Zangara Executed For Chicago Mayor Slaying
Giuseppe Zangara, the Italian immigrant who attacked government, was electrocuted at 8:15 AM Amarillo time for murdering Chicago Mayor Anton Cer mak and attempting to assassinate President Roosevelt. He sat with defiant calm, complained of the chair, and after prayers and insults to capitalists, received the 2,300 volt shock. An autopsy was ordered and the body fate not announced.
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Raiford
Fila
Giuseppe Zangara
Amarillo
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
Roosevelt
Miami
Zangara
Joe
Dan Hardie
Dade County
Ralph N. Green
Jacksonville
State Hospital For the Insane
R. R. Killinger
Duval County
C. D. Whitaker
Dave Shultz
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas calls for fair skies and a rise in temperatures overnight and into Tuesday. West Texas west of the 100th meridian also expects fair, warmer conditions tonight and Tuesday. In New Mexico, generally fair tonight and Tuesday with unsettled shower chances confined to the extreme southeast, warmer in the north and most of the east portions on Tuesday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Japs Capture Sahochiao North of Peiping
Japanese infantry brigades reported to have occupied Sahochiao in North China proper about 90 miles northeast of Peiping. The action follows a series of counter advances and heavy fighting along the Great Wall area with several thousand Chinese casualties.
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Tokyo
Sahochiao
China
Peiping
Great Wall
Rengo
Hsifengkow
Jehol
Hespiro Hattori
Hsifenkow
Wall Chengtehfu
U.P
Kupeikow
Tu Chinming
North
Chinchow
Sheriff Adams Tours Tu cumcari on Goodwill Train
Sheriff W. M. Adams arrived in Tu cumcari New Mexico Monday aboard the goodwill special train sent from Amarillo.
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W. M. Adams
Tucumcari
N. M
Amarillo
Arthur Brisbane on Mussolini and world leaders travel
The Globe reprints Arthur Brisbane: ancient north to Italy routes. Ramsay MacDonald flights with Balbo. MacDonald meets Mussolini in Rome. Mussolini presides over Europe, Trotzky observes from Constantinople, commenting on this capitalistic world and future bets.
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Alps
Italy
Ramsay MacDonald
England
Mussolini
Balbo
Atlantic Ocean
McDonald
Ostia
Rome
Jury Discharged in Hillsboro Murder Case
The jury in the Raymond Hamilton murder indictment trial was discharged by Judge W. L. Wray after failing to reach a verdict on the penalty for the slaying of Hillsboro merchant John Bucher. Hamilton, 19, a Dudlas gang leader, faced the murder charge in Hillsboro, Texas.
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Hamilton
Hillsboro
Texas
Raymond Hamilton
Dudlas
W. L. Wray
John Bucher
ParemutuEl Plan Offered In Texas House Debate
Debate began in the Texas House on a bill to legalize pari mutuel wagering on horse races. Fort Worth's J C Duvall presented provisions as author, with an amendment to strike out the enacting clause proposed but later withdrawn.
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Austin
Texas
House of Representatives
J. C. Duvall
Fort Worth
H. H. Ray
Troy
British-Russian Treaty Talks Suspended in London
British Foreign Office announced in the House of Commons that renewal negotiations for the commercial treaty with Soviet Russia are suspended. Captain Anthony Eden said continued talks could serve no useful purpose amid diplomatic exchanges following arrests of British subjects charged with sabotage in Russia.
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London
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Russia
Boy Kidnapping in Masury Prompts Anxiety for Parents
In Masury Ohio Peter Myers, 15, abducted by three gunmen, left a note telling family not to inform police. His father, unable to pay ransom, awaits any word while denouncing the crime. In Denver, officials pursue connections linking Verne Sankey to multiple high profile kidnapings including Lindbergh’s.
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Masury
U.P
Peter Myers
Myers
Mike Stevens
Denver
Verne Sankey
Lindbergh
Haskell Bohm
St. Paul
M. F. Kinkead
Sankey
Charles Boettcher
Kinkead
Boettcher
Bohn
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Minneapolis
Gordon Elkhorn
Inauguration Day Frosts Deep Freeze Across Regions
The nation faced icy winds and floods as spring began with heavy snow in the Middle West and West while the Ohio Valley floods soared. Seven deaths were reported from floods, and a storm uprooted trees near Victoria Texas with hail and damaged farmhouses. Shipping was jeopardized by the storm system.
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Associated Press
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Kentucky
Middle West
West
Victoria
Tex
Fair and Warmer Forecast Amid North Dust Storms
Amarillowide conditions turned chilly as north dust storms faded Monday morning. Officials expected fair and somewhat warmer weather for Monday night and Tuesday as spring begins. High winds earlier caused snowdrifts near Raton and Des Moines blocking routes to Denver, with buses rerouted west via Springer from Clayton to Raton. Temperature rose from 26 to 46 degrees by noon as sun broke through a thick, overcast sky.
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Springer
Clayton
Raton
Rivers Rise As Flood Warnings Spread Across States
Pacific and Atlantic vessels in distress sought aid while Great Lakes waters roiled. Indiana faces 11 flooded state roads as Wabash and White Rivers rise. flood warnings issued. Ohio River confluence near Pittsburgh projected at 25 feet, river levels at 18.5 and 19.8 feet. Oklahoma freezes as Minnesota reports heavy snowfall, 24 inches in parts. Kansas wheat growers welcome moisture from snow after drought.
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Pacific
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Kansas
Texas Train to Tucumcari
Amarillo guests poured into Tucumcari for the New Mex Cattle Growers convention aboard a Rock Island special train. Parade marshals led the arrivals through Vega and downtown with Red Sublett riding a white mule. Gov. Seligman delivered the welcome as Senators Lee and Lee and F. E. Mollin attended, with a 26 piece Amarillo Junior College band and a big barbecue planned at noon.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Amarillo
Mild quake rattles Los Angeles with stronger tremor
A mild earthquake was felt in Los Angeles at 6 01 AM. The tremor today appeared stronger than yesterday's shock. No damage was reported from either quake.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Floods Sweep Ohio Valley From Huntington to Louisville
Flood waters from six states converge on the Cincinnati tri state region causing widespread damage. The Ohio River and its tributaries flood farms and cities as twenty feet of water cover thousands of acres near Elizabethtown. The flood crisis advances toward Indiana near the Kentucky border. See EQUINOX Page 2.
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Cincinnati
Tri-State
Huntington
W. Va
Louisville
Elizabethtown
Indiana
Here
Cincin
Famous Midget Troupe To Appear Here This Week
Singer's Midgets, a 30 member Central European act with elephants, ponies, and a singing duck, will perform in Amarillo Thursday to Saturday with an additional dance pantomime and eight child entertainers. Prices range from 15 to 40 cents, depending on seating.
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Amarillo
Europe
Teddy Bear
Elsie Little
Beckie Reeder Arnold
Amarillo College of Music
Junior Lowenstern
President Roosevelt signs half billion economy measure
The $500,000,000 economy bill cuts veterans benefits and trims federal salaries while allowing large scale executive cost reductions. It also legalizes 9.2 percent beer and wine with minors’ sale restrictions, and authorizes broad agency reorganization to eliminate noncabinet offices. The act aims to balance the budget and restore federal credit, with final enactment delayed by a Senate recess.
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Senate
House
Congress
Garner
White House
Hines
Early pastor funeral to be at Plainview
Funeral services for Rev. C. A. McCarver 81 longtime Amarillo Methodist pastor will be held at 2 PM Tuesday in Plainview Rev McCarver died Sunday night at the Whitewright home of his daughter Mrs L G Hagard after a brief illness He spent last fall with his daughter here and moved to Whitewright in December Several daughters survive him including Mrs Underwood Mrs Hagard Mrs Jones and Mrs Beck The family notes his pastorates included Memphis Claude Clarendon and Amarillo before later serving Eastland and Fort Worth after retirement
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McCarver
Methodist
Amarillo
Porter Underwood
Hayden Street
Plainview
Panhandle
L. G. Hagard
Whitewright
C. A. Bickley
Lubbock
Underwood
Hagard
A. B. Jones
Quanah
V. V. Beck
Eastland
Fort Worth
League Seeks U S Role in Leticia Dispute Pact
The League of Nations asks the United States to join its Colombia Peru Leticia advisory committee. Delegates back Mussolini four power pact but warn Britain must secure French and US commitments. Rome aims for peace in Europe for at least a generation.
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Stewart Brown
Geneva
League of Nations
United States
League
Colombia-Peru
Leticia
Europe
Mussolini
Italy
England
France
Germany
Britain
Thomas B. Morgan
Rome
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Englh
Ralph Heinzen
Paris
U.P
Prance
Muscolini
Potter County Interscholastic League Opens At Tri-State Fair Grounds
The annual Potter County Interscholastic League meet at the Tri-State Fair Grounds features track and field preliminaries tennis and other games. This first use of fair grounds follows outgrown rural facilities. Laura V Hamner urges gratitude to Wortham Shows for concessions and notes a women’s committee oversees meals. Final athletic events conclude Tuesday.
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Potter County
Laura V. Hamrer
Wortham
League
Percy Gibbs
River Road
P. C. Bennett
Soncy
Roy Pavillard
Allison
Roy Hill
Highland Park
George Fesser
Masterson
W. J. Hill
Bushland
A. C. Roddy
Brady
George Overhull
Cliffside
J. B. Conrad
W. M. McIntosh
Amarillo
Miss Hamner
Exposition Grounds
Spring Style Show Set For Monday Night In Amarillo
Spring Tonight To Herald Style Show At 7:43 oclock Monday night. Merchants on Polk Street display in show windows the newest apparel for woman, man and home. Slogan Remember To Spend Now Is To Spend Wisely. Afternoon dresses in spring silks from $5 and men’s quits under $15. Dave Derden’s bands will entertain window shoppers as live models are used in displays. Amarillo hosts many out of town visitors for the event.
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Polk Street
Globe News
Merchante of
Amarillo
Dave Derden
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Lenin
Constantinople
Istanbul
Tarrant County
BREW
Washington
U.S
Tristate Fair Grounds
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