Mayor Cermak Passes Away After Assassination Bid
Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak died at 6 57 a m after a 19 day battle following a bullet wound from an assassin aiming at Franklin Roosevelt. A grand jury was summoned to indict Giuseppi Zangara for first degree murder as relatives and officials mourned at his bedside.
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Edward W. Lewis
Miami
Fla
Anton J. Cermak
Tony
Franklin Roosevelt
Cermak
Giuseppi Zangara
Zangara
Edward C. Kelley
South Park Board of Chicago
Joseph
John Kallal
Vivian Graham
Fat Stock Show in Amarillo Opens With Pageants and Fairs
Visitors from plains cities arrive as Amarillo hosts its third annual Fat Stock Show. Cattlemen and crowds gather for livestock exhibits, automobile shows, parades and the Rainbow Pageant of Progress at the Municipal Auditorium. Events include Auto Follies, Queen's Ball, and nightly dances at multiple venues through Thursday.
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Amarillo
Wortham
Tri- State
Panhandle Plains
Municipal Auditorium
The
Panhandle Livestock Association
Jay Taylor
Nat Dance Palace
Johnny Floyd
Livestock Association
Polk Street
Guy Moon
Amarillo Hotel
Palo Duro Hotel
Demo Leaders Push Program For Banking Aid
The banking halt continues as Roosevelt's proclamation blocks gold payments and a uniform emergency medium is sought. Congress schedules a special session while leaders draft rapid emergency bank legislation to reopen banks soon. Payrolls may be paid with local scrip or clearing house certificates. sound banks will be considered for cash as needed. Minnesota and New Mexico seek federal permission to reopen banks. Governor Lehman plans to extend the holiday in New York to Thursday with a plan to aid sound banks.
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Treasury
United States
Congress
Postal Savings Division
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Associated Press
Minnesota
New Mexico
WoOoda
The
Bales
Serip
Lehman
New York
Take U. S. Out of Trade Speech at Panhandle Cattlemen Meet
Judge H E Hoover veteran cattleman, lawyer and banker urged Amarillo audience to shrink government. He attacked waste, income tax, non taxable wealth and called for reduced bureaucratic power to ease economic relief. Mayors and association leaders welcomed attendees as Jay Taylor presided.
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H. E. Hoover
Panhandle Livestock Association
Vant
United States
Hoover
Amarillo Hotel
War for Great Wall by Arthur Brisbane
San Francisco report notes the sudden death of Senator Walsh as a national loss and honors his stand for equality and the law. President Roosevelt declares a national holiday moratorium to close banks for depositors protection, urging calm amid frightened chatter.
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San Francisco
Senator Walsh
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Roosevelt
Mr and Mrs Snowden Visit Amarillo Prominent Guests
Newspaper item notes visitors in Amarillo, Mr T E Snowden of Kansas, son of a publisher associated with The Amarillo News Globe, has invested in Amarillo for over a decade. Mrs Snowden makes her first Amarillo visit with her husband, who has resided in the city for ten years. They will stay several days amid casual local chatter.
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Amarillo
T. E. Snowden
Kan
Snowden
Panana Canal
Satty
Mrs. Snowden
Japanese push to seize Jehol area limits Chinese defense
Chinese forces resist Japanese advances on three fronts as Manchukuo aims to seize fortifications. Marshal Chang-Liang redirects divisions toward Kupiekow while Japanese seize Fanchiakow and threaten Chiehlinkow. Weichang falls after a hard battle as Jehol’s governor Tang Yu lin faces locals’ fury. American missionary Harriet F. Minns is reported in Jehol war zone.
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Associated Press
China
Great Wall
Manchukuo
Chang-Liang
Peiping
Kupiekow
Jehor City
Fanchiakow
Chiehlinkow
Weichang
Jehol
Chihfeng
Tang Yulin
Harriet F. Minns
Jehol War Zone
Pageant To Be Tonight With 250 Panhandle Beauties
The Rainbow Pageant of Progress opens tonight at 8 at the Municipal Auditorium featuring 250 Panhandle girls. Miss Frances Mayhugh of Plainview will be crowned Queen of Amarillo at the Stock Show by Col. Erasmus Tack. Admission is 1 dollar with no reserved seats. Presented by Hal Worth of Dallas, it promises elaborate scenery and two Associated News Reel cameramen will film the event. The auditorium will be fully lit with GE lighting for filming.
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Municipal Auditorium
Frances Mayhugh
Plainview
Amarillo
Col. Erasmus Tack
Hal ©. Worth
Dallas
Associated News Reel Company
General Electric Company
Davis Evades Trial On Grounds Of His Service
Trial of United States Senator James J Davis of Pennsylvania on federal lottery charges was postponed as his attorneys argued that detaining him in New York would deprive Pennsylvania of representation during a national crisis.
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Davis
New York
United States
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Queen Scouts Queen of Fat Stock Show in Amarillo
Frances Mayhugh of Plainview dislikes women wearing pants calling them unfeminine while Amarillo hosts the Fat Stock Show. She will be crowned Monday night at the pageant with a royal party and a series of social events planned at the Herring Hotel and Silver Grill.
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Frances Mayhugh
Plainview
Her
Amarillo
L. J. Halbert
Joe Jennings
Lucy Bess Wester
Princess
Wanda Gale Covington
EB. H. Perry
S. H. Wester
Margaret Mayhugh
Bob Townsend
Sumner Williams
Bill Thomas
Bill Gilstrap
Jim Cannon
Bill Beechler
Bill Honey
Bill Day
Royal Group
Ross D. Rogers
Hal Peck
Erasmus Tack
Peck
Col. Tack
Debate Group Hurt In Crash Near McLean
An Amarillo High School teacher and student were seriously injured returning from a debate tournament in McLean. Betty Mason fractured hip and severe shock. Oretha Cornelius broken arm and possible internal injuries. The party included Anna Ruth McClure, Arthur Glover and Marvin Collie. crash blamed on loose gravel near Highways 88 and 66. Car owned by Superintendent W A McIntosh. transportation plans were canceled.
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Amarillo
McLean
Betty Mason
Oretha Cornelius
Anna Ruth McClure
Arthur Glover
Marvin Collie
Supt
W. A. McIntosh
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Details
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight and on Tuesday with a slight rise in temperatures. West Texas predicts fair weather tonight and Tuesday, warmer in the northern area. New Mexico should stay fair tonight and Tuesday with warming in the north and east, and possible frost in the south tonight. Temperatures today reach 28 to 37 degrees by 1 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Chicago in bitter political fight after mayor's death
The death of Mayor Anton J. Cermak from a gunshot wound in Miami triggers a sharp political clash in Chicago. The city faces a sudden leadership crisis as factions contend over succession and policy. Page 2 has continuing coverage.
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Chicago
Anton J. Cermak
Miami
Millionaires Borrow Dimes as U.S. Grins Through Crisis
News story reflects national coping during early wartime crisis with humor and ingenuity. Scrip ideas spread before Roosevelt asserts powers, as Americans joke about spare dimes, scarce cash, and altered spending amid shortages. Hoover and Governor Pinchot noted among the public figures adapting to tight money.
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U.S
Redistricting Bill Passed in Texas Senate
The Texas Senate approved a bill by Sen. Julian P. Greer to provide for congressional redistricting. The final vote was 22 to 4 as Albert Stone’s substitute was tabled. The measure would assign three new districts to Bexar County, West Texas, and East Texas.
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Austin
Texas Senate
Julian P. Greer
Elkhart
House
Albert Stone
Brenham
Greer
Texas
Bexar County
South Tains
West Texas
East Texas
Three Point Emergency Banking Plan Outlined
Washington March 6 U P three fold emergency program to cope with economic crisis was unveiled by Democratic leaders. It calls for stopping bank withdrawals already in effect, authorizing the Comptroller of Currency to compel banks to mortgage good securities for clearing house certificates, and enacting deposits insurance to ensure return of funds. The plan aims to move ahead during the Congress special session convening Thursday.
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Washington
U.P
Comptroller of Currency
Congress
New York Clearing House Surplus Scrip Aids Bank Openings
Banks expected to open for payment of certificates on a rationed basis tomorrow as the New York Clearing House Association holds plentiful scrip. The American holiday halted dollar quotations worldwide and a close watch on markets in New York and Washington continues. Postal savings banks in the area are affected.
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New York Clearing House Association
New York
Washington
Banking Proclamation to Be Published on Page 12
The President will issue a banking proclamation to be printed on Page 12. An analysis by Claude Jagger, Associated Press financial editor, will appear on Page 10. The items outline official actions and expert interpretation of the financial move.
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Claude Jagger
Associated Press Financial
Conquering Contract Sims reveals bridge bidding strategy
The Globe launches a daily bridge article by Philip Hal Sims famed as the greatest living contract and auction player. He leads a four horsemen team with twenty national titles since 1974, sharing Sims system tips to help Amarillo readers decide when to bid or pass based on aggressive and defensive hand types and partner dynamics.
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Philip Hal Sims
Globe
Four Horsemen
The
Amarillo
Texas banks urged to honor federal moratorium edict
Austin March 6 Jameir Shaw state banking commissioner empowered by the Texas Legislature to control all banks during the present emergency telegraphed all state banks to respect President Roosevelt s moratorium proclamation extending the Texas moratorium to Friday morning Shaw said no official word from Washington had arrived only one bank open in Texas he telegraphed a Dallas banking examiner to close that bank Sen Walter Woodul of Houston proposed a scrip bill for employers to pay workers during the holiday period with state banking commissioner's approval needed Vaughan of Greenville introduced a House bill to repeal the emergency banking law and urged shelving the measure subject to call Dewaxed all 10qt 1900 W 3rd.
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Austin
Jameir Shaw
Texas
Roosevelt
Shaw
Washington
National Banking
Dallas
Walter Woodul
Houston
Senate
Woodul
Rep
B. F. Vaughan
Greenville
Vaughan
House Committee On Banks and Banking
Burglars Take Time Out Hit Amarillo Offices
Burglars took two clocks from Crowe Lime & Cement at 99 North Tyler Street and ripped an electric clock from a wall at Long-Bell Lumber, 212 West Third Avenue. A fountain pen and a ki were taken, while cash was burglarized at Crowe Lime & Cement recently. Bathroom fixtures stolen March 8 from E. J. Anderson home were found dumped near Monroe and North West Sixth. night watchman R. J. Foster reported no prior theft notice.
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Amarillo
Crowe Lime & Cement Company
North Tyler Street
Long-Bell Lumber Company
West Third Avenue
Monroe Street
Sixth Avenue
E. J. Anderson
North
Tyler Street
R. J. Foster
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Hemphill County
H. A. Shaw
Roy C. Snodgrass
First Christian Church
Arthur Brisbane
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