Sabotage Charged As Poles Cut Isolates Four Towns
El Paso back fed power to four towns Las Cruces Hatch Anthony Canutillo as pole lines near Canutillo were sawed. Union leaders deny responsibility and claim management failed to honor labor agreement. NLRB laxity cited by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in a letter to the board.
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EL Paso
Las Cruces
Hatch
Anthony
New Mexico
Canutillo
Tex
Mesilla Valley
el Paso Electric Company
M. C. Smith
J. C. Gallagher
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Volney Brown
Washington
U.P
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Today
National Labor Relations Board
el Paso Electric Co
NLRB
Dan W. Tracy
Tracy
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Regional Labor Board
Roosevelt Outlines Permanent Tax Plan for New Revenues
President Roosevelt outlined a tax program to raise about 1.12 billion annually, including 120 million for the bonus and 500 million for the farm program, with 500 million temporary taxes. He said Congress would decide how to impose levies, while the plan aims to balance the 1937 budget and cover relief and AAA costs.
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Washington
Newsca
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Treasury
AAA
Amarillo and West Texas Fair Weather Outlook
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity shows fair conditions tonight and Saturday with a slight drop in temperatures on Saturday. Northeastern areas warmer tonight, Panhandle colder Saturday. New Mexico expected fair weather tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Daytime highs range 34 to 59 degrees by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Rail fare cut ordered by Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission rules a five to four vote to cut basic rail passenger fares from 3.6 to 2 cents per mile and Pullman rates to 3 cents per mile. Effective June 2, the nationwide fare structure shifts, primarily impacting Eastern roads though Western and Southern lines already test lower fares. Eastern carriers opposed the move, fearing revenue loss, while the majority led by Claude R. Porter notes potential overall benefit to eastern lines.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Commission
Claude R. Porter
Hitler ready to shake hands in historic posturing
The Globe republishes Arthur Brisbane’s summary of Hitler’s push for a Franco German entente. Hitler claims a Germany nine tenths behind him vows friendship and a robust national stance. France plans to protest at the League meeting over Rhineland remilitarization, with Paris alert to German troop movements.
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Paris
U.P
Adolf Hitler
France
Rhineland
League of Nations
Geneva
Germany
King Wrecks Auto In Front Of Street Car
King George of Greece drove his car and collided with a street car in Athens today. Neither the king nor others were reported injured, but both vehicles suffered damage.
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Athens
George
Greece
Tokyo revolt tests government as rebel troops hold central Tokyo
AP reports insurgent soldiers defy the evacuation deadline and seize central Tokyo Nagatacho. Martial law ruler Lieut Gen Kochi Kashi promises appropriate measures as censorship thickens and negotiations for a bloodless return begin. Rebels led by a captain resist, while imperial princes and army leaders shape a possible military government with figures like General Araki discussed.
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Associated Press
Japan
Tokyo
Clearea
Kochi Kashi
Nagatacho
Hirohito
Shanghai
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Singapore
Domei
Okada
Sadao Araki
Reuters
London
Araki
Jinzaburo Mazaki
Imperial Palace
Financier Moody Dies of Pneumonia in Galveston
Galveston February 28 40 year old financier and civic leader Shearn Moody died at his Cedar Lawn home after a week long battle with pneumonia He was stricken returning from a business trip to New York and Chicago and died with family at his bedside He led in numerous family enterprises including News Publishing Company National Hotel American Printing and owned the Galveston baseball club of the Texas League He and his father W L Moody Jr also ran W L Moody and Co bankers and the Moody family traced to Col W L Moody founder of their cotton and banking interests Moody bought the Waco Texas League franchise in 1931 bringing baseball back to Galveston.
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Galveston
Shearn Moody
South Texas
Cedar Lawn
South
Moody
New York
Chicago
W. L. Moody, Jr
News Publishing Company
Galveston News and Tribune
American National Insurance Company
National Hotel Company
American Printing Company
Galveston Baseball Club
W. L. Moody and Co
Puppets Performances At Municipal Auditorium
Hundreds of school children gathered for Tony Sarg marionette show A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court featuring 36 puppets in three acts and 13 scenes. Tonight at 8 15 tickets cost 55 cents for adults 25 cents for children available at Tolzien's Music Store or the Auditorium box office.
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Municipal Auditorium
Tony Sarg
King Arthur's Court
Paust
Disease hits Texas cities close Kilgore schools
Spinal meningitis and influenza disrupted life in Kilgore and other Texas towns as health officials moved to prevent an epidemic. Public places including schools theaters and churches were shut by Gregg County health officer Dr E L Jones as Nettie Lee Carter 7 of Kilgore was diagnosed with spinal meningitis. No other cases were reported but closures were ordered as a precaution.
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United Press
Texas
Kilgore
East Texas
E. L. Jones
Gregg County
Nettie Lee Carter
Frank Carter
Death Probe in Pampa Over 8YearOld Girl Run Down
A court inquiry in Pampa investigated the death of Patsy Ruth Thomas eight struck by a car driven by 16 year old Sean Gillispie as she crossed in front of Woodrow Wilson grade school around 4 pm. Patsy Ruth died en route to a hospital. survivors include her parents Ralph and unnamed mother and a 11 year old brother Charles Roy. Ralph Thomas is Gray County farm agent and Panhandle Baby Beef Club official. Funeral services were set for 2 pm Saturday at the First Methodist Church in Pampa.
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Globe Pampa
Patsy Ruth Thomas
Ralph Thomas
Sean Gillispie
Patsy Ruth
Charles Lee- Roy
Gray County
Panhandle Baby Beef Club Association
First Methodist
Pampa
Wilentz to Stand Aside on Hauptmann Reprieve Decision
An authoritative source says Attorney General David T. Wilentz will not oppose or consent to a second reprieve for Bruno Hauptmann. He will stand aside, letting Governor Harold Hoffman decide whether to delay the death sentence further.
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Trenton
N. J
David T. Wilentz
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wilentz
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Flood Waters Rise Along Allegheny River in Pittsburgh
Rising ice jam floods reach nine year high on the Allegheny, inundating downtown riverfronts, cellars, and river suburbs. A ten mile ice gorge moves past Lock No. 8 as towns like Oakmont Verona and Harvarsville report water on streets. Pittsburgh’s level nears 30 feet with forecast subsidence.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Oakmont
Verona
Harvarsville
Lock No. 8
Kittanning
Monongahela
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Court Asked to Reconsider TVA Decision
The Supreme Court was urged to revisit its ruling upholding TVA powers to develop hydro electric power on the Tennessee River. Briefs were filed for preferred stockholders of Alabama Power Company in the suit. FHA Loans. Long Bell Lbr. Co.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee River
Alabama Power Company
Mountain towns evacuated as deadly snowslides strike
In Wallace Idaho on February 28, Mountaineers fled homes as avalanches pummeled the Rugger Coeur D'Alene range. Two major slides in two days forced evacuation of Jack White mine camp and Burke, where five homes were swept away. Families Ole Erickson and Edwin Erickson were trapped but rescued unharmed. Robert Stalwick was buried but recovered without injury.
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Wallace
Idaho
Rugger Coeur D'Alene
Jack White
Burke
Ole Erickson
Edwin
Robert Stalwick
Scotti the Baritone Dies at Age Seventy in Naples
Antonio Scotti, 70, famed baritone and former Metropolitan Opera star, died Wednesday in Naples where he had retired after delivering his final Metropolitan bow three years earlier.
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Rome
Antonio Scotti
Metropolitan Opera
Naples
Group Is Named on Hagood Resolution
The Senate Military Committee formed a three member sub committee to study the Metcalf resolution proposing an inquiry into the removal of Major General Johnson Hagood from command of the 8th Corps area after his criticism of federal spending policies.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Metcalf
Johnson Hagood
8Th Corps
Downtown Ballet Ticket Sale Opens Tomorrow
The Hollywood Ballet Company plans its appearance next Tuesday night at the municipal auditorium with tickets on sale tomorrow in downtown at City Drug No. 1 on Polk Street. Prices are $1.65 and $1.10 and 55 cents with an electric organ for music and a cast of over 40 artists led by Helen Marie Groscup, a former Amarillo girl.
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Hollywood Ballet Company
Municipal Auditorium
City Drug No. 1
Polk Street
Hollywood
Helen Marie Groscup
Amarillo
Amba Alagi Stronghold Seized by Italian Forces
Italian units captured Amba Alagi in northern Ethiopia, signaling a major advance from the Eritrean front. Marshal Badoglio announced that the first army corps raised the Italian tricolor over the summit, with observers noting moves toward encircling Ethiopian forces in the Tembien region and controlling caravan routes south of the ridge.
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Rome
U.P
Ethiopia
Amba Alagi
Enderta
Torelli
Aduwa
Pietro Badoglio
Toselli
Badoglio
Asmara
Eritrea
Tembien
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el Paso Central Labor Union
Electric Company
W. L. Ingram
International Union
Hitler
U. 8
Arthur Brisbane
U. S
America
Globe
Brisbane
Russia
Europe
Galveston Bucs
Irene Caldwell
Patsy Thomas
TVA
FHA Loans
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
Scotti
Hagood
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