Pistol battle in Port Huron key to Dillinger hunt
In Port Huron Michigan four officers fired on a negro suspect during a clash seeking the jail escapee John Dillinger. The wounded suspect Herbert Youngblood died after naming Dillinger as being in the vicinity. The search for Dillinger intensified with reports Canadian authorities pursued a white man sighting.
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Port Huron
Mich
John Dillinger
Crown Point
Ind
Herbert Youngblood
Youngblood
Dillinger
Desperado
Michigan
Sarnia
Ont
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
United States
William L. van Antwerp
Charles Cavanagh
Howard Lohr
van Antwerp
Eugene Fields
Ferris Lucas
Lindbergh Calls Air Mail Contract Return Unjust
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh testified before a Senate committee that returning air mail contracts to private hands is unjust and that cancelled contracts should be reviewed in trials. He warned that forbidding rebids would delay service 2 3 years and supported private bidding pending further hearings on fraud claims.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Senate
Army
Army Aviation
Transcontinental
Western Air
Pan-American Airways
Lindbergh
Logan
Kentucky
All Is Rosy As Income Taxes Mount
Tax collectors reported rosy receipts as the filing deadline passed at midnight. Pittsburgh’s collections reached 5 million dollars versus 3 million last year, while nationwide totals target about 250 million for March. New York saw a heavier rush with 100 clerks processing mail and envelopes totaling 100000 arriving in one office. Chicago showed an upturn after four years.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Treasury
New York
Not Guilty Plea in Burdine Murder Case
Mrs. Florence Burdine pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Judge Henry Bishop in 47th District Court on the murder charge of her husband Stanley Burdine at their home on March 9. Bond set at 4000 dollars with R. J. Seay R. A. Seay and J. T. Persons signing. She claimed self defense as she described fearing for her life as her husband moved toward his hip pocket.
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Florence Burdine
Henry
Bishop
47Th District Court
Stanley Burdine
Ferguson backs Texas seat on national Democratic slate
Former Governor James E. Ferguson stated he would accept the position of national Democratic Committeeman from Texas if offered, saying he would comply with the entreaties of friends. The note places March 16 as the date of the remark in Austin.
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Austin
James E. Ferguson
National Democratic
Texas
FIRST LADY BACK IN U S FROM ISLANDS
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt returned to Miami by commercial airliner after noon today completing an 11 day economic survey flight to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Labor Squalls Nearly Calmed Amid Auto Strike Talks
Hugh S. Johnson met with William S. Knudsen of General Motors as signs pointed to a swift resolution of the automobile strike. Senate leaders warned that resisting recovery act provisions could provoke revolt, and the National Labor Board pressed on with informal talks to aid the NRA head in negotiations.
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Washington
Hughs. Johnson
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
Senate
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Johnson
National Labor Board
NRA
Attempt to Kidnap Oklahoma Witness in Federal Case
In San Antonio a man tried to kidnap Harry Royster, a Tulsa sportsman and government witness in a federal trial over $546000 in stolen securities. Royster and Deputy Marshal Sam Jones faced the assailant as they left a hotel. a second man held Royster back while a suspect fled in a car. Spectators at the trial were searched for weapons.
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San Antonio
Texas
U.P
Harry Royster
Tulsa Sportsman
Star
Royster
United States
Sam Jones
James
Limit Oil Watchers to Leases Pass Up Wells
The State Railroad Commission revised its order on oil well watchers in Texas to apply only to leases rather than individual wells. Production reports will cover lease units, reflecting short East Texas well cycles and common treating plants, reducing the need to monitor each well. Col. E. O. Thompson had estimated the original plan would have employed about 40,000 men.
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Austin
State Railroad Commission
Texas
Revisio
E. O. Thompson
Texas Oil Decision To Supreme Court
A U P report says the NRA oil code and regulatory production orders were ruled unconstitutional by a Texas federal court and the oil administration appealed the decision to the U S Supreme Court.
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Texas Oil
Supreme Court
Washington
U.P
United States District Court For
Texas
NRA
United States Supreme Court
Ojl
Mussolini Assailants Go On Trial in Rome Event
Three alleged anti-Fascist terrorists faced trial before the special tribunal for the defense of the state in Rome. Prosecutors may seek the death penalty, with execution by shooting in the back provided for such cases.
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Rome
Mussolini
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Special Tribunal For
Roosevelt Defeated In Senate Over St Lawrence Canal
Arthur Brisbane notes President Roosevelt faces his first congressional defeat as the Senate refuses to ratify the St Lawrence waterway treaty. Premature Canadian boasts are cited as a factor, with a suggestion to shift canal construction entirely to American soil to please critics.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Uncle Sam
Texas students paid under relief program
Austin dispatch reports that Texas relief headquarters announced 97 000 dollars allotted for part time work under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. Students at the University of Texas received 190 dollars.
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Austin
U.P
Texas College
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Texas Relief Headquarters
University of Texas
Four held in Bremer kidnaping raid linked case
Four suspects captured after the Mannford farm house raid were kept under guard in state prison in Okmulgee. Federal agents denied ties to the Bremer kidnaping. Glenn Wright, 34, jailed in Sapulpa, was moved to Stillwater for a robbery with machine gun charge. Wright had been sought in the 1932 murder of Tulsa attorney J Earl Smith. Gov. Murray ordered Wright turned over to Payne County authorities for arraignment.
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Mcalester
Oklo
U.P
Mannford Farm House
Edward G. Bremer
State
Glenn Roy Wright
State Crime Bureau
Stillwater
Wright
Sapulpa
J. Earl Smith
Tulsa
Charlie Conner
Cookson Hills
John McAtee
Frank Downey
Ed Brophy
Alonzo Brisco
W. H. Murray
Payne County
Operation on Byrd member is successful
Joseph A. Pelter U S naval aerial cameraman underwent an emergency appendectomy after a plane crash a fire and a hazardous return from a southern flight in Antarctica His operation followed 48 eventful hours on the continent of inertia and he rests comfortably this afternoon
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Little America
Antarctica
Mackay Radio
Joseph A. Pelter
U. S. Naval
Weather Outlook for AmariWo and Nearby Areas
Forecast calls for fair and slightly colder tonight with a chance of light rain Saturday. West Texas west of the 100th meridian turns partly cloudy and warmer in the southeast, colder in the Panhandle with rain or snow in the far north. New Mexico expects generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday with cooler north portions. Temperature extremes reach 44 to 73 degrees.
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AmariWo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Panhandle
New Mexico
Silver Bills Also Engage Law Makers
The day features two main items in Washington as Lindbergh testifies against permanent air mail contracts and the House prepares to vote on silver bills. Lindbergh urges owners be heard before cancellations. Morgenthau and Rainey discuss exchange bills and a large silver purchase to back currency, with procedural steps to follow.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
House
Senate
Morgenthau
Rainey
Silence Protest Stirs White House Over Courier Journalist
Louisville report details a political dispute after a "Psalm of Politics" letter in the Courier-Journal. Kentucky legislators demand publisher Robert W. Bingham be recalled as ambassador to London, while editor Vance Armentrout withholds the writer's name and faces possible censure.
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Louisville
White House
Louisville Courier
Journal
Kentucky House of Representatives
Robert W. Bingham
London
Courier-Journal
House of Representatives
Vance Armentrout
Armentrout
House
Roosevelt
Bingham
Doye Arnold Given Death Penalty in Breckenridge
Doye Arnold was sentenced to death by a jury in Breckenridge for beating and shooting his wife Zelma to death on a Breckenridge street. The defense plans an appeal. this was his third trial after two prior verdicts and a hung jury. Mrs. Arnold was fatally injured in September 1932.
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Arnold
Breckenridge
Insull Seized by Greek Destroyer Near Egypt While Fleeing Trial
Samuel Insull, age 70 with health concerns, was captured by a Greek destroyer off Egypt as he fled across the Mediterranean aboard the freighter Meotis. Greek government confirmed the capture and intention to deport him to the United States.
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Athens
Samuel Insull, &R
United States
Greece
Samuel Insull
Mediterranean
Egypt
Insull
Port Kesser
Alexandria
Extradition of Martin J. Insull to Chicago Confirmed
Ontario appeal court rules final in the long battle over whether Martin J. Insull, brother of Samuel Insull, will face charges related to the collapse of the Insull utilities empire. He was ordered extradited after Justice Kingstone’s December ruling and arrested to await transfer by Cook County authorities.
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Toronto
U.P
Martin J. Insull
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Appeal Court of Ontario
Insull
Appelate Division
Supreme Court of Ontario
A. C. Kingstone
Frank Johnson
Dan Gilbert
Cook's County
State's Attorney Department
Insull Plans Escape From Greece In Extradition Row
Paralyzed by orders to leave Greece, Insull fled despite expulsion and a Greek demand for the Meotis to return. A destroyer pursued with calls to halt as the Meotis ignored signals. Officials expect his possible return to the United States for trial.
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Greece
Chicago
Insull
Mediterranean
U. 8
Europe
United States
Marie Bynum Smith Last Charter Baptist Dies at 70
Mrs. Marie Bynum Smith longtime Amarillo resident and last charter member of First Baptist Church died at 7 40 this morning in a local hospital. She was 70, wife of James Lowry Smith who died in 1927. Funeral services are set for 4 PM at the family home, with Dr. G L Yates and Dr. R Thomson officiating. Interment follows at Llano Cemetery beside her husband.
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Marie Bynum Smith
Amarillo
First Baptist Church
James Lowry Smith
Taylor Street
G. L. Yates
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Llano
Griggs & Bons
Marie Bynum
William Joseph and
Katherine Walker Bynum
DeSoto County
Miss
Hornlake
Ross Hotel
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LINDY
McCormick
Amarillo Area
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Burdine
Jim
National Post
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Arthur Brisbane
Britain
King Feature Syndicate
Ine
America
Globe
Brisbane
Bremer
Byrd
Vonce Armentrout
Doye Arnold
Potter County
J. M. Simpson
U. 5S
Canada
Martin Insull
Charter Baptists
Mrs, Smite
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