Warships Give Chile a Scare Near Tongol Coast
Residents of Tongol near Coquimbo reported two men of war believed to be the U S S Indianapolis and a U S destroyer near the town until yesterday morning when they steamed south The Chilean government decreed the dissolution of the Cosach Nitrate Company and measures affecting American capital in the nitrate industry have drawn ongoing negotiations between Chile and Washington
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Bantiago
Chile
Tongol
Coquimbo
U. S. S. Indianapolis
United States
Cosach Nitrate Company
Washington
Washington amused at alarm over maneuvers
Officials in Washington were amused by alarms in Santiago Chile over the US cruiser Indianapolis and destroyer Babbitt seen off the South American coast. They noted the cruiser was recently commissioned and on a shake down cruise to test guns engines and equipment, with the destroyer accompanying to assist with maneuvers.
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Washington
Santiago
Chile
United States
Indianapolis
Babbitt
South American
Black Terrorist Slaying Sparks Houston Manhunt
Bodies lay in view at the jail yard as Capt. David Turner and deputies pursue terrorists after a confrontation at an oil field shack. A pistol exchange ends with a deputy shooting a captured black suspect. Gov Ferguson posts a 200 dollar reward for arrests and convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Turner
Houston
Miss Trian
Henry
Eaves
Miriam A. Ferguson
Delay in Federal Court Opening Here
Federal district court will not open here on April 17 as planned. The spring term will start later with no definite date, and the court will travel to Abilene before returning here. Bonds due April 17 will be held over until the court convenes.
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Federal District Court
Abilene
Concerto Contest Tonight Chooses Final Philharmonic Pianist
Six contestants vie at the Playhouse auditorium Amarillo for a piano concerto prize to appear on the season finale with the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Judges are University of Colorado instructors. Contestants include Henry Fuqua Enid Mayer Evelyn Kennedy Lucille Palmer Edgar Pickett Frances Usery.
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Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Playhouse Auditorium
Eighteenth Avenue
Harrison Street
Henry Fuqua
Enid Mayer
Evelyn Kennedy
Lucille Palmer
Amarillo
Edgar Pickett
Hereford
Frances Usery
Canyon
University of Colorado
Car Tag Rush Starts as Deadline Nears
Applications for motor car and truck licenses were coming in satisfactorily Thursday, county tax collector Miss Jewel Davidson reported. Saturday midnight is the last chance to get 1933 tags without penalties, with state highway and county officers beginning arrests Sunday morning. Penalties of 20 percent of the year's license plus full payment will be assessed after midnight Saturday.
Mrs Anna Schlueter Shot Dead at Home
St Louis March 30 Mrs Anna Schlueter 46 wife of William H Schlueter Oak Hill School principal was shot to death as she slept in bed at home The husband said the shot came through an open window waking him as he lay beside her Police reported the shooting occurred early today with the weapon fired through a window.
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ST. Louis
Anna Schlueter
William H. Schlueter
Oak Hill School
Schlueter
Wells Trial Starts On Liquor Charge
Horace Wells of 1006 West Seventh Avenue faces liquor law violations in 47th District Court. Indicted with Robert Davis and Wayne Pierson for possession of still liquor and materials, tied to a River Road raid two weeks earlier. Wells appeals a separate case in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Davis and Pierson posted bond and remain at large. Pierson and Davis not yet arrested. Annie Plummer was found not guilty of failing to stop and render aid in a taxicab injury case involving EB. Simpson.
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Horace Wells
West Seventh Avenue
47Th District Court
Wells
Robert Davis
Wayne Pierson
River Road
Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Pierson
Davis
Legion official denies endorsement in school board race
Fred Young commander of Hanson Post No 54 American Legion denounces a newspaper claim that Dr T M Montgomery received an American Legion endorsement. He states the Legion never meets to endorse candidates and that members vote individually. The letter defends Dr Montgomery while urging accuracy in future coverage.
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Montgomery
American Legion Post
West
Fred Young
Hanson Post
American Legion
T. M. Montgomery
Dr. Montgomery
The
Taxpayers’ League Or Bar Association
Mr. Dooley
San Jacinto Baptist Church
Rev. Sumrall
Rotary Club
Dr. Parcells
West Amarillo Christian Church
Fred E. Young
Hanson Post No
American Legion, Inc
Truant Schoolgirl Violet Ganschow Found Beaten to Death
Chicago report details Violet Ganschow a seventeen year old truant from Palatine High who was found beaten to death in a roadside ditch. A list of New Year resolutions was found in her purse. Parents said she left for school daily though teachers stated she never reached classrooms. The mystery of her three months away from school remains.
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Chicago
Violet Ganschow
Palatine
Violet
Prince of Wales visit interrupted by Communist protests in Scotland
In Dells hill Lanarkshire supporters of communism disrupted the Prince of Wales on his tour to inspect unemployment conditions by booing singing the Internationale and waving red flags, police forming a cordon and reinforcements dispersing the crowd. Also reports a separate acquittal in Houston for a fatal slaying and a Westinghouse order for air conditioning equipment for Missouri Pacific lounge cars serving Texas.
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Dellshill
Lanarkshire
Scotland
Prince of Wales
New York
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Texas
Oil majors open flow test blocked by court ruling
Texas Railroad Commission plans for a two hour open flow test of East Texas oil wells were blocked by a federal injunction. Judge Randolph Bryant granted the injunction upon Lucey Petroleum Company and others, delaying the test until a three judge court rules on the commission’s authority. Chairman Lon A Smith said a statewide proration hearing will be held next Monday and a new East Texas ration order will follow. Until then the existing 400000 barrels daily production limit stays in effect.
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Sherman
U.P
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
Randolph Bryant
Lucey Petroleum Company
Dallas
Austin
Lon A Smith
Railroad Commission
Washington
Smith
Woodmen of the World hold Texas head camp opening
More than 200 members of the Woodmen of the World gathered in Mineral Wells for the 17th annual Texas head camp session. National president D. E. Bradshaw of Omaha state manager R. E. L. Miller of Dallas and head counsel Earl Crowdus were among early arrivals.
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Texas
Camp
Mineral Wells
Woodmen of the World
D. E. Bradshaw
Omaha
R. E. L. Miller
Dallas
Earl 2. Crowdus
Britain Calls In Ambassador From Moscow
Sir Esmund Ovey, British ambassador to Moscow, summoned to London amid Soviet refusal to release British engineers facing trial for sabotage. Foreign Minister Litvinov warned of no coercion. Ovey returns for personal report and consultation, not withdrawal.
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Moscow
U.P
Esmund Ovey
London
Maxim Litvinoff
British Foreign Office
England
Ovey
Mary Pickford Returns to Work on New Pictures
Mary Pickford returned to work today aboard the Rex after six weeks abroad. She heads to Hollywood to begin plans for two new films, Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.
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Mary
New York
Mary Pickford
Rex
Hollywood
R F C Funds Aid Park Beautification
Parks in Amarillo are in tip top shape says City Manager H R Smith. Chester H Fritz park foreman now has 30 men, with ten funded by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation at season start, the RC crew expanded to 30 and paid by RC, improving park condition for this season.
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Amarillo
H. R. Smith
Chester H. Fritz
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
R. F. CC
Village near Quanah swept by unchecked blaze
Fire of unknown origin destroyed five businesses at Medicine Mound twelve miles southeast of Quanah Texas early today. The Quanah fire department could not stop the flames due to no water supply. Only records in the First State Bank safe were saved. A general store barber shop filling station and the post office were destroyed. No damage estimate was given.
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Quanah
Tex
Medicine Mound
First State Bank
Gandhi's Youngest Son Arrested En Route to Meeting
U Ri Deva das Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's youngest son, was arrested at a wayside station while traveling to Calcutta for a Nationalist meeting. More than 500 Gandhi followers were arrested, all believed delegates to the session. The report notes about 1,100 theaters in Australia wired for sound.
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Bombay
U.ri—Devadas Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Calcutta
Gandhi
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Dooley
W. M. Curl
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Charles Schwartz
Neely
Schwartz
Terrell
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Dick Foringer
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Green Brothers CO
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