New District Lineup Would Aid Panhandle Texas Senate
March 2 report on Senate action toward redrawing Texas congressional districts. A Greer bill would create 21 districts, with Panhandle, Bexar County, and East Texas each receiving a seat. House panel favored Metcalfe plan assigning districts to Panhandle Bexar and West Central Texas.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
Julian P. Greer
Elkhart
Panhandle
Bexar County
East Texas
House Committee On
Penrose Metcalfe
San Angelo
West Central Texas
House
George Purl
Dallas
Senate Committee
Teachers College
Legislative Committee On
Roosevelt's Cabinet Pick Dies On Train En Route to Washington
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, named Attorney General by President Elect Roosevelt, collapsed and died of a heart attack aboard an Atlantic Coast Line train near Wilson North Carolina. He was 74 and died in his drawing room after being found unresponsive with his wife at his side. A doctor arrived after death. the body then proceeded to Washington.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Atlantic Coast Line
Wilson
Washington
Havana
Roosevelt
Senator Walsh
Herbert Weatherspee
Laurens
8. C
Sen
Miami
Fla
Senora Peres Chaumont
Katy Reopens Rail Shops With 780 Rehires
M H Cahill president of the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad announced plans to reopen shops at Parsons Kansas Sedalia Missouri and Waco Texas on April 1 to complete the repair program. The railroad will re-employ about 780 skilled mechanics and keep shops operating for at least three months.
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St, Louis
U.P
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Parsons
Kan
Sedalia
Waco
Texas
M. H. Cahill
Katy
Cahill
Bell Man Dies In Home Fire In Bailey Community
Leonard Texas March 2 Clark Bell about 25 burned to death at his Bailey community home while building a fire with highly inflammable material. His home was destroyed. Mrs Bell and three small children escaped serious injury.
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Leonard
Tex
Clark Bell
Bailey
Amarillo College President to Speak at Church Forum
Dr. B. E. Masters president of Amarillo College will address the adult Forum of the First Congregational Church Sunday at 11 o'clock on The Task of Education for Today.
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B. E. Masters
Amarillo College
First Congregational Church
Texas Exes Gala Night Marks 97th Independence Anniversary
Ex students of Texas University plan a Thursday banquet at the Herring Hotel to celebrate the 97th anniversary of Texas independence. Charles Keffer will preside as Amarillo and Canyon chapters join for a joint meeting with speakers from Canyon and James O. Gulekie of Amarillo. The program begins at 7 30 p.m. with decorations and features fitting the occasion.
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Herring Hotel
Charles Keffer
Amarillo
Canyon
Ex-Students Association
James O. Gulekie
Texas
Robbery at Fort Worth Rail Station Tops State List
The Dallas Times Herald reports at least 71000 dollars in cash was stolen by three men who held up a mail clerk and railway employee on February 21 at the Texas and Pacific railroad station in Fort Worth. They escaped with seven mail pouches containing Federal Reserve cash destined for distribution to other trains. The heist followed a passenger train arrival from Dallas. The state sees it as one of its largest robberies, with other past robberies sometimes yielding higher totals that were not negotiable.
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Vienna
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Grady Woodruff
Woodruff
Texas A. & M
House
United States
Gordon Burns
Huntsville
A. G. Walker
Vernon
Tuin
Texas Canyons State Park
Brewster
Presidio
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Senate
Walter Woodul
Houston
Dallas
Dallas Times Herald
Texas & Pacific
Fort Worth
Federal Reserve Bank
D. D. Crabb
C. T. Black
Railway Mail Service
Rollie Scales Injured in Auto Wreck near Claude
Rollie Scales, a bankruptcy trustee and lawyer from Amarillo, was injured when his car overturned near Claude at about 8 am while en route to Fort Worth. He was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital and his injuries include a possible broken leg and head injuries. a Moore County companion was not seriously hurt.
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Rollie Scales
St. Anthony's Hospital
Claude
Fort Worth
Moore County
Mr. Scales
Scales
Amarillo
van Buren Street
C. A. Carroll
Italian airman Nobile gravely ill after appendix operation
General Umberto Nobile, commander of the Italia airship wrecked in the Arctic, lies in grave condition at the Kremlin Hospital following an acute appendicitis operation. He is here as chief consultant on dirigible construction.
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Arctic
Moscow
U.S
Umberto Nobile
Kremlin
Nobile
Adams leads Miller County jail break after hotel holdup
Guilford Bud Adams, tied to an Abilene hotel holdup, sparked a jail break in Texarkana with five fellow inmates as eleven prisoners refused to exit. The incident followed his return from Abilene, Texas, and ongoing investigation into the Savoy Hotel offense.
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Abilene
Texarkana
Ark
U.P
Guilford
Bud) Adams
Savoy
Texas
Miller County
Beaumont Stricken by Night Without Street Lights
After its first night of total darkness in 35 years Beaumont residents were asked to support the citys suspended street lighting system by subscription, as officials sought funds to restore illumination.
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Beaumont
U.P
Denver Millionaire Is Freed After 60,000 Ransom Paid
Charles Boettcher II, a Denver millionaire, was released after $60,000 ransom was paid. The kidnapers seized him February 12, held him in a damp cellar, then drove all night before abandoning him near suburban Denver. A large manhunt followed with gunfire and machine guns as authorities pursued suspects Ralph Perry and John Mitchell, while Dr. John Foster was linked to the ransom delivery.
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Clyde G. Byers
Denver
U.P
Charles Boettcher II
Colorado
Sidney Sinsheimer
Boettcher
A. T. Clark
Adams County
Irondale Road
Brighton
Cheyenne
Wyo
Eaton
Claude K. Boettcher
John Foster
Foster
John O'Connell
O. A. Carter
Ralph Perry
John Mitchell
Jury Selections Continue In McDonald Murder Trial
Five more jurors to hear the William McDonald case were chosen in Henderson Texas as proceedings resumed. Seven jurors had already been selected at yesterday’s recess. Russell’s body was found at the bottom of Graham Lake after he disappeared for over three weeks.
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Henderson
Tex
U.P
William McDonald
Ralph Russell
Graham Lake
Russell
San Diego Promoters Claim City As Ideal Spot
In a San Diego feature from Los Angeles, Jimmy Dixon tours the coast at 60 mph praising the city as the only place an intelligent person would choose. Promoters Wheeler James MacMullen Morris Penter and Mr White back the claim with pamphlets and statistics.
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Mr. Wheeler
James MacMullen
Morris A. Penter
Mr. White
The
San Diego Union and Evening Tribune
San Diego
Jimmy Dixon
Banks Granted Time Out for Withdrawals Prohibition
California Oklahoma Louisiana Mississippi Oregon Nevada and Arizona join states with withdrawal limits. Governor Rolph orders California banks closed for three days ending Saturday as a statewide bank holiday.
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Associated Press
California
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oregon
Nevada
Arizona
Rolph
San Francisco
Murray
Acid Attack Ends in Tragic Double Death
In Denver on March 24 Maxine Gustin, a 32 year old telephone operator, suffered severe facial acid burns when her estranged husband R Gustin, a Tulsa salesman, poured acid on her in a hotel. He died shortly after from poison following his arrest during questioning.
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Denver
Maxine Gustin
Gustin
Tulsa
Okla
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with slightly colder temperatures overall. West Texas shows warmer southeast tonight and colder north Friday while New Mexico remains fair but cooler in the northeast tonight. Temperature extremes reach 38 to 57 by 1 PM today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Japanese push into Jehol frontier towns report
A Lingyuan Lingyuan-Tingchuan region push by the 16th infantry brigade under Maj. Gen. Tadashi Kawahara occupied Sutaoling at 4 30 pm. Lingyuan was captured yesterday, 75 miles northeast of Chengtefu Jehol City. Airdrome bombs near Jehol City. One plane returned. the other made a forced landing near Lingyuan with no injuries.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Lingyuan
Tadashi Kawahara
Sutaoling
Tingchuan
Jehol
Chengtefu
Chinchow
Manchuria
Jehol City
Chang Hsiao-liang
North
Chinese defense of Jehol under question as Japanese advance nears
In Chinchow the Japanese command weighed whether the Jehol defense had collapsed or not begun, as their war machine pressed along the Chihfeng Lingyuang line toward Jehol City. Air scouts counted about 30 000 Chinese retreating westward toward Pingchuan, and morale was in doubt after recent defeats and defections.
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Chinchow
Jehol
Chihfeng-Lingyuang
Jehol City
Chengtefu
Lingyuain-Pingchuan
Pingchuan
Nanking forecasts war to engulf China
The Nanking government predicted that warfare sweeping through Jehol province in Manchuria will cross the great wall and extend into north China, signaling a broad regional conflict.
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Nanking
China
U.P
Jehol
Manchuria
Great Wall
North
Independence Day Observed Across Amarillo
To mark Texas independence declared March 2 at Washington on the Brazos banks in Amarillo remained closed. The Texas flag flew above Amarillo College and other staff while city offices observed the historic date. The document proclaimed Texans declared independence from Mexico.
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Texas
Washington-on the-Brazos
Amarillo
Amarillo College
Mexico
West Texas Chamber Sets May 11 13 Convention Dates
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce annual general convention will be held in Big Spring from May 11 through May 13. The dates were approved at a meeting led by Wilbur C. Hawk president D A Bandeen manager and Maury Hopkins assistant manager along with directors. Bandeen said 50 to 75 more towns in the region are expected to affiliate.
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Big Spring
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Wilbur C. Hawk
D. A. Bandeen
Maury Hopkins
Big Spring Chamber
Bandeen
Democrats Still Seek Attorney General After Walsh Death
Washington March 20 Some Democrats remain available for the attorney general post after the death of Senator Walsh. Names mentioned in speculation include Gov Albert C Ritchie of Maryland Professor Felix Frankfurter of Harvard Law School Newton D Baker of Ohio Arthur Mullen of Nebraska Senator Hiram Johnson of California and Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana.
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Washington
Senator Walsh
Roosevelt
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard Law School
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Arthur Mullen
Nebraska
Hiram Johnson
California
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Senator Walsh Dies En Route to Washington From Heart Trouble
News from Rocky Mount North Carolina reports Senator Walsh of Montana died on a train en route to Washington likely from a heart attack. Mrs Walsh arranged burial preparations in Rocky Mount and the body was to be sent to Washington later that day. Capital reaction in Washington expressed shock and regret with the Senate adjourning in honor and President Hoover sending condolences.
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Capitol
Washington
Walsh
Montana
Senate
Hoover
Roosevelt
Arthur Mullen
Nebraska
Keep Inaugural Plans Despite Walsh Tragedy
Washington March 2 with Senator Walsh dead plans for the March 4 inauguration proceeding as scheduled. Rear Admiral Cary Crayson chairs the committee and says no changes unless ordered by President elect Roosevelt. Notables arrive by train and plane as preparations accelerate amid social welcomes. Speaker Garner meets his son at the station.
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Washington
Walsh
Cary T. Crayson
Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Champ Clark
Can Trace Gun in Quinn Case
Enid Oklahoma March 2 Jubilant over a court ruling the state may trace the murder weapon to Earl Quinn as it nears completion of its circumstantial case against him in the Griffith sisters murder trial Judge J W Bird allowed tracing of Jean Quinn missing wife of the defendant State witnesses may testify to lead officers to the pistol that killed Jessie and Zexia Griffith Quinn vows to testify though his lawyer vows to object whenever Mrs Quinn is named
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Enid
Okla
Earl Quinn
Quinn
Griffith Sisters
J. W. Bird
Jean Quinn
Infection Is Static For Mayor Cermak
Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak passed a comfortable night with improved respiration doctors said the peri toneal condition had not developed peritonitis had not yet set in. The bulletin noted Mrs Joseph Gill a former Dallas woman who Ike Cermak was struck by a bullet intended for President-Elect Roosevelt remained in critical condition from infection resulting from her wound.
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Miami
Fila
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
T. W. Hutson
Joseph Gill
Dallas
Ike Cermak
Roosevelt
Woman's Hour to Feature Texas History and Music
Texas history and music will be featured on Woman's Hour, a weekly radio program sponsored by the Potter County Federation of Women's Clubs, broadcast Thursday afternoon from 4 30 to 5 30 o'clock. Guaranteed oil 10¢ qut. 1900 W. 3rd.
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Texas
Woman's Hour
Potter County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Roosevelt Ready To Slash Government Costs
March 2 reports say President elect Roosevelt's advisers completed an economy plan to cut 150 to 200 million dollars from federal costs. The plan would give Roosevelt broad power to abolish or merge agencies within cabinet departments while preserving required functions, with Congress retaining veto limits.
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Washington
Garner
Roosevelt
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Veterans’ Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
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King Feature Syndicate, Inc
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