Van Zandt Jarvis Is Named President of West Texas Chamber
Fort Worth mayor Van Zandt Jarvis was elected president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce at Amarillo, succeeding Ray H. Nichols of Vernon. Illness kept him from attending the convention closing noon today. Milburn McCarty of Eastland was named first vice president and Herbert Hilburn of Plainview was named second vice president. D. A. Bandeen and C. M. Francis were reappointed general manager and treasurer respectively. The election occurred at breakfast during the eighteenth annual convention in the crystal ballroom of the Herring Hotel.
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van Zandt Jarvis
West Texas
Fort Worth
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Ray H. Nichols
Vernon
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
C. M. Caldwell
Abilene
Herbert Hilburn
Plainview
D. A. Bandeen
C. M. Francis
Stamford
D. A. Bandeen Co
M. Francis
Mr. Bandeen
Jarvis Succeeds Nichol as West Texas Chamber Leader
Fort Worth mayor and capital ist Mr Jarvis becomes president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce succeeding Ray Nichols of Vernon who stepped down. He had served last year as second vice president and was elevated to the presidency after C M Caldwell of Abilene declined to serve.
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Fort Worth
Jarvis
Ray Nichols
Vernon
West Texas
West Texas Chamber elects Eastland attorney as first VP
The first vice president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce is an Eastland attorney who served as district director for region No 5. McCarty led the directors by making reservations for the Amarillo convention which closed today at noon with a general assembly.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Eastland
McCarty
Amarillo
West Texas Chamber of Commerce closes 18th annual meet in Amarillo
Brownwood will host the 1937 WTCC convention after Amarillo capped its eighteenth annual meeting with a secret ballot vote. Brownwood edged Wichita Falls 1257 2-3 to 527 1-2. LaNelle Henderson of Quanah won the My Home Town contest, receiving the Etheridge cup and choice of scholarships. Finalists included J B Hubbard Wichita Falls Jack Boren Dimmitt Lee Spaulding Olney H S Durham Jr Morse and Bill Henderson Portales NM. Other awards honored outstanding director and best chamber secretary roles while Senator Clint Small spoke on taxation. The convention closed with resolutions calling for Texas land protection.
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Brownwood
West Texas
Miss Henderson
Thomas Etheridge Loving Cup
Texas
J. B. Hubbard
Wichita Falls
Jack Boren
Dimmitt
Lee Spaulding
Olney
H.S. Durham, Jr
Morse
Bill Henderson
Portales
N. M
C. M. Caldwell
Abilene
Ray Nichols
Vernon
Houston Harte
San Angelo
Harte
Nichols
WTCC
B. Reagan
Big Spring
Sanderson
Joe Kerr
J. H. Greene
Colorado
Chamber of Commerce
T. C. U. Karyl
Clint Small
General Assembly
Carter
Amon G. Carter
Fort Worth
Dallas
Amarillo
Mary Utterback
Marguerite Walling
Childress
Small Is Sure New Taxes Due
Senator Clint, speaking to West Texas Chamber of Commerce delegates, urged that more levies are inevitable and proposed a one cent selective sales tax as a precursor to an omnibus tax bill raising natural resource levies up to 35 percent. He blamed the unpopular general sales tax and called for a shift toward indirect state taxes while criticizing the burden of ad valorem property taxes.
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Clint ©. Small
Texas Chamber of Commerce
State
Senate
Texas
New Move Confronts Truckmen on Fifth Avenue
Amarillo baggage and transfer men once dominated the Fifth and Taylor corner until new city parking rules. After one hour limits began, many shifted locations or left the trade. Now three lodge organizations with clubrooms on Fifth Avenue oppose the curb policy and seek an extension of the one hour zone.
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Fifth
Taylor
Fifth Avenue
Fillmore
Pierce Street
City Commission
Pierce
Distillers of Canada to pay U S duty on smuggled liquor
Treasury officials announced an accord with major Canadian liquor distillers over United States tariff duties on liquor smuggled during Prohibition. Details were not released, but reports say Canadian producers will pay the U S millions in duties, far less than the original claim exceeding $100 million.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
Department
Car Wrecks Injure Oklahoma High School Students Outing
Seven Childress high school seniors were hurt when their car skidded on gravel and overturned two miles west of Altus Oklahoma during a Medicine Park outing. One passenger, Mrs Monte Bretherton 42 of Childress Texas, received severe head injuries. The class sponsor C B McClure and the following students aided the injured and transported them to Altus Regional Hospital.
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Altus
Okla
Childress
Texas
Medicine Park
Monte Bretherton
June Bretherton
Mary Ruth Caroline
Mary Hardy
Mary Taylor
Peggy Sweeney
Kathryn Pierett
Childress High School
Altus Hospital
Miss Hardy
Miss Bretherton
C. B. McClure
Republican Booklet Mutilated in Mails Complains
Chairman Henry P. Fletcher of the Republican National Committee alleged in an open letter to Postmaster General Farley that campaign matter was tampered with in the mails. He cited the publication Uncensored mailed to Miss Lida Frost of Lebanon Ohio around April 1 and said a page was mutilated and two letters from the Democratic committee of Indiana County Pennsylvania were deleted.
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Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Farley
Fletcher
Postal Service
Six Drunks Caught by Amarillo Police
Amarillo City police rounded up only six drunks Tuesday night, as reported by Sergeant Elmer Green this morning. He described the incident as comparatively light business and noted that part of those taken in were local boys.
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Amarillo City
Elmer Green
Zioncheck Target Of Stone Tossers
Rep Zioncheck of Washington on a Puerto Rico honeymoon faced a nationalist demonstration in San Juan. Stones were thrown at his hotel, windows broken, police dispersed a crowd as he sought protection at the naval station.
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Puerto Rico
Zioncheck
Washington
Puero Rico
San Juan
United States Naval Station
United States
Lieutenant Moore
Naval Station
Zeppelin Hindenburg Maintains Pace On Return Flight
The airship Hindenburg, en route to Germany from Lakehurst, N J, logged a steady 71 mph for the first half of its Atlantic return. Fog and fading winds limited altitude to 3,000 feet as 48 passengers hoped for sunshine.
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Atlantic
Lakehurst
N. J
Frankfort
Plane wreckage sighted near Seattle in Cascade search
Pilot Jack Peterson reported finding wreckage of a small plane that disappeared yesterday with pilots Jack Graybill and Arne Wells en route to supply an isolated Cascade mine. Search teams comb the area for survivors or further clues.
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Seattle
Jack Peterson
Jack Graybill
Arne Wells
Cascade Mountains
Physician Who May Not Live Installed as Doctors' President
In Kansas City 6000 physicians mournfully await the fate of Dr. J. Tate Mason of Seattle as the American Medical Association weighs installing him as president-elect despite a dire illness. A bedside report said he would likely live 24 hours more, prompting debate on constitutional interpretation and the motion to install if alive tonight.
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Seattle
J. Tate Mason
American Medical Association
Mason
Judicial Committee
Edward M. Pallette
Los Angeles
Dr. Mason
Borah Loses Ohio Test of Strength in Delegates Race
Ohio results show Borah losing statewide in the Republican delegate contest to Taft as Roosevelt gains big leads in other races. Early returns indicate Taft favored son momentum with most eight at-large seats and many district delegates, while Borah trails in several districts.
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Borah
Idaho
Robert A. Taft
Roosevelt
Col
Henry Breckinridge
West Virginia
Neely
Ralph M. Miner
Holt
Delaware
Vermont
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
North Dakota
Columbus
William FE
Cincinnati
Taft
Clarence J. Brown
Blanchester
Col. Frank
Helium shortage blocks asthma relief, says Dr Barach
Dr Alvan L Barach of New York told the American Medical Association that the U S government blocks asthma relief by monopolizing helium gas. He says near cost helium to hospitals and physicians would enable wider treatment using non inflammable helium in dirigible context. Page 2 references helium continuation.
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Hillier Krieghbaum
Kansas City
U.P
United States
Alvan L. Barach
New York
American Medical Association Today
Barach
Shenandoah
Los Angeles
Amarillo Weather Forecast Mixed Skies Tonight
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair skies tonight with partly cloudy conditions Thursday. West Texas expects partly cloudy north and unsettled south, while New Mexico remains unsettled tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Temperatures in Amarillo ranged between 56 and 76 degrees up to 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Robinson 10 Plead Guilty in Kidnapping Case
Thomas H. Robinson Jr. reportedly agreed to plead guilty to two Lindbergh law indictments in Louisville. U S District Attorney Bunk Gardner declined to confirm a plea trade but said Robinson would face a federal judge for possible prison term up to life.
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United Press
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U.P
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
United States
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Gardner
Robinson
G-Men
Elwood Hamilton
Mrs. St
Fire tears through home as 1900 block Pierce Street blaze hits
Fireman Barney Davidson of Sixteenth Avenue station rushes to a house on Pierce Street after smoke erupts from a bathroom caused by a garment left too close to heat. Mrs Davidson reportedly left the garment. alarm triggered from Twentieth Avenue and Fillmore Street as engines race to the scene. Fire trucks roar through town.
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Sixteenth Avenue
Pierce Street
Barney
Herbert Hilburn Joins W.T. Co. C. Official Family
Plainview publisher Herbert Hilburn was inducted today as a member of the W.T. Co. C. official family, taking the role of second vice. He joins a growing cadre of local leaders recognized for service and commitment to the organization.
Wood expert Arch Looney fired by PWA
Public Works Administrator Harold L. Ickes dismissed Arch W. Looney, a government wood expert who sought to save Bruno Hauptmann from the electric chair, stating the action was with prejudice for falsifying a federal job form. The directive cited no link to the Hauptmann case.
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Ickes
Washington
U.P
Harold L. Ickes
Arch W. Looney
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
PWA
Hauptmann
Gas pipeline bill backed by Interstate Commerce Committee
The House Interstate Commerce Committee approved legislation to regulate interstate natural gas transmission. The measure, by Rep. Lea of California, would empower the Commission to regulate transportation of natural gas across state lines, set wholesale or gate rates, and require accounting systems from companies engaged in such transportation.
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House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Rep
Lea
California
The
Power Commission
Commission
Threat hangs over league as Italy recalls delegation
A widening rift grew between Italy and the League of Nations as Mussolini’s government warned the league to accept Italy as an empire or be excluded. Geneva reports said Italy might withdraw completely after recalling its delegation while the league council stood by sanctions. Britain offered little reaction, viewing the move as a gesture.
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League of Nations
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Geneva
Ethiopia
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Tl Duce
League
League Council
Great Britain
Benefit to Corporations in Tax Plan Debate
Secretary Morgenthau told the Senate Finance Committee that 283 of 600 corporations earning over a million in 1934 would pay less under a profits distributed base while treasury experts said an equal number would face higher taxes under the House plan than the current flat levy.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Death sentence affirmed for Antonio Carrasco in Texas case
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the death sentence of Antonio Carrasco for the murder of Mrs. Riley Smith in Culberson County. The crime occurred June 2, 1934, when the bodies of Mrs. Smith and her husband were found charred in their burned ranch home southeast of Van Horn.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Antonio Carrasco
Hudspeth
Riley Smith
Culberson County
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