at a New York Cat Show winning ribbons and silver cups. The piece notes he will become an ancestor of a new feline nobility after nine lives of luxury and cites Globe-News Want Ads as a source of success, including a sale of a trailer from Amarille.
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New York
Champion Buttons
Brambach
N. Y
Globe-News
Investment Wizard Convicted of Fraud
Elmer B Huckins of Wisconsin and Iowa was found guilty by a federal jury on mail fraud charges involving over 2 million dollars. He promised investors in a cigar business 26 to 52 percent interest, leading to ponzi like manipulations. He received 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Milwaukee
Wis
U.P
Elmer
Huckins
Wisconsin
Towa
F. A. Geiger
Amarillo and West Texas fair and warmer forecast
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas shows fair skies and rising temperatures. Tonight will be cold with a low near freezing. Friday remains fair and warmer with partly cloudy skies. New Mexico also fair tonight and Friday with temperature extremes between 32 and 60 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Johnson ends Amarillo post office inspector tenure
Seventeen years of service as postoffice inspector in Amarillo ended today for M. B. Johnson of 1701 Monroe Street. He was transferred yesterday to the Denver division of the U S post office department and left for Denver last night. His exact new location in Colorado, Wyoming, or New Mexico was not specified.
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Amarillo
M. B. Johnson
Monroe Street
Denver
Colo
U. S. Post Office Department
Johnson
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Allred to Attend Mother-in-Law Day in Amarillo
Governor James V. Allred and Mrs Allred will attend Amarillo’s second annual Mother-in-Law Day with Mrs Claude Miller of Wichita Falls as guest of honor. A cowgirl and cowboy costume contest for West Texas children, judging at 11, parade at 1 30, plus free coffee and sodas, movies, and a Municipal Auditorium program are planned.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Allred
Amarillo
Claude Miller
Wichita Falls
West Texas
Wes Izzard
Izzard
Jimmy Allred
Panhandle
Charges of murder may face 32 men
Mangum Oklahoma February 28 Victor Waters Greer County attorney said it was possible murder charges could be filed against all 32 granite reformatory convicts involved in the February 17 break during which a guard was killed He planned further investigation at the reformatory and noted the potential blanket charges against all implicated in the escape John Maynard Lumber 800 W 5th
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Mangum
Okla
Victor Waters
Greer
Granite Reformatory
Reformatory
Pate” Jones
Waters
George A Waters
Fred Hunt
Tishomingo
Byrd Declares U S Claims Antarctic Territory
New York reports say Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd assured a British official the United States has no ambitions in a large uninhabited Antarctic area. Byrd claimed about 40 000 square miles as Marie Byrd Land during his 1929 flight and 1930 explorations.
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New York
United States
Great Britain
Dunedin
N. Z
Richard E. Byrd
Admiral Byrd
Antarctica
Marie Byra Land
Gas pipeline planned to supply major cities from Texas
Austin Feb 28 The plan would deliver 400 000 000 cubic feet of Texas gas daily to St Louis and Detroit, the nation’s largest cities without natural gas, via a Texas Panhandle pipeline. State Tax Commissioner R B Anderson will confer with engineers in St Louis and Ickes was asked to back a $60 million PWA loan for the project.
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Austin
U.P
St. Louis
Detroit
Texas
R. B Anderson
St. Ivmis
Texas Panhandle
Anderson
James V. Allred
PWA
Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Alabama Votes To Retain Dry Laws
Alabama voters rejected efforts to repeal bone dry statutes and maintain prohibition. With 1,919 of 2,156 boxes reporting, 89,184 favored modification while 95,889 opposed. Results mirrored Mississippi in keeping hard liquor and wine bans.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Huey Long Says He Will Seek Louisiana Governor Post
Senator Huey P. Long announced he would run for governor in 1936 as Louisiana lawmakers rushed a new batch of bills in a special session. Long smiled and noted the state has about 1.5 million dollars in the bank while downplaying questions about a presidential bid.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Long
House of Representatives
Vienna students rounded up in anti Germany protest
In Vienna on February 28 more than 300 students were arrested for taking part in a political demonstration in support of Germany. The group included many young women and reflected the tense political climate of the city.
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Vienna
Germany
Nothing Is Right With Wallace Who Doesn’t Care
A six year old named Wallace Rossall was examined by two osteopathic students in Los Angeles who reported his heart is on the opposite side, one lung is missing, and his intestines occupy chest cavity yet he remains active with a healthy appetite. X rays show food travels from a stomach at the hip to the upper chest area before entering the intestines.
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Los Angeles
Wallace Rossall
Wallace
Harry Salisoury
George Harilein
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