Sinister House murder mystery stars Jean Epperson Doud
The Black Mask Players stage Sinister House tonight with Jean Epperson Doud as Hepzibah Lacy. The cast features Marguerite Cleghorn, Lahoma Jenkins, Dora Kenyon, Phyllis Lieurance, Maxine Higgins, and others in a plot of murder and hidden motives at the Lacy estate in Sam Houston Junior High School auditorium. Dr. R. P. Parcells directs for the San Jacinto Kiwanis Club.
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Sinister House
Black Mask Players
Jean Epperson Doud
Mrs. Doud
Hepzibah Lacy
Jennie
Aileen Barker Byrd
Ruth
Sharleen Barker
Lacy
Miss Dirk
Marguerite Cleghorn
Lahoma Jenkins
T. B. Chaddock
Dora Kenyon
Hepzibah
Edith
Phyllis Lieurance
Maxine Higgins
Maxine Ratcliff
Peason
Dorothy Latham
Dolly Lynch
Sam Houston Junior High School
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
R. P. Parcells
James Stewart Placed in Class 1-A for Military Service
Hollywood, March 17. Actor James Stewart’s draft status was changed to class 1-A, making him available for service. Secretary Earl W. Barton notes initial 1-B classification due to weight. after appeals and a March 3 reclassification, Stewart is now to hold himself available for the March call. Stewart recently won Hollywood’s Oscar for The Philadelphia Story.
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Hollywood
Calif
James Stewart
Earl W. Barton
Stewart
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Philadelphia Story
Jury verdict fraught by juror mental incompetence claim
In Wichita on March 7 a damage suit jury said one member may be mentally incompetent. Judge Grover Pierpont excused the panel to determine a new course of action as Foreman Warren Daniels reported the concern.
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Kan
Grover Pierpont
Warren Daniels
Britain
Russia
Ankara
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Red Star
Dardanelles
Turkey
Bosphorus
Straits
Amarillo Forecast warns cool, fair weekend ahead
The U S Weather Bureau reports Amarillo and West Texas a partly cloudy tonight with a low near 28, a warmer Saturday with fair skies, and similar conditions for New Mexico with colder pockets. Temperature readings show a noon value of 38.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Fancher Upshaw Heads City Commission Ticket
The Amarillo race lists Fancher Upshaw for mayor R H Epperson for commissioner No 1 and Oscar Hargett for commissioner No 2 with no other announcements. Incumbents may seek re election. ballot filing closes Monday at 10 AM for the April 1 vote.
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Fancher Upshaw
City Commission
R. H
Bob” Epperson
Oscar Hargett
Ross Rogers
St. Louis
United States Conference of Mayors
Joe Jenkins
H. Ernest Smith
E. T
Dusty” Miller
City of
Amarillo
R. H. Epperson
Upshaw
West Twelfth Avenue
Epperson
Southwestern Drug Corporation
Hayden Street
Hargett
Panhandle Laundry
North Pierce Street
Firemen Stop Spread Of Blaze In Box Cars
In Chicago on March 7 three fire companies battled a fire consuming six box cars in the northwestern railroad yards. Battalion Chief Albert Bartke led 23 firefighters to prevent spread while 750 feet of hose were laid and traffic halted. Fire marshal Arthur Ankerson arrived and ordered the fire kept burning to dispose of old cars.
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Chicago
U.P
Northwestern
Albert Bartke
Barthe
Arthur Ankerson
Ankerson
Treasury puts tax overhead at 1.12 per 100 collected profit
The Treasury estimates it costs 1.12 dollars for every 100 dollars in income tax collected, noting overhead includes blanks, collectors, and prosecutions led by Elmer L. Irey. Irey’s unit has convicted figures like M. L. Annenberg, John Torrio, and Tom Pendergast, with Annenberg facing substantial back taxes and penalties.
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Washington
Treasury
Elmer L. Irey
G-Man
Edgar Hoover
Irey
M. L. Annenberg
John Torrio
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Annenberg
Turkey Defies Hitler amid looming Nazi attack
The Turkish regime shows a defiant stance toward Germany as war nears Greece and the Balkans. Britain races equipment to Turkey while talks of Turkish aid against a German invasion surface, with Greece fortifying Thrace and preparations along the Struma Valley.
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Turkey
Germany
Balkans
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Grecian
Thrace
Aegean
Mane
Ismet Inonu
Fuehrer
Greece
Struma River
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Alexander Papagos
Struma
Aegean Sea
Rhodope Mountains
Gulf of Orfani
Rendina
Salonika
Lake Takhinos
Zlatograd
Lofoten
Norway
The Women Want Ads Preview Services and Goods
An advertisement blurb highlights dressmaking alterations sewing laundry work and services for permanents washing machines pianos comic radio phonographs plus baby chicks and garden supplies. It promotes thrift as a habit and notes rental library books at 10 cents with contact at Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance and Dwight Newby Co. 418 West Tenth for 8 days.
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Globe-News Want
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Dwight Newby Co
West Tenth
Russell Sta. Book Dept
Grand champion calf sale closes Amarillo Fat Stock Show
Johnny Leathers' grand champion call drew 66 cents a pound offered by Phillips Petroleum but the morning sale netted 864.90 for the Preventorium. Kiwanis Club sold the grand champion to Furt Food at 22 cents a pound as part of the final re sales. Three Boys' Ranch calves shared the spotlight with the grand champion, totaling 2680 for Boys' Ranch. Major bids ranged from 75 to 150 a head by families and individuals including Mrs Olive Childers representing a group. Milton Eckert of Mason County entered the reserve grand champion with a 32 cent a pound bid to Mrs Mary Bivins. Auctioneer Col Earl Gartin presided as 164 head sold ending the Fat Stock Show.
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Johnny Leathers
Amarillo
Phillips Petroleum
Kiwanis Club
Boys’ Ranch
Milton Eckert
Mason County
Mary Bivins
Earl Gartin
Army seeks extension for National Guard service plan
Washington march 7 officials said the war department may ask Congress for authority to keep the National Guard in service for an additional six months or a year. The decision hinges on the international situation with about 240000 guardsmen mobilized so far.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Congress
National Guard
George C. Marshall
FDR Urges Federal Mediation on Labor Strikes
President Roosevelt voiced strong opposition to jurisdictional labor strikes hindering the defense program. He outlined a potential federal mediation board, not replacing the production office, to oversee labor and production with CIO leaders noting mixed views.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
AFL
Dayton
Wright Field
Labor Board
Phillip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Murray
OPM
CIO
British Bill Wins Test in Senate Vote on Aid to Europe
The administration secured its first major test victory as the Senate rejected an amendment demanding congressional consent for U S forces to deliver or convoy war supplies to Europe. The March 7 vote preserves the British aid bill’s path in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Europe
You Gotta Own Cows To Be a Cowman
A humorous Madisonville item notes local dress rules for men wearing cowboy boots. The cattlemen’s association lists thresholds by head of cattle required to wear boots and spurs, reflecting playful regional lore with a wink to city folk.
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Madisonville
Amarillo Inventor Honored by Award
Dallas March 7. R H Echols of Paris and F E Harris of Amarillo received achievement awards at the Inventors of American Conference. Harris' Rug-Stars prevents rugs from slipping on polished floors and a working model was shown at the Adolphus Hotel. Ernest B Harris 1718 Monroe Street also invented and patented Drap-Sta to hold draperies in place.
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Dallas
R. H. Echols
Paris
FE. B. Harris
Amarillo
Harris
Adolphus Hotel
Ernest B. Harris
Monroe Street
Rain and Hail Insurance Bureau
Denver University Faculty in Uproar Over Bronze Nude
Denver University faculty clash over a Maillol sculpture titled Summer loaned to the library. Debates center on appropriateness for students and whether art should be accessible in study spaces or relocated to avoid distraction.
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Denver University
Denver
Aristide Maillol
Denver Art Museum
House naval committee members fly to Corpus Christi dedication
Several members of the House naval affairs committee plan to fly in navy planes to Corpus Christi to attend the dedication of the naval air station there on Wednesday.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Corpus Christ
Naval Air Station
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