Snow covers Panhandle and Texas Panhandle regions
A light to moderate snowfall spread across the Texas Panhandle and eastern New Mexico, with Texline receiving about an inch and Tascosa around three quarters of an inch. The storm stretched from the Panhandle to upper Michigan, delaying trains and halting some plane service while milder weather was forecast for the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Anhandle
Texline
Channing
Tascosa
Canadian River Gas Company
Bivins
North Highway
Fort Worth
Denver
Mr. Collman
New Mexico
Panhandle
Tucumcari
Jamestown
N. Y
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Texas Panhandle
Upper Michigan
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Texas fair trade bill faces heated Texas Senate debate
In Austin on March 1 a minimum price structure for trade marked goods moved forward after unanimous Senate committee support and a split House panel. Debate featured boos and sharp clashes as proponents argued the act would regulate pricing while opponents warned of higher costs for consumers and distrust in loss leaders.
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Austin
Texas Senate
House
Senate
Abe Mays
Atlanta
Texas
J. Franklin Spears
Frank Rawlings
Fort Worth
Rawlings
New England
Spears
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Farm Boy Held In Knox City Threat Case
FBI announces arrest of a farm youth in Knox City Texas charged with attempting to extort 2000 dollars from merchant H J Malouf. letter warned of harm to Malouf’s daughter and stated pay must be left 400 yards from the suspect’s home. case cites improvised plan and potential 20 year penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox City
Dallas
E. E. Conroy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
H. J. Malouf
Texas
Conroy
Malouf
O'Brien
la Rue
Rochester
FBT
Phoenix
Ariz
Chidren
Stephens
FBI
Lews Cartwright
Benjamin
Orville Capehart
Doss Fuller
Ruel
Ollie Kittley
Blizzard the porcupine attacks Amarillo area again
A porcupine nicknamed Blizzard terrorizes the Amarillo region for three months. His latest act killed a family dog owned by the A. Blankenships near Palisades State Park after quills tore flesh during attempted extraction. Rangers named him Blizzard after a snowstorm capture.
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Amarillo
A. Blankenships
Palisades State Park
South
Texas Rangers
Rangers
Blizgard
Kidnaper Intermediary Held in Katz Child Abduction
Charles Mitchell and Sol Schwartz were arrested as the intermediaries in the kidnapping of four year old Michael Katz of Brooklyn. Nellie Resnick, Schwartz’s sister, was held on withholding information. The suspects confessed and faced kidnapping charges while Resnick faced a felony charge. The motive cited was recovering $6,600 in racing losses from George Katz after a $180 ransom paid for the boy’s release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Katz
Brooklyn
Katz
Michael
Frank C. Bals
Charles Mitchell
Sol Schwartz
Nellie Resnick
Schwartz
Bals
Mon- Gay
Krakow welcomes Italian minister Ciano to city
The gaily decorated city of Krakow greeted Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano with enthusiastic reception on his arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Krakow
Galeazzo Ciano
Authoritative Interpretation of European Troubles To Be Given
Sir Arthur Willett, diplomat and author, will speak at the Amarillo high school auditorium Friday at 8 15 pm under Globe News auspices. He led the British Foreign Office publicity department from 1920 to 1935 and has toured Europe gathering material for lectures. A matinee for Amarillo school children follows. Admission 40 cents.
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Arthur Willett
British Foreign Office
Foreign Office
Europe
Amarillo
Globe News
Sir Arthur
Supreme Court narrows injunctions on load limit law
The Texas Supreme Court invalidated most injunctions blocking enforcement of the 7000 pound load limit on trucks, ruling license and weight inspectors must enforce the law without judge supervision. The decision allows officers to speed enforcement while ensuring vehicles meet specified limits, restoring orderly application of state vehicle size rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Supreme Court
Rio Grande Valley
State Public Safety Department
Supreme Tribunal
Bryce Ferguson
Edinburg
Fountain Kirby
Groesbeck
J. Hickman
Ferguson
Pendergast era faced as indictments sweep Kansas City vice
In Kansas City residents aided by Gov Lloyd Stark indicted 90 people in a sweeping anti vice drive. Judges Allen Southern and David Long along with J W Hostetter were charged with using their offices to aid party stalwarts. The Carrollas brothers and seven associates faced multiple gambling device counts with bonds set.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Pendergast
Lloyd C. Stark
Allen C. Southern
David E. Long
Jackson County
J. W. Hostetter
Nunns Bay New Radio Station
Ashland Ky March 1 sale of controlling interest in Radio Station WOMI announced by B F Forgey and J T Norris of Ashland Publishing Co. Gilmore N Nunn and J Lindsay Nunn assume operation and control. Ashland Daily Independent retains minority stake. Nunns also run WLAP Lexington and have ties to Lexington Herald.
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Ashland
WOMI
Federal Communications Commission
B. F. Forgey
J. T. Norris
Ashland Publishing Company
Gilmore N. Nunn
J. Lindsay Nunn
Lexington
Ashland Daily Independent
Nunns
WLAP
Lexington Herald
Texas
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and West Texas expect light snow this afternoon or tonight with slightly warmer temperatures. Tonight and Thursday, partly cloudy and warmer in the north and east portions, with New Mexico remaining fair. Extreme highs near 27 and lows around 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Yicin
Itv
West Texas
New Mexico
Two New Airlines Sought for City
Amarillo explores two new air routes with Braniff Airways and a proposed San Antonio to Denver link via Amarillo. A publisher led delegation will travel to Port Worth for the Southwest Aviation Conference to press airport and route issues. If approved, Denver would connect to Amarillo directly for the first time in over six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Rogers
Southwest Aviation Conference
Port Worth
Tom Cotten
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Conference
Vernon Gunn
Braniff Airways
English
Braniff
Amarillo
Torsuga Amarillo
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Globe Today
Atlanta
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Memphis
Tenn
San Antonio
Denver
Big Spring
Pueblo
CAA
San Antonio-Denver
Chamber of Commerce
Aviation Committee
Tom Braniff
Gives Support In Rate Fight
Washington march 1. Hart head of the Atlantic Traffic Bureau urged the Interstate Commerce Commission be told to investigate and correct freight rate inequalities harming the South. He spoke before the House Interstate Commerce Committee backing the Ramspeck bill to end geographical differentials and opposed a fixed rate formula.
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Washington
Hart
Atlantic Traffic Bureau
Interstate Commerce Commission
South
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
ICC
Atlantan
North
Braniff Revises Dallas Amarillo Schedule Changes
Braniff Airways announced a revised Dallas to Amarillo schedule with an 8:22 A M departure now reaching Amarillo by 11 A M. The 9:15 A M flight time was shortened to 11:00 A M. Planes are replaced with Douglas ships on Dallas routes and Electras retired for longer runs while shorter hops use Electras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Braniff Airways
Amarillo
Pacific Coast
Douglas
British Speaker Sir Charles Morgan-Webb to Address Knife and Fork Club
Sir Charles Morgan-Webb, famed British economist, will arrive at 4:25 PM to deliver a 7:15 PM dinner lecture at the Amarillo Country Club. He will discuss family matters with his American cousins with focus on currency policy and housing as questions follow. Advance reservations closed. ticket holders seated first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Morgan-Webb
Knife and Fork Club
John E. Hill
Charles
United States Stabilization Fund
Spain
Great Britain
France
Amarillo Country Club
Ex-Publicity Man Must Reveal Source Of Bribery Charge
Kent Watson, former publicity official for a Dallas illustrated newspaper, travels to Austin to testify before the district court grand jury about alleged bribery of state legislators via poker games. The Feb 26 issue claimed doubtful lawmakers were invited to poker with lobbyists and repeatedly win, tied to an insurance agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Kent Watson
Dallas Illustrated
District Court Grand Jury
Osaka Munitions Dump Blast Shocks Japan Two Cities
A massive munitions dump exploded in Osaka the industrial hub of Japan triggering wide fires and power and communications disruptions. Casualties were believed high and troops aided firemen as relief workers mobilized. Police offered no cause yet the situation appeared serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UPA
Osaka
Japan
Peace in World Affairs Germany Cast in Question Mark
United Press dispatch analyzes Germany under Hitler as a growing uncertainty in world peace since Munich. It notes contradictory moves toward peace and expansion, Nazi economic shocks, and the strain from bartered trade, with Austria and the Sudetenland heightening tensions and exposing capital shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Munich
Job Alex Morris
Nazi Germany
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Europe
Hitler
Great Britain
France
Italy
Mediterranean
Germany
Japan
Poland
Rumania
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Russia
Sudetenland
Austria
Geremany
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Est Panhandle
Iman
United States
Welcome Ciano
K. C
Nunns Bay
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. 5Th
Aviation
Thornton Oxnard
English Field
Beechcraft
Harold Carter
Fred Smith
Mayor Rogers
Sam Elkins
Mark Taylor
Walter Blackburn
Ralph Wertz
Bill Gilstrap
Joe Jenkins
Milton Cox
Roy Cullum
Dick Martin
Homer Wheeler
TWA
Herring Hotel
Panhandle Br, Co. Inc
Sally Rand
Ray Stanford
Hazel Drain
Miss Rand
Neely-Greenhill Agcy
Peace IN World Affairs
Russia
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