Two Army Mail Ships Fall Two Fliers Die
Daytona Beach reports a bomber mail plane crashed after takeoff killing Private Ernest B. Sell while Lieutenant W M Reid and Lloyd Marshall were injured. The crash occurred two miles south in a wooded area. Another fatal Army Air Mail crash near Chardon Ohio killed Otto Wienecke as snow squall hit.
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Daytona Beach
Ernest B. Sell
Here
W. M. Reid
Lloyd Marshall
Chardon
Ohio
Otto Wienecke
Newark
N. J
Cleveland
Self
Marshall
Rei
Jacksonville
Miami
Army Air Mail
Borton
John Hess
Philip Pease
Hess
Wienecke
Governor Ferguson Signs Oil Bill Prorates Texas Refineries
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson today approved House Bill 99 placing refineries under Texas Railroad Commission supervision to enforce proration. She also signed bills raising the production tax and making proration violations a felony, despite refinery controversy and vetoes on a small town utility rate bill.
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Austin
Mar
Gor
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
East Texas
Commission
Railroad Commission
Attorney General
Germans Say Disarmament Illusion and Rearming Fears
Geneva March 9 Germany comments that disarmament is an illusion and plans to rearm. A League of Nations document publishes disarmament exchanges among major powers, while France denounces German rearmament. The United States signals limited commitments, seeking to avoid European war. See Germans page 2.
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Germany
League of Nations
London
Berlin
Paris
France
Europe
Reich
Parade Opens Fort Worth Stock Show Parade Opens
A more than a mile long parade will inaugurate the Southwest Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth today. Cowboys cowgirls and breeders in ten gallon hats and boots cruise the flag lined streets awaiting the opening bell. The parade starts at 4 PM and will be followed by the pre exposition rodeo tonight with the official livestock show opening tomorrow.
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Fort Worth
Southwest
First Lady declines to define New Deal for Puerto Rico
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt refused to define her husband’s New Deal for Puerto Ricans saying the ideas matter only as they become the people’s. She spoke during a one week study tour here after arriving from the Virgin Islands and visited factories and homes. She noted high light and power rates sparked by a consumer strike in Ponce and other towns.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Virgin Islands
Ocker Claims Talk Motive at Court Martial
Major William C. Ocker testified at his court martial that his derogatory remarks about Lt. Col. Henry B. Clagett were made to trigger a court hearing. He said he accused Clagett and Maj. C. Johnston of collusion to remove him from pilot status and expressed frustration with examinations by flight surgeons.
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Fort Sam Houston
Texas
U.P
William C. Ocker
Henry B. Clagett
Clagett
Cc. C. Johnston
Johnston
Ocker
Major Johnston
Canada Pact Debate Sways Senators In House
As the March 14 St Lawrence treaty vote nears senators hear army engineers deny harm to the Mississippi inland waterway system. Philippine independence bill wins Senate territories committee support while House action delays army flying provisions and veterans compensation talks stall amid party split.
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Washington
St. Lawrence
Canada
Senate
Pittman
Foreign Relations Committee
Army Engineers
Mississippi
Cotton control bill delayed by absence of Rep Jones
Washington March 9 The Bankhead cotton control bill debate was postponed due to Rep Jones sore throat. As Agriculture Committee chairman the Democrat from Texas would handle it on the floor. Leaders expect to resume tomorrow with aim to pass next week and no other business was ready for floor.
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Washington
Jones Democrat
Texas
Agriculture Committee
House
Jones
Cuban Strike-Breakers To Be Used by Mendieta
President Mendieta moved under military protection to end Havana strikes. He warned port workers to return by noon or 250 strike breakers would be deployed with government protection. 1,100 Cuban Telephone Company employees walked out, stirring fears of a general strike. A bomb wounded Mario Perez, and soldiers, marines, and police patrolled the city.
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Mendieta
Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Confederation of Labor
Mario Perez
Bank Robbery With Hostages Hits Whitesboro Texas
Four youths armed robbed the Whiteboro National Bank taking about $13 000 then fled toward the Red River bottoms leaving three officials as hostages. Sheriff J Ben Davis said they used two cars and escaped in a sedan near Sadler. The raid began about 9 30 am with money split between cash and coins.
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Whitesboro
Texas
Whiteboro
W. L. Estes
Estes
Francis Bass
Leona
Outlaw Dillinger Escape Tangles Jail Guard Claim
Chicago March 9 reporting a new flare in the Dillinger escape scandal with a fingerprint expert accused of delaying the jail alarm. Guard Matt Brown 84 testified that Ernest Blunk supposedly locked a cell door before Dillinger’s exit. Blunk and Sam Cahoon were arrested on misfeasance charges.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Crown Point
Ind
Philip Lutz, Jr
Indiana
Indianapolis
Matt Brown
Edward Barce
Ernest Blunk
Dillinger
Blunk
Sam Cahoon
Desperado
Attorney General’s Department
Dempsey Primes Amarillo Boys to Play Square
Jack Dempsey addressed 400 Maverick Club members at noon urging them to play square study hard and live clean. The former world champion prizefighter, visiting West Texas to referee boxing, paused in Amarillo to speak to the boys club after introduction by Cal Farley.
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Maverick Club
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
West Texas
Amarillo
Cal Farley
Queen of Sheba's City Found in Arabian Desert
Paris March 9 Captain Corniglion Molinier and Andre Merlaux telegraphed from French Somaliland that they found the lost capital of the Queen of Sheba by airplane near the Khoubat El Khali desert edge. They photographed twenty towers or temples still standing.
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John Evans
Paris
Corniglion Molinier
Andre Merlaux
Somal
Queen of Sheba
Arabia
Ruba-El-Khali
Roubat-El-Khali
Jerusalem
Somaliland
Djaibouti
Sheba
Khoubat-El-Khali
Simeon
Great Britain Seeks Air Disarmament Next
London March 9 Great Britain ready to convene Western powers to regulate air forces if Geneva disarmament talks fail. Stanley Baldwin said Britain would act next morning to push an air convention among Western Europe to save European civilization. He stressed hope for an arms agreement and parity in the air.
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London
Great Britain
Geneva
Stanley Baldwin
Council
House of Commons
Europe
Baldwin
Philip Sasson
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Forecast shows Amarillo and Panhandle partly cloudy and colder with possible snow flurries tonight and Saturday. lows around 22 in Amarillo and 18 to 24 in western areas. Rio Grande valley warmer. New Mexico fair with little change. Today’s high and low were 33 and 47, and a Studebaker sedan is advertised for 269 delivered in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Roosevelt backs transcontinental highway linking U S to Central America
The piece notes President Roosevelt telling Congress the Alaska-to-Tierra del Fuego road idea is feasible and beneficial. It discusses how good roads unite people, and mentions rising strike threats across industries and potential unemployment impacts. The column reflects Arthur Brisbane's syndicated views.
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Congress
United States
Mexico
Central America
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Alaska
Terra del Fuego
Truckers tohear codes explained by R J Andress
R J Andress of Austin will explain the national truckers code to Panhandle Truck Owners Association members at 8 tonight at Painters Hall. All members should be present, said C C Crist, president. A scheduled dance has been postponed.
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R. J. Andress
Austin
Panhandle Truck Owners’ Association
Painters’ Hall
C. C. Crist
Cold Wave Promises Bitter Texas Night
A new cold front from the Northwest blankets the Panhandle with frigid air. Temperatures may dip to about 22 degrees tonight with possible moisture and snow flurries, though the official forecast calls for cloudy and colder conditions tonight and Saturday. Dallas dispatch notes the WPA new cold wave threatening Texas highs.
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Panhandle
H. T. Collman
U. S
Dallas
Texas
Joseph
Havana Widows Free Show Advertiser Invite
Advertisers placing seven day Want Ads in the Sunday News Globe receive a free guest ticket to The Paramount double show Havana Widows on screen and Coconut Grove Revue on stage with Paul Cholet and his band. Call Want Ad Headquarters to start ads today and secure tickets. Closing time for Sunday columns is 6:30 Saturday.
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Sunday News Globe
Want Ad
Paramount
Coconut Grove
Paul Cholet
Want
News-Globe
Paramount Theatre
Jean Harper
Cattlemen Urged To Unite For Aid
D M Hildebrand president of the United States Livestock Association urged cattlemen nationwide to unite to win favorable legislation. He said large interests secure better treatment in Washington and noted the group has about 15 000 members. He favored crop reduction but warned a processing tax would not be passed to the consumer and would have little effect.
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Seward
Neb
D. M. Hildebrand
United States Livestock Association
Pioneer Banker W. Clint Johnson Dies in San Angelo
W. Clint Johnson, 75, longtime San Angelo resident and vice president of Central National Bank, died suddenly at his home today after two years of ill health. He helped develop West Texas property and oversaw banking for the region between Fort Worth and El Paso.
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San Angelo
Tex
Clint Johnson
West Texas
Fort Concho
Johnson
Central National Bank
Fort Worth
el Paso
Democrat of Texas Ends Party Service
Jed C. Adams closed a decade of service as Democratic National Committeeman from Texas. His resignation, submitted ten months ago after his appointment to the board of tax appeals, was accepted by Postmaster General Farley who praised his years of great service and noted speculation over his successor.
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Jed C. Adams
Texas
Board of Tax Appeals
Farley
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