FDR Marks Third Anniversary of The New Deal
President Roosevelt observed the third anniversary of his inauguration amid campaigns criticizing New Deal spending and unemployment. Farley predicts a strong Roosevelt vote while Republicans note declining popularity as realignment begins and some conservative Democrats bolt.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
New Deal
White House
Congress
James A. Farley
Stalin Frank Interview Reveals Soviet War Readiness
Stalin in a formal interview discusses Soviet union readiness to go to war with Japan to protect Outer Mongolia. He downplays theatrics while showing iron will behind a genial demeanor. The piece notes tensions with Japan along the Outer Mongolian frontier and Moscow observers warning of deliberate border clashes.
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Russia
Japan
Germany
Josef V. Stalin
Roy W. Howard
Stalin
H. G. Wells
America
Scripps- Howard
United Press
Associated Press
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
Moscow
Soviet Union
Mongolian Peoples’ Republic
Outer Mongolia
Kremlin
Young Prince Konoye declines Japan premier post
Prince Konoye refused to form a cabinet as Japan faced a crisis after last week’s rebellion. Emperor Hirohito was told he could not head the government, with Saionji advising further attempts as martial law reported more than 1,400 participants in the upheaval.
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Glenn Babe
Tokyo
Prince Konoye
Japan
Hirohito
Imperial
Saionji
Keisuke Okada
Saiomi
Farrington Presses Quick Action on Amarillo Underpass
J D Farrington Fort Worth general manager of the Fort Worth and Denver railroad urged rapid decision on the Buchanan Street underpass at Amarillo. He said the Denver road is ready to pay more than half the 400000 project cost and even offer Rock Island freight house facilities to ease construction. A second conference with Rock Island officials is planned for the next morning.
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Buchanan Street
J. D. Farrington
Fort Worth
Denver Road
Amarillo
Rock Island
Farrington
City Hall
Denver
Mr. Farrington
J. A. Stewart
Chicago
Rock Island Lines
Little Count Costly Little Count Costly
London reports that Barbara Hutton's son, the Little Count Haugwitz-Reventlow, may incur about 6000 in doctor fees with a potential 600000 more donated to hospital charities as thanks. British specialists discuss fees but not exact sums, noting UK hospitals rely on gifts for operation.
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London
Count Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Lord Horder
Edward
Countess
America
Barbara
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding areas shows fair conditions tonight with a low near 38 degrees and a slight warming trend on Thursday. West Texas and Panhandle expect partial cloudiness with modest temperatures rises, while New Mexico remains fair with little change. Temperature extremes recorded earlier show 40 to 44 degrees as of today. FHA Loans offered by Long Bell Lumber Co with remodeling loans limited after March 51, see John Maynard Lumber Co at 809 West 5th.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Mothers in Law Day Declared In Texas Tomorrow
The governor designated tomorrow as Mothers in Law Day in Texas to honor mothers of married children. Amarillo publisher Gene Howe started the movement after quips about his mother in law. Howe hosted two large celebrations and aims for a bigger event next year.
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Austin
Texas
Gene Howe
Amarillo
James V. Allred
Nwn
Howe
W. F. Donald
Donald
Allred
Officers Nab Wanted Man In Amarillo Hijacking Case
Frederick Oklahoma officers pursue Howard Morton alias Howard Colston to Amarillo for questioning in hijacking car theft and kidnapping. Morton arrested in Amarillo after raid on a north Amarillo shack with local detectives. he also linked to a Memphis Texas station robbery. Authorities from Frederick aided.
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Frederick
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Howard Morton
Howard Colston
Morton
W. R. McDowell
Clark Cain
S. Coffee
Memphis
Tex
Kilgore and Tisdale
Okla
Colston
Offi
County Officials Face Debt From Low Valuations
Taxpayers in Potter County are blamed as records show warrants for current operating expenses total about 137 thousand 365 dollars 68 cents beyond cash on hand. The county valuation lags behind Amarillo city and the Amarillo Independent School District, with a 62 cent county tax rate versus 79 cents for the school and 1 05 for the city. The report notes no negligence but warns the low valuation and tax rate may burden taxpayers.
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Potter County
Amarillo Independent School District
German Spy Gortz Trial Opens at Old Bailey
London March 4 A letter by Dr Hermann Gortz a German lawyer and writer claimed he could extract information from American and English aviators read at his espionage trial opening in Old Bailey England's first foreign spy case since WWI Prosecutor J C Cassels presented the Sept 15 1935 letter from Hamburg noting Gortz sought work in the intelligence service within the German air ministry and detailing wartime intelligence activity including a year and a half in the United States.
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London
Hermann Gortz
Air Ministry
Gortz
United
New Amarillo Thrifty Department Store Opens This Thursday
Amarillo gains a new department store at Polk Street and Ninth Avenue in the old Greer's location across from the Paramount. Manager J M Jim Adams says the store will cover a new field for Amarillo and the Panhandle with popular prices on standard merchandise.
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Amarillo
Thrifty Department Store
Polk Street
Ninth Avenue
Greer's Department Store
The
Paramount
Panhandle
J. M
Jim” Adams
Adams
Adams Dry Goods Com
Reunion sparks marriage speculation for Fairbanks in Paris
Paris March 4 Douglas Fairbanks and Lady Ashley staged a reunion that fueled talk of marriage, though Fairbanks refused to commit. He remarked that everyone seems to know more about it than he does and declined further comment.
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Paris
Douglas Fairbanks
Lady Ashley
Constance Bennett Ill in London Amid Film Work
American actress Constance Bennett, arrived in London a month ago to star in Everything is Thunder, is ill in her hotel with nervous trouble and laryngitis, reported from London on March 4.
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London
Constance Bennett
Date Set for Oil and Gas Proration Hearing
The Railroad Commission announced a statewide oil and gas proration hearing for March 18 to review revisions in allowable schedules and other conservation matters.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Court Upholds Two Death Sentences in Texas
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Anna Tance's death sentence in Harris County and denied rehearing for Willie Green, under a death sentence from Liberty County. Green's sentence was affirmed January 22.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Anna Tance
Harris County
Willie Green
Liberty County
Green
Animal Actor Spunky the Lion Dies in California
Bakersfield Calif March 4 Spunky famed movie lion and star of the picture Sequoia is dead The six year old puma fell to a prospector's rifle who sought the California bounty for a mountain lion Spunky born in captivity on Mount Wilson above Pasadena home town of Jean Good Winter Oils 10c at 1900 W 3d
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Bakersfield
Calif
Spunky
Sequoia
Puma
Pair Plunge Off Bridge to Death in Red River Washout
A bridge washout on the Red River north of Burkburnett in Wichita Falls area killed Thomas Harrell and Miss Vera Hand. Harrell, 26, worked for the National Biscuit Company and had moved from Waco four years ago. Hand, living in Wichita Falls since December, had moved from Iowa Park and was on WPA rolls.
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Red River
Burkburnett
Thomas Harrell
Iowa Park
Harrell
Five Quintuplets Delight Visitors in Canada Grown Big
Arthur Brisbane writes on global topics as the five quintuplet girls in Canada continue to charm visitors. The famed infants, aged near infancy, draw hundreds of thousands, boosting Canadian farming prospects and showcasing a democratic Edward VIII as a global figure.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Dr. Dafoe
Canada
United States
Riot Hits Warsaw University as Jewish Students Beaten
In Warsaw on March 4 anti Semitic rioting led to the university's indefinite closure after 18 Jewish students were beaten, two women among them, during a noon flare up. Nationalist students protested Jewish admissions and high tuition, smashing furniture and driving out the rector who could not stop the disturbance.
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Warsaw
Poland
U.P
Treasury bonds oversubscribed five to seven times
Secretary Morgenthau announced the treasury’s $1.25 billion March borrowing was oversubscribed from five to seven times. Demand for the bonds and notes far exceeded the $650 million and $600 million offerings with bonds maturing 12 to 15 years at 2 3 4 percent and notes at 1 1 2 percent. Subscription books opened and closed the same day with exchange options for $550 million of 27 8 percent notes maturing April 15.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Nationwide Building Service Strike Threat Emerges
A nationwide walkout threat emerged as New York building service workers faced a possible extension of the strike. George Scalise announced that the Chicago headquarters authorize a nationwide mobilization if needed, while Mayor LaGuardia and Bambrick differed on timing. Police contained clashes on Park Avenue as protesters massed toward a barricade near Governor Lehman’s residence.
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New York
George Scalise
Building Service Employes Union
Chicago
Building Service
United
LaGuardia
James J. Bambrick
Bambrick
Scalise
Fashionable Park Avenue
Park Avenue
Herbert
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