Stock Market Control Bill Seeks Enactment Push
Washington residents saw momentum for a stock market exchange control bill as Gov. Eugene Black of the Federal Reserve Board testified its revised form is workable and will regulate exchanges. Other actions included tariff debates in the House and Senate veterans payments disputes as politicians push multiple measures.
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Eugene Black
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
House
Joseph B. Eastman
Rand
James H. Rand
Committee For
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gerard Swope
General Electric
Post Office
Tom Coble Elected President Of Cattle Raisers Association
W. T. Tom Coble of Amarillo was elected president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association during the closing session of its annual convention in San Antonio.
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Panhandle
W. T. “Tom” Coble
Amarillo
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
San Antonio
Workers Vote On Union Plan Urged In Nationwide Talks
Washington March 23. Labor leaders were summoned to a 2 20 PM conference with NRA administrator Hugh S Johnson as both sides kept silent on the result. The meeting aimed to avert a threatened automobile workers strike and many believed negotiations reached a deadline as Johnson conferred with manufacturers and unions in tense talks.
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Washington
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
Detroit
Crutchfield Murder Case Opens in Texas Court
Witnesses in 47th District Court describe the Western Hotel shooting that killed Police Captain Preston Burnam as Crutchfield is tried for murder. George Hayden testified he saw the gun flashes and Crutchfield flee toward Pierce Street while Burnam pursued. J B Parker recounted Crutchfield taking his key and approaching with anger.
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Western Hotel
Tenth Avenue
Pierce Street
Preston Burnam
Frank Crutchfield
White Deer
47Th District Court
Crutchfield
Burnham
George Hayden
I. L. Sherman
Burnam
Hayden
Buchanan Street
Barnam
J. B. Parker
Parker
Cratchfield
J.B. Parker
Western Hostel
Joud
Girl Scouts to Stage Folk Festival at Municipal Auditorium
About 400 Amarillo Council Girl Scouts will close International Week with a Folk Festival at the Municipal Auditorium at 8 o'clock. A Parade of Nations will feature 30 represented countries with scouts in costume. Featured dancer includes eight year old Little Miss Walker and Rosalie Raymond assisting in dances.
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Amarillo Council
Amarillo
Afton Walker
Scotland
Miss Walker
Miss Raymond
Rosalie Raymond
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Forecast shows light snow late tonight and Saturday across Amarillo area with colder temperatures near freezing. West Texas cloudiness with snow likely in Panhandle tonight and Saturday, colder in east and north regions. North portions may freeze tonight, southeast areas colder Saturday. livestock warnings in the north. New Mexico unsettled tonight and Saturday with snow likely in the northeast. eastern areas colder. Temperature extremes today from 34 to 40.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Readhimer Pardoned by Texas Governor Ferguson
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson granted a full pardon to J. R. Readhimer, 60, convicted of murder without malice in the death of Stokes Campbell at Floydada. The release, justified as a broader view of equity, cites potential social reform and warns against young men harming women, with Readhimer’s sentence of two years previously served.
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Austin
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
J. R. Readhimer
Stokes Campbell
Floydada
Campbell
Readhimer
Ferguson
May Possibly Snow Weather Note From Amarillo Forecaster
Amarillo reports light chances of rain or snow tonight with minimal temperature drop. Forecaster H. T. Collman notes current 34 degree noon reading and expects little freezing, if any, tonight.
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Amarillo
H. T. Collman
Mr. Collman
Eastman Presents Plan to Rail Executives on Wage Issue
Transportation Coordinator Joseph B. Eastman briefed railroad leaders on the administration’s rail wage solution and pressed for quick decisions. Labor officials dispatched hopeful messages to unions in Detroit and Flint while stating the strike vote should wait for Roosevelt’s final White House guidance.
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Roosevelt
Uniooes
Detroit
Flint
Pontiae
Cleveland
St. Louis
White House
Aniiy
Stavisky Involved in Devil Island Plot for Freedom
Paris dispatch reports a 1925 scheme to seize Devil's Island prison colony, free inmates and proclaim an independent state with Alexandre Stavisky as head. The plot, aided by Jean Galmot, collapsed after Galmot allegedly betrayed Stavisky and was poisoned by the banker who pursued a romance with Stavisky's wife Arlette.
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Paris
Devil's Island
Alexandre Stavisky
Stavisky
Jean Galmot
Chamber of Deputies
Cayenne
Galmot
Arlette
Guiana
Automakers Offer 36 Hour Week With Pay Rise
General Motors announces a 36 hour work week and hourly pay increases for 75,000 workers in 40 plants across 20 cities. The plan, coordinated by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, targets active automobile manufacturing plants and will take effect once payroll adjustments are completed.
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Detroit
Automobile Industry
American Federation of Labor
General Motors Corporation
Roosevelt
Buick
Fisher
NACC
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Michigan Plants Hold Truce as Talks Continue
Detroit Flint Pontiac and Lansing workers, over 45,000 unionists, maintain a truce while Washington talks between President Roosevelt and union leaders drag. The Bower Roller Bearing strike remains under arbitration with a decision expected today.
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Detroit
Michigan
Flint
Pontiac
Lansing
Washington
Roosevelt
Central Committee
Bower Roller Bearing Company
Relief Commission Calls Special Texas Session
Governor Ferguson called a special Texas Relief Commission meeting for next Tuesday to address the El Paso relief activities and the discharge of seven administrative workers by Relief Director Adam Johnson. The notice arrives after a union protest from El Paso leaders as Ferguson remains in Houston and Adams is away.
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Austin
U.P
Ferguson
Texas Relief Commission
el Paso
Adam Johnson
Houston
Earle Adams
Income tax receipts reach high mark in early March
Federal income tax collections in the first 21 days of March totaled 216,428,611 dollars, the highest since spring 1931. This compares with 151,117,353 dollars in the same period last year.
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Washington
New York Taxicab Strike Triggers Citywide Unrest
Police faced violent protests as striking taxicab drivers defied authority to demand union recognition. Reinforcements including 200 patrolmen and 150 detectives aided Manhattan operations. Disorder spread from midtown to theaters as non union taxis were destroyed and clashes with police erupted, ending only after dawn.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
Manhattan
Probe of Babe's Death Under Auto Continues
Potter County grand jurors continue their inquiry into the death of Shirley Palmateer who was crushed under a car on Arthur Street. Amarillo attorney Joe V. Moore is charged with murder with drunk driving. his companion Burt Daniels was released on bond and faces DWI. Other children remain hospitalized in critical condition.
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Potter County
Shirley Pauline Palmsteer
Arthur Street
Joe V. Moore
Amarillo
Moore
Burt Daniels
Boxwell Brothers’ Chapel
T. D. Sumrali
First
Liano Cemetery
George Henry Palmateer
Elma Roberta
S1. Anthony's Hospital
M. A. Palmateer
Mra Daniels
Sheriff's Office
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Three Embezzlement Charges Dismissed
Tulsa report says three embezzlement charges against former directors of the Exchange Trust Company were dismissed after a preliminary hearing. Indications show 14 additional charges set for trial next Monday may be disposed of in the same manner.
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Tulsa
The
Exchange Trust Company
Jousting Knights Of Old Compared To Grid Stars
Dr. Sidney Painter of Johns Hopkins University compares medieval jousting to modern gridiron play noting injuries and deaths were rare. He says clergy cried bloodshed but records of killings are absent and a knight’s worst moment was helmet spun by a spear obscuring vision.
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Baltimore
UPI
Sidney Painter
Johns Hopkins University
Fire and Blast Level Moulin Rouge Cafe in Chicago
A $150000 fire followed by a powerful explosion destroyed the Moulin Rouge Cafe and an adjoining building on Chicago's near north side. Investigators suspect gasoline fumes ignited, tearing walls, shrouding the Embassy Apartment Hotel in darkness as guests fled in night attire.
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Chicago
North Side
Embassy
Extradition Bill Signed by F. D. R.
President Roosevelt today signed the bill targeting Samuel Insull. It provides for immediate removal of American citizens charged with crime from countries where the United States holds extraterritorial jurisdiction.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Samuel Insull
United States
Sun Peeks Through Seventy Billions To Pay
Arthur Brisbane commentary notes a temporary labor peace after a President brokered truce stops a strike in the auto and rail sectors. Wage cuts of ten percent persist, with hope for a brief calm allowing recovery of small prosperity. The piece appears in The Sun with Brisbane’s views.
Bank calls compare nationwide after Roosevelt bank holiday
Washington dispatch notes a March 5 condition report for national banks as of 65100 active banks nationwide. The piece recalls Roosevelt closing banks the night after his inauguration and marks the contrast with current banking status.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Northwest Texas Education Conference Opens in Canyon
In Canyon on March 24 the Northwest Texas Educational Conference opened with speakers addressing idle time as a social issue. Over 1,500 registered including 200 county school board members and 50 Parent-Teacher Association members. After sessions, visitors planned tours of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum and Palo Duro Canyon. conference closes tomorrow.
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Canyon
Northwest Texas
Panhandle-Plaing Historical Museum
Palo Duro Canyon
Parent-Teacher Association
Woman Janitor Wins Big Prize in Irish Sweepstakes
In New York on March 23 a woman janitor Mrs Margaret Meringer of Woodside Queens won a five figure prize in the Irish Grand National Sweepstakes plus another $75,000 prize won by Brooklyn widow Mrs Laura Anderson on Deleneige. Meringer 38, mother of two, and Anderson both expressed joy at their luck as fellow workers reacted with surprise and disbelief.
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New York
Margaret Meringer
Woodside
Queens
Paris
Emile Touzet
Touret
Laura Anderson
Brooklyn
Delen
Eige
Meringer
William Meringer
Manhattan
William, Jr
Margaret
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Amarillo College of Music
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General Motors
Walter Chrysler
Associated Press
Relief Commission
Babe
Gilchrist
Gibb Gilchrist
Federal Relief Administration
State Highway Commission
Relief Administration
State Administration
Arthur Brisbane
King Feature Syndicate
Ine
America
Globe
Brishbane
Golden Miller
Maggie
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