Sanity Clause Disqualifies Large Venire in Crutchfield Murder Case
In the 47th District Court the murder trial of Frank Crutchfield proceeds with four jurors seated as noon adjourned. Judge Henry S. Bishop orders 100 more veniremen to report Wednesday morning after an initial pool of 250 proved insufficient for a 12-member jury.
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47Th District Court
Frank Crutchfield
White Deer
G. Barnam
Barney C. Moore
John D. Maggard
Borden
Borden's Milk Company
T. R. Cross
Amarillo Gas Company
Tom R. Keith
CWA
Venice
Henrys
Bishop
E. A. Simpson
Insull and the Lion: Brisbane Sees Riches Abroad
Arthur Brisbane reports on Samuel Insull at 74 seeking new ventures afloat after legal and financial turmoil. A tramp steamer is chartered by Insull, sailing under a foreign flag as U S ships cannot disturb him, with hints of plans toward Abyssinia and a legendary lineage to Solomon and Sheba.
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Samuel Insull
Greece
United States
Motor Plant Laborers Set for Walkout
New York March 20 The American Federation of Labor and the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce face a looming strike as unions vote to join preparations. Plants employing about 250000 workers may walk out with hundreds more in Flint Michigan and Fisher Body Plant No 2 voting to join. Washington watch on Roosevelt response and NRA talks, while Rep Blanton of Texas calls the AFL stance selfish. Dr Atticus Webb of Dallas, head of the Texas Anti-saloon League, injured in a crash near Crystal City.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
Hugh 8. Johnson
Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Wall Street
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
A. F. of L
William Green
Chevrolet Motor Company
Flint
Michigan
Fisher Body
Blanton
Texas
Federation
Webb
San Antonio
Atticus Webb
Dallas
Texas Anti-saloon League
Crystal City
President Roosevelt Urges Rail Wage Talks and Commission
President Roosevelt warned railroads and workers to settle their wage dispute and proposed a six month extension of the current agreement. Rail employees demand a 20 percent wage rise effective July 1, and Roosevelt warns a commission may study the controversy if no arbitration results. He cites NRA codes and urges correction of wages below subsistence level.
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Washington
Roosevelt
W. F. Thiehoff
Conference Committee of Managers
A. F. Whitney
Railway Labor Executives' Association
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Eight Pianos Featured in Fete Tonight
Eight Amarillo girls perform a massed piano concert at Municipal Auditorium starting 8 15 PM. Directed by Duncan Stewart, with three violinists and John Josey on accompaniment. Eloise Gipson reads Victor Hugo as Cassare Franck's piece is performed. Tickets 40 and 25 cents at box office.
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Amarillo
Pi Mu Sorority
John Josey
H. P. Garrett
Kermit Dyche
Robbers Loot Rotan Bank After Night Invasion
In Rotan Texas on March 20 a gang of four looted the First National Bank while five captives including nightwatchman Nathan Kelly were held in a dark alley. They used a torch to burn through vault protection and stole $800 to $900, then cut cables disabling local telephone service.
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Rotan
Texas
Nathan Kelly
First National Bank
Kelly
American Legion
City Hall
Charles Dowden
Jerry Sheppard
Guy Patterson
30 Die in landslide at Batignole Quarry near Albanian border
A landslide at the Batignole Quarry in Bangista near the Albanian border killed more than 30 workers. Two days of excavation will be needed to reach the victims.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Batignole
Bangista
Mob Attacks to Free Stavisky Prisoners in Paris
Hundreds of protesters clashed with police as eight Stavisky scandal prisoners were moved from Bayonne to a Paris jail. Police and guards fought the mob near the railway station, and the prisoners were eventually escorted to safety. Legislators doubt the suicide report after viewing a censored motion picture.
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Paris
Stavisky
Bayonne
Serge
Alex” Stavisky
Stavinsky
Army Test Flights Move Amarillo Toward Mail Route Return
Army fliers conduct trial runs over the Wichita to Albuquerque route with Amarillo as a stop. Two planes flew Wichita to Albuquerque via Amarillo and back, with crews and radio men to be stationed here to service aircraft.
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Amarillo
Wichita
Kan
Albuquerque
N. M
George Boyles
Army
English Field
Sergeant Boyles
Papers on Hand With Dickens' Celebrated Novel
A limited set of papers carrying Charles Dickens The Life of Our Lord may be had for 5c each at The Globe-News. Due to copyright restrictions no further copies can be printed. The story ends with today's News.
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Globe-News
Charles Dickens
Greatest spy syndicate exposed by American couple grilling
Paris dispatch reports Robert and Marjorie Switz broke under cross examination and revealed details of a vast espionage ring. Authorities say the ring, aided by Germany and Soviet Russia, operated across Europe and the United States, with multiple arrests including Colonel Du Moulin and Raoul Reich.
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United Press Paris
Robert
Marjorie Switz
Atlantic
United States
Secret Service
Germany
Soviet Russia
France
Great Britain
U. S. Britain
Switz
Vassar
Ernest Benon
Surete Generale
du Moulin
Charras
Legion of Honor
Byrd Expedition Members Stranded In Antarctic Ice Field
Rescue teams await a weather break to reach pilot William C. Bowlin and wireless operator Clay Bailey who crash landed in an uncharted ice field during a storm near Little America in Antarctica. They reported burying the plane to keep it from being blown away and were 8 to 15 miles from base.
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Little America
Antarctica
Mackay Radio
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
William C. Bowlin
Clay Bailey
Byrd
Admiral Byrd
Nine Days In Hospital For John Roosevelt
Naval hospital officials report John Roosevelt, the President’s youngest son, recovering well after appendectomy. Doctors forecast nine more days in the hospital if progress continues, as the President and Mrs. Roosevelt visited and the operation was performed yesterday.
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John Roosevelt
Washington
Naval Hospital
Allred Sets Campaign Date for Bowie Governor Run
Attorney General James V. Allred announced he will open his campaign for governor with a Bowie event on March 20. The Austin report notes the formal kickoff and plans to campaign across the state.
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Allred
Austin
James V. Allred
Bowie
Stock Mart Bill Up Amelia in Air Plea
The stock market regulation bill moves toward passage as the Philippines independence measure nears the end of its easy road. Congress expects quick action on the independence bill, while 23 committees meet to discuss topics from air mail to birth control and labor issues.
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Stock Mart Bill
Amelia
Air
Washington
Philippines
Senate
White House
House
Congress
Capitol
NRA
Paul F. Brissenden
Columbia University
Senate Acts On Silver Hoarders List Resolution
The Senate adopted a resolution to require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide a list of all known silver hoarders. Sponsored by Senator Arthur R. Robinson of Indiana, the move targets rumors that hoarding would boost silver value ahead of pending legislation.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of Treasury
Arthur R. Robinson
Indiana
C V Terrell Ill. Railroad Commissioner Moved to Houston Clinic
State Railroad Commissioner C V Terrell who has been ill for two weeks has been taken to Houston for treatment at a clinic there. Recent orders of the commission have been sent from his hospital bed.
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C. V. Terrell
Austin
Houston
Selection of jurors for Heidingsfelder trial in Georgetown
Selection of jurors began in Georgetown for the second trial of Houston attorney C. Be. Heidingsfelder charged with embezzling 34500 dollars from Mrs. Adele Pipkin of New York.
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Georgetown
C.be. Heidingsfelder
Houston
Adele Pipkin
New York
Grounds Benefit Dance Tickets Selling Rapidly
Amarillo police report many residents are buying tickets for the Shirley Ann Grounds Educational Fund benefit at the Roseland Ballroom. Tickets cost 50 cents each and Joe Norman and his Non-Recording Orchestra will play. The dance starts at 9 o clock.
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Amarillo
Singer Crosby Warned by Police of Kidnap Plot
Los Angeles report says Bing Crosby and his nine month old son Gary were warned of a kidnapping plot. Police noted a man overheard talking about extorting Crosby with claims he earned about $3,000 weekly. Crosby has long kept a guard at his Toluca Lake home.
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Los Angeles
Bing Crosby
Gary W. Vincent Nolce
Pacific Electric Station
Crosby
Toluca Lake
Stanford Named Director of Rural Rehabilitation
E. Stanford of Bryan was named director of the Department of Rural Rehabilitation of the Texas Relief Commission. Stanford has long engaged in agricultural work, the commission said.
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Austin
E. Stanford
Bryan
Department of Rural Rehabilitation
The
Texas Relief Commission
Stanford
Wiley to Command Macon Dirigible in California
Lieutenant Commander Herbert V. Wiley, the sole survivor of the Akron disaster, is set to take command of the Macon airship now based at Sunnyvale California. The announcement appears in The Chronicle dated March 20.
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San Francisco
the Chronicle
Herbert V. Wiley
Macon
Sunnyvale
Calif
Gun Fight Kills Thug In Oklahoma Farm Lane
In Jenks Oklahoma early today four men and a woman were involved in a gun fight near the Evans home. Jack Johnson was killed after Buckshot sprayed him. Thomas Whitewater was wounded and taken to a Tulsa hospital. Officers hunt Jake Cook who fled after the clash linked to last week’s $21000 Atchison Kansas bank robbery.
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G. V. Evans
Johnson
Evans
Kansas
Father’s Gun Accident Fatal to Son in Oklahoma Home
Jenssie Fields, 36, died in a Denison hospital after an accidental shotgun discharge by his father J B Fields at their Colbert Oklahoma residence near Denison. The incident occurred a few hours before his death.
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Denison
Jenssie Fields
J. 8. Fields
Colbert
Okla
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Forecast Summary
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity fair and warmer tonight and Wednesday. West Texas fair and warmer tonight then cooler Wednesday. New Mexico fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Today's high 77 and low 42 across the region.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Poets Try to Promote Bao Dai and Mariette Match
Poets and minstrels in Hue seek to drum up support for Emperor Bao Dai's marriage to Mariette, an 18 year old Christian daughter of a Cochin China merchant. The public grumbles amid Buddhist rites and old palace traditions as dowager queens protest and Vatican hints surface about Catholic dispensation.
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Hue
Annam
Indo-China
Bao Dai
Mariette
Cochin-China
N’ Guyen Hu Hao
Paris
Vatican City
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Sheba
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Armee Et Democratie
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