Allred Address Dominates West Texas Druggists Session
Governor Allred’s stance against a general sales tax is praised by Dr. Danforth at the West Texas Pharmaceutical Association meeting in Abilene. Delegates adopt resolutions supporting Senator Patman and the state boards, and vote Abilene for the 14th annual birthday party meeting in August.
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Allred
Texas
W. J. Danforth
Texas Pharmaceutical Association
West Texas Pharmaceutical Association
Herring Hotel
Southwestern Drug Corporation
Bob Epperson
Amarillo
Abilene
Wright Patman
Patman
West Texas
Texas Liquor Control Board
State Board of Pharmacy
State Pharmaceutical Association
Danforth
Ferguson
Vast Flood Ravages Eastern States Prompting National Aid Effort
In the worst eastern flood on record, the Ohio River swelled through Wellsburg and Wheeling with ten feet of water and widespread destruction. President Roosevelt ordered a White House meeting with War Secretary Dern to coordinate relief as rivers from the Potomac to the Merrimack threaten cities, isolate towns, and strain food and medical supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Hippelheuser
Associated Press
Ohio River
Wellsburg
W. Va
Wheeling
Wheeling Island
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
Vermont
North Carolina
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
Florida
Roosevelt
War Dearn
Ohio
Huntington
Steubenville
Columbus
Springfield
Mass
Connecticut River
Lov @l
Concord
Merrimack
League Condemns Germany as Treaty Breaker Over Rhineland
The League of Nations unanimously condemns Germany for violating Versailles and Locarno by moving troops into the demilitarized Rhineland. German envoy von Ribbentrop defends action citing France’s defense pact with Soviet Russia. He declares the resolution will not stand in history.
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Charles P. Nutter
Associated Press
London
Council of the
League of Nations
Hitler
League
Germany
Rhineland
Joachim von Ribbentrop
France
Societ
Russia
Reich
Belgium
von Ribbenstrop
Surveyors Finish Buchanan Street Underpass Study
State highway officials report completion of field information for the Buchanan Street underpass project a half million dollars in federal funded grade separation work. A 24 hour traffic check showed 2180 vehicles crossing the site with trucks making up about two thirds. Plan 3 calls for city Rock Island and Fort Worth Denver rail funding with FW&D sharing extra damage claims. federal approval needed to proceed start by June 1.
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Buchanan Street
State Highway Department
W. J. van London
van London
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Rock Island and
Fort Worth
Denver
Fort Worth & Denver
Rock Island
Federal Bureau of Roads
Federal Bureau
Amarillo Weather Forecast and Local Notices
Forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas calls for fair and colder conditions tonight with a low near 34 degrees and a warmer Friday. West Texas will see partly cloudy skies and a modest rise in temperature in the Panhandle, while New Mexico remains fair but cooler in central and southern portions tonight. Amarillo observed temperature extremes of 42 and 51 degrees by 1 o clock. FHA LOANS. Long-Bell Lbr. Co. Good Winter Oils 10c qt. 1900 W. 3rd. Phone 5353 John Maynard Lbr. Co. for McMurtry Paints and Varnishes.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Attempt To Capture Seamen's Union Hall In Port Arthur Riot
A street fight in Port Arthur involved more than 100 men and left five Houston seamen injured two in jail and one hospitalized. Police and labor officials investigate a bid to seize the International Seamen's Union Hall and its charter following a union visit that halted meetings until the district council's approval.
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Port Arthur
International Seamen's Union Hall
Houston
Porthur
Mitchell Young
World’s Smallest Premature Baby Born in Illinois
An eight ounce baby girl, three months premature, fights for life in an incubator at St. Mary’s Hospital East St. Louis. The mother Mrs John Womack was struck by a truck and the infant’s birth occurred on a busy street amid traffic. Previous smallest recorded baby weighed twelve ounces in Chicago to Mr and Mrs Lester Benson.
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East ST. Louis
St. Mary’s Hospital
John Womack
Lester Benson
Chicago
Amarillo Laws Ban Sleeping in Basements and Tying Horses
A city attache notes Amarillo still has an old health ordinance barring sleeping in basements and warns it is illegal to hitch a horse to a tree. The laws are historic and rarely enforced.
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Robert L. Ripley
Amarillo
Railroad Moves Likely To Relocate Freight House In Amarillo
Rock Island trainmaster William E Danver discussed moving the 400 foot long freight house to the west side of Fillmore Street underpass with city manager H R Smith. A concrete slab atop the underpass would accommodate a track, and a parallel track would need relocation.
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Amrillo
Rock Island Railroad
William E. Danver
Rock Island
H. R. Smith
Fillmore Street
Danver
FCC asks Justice Dept to probe AT T racing news wires
Washington March 19 The communications commission called for a Justice Department probe into American Telephone and Telegraph Company wire facilities used to transmit racing news. FCC official Paul A Walker announced a $750000 investigation and cited testimony about AT T wires aiding gambling related news delivery.
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Washington
The
Communications Commission
Justice Department
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Paul A. Walker
FCC
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Walker
Samuel Becker
Samuel Becker, Special Council For the Commission
Massachusetts
James Hughes
Jamestown
N. Y
Department of Justice
Tax Conscious Lobby Controversy Sparks Senate Hearing
J A Arnold head of an organization pushing tax awareness charged a Senate lobby committee hearing calling it a polecat committee after being listed as receiving a $1,000 contribution from former treasury secretary Mellon. Senator Hugo L Black warned Arnold to stop the remarks as other contributors were named including William Wrigley Jr E Parmlee Prentice and W R Coe with varied amounts.
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Washington
U.P
J. A. Arnold
Senate Lobby Committee
Arnold
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Hugo L. Black
Ala
Senate
Dust Storm Followed by Light Rain in Cimarron County
Heavy dust storm earlier in the morning gave way to a light shower in Boise City Cimarron County Oklahoma. Clouds linger with rain expected to ease dry topsoil and aid wheat, as farmers hope for more precipitation.
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Oklahoma
Boise City
Okla
Cimarron County
Food and Fuel Shortage Leaves 700 Children Trapped
Newland North Carolina reports snowbound children and teachers in a rural consolidated school since a blizzard began Tuesday. Snow drifts 14 to 20 feet high have isolated the town. Fuel and food supplies are exhausted and efforts to bring in aid are blocked by drifts.
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Newland
N. C
U.K
G. W. Bowman
United Press
North Carolina
Bowman
Judge refuses amend suit on TVA constitutionality
Federal Judge David J. Davis in Birmingham blocks preferred stockholders of Alabama Power from filing an amended suit challenging TVA on issues not addressed by the U S Supreme Court in its February decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
David J. Davis
Alabama Power Company
Tennessee Valley Authority
U. S. Supreme Court
Abandonment Ordered for Fuqua Ranch CCC Camp
State ECW Administrator Woody L. Cowan announced the abandonment of the CCC camp at Fuqua Ranch due to reductions in CCC strength. Veterans of Company 1828 from the U S Soil Conservation Service range land project will be returned to Palo Duro State Park. Other ECW camps in the Panhandle will stay open.
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Fuqua Ranch
Ccc
Woody L. Cowan
ECW
CCC Company 1828
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Woody
Potter County
Panhandle
Memphis
Perryton
Littlefield
Lamesa
Palo Duro State Park
Palo Duro Park
Flood Relief Mobilizes National Help After Disaster
The Red Cross reports 150000 victims rely on aid as a nationwide drive seeks 3 million dollars. Army Navy and Coast Guard join relief efforts with work relief forces to prevent more deaths. President Roosevelt to review federal actions. Admiral Cary T Grayson leads the relief, with 1500 workers building Potomac dykes to defend 100 million dollars of government buildings. High water feared to be the worst in 47 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Legionaires
CCC
WPA
National Guardsmen
Vernon
Connecticut
Brattleboro
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Cary T. Grayson
Potomac
Guardsmen Protect Life and Property in Pittsburgh Flood
National guardsmen police and firemen ringed the Golden Triangle guiding relief amid the citys worst flood. Power and water shortages worsened as floodwaters rose near Smithfield Street flooding Jenkins Arcade and major stores. Newspapers were displaced with emergency plans to publish outside town.
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Max Fullerton
Pittsburgh
National
Golden Triangle
Smithfield Street
Jenkins Arcade
Pittsburg Press and
Post Gazette
Sun Telegraph
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Laud Allred
House
Connecticult
New England
Windsor Hotel
Bellaire
Monongahela
Allegheny
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sharpsburg
Jonkstown
Conemaugh
Quemahoning
George Fullmer
Johnstown Telephone Company
Cumberland
National Capital
Water Street
Georgetown
Washington Monument
White House
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Upstate
Binghamton
Maine
New Hartford
Conn
Satan's Kingdom
Farmington
Otis
Lippit
R. 1
Dern
Federal Emergency Flood Relief Committee
Buchanan Crossing
FHA Loans
Long-Bell Lbr. Co
John Maynard Lbr. Co
McMurtry Paints
T. D. Fletcher
Fletcher
University of Chattanooga
Seamen’s Union
Arthur Brisbane
Bryan
America
Globe
Brisbane
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Long House
William Wrigley, Jr
E. Parmlee Prentice
W. R. Coe
Mary
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