Japanese envoy Tells U S Menace Fear and Diplomatic Shift
In an interview with the New York World Telegram Yosuke Matsuoka, Japan's League of Nations delegate, argues Americans fear a menace as Japan frames its Pacific position. He questions U S fortifications and warns about reciprocal risks in East and Pacific waters. He cites U S arms policy as a point of tension.
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Yosuke Matsuoka
United States
Japan
New York World-Telegram
Matsuoka
United Press
New York
W.P
League of Nations
Roosevelt abolishes Federal Farm Board in major reorganization
President Roosevelt issues an executive order creating a Farm Credit Administration to consolidate federal agricultural credit agencies. The move, part of a broader economy program, aims to save about 2 million dollars and forge a permanent cooperative system for farm mortgage and agricultural securities. The order realigns the Federal Farm Board, Federal Farm Loan Board, Agriculture Department loan functions, and Reconstruction Finance Corporation roles with a 61 day window for congressional action.
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Washington
Gpi
Roosevelt
Federal Arm Board
Farm Credit Administration
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Federal Farm Board
Federal Farm Loan Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Stricter Oil Curtailment Discussed By U S Officials
In a Roosevelt led conference Secretary Ickes urged voluntary oil output limits of two million barrels per day for the United States to restore balance with consumption. The talk covered tax evasion illegal production and distribution issues amid independence from major oil firms and sharp admissions by California delegates marching out.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
United States
Bill Offered to Abolish Potter County Court-at-Law
Rep H K Stanfield and Sen Clint Small introduced a bill to abolish Potter County Court-at-Law. The move follows a request from the commissioners court and the Amarillo Taxpayers League, opposing Amarillo Bar Association concerns. A legislative hearing was set for Monday in Austin.
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Globe
Austin
H. K. Stanfield
Clint Small
Potter County Court-at-Law
Commissioners’ Court of
Potter County
Taxpayers’ League of
Amarillo
Amarillo Bar Association
Percy Gibbs
Gibbs
FE. A. Simpson
Frank Buckingham
Joe Gray
Railroad Commission
J. M. Simpson
Mark Parker
West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Convention
Wichita Falls
Japan's Business Not Ours Says Brisbane Column
Arthur Brisbane argues that the United States should mind its own business as Japan asserts its regional rights over Manchuria. He notes American nonhostility toward Japan and questions the era's focus on domestic issues from alcohol to national duties.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Negro woman bonds out in husband’s slaying case
Amelia Rhodes, a Black woman, posted a $2,000 bond before Justice B. R. Clark on a murder charge tied to the fatal shooting of her husband Tom Rhodes early Sunday at the rear of 513 Harrison Street. Dewaxed oil 10c qt. 1900 W. 3rd.
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Amelia Rhodes
B. R. Clark
Tom Rhodes
Harrison Street
Houston
South End
William W. Porch
Porch
Soott Street
Southmore Boulevard
William
Mooney dares state to retry 1916 parade case
Tom Mooney challenged his former prosecutors to retry him for the 1916 preparedness day parade bombing in San Francisco. A new trial was ordered for April 26 as the case lingers, with prosecutors years past withdrawing and a defense committee pressing for Mooney’s pardon.
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Tom Mooney
Mooney
Defense Committee
Louis H. Ward
San Quentin Prison
Ward
A. 8. Webb
Matthew Brady
Fickert
Cunha
Sullivan
Charles M. Fickert
Los Angeles
Lees
Edward A. Cunha
Warren
Citywide slate set for election as Marrs clears hurdle
City commission orders ballots printed listing eight names for mayor and commissioners with H A Daniel not on the ticket. Former Mayor Lon Marrs qualified after a ruling by Corporation Counsel Ray C Johnson despite a short petition count. Absentee voting begins Tuesday at the city hall secretary's office with poll receipts or exemption certificates required.
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H. A. Daniel
Lon D. Marrs
Ray C. Johnson
Marrs
Randall Fork
Johnson
Randall County
Potter County
Commission
Rogers
City Hall
Officer's Mother Testifies in Baillie-Stewart Case
In London at the Chelsea military court Lieut Norman Baillie-Stewart heard testimony from his mother Mrs Elsie Beatrice Wright and his brother Lieut Eric Stewart Wright. They spoke in his defense noting his income including a home allowance of about 9 pounds and funds related to a Berlin girl named Marie Louise.
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London
Norman Baillie-Stewart
Seaforth
Berlin
Marie Louise
Caught in Liquor Raid Seized Nine Gallons at Home
Deputies seized nine gallons of whiskey at the rear of 82 North Kentucky Street. Mrs. Ann Carver was arrested on possession of liquor charges and posted a $750 bond in Justice J. V. Pottinger's court.
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North
Kentucky Street
Ann Carver
J. V. Pottinger
How To Grow Old Gracefully Told By Doctor
Dr Barker of Baltimore outlines tips for aging with dignity. He urges regular physical exams, reducing duties via hobbies and light exercise, and engaging in art, theater, church. He suggests gardens or travel in old age and warns against May-December marriages.
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Dallas
U.S
Lewellyn F. Barker
Baltimore
U S Agents Pursue Ohio Kidnappers After Release
In Warren Ohio federal agents hunted a band of three kidnapers who abducted 15 year old Peter Meyers Jr for eight days. The boy reported his confinement in a semi dark room and his uncanny release after a rendezvous on a lonely road. Federal authorities followed the father’s lead to the scene as the search intensified.
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Warren
Peter Meyers, Jr
Mrs. Ida Hunsucker Freed on Bond in Rhome Slaying Case
Mrs. Ida L. Hunsucker, mother of Glen Hunsucker, held on Wise County charges as an accessory in Deputy Sheriff Joe Brown’s January 27 murder, was released on $1,000 bond and sent to Quitaque after being allowed to return home to Briscoe County by Texas Ranger Sid Kelso.
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U.P
Ida L. Hunsucker
Glen Hunsucker
Joe Brown
Rhome
Tarrant County
Wise County
Hun~sucker
Texas
Sid Kelso
Quitaque
Briscoe County
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with Tuesday fair conditions. West Texas expects partly cloudy skies with showers southeast, cooler north and southeast portions. New Mexico should remain fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Today's temperature extremes reach 44 to 66 by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Berlin Faces Backlash Over Alleged Atrocity Propaganda
A U.P. report details Nazi retaliation plans against Jews in Germany including boycotts of Jewish goods and reduced university admissions and licenses for Jewish professionals. Plans call for mass meetings and propaganda to push anti Semitic sentiment nationwide.
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Berlin
U.P
Germany
Nazi Party
Munich
Ford Employes Strike at Dagenham Plant
Work stopped at the Ford factory in Dagenham England as 2,000 workers walked out over wages. The plant, reputedly Europe’s largest motor car factory, employs about 7,000 people.
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FORD
Dagenham
England
Europe
Senate Moves to Curb Officers Fees and Mileage Padding
The Texas Senate began tightening state purse strings on county and state officer fees. It quickly passed two bills aimed at cutting graft and excess fees, requiring final disposition payments in criminal cases and preventing mileage padding by using a standard distance chart from the highway department.
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Austin
Senate
Ren. J. W. E. H. Beck
State Highway Department
Wells Posts $5,000 Bond on Liquor Indictment
Horace Wells posted a $5,000 bond after a grand jury indicted him on a liquor law violation connected to two sheriff raid seizures last week. A separate misdemeanor theft indictment was returned but no arrest has been made.
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Horace Wells
Grand Jury
Dentist Home Robbed by Break-In
Dr W I Dinan reports a house prowler stole 6 dollars 16 cents in cash from his residence. Police say entry was gained by breaking a bedroom window Sunday night while the family was away.
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W. I. Dinan
Prisoner Jesse Hulen Released to Sheriff in Dumas
Federal prisoner Jesse Robert Hulen has been released to Sheriff Chester Logue of Dumas after being confined in the county jail here.
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Jesse Robert Hulen
Chester Logue
Dumas
Japan Withdraws From League of Nations
Japan ends its 13 year League membership after a privy council decision at the imperial palace. Emperor Hirohito approves the rescript stating Japan will recede from the League while continuing cooperation in international efforts and maintaining ties with other powers. Premier Saito emphasizes ongoing participation in global ventures for mankind’s welfare.
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Tokyo
Japan
League of Nations
Privy Council
Imperial Palace
Geneva
Hirohito
League
League Mandates Commission
Saito
Far East
Agricultural interests start congress fight in hearings
Washington March 27 spokesmen of individual agricultural interests pressed objections to the administration farm relief bill in open hearings before the Senate agricultural committee led by Harry W Farr of Greeley Colorado who spoke for several producers associations.
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Congress
Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Harry W. Farr
Greeley
Colorado
Producers’ Associations
Charity fraud prober slain in West Frankfort shooting
John Ward a West Frankfort relief committee member who prosecuted 25 charity fraud cases was shot and killed near West Frankfort. Two bystanders were wounded as several men fled by automobile. Sheriff Browning Robinson will investigate possible reprisal tying Ward's anti fraud actions to his murder. Meanwhile miners and deputy sheriffs reinforced Franklin County to prevent Progressive Miners Union picketing at area colleries.
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United Mine Workers’ Union
Franklin County
Progressive Miners’ Union
Progressives
Ziegler
Browning Robinson
Sonny Boy the first cub born at Potter County Zoo
A bear cub named Sonny Boy, the first born at the Potter County Zoo on the Tri State Fair grounds, appears publicly only briefly each afternoon as Mama Bear, guarded by keeper Cy Timmons, leads the youngster from the den. Visitors are kept from the cage due to the mother’s aggression.
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Sonny Boy
Potter County
Tri- State Fair Grounds
Cy Timmons
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