Mayor Rogers pressures Rock Island on Buchanan Street underpass
Amarillo mayor Wires Rock Island official L C Fritch demanding a yes or no decision on the No 2 plan for the Buchanan Street underpass. He warns that delay could derail the project and cites the plan as the only satisfactory option for Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Rogers
Rock Island Railroad Company
Buchanan Street
L. C. Fritch
Chicago
Fritch
Rock Island
Amarillo
Howard Term Suspended For Slaying Of Indian Joe Taylor
Clovis Ray Howard, 17, received a two year suspended sentence after a 47th District Court jury found him guilty in the shotgun slaying of Indian Joe Taylor early in February. Howard claimed self defense as Taylor had threatened his mother. The jury deliberated under four hours following a night reading of Judge E. C. Nelson's charge. Howard testified on Monday that he faced threats from Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis Ray Howard
State Penitentiary
47Th District Court
Howard
Joe” Taylor
Clem Calhoun
Claude Williams
Taylor
F. M. Conley
E. C. Nelson
Hopkins Defends His Organization
WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins rejects graft and inefficiency charges as unfounded after a 10 day inquiry by WPA field representative Alan Johnstone. He briefed Senator Rush Holt on the West Virginia WPA dispute and defended the organization’s integrity in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Alan Johnstone
Hoffman Won't Reprieve Hauptmann Again
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman said today this is the last legal day to grant a reprieve for Bruno Richard Hauptmann and has no plan to delay the execution set for the week of March 30. His press aide reaffirmed his January 17 stance that no further reprieve will be issued. Hauptmann’s counsel argued the governor might still act if he questions Dr. John F. Condon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ferris Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Williams. Conklin
Hauptmann
John F
Jassie) Condon
Death Penalty Sought in Tahoka Deputy Slaying Trial
In Tahoka Texas March 12 a special venue of 100 men was ordered for the trial of Elmo Banks 34 year old negro charged with slaying Deputy Sheriff F E Redwine in a jail break last Friday State attorneys said they would seek the death penalty Banks had been held secretly since his capture Sunday Redwine was fatally shot five times with his own pistol when he tried to lock the prisoner in a cell Officials expected no violence during the trial after the charged incident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahoka
Texas
Elmo Banks
F. E. Redwine
Redwine
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
Forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight and Friday with a low around 36 degrees in Amarillo. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies. New Mexico reports fair conditions tonight and Friday with warmer readings in the southeast. Temperature extremes today range from 29 to 54 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Hearst Seeks Stay to Block Telegram Release to Senate Probe
William Randolph Hearst files in the District of Columbia Supreme Court seeking to bar Western Union from delivering a telegram to the Senate lobby committee. Chief Justice Wheat refrains from a immediate restraining order, preferring a merits hearing. Elisha Hanson says Western Union will answer so the case can be heard promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Randolph Hearst
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Western Union Telegraph Company
Senate Lobby Committee
Alfred A. Wheat
Chicago
Winston, Strawn and Shaw
Hearst
Wheat
Strawn
Elisha Hanson
Western Union
Ultimatum drawn up as France warns Germany over Rhineland
London dispatch reports France drawing up a stark ultimatum to Locarno signatories to remove German troops from the Rhineland. Berlin countered that Germany will withdraw peace proposals if sovereign rights are challenged, while Britain seeks a middle path in the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Nutter
Associated Press
London
Germany
Rhineland
Louis P. Lochner
Associate Press
Berlin
Gates
Locarno
James W. Gerard
United States
UPA
New York
Europe
England
France
County plan to refinance fund blocked by state law
Potter County failed to refinance its general fund as proposed by bond representative Will Simpson. The plan would have moved sinking fund money to the general fund via $65,000 in refunding warrants and used courthouse bonds held by the permanent school fund to back the sale. State Board of Education member James O. Guleke announced the board would enforce the law, blocking the refunding and restricting open market bond sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
State Board of Education
Will Simpson
Bond House
Fort Worth Boosters Push Fort Worth as 1937 Convention City
Fort Worth boosters arrived in Amarillo by special train at 10 30 am for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association 61st annual convention. The North Texas Agricultural College Band led a welcoming parade to the Herring Hotel. Fort Worth Round-Up Club members and others joined Amarillo Rotary Club luncheon attendees. Gene and Don McLaughlin entertained with rope work and Cleon Halcomb impressed crowds as a cowboy clown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Amarillo
Texas Exposition Center
North Texas Agricultural College
Herring Hotel
Cleon Halcomb
R. H. McLaughlin
McGill Chosen Boss of Cowmen at Southwestern Convention
The 60th annual Southwestern Cattlemen's convention ended in Fort Worth with H F McGill of Alice named president for 1937 by a 69 to 34 vote. Fort Worth boosters aided the bid, and W D Davis extended the invitation. Resolutions supported a general sales tax, beef grading standard, and opposition to Mexican and Argentine beef imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Cattlemen's Convention
Fort Worth
Spillers
Wort
E. Berkley Spillers
Association
W. T
Tom) Coble
Amarillo
McGill
Coble
Turkey Track
Clint C. Small
Help Offered for Old Age Pensions in County Courthouse
A Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsored program will assist elderly residents in filling old age pension applications in Room 111 of the Potter County courthouse for one week. Notaries in Sheriff Bill Adams office will provide free notary service. County Superintendent Carl G. Clifft supports the effort and urged participation, with Binford Arney praising the initiative. Ex-ambassador Yasuya Uchida dies in Tokyo at 71 from pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Potter County
Carl G. Clifft
Bill Adams
Chamber of Commerce
Binford Arney
Amarillo Panhandle Baby Beef Auction Highlights 4-H and FFA youth
In the ninth Panhandle Baby Beef Club sale at Tri-State arena the 4-H Club boys and FFA youth from the Texas Panhandle, Plains and Western Oklahoma presented Baby Beeves. Troy Whatley, 13, Groom, led the Grand Champion calf while J W Thompson, 15, Miami, showed the Reserve Champion among 230 entries. Auctioneers Cols Pred Reppert and Earl Gartin opened the sale as crowds cheered the youth-driven event continuing since 1927.
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Amarillo
Tri- State
Texas Panhandle
Plains
Oklahoma
Troy Whatley
J. W. Thompson
Future Farmer of America Organization
Miami
Cols
Pred Reppert
Earl Gartin
Panhandle Baby Beef Club
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Joe
Hopkins
Hoffman
Bruno
Clings
Quiz Condon
Cook County Hospital
Ole C. Nelson
Nelson
Hearst May Black Lobby
Posals
Rhine
U.S
United Press
Nassau
Bahamas
Rhone
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Ethiopia
Poland
Russia
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Great
Britain
Sweden
Belgrade
Warsaw
Yugoslaviay
Soviet
Rumania
Greece
Belgium
Leopold II
Richt
Boosters
FHA Loans
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
John Maynard Lbr. Co
McMurtry Paints
H. F. M’gill
Cowtown
el Paso
W. D
Bill) Davis
H. F. McGill
Alice
Tex
J. Claude McGill
Houseton
Panhandle Plains
James V. Allred
Livestock Sanitary Commission
National Livestock and Meat Board
Klebert
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
League of Nations
Tokyo
Yasuya Uchida
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