House Appropriations Panel Recommends WPA Cut
The full House appropriations committee urged trimming relief funds by 150 million dollars and urged Roosevelt to seek 725 million instead of 875 million for the Works Progress Administration. Republicans accuse malingerers and call for shorter funding and broader grants in aid to states. The dispute pivots on veteran relief figures and unemployment projections through June 1939.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
House
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Thnaca Etatamantia
VV Ali Lirvou Ovaluusead
Republican Committee
Shriners Banquet Guest Named for Khiva Temple
Andrew A D Rahn the imperial potentate of the Mystic Shrine in North America will be the guest of Khiva Temple tomorrow in Minneapolis. Rahn represents Shriners International in North America and will attend the banquet.
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Shriners Will
North America
Andrew A. D. Rahn
Minneapolis
Mystic Shrine
Khiva
Texas House Seeks Fair Freight Rates for Southwest
Texas House urged Congress to press the Interstate Commerce Commission for a fair freight-rate system in the Southwest. Rep Bradbury said current zone rates cost Texas shippers 60 to 85 percent more than the North and East, hindering farmers and business in Texas.
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Austin
U.P
Texas House of Representatives
United States Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwest
House
J. Bryan Bradbury
Abilene
Congress
ICC
Texas
Farmers Land
Bradbury
Illinois
South America
Japan
Atlanta
Senate
James V. Ailred
Rebel General Cedillo Killed in Mexican Skirmish
An official report says Gen. Saturnino Cedillo, once charged with plotting against the Cardenas regime, was killed in a skirmish near Cardeńas in San Luis Potosi. His body was taken to Las Palomas as troops pursued remaining loyalists after his isolated withdrawal.
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Mexico City
Bsatarnino Cedillo
Cedillo
National Defense
Cardenas
San Luis Potosi
Pras
Las Palomas
United States
Isauro Garcia Rubio
Italian Jews Appeal for Delayed Expulsion Plea
A committee representing about 10 000 foreign Jews in Italy sent a memorandum to Prime Minister Chamberlain asking him to appeal to Mussolini to postpone the expulsion set for March 12. They cite visa shortages and seek time to relocate under the British flag, avoiding Ethiopia as a destination. The memo notes mandatory departure or risk of fines and forcible expulsion, with names kept secret to protect participants.
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Rome
U.P
Italy
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
Chamberlain
Mussolini
FDR Calls for Swift Action on Arms Budget
President Roosevelt urged Congress to approve a 552 million dollar national defense program, seeking 525 million for army and navy plus training, 27 million for a Panama Canal zone garrison, and a total near 1.66 billion dollars, to rapidly strengthen US forces. He stressed the plan is the minimum and not a step toward European war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Army
Navy
Panama Canal Zone
America
United States
Death takes Mrs McCormick in Amarillo home
Mrs Lois Tyson McCormick died suddenly at her home 502 Sunset after suffering a heart attack following a prior episode Monday. She was 37 years a resident of Amarillo since early childhood, native of Mountain View Missouri. Survived by husband James L. McCormick three children Joan Lorna Beth and Donald and her parents Mr. and Mrs George H Tyson of Amarillo. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 PM in Griggs chapel with arrangements by N S Griggs and Sons.
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Lois Tyson McCormick
James L. McCormick
McCormick
George H. Tyson
Amarillo
Mountain View
University of Chicago
Mr. McCormick
N. 5
Griggs and Sons
Griggs Chapel
Joan
Lorna Beth
Donald
Chinese Band Cuts Jap Railroad Breaks Japanese Rail Links
Chinese soldiers cut the Tientsin Peiping railroad, severing Japanese army rail communications with Manchukuo and Japan. All traffic on the line stopped at 8 p m yesterday according to U P dispatches from Tientsin.
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Tientsin
U.P
Tientsin-Peiping
Manchukuo
Japan
Merriman’s Tri-section Problem Reopened by Local Study
J D Merriman, Wheeler surveyor, proposes a geometric method to trisect an angle with a straightedge and compass. Amarillo College professor Dr Arthur Ruhlig finds a key error in the construction that forces reliance on trial and error, challenging the solution’s validity.
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Archimedes
Panhandle
J. D. Merriman
Wheeley County
Wheeler
Merriman
Dr. Ruhlig
Dr. Ruhilg
Ruhhg
Frankfurter Testimony Helps His Supreme Court Nomination
Senate judiciary subcommittee approves Felix Frankfurter for associate justice after he asserts commitment to Americanism and the Constitution. He cites ACLU ties and calls for civil liberties for all, including Nazi and Klan supporters, while avoiding personal endorsement. He recalls debates on Nazi and Fascist rights and reiterates that constitutional rights apply to all within the law.
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Washington
U.P
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Senate
U.S
Frankfurter
Harvard Law
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
American Civil Liberties Union
Union
Borah
Idaho
Benjamin Cardozo
Germany
ACLU
Prankfurter
Italy
National Labor Relations Board
Train kills 78 year old woman at Dalhart crossing
Dalhart special report A 78 year old widow Mrs. John Keen was killed instantly at 9 44 this morning when struck by a passenger train at a downtown cross ing near Denrock Street The underpass project is to be let soon Officials said the train was moving about 15 miles per hour and Mrs Keen had defective hearing Her son previously died when vault door fell on him last December The incident marks the second fatal crossing accident at the same site in less than a year and further funeral arrangements are pending
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Dalhart
John Keen
Denver
Rock Island
E. H. Rutherford
Pierce Street
Amarillo
Keen
Iliff
Los Angeles
Calif
Denrock Street
J. P. Bearden
Amarillo Weather Summary With Local Advertisements
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with little temperature change. West Texas partly cloudy tonight and Friday warmer in southeast and south central portions. New Mexico fair tonight and Friday and colder Pecos Valley tonight. Temperature extremes show a max 36 min 33. Amarillo Shade & Equip. Co and John Maynard Lbr. Co advertise Build Now with estimates at 800 W Fifth and phone 5353.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Pecos Valley
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Nazi press blames Jews as Dutch neutrality tested
The Nazi foreign office warned the Netherlands that tolerance toward destructive Jewish influence could endanger Holland's guarded neutrality. After alleged shots at German diplomatic buildings in Amsterdam and The Hague, Berlin pressed Holland to protect German diplomats and curb Jewish activity, signaling possible reprisals.
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Berlin
Nazi Foreign Office
Holland
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Hague
Foreign Office
Propaganda Ministry
Am- See
Germany
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