Johnson calls Coughlin and Long political termites
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson urged a national drive to exterminate the influence of Father Charles Coughlin and Sen. Huey P. Long, calling them political termites and public enemies. He later adjusted the call to seek expressions from supporters before deciding his course of action. Coughlin attacked Johnson as a braggart while Long countered with his own denouncement.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Hugh
Johnson
Charles FE. Coughlin
Huey P. Long
Father Coughlin
Temple
General Johnson
Wall Street
Bernard M. Baruch
Long
Frances Robinson
Robbie
NRA
Coughlin
Goering Heads Germany's New Military Air Force
Berlin reports confirm the creation of Germany's air force with William Goering named minister of aviation and head of the force as general officers. The civilian air sport association is placed under Reichswehr control, forming part of national defense, with military and civilian aviation kept separate publicly.
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Berlin
William Goering
Germany
Reichswehr
Ace Hunter Tracks Hamilton for Third Time
Dallas report says Raymond Hamilton being hunted by Texas Ranger veteran Frank Hamer hired by Dallas County to recapture the escaped fugitive. Hamer, aided by Mannie Gault, pursues Hamilton and Ralph Fults after a February 24 ambush near McKinney. Judge Williams criticized the force for bungling the chase and urged quick capture.
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Dallas
Southwest
Raymond Hamilton
Hamilton
Frank Hamer
Texas Ranger Force
Dallas County
Hamlton
Noland G. Williams
Hamer
Clyde Bartow
Bonnie Parker
Louisiana
Mannie Gault
Clyde
Bonnie Judge Williams
Ralph Fults
Frohman
McKinney
Amarillo man sentenced in store hold up
Clyde Shaffer of Amarillo received a five year suspended sentence in 72nd district court for his role in a grocery holdup. The trial linked him to Paul Mitchell who received a death sentence later commuted to life, and William Doupe who got ten years for murder.
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Lubbock
Mar
Clyde Shaffer
Amarillo
Shaffer
Paul Mitchell
William E. Doupe
Robert Tharp Coupe
Lubbock County
Shaf‘er
Boy King Seeks Higher Allowance and Fire Dept Plan
Laurance March 12 report says ten year old King Ananda of Siam requests his royal allowance rise from 15 to 25 cents daily. He also announces Siam will have a first class fire department under his reign and mentions favorite picture books including Three Little Pigs Felix The Cat Mickey Mouse and Ramayana. He promotes a guaranteed oil product and references Kelvinator equipment through Amarillo Hardware Co.
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Lausanne
U.R
Ananda
Siam
Felix
Insull Freed In Fraud Case In Chicago
Samuel Insull, 75, acquitted by a criminal court jury of embezzling $66,000 from the Middle West Utilities Company while chairman of its board. The verdict ends a two year legal fight, lifting the threat of jail. State and federal attorneys had pursued charges.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Middle West Utilities Company
Inti
Germany Reveals Air Force Plans
London March 12 AP Germany announced to Britain that it plans an air force in defiance of the Versailles treaty. Air ministers told the British air attache that future officers will hold regular army ranks from March 1 and that the force is in preparation, not yet formed. Hermann Goering said the aim is defense against air attack and to guarantee absolute security.
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Goering
Germany
London
Britain
Berlin
F. P. Don
Daily Main
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
General der Flieger
Three Hamlin jurors accepted in murder trial
Two more jurors joined the Hamlin murder trial panel at noon as attorneys sparred over juror qualification. J. R. Hulen, U. S. West, and G. R. Dowty were preliminarily accepted amid debates on publication bans and juror bias. West faced lengthy questioning before acceptance as defense and state clashed on legal guidelines.
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Hamlin
California
J. R. Hulen
Santa Fe
U. S. West
G. R. Dowty
E. C. Nelson
Nelson
Senate Warned on Speed of Starvation Relief Bill
Senator M. M. Logan of Kentucky warned that many would die of starvation before the work relief bill passes unless faster progress is made. Huey Long defended his plea for college aid as the Senate approved amendments replacing the broad welfare clause with a focus on work relief. Long also criticized the CCC, claiming many workers lack planting skills and would fail sapling projects.
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Huey Long
Senate
Sen
M. M. Logan
Kentucky
Long
Sen. A. Barkley
Logan
Louisiana
Eviction of Pittsburg County Hunger Strikers at Courthouse
Three hundred hunger strikers and marchers from coal mining towns in Pittsburg County were evicted from the county courthouse in McAlester by officers led by the sheriff and police chief after a several day protest. The demonstrators had refused temporary relief and vowed to remain until a definite response from state leaders.
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Mcalester
Oklo
Mar
Pittsburg County
More East to West A Brave Business Man
Arthur Brisbane notes fine weather as a traveler moves east to west toward the Pacific, passing through high Colorado and reaching the mouth of the tunnel at Raton New Mexico, over 7,000 feet above sea level.
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Business Man
Baby Dee Tabor
Rocky Mountain
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Mar
Colorado
Pacific Coast
Raton
New Charges Planned in Attorney Case
Government prosecutors said two more similar charges will be pressed against N. C. Outlaw, West Texas attorney, convicted by a federal court jury yesterday of conspiracy to obstruct justice by plotting false testimony before a grand jury. Fifteen months in Leavenworth and a $2,500 fine were assessed by Judge W. H. Atwell after the conviction linked to the Post, Texas, machine gun slaying of a federal narcotic agent.
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Ment
N. C
Bouchier Named Acting Postmaster in Post
Bouchier, 30, former city secretary, named acting postmaster after Charles Quails left the post. Representative George H. Mahon said he recommended the change at the request of the Post Office Department. Bouchier assumed duties Sunday. WF Presson became city secretary.
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Post
Tex
Phil
Bouchier
Charles Quails
West Texas
George H. Mahon
United States
Post Office Department
Quails
WF Presson
Death Threatened To Terrorists as Cuba Toll Mounts
Havana reports 12 dead after a weekend of violence as President Mendieta threatens death for terrorists and orders trials by councils of war. Government workers warned against joining the revolutionary strike while a series of bombings and shootings injure or kill several more.
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Cuba
Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Bakers Syndicate
Miguel Angel Ramos
Mariano
Diario de la Marina
Rivers Flood Large Areas in Southland
Mississippi tributary rivers rose above flood stages across southeast Missouri eastern Arkansas west Tennessee and Mississippi prompting evacuations and crop and property damage. Annette Dionne a nine month old girl in Callander Ontario reportedly cut her first tooth at 4 30 this morning with four sisters nearby.
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Southland
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Missouri
Arkansas
West
Tennessee
Callander
Ont
Annette Dionne
President Roosevelt Calls for Utility Holding Company Regulation
President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress urging strong regulation of public utility holding companies and asserting that, except where essential to operate an integrated system, the holding company with its current powers must go. He criticized propaganda opposing the bill and framed the issue as a financial device needing removal.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol
President to reassure no change in cotton policy
Senator Smith said the President would issue a statement confirming no changes to the government's cotton policy including lending or production control. Smith and Senator Bankhead expected a White House meeting on yesterday's market break, now set for tomorrow.
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Washington
Smith
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bankhead
Alabama
White House
Weather Outlook Across Regions
Fair and warmer tonight and Wednesday with lows near 38 degrees. West Texas shows fair conditions and a bit warmer in the north tonight. New Mexico: fair tonight and Wednesday with slight warming and a light frost in the south portion tonight. Temperature extremes today reach 32 to 45. Griggs Ambulance dial 311.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Cattlemen Oppose AAA Tax Levy Amendment
About 300 cattlemen at the Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association convention in Houston debated an proposed AAA tax levy on cattle to assist Middle West corn-hog growers. F. E. Mollin challenged the measure while Gov. James V. Allred was slated to speak but could not attend.
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Houston
U.P
AAA
F. E. Mollin
American National Livestock Association
Moliin
Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association
James V. Alfred
Congress
Noted Electrical Expert Succumbs
Professor Michael I Pupin, 76, a Hungarian peasant boy who came to the United States seeking democracy and re mained to revolutionize modern electrical transmission and research, died today at Columbia Presbyterian medical center after an illness of several months. He was professor emeritus of electro mechanics at Columbia University and an internationally known inventor in wireless, telephone and x ray.
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New York
U.P
Michael I. Pupin
United States
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Columbia University
Pupin
Schreiner to finals in Texas junior college title game
Schreiner Institute defeated Temple Junior College 40 to 36 in Texarkana, and will face Texarkana College for the 1935 Texas state junior college basketball championship.
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Schreiner
Texarkana
Tex
Schreiner Institute
Temple Junior College
Texarkana College
Texas Senate engrosses liquor amendment vote
In Austin on March 12 a resolution to submit a constitutional repeal of Texas liquor prohibition to a vote next August 24 was engrossed by the Senate 26 to 0. A final House vote was delayed until after 2 oclock. Sen. Joe Hill of Henderson backs a state liquor monopoly.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Senate
Joe Hill
Henderson
Texas House approves Centennial appropriation in morning vote
In Austin on March 12 the House passed 96 to 36 in favor of a Texas Centennial appropriation. The 83 million bill’s enacting clause was tabled after over two hours of debate. Rep. Jeff Stinson of Dallas praised the record as floor leader for the bill. The amount and distribution were to be discussed in the afternoon session.
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Austin
House of Representatives
Jeff Stinson
Dallas
Compromise Plan Sets Path for State Liquor Regulation
The legislature voted present while four absent as an amended proposal for a constitutional liquor amendment passed 18 to the plan. It would ban broken package sales and on premises drinking for hard liquor, permit a possible state monopoly, and leave beer and wine control to future legislative action. The ruling reflects Clint Small’s Amarillo backed compromise to resolve the control stalemate.
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Clint Small
Amarillo
More Selling Waves Douse Cotton Prices
New York reports a renewed liquidation burst into cotton futures driving prices down as much as 56 points from early highs. Traders at Houston said losses reached over 40 points or $2 a base as a large firm reportedly liquidated and others could not identify the source.
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New York
UPI
New York Exchange
Houston
Mar
U.P
New York Cotton Exchange
House Approves FHA Loan Amendment for Small Insured Loans
The House approved 200 to 88 an amendment to the Federal Housing Act to insure loans up to 50000 for improving industrial plants and apartment houses. John Maynard, Lumber and Paint.
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Washington
Greek rebel fleet, Venizelos flee Crete as revolt falters
The Athens correspondent reports the battleship Averoff surrendered after docking at Salamis and Venizelos along with his wife and rebel officers were ashore ashore Cassos. Loyalists regain Crete as rumors place Venizelos aboard the Averoff bound for an undisclosed destination. In Greece the cost of the upheaval is being tallied.
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Averoff
Cassos
Venizelos
Salamis
Athens
Associated Preas
Fleutherios Venizelos
Crete
Greece Faces Burden of 20 Million Drachmas Debt
The text notes a massive liability of 20,000,000,900 drachmas (about 18 million dollars) for Greece, a figure far exceeding the nation's annual budget of roughly one third of that amount. It warns such debt could cripple the country for years and hints at the risk of broad executions to meet obligations.
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Greece
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