Crutchfield Jury May Be Formed Today
Nine jurors approved at noon, panel of 12 possible later this afternoon in the murder trial of Frank Crutchfield of White Deer. Defense used its 12th of 15 challenges. no state challenges this morning. Jurors named include Thurman Gholston and Ed Watson along with seven others. Courtroom fatigue and legal complexity slow jury selection amid a sensational killing and death penalty considerations. Judge Bishops added 30 more jurors to reach 330 asked for after venue issues.
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Frank Crutchfield
White Deer
Thurman Gholston
Ed Watson
American Smelting & Refining Company
E. McBride
Joe Jenkins
Jess Dickie, Jr
John D. Maggard
Barney C. Moore
T. R. Cross
Tom R. Keith
Preston Burnam
Henry S. Bishop
Insull's Wife Seeks Courage to Face Extradition
Athens March 22. Mrs. Samuel Insull cried she wished for courage to death by her own action while caring for her husband aboard the Maritis seeking asylum. Her friend Mme Couyoumdjoglou counsels fight extradition as the grand jury probes the Palmateer death. Joe Moore in Amarillo jail describes the crash and remorse as trials begin.
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Athens
U.P
Samuel Insull
Mme
Zehra Couyoumdjogiou
Chicago
Insull
Greece
Potter County
Grand Jury
Shirley Pauline Palmateer
Joe V. Moore
Amarillo
Burt Daniels
Moore
Yale Seeks Lost Bulldog From Harvard Grounds
A prized bulldog named Handsome Dan vanished from its New Haven home after wandering into Harvard University grounds. Valemen quickly located the dog and reported it found, but Yale University awaits its return to the Yale campus.
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Valemen
Handsome Dan
Harvard Yard
New Haven
Harvard University
Yale
Second Parley On President Determined
Automotive labor unions pressed ahead with a second parley in Washington ahead of talks with General Johnson and President Roosevelt to resolve wage disputes. Scattered strikes rose in Northern Ohio and across several industries including busines s machines paint and rubber work in Cleveland Barberton and Ashtabula. A taxicab strike persisted in New York City while wage settlements emerged in Albany and Pennsylvania.
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Washington
General Johnson
Roosevelt
Joseph B. Eastman
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Brothershoods
Albany
N.Y
Freehold
N. J
Ohio
Cleveland
Barberton
Ashtabula
Bower
Detroit
CWA
Pennsylvania
New York State
A. F. of L
FE. G. Budd Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Calif
Columbia Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
New York City
Roseland Dance Benefit Aids Officer's Daughter Tonight
Tonight at 9 o clock a charity dance at Roseland Ballroom raises funds for Shirley Ann Grounds daughter of Amarillo officer Chester Grounds killed in the line of duty. Proceeds support her educational fund with officers handling tickets at 50 cents each.
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Shirley Ann Grounds
Tiny Tot
Chester Grounds
Amarillo
Roseland Ballroom
Joe Norman
News-Globe
Roseland
Marshall Turner
May Resume March Calls on Banks
Washington reports that the administration and banking circles expect a resumption this March of the usual national bank condition calls. The calls, interrupted for two years amid unsettled banking conditions, aim to publicize conditions and signal confidence to business despite fluctuating security and real estate values.
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Washington
U.P
Three Killed As U S Plane Falls in Peru
A Pan American Grace Airways plane crashed at takeoff in Lima Peru while heading south to Chile. Three crew members died including pilot Homer V. Farris and two others. Ambassador Manuel Trucco was aboard injured with hip and pelvis fractures along with his daughter.
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Lima
Peru
Pan-American Grace Airways
Manuel Trucco
United States
Chile
Trucco
Homer V. Farris
Lawrence Wagner
Frank Large
Ambassador Trucco
Senorita
Julian fraud case delayed in Oklahoma City
Trial of the C. C. Julian mail fraud cases from Oklahoma City oil field boom days was postponed indefinitely after the government asked that prosecution of Charles W. Mason and three other defendants be dropped. Judge Edgar S. Vaught granted the requests, leaving Julian as the sole remaining major defendant among 54 indicted. Mason had been a trustee in the Julian Oil and Royalties Corporation when it entered receivership.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
C. C. Julian
Charles W. Mason
Oklahoma Supreme Court
U. S
Edgar S. Vaught
Julian
Shanghai
United Press
Mason
Julian Oil and Royalties Corporation
Tammany in Revolt Against Boss Curry
Tammany Hall in New York faces open revolt as district captains led by Alderman David A. Mahoney demand Boss John F. Curry quit or be ousted after Seabury findings and a bad municipal election. Curry reportedly told Mahoney his only mistake was elevating him.
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New York
U.P
Tammany Hall
Seabury
John F. Curry
David A. Mahoney
Curry
Spy Ring Details Unfold in Paris Raid
Paris March 22 police found a spies nest with hidden panels hollowed drawers and false closets during a search linked to an espionage ring involving Mr and Mrs Robert Gordon Switt of the United States. Madame Baila Englart fugitive from Bessarabia is sought for printing secret code films and mailing them to Switzerland. The apartment was empty when opened and new accomplices were sought after the Switz revelations.
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Paris
Robert Gordon Switt
United
Baila Englart
Switz
Switzerland
Switzes
Gazers in Port Said Watch for Fugitive Samuel Insult
Port Said Egypt March 22 The citys crowd of telescope gazers weary from long vigils waited for the elusive Samuel Insult. A rumor that his ship the Malotis approached the Suez gateway sparked excitement before it was identified as another vessel. Some attendees believed the Maions turned west toward a Mediterranean port while others speculated he had boarded a seaplane in the Mediter ranean.
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Port Said
Egypt
Samuel
Malotis
Suez Canal
Maions
Mediterranean
Vega Auto Victims Reported Improved
Four men injured when a police scout car overturned near Vega are recovering at Northwest Texas Hospital. Officers Frank Gamblin and Virgil Beavers suffered major injuries, while Carl and Oliver Scott from Soney had rib fractures and minor injuries. The tire blowout occurred during a high speed chase of a reported stolen car. the vehicle was recovered and J. B. Martin of San Jon, New Mexico, was arrested at Vega.
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Vega
Northwest Texas
Frank Gamblin
Virgil Beavers
Gamblin
Beavers
Carl Scott
Oliver Scott
Soney
Pampa
J. B. Martin
San Jon
N. M
Garner backs Connally in next election
Vice President Garner plans support for Senator Tom Connally in the coming campaign in Texas. He stated he speaks only for himself, not for the administration, and Connally will face Rep. Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr. in the race.
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Houston
U.P
Garner
Tom Connally
Washington
Houston Press
Connally
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Amarillo Area Weather outlook partly cloudy tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy conditions cover Amarillo and West Texas tonight and Friday. New Mexico areas stay generally fair with colder extreme east portions Friday. Temperatures today reach up to 64 degrees, with 47 degrees at 1 PM in the region.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
House Refuses Full Restoration of Pay
The House voted 146 to 98 to oppose full restoration of federal pay cuts and delay sending the independent offices appropriation bill. It restores five percent pay increases now and July first, while Senate plans differ. President Roosevelt warns against bills exceeding budget estimates and vetoes loom on veterans’ benefits. The session also covers Philippines independence, stock regulation, NRA board hearings, and a fishing vacation plan.
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Washington
House
Senate
Independent Offices
White House
Roosevelt
Philippines
New York Stock Exchange
Richard Whitney
Treasury
Morgenthau
Whitney
NRA
John Carmody
Rockefeller Coal Company
Florida
Stop Proceedings On Oil Law Hearing Re set
Hearing on an injunction to restrain enforcement of the act allowing the Railroad Commission to inspect refinery records and properties was moved up by District Judge J D Moore to March 24 from April 7 in Austin.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
J. D. Moore
Spring Is Here And Not So Gay What’s Coming Next
Arthur Brisbane warns that spring arrives amid economic strain from an automobile strike. He cautions against a slide into fascism or dictatorship, urging readers to consider the shameful trajectory of labor unrest and its potential impact on democracy.
Lumberman's Wealth Goes to Daughters
In probate court in Kansas City the will of R. A. Long disclosed a fortune once seen as high as 30 million dollars has fallen to under one million. The estate will be divided between daughters Mrs. Loula Long Combs and Mrs. Sally A. Ellis with an annual income of 30 thousand dollars for Combs during a trust life, and the value depends on lumber industry recovery. Long died recently after an operation.
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Kansas City
R. A. Long
Loula Long Combs
Sally A. Ellis
Bailey Says He Would Withdraw If Roosevelt Prefers Connally
Rep Joseph Weldon Bailey of Texas said he told President Roosevelt he would bow out of the senatorial race against incumbent Tom Connally if the President favored the latter. Bailey added only that Tom still in the race as the President's reaction remained the sole comment.
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Washington
U.P
Joseph Weldon Bailey
Texas
Roosevelt
Sen
Tom Connally
Tom
Bailey
Smith resigns as editor in chief of New Outlook
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith resigns from the New Outlook magazine editor position citing heavy business obligations. He notes the March issue contains his last articles and the April issue is produced without his aid while he provided correspondence with publisher F A Tichenor.
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New York
Alfred FE. Smith
New Outlook
Frank A.tichenor
Air Mail
Tiehener
Smith
Tichenor
Woman to Trial In Death Robbery
Testimony opened in Tyler Texas as Mias Pearl Hensley stands charged as an accomplice in the December 30 robbery and slaying of E C Brown, orchard overseer. A jury was chosen last night as Warren awaits a new trial motion after a death sentence in a related case. Brown's mutilated body was found near a brush clump south of town. The trial focuses on the robbery charges only.
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Tyler
Texas
Mias
Pearl Hensley
E. C. Brown
Hensley
Grady Warren
Warren
Brown
Here
Miss Hensley
Two Paving Projects Completed in Amarillo
Two street paving projects were completed in Amarillo and opened to the public last night. City Manager H. R. Smith announced the work. One strip runs on Thirty Fourth Avenue from Harrison Street to the Santa Fe tracks, the other on Hayden Street from Tenth to Twelfth Avenue. Caliche bases with asphalt toppings were used. CWA labor supported both projects. Material on Thirty Fourth Avenue came from the city and the CWA. Hayden Street materials were provided by residents and the CWA.
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Amarillo
H.R. Smith
Thirty-Fourth Avenue
Harrison Street
Hayden Street
Tenth
Twelfth Avenue
CWA
Bobby Shoots Par Golf on Links Return
In Augusta Bob Jones returns from nearly four years away and posts a par front nine in the Masters Invitational. Paul Runyan, from White Plains New York, shoots a birdie late to take the lead with an outgoing 35 while Jones finishes 36.
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Augusta
Bob Jones
Augusta National
Paul Runyan
White Plains
N. Y
Runyan
Jones
Bob
Long Lost Plane Found Nine Dead
The wreck of Pan American Airways San Jose was found in the Argentine Andes near Puente Del Inca after twenty months missing on a Santiago Chile to Buenos Aires route. Nine occupants were recovered, two U S citizens among them, with seven bodies in good condition and two headless, discovered under snow as searchers concluded the long mystery.
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Mendoza
Argentina
Pan-American Airways
San Jose
Andes
United States
Argentine Mountains
Puente del Inca
Santiago
Chile
Buenos Aires
Burglars Rob Bank Vault in Muenster Night Job
Bank cash and silver worth about 4200 dollars were taken from the Muenster State Bank near Gainesville. Burglars burned vault doors and a lock, flooded the premises, and left two locked boxes with broken locks in the rear. A fingerprint expert noted gloves worn by the burglars. A local witness reported seeing lights at the bank after midnight.
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Gainesville
Muenster State Bank
Muenster
Jock
Joe B. Pettit
Sheriff's Department
Dallas
Bank
President Roosevelt presses industrial peace in auto strike
Roosevelt renews push for a settlement in the automobile labor dispute with both sides firm. William Green warns of licensing if unresolved. Eastman hears railroad managers and pledges to meet union leaders to propose possible salary adjustments amid wage talks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate Labor Committee
John Carmody
Rockefeller Coal Company
Carmody
Wagner
Antona
Eastman
Joseph B. Eastman
Fantman
Hakodate Fire Kills 650 in Port City Tragedy
AP dispatch reports Hakodate Japan suffered 650 dead and 460 injured as a vast blaze destroyed the port city housing 213000 people. Officials say 23000 homes were wiped out and survivors fled to water to escape flames. Firemen police and soldiers searched ruins amid still smoky streets.
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Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Tokyo
Hokkaido
Hakodate
Japan
Formosa
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Barnam
Claire Myers
Denver
Wampas
Mater
Fourth Avenue
St. Anthony's Hospital
Shirley Pauline
Arthur
Joe Moore
U.S
Tammany
Boss Curry
Vega Auto
John Garner
Arthur Brisbane
King Feature Syndicate
Ine
America
Globe
Brisbane
AL Smith
Bobby
Joe M. Weinzapfel
Latham
Marshall
Grady R. Latham
H. A Satterwhite
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