Upshaw, Cox and Crowe Elected to Amarillo School Board
Upshaw, E. R. Cox and C. T. Crowe won seats on the Amarillo school board in an election where about 2,536 votes were cast. Speer and Byers were eliminated. Crowe and Cox campaigned against Supt. De Cox. Four holdovers remain, while Cox won re election and Winters did not run. Upshaw is an insurance man. Crowe heads a company and leads local scouts.
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Crowe
Cox
W. A. de Cox
Upshaw
Speer
Byers
Sixteenth Street
San Jacinto School
Wolflin School
West Twelfth Street
R. P. Parcells
Tom Gallaher
S. A. L. Morgan
Joe Dooley
John Winters
Amarillo College
Four Die As Express Train Plunges In Mantiqueira Range
At least four men were killed when an express train derailed in the Mantiqueira Mountains about 100 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. The ill fated train was en route from Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio DE Janimro
Mantiqueira Mountains
Here
Rio de Janeiro
Bello Horizonte
Women No More Fickle Than Men Assertion
Dr. R. T. Rock of Fordham University reports tests on high school and college students showing women are not more fickle than men. Repeated exams after short and long intervals found no link between intelligence and changing interests.
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New York
R. T. Rock
Fordham University
American Psychological Association
Rock
Cattle Relief Bill Signed By Roosevelt On Yacht
President Roosevelt signed a 200 million dollar bill to fund dairy and beef cattle production adjustment and a 50 million dollar relief for dairy and beef products. The measures also add cattle to the basic commodities under the Agricultural Adjustment Act and fund four government departments. The actions were completed aboard the Nourmahal and returned to the White House via plane.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Nourmahal
White House
Miami Biltmore
Trio Given Maximum in Mail Robbery Case
Fort Worth April 7 four men convicted as principals in a $72,000 mail robbery were sentenced by Federal Judge James C. Wilson. O D Stevens W D May and M T Peeti john received 27 years in Leavenworth and a $10000 fine. A co defendant Joe L Martin got two years in federal prison and a $10000 fine.
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Fort Worth
O. D. Stevens
W. D. May
M. T. Peetijohn
James C. Wilson
Leavenworth
Joe L. Martin
Federal
Amarillo Voters Fund Chamber Of Commerce $6000
The Amarillo city commission voted a $6000 appropriation for the chamber of commerce for the new fiscal year starting April 16. A 25 member business delegation urged Mayor Ross D. Rogers and commissioners to include the sum in the budget. The temporary chamber, led by H W Galbraith, will merge city funds with private subscriptions and launch a membership drive at a directors luncheon in the Amarillo Hotel Tuesday noon.
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General Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Department
Departments of State Justice, Commerce and Labor
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Ross D. Rogers
H. E. Smith
Marvin Twaddell
Rogers
H. W. Galbraith
Reorganization Plan Proposed To Aid Air Mail Bids
Philip G. Johnson proposes immediate reorganization of United Aircraft to separate airlines and manufacturing units so United Air Lines can bid on air mail routes. The plan groups manufacturing into eastern Pratt & Whitney and Hartford firms and western Boeing units, with existing air carriers like Boeing Air Transport and National Air Transport affected. The move aims to qualify for future mail contracts as Congress drafts new guidance.
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New York
United Aircraft & Transport Corporation
Philip G. Johnson
United Air Lines
Congress
United
James A. Farley
Boeing Air Transport, Inc
Chiicago
San Francisco
Pacific Air Transport
Seattle
Washington
National Air Transport, Inc
Chicago
Dallas
Varney Air Lines, Inc
Salt Lake City
Johnson
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co
Hartford
Conn
Boeing Airplane Co
Royal Canadians Set for Texas Debut with Lombardo
Guy Lombardo will perform in Amarillo on April 16 at Municipal Auditorium then in Galveston, followed by a New Orleans stop. The Royal Canadians, touring from Hollywood to New York, mark their first Texas appearance in a public concert and dance program. Tickets range from 50 cents to $2 upstairs, with dance admission at 25 cents. reservations via News-Globe or Lois Black.
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Guy Lombardo
Texas
Amarillo
Galveston
Royal Canadians
Municipal Auditorium
New York
Hollywood
New Orleans
Lombardo
Paul Whiteman
News-Ctove
Lois Black
News- Globe
News-Globe
Wibur
Hawk
Giant Elevator Under Rapid Construction In Panhandle
Workers on continuous 24 hour shifts at night under 500 lights rush the Farmers' National Grain Corp 2 000 000 bushel storage elevator in Amarillo. Excavation by John McKnight is done. head-house will rise 220 feet as cement pours begin. 220 workers to 500 later, concrete base for bins being laid amid sandstorms. Paul Bossemeyer predicts Panhandle grain future despite a short harvest.
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Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
John McKnight
Amarillo
J. Wolflin
National
Paul Bossemeyer
Texas
Panhandle
Demand Death in Bybee Case in Throckmorton Court
Hilton Bybee faces a district court jury as prosecutors seek the death penalty for robbery and kidnapping. The defense asks acquittal on insanity grounds. Bybee and an accomplice allegedly held up Hilton Latham’s filling station near Throckmorton on March 29, taking $15 and a watch and abducting Latham and two customers before releasing them.
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Throckmorton
Hilton Bybee
Bybee
Hilton Latham
Throckmort
Latham
Beulah Bybee
Two Boys Drown East of Harrah in Canadian River
Oklahoma City April 7 Two boys aged five and six, children of farmer Mike Johnson, drowned when a wagon they rode in with relatives plunged through a wooden bridge railing into the North Canadian River two miles east of Harrah. The rest of the party escaped.
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Oklahoma City
Mike Johnson
Harrah
Aguila City Hall Collapse Kills Deputy and Injures Dozens
In Vera Cruz Mexico on April 7 a city hall building in Aguila collapsed injuring nearly 75 and killing two people including Deputy Perez. Officials cited extreme age of the structure as a factor.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Perez
Aguila
Officer Freed by Barrow Describes Outlaw Ride
Miami Oklahoma April 7 At one point during the forced ride of Commerce police chief Percy Boyd Clyde Barrow and his gang were shadowed by a Miami Department of Justice airplane. Boyd returned with a bandaged head after nearly 15 hours in the outlaw car and said Bonnie Parker fed her white rabbit with carrots found beside a case of ammunition. He said Barrow noted the overhead plane and named an associate as Boodles while an abandoned coupe was found later.
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Miami
Okla
Percy Boyd
Commerce
Clyde Barrow
Department of Justice of Miami
Scout
Boyd
Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Bonnie
Cal Campbell
Roy Joness
Stillwater
Jeness
Guthrie
Wave disaster hits Tafjord and Fjorna villages
A massive crag weighing thousands of tons collapsed into Norway's Korannes Fjord near Tafjord and Fjorna, triggering huge waves that drowned at least 50 residents and left many more missing as two hamlets faced the disaster. The cliff had long been seen as a menace with successive rockfalls.
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Oslo
Norway
Tafjord
Fjorna
Korannes Fjord
Traffic Crash Kills Cyclist in Borger
Ernest Nair 17 of Somerset Pennsylvania was killed when his motorcycle was struck in Borger Texas. The crash occurred as he attempted to overtake two cars in the Main Street business district. His death followed a chain of impacts involving several vehicles including Ben Strueben and Mrs. Frank Jennings who were traveling north. Nair worked at Cabot carbon black plant near Pampa and was visiting friends.
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Borger
Texas
Ernest Nair
Somerset
Main Street
Nair
Ben Strueben
Frank Jennings
Cabot Carbon Black
Kings Mill
Pampa
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
Forecast calls for Sunday fair Amarlio area with west Texas partly cloudy to cloudy and possible showers in southeast portion. New Mexico fair Sunday. Temperature readings from yesterday show highs near 69 to 79 and lows around 41 to 55. Week ahead forecast: partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers early week, turning generally fair at week end.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Southern Plains
West Gulf States
Holding Hearing for 30 Men in Riot
In Minneapolis 30 men arrested in yesterday's unemployed demonstration appeared in municipal court. An armed guard of 75 policemen patrolled city hall as all but one pleaded not guilty. Judge White set bail at $200 per defendant. Governor Olson ordered an investigation into the protest.
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Minneapolis
White
Floyd B. Olson
Negro Charged With Crockett Slaying
Frank Frisby, a black man, was jailed on murder charges after he shot Jim Ellis, a 40 year old white filling station owner from Crockett. Ellis was killed at a farm 18 miles south of Crockett while collecting a debt. A crowd gathered at the jail but dispersed without incident.
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Crockett
Frank Frisby
Jim Ellis
Ellis
Land to Yield Aid for Needy in Potter County
Relief officials search for run down farm rental property as part of a new relief set up dividing aid into rural urban and stranded groups. The plan includes studying family life and offering semi permanent relief to restore self support. Restorable farms will be used and families placed on properties if they can make a living from gardening.
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Potter County
Chinese Reds Routed by Nationalist Troops in China
FPOOCHOW China April 7 Nationalist government forces claim decisive victories over weakened communist units and a bandit horde in two separate engagements. At Kien ning the Fourth and 48th Divisions broke a siege, killing about 2000, as communists tried to reach food stores. Kingyu sacked by Liu Kweli Tang raiders, who looted and fled toward Haichow before nationalist pursuit. General Liu reportedly killed.
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Fpoochow
China
Kienning
Kingyu
Liu Kweli Tang
Haichow
Liu
Plan 112 consumer councils in cities nationwide
Washington April 7 One hundred twelve consumers councils to aid in adjusting local price complaints announced by Frank C Walker director of the National Emergency Council. The plan will run on an experimental basis until its efficacy is determined.
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Washington
Frank C. Walker
National Emergency Council
Desperado Fleeing South Rumors of Barrow Gang Reach Oklahoma
Reports from Stillwater and Guthrie say Clyde Barrow and companions Bonnie Parker and Raymond Hamilton, resembling the Barrow gang, fled toward Guthrie in a blue sedan. Officers mobilized after a sighting near Stillwater, with details of clothing described.
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Guthrie
Okla
Clyde Barrow
Cal Campbell
Commerce
Stillwater
Bargain Want Ad Offer Drives Low 15-Word Deals
A liberal bargain advertises 15 words for 7 days at $1.00 with a value of $1.80. The offer applies to all classifications and aims to beat the ten word habit. Readers are urged to write complete ads, expire April 14, and use the Want Ad counter today.
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News
the Globe
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