Amarillo Observes Faster Sunday 1934 in Holy Week rites
Amarillo marks Faster Sunday as the nineteen hundredth year since Christ’s resurrection with widespread services. churches announce Holy Week rites including Last Supper observances, Easter plays, baptisms, mass schedules, and pageants across First Christian, Sacred Heart Cathedral, St. Andrew’s, First Baptist, Central Presbyterian, and Polk Street Methodist among others.
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Amarillo
First Christian Church
Wilbur Budd
Darrell Jackson
H. A. Shaw
Florence Snodgrass
Phil Wolfram
R. C. Snodgrass
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Christ
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Lester F. Aldrich
R. A. Poster
First Baptist Church
Garden of Light
J. W. Weathers
Santa Fe Orchestra
Central Presbyterian Church
R. Thomsen
C. C. Selecmen
Southern Methodist University
Polk Street Methodist Church
Selecman
Cooks Seeks Work Through Tack Column for Pastry Specialties
A reader asks Tack for job help in cooking, offering general skills and pastry specialization. With a wife and three children, the writer seeks any opportunity to earn a living and support the family.
Steel prices to be raised in wake of wage hikes
Youngstown Ohio reports steel firms plan price increases after a 10 percent wage rise across the industry. Officials cite higher costs for pig iron raw materials and labor, noting finished steel quotas unchanged while wages and material costs climb, predicting April 1 wage impacts and sector losses without higher pricing.
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Youngstown
Youthful Pat Henry Opens Northwest Older Boys Conference
Pat Henry a 20 year old TCU student and ordained minister leads the opening session of the Northwest Texas Older Boys Conference. He rose from Wichita Falls to preside over the 1929 Lubbock district, then represented Texas at the Toronto world YMCA gathering. More than 20 cities attended by noon. The event includes officer elections Saturday and a big High School cafeteria feed.
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News-Globe
Department of Journalism
Iowa University
United States
Garford Wilkinson
News- Globe
Garford
Missouri
Amarillo
Pat Henry
TCU
Wichita Falls
Lubbock
Toronto
Can
Christian Church
Texas
First Christian Church
L. McNeill
Plainview
Champ Farm Boy Near Death as Product Wins Grand Honors
Jim Farley a 14 year old Groom farm youth lay in critical condition at St. Anthony's Hospital after two major operations in the past month. His baby beef won Grand Championship at the fourth annual Quality Meat Show in Lubbock and first in the senior division of 4 H calves. His parents and hometown celebrate the calf's success amid the boy's illness.
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St. Anthony's Hospital
Jim Farley
Jim
Lubbock
P. B. Farley
Blocky John
Amarillo
Farm News Editor Leaves Prizefights for Agriculture
Wilkinson quits prizefighting to become agriculture editor at The News-Globe. The column shares wry anecdotes on repeal era drinking, city growth, proverbs, self awareness, and Hollywood gossip featuring Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.
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Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Wes
Doug
Crutchfield in Texan Towns Linked to Robbery Murder Trial
Testimony places Crutchfield and George Robertson in Sunray and Moore County crime scenes. A woman described the January 2 robbery at gunpoint and Crutchfield’s gun threats as she and Robertson demanding money. The murder trial proceedings spanned hours with the district attorney and defense teams presenting their cases and expert witnesses.
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Crutchfield
Sunray
George Robertson
Robertson
Stewart
Chester Logue
Moore City
Carson and
Moore
End of Civil Works Program Marks Milestone
Hopkins says civil works ends May 1 and general program is over with about 1 billion dollars spent. Average employment from December 1 to now stood around 3 million, peaking slightly above 4 million, with a weekly payroll near 60 million. He praises cooperation and says graft or politics were relatively unimportant amid the emergency effort.
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Hopkins
Congress hears for and against graduated cigarette tax proposal
A Senate committee heard proponents of a graduated federal cigarette tax arguing that the ten cent per pack levy on cigarettes costs taxpayers twice as much as other cigarettes relative to value. The House action Monday will consider the bill under a procedure barring amendments.
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House
Senate
Federal House Debate Over Telegraph Message Sparks Mail Row
In the House yesterday Foulkes disclosed receipt of a telegram connected to BRAIN TRUST and a proposed debate with Wirt. He refused to publish the administration’s message mentioning Wallace, while signaling another telegram he would not reveal now.
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Wirt
Foulkes
Wallace
Scarlet fever and diphtheria cases rise in the city
One new scarlet fever case and one diphtheria case were reported by Dr. B M Primer, city health unit director. Totals now stand at four scarlet fever cases and two diphtheria cases. Measles, near epidemic last month, are declining rapidly.
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B. M. Primer
City County Health Unit
Correction notice on grocery ad pricing
The News corrects two errors in G. G. Laing Grocery ads. Rome Beauty Apples were priced at 32 cents per dozen, not 22. crackers were listed as 25 cents for a one pound caddy but should read 25 cents for a two pound caddy.
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G. G. Laing Grocery Company
Rome
Doctor details insanity defense in Crutchfield case
The exchange centers on whether Frank Crutchfield knew right from wrong during the killing. Dr Witt testifies insanity is hard to feign and disputes multiple insanes acts proving insanity. He notes Crutchfield did not know right from wrong that night and discusses relatives’ insanity and his $410 testimony fees.
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Amarillo
Dalhart
Norman Minter
47Th District Court
Frank Crutchfield
Minter
E. A. Simpson
Julius Dorenfield
Jense
Newton P. Willis Jr
John Studer
Pampa
Grady Hazlewood
E. T. Miller
Bob Underwood
Simpson
Hazlewood
Miller
Guy F. Witt
Dallas
Timberlawn
Crutchfield
Dr. Witt
Witt
Panhandle
Bybee Jailed Awaiting Fate After Woodson Capture
Hilton W. Bybee, infamous Texas fugitive, is jailed in Stephens County awaiting transfer decisions on charges from assault to firearms robbery. Captured near Woodson with Jimmy Welling, Bybee’s escape history ties to Eastham prison break and Clyde Barrow. Police recovered 52 automatic pistols linked to a Jacksboro National Guard armory raid. The men face firearm robbery charges tied to a Throckmorton hold-up as local residents assisted in the manhunt. The bank at Woodson remained closed as the search continued.
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Breckenridge
Tex
U.P
Hilton W. Bybee
Stephens County
Bybee
Texas Life Terrier
Houston
Crockett
Woodson
Here
Jimmy Welling
Houston County
Barrow
Eastham
Raymond Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Clyde Barrow
Amarillo
Jacksboro National Guard
Throckmorton
Woodson Bank
Easter Parade Portraits Stroll Iffy Costumes In City
A humorous OCR style recount describes local officials and residents in outlandish Easter outfits. Sheriff Bill Adams wears a brown suit and specs while Police Captain Marshall Turner carries a six gun. Admiral Byrd mocks technology with wireless gear and a rabbit sits on eggs with a puzzled look.
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Bill Adams
Marshall Turner
Frank King
Gandhi
Richard E. Byrd
Retired Stockman Robert A. Sims Dies at 77
Robert A. Sims 77, a retired stockman and former teacher, died at his daughter's home three miles south of Amarillo after living in the area two years. Survivors include four brothers and a sister, including Dr. T. A. Sims of Texarkana and W. P. Sims of Pure City. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
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Robert A. Sims
W. D. Beaman
Amarillo
T. A. Sims
Texarkana
Ark
W. P. Sims
Pure City
J. B. Sims
Bernallia
N. M
Z. B. Sims
Garfield
Methodist Church
Wildorado Child Dies in Hospital
Ruth Milhoan two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Miles Milhoan died at a local hospital at 11 last night. Funeral services were to be held at the Wildorado church at 3 this afternoon conducted by Rev Lee Godwin. Burial will be at Wildorado. Survivors include nine brothers and sisters.
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Ruth Milhoan
Miles Milhoan
Milhoan
Wildorado
Lee Godwin
Russian fishermen rescued from breaking ice pack
The icebreaker Truvor rescued 196 fishermen and 65 horses from a drifting ice pack in the Finnish Gulf. The pack, about one and a half miles square, broke off from the mainland and carried 250 men toward open sea.
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Leningrad
Truvor
Finnish Gulf
Dance At CCC Camp Honors Departing Men
Enrollees at Palo Duro CCC camp leaving at the close of the second period will be honored with a dance tonight. Free transportation to and from the camp will be provided Amarillo women. They should meet at the post office or the library at 6 PM. The dance runs from 8 to 12 tonight.
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Palo Duro CCC
Amarillo
Blue Star Ointment Clears Foot Itch Germs
An advertisement proclaims Blue Star Ointment melts and soaks in to kill foot itch germs and treat eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples and other skin troubles without burning.
War Plan Discussed as Japan Russia Rivalry Evolves
The piece argues Moscow seeks Manchuria and a Pacific ice port via the Chinese Eastern Railway, while Japan aims to preserve its status in Asia. It notes Russia offered to sell the line to Manchoukuo, negotiations continue, and both powers prefer settlement over war. Japan hopes to prove its restraint and uphold international agreements.
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Moscow
Russia
Orient
Japan
Pacific
Northern
Asia
Manchuria
Korea
Manchoukuo
Blaze injures amid fire escape access failures in Longview area
Reported blaze left several injured with no elevators available and only a few reaching a fire escape. The injured were rushed to Longview Hospital. critically hurt included Miss Mercia Motley, Chester Marcy, Mrs. Bob Cosby, Mrs. J. FE. Peck of Shreveport La., W. E. Paine Jr. of Dallas, Tom Gwaltney, Ellis Wear, and a cook.
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Longview Hospital
Mercia Motley
Chester Marcy
Bob Cosby
J. FE. Peck
Shreveport
W. E. Paine, Jr
Dallas
Tom Gwaltney
Ellis Wear
Cook
Tiny Tots Stage Style Show At McKinley School
Tiny tots from Gene Gallo's School of Dance perform a style show tonight at McKinley School Auditorium at eight. Elaborate gowns will be displayed by small mannequins in a miniature fashion revue. Admission is nominal and proceeds go to buy a new curtain for the auditorium.
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Gene Gallo
School of Dance
McKinley School
Southern Biscuit Recipes Pass Down Generations
Handed down from generation to generation, three favorite southern biscuit recipes include Baking Powder Biscuits, Southern Biscuits, and Southern Tea Biscuits with ingredients like flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, Snowdrift, and milk or water.
Kansas City Livestock Market Summary Report
Markets in Kansas City show mixed cattle and sheep results with gains for top cattle and variances across grades. Prices listed for steers, heifers, vealers, and feeders at 4.25 to 6.75 with heaviest activity in 190-240 lb cattle, plus lambs and ewes with top lambs around 10.25 and 8.75 for fed types, and ewes 4.25 to 5.50.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Insull Held Finally By Turkish Authorities Aboard Ship
Ambassador Skinner said Turkey would refer the papers to a Turkish court and Insull, for all practical purposes, is a prisoner. Police blocked Maionis from leaving as harbor patrols watched the vessel. Insull endured seasickness during a prolonged Mediterranean cruise as officials weighed the government stance.
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Skinner
Insull
Mediterranean
Aegean
America
Greece
Capitol
Interview in Hitler's study with Hanfstaengel witness
The interview takes place in a spacious study where Hitler, in a brown Nazi uniform, greets the interviewer. Ernst F. Hanfstaengel, longtime confidant and former Harvard student, sits as the sole witness during the dialogue.
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Hitler
Ernst F. Hanfstaengel
Harvard
Kiwanis Easter Party for Kids in Amarillo
Amarillo Kiwanis Club plans its annual Easter party for children at the Presbyterian Children's Home at 2 PM Saturday. The event will begin with a movie, followed by an egg hunt on the lawn. Dr. Bob Younger chairs the underprivileged children committee, with Erwin Ochsner assisting.
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Amarillo
Kiwanis Club
Presbyterian Children’s Home
Bob Younger
Erwin Ochsner
Army official surveys Palo Duro CCC camps in Amarillo
Col John M Chambers chief quartermaster Eighth Corps Area arrived in Amarillo this morning to inspect the Palo Duro CCC camps. He planned to depart tonight for Fort Sam Houston San Antonio after the visit.
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John 8. Chambers
Eighth Corp
Amarillo
Palo Duro
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