Heavy snow sweeps South Plains with blizzard-like drifts
West Texas shivered as a winter storm dumped two to six inches across the South Plains and up to eight inches between Plainview and Hale Center. Temperatures plunged to near six and ten degrees as traffic froze in Plainview and roads clogged with wind-driven drifts.
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Amarillo
North Plains
Hale Center
Happy
Dimmitt
Floydada
Lockney
Quitaque
Tulsa
Turkey
Sterley
Clovis
Gilbert Ex-Wives May Row Over Will
Hollywood January 18 A.P. Leatrice Joy second wife seeks a large share of John Gilbert estate for her 14 year old daughter Leatrice Joy Gilbert. Gilbert left daughter 10000 and Virginia Bruce fourth wife 125000 plus 10000 for her daughter Susan Ann Gilbert. Joy contends Gilbert promised half of the estate to his first daughter.
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Tobacco Road tickets on sale and seating details
The Tobacco Road board announces tickets go on sale Monday at City Drug No. 1 on Polk Street. The seat chart opens today at The News Globe office from four to seven. The play appears Wednesday at Municipal Auditorium with prices from 55 cents to $2.20 and reservations already breaking records.
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News-Globe
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Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Lois Black
Erosion Committee Seeks Funds For Spring Dust Program
The regional wind erosion panel met with Soil Conservation Service and Resettlement Administration officials and urged immediate federal funding to avert a repeat of spring dust storms. The group, representing Texas New Mexico Oklahoma Colorado and Kansas, continued work on its plan after an open midnight meeting.
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Ochiltree
Memphis
Hall County
Littlefield
Lamb County
Lamesa
Dawson County
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Soil Conservation Service, Resettlement Administration
Stamps Limited to Wholesalers and Wineries in Texas
The Texas liquor control board announced that liquor stamps are obtainable only from the state treasurer and will be issued solely to wholesalers and wineries. The move follows confusion and multiple applications by dealers seeking stamps.
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Austin
J.P
Texas Liquor Control Board
Board
Tornado Kills Four in South Fort Payne Area
A tornado swept the eastern Sand Mountain slope near Fort Payne Alabama killing at least four people and injuring others. It damaged many homes in Rainsville and Fyffe, with four deaths including Mr and Mrs Claude Portwood Rob Rowell and his grandchild.
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Sand Mountain
Claude Portwood
Rob Rowell
Bankhead to push new farm bill tied to soil plan
Senator Bankhead of Alabama said he will introduce a new 350 million dollar farm program likely Tuesday to broaden the 1935 soil conservation act and imitate AAA results. The measure would fund drafts to farmers for complying with plans by the agriculture secretary, emphasizing crop diversification rotation and soil building. Secretary Wallace set February 15 as the target for the program to apply to 1936 crops.
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Alabama
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Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Fair Sunday and warmer conditions expected across the region. West Texas areas near the 100th meridian share a mostly fair forecast, with some northern portions less clear. New Mexico will be fair and warmer in the north and east Sunday. Yesterday's Amarillo temperatures reached a high of 26 and a low of 12 with 0.06 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. The week starts fair and colder, then warms through the middle to latter part with possible rain.
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West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Southern Plains
West Gulf States
Prince Teh Proclaims Mongolia Autonomy Amid Invasion Ties
Prince Teh, claimed last powerful descendant of Genghis Khan, declared an autonomous government for eastern Inner Mongolia. The move reportedly involved Manchukuoan and Japanese officials and aims to bolster Manchukuo while weakening China in the north.
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Teh
Genghis Khan
Europe
Inner Mongolia
China
Mother Convicted in Tot’s Mercy Drowning Case
Newburgh New York January 18 Dorothy Sherwood 27 was found guilty of first degree murder in the mercy drowning of her two year old son Jimmy jury recommended mercy. A first degree murder conviction in New York carries a mandatory death sentence in the electric chair.
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N. Y
Dorothy Sherwood
Mercy
Jimmy
New York State
King George V Weakens as Crowds Gather at Palace
Anxiety grows over the monarch's heart attack symptoms after a fatal bronchial illness. A late bulletin notes slight worsening of cardiac weakness with no change since the prior report as three doctors stay on call at Sandringham House.
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Eng
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Texas
England
Maurice A. Cassidy
London
The
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Defense Wins Hamlin Point in Murder Trial Ruling
Judge Reese Tatum admitted evidence on the slain wife Irene Hare of Amarillo to Hamlin’s defense, allowing past life testimony while three witnesses opined Hamlin was sane at the time of the hammer killing. The ruling followed prior limits. cross examination touched on Mrs. Hare’s Oakland life. Coast guardsmen reported four fishermen missing after the tug Cherrie sank near Schelman Park amid a severe storm.
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Tex
George S. Hamlin
Reese Tatum
Hamlin
Irene Hare
Amarillo
Kenosha
Wis
Schelman Park
Texico grocer Walter Ramm found in blizzard after alleged doping robbery
Walter Ramm 37 of Texico says he was doped kidnapped and robbed and left to freeze after a car tampering left his sedan stalled. Clovis officers probe the incident as he recovers at home with wife and children nearby.
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Walter Ramm
Newa-Globe
Texico
New Mexico
Texico Grocer
Ramm
Grady
Barrow Pit
Husband Held After Wife Shot Wounding In Fort Worth
Fort Worth police held Jim Duke, 35, in connection with the wounding of his wife Edna Duke, 23, last night. Edna was in serious condition at a local hospital after a shotgun blast to the chest. her father F E Cubbison, 49, was wounded in the leg by a pistol shot.
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Fort Worth
Jim Duke
Edna Duke
Youth Who Kidnapped U.S. Agent Hunted by Officers in Two States
Federal and state officers tracked Leonard W. Johnson 26 across Oklahoma and Texas after he abducted U S Secret Service operative William C. Morgan during a 13 hour ordeal from Paris Texas to Bokchito Oklahoma. Johnson had seized Morgan's pistol and forced him to drive before escaping on a highway chase.
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Oklahoma
Texas
United States Secret Service
Leonard W. Johnson
Texarkana
William C. Morgan
Paris
Bokchito
Okla
Denton County
Arthur Gooch
Gooch
United States Supreme Court
Morgan
F. W. Sorell
Johnson
Queen City
Tex
Hugo
Oklo
Oklahoma Hills
Plan 10 Pay in New Money Meets Defeat
The Senate rejected a plan to pay soldiers’ bonus in new currency by 64 to 27 and then deferred passage of a $2 billion debt settlement. Democratic and Republican leaders moved to delay final vote as Borah urged postponement and the discussion shifted to cash surrender value versus new money.
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Senate
King
Utah
Borah
Idaho
Thomas
Oklahoma
Patman
Farmer-Labor
Demos Review Party Advance in Panhandle Dinner
Loyal Democrats in the Panhandle gathered at a Jackson area dinner to assess party progress since Roosevelt's 1933 inauguration. They contrasted Hoover era hardships with current belief in national progress amid economic strain and political challenges. Roosevelt will address the public Sunday on the dedication of New York's Theodore Roosevelt memorial broadcast by WJZ NBC and WABC CBS.
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Roosevelt
Hoover
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Texas
Wjznbc
Wabc-Cbs
Amarillo Used Car Overstock Promises Great Deals
Amarillo dealers offer a large selection of late model used cars at low prices. The want ads highlight exciting offers and urge buyers to act quickly to cash in on the stock.
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Amarillo
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