Two Hamlin Jurors Unnamed as State Exhausts Challenges
The state nears final jury selection for George S. Hamlin on a murder charge with two challenges left. J P Wilmeth, 54, tourist camp operator, joined as the tenth juror while L L Beale, 56, Sanborn School janitor, was the ninth. The trial marks a county record for time spent naming a jury as Judge E C Nelson weighs further questioning.
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Hamlin
George S. Hamlin
Grady Hazlewood
E. T. Miller
J. P. Wilmeth
North Fillmore Street
L. L. Beale
Sanborn
Cleveland Street
Potter County
Frank Crutchfield
E. C. Nelson
Miller
Morris Bergman
Post Aims To Flag Across Continent In Sub Stratosphere Flight
Otto Post pilots the Winnie Mae east from Burbank at 6 16 am Pacific time aiming for Floyd Bennett Field New York to span the continent in seven hours. The flight tests the modified monoplane designed for 350 mph at 35000 feet with oxygen gear and a near zero landing drag.
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Los Angeles
Wiley Post
Winnie Mac
Mars
Union Air Terminal
Burbank
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Post
Muroc Dry Lake
Mojave
Cal
Winnie Mae
Parley Opens On Panhandle Gas Pipeline
In Washington on March 15 representatives from Texas and St. Louis discussed a proposed 60 million dollar public works loan for pipelines moving natural gas from Texas to Detroit. Officials from Texas and St. Louis met with Secretary Ickes as he signaled general approval and urged formal Texas legislation to create a public corporation to back the loan.
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Washington
Texas
Detroit
James V. Allred
St. Louis
R. B. Anderson
Scott Gaines
Ickes
Edward H. Foley
PWA
Charles M. Hay
Anderson
Gaines
Levees Break Near Kennett Deepens Flood Crisis
Flood waters from the St Francis River breached the levee two miles north of Kennett Missouri inundating thousands of acres of evacuated farms. Three drownings are reported with several missing as Red Cross aids 3,000 families and shelters 6,000 people. Homes of 17,000 more are under threat across Illinois Kentucky Mississippi and Ohio regions.
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United Preas
Mississippi River
Ilinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Kentucky
Mississippi
Kennett
U.P
St. Francis River
Here
St. Francis
Red Croas
T Mllinois
Ohio River
Burglars Shot At Store as Man Claims Stopstand
Jack Fowlkes says two burglars entered his store at 1222 Pierce Street around 2 AM. He fired as they fled, one allegedly wounded while escaping over a back fence. a youth later arrested for a leg wound is suspected to be involved.
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Jack Fowlkes
Mr. Fowlkes
Pierce Street
Sandstorm Moves In From West With San d Threat
The warm spell ends as sand spreads across the country from the west and southwest. Rail dispatches report only a strong wind and no worsening conditions. Weatherman H T Coleman travels to Tucumcari New Mexico seeking latest reports with Amarillo forecast partly cloudy and much colder tonight and Saturday with a low around 40.
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H. T. Coleman
Tucumcari
N. M
Amarillo
Woodring to Speak in Amarillo on National Defense
Assistant Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring will address the Panhandle chapter of the American Petroleum Institute in Amarillo on April 11 as the principal speaker for the API mid continent division production meeting set for April 10 and 11 at the City Auditorium. Woodring, a former Kansas governor, is a noted lawyer banker and oil man. The Borger based Panhandle API chapter led by Jimmy Johnson and Charlie Daniels arranged the program to boost attendance.
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Harry H. Woodring
Amarillo
Midcontinent Division of Production
API
National Defense
City Auditorium
Mr. Woodring
Kansas
Washington
Panhandle
American Petroleum Institute
Jimmy Johnson
Continental Oil Company
Borger
Charlie Daniels
Phillips Co
Woodring
Treasury Launches 12000 Agent Drug Crackdown Across Nation
Washington reports 12000 Treasury agents sweeping coast to coast in a major federal crime drive against smugglers counterfeiters bootleggers narcotics and racketeers. First day arrests exceed 300 with more daily. Morgenthau observes results as officials relay progress to headquarters.
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Washington
U.P
The
Treasury
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Rangers raid night club in Austin capital city
Texas Rangers acting under orders to close saloons raid a downtown Austin night club. Sheriff Lee O Allen reports five cases of liquor and gambling paraphernalia seized. No arrests announced though liquor for sale charges expected. Governor Allred had not been informed of the raid.
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Austin
Texas Rangers
Carl Nesbitt
Travis
Lee O. Allen
Allen
Houston
San Antonio
Alfred
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with colder air. Amarillo area sees a drop from tonight to Saturday, with temps near 40 tonight. West Texas remains unsettled in the north, colder west and much colder Saturday. New Mexico mostly fair but colder in north and west tonight and east Saturday. Temperature extremes today range from 49 to 75.
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Amarillo
West Texas
North Portion
West Portion
North
New Mexico
Fio Rito Band Live Radio Tonight in Hollywood
Ted Fio Rito and his orchestra will appear tonight at 8:30 on CBS stations. Dick Powell hosts a program from the Cocoanut Grove in Hollywood sponsored by Campbell's Soup with Muzzy Marcelling... and the Three Debutantes. The Fio Rito orchestra will also perform in Amarillo for a concert and dance.
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Ted Fio Rito
Columbia Broadcasting System
Dick Powell
Campbell's Soup
Cocoanut Grove
Hollywood
Ted Fio-Rito
Muzzy Marcellingo
Fio-Rito
Amarillo
Dying Singers and Deadly Justice in San Simeon
In San Simeon California on March 15 Ab Young a Negro accused of killing a highway worker was hanged from a tree with a rope around his neck tied to a car. He sang a hymn and smiled as the car was driven away. The account compares execution methods and notes the narrator has witnessed various executions.
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San Simeon
Cal
Slayde
Mississippi
Ab Young
Plan charges in attempt to abduct girl
A 29 year old Longview resident faced planned charges after Police Chief T N Green arrested him in connection with an attempted abduction of a 12 year old girl at a Gladewater school. Principal J J Traughber provided the description leading to the arrest. The girl identified the suspect as the man who tried to lure her to a classroom.
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Gladewater
Tex
Longview
T. N. Green
Green
J. J. Traughber
Mary Magdalene Sturdivant
Traughber
Tom C. Sturdivant
Scandinavian Engagement Announced Between Princes Ingrid and Frederik
Stockholm March 15 announces the engagement of Princess Ingrid daughter of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Iceland. No wedding date yet. Frederik arrived from Copenhagen. rumors of imminent engagement had circulated but were not confirmed. Ingrid, 24, noted for beauty and sports love, especially tennis and riding.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Pricess Ingrid
Gustaf Adolf
Frederik
Denmark
Iceland
Copenhagen
Ingrid
Gustav
Rich Rancher Who Hated Oil Dies At Home
I E Barber 81, heir to the Barbers Hill oil field wealth, died at his home in Barbers Hill community Chambers County Texas after six decades of simple living. He opposed oil on his 5000 acres saying it ruined cattle grass despite profits, a sentiment echoed to his son J K Barber last week.
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Barfers Hill
Chambers County
Tex
E. W. Barber
Amos Barber
Barbers Hill
Barber
White House
J. K. Barber
Texas House OKs print on minority report tax bill to levy gross receipts tax
The Texas House overturned a committee recommendation and voted to print on minority report a bill taxing retail chain gross receipts. The rate rises with chain size, from one twentieth to two percent for chains over 206 stores, with $2,500,000 receipts. Rep. John Atchison is the author.
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Austin
Texas House Today Gain
Revenue and Taxation Committee
John Atchison
Gainesville
James V. Allred
House
Texas
Morris Roberts
Beeville
R. L. Reader
San Antonio
Gassaway Attacks Huey Long With Share The Wealth Talk
Oklahoma Representative Gassaway urged Huey Long to stop being a tool of international bankers and back a nationwide Gassaway Plan clubs effort. He mocked $5,000 per year as inadequate and warned against Wall Street influence while promoting a broad money expansion.
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Clarence M. Wright
Washington
Sen
Huey Long
Rep. Gassaway
Oklahoma
Southwest
Huey
Wall Street
House Solons Assure Probe in Slush Fund
Washington march 18 investigation of charges by Rep Alfred Bulwinkle that a slush fund was raised to fight the Rayburn holding company bill will be conducted. Rayburn will summon Dr Hugh A Magill president of the American Federation of Utility Investors as a witness to testify before the house interstate commerce committee.
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Washington
Alfred Bulwinkle
Democrat
N.C
Rayburn Holding Company
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Bulewinkle
Rayburn
Hugh A. Magill
American Federation of Utility Investors
Bulwinkle
William Wirt
Magill
Utility
Midnight Tax Deadline Pushes City County and State
Delinquent taxes for city county state and school and current income tax must be paid by midnight. County tax collector stays open to midnight along with internal revenue and school and city tax offices. Failure to pay triggers penalties interest and costs. late income tax returns incur heavy fines.
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Internal Revenue Office
Post
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Weatherford Man Found Dead In Stream
The body of J. A. Davidson, 77, was found late yesterday four miles northwest of Weatherford. Authorities believe he stopped to drink from the stream and fell in accidentally. Coroner W. R. Hawkins returned a verdict of accidental death.
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Weatherford
Tex
J. A. Davidson
W. R. Hawkins
Switz Couple Indicted In Paris Spy Ring Case
In Paris on March 15 34 espionage suspects including Mr and Mrs Robert Gordon Switz of East Orange New Jersey and New York were indicted as members of an alleged Soviet spy ring. The pair held 15 months for questioning and face a possible secret trial early in April with many co defendants still at large.
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Paris
Mar
Robert Gordon Switz
East Orange
N. J
New York
Michel Benon
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