Three candidates in city commission race Amarillo
The Amarillo city election approaches with only three men announcing bids for city commission seats. Dr H W Duke seeks Commissioner No 2, Joe Jenkins campaigns for Commissioner No 1, and M N Twaddell seeks reelection for Commissioner No 1. Mayor Rogers has not yet announced.
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H. W. Duke
H. Ernest Smith
Joe Jenkins
M. N. Twaddell
Ross D. Rogers
Duke
Amarillo
Duke Bros. Drug Company
Health Department
City Health Department
Commission For Solution
City Commission
Darrow to Advise Senate on Blue Eagle Fate
Clarence Darrow, aged 77, agreed to testify before a Senate Finance Committee inquiry on the Blue Eagle and NRA codes. He told reporters he would appear Monday to advise on action regarding the anti trust scrutiny and steel code matters. The episode follows a feud with Hugh Johnson over Darrow's past NRA critique and differing views between the NRA and FTC on price fixing and basing point rules in the steel industry.
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Washington
Clarence Darrow
NRA
Senate
Chicago
Senate Finance Committee
Hugh Johnson
Darrow
Johnson
Federal Trade Commission
Roosevelt
Trade Commission
Aide to Roosevelt Ill as Health Fails at White House
Louis M. Howe secretary to President Roosevelt, aged 64, is seriously ill at the White House. He fell ill after traveling with the president to Boston on February 23. Doctors report a recurrence of bronchial trouble with cardiac weakness and say Mrs. Howe is with him. Howe has lived at the White House since Roosevelt took office.
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Washington
Louis M. Howe
Roosevelt
White House
Howe
Boston
Ross T. McIntire
Hamlin murder case details surface at court door incident
The report recounts Bergman describing listening outside the court room to a juror claim he had not expressed an opinion about the Hamlin case through an open transom. He then notified Carl Hare, brother of the alleged victim, about the incident. A venireman under state fire was disqualified after the defense indicated satisfaction.
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Bergman
Carl Hare
Hamlin
Hare
Narcotics raid nets twelve arrests amid nationwide drive
A narcotics operation arrested 12 individuals including five women as part of a broader clean up led by Treasury agents who aimed to curb drug trafficking. The trial faced delays with veniremen being disqualified and remaining jurors to be chosen. Key witnesses Cliff and Mrs Hudspeth posted $1,000 bonds and stayed to testify, aiding the defense strategy.
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Treasury
Bergman
Cliff Hudspeth
Nelson
Houston
Amarillo
Washington
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Julius Sanders
United States
Woman Convicted In Robbery Case
A district court jury convicted Mary Jon Howell of robbery with firearms and sentenced her to 20 years in the state penitentiary for the August 14 hold up of J. F. Threet who died of wounds. Cliff Doggett already received 99 years for robbery and later a death sentence on a murder count. Elmer Van Cleve, a state witness, faces charges of robbery with firearms and murder as the case moves through law points.
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Threet
Huey Plan Hints At Labor Clubs For Workers
A speaker boasts he may join the six million dollar income class, rejects five thousand for common folks, and jokes he wants a bodyguard and to beat Huey. He promises radio time to unveil the Gassaway Plan and to organize clubs aiding the sweated worker.
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Fellows
Huey
Newspaper sources face reveal order in Zinn misconduct case
The state bar commission tentatively rules a pressman must reveal confidential sources in the Justice A L Zinn misconduct hearing. A final decision will decide whether Pepperday and Henning are certified to the state Supreme Court for contempt for refusing to disclose where they obtained certain documents.
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Santa FF
State Bar Commission
A. L. Zinn
State Supreme Court
T. M. Pepperday
Albuquerque Morning Journal
H. P. Henning
Gassaway Attacks Long Over Income Plan Critique
Gassaway ridicules Long while proposing a universal head of family income of 10000 a year and a 100000 cap, alleging Long is aligned with Rockefeller and Morgan figures. He questions Long's funding source and motives amid contested economic ideas.
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Gassaway
Long
Rockefeller
Morgan
Mellon
Alleged Slayer Crow Faces Lunacy Defense
A. B. Crow, jailed near Waco on the charge of beating his elderly wife to death, may file a lunacy complaint or plead insanity at trial. Mrs. Crow was found badly beaten at their home north of Waco. Crow surrendered to the sheriff and is held without bond. he formerly resided at the state hospital for the insane in Wichita Falls.
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Waco
A. B. Crow
Crow
State Hospital For the
Wichita Falls
Burglary Foiled At Simpson Home
An attempted break in on Hughes Street last night around 11 o'clock was halted when intruder frightened Miss Sue Simpson and Miss Florence Snodgrass, Amarillo teachers. The man fled as alarm was raised. Major Simpson woke to the scene and police searched without success.
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F. A. Simpson
Hughes Street
Sue Simpson
Florence Snodgrass
Amarillo
Jimmy
Major Simpson
French Army Conscription Doubling to Two Years
Premier Pierre-Etienne Flandin informed parliament that Germany's vast rearmament violates the Versailles Treaty and, due to superior forces, France is extending conscription to two years.
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Paris
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Germany
San Antonio Gas Prices Cut Across City
Motorists welcomed a price cut as major oil companies reduced prices by two to four cents a gallon. Low octane gasoline dropped to 12 cents, high test to 15 or 16 cents, and Ethyl gasoline to 17 or 18 cents, matching independents’ recent posts.
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San Antonio
Girl Scout District Boundaries Plotted in City Meeting
A committee led by Mrs. W. B. Izzard met at headquarters to outline boundaries for city districts for Girl Scout courts of award. District chairmen will be announced later and courts of award are planned for the end of March.
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W. 8. Izzard
Calls on U.T.To Fix Up Louisiana
Father James R. Cox urged President Roosevelt in a radio broadcast to send federal troops into Louisiana to restore constitutional government. He claimed the people support action against Nazism and fascism and condemned Huey Long for promises without deeds.
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Pittsburgh
James R. Cox
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Huey Long—long
Transient Robbery Suspects Sought in Santa Fe Yards
Police sought two men a Negro and a white man charged by transient John R. Mott with stealing 45 dollars in a Santa Fe yard robbery. Mott traveling from Denver to Nashville said he had ridden with the pair.
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John R. Mott
Santa Fe
Mott
Nashville
Tenn
Denver
Colo
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